--- title: Hillary Clinton Running Mate: Mark Cuban Open to Post description: Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban said he would "absolutely" listen if Hillary Clinton were to consider him as her running mate canonical: https://time.com/4344072/mark-cuban-hillary-clinton-vice-president-nominee/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-21T15:39:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:44:19.357Z article:section: Politics og:title: Mark Cuban 'Absolutely' Open to Being Clinton's Running Mate og:description: "The key would be that she'd have to go more to center" og:url: https://time.com/4344072/mark-cuban-hillary-clinton-vice-president-nominee/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt127a2a4982a0c01f/69889442428a9e2011cd2b9b/mark-cuban.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Key Speakers At The 2016 SALT Conference og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Mark Cuban 'Absolutely' Open to Being Clinton's Running Mate twitter:description: "The key would be that she'd have to go more to center" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt127a2a4982a0c01f/69889442428a9e2011cd2b9b/mark-cuban.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Mark Cuban Would 'Absolutely' Consider Being Hillary Clinton's Running Mate ## Video: Hilary Says She will Put Bill in Charge of Economy [Watch (HLS stream): Hilary Says She will Put Bill in Charge of Economy](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/MOM6iBSE.m3u8) (0:21)  _Published 2016-05-16. Hilary Clinton announce at the campaign event in Louisville, Kentucky that she will put husband Bill Clinton in charge of the economy if she is elected President._  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly May 21, 2016 3:39 PM UTC  Mark Cuban, billionaire owner of the National Basketball Association (NBA) Dallas Mavericks basketball team, speaks during the Skybridge Alternatives (SALT) conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 12. Mark Cuban, billionaire owner of the National Basketball Association (NBA) Dallas Mavericks basketball team, speaks during the Skybridge Alternatives (SALT) conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 12.David Paul Morris—Bloomberg/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly May 21, 2016 3:39 PM UTC Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban said he [would “absolutely” listen](http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/dallas-mavericks-owner-mark-cuban-clinton-s-veep-n577641) if Hillary Clinton were to consider him as her [running mate](http://time.com/4311260/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-running-mates-vice-president-veepstakes/). In a [_Meet the Press_ interview](http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/dallas-mavericks-owner-mark-cuban-clinton-s-veep-n577641) that will air Sunday, Cuban was asked if he would consider the vice president post. “Absolutely,” he said. “But the key would be that she’d have to go more to center.” At an event last week, Cuban joked that he would be willing to be Clinton’s running mate if he could “throw bombs” and fight back against Trump, [CNN reported](http://money.cnn.com/2016/05/13/investing/mark-cuban-hillary-clinton-vp-donald-trump/). “I like the fact that Senator Clinton has thought-out proposals. That’s a good thing because at least we get to see exactly where she stands,” the Dallas Mavericks owner said in the _Meet the Press_ interview. “I think Senator (Bernie) Sanders has dragged her a little bit too far to the left. Things like college tuition and, you know, other business elements that really, I think, could hurt the economy. If she’s willing to listen, if she’s willing to, you know, hear other sides of things, then I’m wide open to discussing it.” Cuban was recently approached by Republicans seeking a candidate who could run as a third-party alternative to Trump, but Cuban said he was skeptical it could work, [the Washington _Post_ reported](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-the-gop-effort-to-draft-an-independent-candidate-to-derail-trump/2016/05/14/1b04682e-1877-11e6-924d-838753295f9a%5Fstory.html). “He could come after me all he wanted, and he knows I would put him in his place,” Cuban said of Trump in an email to the _Post_. “All that said, again, I don’t see it happening. 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