At the same time as his vice presidential run, Johnson also sought a third term in the U.S. Senate. According to Robert Caro, 'On November 8, 1960, Lyndon Johnson won election for both the vice presidency of the United States, on the Kennedy–Johnson ticket, and for a third term as senator (he had Texas law changed to allow him to run for both offices). When he won the vice presidency, he made arrangements to resign from the Senate, as he was required to do under federal law, as soon as it convened on January 3, 1961.' (In 1988, Lloyd Bentsen, the vice presidential running mate of Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis, and a Senator from Texas, took advantage of 'Lyndon's law,' and was able to retain his seat in the Senate despite Dukakis' loss to George H. W. Bush.)