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Vice President George H. W. Bush and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker were considered as possible candidates only if Reagan did not run. [12] Reagan was the first incumbent president since Richard Nixon in 1972 to face no significant opposition for renomination. [13] The popular vote from the Republican primaries was as follows: [14]
Reagan insisted Anderson be allowed to participate in a three-way debate, while Carter remained steadfastly opposed to this. As the standoff continued, the second debate was canceled, as was the vice presidential debate. President Carter (left) and former Governor Reagan (right) at the presidential debate on October 28, 1980
Reagan ran for reelection as president in 1984, running against Democrat Walter Mondale. Reagan was re-elected, receiving 58.8% of the popular vote to Mondale's 40.6%, and winning 49 of 50 states. [43] Reagan won a record 525 electoral votes (97.6 percent of the 538 votes in the Electoral College), the most by any candidate in American history ...
There was speculation about the potential candidacy of former President Gerald Ford, but he declined to run against Reagan. [25] In an upset defeat in the Iowa caucus held on January 21, Reagan narrowly lost to Bush. [ 26 ]
This article is a list of United States presidential candidates. The first U.S. presidential election was held in 1788–1789, followed by the second in 1792. Presidential elections have been held every four years thereafter. Presidential candidates win the election by winning a majority of the electoral vote.
Remember the campaign he ran against Reagan, essentially calling him a racist and a warmonger,’ Bill McGurn said on Fox News ... President Carter certainly deserves a lot of credit for his work ...
From January 21 to June 3, 1980, voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for president in the 1980 United States presidential election.Retired Hollywood actor and two-term California governor Ronald Reagan was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the Republican National Convention held from July 14 to 17, 1980, in Detroit, Michigan.
Ronald Reagan for President 1984; Reagan–Bush campaign logo. Campaign: 1984 Republican primaries 1984 U.S. presidential election: Candidate: Ronald Reagan 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) George H. W. Bush 43rd Vice President of the United States (1981–1989) Affiliation: Republican Party: Status: Announced: October 17, 1983