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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
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.
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 ...
From January 21 to June 28, 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.
John Anderson, a former Republican congressman who challenged the party's conservative drift by taking on its chief symbol in Ronald Reagan, died on Sunday.
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
(a) West Virginia faithless elector Margarette Leach voted for Bentsen as president and Dukakis as vice president in order to make a statement against the U.S. Electoral College. (b) Fulani's running mate varied from state to state. [68] Among the six vice presidential candidates were Joyce Dattner, Harold Moore, [69] and Wynonia Burke. [70]