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Reagan then selected Bush as his vice-presidential running mate. At the 1980 Republican National Convention , Reagan garnered the required delegates to be the official nominee. With Carter 's declining approval ratings and popularity, U.S. senator Ted Kennedy challenged him at the Democratic primaries, but Carter was re-nominated.
The election was held on November 4, 1980. [140] Ronald Reagan and running mate George H. W. Bush defeated the Carter-Mondale ticket by almost 10 percentage points in the popular vote. The electoral college vote was a landslide, with 489 votes (representing 44 states) for Reagan and 49 for Carter (representing six states and Washington, D.C.).
Former California Governor Ronald Reagan won the 1980 Republican nomination for President of the United States, and chose former CIA Director George H. W. Bush as his running mate. Reagan had considered naming former president Gerald Ford as his running mate, but after Ford and Reagan were unable to agree to be on the same ticket (a televised ...
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.
Reagan waited until the Convention in July to announce his choice of a running mate, as was customary at the time. A short list of prospective running mates was put together after Reagan clinched the presidential nomination, including Howard Baker, William Simon, Jack Kemp, Richard Lugar, Paul Laxalt and George Bush. [4]
Reagan and Bush defeated the Democratic nominees, incumbent President Jimmy Carter of Georgia and his running mate incumbent Vice President Walter Mondale of Minnesota. Also in the running was former Republican Congressman John B. Anderson of Illinois, who ran as an Independent with former Ambassador and Governor Patrick Lucey of Wisconsin.
1980 United States presidential election in Connecticut [5] Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote Count % Count % Republican: Ronald Reagan of California: George Bush of Texas: 677,210: 48.16%: 8: 100.00%: Democratic: Jimmy Carter of Georgia (incumbent) Walter Mondale of Minnesota (incumbent) 541,732 38.52% 0 0.00% Anderson ...
The Heritage Foundation's playbook for a second Trump presidency would revive many of Ronald Reagan's worst policies. ... In 1980, the exemption stood at $161,000. By the time Reagan left office ...