1976 Republican Party presidential primaries

1976 Republican Party presidential primaries

← 1972 January 6 to July 14, 1976 1980 →
2,259 delegates to the Republican National Convention 1,130 votes needed to win
Candidate Gerald Ford Ronald Reagan Home state Michigan California Delegate count 1,121[1] 1,078[1] Contests won 27 24 Popular vote 5,529,899 4,760,222 Percentage 53.3% 45.9%
First place by first-instance vote First place by delegate allocation First place by convention roll call      Ford      Reagan      Uncommitted
Previous Republican nominee Richard Nixon Republican nominee Gerald Ford

From January 6 to July 14, 1976, voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for president in the 1976 United States presidential election. The major candidates were incumbent President Gerald Ford and former governor of California Ronald Reagan. After a series of primary elections and caucuses, neither secured a majority of the delegates before the convention.

The 1976 election marks the first time that Republican primaries or caucuses were held in every state and D.C.; the Democrats had done so in 1972. It was also the last election in which the Republican nominee was undetermined at the start of the party's national convention.