Ronald Reagan for President 1976 | |
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Campaign | 1976 United States presidential election |
Candidate | Ronald Reagan Governor of California (1967โ1975) Richard Schweiker U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania (1969โ1981) |
Affiliation | Republican Party |
Status | Announced November 20, 1975[1] Lost nomination August 18, 1976[2] |
Key people | John Sears (campaign manager) |
Ronald Reagan announced his candidacy for President of the United States on November 20, 1975. He won primaries in several states, but eventually lost the nomination to incumbent president Gerald Ford at the 1976 Republican National Convention.