1984 Republican National Convention
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1984 presidential election |
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Nominees
Reagan and Bush |
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| Convention | |
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| Date(s) | August 20–23, 1984 |
| City | Dallas, Texas |
| Venue | Dallas Convention Center |
| Keynote speaker | Katherine D. Ortega |
| Candidates | |
| Presidential nominee | Ronald Reagan of California |
| Vice Presidential nominee | George Bush of Texas |
The 1984 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States convened on August 20 to August 23, 1984, at Dallas Convention Center in downtown Dallas, Texas. The convention nominated President Ronald W. Reagan and Vice President George H. W. Bush for reelection.
It was the thirty-third GOP presidential nominating convention, the first Republican convention held in Texas (indeed, the first Republican convention in the South outside Florida), and the only convention of either party held in Dallas.
Reagan's popularity had rebounded after the early 1980s recession, and he became the first incumbent president since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 to run without serious opposition in the primary. The keynote address on August 20 was delivered by Katherine Ortega, Treasurer of the United States. Other speakers included Elizabeth Dole, United States Secretary of Transportation; Jeane Kirkpatrick, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (who delivered her now-famous "Blame America First" speech ); and Congressman Jack Kemp of Buffalo, New York.
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