Ronald Reagan presidential campaign, 1980
| Reagan & Bush | |
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 1980 Reagan-Bush campaign logo |
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| Campaign |
Republican primaries, 1980 U.S. presidential election, 1980 |
| Candidate |
Ronald Reagan 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975) George H. W. Bush 11th Director of Central Intelligence (1976–1977) |
| Affiliation | Republican Party |
| Status | Announced: November 13, 1979 Official nominee: July 17, 1980 Won election: November 4, 1980 |
| Key people |
William J. Casey (Manager) Edwin Meese III (Chief of Staff) Richard V. Allen (Foreign Policy Adviser) |
| Slogan | Let's Make America Great Again Are You Better Off Than You Were Four Years Ago? |
Ronald Reagan, the 33rd Governor of California (served 1967–1975), announced his candidacy for President of the United States in New York City on November 13, 1979. On July 17, 1980, he became the nominee of the Republican Party for the 1980 presidential election. After receiving the Republican nomination, he selected one of his opponents in the primary elections, George H. W. Bush, to be his running mate.
On November 4, 1980, Reagan carried 44 states and received 489 electoral votes to win the election. Jimmy Carter, the incumbent president, carried six states, as well as Washington, D.C., and received 49 electoral votes. Reagan won 50.7 percent of the popular vote, Carter took 41 percent, and Independent John B. Anderson (a liberal Republican) received 6.7 percent. Reagan's election as President was completed with the meeting of the Electoral College on December 15, 1980, and with the subsequent certification of the college's vote by the Joint session of Congress on January 6, 1981.
Reagan announced his candidacy for President of the United States in New York City on November 13, 1979.
On May 20, 1980, after the Michigan and Oregon primaries, Ronald Reagan secured enough delegates to clinch the nomination for the Republican Party. His opponent in the general election, incumbent President Jimmy Carter, passed the delegate threshold to become the presumptive nominee of his party on June 3. On May 26, George H. W. Bush, Reagan's remaining opponent for the Republican nomination, conceded defeat and urged his supporters to back Reagan.
Ronald Reagan's choice for vice presidential running mate had been a subject of speculation since the end of the primaries. When former President Gerald Ford revealed in a CBS interview with Walter Cronkite that he was seriously considering the vice presidency, Ford garnered a great deal of interest. However, after Ford suggested the possibility of a "co-presidency" and, in addition, insisted that Henry Kissinger be re-appointed as Secretary of State and that Alan Greenspan be appointed as Secretary of the Treasury, negotiations to form a Reagan-Ford ticket ceased. Less than twenty-four hours before Reagan had formally accepted the Republican nomination, he telephoned George H. W. Bush to inform Bush of his intent to nominate him. The following day, on July 17—the final day of the Republican National Convention—Reagan officially announced Bush as his running mate.
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