1976 Republican Party presidential primaries
The 1976 Republican presidential primaries were how voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for President of the United States in the 1976 U.S. presidential election.
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2,259 delegates to the Republican National Convention 1,130 votes needed to win | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current President Gerald Ford was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses which was held in the 1976 Republican National Convention. It was held from August 16 to August 19, 1976 in Kansas City, Missouri. The 1976 primary was the first Republican primary to hold primaries in every state, the Democrats held the first nationwide primary in 1972.
Nominees
Former Governor Ronald Reagan of California
Former Vice President Spiro Agnew of Maryland
Senator Edward Brooke of Massachusetts
Senator James Buckley of New York
Former Governor and Secretary of Treasury John Connally of Texas
Senator Charles Percy of Illinois
Former Governor Harold E. Stassen of Minnesota
1976 Republican Party Presidential Primaries Media
Results of the 1976 Republican National Convention
President Ford's snub of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn drew criticism from conservative Cold War hawks, including Ronald Reagan
Flag map of Michigan
Gerald Ford presidential campaign, 1976
Flag-map of California
Ronald Reagan 1976 bumper sticker
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Based on Time Magazine estimate prior to the 1976 convention; both candidates were short of the needed 1,130 delegates. "Another Loss For the Gipper." CNN AllPolitics "Back in TIME" series. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
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