1976 Republican Party presidential primaries

Republican Party presidential primaries, 1976
2,259 delegates to the Republican National Convention; 1,130 votes needed to win
	First place finishes by convention roll call
Previous Republican nominee; Richard Nixon;	Republican nominee ; Gerald Ford;

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.

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

President Gerald Ford of Michigan
Former Governor Ronald Reagan of California
Former Vice President Spiro Agnew of Maryland
Senator Howard Baker of Tennessee
Senator Edward Brooke of Massachusetts
Senator James Buckley of New York
Governor Dan Evans of Washington
Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona
Former Governor and Secretary of Treasury John Connally of Texas
Senator Charles Mathias of Maryland
Senator Charles Percy of Illinois
Vice President Nelson Rockefeller of New York
Commerce Secretary Elliot L. Richardson of Massachusetts
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
Gerald Ford's presidential portrait
Flag map of Michigan
Ford Dole 1976 campaign logo
Ronald Reagan wearing cowboy hat at Rancho del Cielo.
Flag-map of California
Ronald Reagan presidential campaign, 1976

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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[Time-1] 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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