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.

Republican Party presidential primaries, 1976

January 19 to June 8, 1976
2,259 delegates to the Republican National Convention 1,130 votes needed to win
File:Gerald Ford presidential portrait (cropped 2).jpg File:Ronald Reagan, 14 May 1974 (cropped).jpg Candidate Gerald Ford Ronald Reagan Home state Michigan California Delegate count 1,121 1,078 Contests won 17 11 Popular vote 5,529,899 4,760,222 Percentage 53.3% 45.9%
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Previous Republican nominee Richard Nixon Republican nominee Gerald Ford

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

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  President Gerald Ford of Michigan

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  Former Governor Ronald Reagan of California

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  Former Vice President Spiro Agnew of Maryland

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  Senator Howard Baker of Tennessee

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  Senator Edward Brooke of Massachusetts

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  Senator James Buckley of New York

• Daniel J. Evans.jpg

  Governor Dan Evans of Washington

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  Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona

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  Former Governor and Secretary of Treasury John Connally of Texas

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  Senator Charles Mathias of Maryland

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  Senator Charles Percy of Illinois

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  Vice President Nelson Rockefeller of New York

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  Commerce Secretary Elliot L. Richardson of Massachusetts

• Harold Stassen.jpg

  Former Governor Harold E. Stassen of Minnesota

1976 Republican Party Presidential Primaries Media

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  Results of the 1976 Republican National Convention

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  President Ford's snub of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn drew criticism from conservative Cold War hawks, including Ronald Reagan

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  Flag map of Michigan

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  Ford Dole 1976 campaign logo

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  Ronald Reagan wearing cowboy hat at Rancho del Cielo.

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  Flag-map of California