1980 Republican Party presidential primaries

Republican Party presidential primaries, 1980
	Red indicates a win by Reagan, blue a win by Bush, and black is uncommitted.
Previous Republican nominee; Gerald Ford;	Republican nominee ; Ronald Reagan;

The 1980 Republican presidential primaries were how voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for President of the United States in the 1980 U.S. presidential election.

Former California Governor Ronald Reagan was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses which happened in the Republican National Convention held from July 14 to July 17, 1980, in Detroit, Michigan.

Nominees

U.S. Congressman John B. Anderson of Illinois (withdrew April 24, 1980)
Senate Minority Leader Howard Baker of Tennessee (withdrew March 5, 1980)
Former CIA director George H. W. Bush of Texas (withdrew May 26, 1980)
Former Governor John Connally of Texas (withdrew March 9, 1980)
U.S. Congressman Phil Crane of Illinois (withdrew March 20, 1980)
U.S. Senator Bob Dole of Kansas (withdrew March 15, 1980)
Former Minnesota Governor Harold Stassen of Pennsylvania

The following potential candidates declined to run for the Republican nomination in 1980.^[1]^[2]

United States Republican presidential primaries, 1980 by state
Republican presidential primary delegate map, 1980
Results of the 1980 Republican National Convention
Portrait of U.S. President Ronald Reagan
Flag-map of California
Ronald Reagan presidential campaign, 1980
Flag-map of Texas
This is the SVG version of the George H. W. Bush 1980 presidential campaign logo.
Rep. John Anderson