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At the 1976 Republican National Convention, incumbent President Gerald Ford narrowly won the presidential nomination over former California Governor Ronald Reagan. Ford had decided not to choose Vice President Nelson Rockefeller as his running mate, due to Rockefeller's unpopularity with the right wing of the Republican Party. [ 1 ]
Ford defeated Reagan by a narrow margin on the first ballot at the 1976 Republican National Convention in Kansas City, and chose Senator Bob Dole from Kansas as his running mate in the place of incumbent vice president Nelson Rockefeller, who had announced the previous year that he was not interested in being considered for the vice ...
Ford and his running mate Senator Bob Dole were defeated by Democratic presidential nominee Jimmy Carter and vice presidential nominee Walter Mondale. Ford, a Republican president and former vice president under Nixon, launched his presidential bid on July 8, 1975, [1] and secured nomination for his election to a full term on August 19, 1976.
24 maj 2013 · Bob Dole was President Gerald R. Ford’s vice presidential running mate for the 1976 election. Dole served 4 terms as a U.S. Congressman from Kansas prior to being elected U.S. Senator. Dole served as both Senate Minority and Majority Leader.
Ford and his senior aides, along with Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, Vice Presidential running mate Robert Dole, and Texas Governor John Connally, spent the following days developing the best campaign strategy while seated by the fireplace of their rented chalet.
6 dni temu · The campaign was conducted in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal that forced Pres. Richard M. Nixon to become the first president to resign the office; Nixon was succeeded by Ford, his vice president. Carter announced his candidacy on December 12, 1974, in Washington, D.C.
Carter won the Democratic nomination on the first ballot. He chose the more liberal Senator Walter F. Mondale of Minnesota as his running mate, hoping to balance the ticket ideologically and geographically. Ford left the Republican convention trailing Carter by thirty-four points in the polls.
