1980 Republican Party presidential primaries information
Selection of Republican US presidential candidate
1980 Republican Party presidential primaries
← 1976
January 21 to June 3, 1980
1984 →
1,990 delegates to the 1980 Republican National Convention 996 (majority) votes needed to win
Candidate
Ronald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
John B. Anderson
Home state
California
Texas
Illinois
Delegate count
1,407
250
59
Contests won
42
7 + DC + Puerto Rico
0
Popular vote
7,709,793
3,070,033
1,572,174
Percentage
59.79%
23.81%
12.19%
First place by first-instance vote
First place by delegate allocation
First place by convention roll call
Reagan Bush Uncommitted
Previous Republican nominee
Gerald Ford
Republican nominee
Ronald Reagan
From January 21 to June 3, 1980, voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for president in the 1980 United States presidential election. Retired Hollywood actor and two-term California governor Ronald Reagan was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the Republican National Convention held from July 14 to 17, 1980, in Detroit, Michigan.
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