1976 Republican Party Presidential Primaries: Selection of Republican US presidential candidate
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.
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2,259 delegates to the Republican National Convention 1,130 votes needed to win | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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Senator Edward Brooke of Massachusetts -
Senator James Buckley of New York -
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Senator Charles Percy of Illinois -
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Commerce Secretary Elliot L. Richardson of Massachusetts -
References
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