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;

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

Former Governor Ronald Reagan of California

Withdrew during primaries

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

Withdrew before primaries

Senator Larry Pressler of South Dakota (withdrew January 8, 1980)
Senator Lowell Weicker of Connecticut (withdrew May 16, 1979)

Declined to run

The following potential candidates declined to run for the Republican nomination in 1980.

Former Astronaut Frank Borman of Indiana
RNC Chairman Bill Brock of Tennessee
Senator John Danforth of Missouri
Governor Pete du Pont of Delaware
Former President Gerald Ford of Michigan
Representative Jack Kemp of New York
Former NATO Commander Alexander Haig of Pennsylvania
Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania
Senator Charles Mathias of Maryland
Senator Chuck Percy of Illinois
Former Commerce Secretary Elliot Richardson of Massachusetts
Former FBI Director William Ruckelshaus of Indiana
Former Treasury Secretary Bill Simon of New Jersey
Governor Jim Thompson of Illinois

References

Other websites

Shirley, Craig (2009). Rendezvous with Destiny: Ronald Reagan and the Campaign That Changed America. Wilmington, Delaware: Intercollegiate Studies Institute. ISBN 978-1-933859-55-2.. online review by Lou Cannon

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