Ronald ReaganPresidency |
Whom did Reagan defeat to win the 1980 Republican presidential nomination? |
Reagan won the 1980 Republican presidential nomination over his future vice president George H. W. Bush. There were other contenders initially, including Bob Dole, U.S. senator from Kansas; Howard Baker, U.S. Senator from Tennessee; and John Anderson, a U.S. Representative from Illinois, who later ran as an independent. Bush won a few primaries, but Reagan dominated and the field had dropped out of the race by the time of the convention.