Gerald Ford 1976 presidential campaign

[3] However, Ford still received the Republican nomination on August 19, 1976, to face Democratic candidate Jimmy Carter on November 2, 1976.

He turned down offers from the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers of the National Football League.

This is also one of the few times an incumbent president has lost state primaries, the most recent being when President Joe Biden lost to Jason Palmer in American Samoa after 44 years when President Jimmy Carter lost to Ted Kennedy in Massachusetts on March 4, 1980, and 11 states with Washington D.C..[11] In the New Hampshire primary, Ford attacked Reagan's plan to cut $90 billion from the federal budget, as well as Reagan's plans for Social Security.

[12][13][14] After defeating their strongest opponents, Ford and Vice President Bob Dole were nominated at the Republican National Convention in Kansas City, Missouri, where Reagan criticized Ford for his signing of the Helsinki Accords and indirectly blamed him for the fall of Saigon in April 1975.

Reagan's concession speech spoke of the dangers of nuclear war and the threat from the Soviet Union.

Here are the lists of Ford supporters in the presidential primaries:Federal Officials Former Federal Officials Senators Former Senators Representatives Former Representatives Governors Former Governors Lieutenant Governors Attorney Generals Mayors Former Mayor Individuals Baseball Basketball Football Actors and Actresses Musicians In Republican primaries: On November 2, 1976, Ford lost the election to Democratic nominee Jimmy Carter.

[101] Before the election, both Ford and Carter also debated three times in Philadelphia, San Francisco and Williamsburg from September 23 to October 22, 1976.

[102] The vice presidential debate also began at the Alley Theater in Houston, Texas, when Bob Dole faced off against Walter Mondale.

When Ford died in 2006 due to his worsening arteriosclerotic cerebrovascular disease and diffuse arteriosclerosis, Carter attended his funeral.