George H. W. Bush ran against Ronald Reagan in the 1980 Republican primaries, but lost. Bush would eventually become Reagan's Vice President.
Ronald Reagan ran against incumbent president Jimmy Carter in 1980 and then again against Walter Mondale in 1984.
In the 1980 US presidential election, Ronald Reagan ran against Jimmy Carter and John B. Anderson. In 1984, Reagan ran against Walter Mondale and won a second term in office.In 1980, Reagan's main opponent was incumbent President Jimmy Carter.In 1984, Reagan's main opponent was former Vice-President Walter Mondale.
When Walter Mondale ran for Vice President in 1976 and 1980, he was Jimmy Carter's running mate. When he ran for President in 1984, his running mate was Geraldine Ferraro (that was the first of two times to date that a woman was one of the major party Vice Presidential candidates).
0. Reagan ran in 1980 against Carter.
He was the governor of California before he ran for president.
Ronald Reagan was 57 when he ran against Richard Nixon for the Republican Party nomination in 1968, he was 65 when he ran against Gerald Ford for the Republican Party nomination in 1976, he was 69 when he ran against incumbent President Jimmy Carter in 1980, and he was 73 when he ran for reelection in 1984 (he turned 78 less than three weeks after leaving office).
In 1972, Jimmy Carter ran against incumbent president Gerald Ford.In 1976, President Jimmy Carter ran against Ronald Reagan.In 1976, Governor Jimmy Carter (D-Georgia) ran against President Gerald Ford (R). In 1980, President Carter ran against Governor Ronald Reagan (R-California).In the 1976 election for president, Jimmy Carter ran against Gerald Ford. In 1980, Carter ran and lost against Ronald Reagan.
pro-life
He never ran for President and lost. He did run for the Republican nomination twice without prevailing -- 1968 and 1976.
He was the governor of California before he ran for president.
Ronald Reagan was the first and so far the only US President to have ever been divorced. He was divorced many years before he ran for public office.
He was living in California where he spent most of his adult life.