Ronald Reagan tested the presidential waters in 1968. However, Richard Nixon won the nomination at the Republican Convention followed by Nelson Rockefeller with Ronald Reagan in third place.
Reagan ran against Mondale in 1984 . Mondale's running mate was a woman, Geraldine Ferraro.
Ronald Reagan ran against incumbent president Jimmy Carter in 1980 and then again against Walter Mondale in 1984.
Ronald Reagan defeated incumbent Jimmy Carter in the 1980 election.
He never ran for President and lost. He did run for the Republican nomination twice without prevailing -- 1968 and 1976.
Late 1979 and all of 1980
Ronald Reagan was originally a member of the Democratic party but switched to the Republican party in 1962. He was never chairman of the Democratic party.
Jimmy Carter in 1980, and Walter Mondale in 1984.
He was the governor of California before he ran for president.
Ronald Reagan served as the 40th President of the United States from January 20, 1981 until January 20, 1989. Prior to his presidency, he was President of the Screen Actors Guild, and the 33rd Governor of California from January 2, 1967 until January 6, 1975. Ronald Reagan tested the presidential waters in 1968. However, Richard Nixon won the nomination at the Republican Convention followed by Nelson Rockefeller with Ronald Reagan in third place.In 1976, Reagan challenged incumbent President Gerald Ford in a bid to become the Republican Party's candidate for president. Gerald Ford won the nomination at the Republican convention.
John Glenn, who had been in the Senate for 9 years in 1984, did seek the Democratic nomination to run against incumbent Ronald Reagan, but he was unsuccessful and the nomination went to Walter Mondale. Mondale had been Vice President under Jimmy Carter, and (like Carter) lost to Reagan.
1980, against Reagan and Carter, as an independent
Reagan defeated Jimmy Carter in a landslide in the Presidential Election of 1980.
Twice. The first time in 1976 in which he was elected. The second for reelection in 1980 in which he lost to Ronald Reagan.