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He never ran for President and lost. He did run for the Republican nomination twice without prevailing -- 1968 and 1976.

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No. Reagan ran and was elected in 1980 and in 1984. In 1992 the incumbent President George H W Bush(R) ran against Bill Clinton(D) and Clinton won.

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