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.
Ronald Reagan defeated incumbent Jimmy Carter in the 1980 election.
Twice. The first time in 1976 in which he was elected. The second for reelection in 1980 in which he lost to Ronald Reagan.
Late 1979 and all of 1980
Ronald Reagan ran against incumbent president Jimmy Carter in 1980 and then again against Walter Mondale in 1984.
He was the governor of California before he ran for president.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Hi, yes he did but got landslided by Ronald Reagan. Prior to running for the second term, Ted Kennedy came from nowhere with a massive possible challenge within the Democrat party but he decided eventually not to run against President Carter. Had he fully challenged, it may have been a great election Kennedy v Reagan.
Jimmy Carter in 1980, and Walter Mondale in 1984.
Reagan was first a radio sports announcer in Iowa. The station paid his way to California to report on the Cubs' spring training and he took a screen test which lead to a movie career. His stint as a union president inspired to run for governor of California. Two terms as governor led him to run for President.