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This article lists those who were potential candidates for the Republican nomination for Vice President of the United States in the 1980 election. Former California Governor Ronald Reagan won the 1980 Republican nomination for President of the United States, and chose former CIA Director George H. W. Bush as his running mate.

Reagan had considered naming former president Gerald Ford as his running mate, but after Ford and Reagan were unable to agree to be on the same ticket (a televised interview with Ford brought up possibility of a "co-presidency"), Reagan turned to Bush, his primary rival for the 1980 Republican nomination.^[1]^[2] Though Bush had criticized Reagan's policies, Reagan chose Bush to help unify the party, and Bush agreed to be on the ticket and to support Reagan's platform.^[3]^[4]

The Reagan–Bush ticket would go on to defeat the Democratic tickets of Carter–Mondale in 1980 and Mondale–Ferraro in 1984. Bush was later elected president in his own right in 1988.

When Reagan unsuccessfully sought the 1976 nomination he had named Pennsylvania Senator Richard Schweiker as his running mate but was not considered again when Reagan won the 1980 nomination.

Potential running mates[edit]

^[1]^[5]^[6]^[7]

Former Ambassador to the U.K.
Anne Armstrong
(1976–1977)
Senator and Senate Minority Leader
Howard Baker
from Tennessee
(1967–1985)
Former Secretary of the Treasury
John Connally
of Texas
(1971-1973)
Former President of the United States
Gerald Ford
from Michigan
(1974–1977)
Representative
Guy Vander Jagt
from Michigan
(1966–1993)
Representative
Jack Kemp
from New York
(1971–1989)
Senator
Richard Lugar
from Indiana
(1977–2013)
Senator
Paul Laxalt
from Nevada
(1974–1987)
Governor
Al Quie
from Minnesota
(1979–1983)
Former Secretary of Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
(1975–1977)

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Allen, Richard (30 July 2000). "George Walker Bush; The Accidental Vice President". New York Times. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
^ Plissner, Martin (27 December 2006). "From Ike To Jerry Ford". CBS News. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
^ Walsh, Kenneth (17 March 2011). "Reagan and Bush's Admirable Partnership". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
^ Witcover, Jules (15 September 2015). "The Dynasty That Almost Wasn't". Politico. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
^ Sigelman, Lee; Wahlbeck, Paul (December 1997). "The "Veepstakes": Strategic Choice in Presidential Running Mate Selection". The American Political Science Review. 91 (4): 858. doi:10.2307/2952169. JSTOR 2952169.
^ Meacham, Jon (2015). Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush. Random House. ISBN 978-1-4000-6765-7.
^ "Reagan Would Rather Go It Alone, but Choose He Must". Washington Post. 2023-12-23. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2024-06-08.

[allen-1] Allen, Richard (30 July 2000). "George Walker Bush; The Accidental Vice President". New York Times. Retrieved 5 October 2015.

[plissner-2] Plissner, Martin (27 December 2006). "From Ike To Jerry Ford". CBS News. Retrieved 5 October 2015.

[walsh-3] Walsh, Kenneth (17 March 2011). "Reagan and Bush's Admirable Partnership". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 5 October 2015.

[witcover-4] Witcover, Jules (15 September 2015). "The Dynasty That Almost Wasn't". Politico. Retrieved 5 October 2015.

[sigelman2-5] Sigelman, Lee; Wahlbeck, Paul (December 1997). "The "Veepstakes": Strategic Choice in Presidential Running Mate Selection". The American Political Science Review. 91 (4): 858. doi:10.2307/2952169. JSTOR 2952169.

[meacham2-6] Meacham, Jon (2015). Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush. Random House. ISBN 978-1-4000-6765-7.

[7] "Reagan Would Rather Go It Alone, but Choose He Must". Washington Post. 2023-12-23. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2024-06-08.

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-This article lists those who were potential candidates for the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] nomination for [[Vice President of the United States]] in the [[1980 United States presidential election|1980 election]]. Former California Governor [[Ronald Reagan]] won the [[Republican Party presidential primaries, 1980|1980 Republican nomination]] for [[President of the United States]], and chose former CIA Director [[George H.W. Bush]] as his running mate.
+This article lists those who were potential candidates for the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] nomination for [[Vice President of the United States]] in the [[1980 United States presidential election|1980 election]]. Former California Governor [[Ronald Reagan]] won the [[Republican Party presidential primaries, 1980|1980 Republican nomination]] for [[President of the United States]], and chose former CIA Director [[George H. W. Bush]] as his running mate.
-Reagan had considered naming former president [[Gerald Ford]] as his running mate, but after Ford and Reagan were unable to agree to be on the same ticket (a televised interview with Ford brought up possibility of a "co-presidency"), Reagan turned to Bush, his primary rival for the 1980 Republican nomination.<ref name="allen">{{cite news|last1=Allen|first1=Richard|title=George Walker Bush; The Accidental Vice President|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/07/30/magazine/george-herbert-walker-bush-the-accidental-vice-president.html?pagewanted=all|access-date=5 October 2015|work=New York Times|date=30 July 2000}}</ref><ref name="plissner">{{cite news|last1=Plissner|first1=Martin|title=From Ike To Jerry Ford|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/from-ike-to-jerry-ford/|access-date=5 October 2015|work=CBS News|date=27 December 2006}}</ref> Though Bush had criticized [[Reaganomics|Reagan's policies]], Reagan chose Bush to help unify the party, and Bush agreed to be on the ticket and to support Reagan's platform.<ref name="walsh">{{cite news|last1=Walsh|first1=Kenneth|title=Reagan and Bush's Admirable Partnership|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2011/03/17/reagan-and-bushs-admirable-partnership|access-date=5 October 2015|publisher=U.S. News & World Report|date=17 March 2011}}</ref><ref name="witcover">{{cite news|last1=Witcover|first1=Jules|title=The Dynasty That Almost Wasn't|url=http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/09/the-dynasty-that-almost-wasnt-213150|access-date=5 October 2015|publisher=Politico|date=15 September 2015}}</ref>
+Reagan had considered naming former president [[Gerald Ford]] as his running mate, but after Ford and Reagan were unable to agree to be on the same ticket (a televised interview with Ford brought up possibility of a "co-presidency"), Reagan turned to Bush, his primary rival for the 1980 Republican nomination.<ref name="allen">{{cite news|last1=Allen|first1=Richard|title=George Walker Bush; The Accidental Vice President|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/07/30/magazine/george-walker-bush-the-accidental-vice-president.html?pagewanted=all|access-date=5 October 2015|work=New York Times|date=30 July 2000}}</ref><ref name="plissner">{{cite news|last1=Plissner|first1=Martin|title=From Ike To Jerry Ford|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/from-ike-to-jerry-ford/|access-date=5 October 2015|work=CBS News|date=27 December 2006}}</ref> Though Bush had criticized [[Reaganomics|Reagan's policies]], Reagan chose Bush to help unify the party, and Bush agreed to be on the ticket and to support Reagan's platform.<ref name="walsh">{{cite news|last1=Walsh|first1=Kenneth|title=Reagan and Bush's Admirable Partnership|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2011/03/17/reagan-and-bushs-admirable-partnership|access-date=5 October 2015|publisher=U.S. News & World Report|date=17 March 2011}}</ref><ref name="witcover">{{cite news|last1=Witcover|first1=Jules|title=The Dynasty That Almost Wasn't|url=http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/09/the-dynasty-that-almost-wasnt-213150|access-date=5 October 2015|publisher=Politico|date=15 September 2015}}</ref>
 The Reagan–Bush ticket would go on to defeat the Democratic tickets of [[Jimmy Carter#1980 presidential campaign|Carter–Mondale]] in 1980 and [[Walter Mondale 1984 presidential campaign|Mondale–Ferraro]] in [[1984 United States presidential election|1984]]. Bush was later elected president in his own right in 1988.
+When Reagan unsuccessfully sought the 1976 nomination he had named Pennsylvania Senator [[Richard Schweiker]] as his running mate but was not considered again when Reagan won the 1980 nomination.
 ==Potential running mates==
-<ref name="allen" /><ref name="sigelman2">{{cite journal|last1=Sigelman|first1=Lee|last2=Wahlbeck|first2=Paul|date=December 1997|title=The "Veepstakes": Strategic Choice in Presidential Running Mate Selection|journal=The American Political Science Review|volume=91|issue=4|page=858|doi=10.2307/2952169|jstor=2952169}}</ref><ref name="meacham2">{{cite book|last=Meacham|first=Jon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iMgOCAAAQBAJ|title=Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush|publisher=Random House|year=2015|isbn=978-1-4000-6765-7|authorlink=Jon Meacham}}</ref><gallery>
+<ref name="allen" /><ref name="sigelman2">{{cite journal|last1=Sigelman|first1=Lee|last2=Wahlbeck|first2=Paul|date=December 1997|title=The "Veepstakes": Strategic Choice in Presidential Running Mate Selection|journal=The American Political Science Review|volume=91|issue=4|page=858|doi=10.2307/2952169|jstor=2952169}}</ref><ref name="meacham2">{{cite book|last=Meacham|first=Jon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iMgOCAAAQBAJ|title=Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush|publisher=Random House|year=2015|isbn=978-1-4000-6765-7<!--|authorlink=Jon Meacham-->}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-12-23 |title=Reagan Would Rather Go It Alone, but Choose He Must |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1980/07/10/reagan-would-rather-go-it-alone-but-choose-he-must/746c9719-db7a-4161-8398-3629ebd8f748/ |access-date=2024-06-08 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>
+<gallery>
-File:Anne Armstrong 1982.jpg|{{center|Former [[U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom|Ambassador to the U.K.]]<br>'''[[Anne Armstrong]]'''<br>(1976–1977)}}
+File:Anne Armstrong 1982.jpg|{{center|Former [[List of ambassadors of the United States to the United Kingdom|Ambassador to the U.K.]]<br>'''[[Anne Armstrong]]'''<br>(1976–1977)}}
-File:Howard Baker photo.jpg|{{center|[[United States Senate|Senator]] and Senate Minority Leader<br>'''[[Howard Baker]]'''<br>from [[Tennessee]]<br>(1967–1985)}}
+File:Senator Howard Baker 1979.jpg|{{center|[[United States Senate|Senator]] and Senate Minority Leader<br>'''[[Howard Baker]]'''<br>from [[Tennessee]]<br>(1967–1985)}}
+File:John Connally (cropped).jpg|alt=|{{center|Former [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]]<br>'''[[John Connally]]'''<br>of [[Texas]]<br>(1971-1973)}}
 File:Gerald Ford presidential portrait (cropped 2).jpg|{{center|Former [[President of the United States]]<br>'''[[Gerald Ford]]'''<br>from [[Michigan]]<br>(1974–1977)}}
 File:Guy Vander Jagt.png|{{center|[[United States House of Representatives|Representative]]<br>'''[[Guy Vander Jagt]]'''<br>from [[Michigan]]<br>(1966–1993)}}
 File:Jack Kemp official portrait (cropped 3x4).jpg|{{center|[[United States House of Representatives|Representative]]<br>'''[[Jack Kemp]]'''<br>from [[New York (state)|New York]]<br>(1971–1989)}}
-File:Dick Lugar official photo.jpg|{{center|[[United States Senate|Senator]]<br>'''[[Richard Lugar]]'''<br>from [[Indiana]]<br>(1977–2013)}}
+File:Dick Lugar official photo 2010 (tight crop).JPG|{{center|[[United States Senate|Senator]]<br>'''[[Richard Lugar]]'''<br>from [[Indiana]]<br>(1977–2013)}}
-File:Paul Laxalt.jpg|{{center|[[United States Senate|Senator]]<br>'''[[Paul Laxalt]]'''<br>from [[Nevada]]<br>(1974–1987)}}
+File:Paul Laxalt 1980 (cropped).jpg|{{center|[[United States Senate|Senator]]<br>'''[[Paul Laxalt]]'''<br>from [[Nevada]]<br>(1974–1987)}}
-File:Al Quie 1977 congressional photo.jpg|{{center|[[Governor of Minnesota|Governor]]<br>'''[[Al Quie]]'''<br>from [[Minnesota]]<br>(1979–1983)}}
+File:Al Quie Groundbreaking for the 1980 St Regis Expansion.jpg|{{center|[[Governor of Minnesota|Governor]]<br>'''[[Al Quie]]'''<br>from [[Minnesota]]<br>(1979–1983)}}
-File:Rumsfeld ford adm closeup.png|{{center|Former [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]]<br>'''[[Donald Rumsfeld]]'''<br>from [[Illinois]]<br>(1975–1977)}}
+File:Donald Rumsfeld 1972 (cropped).jpg|{{center|Former [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]]<br>'''[[Donald Rumsfeld]]'''<br>(1975–1977)}}
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