[DOC] [TLE] Ronald Reagan vs. Gerald Ford: The 1976 GOP Convention Battle ... [PAR] Apr 16, 2016 ... After losing six straight primaries to President Gerald Ford early in the year, 
Reagan ... And so he did, running again four years later and applying the lessons 
of 1976. He handily won the nomination, defeating a lineup of well-known ... and 
too conservative to lead the country launched an historic presidency... [DOC] [TLE] United States presidential election, 1976 - Wikipedia [PAR] The United States presidential election of 1976 was the 48th quadrennial 
presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 2, 1976. The winner was the 
relatively unknown former Governor of Georgia Jimmy Carter, the Democratic 
candidate, over the incumbent President Gerald Ford, the Republican candidate. 
... Gerald Ford lost this year's election and Jimmy Carter failed in his bid for... [DOC] [TLE] The 1976 Presidential Election - The Authentic History Center [PAR] Jul 19, 2012 ... The 1976 presidential election was the first held in the wake of the Watergate ... 
Ford, the Republican candidate, was pitted against the relatively unknown ... the 
ABC movement defeated Carter in several late primaries, but this ... Ford's 
performance and foreshadowed what was to come four years later. [DOC] [TLE] How Gerald Ford beat Ronald Reagan at the last contested GOP ... [PAR] Apr 22, 2016 ... Forty years ago, Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford came to a final ... most 
controversial convention since 1976, a year that brought the death and eventual 
rebirth of the Republican Party. ... Now he'd need to win a presidential 
nomination, and after 30 primaries and .... Four years later, it was Reagan's time. [DOC] [TLE] Reagan's '76 GOP Nomination | HistoryNet [PAR] Dec 4, 2015 ... Gerald Ford wasn't a liberal, but in 1975 Ronald Reagan decided ... Ford stepped 
aside; if he would achieve the presidency, it was 1976 or never. ... For Reagan to 
defeat Ford would require him to overcome these incumbent advan-tages. .... in 
the next four years, And you might never have been president. [DOC] [TLE] Gerald Ford's Near Miracle of 1976 | HistoryNet [PAR] Nov 30, 2007 ... Then, as attention turned to the 1976 presidential contest, the challenges ... Just 
four months later, on November 4, Ford announced that Rockefeller ... Once he 
got into a campaign speaking rhythm, he was nearly impossible to beat. ... 
Ultimately, Ford won 15 state primaries to Reagan's 12, but neither... [DOC] [TLE] READ: Ronald Reagan Speech at 1976 Republican National ... [PAR] Jul 21, 2016 ... Ronald Reagan's 1976 Speech: 'There Is No Substitute for Victory' ... After a 
bruising primary campaign, and a tough fight at the convention itself, ... courtesy 
of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, California
: .... Reagan never pledged to support Ford, but he did anyway. [DOC] [TLE] Ronald Reagan: Campaigns and ElectionsMiller Center [PAR] On its face, the 1964 presidential election was a reaffirmation of the New Deal ... 
It was in this context that Reagan challenged Ford for the Republican nomination 
in 1976. ... But Reagan was a hero to conservatives, and he lacked the political 
baggage of ... (Bush won the other four plus a primary that Reagan did not enter.)
... [DOC] [TLE] Delegate Battle of '76: When Reagan Almost Beat Ford - Newsweek [PAR] Apr 23, 2016 ... President Gerald Ford, as the Republican nominee, shakes hands with ... the 
Republican presidential nomination in 1976 was 1,130 delegates, and ... After 
Reagan won the Texas, Indiana, Georgia and Alabama primaries, ... And so he 
did, running again four years later and applying the lessons of 1976. [DOC] [TLE] For Republicans, Contested 1976 Convention Looms Over 2016 Race [PAR] Dec 11, 2015 ... President Gerald R. Ford and Ronald Reagan at the closing session of ... Forty 
years later, the dynamics are somewhat different, but Republican fears are the 
same. ... and warned that he, too, would leave the party if the primary process ... 
The nominee will need to win more

Question: Almost defeating President Ford in the 1976 GOP primary, he won the nomination & the presidency 4 years later
Answer: Ronald Reagan