Gerald Ford 1976 presidential campaign

The Gerald Ford's 1976 presidential campaign was an unsuccessful election campaign for the 1976 United States presidential election by incumbent president Gerald Ford and vice presidential candidate Bob Dole. Ford launched his presidential bid on July 8, 1975 and officially nominated on August 19, 1976 after defeating former California governor Ronald Reagan in the Republican primaries.

Ford pardoned former president Richard Nixon immediately regarding the Watergate scandal, because of that, and other reasons, he lost the election to Democratic presidential candidate Jimmy Carter, who launched his campaign on December 12, 1974 and was nominated on July 15, 1976.

Ford became president after Nixon's resignation on August 9, 1974, he previously served as the 40th Vice President from 1973 to 1974 after Spiro Agnew resigned.

Ford's and Dole's slogan while campaigning was "He's making us proud again".

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