Premise: Jimmy Carter . In the general election , Carter defeated incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford in a relatively close election . During Carter 's term as President , two new cabinet-level departments , the Department of Energy and the Department of Education , were established . United States presidential election, 1980 . The contest was between the Democratic national ticket of incumbent President Jimmy Carter from Georgia and Vice President Walter Mondale from Minnesota , and the Republican national ticket of Ronald Reagan , a former Hollywood actor and former Governor from California with his running mate George H.W. Bush , a former Congressman and CIA Director from Texas who would eventually win the presidency eight years later , as well as Republican Congressman John B. Anderson , who ran as an independent .
Hypothesis: Jimmy Carter served as president.
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