Who else ran for President in 1976?

[ronnykmarshall]

I can't recall who else ran for the Democratic nomination that year.

[cigsandcoffee]

1. Lloyd Bentsen, for one. n/t

[unblock]

2. everyone:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_1976

Democratic candidates
Birch Bayh, U.S senator from Indiana
Lloyd Bentsen, U.S. senator from Texas
Jerry Brown, governor of California
Robert Byrd, U.S. senator from West Virginia ("favorite son" candidate)
Jimmy Carter, former governor of Georgia
Frank Church, U.S. senator from Idaho
Fred R. Harris, former U.S. senator from Oklahoma, former candidate for the 1972 nomination, and former chairman of the Democratic National Committee
Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson, U.S. senator from Washington, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and former candidate for the 1972 nomination
Terry Sanford, former governor of North Carolina
Milton Shapp, governor of Pennsylvania
Sargent Shriver, former ambassador to France, first director of the Peace Corps and the Office of Economic Opportunity, and 1972 vice-presidential nominee
Adlai Stevenson III, U.S. senator from Illinois ("favorite son" candidate)
Morris "Mo" Udall, U.S. representative from Arizona
George Wallace, governor of Alabama, former candidate for the 1972 nomination, and 1968 American Independent Party presidential nominee

[Tekla West]

6. great minds think alike

I was a big supporter of Mo Udahl then, I was in Iowa, one of the first years Iowa was real important.

[Capn Amerika]

14. Good thing "Scoop" Jackson didn't get it.

We would have had a Democratic carbon copy of Reagan.

[Tekla West]

3. who didn't?

Democratic Party nomination
Democratic candidates
Birch Bayh, U.S senator from Indiana
Lloyd Bentsen, U.S. senator from Texas
Jerry Brown, governor of California
Robert Byrd, U.S. senator from West Virginia ("favorite son" candidate)
Jimmy Carter, former governor of Georgia
Frank Church, U.S. senator from Idaho
Fred R. Harris, former U.S. senator from Oklahoma, former candidate for the 1972 nomination, and former chairman of the Democratic National Committee
Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson, U.S. senator from Washington, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and former candidate for the 1972 nomination
Terry Sanford, former governor of North Carolina
Milton Shapp, governor of Pennsylvania
Sargent Shriver, former ambassador to France, first director of the Peace Corps and the Office of Economic Opportunity, and 1972 vice-presidential nominee
Adlai Stevenson III, U.S. senator from Illinois ("favorite son" candidate)
Morris "Mo" Udall, U.S. representative from Arizona
George Wallace, governor of Alabama, former candidate for the 1972 nomination, and 1968 American Independent Party presidential nominee

[jefferson_dem]

4. Carter seized control of the nomination early, with a second place in Iowa and first in NH.

Here are the others who competed -

Birch Bayh, U.S senator from Indiana
Lloyd Bentsen, U.S. senator from Texas
Jerry Brown, governor of California
Robert Byrd, U.S. senator from West Virginia ("favorite son" candidate)
Jimmy Carter, former governor of Georgia
Frank Church, U.S. senator from Idaho
Fred R. Harris, former U.S. senator from Oklahoma, former candidate for the 1972 nomination, and former chairman of the Democratic National Committee
Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson, U.S. senator from Washington, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and former candidate for the 1972 nomination
Terry Sanford, former governor of North Carolina
Milton Shapp, governor of Pennsylvania
Sargent Shriver, former ambassador to France, first director of the Peace Corps and the Office of Economic Opportunity, and 1972 vice-presidential nominee
Adlai Stevenson III, U.S. senator from Illinois ("favorite son" candidate)
Morris "Mo" Udall, U.S. representative from Arizona
George Wallace, governor of Alabama, former candidate for the 1972 nomination, and 1968 American Independent Party presidential nominee

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_1976

[NoPasaran]

8. My recollection: Carter did emerge as the front-runner early

But Udall remained competitive in second place through most of the primary season, which lasted much longer than what we've become accustomed to in recent years, no "Super Tuesday" back then. For example, the Texas primary, which now is part of Super Tuesday in early March, took place in early May.

[Mz Pip]

5. A whole bunch!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_1976

Mz Pip
:dem:

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

7. A senator from Oklahoma,

but I can't remember his name. I got to ask him a question on an NPR call in show, but wasn't impressed with his answer.

Edited to add: I've now read the other posts (didn't realize they had all had a list!) and know it was Fred Harris. I asked him if he had made any special plans to try and get along with Congress and he very condescendingly told me that since they were all Democrats they would get along just fine. Anyone who followed politics during the Carter years know it was anything but a honeymoon-the Dems in Congress fought Carter, Carter fought them--it was a mess!

[H2O Man]

9. Likely Fred Harris.

(I checked the previous answers to be sure there wasn'y another choice!)

The other answers list a few of his positions. He was also in the running for Humphrey's VP choice, in part because his support of Native American causes served as a connection to the late RFK. His wife was Native American, and he had been active in some progressive causes. He is mentioned in most books about RFK. A good man, though not presidential.

[LiberalEsto]

18. Yes, it was Fred.

I volunteered for him before the New Hampshire primary. Rode up with a busload of other folks from NJ to go door-to-door and talk to voters in Manchester. He had some good ideas -- a real progressive.

[jaysunb]

10. Pat Paulson

:evilgrin:

[XOKCowboy]

11. And Joe Walsh!

:evilgrin:

[H2O Man]

13. error

opps! sorry

[whistle]

12. Lyndon H. LaRouche

Lyndon Hermyle LaRouche, Jr. (born September 8, 1922 in Rochester, New Hampshire) is an American political activist and founder of several political organizations in the United States and elsewhere, jointly referred to as the LaRouche movement. He is known for being a perennial candidate for President of the United States, having run for the Democratic nomination for President in every election year since 1976, a record of eight attempts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_LaRouche

[Virginia Dare]

15. Looking at the lists that were posted...

slightly OT, but when did Ted Kennedy run, '72?

[ronnykmarshall]

16. Ted ran in 1980

[Virginia Dare]

17. Okay, thanks...I was thinking it was '76 for some reason..n/t

[liberalpragmatist]

19. An uncle was active in the Frank Church campaign

Sen. Frank Church of Idaho. I know he was very liberal and lost his seat in 1980 for that reason. Also backed a lot of intelligence reform.

Would he have been a good candidate or good president? I dunno, maybe somebody else who remembers back then could tell me. I wasn't alive back then.

[liberalpragmatist]

20. Also, Morris Udall was pretty cool

Again, I wasn't alive back then, but I've read a little about Mo Udall - a progressive congressman from Arizona who made a surprisingly credible run for it. From what I've read of that campaign, had he beaten Carter in a couple key primaries (he came close) he could seriously have gotten the nomination.

He's very quotable. Wikipedia has a few of them:


* "I'm a one-eyed Mormon Democrat from conservative Arizona, and you can't have a higher handicap than that."

* "Let's turn inflation over to the post office. That'll slow it down."

* "Everything has been said but not everyone has said it."

* "If nominated, I shall run to Mexico. If elected, I shall fight extradition." (On running for president in 1980. Some reports say he said "Canada" rather than "Mexico.")

* "I have learned the difference between a cactus and a caucus. On a cactus, the pricks are on the outside."

* "What's the difference between a pigeon and an Iowa farmer? A pigeon can still make a deposit on a tractor." (While criticizing the economy on the campaign trail in 1976.)

* "The people have spoken, the bastards." (After finishing second in the fifth presidential primary in a row.)