The 1976 Republican Party primary wasn't as sealed up as it is now. — -- The last time the fight for delegates was nearly as intense as during this year’s Republican presidential primary ...

GREENVILLE, Miss. (AP) - Clarke Reed and Billy Mounger still sound like they want to spit when they talk about each other - 40 years after the contested Republican National Convention where the ...

The 1976 Republican convention in Kemper Arena was the last time the party opened a convention not knowing the nominee. President Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan lacked enough pledged delegates to ...

Panelists talked about the 1976 Republican National Convention in Kansas City, Missouri, the last contested Republican convention. President Gerald Ford and former California Governor Ronald ...

The Republican Party left the 1976 convention at least somewhat unified. But this year’s fight could be longer and even more contentious.

This week on For the Record: The 1976 Republican National Convention. Ann Compton, then a young White House correspondent for ABC News, remembers the '76 convention as "a real battle." ...

Billy Mounger, a 90-year-old oil businessman and 1976 chairman of Mississippi campaign for Republican presidential candidate Ronald Reagan, recalls the contested national convention where the ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Talk in recent days of trying to bring the 2016 GOP National Convention to Kansas City stirs memories of the summer of 1976, when Kansas City hosted the GOP National Convention.

Flashback: 1976 GOP convention. By Andrew Glass 09/02/2008 04:33 AM EDT. Former California Gov. Ronald Reagan, after floundering in his 1976 bid to wrest the Republican nomination from Gerald Ford ...

The magic number needed to capture the Republican presidential nomination in 1976 was 1,130 delegates, and Ronald Reagan was oh so close as the national convention prepared to convene.

June 12, 2016 | Clip Of 1976 Republican National Convention This clip, title, and description were not created by C-SPAN. User Clip: 1976 Republican convention, Day 2 debate/vote over "Rule 16C ...