Who ran against Richard Nixon?

Answer 1

Democrat George McGovern ran against Richard Nixon

Richard Milhous Nixon ran against the following opponents:

• 1946 - Republican Party Primary for U.S. Representative from the 12th C.D. of California
  • 1st - Richard Nixon - 24397 votes
  • 2nd - Jerry Voorhis - 12125 votes
  • 3rd - William Kinnett - 1532 votes
• 1946 - Democratic Party Primary for U.S. Representative from the 12th C.D. of California
  • 1st - Jerry Voorhis - 25048 votes
  • 2nd - Richard Nixon - 5077 votes
  • 3rd - William Kinnett - 1200 votes
• 1946 - for U.S. Representative from the 12th C.D. of California
  • 1st - Richard Nixon (Rep.) - 65586 votes
  • 2nd - Jerry Voorhis (Dem.) - 49994 votes
  • 3rd - John Hoeppel (Prohibition Party) - 1476 votes
• 1948 - Democratic Party Primary for U.S. Representative from the 12th C.D. of California
  • 1st - Richard Nixon - 21411 votes
  • 2nd - Stephen Zetterberg - 16808 votes
  • 3rd - Margaret Cooper - 2772 votes
• 1948 - for U.S. Representative from the 12th C.D. of California
  • 1st - Richard Nixon (Rep.) - 141,509 votes
  • 2nd - Una Rice (Ind.) - 19631 votes
• 1950 - Republican Party Primary for U.S. Senator from California
  • 1st - Richard Nixon - 740,465 votes
  • 2nd - Manchester Boddy - 156,884 votes
  • 3rd - Helen Gahagan Douglas - 153,788 votes
  • 4th - Earl Desmond - 60613 votes
  • 5th - Ulysses Meyer - 18783 votes
  • 6th - Albert Levitt - 15929 votes
• 1950 - Democratic Party Primary for U.S. Senator from California
  • 1st - Helen Gahagan Douglas - 734,842 votes
  • 2nd - Manchester Boddy - 379,077 votes
  • 3rd - Richard Nixon - 318,840 votes
  • 4th - Earl Desmond - 96752 votes
  • 5th - Ulysses Meyer - 34707 votes
• 1950 - for U.S. Senator from California
  • 1st - Richard Nixon (Rep.) - 2,183,454 votes
  • 2nd - Helen Gahagan Douglas (Dem.) - 1,502,507 votes
• 1952 - for U.S. Vice President
  • 1st - Richard Nixon (Rep.) - 442 votes
  • 2nd - John Sparkman (Dem.) - 89 votes
  • Charlotta Bass (Progressive Pty.) - no vote
  • Enoch Holtwick (Prohibition Pty.) - no vote
  • Harry Byrd (Constitution Pty.) - no vote
• 1956 - for U.S. Vice President
  • 1st - Richard Nixon (Rep.) - 457 votes
  • 2nd - Estes Kefauver (Dem.) - 73 votes
  • 3rd - Herman Talmadge (Dem.) - 1 vote
  • Thomas Werdel (States' Rights Pty.) - no vote
• 1960 - Republican Party Presidential Primaries
  • 1st - Richard Nixon - 4,975,938 votes
  • 2nd - George H. Bender - 211,090 votes
  • 3rd - Cecil H. Underwood - 123,756 votes
  • others - 118,616 votes
• 1960 - Republican National Convention
  • 1st - Richard Nixon - 1321 votes
  • 2nd - Barry Goldwater - 10 votes
• 1960 - for U.S. President
  • 1st - John F. Kennedy (Dem.) - 303 votes
  • 2nd - Richard Nixon (Rep.) - 219 votes
  • 3rd - Harry F. Byrd (Ind.) - 15 votes
  • Orval Faubus (States' Rights Pty.) - no vote
  • Charles Sullivan (Constitution Pty.) - no vote
• 1962 - for Governor of California
  • 1st - Pat Brown (Dem.) - 3,037,109 votes
  • 2nd - Richard Nixon (Rep.) - 2,740,351 votes
  • 3rd - Robert L. Wyckoff (Prohibition Pty.) - 69700 votes
• 1964 - Republican Party Presidential Primaries
  • 1st - Barry Goldwater - 2,267,079 votes
  • 2nd - Nelson Rockefeller - 1,304,204 votes
  • 3rd - James A. Rhodes - 615,754
  • 4th - Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. - 386,661 votes
  • 5th - John W. Byrnes - 299,612 votes
  • 6th - William Scranton - 245,401 votes
  • 7th - Margaret Chase Smith - 227,007 votes
  • 8th - Richard Nixon - 197,212 votes
  • 9th - Harold Stassen - 114,083 votes
• 1968 - Republican Party Presidential Primaries
  • 1st - Ronald Reagan - 1,696,632 votes
  • 2nd - Richard Nixon - 1,679,443 votes
  • 3rd - James A. Rhodes - 614,492 votes
  • 4th - Nelson Rockefeller - 164,340 votes
  • 5th - Eugene McCarthy - 44520 votes
  • others - 133,185 votes
• 1968 - Republican National Convention - First Ballot
  • 1st - Richard Nixon - 692 votes
  • 2nd - Nelson Rockefeller - 277 votes
  • 3rd - Ronald Reagan - 182 votes
  • 4th - James A. Rhodes - 55 votes
  • 5th - George Romney - 50 votes <--- Mitt's father
  • 6th - Clifford Case - 22 votes
  • 7th - Frank Carlson - 20 votes
  • 8th - Winthrop Rockefeller - 18 votes
  • 9th - Hiram Fong - 14 votes
  • 10th - Harold Stassen - 2 votes
  • 11th - John V. Lindsay - 1 vote
• 1968 - Republican National Convention - Second Ballot
  • 1st - Richard Nixon - 1238 votes
  • 2nd - Nelson Rockefeller - 93 votes
  • 3rd - Ronald Reagan - 2 votes
• 1968 - for U.S. President
  • 1st - Richard Nixon (Rep.) - 301 votes
  • 2nd - Hubert Humphrey (Dem.) - 191 votes
  • 3rd - George Wallace (Amer. Ind. Pty.) - 46 votes
  • Eugene McCarthy (Ind.) - no vote
• 1972 - Republican Party Presidential Primaries
  • 1st - Richard Nixon - 5,378,704 votes
  • 2nd - John M. Ashbrook - 311,543 votes
  • 3rd - Pete McCloskey - 132,731 votes
  • others - 29823 votes
• 1972 - Republican National Convention
  • 1st - Richard Nixon - 1347 votes
  • 2nd - Pete McCloskey - 1 vote
• 1972 - New York Conservative Party Presidential Convention
  • 1st - Richard Nixon - 156 votes
  • 2nd - John G. Schmitz - 38 votes
  • abstained - 29 votes
• 1972 - for U.S. President
  • 1st - Richard Nixon (Rep.) - 520 votes
  • 2nd - George McGovern (Dem.) - 17 votes
  • 3rd - John G. Hospers (Lib.) - 1 vote
  • John G. Schmitz (Amer. Ind. Pty.) - no vote
  • Linda Jenness (Socialist Workers Pty.) - no vote
  • Benjamin Spock (People's Pty.) - no vote

Answer 2

Jimmy Carter in 1980 and Walter Mondale in 1984.

Answer 3

Lyndon Johnson won a landslide victory against Goldwater in 1964.

Answer 4

Barry Goldwater's running mate was U.S. Representative William E. Miller of New York.