A Democrat could run for the Democratic nomination against an incumbent Democratic President. This happened in 1980 , for example, when Ted Kennedy ran against President Carter.
A democrat would not run on the same party lines as another Democrat since the Democratic party can only nominate one candidate themselves.
So a third party could nominate a Democrat to run for president if that Democrat lost the Democratic nomination to someone else.
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Thomas Jefferson in 1800, is sometimes considered to be the first democrat. At least he was not a Federalist. Andrew Jackson is also honored by the current Democratic Party. They still hold an annual Jefferson-Jackson Day fund-raiser dinner. Grover Cleveland was the first Democrat to run against a Republican and win.
Lloyd Bentsen who was a Senator from Texas.
Thomas Jefferson founded the Democratic Republicans. His administration was an example of what came to be called Jefferson Democracy. He opposed a federal bank and wealthy interests against the working man. This group splinted in later years and Andrew Jackson was the first democrat elected president.
Yes. Michael Dukakis ran on the Democratic ticket against George H. W. Bush in 1988.