When Walter Mondale ran for Vice President in 1976 and 1980, he was Jimmy Carter's running mate. When he ran for President in 1984, his running mate was Geraldine Ferraro (that was the first of two times to date that a woman was one of the major party Vice Presidential candidates).
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The incumbent president Gerald Ford ran against Carter in 1976.
In 1980 he ran for re-election against former California Governor Ronald Reagan.
Ronald Reagan was 57 when he ran against Richard Nixon for the Republican Party nomination in 1968, he was 65 when he ran against Gerald Ford for the Republican Party nomination in 1976, he was 69 when he ran against incumbent President Jimmy Carter in 1980, and he was 73 when he ran for reelection in 1984 (he turned 78 less than three weeks after leaving office).
What inspired Jimmy Carter Was the death of his Father. His father did great things for the town and help many people out, Jimmy wanted to follow right in his footsteps. So he ran for senator and won against Lestor Maddox and became to know great things.
George Washington didn't have any major opponents when he ran for president. The race was really about who would be the Vice President.
1980, against Reagan and Carter, as an independent
Lloyd Bentsen who was a Senator from Texas.