Look up who the libertarians ran in 1980.
I did.
Republican Party nomination
Main article: Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 1980
Republican candidates
Former Governor Ronald Reagan of California
Former CIA director and United States Representative George H. W. Bush of Texas
Representative John B. Anderson of Illinois
Senate Minority Leader Howard Baker of Tennessee
Representative Phil Crane of Illinois
Former Governor John Connally of Texas
Senator Bob Dole of Kansas
Former Special Ambassador to Paraguay Ben Fernandez of California
Former Governor Harold Stassen of Minnesota
Senator Lowell Weicker of Connecticut
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The question is still on the table. WHO are you talking about?