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To: AnAmericanMother

We are used to seeing these things decided well before the convention, because all the primaries are front loaded these days.

The 1976 Convention was contested, but the front runner going in, Ford, did win on the first ballot.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Republican_National_Convention

213 posted on 03/09/2016 9:22:27 AM PST by drop 50 and fire for effect ("Work relentlessly, accomplish much, remain in the background, and be more than you seem.)

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To: drop 50 and fire for effect

Ford did win on the first ballot. MS helped put him over.

243 posted on 03/09/2016 10:00:37 AM PST by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)

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