Brian Kamerzel
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Lessons From the 1976 Republican Convention: Why Ronald Reagan Lost the Nomination
In 1976, Ronald Reagan found owning the soul of a party isn’t the same as taking home its nomination.
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Lessons From the 1964 Republican Convention: Declaring War on the Establishment
Donald Trump’s candidacy wasn’t the first time the Republican Party was split by an outsider declaring war on the establishment elite.
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The Birth of the U.S. Political Convention in 1831
In 1831, a radical third party had a new idea for selecting a presidential candidate, and it’s still in use today: the national nominating convention.
