Jimmy Carter for President
Campaign	U.S. presidential election, 1976
Candidate	Jimmy Carter 76th Governor of Georgia (1971-1975) Walter Mondale Senator from Minnesota (1964-1976)
Affiliation	Democratic Party
Status	Launched bid: December 12, 1974 Secured nomination: July 15, 1976 Won election: November 2, 1976 Inaugurated: January 20, 1977
Headquarters	Plains, Georgia
Key people	Hamilton Jordan (Campaign manager) Patrick Caddell (Pollster)
Slogan	Why not the Best?[1]

Jimmy Carter's 1976 presidential campaign was a successful campaign for Carter and his running mate Walter Mondale's election as President and Vice President of the United States. They beat the incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford and his running mate Bob Dole.

Carter, a Democrat and Governor of Georgia launched his presidential bid in December 1974.^[2] In the break of the Watergate scandal, the declining popularity of President Ford because of his pardon of Richard Nixon.

His opponents made fun of his supporters by saying, "Jimmy, who?". In response to it, Carter started to say "My name is Jimmy Carter, and I'm running for president".

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