1976 Republican presidential primaries were a series of contests held to elect delegates to the 1976 Republican National Convention , held to nominate a candidate for President of the United States in the 1976 election . Incumbent President Gerald Ford was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1976 Republican National Convention held from August 16 to August 19 , 1976 , in Kansas City , Missouri . The 1976 election marks the first time that Republican primaries or caucuses were held in every state ; the Democrats had previously done so in 1972 . This also marks the last election in which the Republican nominee was undetermined at the start of the party 's National Convention
1976 Republican National Convention
1976 Republican National Convention
1976 Republican Party presidential primaries