Yet when the Democratic Party presidential primaries were over, Carter came away with a massive lead in delegates, winning 2,239 compared to Wallace’s 57 and California Governor Jerry Brown’s 301.

Without Mr. Carter’s image of weakness on national security and defense, for example, it is hard to imagine the party’s war-hero candidate for president in 2004 introducing himself with a ...

He came to the White House in 1976 from the moderate wing of the Democratic Party, and he clashed with party liberals, drawing a spirited primary challenge in 1980 from Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy.

Still, they had their differences. Biden was critical of Carter for not being able to pull off a transformation of the Democratic Party. “He couldn’t overcome the orthodoxies of the Democratic ...

Former President Jimmy Carter has a warning for his fellow Democrats looking to oust the current administration: Don't go too far to the left. By; Bill Barrow, AP; September 13, 2018. In this April 11 ...

Carter was so out of his depth that it was his own party that tried to dispatch him before Ronald Reagan could. Ted Kennedy ’s challenge to Carter in 1980 was not akin to Pat Buchanan going ...

The primary challenge to Carter from Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Massachusetts) left the Democratic Party divided and contributed to wilderness years that lasted a decade. Advertisement ...

In 1980, the Democratic National Convention became a heated battle between Kennedy and Carter. The fight for the soul of the party didn’t end there.

Democratic Party faces a crisis after President Trump's narrow victory and Republican takeover ... “The 1980 presidential election traumatized the Democratic party. Its candidate, Jimmy Carter, ...

Ultimately, the state Democratic Party became one of Carter’s top three donors, along with Forward Majority Action, a super PAC led by Obama campaign alums aimed at flipping state legislatures ...