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President Carter formally announces 1980 re-election campaign

In the East Room, President Jimmy Carter publicly announced that he would seek a second term in the 1980 presidential election.

An incumbent's formal re-election announcement set the stage for the 1980 campaign and mobilized both Democratic and Republican strategies amid economic and foreign-policy challenges.

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