The former president did not say Democrats scream "the sky is falling" when Republicans cut the government budget.

Ronald Reagan left behind a record that is in stark contrast with Donald Trump’s. For example, in a 1982 radio address, Reagan explained why he was such a strong advocate for free trade, saying ...

In 1994, five years after Ronald Reagan left the White House, the former president wrote a letter to the nation, revealing that he was “one of the millions of Americans who will be afflicted ...

Description. In the 1980 presidential election, Republican former California Governor Ronald Reagan defeated incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter in a landslide, winning 489 electoral votes ...

They elected Ronald Reagan whose campaign projected strength, confidence, humor, and a nostalgic appeal to an America as the proverbial shining city on a hill," he emphasized.

In his first-ever bid for political office, former actor Ronald Reagan was elected governor of California in 1966, defeating two-term incumbent Gov. Pat Brown in a landslide.

Ronald Reagan was born on this day in 1911. We look back on how his presidency shaped Republicans. ... Inflation dropped from a high of 13.5% in 1980 to 4.6% come the 1984 election.