<Table> <Tr> <Th> Candidate </Th> <Th> </Th> <Th> Office Held </Th> <Th> State </Th> <Th> Popular vote </Th> <Th> Delegations Won </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jimmy Carter </Td> <Td> October 1 , 1924 ( age 55 ) Plains , Georgia </Td> <Td> 39th President of the United States ( 1977 - 1981 ) Incumbent </Td> <Td> Georgia </Td> <Td> 10,043,016 ( 51.13 % ) </Td> <Td> IA , ME , NH , VT , AL , FL , GA , PR , IL , KS , WI LA , TX , IN , NC , TN , NE , MD , OK , AR ID , KY , NV , MT , OH , WV , MO , OR , WA </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ted Kennedy </Td> <Td> February 22 , 1932 ( age 48 ) Boston , Massachusetts </Td> <Td> U.S. Senator from Massachusetts ( 1962 - 2009 ) </Td> <Td> Massachusetts </Td> <Td> 7,381,693 ( 37.58 % ) </Td> <Td> AZ , MA , CT , NY , PA , ND DC , CA , NJ , NM , RI , SD </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="4"> Unpledged </Td> <Td> 1,288,423 ( 6.56 % ) </Td> <Td> MI , AK </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jerry Brown </Td> <Td> April 7 , 1938 ( age 42 ) San Francisco , California </Td> <Td> 34th Governor of California ( 1975 - 1983 ) </Td> <Td> California </Td> <Td> 575,296 ( 2.93 % ) </Td> <Td> -- </Td> </Tr> </Table>
who challenged jimmy carter for the democratic nomination for president in 1980
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