Electoral history of George H. W. Bush

George Herbert Walker Bush was the 43rd Vice President of the United States and the 41st President of the United States. He has been involved in many elections, beginning in 1964 and culminating with his failed reelection run in 1992.

Texas United States Senate election, 1964 (Republican primary) [cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=278801|title=TX US Senate- R Primary|publisher=Our Campaigns|accessdate=2008-03-19] :
* George H. W. Bush - 62,985 (44.08%)
* Jack Cox - 45,561 (31.89%)
* Robert Morris - 28,279 (19.79%)
* Milton Davis - 6,067 (4.25%)

Texas United States Senate election, 1964 (Republican primary runoff) [cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=278802|title= TX US Senate- R Primary Runoff|publisher=Our Campaigns|accessdate=2008-03-19] :
* George H. W. Bush - 49,751 (62.12%)
* Jack Cox - 30,333 (37.88%)

Texas United States Senate election, 1964 [cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=30376|title= TX US Senate|publisher=Our Campaigns|accessdate=2008-03-19] :
* Ralph Yarborough (D) (inc.) - 1,463,958 (56.22%)
* George H. W. Bush (R) - 1,134,337 (43.56%)
* Jack Carswell (Constitution) - 5,542 (0.21%)

Texas' 7th congressional district, 1966 [cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=47440|title= TX District 07|publisher=Our Campaigns|accessdate=2008-03-19] :
* George H. W. Bush (R) - 53,756 (57.07%)
* Frank Briscoe (D) - 39,958 (42.42%)
* Bob Gray (Constitution) - 488 (0.52%)

Texas' 7th congressional district, 1968 [cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=180430|title= TX District 7|publisher=Our Campaigns|accessdate=2008-03-19] :
* George H. W. Bush (R) (inc.) - 110,455 (100.00%)

Texas United States Senate election, 1970 (Republican primary) [cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=278800|title= TX US Senate - R Primary|publisher=Our Campaigns|accessdate=2008-03-19] :
* George H. W. Bush - 96,806 (87.64%)
* Robert Morris - 13,654 (12.36%)

Texas United States Senate election, 1970 [cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=6529|title= TX US Senate|publisher=Our Campaigns|accessdate=2008-03-19] :
* Lloyd Bentsen (D) - 1,194,069 (53.55%)
* George H. W. Bush (R) - 1,035,794 (46.45%)

1980 Republican presidential primaries [cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=51805|title= US President - R Primaries|publisher=Our Campaigns|accessdate=2008-03-19] :
* Ronald Reagan - 7,709,793 (59.79%)
* George H. W. Bush - 3,070,033 (23.81%)
* John B. Anderson - 1,572,174 (12.19%)
* Howard Baker - 181,153 (1.41%)
* Phil Crane - 97,793 (0.76%)
* John Connally - 82,625 (0.64%)
* Unpledged delegates - 68,155 (0.53%)
* Ben Fernandez - 25,520 (0.20%)
* Harold Stassen - 25,425 (0.20%)
* Gerald Ford - 10,557 (0.08%)
* Bob Dole - 7,204 (0.06%)
* Others - 33,217 (0.26%)

1980 Republican National Convention (Presidential tally) [cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=57994|title= US President - R Convention|publisher=Our Campaigns|accessdate=2008-03-19] :
* Ronald Reagan - 1,939 (97.44%)
* John B. Anderson - 37 (1.86%)
* George H. W. Bush - 13 (0.65%)
* Anne Armstrong - 1 (0.05%)

1980 Republican National Convention (Vice Presidential tally) [cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=59877|title= US Vice President - R Convention|publisher=Our Campaigns|accessdate=2008-03-19] :
* George H. W. Bush - 1,832 (93.33%)
* Jesse Helms - 54 (2.75%)
* Jack Kemp - 42 (2.14%)
* Phil Crane - 23 (1.17%)
* James R. Thompson - 5 (0.26%)
* John M. Ashbrook - 1 (0.05%)
* Howard Baker - 1 (0.05%)
* Henry J. Hyde - 1 (0.05%)
* Donald Rumsfeld - 1 (0.05%)
* Eugene Schroeder - 1 (0.05%)
* William E. Simon - 1 (0.05%)
* Guy Vander Jagt - 1 (0.05%)

United States presidential election, 1980
* Ronald Reagan/George H. W. Bush (R) - 43,903,230 (50.7%) and 489 electoral votes (44 states carried)
* Jimmy Carter/Walter Mondale (D) (inc.) - 35,480,115 (41.0%) and 49 electoral votes (6 states and D.C. carried)
* John B. Anderson/Patrick Joseph Lucey (I) - 5,719,850 (6.6%)
* Ed Clark/David H. Koch (Libertatian) - 921,128 (1.1%)
* Barry Commoner/LaDonna Harris (Citizens) - 233,052 (0.3%)
* John Rarick/Eileen Shearer (American Independent) - 40,906 (0.0%)
* Ellen McCormack/Carroll Driscoll (Right to Life) - 32,320 (0.0%)
* Others - 252,303 (0.3%)

1984 Republican National Convention (Vice Presidential tally) [cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=59869|title= US Vice President - R Convention|publisher=Our Campaigns|accessdate=2008-03-19] :
* George H. W. Bush (inc.) - 2,231 (99.82%)
* Abstaining - 2 (0.09%)
* Jack Kemp - 1 (0.05%)
* Jeane Kirkpatrick - 1 (0.05%)

United States presidential election, 1984
* Ronald Reagan/George H. W. Bush (R) (inc.) - 54,455,472 (58.8%) and 525 electoral votes (49 states carried)
* Walter Mondale/Geraldine Ferraro (D) - 37,577,352 (40.6%) and 13 electoral votes (1 state and D.C. carried)
* David Bergland/James A. Lewis (Libertarian) - 228,111 (0.3%)
* Others - 392,298 (0.4%)

1988 Republican presidential primaries [cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=55211|title= US President - R Primaries|publisher=Our Campaigns|accessdate=2008-03-19] :
* George H. W. Bush - 8,258,512 (67.91%)
* Bob Dole - 2,333,375 (19.19%)
* Pat Robertson - 1,097,446 (9.02%)
* Jack Kemp - 331,333 (2.72%)
* Unpledged - 56,990 (0.47%)
* Pierre S. du Pont, IV - 49,783 (0.41%)
* Alexander M. Haig - 26,619 (0.22%)
* Harold Stassen - 2,682 (0.02%)

1988 Republican National Convention (Presidential tally) [cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=58082|title= US President - R Convention|publisher=Our Campaigns|accessdate=2008-03-19] :
* George H. W. Bush - 2,277 (100.00%)

United States presidential election, 1988
* George H. W. Bush/Dan Quayle (R) - 48,886,597 (53.4%) and 426 electoral votes (40 states carried)
* Michael Dukakis/Lloyd Bentsen (D) - 41,809,476 (40.6%) and 111 electoral votes (10 states and D.C. carried)
* Lloyd Bentsen/Michael Dukakis (D) - 1 electoral vote (West Virginia's faithless elector)
* Ron Paul/Andre Marrou (Libertarian) - 431,750 (0.5%)
* Lenora Fulani (New Alliance) - 217,221 (0.2%)
* Others - 249,642 (0.3%)

1992 Republican presidential primaries [cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=55213|title= US President - R Primaries|publisher=Our Campaigns|accessdate=2008-03-19] :
* George H. W. Bush (inc.) - 9,199,463 (72.84%)
* Pat Buchanan - 2,899,488 (22.96%)
* Unpledged - 287,383 (2.28%)
* David Duke - 119,115 (0.94%)
* Ross Perot - 56,136 (0.44%)
* Pat Paulsen - 10,984 (0.09%)
* Maurice Horton - 9,637 (0.08%)
* Harold Stassen - 8,099 (0.06%)

1992 Republican National Convention (Presidential tally) [cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=58084|title= US President - R Convention|publisher=Our Campaigns|accessdate=2008-03-19] :
* George H. W. Bush (inc.) - 2,189 (99.05%)
* Pat Buchanan - 18 (0.81%)
* Howard Phillips - 2 (0.09%)
* Alan Keyes - 1 (0.05%)

1992 New York State Right to Life Party Convention [cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=380646|title= US President - RTL Convention|publisher=Our Campaigns|accessdate=2008-03-19] :
* George H. W. Bush - unopposed

United States presidential election, 1992
* Bill Clinton/Al Gore (D) - 44,909,806 (43.0%) and 370 electoral votes (32 states and D.C. carried)
* George H. W. Bush/Dan Quayle (R) (inc.) - 39,104,550 (37.4%) and 168 electoral votes (18 states carried)
* Ross Perot/James Stockdale (I) - 19,743,821 (18.9%)
* Andre Marrou/Nancy Lord (Libertarian) - 290,087 (0.3%)
* Bo Gritz/Cy Minett (Populist) - 106,152 (0.1%)
* Lenora Fulani/Maria Munoz (New Alliance) - 73,622 (0.07%)
* Howard Phillips/Albion Knight, Jr. (Taxpayers) - 43,369 (0.04%)
* Others - 152,516 (0.13%)

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