Electoral history of George W. Bush
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46th Governor of Texas
43rd President of the United States
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This is the electoral history of George W. Bush, who served as the 43rd president of the United States (2001–2009) and as the 46th governor of Texas (1995–2000).
1978 congressional election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | George W. Bush | 6,296 | 47.52% | |
Republican | Jim Reese | 5,498 | 41.50% | |
Republican | Joe Hickox | 1,455 | 10.98% | |
Total votes | 13,249 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | George W. Bush | 6,802 | 55.77% | |
Republican | Jim Reese | 5,395 | 44.23% | |
Total votes | 12,197 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kent Hance | 54,729 | 53.24% | |
Republican | George W. Bush | 48,070 | 46.76% | |
Total votes | 102,799 | 100.00% |
1994 Texas gubernatorial election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | George W. Bush | 520,130 | 93.32% | |
Republican | Ray Hollis | 37,210 | 6.68% | |
Total votes | 557,340 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | George W. Bush | 2,350,994 | 53.48% | |
Democratic | Ann Richards (incumbent) | 2,016,928 | 45.88% | |
Libertarian | Keary Ehlers | 28,320 | 0.64% | |
Total votes | 4,396,242 | 100.00% |
1998 Texas gubernatorial election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | George W. Bush (incumbent) | 576,528 | 96.60% | |
Republican | R.C. Crawford | 20,311 | 3.40% | |
Total votes | 596,839 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | George W. Bush (incumbent) | 2,550,821 | 68.24% | |
Democratic | Garry Mauro | 1,165,592 | 31.18% | |
Libertarian | Lester Turlington | 20,711 | 0.55% | |
Independent | Susan Lee Solar (write-in) | 954 | 0.03% | |
Total votes | 3,738,078 | 100.00% |
2000 United States presidential election
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Presidential candidate | Party | Home state | Popular vote | Electoral vote |
Running mate | |||
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Count | Percentage | Vice-presidential candidate | Home state | Electoral vote | ||||
George Walker Bush | Republican | Texas | 50,456,002 | 47.87% | 271 | Richard Bruce Cheney | Wyoming | 271 |
Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. | Democratic | Tennessee | 50,999,897 | 48.38% | 266 | Joseph Isadore Lieberman | Connecticut | 266 |
Ralph Nader | Green | Connecticut | 2,882,955 | 2.74% | 0 | Winona LaDuke | Minnesota | 0 |
Pat Buchanan | Reform | Virginia | 448,895 | 0.43% | 0 | Ezola B. Foster | California | 0 |
Harry Browne | Libertarian | Tennessee | 384,431 | 0.36% | 0 | Art Olivier | California | 0 |
Howard Phillips | Constitution | Virginia | 98,020 | 0.09% | 0 | Curtis Frazier | Missouri | 0 |
John Hagelin | Natural Law | Iowa | 83,714 | 0.08% | 0 | Nat Goldhaber | California | 0 |
Other | 51,186 | 0.05% | — | Other | — | |||
(abstention)[a] | — | — | — | — | 1 | (abstention)[a] | — | 1 |
Total | 105,421,423 | 100% | 538 | 538 | ||||
Needed to win | 270 | 270 |
- Source: "2000 Presidential Electoral and Popular Vote" (Excel 4.0). Federal Election Commission.
Republican presidential primaries (2000)
Popular vote
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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George W. Bush | 12,034,676 | 62.00% | |
John McCain | 6,061,332 | 31.23% | |
Alan Keyes | 985,819 | 5.08% | |
Steve Forbes | 171,860 | 0.89% | |
Unpledged | 61,246 | 0.32% | |
Gary Bauer | 60,709 | 0.31% | |
Orrin Hatch | 15,958 | 0.08% | |
Al Gore (write-in) | 1,155 | 0.01% | |
Bill Bradley (write-in) | 1,025 | 0.01% | |
Total votes | 19,393,780 | 100.00% |
Delegate count
2000 Republican Party presidential primaries | |
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Candidate | Delegates |
George W. Bush | 1,496 |
John McCain | 244 |
Alan Keys | 22 |
Total | 1,762 |
Needed to win | 882 |
2004 United States presidential election
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Source (Electoral and Popular Vote): Federal Elections Commission Electoral and Popular Vote Summary
Footnotes
- ^ a b One faithless elector from the District of Columbia, Barbara Lett-Simmons, abstained from voting in protest of the District's lack of voting representation in the United States Congress. (D.C. has a non-voting delegate to Congress.) She had been expected to vote for Gore/Lieberman.[8]
- ^ One faithless elector from Minnesota cast an electoral vote for John Edwards (written as John Ewards) for president.[10]
- ^ a b Because Arrin Hawkins, then aged 28, was constitutionally ineligible to serve as vice president, Margaret Trowe replaced her on the ballot in some states. James Harris replaced Calero on certain other states' ballots.
References
- ^ "TX District 19 – R Primary – May 6, 1978". Our Campaigns.
- ^ "TX District 19 – R Runoff – June 3, 1978". Our Campaigns.
- ^ "TX District 19 – November 7, 1978". Our Campaigns.
- ^ "TX Governor – R Primary Race – Mar 08, 1994". Our Campaigns.
- ^ Our Campaigns – TX Governor Race – Nov 08, 1994
- ^ Our Campaigns – TX Governor – R Primary Race – Mar 10, 1998
- ^ Our Campaigns – TX Governor Race – Nov 03, 1998
- ^ Dizikes, Peter (January 6, 2006). "Electoral College Puts Bush Over the Top - ABC News". Abcnews.go.com. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
- ^ Our Campaigns – US President – R Primaries Race – Feb 01, 2000
- ^ "MPR: Minnesota elector gives Edwards a vote; Kerry gets other nine". News.minnesota.publicradio.org. Retrieved May 5, 2009.