Electoral history of George W. Bush

Summary

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).

President George W. Bush

1978 congressional election edit

1978 Texas's 19th congressional district election, Republican primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
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%
1978 Texas's 19th congressional district election, Republican primary runoff[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican George W. Bush 6,802 55.77%
Republican Jim Reese 5,395 44.23%
Total votes 12,197 100.00%
1978 Texas's 19th congressional district election[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
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 edit

1994 Texas gubernatorial election, Republican primary[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican George W. Bush 520,130 93.32%
Republican Ray Hollis 37,210 6.68%
Total votes 557,340 100.00%
1994 Texas gubernatorial election[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
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 edit

1998 Texas gubernatorial election, Republican primary[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican George W. Bush (incumbent) 576,528 96.60%
Republican R.C. Crawford 20,311 3.40%
Total votes 596,839 100.00%
1998 Texas gubernatorial election[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
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 edit

 
Electoral college map of the 2000 United States presidential election
Electoral results
Presidential candidate Party Home state Popular vote Electoral
vote
Running mate
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) edit

 
First-instance vote by state

Popular vote edit

2000 Republican Party presidential primaries[9]
Candidate Votes %
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 edit

2000 Republican Party presidential primaries
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 edit

 
Electoral college map of the 2004 United States presidential election
Electoral results
Presidential candidate Party Home state Popular vote Electoral
vote
Running mate
Count Percentage Vice-presidential candidate Home state Electoral vote
George Walker Bush Republican Texas 62,040,610 50.73% 286 Richard Bruce Cheney Wyoming 286
John Forbes Kerry Democratic Massachusetts 59,028,444 48.27% 251 John Reid Edwards North Carolina 251
John Edwards[b] Democratic North Carolina 1 John Reid Edwards North Carolina 1
Ralph Nader Independent Connecticut 465,650 0.38% 0 Peter Camejo California 0
Michael Badnarik Libertarian Texas 397,265 0.32% 0 Richard Campagna Iowa 0
Michael Peroutka Constitution Maryland 143,630 0.12% 0 Chuck Baldwin Florida 0
David Cobb Green Texas 119,859 0.10% 0 Pat LaMarche Maine 0
Leonard Peltier Peace and Freedom Pennsylvania 27,607 0.02% 0 Janice Jordan California 0
Walt Brown Socialist Oregon 10,837 0.01% 0 Mary Alice Herbert Vermont 0
Róger Calero[c] Socialist Workers New York 3,689 0.01% 0 Arrin Hawkins[c] Minnesota 0
Thomas Harens Christian Freedom Minnesota 2,387 0.002% 0 Jennifer Ryan Minnesota 0
Other 50,652 0.04% Other
Total 122,295,345 100% 538 538
Needed to win 270 270

Source (Electoral and Popular Vote): Federal Elections Commission Electoral and Popular Vote Summary

See also edit

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ 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]
  2. ^ One faithless elector from Minnesota cast an electoral vote for John Edwards (written as John Ewards) for president.[10]
  3. ^ 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 edit

  1. ^ "TX District 19 – R Primary – May 6, 1978". Our Campaigns.
  2. ^ "TX District 19 – R Runoff – June 3, 1978". Our Campaigns.
  3. ^ "TX District 19 – November 7, 1978". Our Campaigns.
  4. ^ "TX Governor – R Primary Race – Mar 08, 1994". Our Campaigns.
  5. ^ Our Campaigns – TX Governor Race – Nov 08, 1994
  6. ^ Our Campaigns – TX Governor – R Primary Race – Mar 10, 1998
  7. ^ Our Campaigns – TX Governor Race – Nov 03, 1998
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Our Campaigns – US President – R Primaries Race – Feb 01, 2000
  10. ^ "MPR: Minnesota elector gives Edwards a vote; Kerry gets other nine". News.minnesota.publicradio.org. Retrieved May 5, 2009.