Electoral history of George W. Bush

President George W. Bush

George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States (2001–2009); 46th Governor of Texas (1995–2000).

Texas's 19th congressional district, 1978 (Republican primary):^[1]

• George W. Bush - 6,296 (47.52%)
• Jim Reese - 5,498 (41.50%)
• Joe Hickox - 1,455 (10.98%)

Texas's 19th congressional district, 1978 (Republican primary runoff):^[2]

• George W. Bush - 6,802 (55.77%)
• Jim Reese - 5,395 (44.23%)

Texas's 19th congressional district, 1978:^[3]

• Kent Hance (D) - 54,729 (53.24%)
• George W. Bush (R) - 48,070 (46.76%)

Republican Texas gubernatorial primary, 1994:^[4]

• George W. Bush – 520,130 (93.32%)
• Ray Hollis – 37,210 (6.68%)

Texas gubernatorial election, 1994:^[5]

• George W. Bush (R) – 2,350,994 (53.48%)
• Ann Richards (D) (inc.) – 2,016,928 (45.88%)
• Keary Ehlers (Lib.) – 28,320 (0.64%)

Republican Texas gubernatorial primary, 1998:^[6]

• George W. Bush (inc.) – 576,528 (96.60%)
• R.C. Crawford – 20,311 (3.40%)

Texas gubernatorial election, 1998:^[7]

• George W. Bush (R) (inc.) – 2,550,821 (68.24%)
• Garry Mauro (D) – 1,165,592 (31.18%)
• Lester Turlington (Lib.) – 20,711 (0.55%)
• Susan Lee Solar (write-in) – 954 (0.03%)

United States presidential election, 2000 (Republican primaries):^[8]

• 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%)

United States presidential election, 2000:

• George W. Bush/Dick Cheney (R) – 50,460,110 (47.9%) and 271 electoral votes (30 states carried)
• Al Gore/Joe Lieberman (D) – 51,003,926 (48.4%) and 266 electoral votes (20 states and D.C. carried)
• Abstaining – 1 electoral vote (faithless elector from D.C.)
• Ralph Nader/Winona LaDuke (Green) – 2,883,105 (2.7%)
• Pat Buchanan/Ezola B. Foster (Reform) – 449,225 (0.4%)
• Harry Browne/Art Olivier (Libertarian) – 384,516 (0.4%)
• Howard Phillips/Curtis Frazier (Constitution) – 98,022 (0.1%)
• John Hagelin/Nat Goldhaber (Natural Law) – 83,702 (0.1%)

United States presidential election, 2004:

• George W. Bush/Dick Cheney (R) (inc.) – 62,040,610 (50.7%) and 286 electoral votes (31 states carried)
• John Kerry/John Edwards (D) – 59,028,111 (48.3%) and 251 electoral votes (19 states and D.C. carried)
• John Edwards (D) – 1 electoral vote (faithless elector from Minnesota)

Footnotes

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