Electoral history of George W. Bush

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This is the electoral history of George W. Bush. George W. Bush served as the 43rd president of the United States (2001–2009) and as the 46th governor of Texas (1995–2000).

1978 congressional election

{{Election box begin no change|title=1978 Texas's 19th congressional district election, Republican primary{{cite web |url= http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=382679 |title=TX District 19 – R Primary – May 6, 1978 |publisher=Our Campaigns}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = George W. Bush

|votes = 6,296

|percentage = 47.52%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Jim Reese

|votes = 5,498

|percentage = 41.50%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Joe Hickox

|votes = 1,455

|percentage = 10.98%

}}

{{Election box total no change

|votes = 13,249

|percentage = 100.00%

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change|title=1978 Texas's 19th congressional district election, Republican primary runoff{{cite web |url= http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=374550 |title=TX District 19 – R Runoff – June 3, 1978 |publisher=Our Campaigns}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = George W. Bush

|votes = 6,802

|percentage = 55.77%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Jim Reese

|votes = 5,395

|percentage = 44.23%

}}

{{Election box total no change

|votes = 12,197

|percentage = 100.00%

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change|title=1978 Texas's 19th congressional district election{{cite web |url= http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=43824 |title=TX District 19 – November 7, 1978 |publisher=Our Campaigns}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Kent Hance

|votes = 54,729

|percentage = 53.24%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = George W. Bush

|votes = 48,070

|percentage = 46.76%

}}

{{Election box total no change

|votes = 102,799

|percentage = 100.00%

}}

{{Election box end}}

1994 Texas gubernatorial election

{{Election box begin no change|title=1994 Texas gubernatorial election, Republican primary{{cite web |url= http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=73031 |publisher=Our Campaigns |title=TX Governor – R Primary Race – Mar 08, 1994}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = George W. Bush

|votes = 520,130

|percentage = 93.32%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Ray Hollis

|votes = 37,210

|percentage = 6.68%

}}

{{Election box total no change

|votes = 557,340

|percentage = 100.00%

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change|title=1994 Texas gubernatorial election[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=7777 Our Campaigns – TX Governor Race – Nov 08, 1994]}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = George W. Bush

|votes = 2,350,994

|percentage = 53.48%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Ann Richards (incumbent)

|votes = 2,016,928

|percentage = 45.88%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Libertarian Party (United States)

|candidate = Keary Ehlers

|votes = 28,320

|percentage = 0.64%

}}

{{Election box total no change

|votes = 4,396,242

|percentage = 100.00%

}}

{{Election box end}}

1998 Texas gubernatorial election

{{Election box begin no change|title=1998 Texas gubernatorial election, Republican primary[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=222567 Our Campaigns – TX Governor – R Primary Race – Mar 10, 1998]}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = George W. Bush (incumbent)

|votes = 576,528

|percentage = 96.60%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = R.C. Crawford

|votes = 20,311

|percentage = 3.40%

}}

{{Election box total no change

|votes = 596,839

|percentage = 100.00%

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change|title=1998 Texas gubernatorial election[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=234 Our Campaigns – TX Governor Race – Nov 03, 1998]}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = George W. Bush (incumbent)

|votes = 2,550,821

|percentage = 68.24%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Garry Mauro

|votes = 1,165,592

|percentage = 31.18%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Libertarian Party (United States)

|candidate = Lester Turlington

|votes = 20,711

|percentage = 0.55%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Susan Lee Solar (write-in)

|votes = 954

|percentage = 0.03%

}}

{{Election box total no change

|votes = 3,738,078

|percentage = 100.00%

}}

{{Election box end}}

2000 United States presidential election

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File:ElectoralCollege2000.svg map of the 2000 United States presidential election]]

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{{U.S. presidential ticket box row|name=George W. Bush|party=Republican|state=Texas|pv=50,456,002|pv_pct=47.87%|ev=271|vp_name=Dick Cheney|vp_state=Wyoming}}

{{U.S. presidential ticket box row|name=Al Gore|party=Democratic|state=Tennessee|pv=50,999,897|pv_pct=48.38%|ev=266|vp_name=Joe Lieberman|vp_state=Connecticut}}

{{U.S. presidential ticket box row|name=Ralph Nader|party=Green|state=Connecticut|pv=2,882,955|pv_pct=2.74%|ev=0|vp_name=Winona LaDuke|vp_state=Minnesota}}

{{U.S. presidential ticket box row|name=Pat Buchanan|party=Reform|state=Virginia|pv=448,895|pv_pct=0.43%|ev=0|vp_name=Ezola B. Foster|vp_state=California}}

{{U.S. presidential ticket box row|name=Harry Browne|party=Libertarian|state=Tennessee|pv=384,431|pv_pct=0.36%|ev=0|vp_name=Art Olivier|vp_state=California}}

{{U.S. presidential ticket box row|name=Howard Phillips|party=Constitution|state=Virginia|pv=98,020|pv_pct=0.09%|ev=0|vp_name=Curtis Frazier|vp_state=Missouri|}}

{{U.S. presidential ticket box row|name=John Hagelin|party=Natural Law|state=Iowa|pv=83,714|pv_pct=0.08%|ev=0|vp_name=Nat Goldhaber|vp_state=California|}}

{{U.S. presidential ticket box other|pv=51,186|pv_pct=0.05%}}

{{U.S. presidential ticket box row|name=(abstention){{refn|group=lower-alpha|name=abstention|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.{{cite web |last=Dizikes |first=Peter |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=122191 |title=Electoral College Puts Bush Over the Top - ABC News |website=Abcnews.go.com |date=January 6, 2006 |access-date=August 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305144835/http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=122191 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |url-status=live }}}}|party=—|state=—|pv=—|pv_pct=—|ev=1|vp_name=(abstention)|vp_state=—}}

{{end U.S. presidential ticket box|pv=105,421,423|ev=538|to_win=270}}

:Source: {{cite web|url=http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2000/ptables.xlw|title=2000 Presidential Electoral and Popular Vote|format=Excel 4.0|publisher=Federal Election Commission.}}

=Republican presidential primaries (2000)=

[[File:2000 Republican Primary Results.svg|thumb|400px|right|First-instance vote by state{{Col-begin}}

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{{legend|Red|George W. Bush (43) |border=0}}

{{legend|Yellow|John McCain (7) |border=0}}

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==Popular vote==

{{Election box begin no party no change|title=2000 Republican Party presidential primaries[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=55218 Our Campaigns – US President – R Primaries Race – Feb 01, 2000]}}

{{Election box winning candidate no party no change

|candidate = George W. Bush

|votes = 12,034,676

|percentage = 62.00%

}}

{{Election box candidate no party no change

|candidate = John McCain

|votes = 6,061,332

|percentage = 31.23%

}}

{{Election box candidate no party no change

|candidate = Alan Keyes

|votes = 985,819

|percentage = 5.08%

}}

{{Election box candidate no party no change

|candidate = Steve Forbes

|votes = 171,860

|percentage = 0.89%

}}

{{Election box candidate no party no change

|candidate = Unpledged

|votes = 61,246

|percentage = 0.32%

}}

{{Election box candidate no party no change

|candidate = Gary Bauer

|votes = 60,709

|percentage = 0.31%

}}

{{Election box candidate no party no change

|candidate = Orrin Hatch

|votes = 15,958

|percentage = 0.08%

}}

{{Election box candidate no party no change

|candidate = Al Gore (write-in)

|votes = 1,155

|percentage = 0.01%

}}

{{Election box candidate no party no change

|candidate = Bill Bradley (write-in)

|votes = 1,025

|percentage = 0.01%

}}

{{Election box total no party no change

|votes = 19,393,780

|percentage = 100.00%

}}

{{Election box end}}

==Delegate count==

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style="background:lightgrey;"

! colspan="2" |2000 Republican Party presidential primaries

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! Candidate

! Delegates

George W. Bush

| style="text-align:center;" |1,496

John McCain

| style="text-align:center;" |244

Alan Keys

| style="text-align:center;" |22

style="text-align:left;" |Total

! style="text-align:center;" |1,762

style="text-align:left;" | Needed to win

! style="text-align:center;" |882

2004 United States presidential election

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File:ElectoralCollege2004.svg map of the 2004 United States presidential election]]

{{start U.S. presidential ticket box| pv_footnote=| ev_footnote=}}

{{U.S. presidential ticket box row| name=George Walker Bush| party=Republican| state=Texas| pv=62,040,610| pv_pct=50.73%| ev=286| vp_name=Richard Bruce Cheney| vp_state=Wyoming}}

{{U.S. presidential ticket box row| name=John Forbes Kerry| party=Democratic| state=Massachusetts| pv=59,028,444| pv_pct=48.27%| ev=251| vp_name=John Reid Edwards| vp_state=North Carolina}}

{{U.S. presidential ticket box row| name=John Edwards{{refn|group=lower-alpha|name=John Edwards|One faithless elector from Minnesota cast an electoral vote for John Edwards (written as John Ewards) for president.{{cite web|url=http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2004/12/13_ap_electors/ |title=MPR: Minnesota elector gives Edwards a vote; Kerry gets other nine |publisher=News.minnesota.publicradio.org |access-date=May 5, 2009}}}}| party=Democratic| state=North Carolina| pv=| pv_pct=| ev=1| vp_name=John Reid Edwards| vp_state=North Carolina}}

{{U.S. presidential ticket box row| name=Ralph Nader| party=Independent| state=Connecticut| pv=465,650| pv_pct=0.38%| ev=0| vp_name=Peter Camejo| vp_state=California}}

{{U.S. presidential ticket box row| name=Michael Badnarik| party=Libertarian| state=Texas| pv=397,265| pv_pct=0.32%| ev=0| vp_name=Richard Campagna| vp_state=Iowa}}

{{U.S. presidential ticket box row| name=Michael Peroutka| party=Constitution| state=Maryland| pv=143,630| pv_pct=0.12%| ev=0| vp_name=Chuck Baldwin| vp_state=Florida}}

{{U.S. presidential ticket box row| name=David Cobb| party=Green| state=Texas| pv=119,859| pv_pct=0.10%| ev=0| vp_name=Pat LaMarche| vp_state=Maine}}

{{U.S. presidential ticket box row| name=Leonard Peltier| party=Peace and Freedom| state=Pennsylvania| pv=27,607| pv_pct=0.02%| ev=0| vp_name=Janice Jordan| vp_state=California}}

{{U.S. presidential ticket box row| name=Walt Brown| party=Socialist| state=Oregon| pv=10,837| pv_pct=0.01%| ev=0| vp_name=Mary Alice Herbert| vp_state=Vermont}}

{{U.S. presidential ticket box row| name=Róger Calero{{refn|group=lower-alpha|name=Calero/Hawkins|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.}}| party=Socialist Workers| state=New York| pv=3,689| pv_pct=0.01%| ev=0| vp_name=Arrin Hawkins{{refn|group=lower-alpha|name=Calero/Hawkins|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.}}| vp_state=Minnesota}}

{{U.S. presidential ticket box row| name=Thomas Harens| party=Christian Freedom| state=Minnesota| pv=2,387| pv_pct=0.002%| ev=0| vp_name=Jennifer Ryan| vp_state=Minnesota}}

{{U.S. presidential ticket box other| pv=50,652| pv_pct=0.04%}}

{{end U.S. presidential ticket box| pv=122,295,345| ev=538| to_win=270}}

Source (Electoral and Popular Vote): [http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2004/tables.pdf Federal Elections Commission Electoral and Popular Vote Summary]

See also

Footnotes

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References

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