- Electoral history of George W. Bush
[
George W. Bush ]George W. Bush was the 46thGovernor of Texas and is the currentPresident of the United States . He has been involved in many elections, beginning in 1978 with his loss in the 19th Texas Congressional election, and ending with his 2004 reelection as president.Texas's 19th congressional district , 1978 (Republican primary) [cite web |url= http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=382679 |title=TX District 19 - R Primary -May 06 1978 |publisher=Our Campaigns] :
*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) [cite web |url= http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=374550 |title=TX District 19 - R Runoff -
June 03 1978 |publisher=Our Campaigns] :
*George W. Bush - 6,802 (55.77%)
*Jim Reese - 5,395 (44.23%)Texas's 19th congressional district, 1978 [cite web |url= http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=43824 |title=TX District 19 -
November 7 1978 |publisher=Our Campaigns] :
*Kent Hance (D) - 54,729 (53.24%)
*George W. Bush (R) - 48,070 (46.76%)Republican Texas gubernatorial primary,
1994 [cite web |url= http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=73031 |publisher=Our Campaigns |title=TX Governor - R Primary Race - Mar 08, 1994] :
*George W. Bush – 520,130 (93.32%)
*Ray Hollis – 37,210 (6.68%)Texas gubernatorial election, 1994 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=7777 Our Campaigns - TX Governor Race - Nov 08, 1994 ] ] :
*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 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=222567 Our Campaigns - TX Governor - R Primary Race - Mar 10, 1998 ] ] :
*George W. Bush (inc.) – 576,528 (96.60%)
*R.C. Crawford – 20,311 (3.40%)Texas gubernatorial election, 1998 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=234 Our Campaigns - TX Governor Race - Nov 03, 1998 ] ] :
*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): [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=55218 Our Campaigns - US President - R Primaries Race - Feb 01, 2000 ] ] :
*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 fromMinnesota )Footnotes
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