Electoral history of Bill Clinton

Electoral history of Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States

Congressional races

Arkansas 3rd congressional district, 1974 (Democratic primary) [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=382402 Our Campaigns - AR District 3 - D Primary Race - May 28, 1974] ]
* Bill Clinton - 59,697 (43.60%)
* Gene Rainwater - 36,145 (26.40%)
* David Stewart - 34,959 (25.53%)
* James A. Scanlon - 6,121 (4.47%)

Arkansas 3rd congressional district, 1974 (Democratic primary runoff) [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=382403 Our Campaigns - AR District 3 - D Runoff Race - Jun 11, 1974] ]
* Bill Clinton - 37,788 (68.96%)
* Gene Rainwater - 17,011 (31.04%)

Arkansas 3rd congressional district, 1974 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=30037 Our Campaigns - AR District 03 Race - Nov 04, 1974] ]
* John Paul Hammerschmidt (R) (inc.) - 89,324 (51.83%)
* Bill Clinton (D) - 83,030 (48.17%)

tatewide races in Arkansas

Arkansas Attorney General, 1976 (Democratic primary) [ [http://cgi.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/candidates/democrat/clinton/political.career.shtml AllPolitics - Candidates - Democrats] ] :
* Bill Clinton - 56%
* George Jernigan - 25%
* Clarence Cash - 19%

Arkansas Attorney General, 1976 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=330694 Our Campaigns - AR Attorney General Race - Nov 02, 1976] ]
* Bill Clinton (D) - elected unopposed

Arkansas gubernatorial election, 1978 (Democratic primary) [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=28245 Our Campaigns - AR. Governor - D Primary Race - May 30, 1978] ]
* Bill Clinton - 341,118 (59.55%)
* Joe Woodward - 123,674 (21.59%)
* Frank Lady - 76,026 (13.27%)
* Bob Mathis - 26,096 (4.56%)
* Monroe Schwarzlose - 5,898 (1.03%)

Arkansas gubernatorial election, 1978 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=28238 Our Campaigns - AR Governor Race - Nov 07, 1978] ]
* Bill Clinton (D) - 335,101 (63.36%)
* Lynn Lowe (R) - 193,746 (36.64%)

Arkansas gubernatorial election, 1980 (Democratic primary) [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=28246 Our Campaigns - AR. Governor - D Primary Race - May 17, 1980] ]
* Bill Clinton (inc.) - 306,735 (68.87%)
* Monroe Schwarzlose - 138,660 (31.13%)

Arkansas gubernatorial election, 1980 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=28236 Our Campaigns - AR Governor Race - Nov 04, 1980] ]
* Frank D. White (R) - 435,684 (51.93%)
* Bill Clinton (D) (inc.) - 403,241 (48.07%)

Arkansas gubernatorial election, 1982 (Democratic primary) [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=28248 Our Campaigns - AR Governor - D Primary Race - May 25, 1982] ]
* Bill Clinton - 236,961 (41.78%)
* Joe Purcell - 166,066 (29.28%)
* Jim Guy Tucker - 129,362 (22.81%)
* Kim Hendren - 21,829 (3.85%)
* Monroe Schwarzlose - 12,907 (2.28%)

Arkansas gubernatorial election, 1982 (Democratic primary runoff) [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=28256 Our Campaigns - AR. Governor - D Run off Primary Race - Jun 08, 1982] ]
* Bill Clinton - 239,209 (53.69%)
* Joe Purcell - 206,358 (46.31%)

Arkansas gubernatorial election, 1982 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=28234 Our Campaigns - AR Governor Race - Nov 02, 1982] ]
* Bill Clinton (D) - 431,855 (54.71%)
* Frank D. White (R) (inc.) - 357,496 (45.29%)

Arkansas gubernatorial election, 1984 (Democratic primary) [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=28259 Our Campaigns - AR Governor - D Primary Race - May 29, 1984] ]
* Bill Clinton (inc.) - 317,577 (64.46%)
* Lonnie Turner - 119,266 (24.21%)
* Kermit Moss - 31,727 (6.44%)
* Monroe Schwarzlose - 24,116 (4.90%)

Arkansas gubernatorial election, 1984 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=7691 Our Campaigns - AR Governor Race - Nov 06, 1984] ]
* Bill Clinton (D) (inc.) - 554,561 (62.55%)
* Elwood Freeman (R) - 331,987 (37.45%)

Arkansas gubernatorial election, 1986 (Democratic primary) [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=16221 Our Campaigns - AR Governor - D Primary Race - May 27, 1986] ]
* Bill Clinton (inc.) - 315,397 (60.58%)
* Orval E. Faubus - 174,402 (33.50%)
* W. Dean Goldsby - 30,829 (5.92%)

Arkansas gubernatorial election, 1986 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=7682 Our Campaigns - AR Governor Race - Nov 04, 1986] ]
* Bill Clinton (D) (inc.) - 439,882 (63.89%)
* Frank D. White (R) - 248,427 (36.08%)

Arkansas gubernatorial election, 1990 (Democratic primary) [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=10726 Our Campaigns - AR Governor - D Primary Race - May 29, 1990] ]
* Bill Clinton (inc.) - 269,329 (54.84%)
* Tom McRae - 190,887 (38.87%)
* Joe Holmes - 9,659 (1.97%)
* Jerry Tolliver - 8,629 (1.76%)
* Cyrus Young - 4,301 (0.88%)

Arkansas gubernatorial election, 1990 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=7678 Our Campaigns - AR Governor Race - Nov 06, 1990] ]
* Bill Clinton (D) (inc.) - 400,386 (57.49%)
* Sheffield Nelson (R) - 295,925 (42.49%)

Presidential elections

Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1992 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=55212 Our Campaigns - US President - D Primaries Race - Feb 01, 1992] ]
* Bill Clinton - 10,482,411 (52.01%)
* Jerry Brown - 4,071,232 (20.20%)
* Paul Tsongas - 3,656,010 (18.14%)
* Unpledged - 750,873 (3.73%)
* Bob Kerrey - 318,457 (1.58%)
* Tom Harkin - 280,304 (1.39%)
* Lyndon LaRouche - 154,599 (0.77%)
* Eugene McCarthy - 108,678 (0.54%)
* Charles Woods - 88,948 (0.44%)
* Larry Agran - 58,611 (0.29%)
* Ross Perot - 54,755 (0.27%)
* Ralph Nader - 35,935 (0.18%)
* Louis Stokes - 29,983 (0.15%)
* Angus Wheeler McDonald - 9,900 (0.05%)
* J. Louis McAlpine - 7,911 (0.04%)
* George W. Benns - 7,887 (0.04%)
* Rufus T. Higginbotham - 7,705 (0.04%)
* Tom Howard Hawks - 7,434 (0.04%)
* Stephen Bruke - 5,261 (0.03%)
* Tom Laughin - 5,202 (0.03%)
* Tom Shiekman - 4,965 (0.03%)
* Jeffrey F. Marsh - 2,445 (0.01%)
* George Ballard - 2,067 (0.01%)
* Ray Rollinson - 1,206 (0.01%)
* Leonora Fulani - 402 (0.00%)
* Douglas Wilder - 240 (0.00%)

1992 Democratic National Convention
* Bill Clinton - 3,372 (80.27%)
* Jerry Brown - 596 (14.19%)
* Paul Tsongas - 209 (4.98%)
* Robert P. Casey - 10 (0.24%)
* Patricia Schroeder - 8 (0.19%)
* Larry Agran - 3 (0.07%)
* Ron Daniels - 1 (0.02%)
* Al Gore - 1 (0.02%)
* Joe Simonetta 1 (0.02%)

United States presidential election, 1992
* Bill Clinton/Al Gore (D) - 44,909,806 (43.0%) and 370 electoral votes (32 states and D.C. carried)
* George H. W. Bush/Dan Quayle (R) (inc.) - 39,104,550 (37.4%) and 168 electoral votes (18 states carried)
* Ross Perot/James Stockdale (I) - 19,743,821 (18.9%)
* Andre Marrou/Nancy Lord (Libertarian) - 290,087 (0.3%)
* Bo Gritz/Cy Minett (Populist) - 106,152 (0.1%)
* Lenora Fulani/Maria Munoz (New Alliance) - 73,622 (0.07%)
* Howard Phillips/Albion Knight, Jr. (Taxpayers) - 43,369 (0.04%)
* Others - 152,516 (0.13%)

Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1996 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=55214 Our Campaigns - US President - D Primaries Race - Feb 01, 1996] ]
* Bill Clinton (inc.) - 9,706,802 (88.98%)
* Lyndon LaRouche - 596,422 (5.47%)
* Unpledged - 411,270 (3.77%)

1996 Democratic National Convention [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=58506 Our Campaigns - US President - D Convention Race - Aug 26, 1996] ]
* Bill Clinton (inc.) - 4,277 (99.72%)
* Abstaining - 12 (0.28%)

United States presidential election, 1996
* Bill Clinton/Al Gore (D) (inc.) - 47,400,125 (49.2%) and 379 electoral votes (31 states and D.C. carried)
* Bob Dole/Jack Kemp (R) - 39,198,755 (40.7%) and 159 electoral votes (19 states carried)
* Ross Perot/Pat Choate (Reform) - 8,085,402 (8.4%)
* Ralph Nader/Winona LaDuke (Green) - 685,297 (0.7%)
* Harry Browne/Jo Jorgensen (Libertarian) - 485,798 (0.5%)
* Howard Phillips/Herbert Titus (Taxpayers) - 184,820 (0.2%)
* John Hagelin/Michael Tompkins (Natural Law) - 113,670 (0.1%)
* Others - 121,534 (0.1%)

ee also

* Electoral history of Ronald Reagan
* Electoral history of Richard Nixon
* Electoral history of George W. Bush
* Electoral history of Al Gore

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