Electoral history of George W. Bush

[
George W. Bush] George W. Bush was the 46th Governor of Texas and is the current President 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 from Minnesota)

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