Lamar Alexander
Electoral history
United States presidential election, 1996 (Republican primaries): Bob Dole – 9,024,742 (58.82%) Pat Buchanan – 3,184,943 (20.76%) Steve Forbes – 1,751,187 (11.41%) Lamar Alexander – 495,590 (3.23%) Alan Keyes – 471,716 (3.08%) Richard Lugar – 127,111 (0.83%) Unpledged delegates – 123,278 (0.80%) Phil Gramm – 71,456 (0.47%) Bob Dornan – 42,140 (0.28%) Morry Taylor – 21,180 (0.14%) Republican Senate Minority Whip Trent Lott (MS) – 25 (51.02%) Lamar Alexander (TN) – 24 (48.98%) Senate Republican Conference Chairman Lamar Alexander (TN) – 31 (65.96%) Richard Burr (NC) – 16 (34.04%)

Lamar Alexander

Section Title: Electoral history
Table Section Text: United States presidential election, 1996 (Republican primaries): Bob Dole – 9,024,742 (58.82%) Pat Buchanan – 3,184,943 (20.76%) Steve Forbes – 1,751,187 (11.41%) Lamar Alexander – 495,590 (3.23%) Alan Keyes – 471,716 (3.08%) Richard Lugar – 127,111 (0.83%) Unpledged delegates – 123,278 (0.80%) Phil Gramm – 71,456 (0.47%) Bob Dornan – 42,140 (0.28%) Morry Taylor – 21,180 (0.14%) Republican Senate Minority Whip Trent Lott (MS) – 25 (51.02%) Lamar Alexander (TN) – 24 (48.98%) Senate Republican Conference Chairman Lamar Alexander (TN) – 31 (65.96%) Richard Burr (NC) – 16 (34.04%)

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Democratic	Ray Blanton	576,833	55.88

Republican	Lamar Alexander	455,467	44.12

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Blanton with 576,833 votes defeated Alexander of 455,467 votes.

final_sentence: Blanton with 576,833 votes defeated Alexander of 455,467 votes.