# Electoral history of George H. W. Bush

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George Herbert Walker Bush served as the 41st president of the United States (1989–1993), the 43rd vice president (1981–1989), the 11th director of central intelligence (1976–1977), and as a United States representative from Texas (1967–1971).

## Congressional elections (1964–1970)
### 1964

1964 United States Senate election in Texas, Republican primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | George H. W. Bush | 62,985 | 44.08% |
| | Republican | Jack Cox | 45,561 | 31.89% |
| | Republican | Robert J. Morris | 28,279 | 19.79% |
| | Republican | Milton Davis | 6,067 | 4.25% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 142,892 | 100.00% |
1964 United States Senate election in Texas, Republican primary runoff :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | George H. W. Bush | 49,751 | 62.12% |
| | Republican | Jack Cox | 30,333 | 37.88% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 80,084 | 100.00% |
1964 United States Senate election in Texas :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Ralph Yarborough (incumbent) | 1,463,958 | 56.22% |
| | Republican | George H. W. Bush | 1,134,337 | 43.56% |
| | Constitution | Jack Carswell | 5,542 | 0.21% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,603,837 | 100.00% |

### 1966

1966 Texas's 7th congressional district election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | George H. W. Bush | 53,756 | 57.07% |
| | Democratic | Frank Briscoe | 39,958 | 42.42% |
| | Constitution | Bob Gray | 488 | 0.52% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 94,202 | 100.00% |

### 1968

1968 Texas's 7th congressional district election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | George H. W. Bush (incumbent) | 110,455 | 100.00% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 110,455 | 100.00% |

### 1970

1970 United States Senate election in Texas, Republican primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | George H. W. Bush | 96,806 | 87.64% |
| | Republican | Robert J. Morris | 13,654 | 12.36% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 110,460 | 100.00% |
1970 United States Senate election in Texas :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Lloyd Bentsen | 1,194,069 | 53.55% |
| | Republican | George H. W. Bush | 1,035,794 | 46.45% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,229,863 | 100.00% |

## Presidential elections (1980–1992)
### 1980

1980 Republican Party presidential primaries :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Ronald Reagan | 7,709,793 | 59.79% |
| | Republican | George H. W. Bush | 3,070,033 | 23.81% |
| | Republican | John B. Anderson | 1,572,174 | 12.19% |
| | Republican | Howard Baker | 181,153 | 1.41% |
| | Republican | Phil Crane | 97,793 | 0.76% |
| | Republican | John Connally | 82,625 | 0.64% |
| | Republican | Uncommitted | 68,155 | 0.53% |
| | Republican | Ben Fernandez | 25,520 | 0.20% |
| | Republican | Harold Stassen | 25,425 | 0.20% |
| | Republican | Gerald Ford | 10,557 | 0.08% |
| | Republican | Bob Dole | 7,204 | 0.06% |
| | Republican | Others | 33,217 | 0.26% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 12,883,649 | 100.00% |
1980 Republican National Convention, Presidential tally :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Ronald Reagan | 1,939 | 97.44% |
| | Republican | John B. Anderson | 37 | 1.86% |
| | Republican | George H. W. Bush | 13 | 0.65% |
| | Republican | Anne Armstrong | 1 | 0.05% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,990 | 100.00% |
1980 Republican National Convention, Vice Presidential tally :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | George H. W. Bush | 1,832 | 93.33% |
| | Republican | Jesse Helms | 54 | 2.75% |
| | Republican | Jack Kemp | 42 | 2.14% |
| | Republican | Phil Crane | 23 | 1.17% |
| | Republican | James R. Thompson | 5 | 0.26% |
| | Republican | John M. Ashbrook | 1 | 0.05% |
| | Republican | Howard Baker | 1 | 0.05% |
| | Republican | Henry J. Hyde | 1 | 0.05% |
| | Republican | Donald Rumsfeld | 1 | 0.05% |
| | Republican | Eugene Schroeder | 1 | 0.05% |
| | Republican | William E. Simon | 1 | 0.05% |
| | Republican | Guy Vander Jagt | 1 | 0.05% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,963 | 100.00% |
1980 United States presidential election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Ronald Reagan / George H. W. Bush | 43,903,230 | 50.75% |
| | Democratic | Jimmy Carter / Walter Mondale (incumbent) | 35,480,115 | 41.01% |
| | Independent | John B. Anderson / Patrick Joseph Lucey | 5,719,850 | 6.61% |
| | Libertarian | Ed Clark / David H. Koch | 921,128 | 1.06% |
| | Citizens | Barry Commoner / LaDonna Harris | 233,052 | 0.27% |
| | Communist | Gus Hall / Angela Davis | 44,933 | 0.05% |
| | American Independent | John Rarick / Eileen Shearer | 40,906 | 0.05% |
| | N/A | Others | 166,464 | 0.19% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 86,509,678 | 100.00% |

### 1984

1984 Republican National Convention, Vice Presidential tally :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | George H. W. Bush (incumbent) | 2,231 | 99.82% |
| | Republican | (abstention) | 2 | 0.09% |
| | Republican | Jack Kemp | 1 | 0.05% |
| | Republican | Jeane Kirkpatrick | 1 | 0.05% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,235 | 100.00% |
1984 United States presidential election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Ronald Reagan (incumbent) / George H. W. Bush (incumbent) | 54,455,472 | 58.77% |
| | Democratic | Walter Mondale / Geraldine Ferraro | 37,577,352 | 40.56% |
| | Libertarian | David Bergland / Jim Lewis | 228,111 | 0.25% |
| | Independent | Lyndon LaRouche / Billy Davis | 78,809 | 0.09% |
| | Citizens | Sonia Johnson / Richard Walton | 72,161 | 0.08% |
| | Populist | Bob Richards / Maureen Salaman | 66,324 | 0.07% |
| | New Alliance | Dennis L. Serrette / Nancy Ross | 46,853 | 0.05% |
| | Workers World | Larry Holmes / Gloria La Riva | 46,853 | 0.05% |
| | N/A | Others | 112,266 | 0.12% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 92,653,233 | 100.00% |

### 1988

1988 Republican Party presidential primaries :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | George H. W. Bush | 8,258,512 | 67.91% |
| | Republican | Bob Dole | 2,333,375 | 19.19% |
| | Republican | Pat Robertson | 1,097,446 | 9.02% |
| | Republican | Jack Kemp | 331,333 | 2.72% |
| | Republican | Uncommitted | 56,990 | 0.47% |
| | Republican | Pierre S. du Pont, IV | 49,783 | 0.41% |
| | Republican | Alexander M. Haig | 26,619 | 0.22% |
| | Republican | Harold Stassen | 2,682 | 0.02% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 12,156,740 | 100.00% |
1988 Republican National Convention, Presidential tally :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | George H. W. Bush | 2,277 | 100.00% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,277 | 100.00% |
1988 United States presidential election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | George H. W. Bush / Dan Quayle | 48,886,597 | 53.37% |
| | Democratic | Michael Dukakis / Lloyd Bentsen | 41,809,476 | 45.65% |
| | Libertarian | Ron Paul / Andre Marrou | 431,750 | 0.47% |
| | New Alliance | Lenora Fulani / Joyce Dattner | 217,221 | 0.24% |
| | N/A | Others | 249,642 | 0.27% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 91,594,686 | 100.00% |

### 1992

1992 Republican Party presidential primaries :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | George H. W. Bush (incumbent) | 9,199,463 | 72.84% |
| | Republican | Pat Buchanan | 2,899,488 | 22.96% |
| | Republican | Uncommitted | 287,383 | 2.28% |
| | Republican | David Duke | 119,115 | 0.94% |
| | Republican | Ross Perot | 56,136 | 0.44% |
| | Republican | Pat Paulsen | 10,984 | 0.09% |
| | Republican | Maurice Horton | 9,637 | 0.08% |
| | Republican | Harold Stassen | 8,099 | 0.06% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 3,390,842 | 100.00% |
1992 Republican National Convention, Presidential tally :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | George H. W. Bush (incumbent) | 2,189 | 99.05% |
| | Republican | Pat Buchanan | 18 | 0.81% |
| | Republican | Howard Phillips | 2 | 0.09% |
| | Republican | Alan Keyes | 1 | 0.05% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,210 | 100.00% |
1992 New York State Right to Life Party Convention :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Right to Life | George H. W. Bush (incumbent) | unopposed | 100.00% |
1992 United States presidential election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Bill Clinton / Al Gore | 44,909,889 | 43.01% |
| | Republican | George H. W. Bush (incumbent)/ Dan Quayle (incumbent) | 39,104,550 | 37.45% |
| | Independent | Ross Perot / James Stockdale | 19,743,821 | 18.91% |
| | Libertarian | Andre Marrou / Nancy Lord | 290,087 | 0.28% |
| | Populist | Bo Gritz / Cyril Minett | 106,152 | 0.10% |
| | New Alliance | Lenora Fulani / Maria Elizabeth Muñoz | 73,622 | 0.07% |
| | N/A | Others | 195,885 | 18.76% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 104,423,923 | 100.00% |