Please read the following table in HTML format from a webpage and then answer the question in detail according to the table. Each table cell is defined by a <td> and a </td> tag. Each table row starts with a <tr> and ends with a </tr> tag. 'rowspan=m' and 'colspan=n' represents a cell spaning over 'm' rows and 'n' columns.

Webpage title:
Jerry E. Patterson
Table title:
Electoral history
Table:
<table id='hittask' contenteditable='False'>
<tr> <th colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Party </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Candidate </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Votes </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > % </th></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Republican </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > George P. Bush (Incumbent) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 859,209 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 58.2 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Republican </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Jerry Patterson </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 438,346 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 29.7 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Republican </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Davey Edwards </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 101,074 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 6.8 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Republican </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Rick Range </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 77,936 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 5.3 </td></tr>
</table>
Question:
What were the differences of the votes received between the top two republican candidates?
Answer:
Bush received 58.2% of the vote to Patterson's 29.7%.