Robert J. Dole

Electoral history of Bob Dole, United States Senator from Kansas (1969–1996), Senate Majority Leader (1985–1987, 1995–1996), Senate Minority Leader (1987–1995), 1976 Republican Party vice presidential nominee and 1996 presidential nominee.

He had been involved in many elections on regional, statewide and nationwide stage, from 1950 to 1996.

Kansas House of Representatives, 81st district, 1950[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Dole 2,576 58.3%
Democratic Elmo Mahoney (incumbent) 1,803 41.2%
Russell County Attorney, Republican Primary, 1952[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Dole 1,133 54.4%
Republican Dean Ostrum 948 45.6%
Russell County Attorney 1952[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Dole 4,207 67.1%
Democratic George Holland 2,065 32.9%
Russell County Attorney, 1954[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Dole (incumbent) 4,207 100%
Russell County Attorney, 1956[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Dole (incumbent) 3,175 57.8%
Democratic Clifford Holland Jr. 2,317 42.2%
Russell County Attorney, 1958[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Dole (incumbent) 2,807 56.1%
Democratic Robert Earnest 2,195 43.9%
Kansas's 6th congressional district, 1960, Republican Primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Dole 16,033 45.2%
Republican Keith Sebelius 15,051 42.4%
Republican Phillip J. Doyle 4,423 12.5%
Kansas's 6th congressional district, 1960[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Dole 62,335 59.3%
Democratic Robert Earnest 42,869 40.8%
Kansas's 1st congressional district, 1962[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Dole (incumbent) 102,499 51.2%
Democratic J. Floyd Breeding (incumbent) 81,092 44.2%

NOTE: Dole was an incumbent in abolished 6th district and Breeding in 1st district, which became merged into one.

Kansas's 1st congressional district, 1964[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Dole (incumbent) 113,212 51.2%
Democratic Bill Bork 108,086 48.8%
Kansas's 1st congressional district, 1966[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Dole (incumbent) 97,487 68.6%
Democratic Berniece Hencle 44,569 31.4%
United States Senate Election in Kansas, 1968, Republican Primary[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Dole 190,782 68.5%
Republican William H. Avery 87,801 31.5%
United States Senate Election in Kansas, 1968[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Dole 490,911 60.1%
Democratic William I. Robinson 315,911 38.7%
Prohibition Joseph Fred Hyskell 10,262 1.3%
Write-in Write-in 12 0%
1974 US Senate election in Kansas
United States Senate Election in Kansas, 1974[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Dole (incumbent) 403,983 50.9%
Democratic William R. Roy 390,451 49.2%

1976 Republican National Convention (Vice Presidential tally):[10]

1976 presidential elections
1976 United States Presidential Election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jimmy Carter/Walter Mondale 40,831,881 50.1%
Republican Gerald Ford (incumbent)/Bob Dole 39,148,634 48%
Republican Ronald Reagan/Bob Dole 0 0%
Independent Eugene McCarthy 740,460 0.9%
Libertarian Roger MacBride/David Bergland 172,553 0.2%
American Independent Lester Maddox/William Dyke 170,274 0.2%
Socialist Workers Peter Camejo/Willie Mae Reid 90,986 0.1%

NOTE: One Faithless Elector voted for Reagan instead of Ford, but did cast vice-presidential vote for Dole.

1980 Republican presidential primaries:[11]

United States Senate Election in Kansas, 1980, Republican Primary[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Dole (incumbent) 201,484 81.9%
Republican Jim H. Grainge 44,674 18.2%
United States Senate Election in Kansas, 1980[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Dole (incumbent) 598,686 63.8%
Democratic John Simpson 340,271 36.2%

Senate Majority Leader, 1984:[1]

Final fourth ballot:

Other defeated candidates: Pete Domenici, Dick Lugar, Jim McClure

United States Senate Election in Kansas, 1986, Republican Primary[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Dole (incumbent) 228,301 84.4%
Republican Shirley J.A. Landis 42,237 15.6%
United States Senate Election in Kansas, 1986[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Dole (incumbent) 576,902 70.1%
Democratic Guy MacDonald 246,664 30%

Iowa Republican presidential Straw Poll, 1987:[16]

1988 Republican primaries by state results

1988 Republican presidential primaries:[17]

United States Senate Election in Kansas, 1992, Republican Primary[18]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Dole (incumbent) 244,480 80.4%
Republican Rode Rodewald 59,589 19.6%
United States Senate Election in Kansas, 1992[19]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Dole (incumbent) 706,246 62.7%
Democratic Gloria O'Dell 349,525 31%
Independent Christina Campbell-Cline 45,423 4%
Libertarian Mark B. Kirk 25,253 2.24%

Iowa Republican presidential Straw Poll, 1995:[20]

1996 New Hampshire Republican Vice Presidential primary:[21]

All candidates were running as write-in

Washington Presidential primary for independent voters, 1996:[22]

1996 Republican presidential primaries[23]

1996 Republican National Convention (Presidential tally):[24]

1996 Presidential election
1996 United States Presidential Election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bill Clinton/Al Gore (incumbent) 47,402,357 49.2%
Republican Bob Dole/Jack Kemp 39,198,755 40.7%
Reform Ross Perot/Pat Choate 8,085,402 8.4%
Green Ralph Nader/Multiple People 685,297 0.7%
Libertarian Harry Browne/Jo Jorgensen 485,798 0.5%
Constitution Howard Phillips/Herbert Titus 184,820 0.2%
Natural Law John Hagelin/Michael Tompkins 113,670 0.1%
None Others 121,534 0.1%

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