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.
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He had been involved in many elections on regional, statewide and nationwide stage, from 1950 to 1996.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Dole | 2,576 | 58.3% | |
Democratic | Elmo Mahoney (incumbent) | 1,803 | 41.2% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Dole | 1,133 | 54.4% | |
Republican | Dean Ostrum | 948 | 45.6% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Dole | 4,207 | 67.1% | |
Democratic | George Holland | 2,065 | 32.9% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Dole (incumbent) | 4,207 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Dole (incumbent) | 3,175 | 57.8% | |
Democratic | Clifford Holland Jr. | 2,317 | 42.2% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Dole (incumbent) | 2,807 | 56.1% | |
Democratic | Robert Earnest | 2,195 | 43.9% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Dole | 16,033 | 45.2% | |
Republican | Keith Sebelius | 15,051 | 42.4% | |
Republican | Phillip J. Doyle | 4,423 | 12.5% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Dole | 62,335 | 59.3% | |
Democratic | Robert Earnest | 42,869 | 40.8% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Dole (incumbent) | 113,212 | 51.2% | |
Democratic | Bill Bork | 108,086 | 48.8% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Dole (incumbent) | 97,487 | 68.6% | |
Democratic | Berniece Hencle | 44,569 | 31.4% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Dole | 190,782 | 68.5% | |
Republican | William H. Avery | 87,801 | 31.5% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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% |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Dole (incumbent) | 403,983 | 50.9% | |
Democratic | William R. Roy | 390,451 | 49.2% |
1976 Republican National Convention (Vice Presidential tally):[10]
- Bob Dole - 1,921 (85.04%)
- Abstaining - 103 (4.56%)
- Jesse Helms - 103 (4.56%)
- Ronald Reagan - 27 (1.20%)
- Phil Crane - 23 (1.02%)
- John Grady - 19 (0.84%)
- Louis Frey - 9 (0.40%)
- Anne Armstrong - 6 (0.27%)
- Howard Baker - 6 (0.27%)
- William F. Buckley - 4 (0.18%)
- John B. Connally - 4 (0.18%)
- David C. Treen - 4 (0.18%)
- Alan Steelman - 3 (0.13%)
- Edmund Bauman - 2 (0.09%)
- Bill Brock - 2 (0.09%)
- Paul Laxalt - 2 (0.09%)
- Elliot Richardson - 2 (0.09%)
- Richard Schweiker - 2 (0.09%)
- William E. Simon - 2 (0.09%)
- Jack Wellborn - 2 (0.09%)
- James Allen - 1 (0.04%)
- Ray Barnhardt - 1 (0.04%)
- George H. W. Bush - 1 (0.04%)
- Pete Domenici - 1 (0.04%)
- James B. Edwards - 1 (0.04%)
- Frank S. Glenn - 1 (0.04%)
- David Keane - 1 (0.04%)
- James McClure - 1 (0.04%)
- Nancy Palm - 1 (0.04%)
- Donald Rumsfeld - 1 (0.04%)
- John W. Sears - 1 (0.04%)
- Roger Staubach - 1 (0.04%)
- Steve Symms - 1 (0.04%)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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]
- Ronald Reagan - 7,709,793 (59.79%)
- George H. W. Bush - 3,070,033 (23.81%)
- John B. Anderson - 1,572,174 (12.19%)
- Howard Baker - 181,153 (1.41%)
- Phil Crane - 97,793 (0.76%)
- John B. Connally - 82,625 (0.64%)
- Unpledged - 68,155 (0.53%)
- Ben Fernandez - 68,155 (0.53%)
- Harold Stassen - 25,425 (0.20%)
- Gerald Ford - 10,557 (0.08%)
- Bob Dole - 7,204 (0.06%)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Dole (incumbent) | 201,484 | 81.9% | |
Republican | Jim H. Grainge | 44,674 | 18.2% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Dole (incumbent) | 598,686 | 63.8% | |
Democratic | John Simpson | 340,271 | 36.2% |
Senate Majority Leader, 1984:[1]
Final fourth ballot:
- Bob Dole - 28
- Ted Stevens - 25
Other defeated candidates: Pete Domenici, Dick Lugar, Jim McClure
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Dole (incumbent) | 228,301 | 84.4% | |
Republican | Shirley J.A. Landis | 42,237 | 15.6% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Dole (incumbent) | 576,902 | 70.1% | |
Democratic | Guy MacDonald | 246,664 | 30% |
Iowa Republican presidential Straw Poll, 1987:[16]
- Pat Robertson - 1,293 (33.65%)
- Bob Dole - 958 (24.93%)
- George H. W. Bush - 864 (22.48%)
- Jack Kemp - 520 (13.53%)
- Pierre S. du Pont, IV - 160 (4.16%)
- Ben Fernandez - 23 (0.60%)
- Kate Heslop - 13 (0.34%)
- Alexander Haig - 12 (0.31%)
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1988 Republican presidential primaries:[17]
- George H. W. Bush - 8,258,512 (67.91%)
- Bob Dole - 2,333,375 (19.19%)
- Pat Robertson - 1,097,446 (9.02%)
- Jack Kemp - 331,333 (2.72%)
- Unpledged - 56,990 (0.47%)
- Pierre S. du Pont, IV - 49,783 (0.41%)
- Alexander Haig - 26,619 (0.22%)
- Harold Stassen - 2,682 (0.02%)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Dole (incumbent) | 244,480 | 80.4% | |
Republican | Rode Rodewald | 59,589 | 19.6% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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]
- Bob Dole - 2,582 (24.38%)
- Phil Gramm - 2,582 (24.38%)
- Pat Buchanan - 1,922 (18.15%)
- Lamar Alexander - 1,156 (10.91%)
- Alan Keyes - 804 (7.59%)
- Morry Taylor - 803 (7.58%)
- Richard Lugar - 466 (4.40%)
- Pete Wilson - 123 (1.16%)
- Bob Dornan - 87 (0.82%)
- Arlen Specter - 67 (0.63%)
1996 New Hampshire Republican Vice Presidential primary:[21]
All candidates were running as write-in
- Colin Powell - 6,414 (25.80%)
- Alan Keres - 4,200 (16.90%)
- Scattering - 2,631 (10.58%)
- Lamar Alexander - 2,113 (8.50%)
- Richard Lugar - 1,881 (7.57%)
- Phil Gramm - 1,314 (5.29%)
- Steve Forbes - 1,220 (4.91%)
- Pat Buchanan - 1,115 (4.49%)
- Jack Kemp - 970 (3.90%)
- Bob Dole - 930 (3.74%)
- Morry Taylor - 710 (2.86%)
- Al Gore (inc.) - 654 (2.63%)
- Bob Dornan - 401 (1.61%)
- Ross Perot - 108 (0.43%)
- Bill Clinton - 70 (0.28%)
- Ralph Nader - 69 (0.28%)
- Richard P. Bosa - 60 (0.24%)
Washington Presidential primary for independent voters, 1996:[22]
- Bill Clinton (D) (inc.) - 227,120 (51.08%)
- Bob Dole (R) - 125,154 (28.15%)
- Pat Buchanan (R) - 44,027 (9.90%)
- Steve Forbes (R) - 28,618 (6.44%)
- Alan Keyes (R) - 6,631 (1.49%)
- Lamar Alexander (R) - 5,181 (1.17%)
- Lyndon LaRouche (D) - 3,160 (0.71%)
- Richard Lugar (R) - 2,009 (0.45%)
- Phil Gramm (R) - 1,665 (0.37%)
- Bob Dornan (R) - 1,054 (0.24%)
1996 Republican presidential primaries[23]
- 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%)
- Others - 18,261 (0.12%)
1996 Republican National Convention (Presidential tally):[24]
- Bob Dole - 1,928 (97.62%)
- Pat Buchanan - 43 (2.18%)
- Phil Gramm - 2 (0.10%)
- Robert Bork - 1 (0.05%)
- Alan Keyes - 1 (0.05%)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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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