Electoral history of Bill Clinton

President Bill Clinton

Electoral history of Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States (1993–2001); 40th and 42nd Governor of Arkansas (1979–1981 and 1983–1992).

Congressional races

Arkansas 3rd congressional district, 1974 (Democratic primary)

• Bill Clinton - 59,697 (43.60%)
• Gene Rainwater - 36,145 (26.40%)
• David Stewart - 34,959 (25.53%)
• James A. Scanlon - 6,121 (4.47%)

Arkansas 3rd congressional district, 1974 (Democratic primary runoff)

• Bill Clinton - 37,788 (68.96%)
• Gene Rainwater - 17,011 (31.04%)

Arkansas 3rd congressional district, 1974

• John Paul Hammerschmidt (R) (inc.) - 89,324 (51.83%)
• Bill Clinton (D) - 83,030 (48.17%)

Statewide races in Arkansas

Arkansas Attorney General, 1976 (Democratic primary):^[1]

• Bill Clinton - 56%
• George Jernigan - 25%
• Clarence Cash - 19%

Arkansas Attorney General, 1976

• Bill Clinton (D) - elected unopposed

Arkansas gubernatorial election, 1978 (Democratic primary)

• Bill Clinton - 341,118 (59.55%)
• Joe Woodward - 123,674 (21.59%)
• Frank Lady - 76,026 (13.27%)
• Randall Mathis - 26,096 (4.56%)
• Monroe Schwarzlose - 5,898 (1.03%)

Arkansas gubernatorial election, 1978

• Bill Clinton (D) - 335,101 (63.36%)
• Lynn Lowe (R) - 193,746 (36.64%)

Arkansas gubernatorial election, 1980 (Democratic primary)

• Bill Clinton (inc.) - 306,735 (68.87%)
• Monroe Schwarzlose - 138,660 (31.13%)

Arkansas gubernatorial election, 1980

• Frank D. White (R) - 435,684 (51.93%)
• Bill Clinton (D) (inc.) - 403,241 (48.07%)

Arkansas gubernatorial election, 1982 (Democratic primary)

• Bill Clinton - 236,961 (41.78%)
• Joe Purcell - 166,066 (29.28%)
• Jim Guy Tucker - 129,362 (22.81%)
• Kim Hendren - 21,829 (3.85%)
• Monroe Schwarzlose - 12,907 (2.28%)

Arkansas gubernatorial election, 1982 (Democratic primary runoff)

• Bill Clinton - 239,209 (53.69%)
• Joe Purcell - 206,358 (46.31%)

Arkansas gubernatorial election, 1982

• Bill Clinton (D) - 431,855 (54.71%)
• Frank D. White (R) (inc.) - 357,496 (45.29%)

Arkansas gubernatorial election, 1984 (Democratic primary)

• Bill Clinton (inc.) - 317,577 (64.46%)
• Lonnie Turner - 119,266 (24.21%)
• Kermit Moss - 31,727 (6.44%)
• Monroe Schwarzlose - 24,116 (4.90%)

Arkansas gubernatorial election, 1984

• Bill Clinton (D) (inc.) - 554,561 (62.55%)
• Woody Freeman (R) - 331,987 (37.45%)

Arkansas gubernatorial election, 1986 (Democratic primary)

• Bill Clinton (inc.) - 315,397 (60.58%)
• Orval E. Faubus - 174,402 (33.50%)
• W. Dean Goldsby - 30,829 (5.92%)

Arkansas gubernatorial election, 1986

• Bill Clinton (D) (inc.) - 439,882 (63.89%)
• Frank D. White (R) - 248,427 (36.08%)

Arkansas gubernatorial election, 1990 (Democratic primary)

• Bill Clinton (inc.) - 269,329 (54.84%)
• Tom McRae - 190,887 (38.87%)
• Joe Holmes - 9,659 (1.97%)
• Jerry Tolliver - 8,629 (1.76%)
• Cyrus Young - 4,301 (0.88%)

Arkansas gubernatorial election, 1990

• Bill Clinton (D) (inc.) - 400,386 (57.49%)
• Sheffield Nelson (R) - 295,925 (42.49%)

Presidential elections

Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1992

• Bill Clinton - 10,482,411 (52.01%)
• Jerry Brown - 4,071,232 (20.20%)
• Paul Tsongas - 3,656,010 (18.14%)
• Unpledged - 750,873 (3.73%)
• Bob Kerrey - 318,457 (1.58%)
• Tom Harkin - 280,304 (1.39%)
• Lyndon LaRouche - 154,599 (0.77%)
• Eugene McCarthy - 108,678 (0.54%)
• Charles Woods - 88,948 (0.44%)
• Larry Agran - 58,611 (0.29%)
• Ross Perot - 54,755 (0.27%)
• Ralph Nader - 35,935 (0.18%)
• Louis Stokes - 29,983 (0.15%)
• Angus Wheeler McDonald - 9,900 (0.05%)
• J. Louis McAlpine - 7,911 (0.04%)
• George W. Benns - 7,887 (0.04%)
• Rufus T. Higginbotham - 7,705 (0.04%)
• Tom Howard Hawks - 7,434 (0.04%)
• Stephen Bruke - 5,261 (0.03%)
• Tom Laughin - 5,202 (0.03%)
• Tom Shiekman - 4,965 (0.03%)
• Jeffrey F. Marsh - 2,445 (0.01%)
• George Ballard - 2,067 (0.01%)
• Ray Rollinson - 1,206 (0.01%)
• Leonora Fulani - 402 (0.00%)
• Douglas Wilder - 240 (0.00%)

1992 Democratic National Convention

• Bill Clinton - 3,372 (80.27%)
• Jerry Brown - 596 (14.19%)
• Paul Tsongas - 209 (4.98%)
• Robert P. Casey - 10 (0.24%)
• Patricia Schroeder - 8 (0.19%)
• Larry Agran - 3 (0.07%)
• Ron Daniels - 1 (0.02%)
• Al Gore - 1 (0.02%)
• Joe Simonetta 1 (0.02%)

United States presidential election, 1992

• Bill Clinton/Al Gore (D) - 44,909,806 (43.0%) and 370 electoral votes (32 states and D.C. carried)
• George H. W. Bush/Dan Quayle (R) (inc.) - 39,104,550 (37.4%) and 168 electoral votes (18 states carried)
• Ross Perot/James Stockdale (I) - 19,743,821 (18.9%)
• Andre Marrou/Nancy Lord (Libertarian) - 290,087 (0.3%)
• Bo Gritz/Cy Minett (Populist) - 106,152 (0.1%)
• Lenora Fulani/Maria Muñoz (New Alliance) - 73,622 (0.07%)
• Howard Phillips/Albion Knight, Jr. (Taxpayers) - 43,369 (0.04%)
• Others - 152,516 (0.13%)

Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1996

• Bill Clinton (inc.) - 9,706,802 (88.98%)
• Lyndon LaRouche - 596,422 (5.47%)
• Unpledged - 411,270 (3.77%)

1996 Democratic National Convention

• Bill Clinton (inc.) - 4,277 (99.72%)
• Abstaining - 12 (0.28%)

United States presidential election, 1996

• Bill Clinton/Al Gore (D) (inc.) - 47,402,357 (49.2%) and 379 electoral votes (31 states and D.C. carried)
• Bob Dole/Jack Kemp (R) - 39,198,755 (40.7%) and 159 electoral votes (19 states carried)
• Ross Perot/Pat Choate (Reform) - 8,085,402 (8.4%)
• Ralph Nader/Winona LaDuke (Green) - 685,297 (0.7%)
• Harry Browne/Jo Jorgensen (Libertarian) - 485,798 (0.5%)
• Howard Phillips/Herbert Titus (Taxpayers) - 184,820 (0.2%)
• John Hagelin/Michael Tompkins (Natural Law) - 113,670 (0.1%)
• Others - 121,534 (0.1%)

See also

• Electoral history of Ronald Reagan
• Electoral history of Richard Nixon
• Electoral history of George W. Bush
• Electoral history of Al Gore
• Electoral history of Hillary Clinton

References

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Bill Clinton
42nd President of the United States (1993–2001) 40th and 42nd Governor of Arkansas (1979–1981, 1983–1992)
Presidency	1st inauguration 2nd inauguration Economic policy AmeriCorps Health care plan North American Free Trade Agreement Balanced Budget Foreign policy International trips Clinton Doctrine Dayton Agreement Oslo I Accord Israel–Jordan peace treaty Operation Infinite Reach Bombing of Yugoslavia One America Initiative Resolute desk Nannygate Lewinsky scandal Troopergate Starr Report Impeachment hearing White House Millennium Council Pardons State of the Union addresses 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Cabinet Federal judicial appointments Supreme Court controversies
Life and legacy	Childhood home Presidential Library Post-presidency Clinton Foundation Clinton School of Public Service Clinton Boulevard Clinton Bush Haiti Fund Chairman, National Constitution Center Honors and awards Public image Sexual misconduct allegations Whitewater controversy
Books	Between Hope and History (1996) My Life (2004) Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World (2007) Back to Work (2011)
Popular culture	The War Room (1993 documentary) Primary Colors (1998 film) Clinton (2012 film)
Elections	United States House of Representatives elections, 1974 Arkansas gubernatorial election, 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1990 Bill Clinton presidential campaign, 1992 Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1992 1996 Democratic National Convention 1992 1996 United States presidential election, 1992 theme song 1996
Family	Hillary Rodham Clinton (wife) Chelsea Clinton (daughter) Virginia Clinton Kelley (mother) William Jefferson Blythe Jr. (father) Roger Clinton Sr. (first stepfather) Jeff Dwire (second stepfather) Roger Clinton Jr. (half-brother) Socks (cat) Buddy (dog) Whitehaven (house)
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