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.
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% |
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]
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]
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:
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]
1988 Republican presidential primaries:[17]
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]
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]
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% |