Electoral history of Bill Clinton

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):

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%)