1992 Republican Party presidential primaries

Selection of Republican US presidential candidate June 2025 1992 Republican Party presidential primaries United States primary no 1988 Republican Party presidential primaries 1988 1996 Republican Party presidential primaries 1996 February 18 to June 9, 1992 2,209 delegates to the Republican National Convention 1,105 (majority)https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31773163/chicago_tribune/ Race for the nomination 11 March 1992 Chicago Tribune https://web.archive.org/web/20190521032229/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31773163/chicago_tribune/ 21 May 2019 live Newspapers.com no File:George H. W. Bush presidential portrait (cropped 2).jpg 150x150px George H. W. Bush a59400 Texas 51 9,199,463 72.8% 1,544 File:Pat Buchanan 1985b (cropped).jpg Pat Buchanan 668c63 Virginia 0 2,899,488 23.0% 367 Gold denotes a state won by George H. W. Bush. Grey denotes a state or territory that did not hold a primary/caucus. Republican nominee George H. W. Bush George H. W. Bush The 1992 Republican Party presidential primaries were the presidential primaries and caucuses of the Republican Party, which took place in all 50 U.S. states and Washington, D.C., between February 18 to June 9, 1992, in which voters selected 2,277 delegates sent to the Republican National Convention, held in Houston, Texas, between August 17 and August 20, 1992. At the convention, Republican delegates nominated George H. W. Bush, the incumbent U.S. president, as the Republican Party's presidential nominee, and Dan Quayle, the incumbent vice president, as his vice presidential running mate. In the presidential election held November 3, 1992, Bush and Quayle were defeated by Democrat presidential nominee Bill Clinton and Al Gore, his vice presidential running mate. Primary race overview President George H. W. Bush was challenged for the Republican nomination by Pat Buchanan, a conservative author and commentator. During early counting in the New Hampshire primary, it appeared that the president might actually lose. However, Buchanan faded by the end of the evening, and Bush won the rest of the primaries. Bush's margins in many of the primaries were not as large as expected, and led to the rise of Ross Perot as an independent candidate. Republican Louisiana State Representative and former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke also ran in a number of primaries, but he did not receive any delegates. Former Governor Harold Stassen of Minnesota also made a quixotic bid for support in the Minnesota primary, winning enough votes to entitle him to one delegate, but was later denied his single vote by machinations at the Minnesota Republican Party's 1992 state convention. New Hampshire primary 1992 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary As Buchanan's candidacy relied heavily on a strong showing in the New Hampshire primary, President Bush made New Hampshire a focal point in his reelection bid. However, New Hampshire still remained a pivotal base for Buchanan's primary campaign. Because Bush was widely perceived to have broken his "read my lips" pledge, Buchanan found support in the economically battered and conservative state of New Hampshire. Making Bush's tax-hikes a central theme of his campaign, Buchanan enjoyed healthy grass-roots support despite lagging behind the president in pre-primary polling. Bush countered the threat posed by Buchanan by touring New Hampshire himself. He memorably told an audience at an Exeter town hall: "Message: I care".https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/16/us/1992-campaign-republicans-immersing-himself-nitty-gritty-bush-barnstorms-new.html The New York Times Maureen Dowd THE 1992 CAMPAIGN: REPUBLICANS; Immersing Himself in Nitty-Gritty, Bush Barnstorms New Hampshire 16 January 1992 Some sources claim that this was the result of Bush mistakenly reading a cue card aloud.NG https://web.archive.org/web/20120928084010/http://www.nationaljournal.com/2012-presidential-campaign/romney-s-new-message-i-care-20120927?mrefid=mostViewed 2012-09-28 On primary night, President Bush carried New Hampshire with 53% of the vote. Buchanan finished second with 38% of the vote. http://www.primarynewhampshire.com/new-hampshire-primary-past-results.php Past New Hampshire Primary Election Results 2010-02-22 2011-07-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20110715112805/http://www.primarynewhampshire.com/new-hampshire-primary-past-results.php dead The rest of the race Despite many in the Bush campaign attempting to push Buchanan out of the race, the strong showing made the Buchanan campaign hope for an outpouring of campaign contributions which galvanized the campaign into making efforts to pull out strong showings such as in the Georgia primary. Despite an impressive showing, Buchanan's campaign never attracted serious opposition to President Bush in most contests. Most of Buchanan's "victories" were larger-than-expected showings that were still considered landslide Bush wins by most of the media. Still, the fact that Buchanan received more than two million votes nationwide presaged trouble for Bush in the general election. Candidates Nominee CandidateMost recent office Home StateCampaign Withdrawal date Popular vote Contests won Running mateGeorge Bushframeless|127x127pxPresident of the United States(1989–1993)78x78px|California Texasframeless|174x174px(Campaign)Secured nomination: May 5, 19929,199,463(72.84%)51Dan Quayleframeless|125x125px Other candidates CandidateMost recent office Home StateCampaign Withdrawal date Popular vote Contests wonPat Buchananframeless|170x170pxWhite House Communications Director(1985–1987)alt=|84x84px|New York (state) Virginiaframeless|204x204px(Campaign)2,899,488(22.96%)N/ADavid Dukeframeless|150x150pxMember of the Louisiana House of Representatives(1989–1992)alt=|85x85px Louisiana frameless|204x204px(Campaign)119,115(0.94%)N/APat Paulsenframeless|170x170pxComedianalt=|98x98px California10,984(0.09%)N/AHarold Stassenframeless|157x157pxDirector of the United States Foreign Operations Administration(1953–1955)94x94px Minnesota8,099(0.06%)N/AJack Fellureframeless|182x182pxFormer Engineer and Perennial Candidatealt=|84x84px|New York (state) West Virginia6,296(0.05%)N/A Campaign finance Candidate Campaign committee Raised Total contrib. Total contributions Ind. contrib. Total from individual contributions Pres. pub. funds Presidential public funds Spent George H. W. BushIncluding general electionSTASSEN, HAROLD E. January 1987 https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/P00000455/?cycle=1992&election_full=true $104,974,415.00 $31,802,276.00 $31,711,102.00 $65,898,513.00 $107,637,852.00 Pat BuchananBUCHANAN, PATRICK J. January 1987 https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/P80000805/?cycle=1992&election_full=true $14,933,082.00 $7,232,943.00 $7,206,793.00 $5,351,770.00 $14,591,679.00 David DukeDUKE, DAVID E. January 1987 https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/P80001050/ $372,146.00 $221,854.00 $221,945.00 $0.00 $457,449.00 Jack FellureFELLURE, LOWELL JACKSON January 1987 https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/P20000089/?cycle=1992&election_full=true $46,748.00 $1,260.00 $1,425.00 $0.00 $47,559.00 Declined Former Governor Pete du Pont of DelawareQuayle Dan Standing Firm 1994 HarperCollins Publishers 0-06-017758-6 299–300 1st Results Source Datehttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/31773163/chicago_tribune/ Clipped from Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune 11 March 1992 141992 Presidential Primary Calendar http://frontloading.blogspot.com/2009/02/1992-presidential-primary-calendar.html(daily totals)Total pledgeddelegateshttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/31773082/the_times_leader/ Election calendar at a glance 14 February 1992 The Times Leader https://web.archive.org/web/20190521034802/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31773082/the_times_leader/ 21 May 2019 live Newspapers.comContestDelegates won and popular voteTotalGeorge H. W. BushPat BuchananOthersFebruary 100Iowa caucushttps://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/11/us/the-1992-campaign-iowa-harkin-dominates-state-s-caucuses.html THE 1992 CAMPAIGN: Iowa; HARKIN DOMINATES STATE'S CAUCUSES 11 February 1992 The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20180116032746/http://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/11/us/the-1992-campaign-iowa-harkin-dominates-state-s-caucuses.html 16 January 2018 live Newspapers.comCancelled.February 1823New Hampshire primaryhttp://sos.nh.gov/1992RepPresPrim.aspx 1992 New Hampshire Republican primary results https://web.archive.org/web/20171213005812/http://sos.nh.gov/1992RepPresPrim.aspx 2017-12-13 1492,271 (53.2%) 965,106 (37.5%) 3,779 (2.3%)TBAFebruary 1922South Dakota primaryhttps://sdsos.gov/elections-voting/election-resources/election-history/1992/1992_SD_presidential_primary.aspx 1992 South Dakota Republican primary results https://web.archive.org/web/20190514184743/http://sdsos.gov/elections-voting/election-resources/election-history/1992/1992_SD_presidential_primary.aspx 2019-05-14 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31775193/argusleader/ Primary notes Delegate numbers set for parties 26 February 1992 Argus-Leader https://web.archive.org/web/20190521044733/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31775193/argusleader/ 21 May 2019 live 3 Newspapers.com1430,964 (69.3%) — 513,707 (30.68%)uncomm All votes for uncommitted delegatesMarch 3(131) 37 Colorado primaryhttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/31775969/hartford_courant/ Republican primaries March 3 5 March 1992 Hartford Courant https://web.archive.org/web/20190521053835/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31775969/hartford_courant/ 21 May 2019 live 6 Newspapers.com26132,049 (68.2%) 1158,730 (30.3%) 2,957 (1.53%)TBA 42 Maryland primary42168,898 (69.9%) 72,701 (30.1%) —52Georgia primaryhttps://i.imgur.com/9LcQzjx.png 1992 Georgia Republican primary full results52291,905 (64.3%)162,085 (35.7%) — March 7 36 South Carolina primaryhttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/31776388/arizona_republic/ South Carolina Republican delegate count 8 March 1992 Arizona Republic https://web.archive.org/web/20190521061557/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31776388/arizona_republic/ 21 May 2019 live 6 Newspapers.comhttps://i.imgur.com/OUl9Jwf.png 1992 South Carolina Republican primary full results 3699,558 (66.9%) 38,247 (25.7%) 11,035 (7.41%)David Duke got 10,553 (7.09%) votesMarch 10(Super Tuesday)(441) 99 Florida primary 67607,522 (68.1%) 32285,074 (31.9%) – 41 Louisiana primary2583,747 (62.0%)1136,526 (27.0%)514,841David Duke got 11,956 (8.85%) votes40 Massachusetts primary28176,868 (65.6%)1274,797 (27.7%)24,182David Duke got 5,557 (2.01%) votes34Mississippi primary25111,794 (72.3%)625,891 (16.7%)417,023 (10.6%)All votes for David Duke38Oklahoma primary27151,612 (69.6%)1157,933 (26.6%)8,176 (2.6%)David Duke got 5,672 (2.60%) votes16Rhode Island primary119,853 (63.0%)54,967 (31.8%)816 (4.9%)David Duke got 326 (2.08%) votes49Tennessee primary38178,216 (72.5%)1154,585 (22.2%)12,849 (5.2%)David Duke got 7,709 (3.14%) votes124Texas primary92556,280 (69.8%)32190,572 (23.9%)50,294 (6.0%)David Duke got 20,255 (2.54%) votesMarch 17(162)88Illinois primary68556,280 (76.4%)20186,915 (22.5%)9,637 (1.2%)TBA74Michigan primary54301,948 (67.2%)20112,122 (25.0%)35,063 (7.7%)David Duke got 10,688 (2.38%) votesMarch 2438Connecticut primary2966,356 (66.7%)921,815 (22.0%)11,475 (11.4%)David Duke got 2,294 (2.30%) votesApril 520Puerto Rico primary20260,2001,0312,104April 7(205)31Kansas primary21132,131 (62.0%)532,494 (14.8%)49,571 (20.8%)David Duke got 3,837 (1.80%) votes34Minnesota primary2584,841 (63.9%)932,094 (24.2%)15,821 (8.8%)TBA103New York [?]103––37Wisconsin primary30364,507 (75.6%)778,516 (16.3%)39,225 (5.3%)David Duke got 12,867 (2.67%) votesApril 2892Pennsylvania primary71774,865 (76.7%)21233,912 (23.2%)—May 5(144)13District of Columbia primary114,265 (81.5%)2970 (18.5%)–20Delaware caucus20——52Indiana primary42374,666 (80.1%)1092,949 (19.9%)—59North Carolina primary46200,387 (70.7%)1355,420 (19.5%)27,764 (9.8%)TBAMay 1020Montana primary1465,176 (71.6%)210,701 (11.8%)315,098 (16.6%)TBAMay 12(46)27Nebraska primary23156,346 (81.4%)425,847 (13.5%)9,905 (1.5%)David Duke got 2,808 (1.46%) votes19West Virginia primary1699,994 (80.5%)318,067 (14.6%)6,096 (4.9%)TBAMay 19(62)25Oregon primary17203,957557,730342,472David Duke got 6,667 (2.19%) votes37Washington primary2586,839 (67.0%)413,273 (10.2%)829,543 (20.8%)Nearly all of this vote was for Ross Perot as a write-in candidate. David Duke got 1,501 (1.16%) votesMay 26(92)31Arkansas primary2745,590 (83.1%)46,551 (11.9%)2,742 (5.0%)TBA23Idaho primary1573,297 (63.5%)315,167 (13.1%)527,038 (23.4%)uncomm38Kentucky primary2875,371 (74.5%)—1025,748 (25.5%)uncommJune 2(439)41Alabama primary33122,703 (74.3%)12,588 (7.6%)829,830 (18.1%)uncomm203California primary1491,587,369 (73.6%)54568,892 (26.4%)—63New Jersey primary53240,535 (77.5%)1046,432 (15.0%)(7.5%)Perot All votes for Ross Perot27New Mexico primary1955,522 (63.8%)7,871 (9.1%)823,574 (27.1%)uncomm20North Dakota primary1739,863 (83.4%)—37,945 (16.6%)TBA85Ohio primary71716,76614143,687—TotalOur Campaigns - US President - R Primaries Race - Feb 01, 19921,9731,5449,199,463 (72.8%)3672,899,488 (23.0%)62497,650 (4.2%)12,596,601 Nationwide Popular vote result:Our Campaigns - US President - R Primaries Race - Feb 01, 1992 George H. W. Bush (inc.) - 9,199,463 (72.84%) Pat Buchanan - 2,899,488 (22.96%) Unpledged delegates - 287,383 (2.28%) David Duke - 119,115 (0.94%) Ross Perot - 56,136 (0.44%) Pat Paulsen - 10,984 (0.09%) Maurice Horton - 9,637 (0.08%) Harold Stassen - 8,099 (0.06%) Jack Fellure - 6,296 (0.05%) See also 1992 Democratic Party presidential primaries George H. W. Bush 1992 presidential campaign Supermarket scanner moment David Duke 1992 presidential campaign Notes References Category:George H. W. Bush Category:Pat Buchanan Category:David Duke Category:Ross Perot