Historical Results In Texas Presidential Primaries

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Texas first held presidential primaries in 1976. Democrats didn’t hold a primary in 1984, but did hold caucuses, and sent a split delegation to the convention:

1976

Republican

Ronald Reagan……………………………………….. 278,300
Gerald Ford……………………………………………. 139,944
Uncommitted……………………………………………… 1,162
Total Vote……………………………419,406

Democratic
Jimmy Carter………………………………………….. 736,161
Lloyd Bentsen…………………………………………. 343,032
George Wallace………………………………………. 270,798
Fred Harris……………………………………………….. 31,379
Sargent Shriver…………………………………………. 28,520
Ellen McCormack……………………………………….. 5,700
Uncommitted………………………………………….. 129,478
Total Vote…………………………1,545,068
May 1980
Republican
Ronald Reagan……………………………………….. 268,798
George Bush………………………………………….. 249,819
Uncommitted……………………………………………… 8,152
Total Vote……………………………526,769

Democratic

Jimmy Carter………………………………………….. 770,390
Edward M. Kennedy………………………………… 314,129
Jerry Brown……………………………………………… 35,585
Uncommitted………………………………………….. 257,250
Total Vote…………………………1,377,354

March 1984
Republican
Ronald Reagan……………………………………….. 308,713
Uncommitted……………………………………………. 11,126
Total Vote……………………………319,839

Democratic
Democrats held no primary, but voted in precinct
caucuses for 169 delegates. With the addition of party
leaders, the 200-member delegation to the national
convention was divided:
Walter Mondale…………………………………………….. 119
Gary Hart……………………………………………………….. 41
Jesse L. Jackson…………………………………………….. 35
Uncommitted……………………………………………………. 5

March 1988
Republican
George Bush………………………………………….. 648,178
Pat Robertson…………………………………………. 155,449
Bob Dole………………………………………………… 140,795
Jack Kemp……………………………………………….. 50,586
Pete Du Pont……………………………………………… 4,245
Alexander M. Haig Jr…………………………………… 3,140
Uncommitted……………………………………………. 12,563
Total Vote…………………………1,014,956
Democratic
Michael S. Dukakis………………………………….. 579,713
Jesse L. Jackson…………………………………….. 433,335
Al Gore………………………………………………….. 357,764
Dick Gephardt…………………………………………. 240,158
Gary Hart…………………………………………………. 82,199
Paul Simon………………………………………………. 34,499
Bruce Babbitt……………………………………………. 11,618
Lyndon H. LaRouche Jr……………………………….. 9,013
David E. Duke…………………………………………….. 8,808
W.A. Williams……………………………………………… 6,238
Norbert G. Dennerll Jr………………………………….. 3,700
Total Vote…………………………1,767,045
March 1992
Republican
George Bush………………………………………….. 556,280
Patrick J. Buchanan…………………………………. 190,572
David Duke………………………………………………. 20,255
George A. Zimmermann………………………………. 1,349
Tennie Rogers………………………………………………. 754
Uncommitted……………………………………………. 27,936
Total Vote……………………………797,146

Democratic
Bill Clinton………………………………………………. 972,235
Paul E. Tsongas………………………………………. 285,224
Edmund G. Brown Jr……………………………….. 118,869
Charles Woods…………………………………………. 30,097
Bob Kerrey……………………………………………….. 20,298
Tom Harkin………………………………………………. 19,618
Lyndon H. LaRouche Jr……………………………… 12,220
George W. Benns……………………………………….. 7,876
Rufus Higginbotham……………………………………. 7,677
Tod Howard Hawks……………………………………… 4,924
J. Louis McAlpine……………………………………….. 4,009
Total Vote…………………………1,483,047
March 1996
Republican
Bob Dole………………………………………………… 567,164
Patrick J. (Pat) Buchanan…………………………. 217,974
Steve Forbes………………………………………….. 130,938
Alan Keyes………………………………………………. 41,746
Lamar Alexander………………………………………. 18,745
Phil Gramm………………………………………………. 18,629
Richard G. Lugar………………………………………… 2,266
Susan Ducey……………………………………………… 1,093
Mary (France) LeTulle……………………………………. 650
Charles E. Collins………………………………………….. 633
Morry Taylor………………………………………………….. 458
Uncommitted……………………………………………. 19,507
Total Vote…………………………1,019,803
Democratic
Bill Clinton………………………………………………. 796,041
Fred Hudson…………………………………………….. 32,232
Heather Harder…………………………………………. 28,772
Lyndon H. LaRouche Jr……………………………… 28,137
Ted L. Gunderson……………………………………… 15,550
Elvena E. Lloyd-Duffie……………………………….. 10,876
Sal Casamassima……………………………………….. 9,648
Total Vote……………………………921,256
March 2000
Republican
George W. Bush……………………………………… 986,416
John McCain…………………………………………….. 80,082
Alan Keyes………………………………………………. 43,518
Steve Forbes……………………………………………… 2,865
Gary Bauer………………………………………………… 2,189
Orrin G. Hatch……………………………………………. 1,324
Charles Bass Urban………………………………………. 793
Uncommitted……………………………………………… 9,570
Total Vote…………………………1,126,757
Democratic
All Gore………………………………………………….. 631,428
Bill Bradley……………………………………………… 128,564
Lyndon H. LaRouche Jr……………………………… 26,898
Total Vote……………………………786,890
March 2004
Republican
George W. Bush……………………………………… 635,948
Uncommitted……………………………………………. 51,667
Total Vote…………………………………….687,615
Democratic
John F. Kerry………………………………………….. 563,237
John Edwards…………………………………………. 120,413
Howard Dean……………………………………………. 40,035
Al Sharpton………………………………………………. 31,020
Joe Lieberman………………………………………….. 25,245
Wesley K. Clark………………………………………… 18,437
Dennis J. Kucinich…………………………………….. 15,475
Dick Gephardt…………………………………………… 12,160
Lyndon H. LaRouche Jr……………………………….. 6,871
Randy Crow……………………………………………….. 6,338
Total Vote……………………………839,231

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