Electoral history of Dan Quayle

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Dan Quayle is a politician from the state of Indiana. Quayle represented Indiana's 4th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1981. Quayle upset 3-term incumbent United States Senator Birch Bayh in 1980 as part of the Republican landslide, which saw the party gain 12 seats and the majority in the United States Senate and Ronald Reagan elected president. In 1988, Quayle was chosen by U.S. Vice President George H. W. Bush, the Republican presidential nominee as his running mate and elected the nation's 44th vice president, serving from January 20, 1989 to January 20, 1993.

United States House of Representatives

1976 General Election - Indiana's 4th Congressional District ^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Republican	Dan Quayle	107,762	54.4	N/A
Democratic	J. Edward Roush	88,361	44.6	N/A
American	Gail E. Crain	2,060	1.0	N/A

1978 General Election - Indiana's 4th Congressional District ^[2]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Republican	Dan Quayle (incumbent)	80,527	64.4	+10.0
Democratic	John D. Walda	42,238	33.8	−10.8
American	Terry Eugene Hively	2,352	1.9	+0.9

United States Senate

1980 General Election - United States Senate Election in Indiana, 1980 ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Dan Quayle	1,182,414	53.8	N/A
	Democratic	Birch Bayh (I)	1,015,962	46.2	N/A

1986 General Election - United States Senate Election in Indiana, 1986 ^[4]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Republican	Dan Quayle (I)	936,143	60.6	+6.8
Democratic	Jill Long	595,192	38.5	−7.7
Libertarian	Bradford L. Warren	8,314	0.5	N/A
American	Rockland R. Snyder	5,914	0.4	−7.7

Presidential elections

1988

Electoral results
Presidential candidate	Party	Home state	Popular vote		Electoral vote	Running mate
Presidential candidate	Party	Home state	Count	Percentage	Electoral vote	Vice-presidential candidate	Home state	Electoral vote
George H. W. Bush	Republican	Texas	48,886,097	53.37%	426	Dan Quayle	Indiana	426
Michael Dukakis	Democratic	Massachusetts	41,809,074	45.65%	111	Lloyd Bentsen	Texas	111
Ronald Paul	Libertarian	Texas	431,750	0.47%	0	Andre Marrou	Alaska	0
Lenora Fulani	New Alliance	Pennsylvania	217,221	0.24%	0	—^(b)	—	0
Other			249,642	0.27%	—	Other		—
Lloyd Bentsen	Democratic	Texas	—^(a)	—^(a)	1	Michael Dukakis	Massachusetts	1
Total			91,594,686	100%	538			538
Needed to win					270			270

1992

Electoral results
Presidential candidate	Party	Home state	Popular vote		Electoral vote	Running mate
Presidential candidate	Party	Home state	Count	Percentage	Electoral vote	Vice-presidential candidate	Home state	Electoral vote
Bill Clinton	Democratic	Arkansas	44,909,806	43.01%	370	Albert A. Gore Jr.	Tennessee	370
George H. W. Bush (I)	Republican	Texas	39,104,550	37.45%	168	Dan Quayle (I)	Indiana	168
Ross Perot	Independent	Texas	19,743,821	18.91%	0	James Stockdale	California	0
Andre Verne Marrou	Libertarian	Alaska	290,087	0.28%	0	Nancy Lord	Nevada	0
Bo Gritz	Populist	Nevada	106,152	0.10%	0	Cy Minett	New Mexico	0
Lenora Fulani	New Alliance Party	New York	73,622	0.07%	0	Maria Munoz	California	0
Howard Phillips	U.S. Taxpayers Party	Virginia	43,369	0.04%	0	Albion Knight, Jr.	Florida	0
Other			152,516	0.13%	—	Other		—
Total			104,423,923	100%	538			538
Needed to win					270			270

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References

↑ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1976" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 14.
↑ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1978" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 11.
↑ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1980" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 20.
↑ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1986" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 12.

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[General_Election_of_1976-1] "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1976" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 14.

[General_Election_of_1978-2] "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1978" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 11.

[General_Election_of_1980-3] "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1980" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 20.

[General_Election_of_1986-4] "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1986" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 12.

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