Electoral history of Donald Rumsfeld explained

This is a list of the electoral history of Donald Rumsfeld.

U.S. House of Representatives elections

Illinois's 13th congressional district, 1962 (Republican primary):

• Donald Rumsfeld - 47,037 (67.71%)
• Marion E. Burks - 19,037 (27.40%)
• Raymond Albert Morley - 2,187 (3.15%)
• Edward L. Gordy

Illinois's 13th congressional district, 1962:

• Donald Rumsfeld (R) - 139,230 (63.52%)
• John A. Kennedy (D) - 79,419 (36.23%)
• Write-ins - 542 (0.25%)

Illinois's 13th congressional district, 1964:

• Donald Rumsfeld (R) (inc.) - 165,129 (57.82%)
• Lynn A. Williams (D) - 120,449 (42.18%)

Illinois's 13th congressional district, 1966:

• Donald Rumsfeld (R) (inc.) - 158,769 (76.01%)
• James L. McCabe (D) - 50,107 (23.99%)

Illinois's 13th congressional district, 1968:

• Donald Rumsfeld (R) (inc.) - 186,714 (72.74%)
• David C. Baylor (D) - 69,987 (27.26%)

Republican National Conventions

1976 Republican National Convention (vice presidential tally):

• Bob Dole - 1,921 (85.04%)
• Abstaining - 103 (4.56%)
• Jesse Helms - 103 (4.56%)
• Ronald Reagan - 27 (1.20%)
• Phil Crane - 23 (1.02%)
• John Grady - 19 (0.84%)
• Louis Frey - 9 (0.40%)
• Anne Armstrong - 6 (0.27%)
• Howard Baker - 6 (0.27%)
• William F. Buckley - 4 (0.18%)
• John B. Connally - 4 (0.18%)
• David C. Treen - 4 (0.18%)
• Alan Steelman - 3 (0.13%)
• Edmund Bauman - 2 (0.09%)
• Bill Brock - 2 (0.09%)
• Paul Laxalt - 2 (0.09%)
• Elliot Richardson - 2 (0.09%)
• Richard Schweiker - 2 (0.09%)
• William E. Simon - 2 (0.09%)
• Jack Wellborn - 2 (0.09%)
• James Allen - 1 (0.04%)
• Ray Barnhardt - 1 (0.04%)
• George H. W. Bush - 1 (0.04%)
• Pete Domenici - 1 (0.04%)
• James B. Edwards - 1 (0.04%)
• Frank S. Glenn - 1 (0.04%)
• David Keane - 1 (0.04%)
• James McClure - 1 (0.04%)
• Nancy Palm - 1 (0.04%)
• Donald Rumsfeld - 1 (0.04%)
• John W. Sears - 1 (0.04%)
• Roger Staubach - 1 (0.04%)
• Steve Symms - 1 (0.04%)

1980 Republican National Convention (vice presidential tally):

• George H. W. Bush - 1,832 (93.33%)
• Jesse Helms - 54 (2.75%)
• Jack Kemp - 42 (2.14%)
• Phil Crane - 23 (1.17%)
• James R. Thompson - 5 (0.26%)
• John M. Ashbrook - 1 (0.05%)
• Howard Baker - 1 (0.05%)
• Henry J. Hyde - 1 (0.05%)
• Donald Rumsfeld - 1 (0.05%)
• Eugene Schroeder - 1 (0.05%)
• William E. Simon - 1 (0.05%)
• Guy Vander Jagt - 1 (0.05%)

See also

• Gerald Ford
• George H. W. Bush
• George W. Bush
• Robert McNamara
• 'There are known knowns'