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Lloyd Bentsen vs George H. W. Bush: head-to-head

Lloyd Bentsen
VS
George H. W. Bush

Tale of the tape

Career records: Lloyd Bentsen vs George H. W. Bush
BentsenStatisticBush
5–1Career record4–3
50,235,283Career popular votes188,573,736
6Elections in our record7

Shared races

Shared races between Lloyd Bentsen and George H. W. Bush
YearBentsenBushWinner
198841,809,476 (45.6%)48,886,597 (53.4%)George H. W. Bush
19701,194,069 (53.55%)1,035,794 (46.45%)Lloyd Bentsen