Dan Quayle
★ Vice President
- Born
- February 4, 1947
- Current age
- 79
- Home state
- Indiana
- Party
- Republican
- On the ballot
- 1976–1992
5-1
RecordWin–Loss
Total Popular Votes
Quayle90.3M
Opponents108.2M
Total Electoral Votes
Quayle594
Opponents481
6
Elections run
As a running mate, Quayle is credited with the ticket’s popular and electoral votes. A vote for the ticket counts for both names on it.
Between 1976 and 1992, Dan Quayle ran in 6 elections across 3 offices (U.S. House, U.S. Senate, and President), winning 5 and losing 1. Quayle's biggest single-election total was 48,886,597 votes, in the 1988 U.S. presidential election. Quayle's closest win came in the 1976 U.S. House election in Indiana's District 4, decided by 19,401 votes.
Browse every U.S. presidential election, every U.S. Senate election in Indiana, or every U.S. House race in Indiana's District 4.
How many votes has Dan Quayle received?
Dan Quayle has received 90,297,993 popular votes across 6 U.S. elections, with a career record of 5–1, plus 594 electoral votes.
Election history
| Year | Office | Result | Votes | Opponent(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Vice Presidentwith George H. W. Bush | Lost | 39,104,550 (37.4%)168 EV | Bill Clinton Ross Perot |
| 1988 | Vice Presidentwith George H. W. Bush | Won | 48,886,597 (53.4%)426 EV | Michael Dukakis |
| 1986 | U.S. SenateIndiana | Won | 936,14360.57% | Jill Lynette Long Bradford L. Warren Rockland R. Snyder |
| 1980 | U.S. SenateIndiana | Won | 1,182,41453.79% | Birch Bayh |
| 1978 | U.S. HouseIndiana | Won | 80,52764.36% | John D. Walda Terry Eugene Hively |
| 1976 | U.S. HouseIndiana | Won | 107,76254.37% | Gail E. Gran J. Edward Roush |
Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (Q000007) and Wikidata (Q49214). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.
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