Dick Cheney
★ Vice President
- Born
- January 30, 1941
- Died
- November 3, 2025
- Age at death
- 84
- Home state
- Wyoming
- Party
- Republican
- Years in office
- 10 years in the U.S. House
- On the ballot
- 1978–2004
8-0
RecordWin–Loss
Total Popular Votes
Cheney113.2M
Opponents113.7M
Total Electoral Votes
Cheney557
Opponents517
8
Elections run
As a running mate, Cheney is credited with the ticket’s popular and electoral votes. A vote for the ticket counts for both names on it.
Between 1978 and 2004, Dick Cheney ran in 8 elections across 2 offices (U.S. House and President), winning all 8. Cheney's biggest single-election total was 62,040,610 votes, in the 2004 U.S. presidential election. Cheney's closest win came in the 1978 U.S. House election in Wyoming's at-large district, decided by 22,333 votes.
Browse every U.S. presidential election, every U.S. House race in Wyoming's at-large district, or all 1988 U.S. House races.
How many votes has Dick Cheney received?
Dick Cheney has received 113,169,655 popular votes across 8 U.S. elections, with a career record of 8–0, plus 557 electoral votes.
Election history
| Year | Office | Result | Votes | Opponent(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Vice Presidentwith George W. Bush | Won | 62,040,610 (50.7%)286 EV | John Kerry Ralph Nader (head-to-head) |
| 2000 | Vice Presidentwith George W. Bush | Won | 50,456,002 (47.9%)271 EV | Al Gore Ralph Nader (head-to-head) |
| 1988 | U.S. HouseWyoming | Won | 118,35066.62% | Bryan Sharratt Craig Alan McCune (head-to-head) Al Hamburg |
| 1986 | U.S. HouseWyoming | Won | 111,00769.47% | Rick Gilmore |
| 1984 | U.S. HouseWyoming | Won | 138,23473.57% | Hugh B. McFadden Jr. Craig Alan McCune (head-to-head) |
| 1982 | U.S. HouseWyoming | Won | 113,23671.09% | Ted Hommel |
| 1980 | U.S. HouseWyoming | Won | 116,36168.57% | Jim Rogers |
| 1978 | U.S. HouseWyoming | Won | 75,85558.63% | William D. Bagley |
Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (C000344) and Wikidata (Q48259). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.
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