Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 1992
For only the third time in the 20th century, after the elections of 1912 and 1976, a sitting Republican President was seriously challenged for party's nomination. President George H. W. Bush was challenged by conservative commentator Pat Buchanan, and during the early counting of the votes at the New Hampshire primary, it appeared that the President might actually lose.
However, Buchanan faded by the end of the evening, and Bush won all the rest of the primaries. However, the margins in many of the primaries weren't as large as expected, and led to the rise of Ross Perot as an independent candidate.
Former Democrat, Ku Klux Klan and Nazi leader David Duke, also ran in a number of primaries, but received no delegates.
Republican candidates
- Patrick J. Buchanan, former speechwriter Senior Advisor to President Nixon from Virginia
- George H.W. Bush, President of the United States from Texas
- David Duke, State Representative from Louisiana
- Harold E. Stassen, former Governor of Minnesota and candidate for the 1944, 1948, 1952, 1964, 1968, 1976, 1980, 1984 and 1988 nominations from Pennsylvania
 former speechwriter and Senior Advisor to President Nixon Pat Buchanan of Virginia |
 former Governor Harold Stassen of Minnesota |
Primary Results
Popular vote result:[1]
- George H. W. Bush (inc.) - 9,199,463 (72.84%)
- Pat Buchanan - 2,899,488 (22.96%)
- Unpledged delegates - 287,383 (2.28%)
- David Duke - 119,115 (0.94%)
- Ross Perot - 56,136 (0.44%)
- Pat Paulsen - 10,984 (0.09%)
- Maurice Horton - 9,637 (0.08%)
- Harold Stassen - 8,099 (0.06%)
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