Editing Pat Buchanan (section)

==Electoral history==
[[File:Pat Buchanan.jpg|thumb|right|Conservative commentator, presidential advisor, and three-time presidential candidate Pat Buchanan]]
In 1992, never before having sought elected office, Buchanan challenged incumbent president [[George H. W. Bush]] for the Republican Party presidential nomination. Buchanan lost each contest, but received nearly 40 percent of the vote in the New Hampshire primary and ultimately received about 23 percent of the primary vote.<ref name="GOP1992" /> He again sought the GOP presidential nomination in 1996, winning three contests and garnering almost 21 percent of the vote; Kansas Senator [[Bob Dole]] ultimately won the party's nomination.<ref name="GOP1996" />

Buchanan left the Republican Party in 1999 and joined the [[Reform Party of the United States of America|Reform Party]], founded by two-time independent presidential candidate [[Ross Perot]]. He received more than 25 percent of the popular vote in the primary, then secured the nomination at the convention, selecting conservative activist [[Ezola Foster]] for his running mate.<ref name="Reform primaries" /><ref name="Reform Convention" /> The Buchanan-Foster ticket received the fourth-most popular votes in the 2000 United States presidential election, though failing to secure any votes in the [[United States Electoral College|Electoral College]].

===Presidential primaries (1992)===
[[File:Conservative politician Pat Buchanan at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Florida.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Buchanan shakes hands with reporters|Buchanan, campaigning in Tallahassee, Florida, for the 1992 Republican Party presidential nomination]]
{{main|1992 Republican Party presidential primaries}}
*[[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%)<ref name="GOP1992">[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=55213 Our Campaigns - US President - R Primaries Race - Feb 01, 1992<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

===Presidential primaries (1996)===
[[File:Buchanan 96 Conservative of the Heart.jpg|thumb|right|alt="Buchanan for President: Conservative of the Heart," with the latter phrase enclosed in a heart|A sticker promoting Buchanan's 1996 primary campaign for president]]
[[File:1996RepublicanPresidentialPrimaries.svg|thumb|right|<span style="color:#a59400">'''Gold'''</span> denotes a state won by [[Pat Buchanan]]. <span style="color:#668c63">'''Green'''</span> denotes a state won by [[Steve Forbes]]. <span style="color:#73638c">'''Purple'''</span> denotes a state won by [[Bob Dole]]. <span style="color:#c1c1c1">'''Grey'''</span> denotes a territory that did not hold a primary.]]
{{main|1996 Republican Party presidential primaries}}
====Popular vote====
*[[Bob Dole]] - 9,024,742 (58.82%)
*[[Pat Buchanan]] - 3,184,943 (20.76%)
*[[Steve Forbes]] - 1,751,187 (11.41%)
*[[Lamar Alexander]] - 495,590 (3.23%)
*[[Alan Keyes]] - 471,716 (3.08%)
*[[Richard Lugar]] - 127,111 (0.83%)
*Unpledged delegates - 123,278 (0.80%)
*[[Phil Gramm]] - 71,456 (0.47%)
*[[Bob Dornan]] - 42,140 (0.28%)
*[[Morry Taylor]] - 21,180 (0.14%)<ref name="GOP1996">[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=13494 Our Campaigns - US President - R Primaries Race - Jul 07, 1996<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

Won in [[Alaska]], [[Louisiana]], [[Missouri]], and [[New Hampshire]]

====Delegate count====
*Bob Dole - 1928
*Pat Buchanan - 47
*Steve Forbes - 2
*Alan Keyes - 1
*[[Robert Bork]] - 1

===Presidential primaries (2000)===
====Popular vote====
{{main|2000 Reform Party presidential primaries}}
*[[Donald Trump]] - 2,878 (33.39%)
*[[Pat Buchanan]] - 2,213 (25.68%)
*Uncommitted - 1,164 (13.51%)
*No preference - 617 (7.16%)
*[[Charles E. Collins (politician)|Charles E. Collins]] - 535 (6.21%)
*[[John B. Anderson]] - 468 (5.43%)
*[[Robert M. Bowman]] - 292 (3.39%)
*[[John Hagelin]] - 220 (2.55%)
*George Weber - 217 (2.52%)<ref name="Reform primaries">[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=112369 Our Campaigns - US President - REF Primaries Race - Feb 22, 2000<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

====Delegates====
*[[Pat Buchanan]] - 453 (98.69%)
*Abstaining - 6 (1.31%)<ref name="Reform Convention">[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=58546 Our Campaigns - US President - REF Convention Race - Aug 16, 2000<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

===2000 United States presidential election===
{{main|2000 United States presidential election}}
*[[George W. Bush]]/[[Dick Cheney]] (R) - 50,460,110 (47.9) and 271 electoral votes (30 states carried)
*[[Al Gore]]/[[Joe Lieberman]] (D) - 51,003,926 (48.4%) and 266 electoral votes (20 states and D.C. carried)
*Abstaining - 1 electoral vote ([[faithless elector]] from D.C.)
*[[Ralph Nader]]/[[Winona LaDuke]] (Green) - 2,883,105 (2.7%)
*[[Pat Buchanan]]/[[Ezola B. Foster]] (Reform) - 449,225 (0.4%)
*[[Harry Browne]]/[[Art Olivier]] (Libertarian) - 384,516 (0.4%)
*[[Howard Phillips (activist)|Howard Phillips]]/Curtis Frazier (Constitution) - 98,022 (0.1%)
*[[John Hagelin]]/[[Nat Goldhaber]] (Natural Law) - 83,702 (0.1%)