Bush Beats Dukakis
Calls for unity after big victory
From the November 9, 1988 issue of the St Louis Post Dispatch (Missouri)
Triumph for Bush
‘I know we’ll come together’
From the November 9, 1988 issue of The Cincinnati Enquirer (Ohio)
Bush elected in landslide! Dukakis snares Iowa’s vote
George Herbert Walker Bush elected to presidency
From the November 9, 1988 issue of The Des Moines Register (Iowa)
Bush wins, vows to seek unity
From the November 9, 1988 issue of The Los Angeles Times (California)
Bush decks the Duke
From the November 9, 1988 issue of The Orlando Sentinel (Florida)
Bush era begins
He wins 40 states, but GOP fails to get a mandate – California goes Republican in tight contest – James Baker named Secretary of State
From the November 9, 1988 issue of The San Francisco Examiner (California)
Bush triumphs nationwide, earns solid Southern sweep
‘Gracious’ Dukakis concedes
From the November 9, 1988 issue of the Austin American Statesman (Texas)
Bush is elected president
Democrats maintain firm control of US House and Senate
From the November 9, 1988 issue of the Chicago Tribune (Illinois)
Bush wins big
Dukakis loss is bitter end to bitter presidential race
From the November 9, 1988 issue of the Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York)
With at least 37 states, 327 electoral votes, it’s a… BUSH BLITZ
From the November 9, 1988 issue of the Press and Sun-Bulletin (Binghamton, New York)
Bush says ‘the verdict is clear’
From the November 9, 1988 issue of The Monitor (McAllen, Texas)
Bush turns back Dukakis
From the November 9, 1988 issue of the Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan)
It’s Bush: big
VP rides to win on Solid South
From the November 9, 1988 issue of the News Press (Ft Meyers, Florida)
Bush wins in a walkaway
From the November 9, 1988 issue of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette (Pennsylvania)