Starting today and going back in time, please inform if presidential
and vice presidential candidates (Democratic & Republican) won or lost
their home state in the general election. If the candidate was a
senator, congressman, governor, etc.., please define home state as the
state they served in that capacity. Please go back as far as JFK.

Hello.
                        
                      Home State  
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2004 
REPUBLICANS
George W. Bush  - Won Texas (former Governor)
Dick Cheney     - Won Wyoming (former Congressman)
DEMOCRATS 
John F. Kerry   - Won Massachusetts (Senator & Lt Gov.)
John Edwards    - Lost North Carolina (Senator)

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2000
REPUBLICANS
George W. Bush  - Won Texas (Governor)
Dick Cheney     - Won Wyoming (Congressman)
DEMOCRATS       
Al Gore         - Lost Tennessee (Senator)
Joseph Lieberman - Won Connecticut (Senator)

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1996
REPUBLICANS
Robert Dole     - Won Kansas (Senator)
Jack Kemp       - Lost New York (Congressman)
DEMOCRATS
Bill Clinton    - Won Arkansas (Governor)
Al Gore         - Won Tennessee (Senator)

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1992
REPUBLICANS
George H.W. Bush - Won Texas (Congressman)
Dan Quayle       - Won Indiana (Senator)
DEMOCRATS
Bill Clinton    - Won Arkansas (Governor)
Al Gore         - Won Tennessee (Senator)

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1988
REPUBLICANS
George H.W. Bush - Won Texas (Congressman)
Dan Quayle       - Won Indiana (Senator)
DEMOCRATS
Michael Dukakis  - Won Massachusetts (Governor)
Lloyd Bentsen   -  Lost Texas (Senator)

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1984
REPUBLICANS
Ronald Reagan    - Won California (Governor)
George H.W. Bush - Won Texas (Congressman)
DEMOCRATS
Walter Mondale   - Won Minnesota (Senator)
Geraldine Ferraro - Lost New York (Congresswoman)

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1980
REPUBLICANS
Ronald Reagan    - Won California (Governor)
George H.W. Bush - Won Texas (Congressman)
DEMOCRATS
Jimmy Carter     - Won Georgia (Governor)
Walter Mondale   - Won Minnesota (Senator)

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1976
REPUBLICANS
Gerald Ford      - Won Michigan (Congressman)
Robert Dole      - Won Kansas (Senator)
DEMOCRATS
Jimmy Carter     - Won Georgia (Governor)
Walter Mondale   - Won Minnesota (Senator)

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1972
REPUBLICANS
Richard Nixon    - Won California (Senator)
Spiro Agnew      - Won Maryland (Governor)
DEMOCRATS
George McGovern  - Lost South Dakota (Senator)
Sargent Shriver  - Lost Maryland (* never served as elected official there)

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1968
REPUBLICANS
Richard Nixon    - Won California (Senator)
Spiro Agnew      - Lost Maryland (Governor)
DEMOCRATS
Hubert Humphrey  - Won Minnesota (Senator)
Edmund Muskie    - Won Maine (Senator)

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1964
REPUBLICANS
Barry Goldwater  - Won Arizona (Senator)
William Miller   - Lost New York (Congressman)
DEMOCRATS
Lyndon B. Johnson - Won Texas (Senator)
Hubert Humphrey   - Won Minnesota (Senator)

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1960
REPUBLICANS
Richard Nixon     - Won California (Senator)
Henry C. Lodge Jr - Lost Massachusetts (Senator)
DEMOCRATS
John F. Kennedy   - Won Massaschusetts (Senator)
Lyndon B. Johnson - Won Texas (Senator)



sources:
Presidential Election Maps 1789-2000
http://nationalatlas.gov/electionsprint.html
Loper.org Presidential Running Mates
http://www.loper.org/~george/archives/2004/Jul/779.html
(Note that loper.org has an error indicating that Goldwater/Miller won
New York in 1964. They didn't)
From Centerforpolitics.org:
"Since 1948 four Democratic VP-nominees (Estes Kefauver-Tenn. in 1956,
Sargent Shriver-Md. in 1972, Geraldine Ferraro-N.Y. in 1984, and Lloyd
Bentsen-Texas in 1988) have been unable to do their duty for their
ticket. Five GOP VP-nominees also failed: Earl Warren-Calif. in 1948,
Henry Cabot Lodge-Mass. in 1960, William Miller-N.Y. in 1964, Spiro
Agnew-Md. in 1968, and Jack Kemp-N.Y. in 1996.
http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/article.php?id=LJS2003052201

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search strategy:
goldwater, miller, ferraro, mondale "home state" 

I hope this helps.

Bravo! On time and on target. Thank you very much.