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| Democrat Candidate | Year | Republican Candidate |
| Adlai Stevenson | 1952 | Dwight Eisenhower |
| Adlai Stevenson | 1956 | Dwight Eisenhower |
| John Kennedy | 1960 | Richard Nixon |
| Lyndon Johnson | 1964 | Barry Goldwater |
| Hubert Humphrey | 1968 | Richard Nixon |
| George McGovern | 1972 | Richard Nixon |
| Jimmy Carter | 1976 | Gerald Ford |
| Jimmy Carter | 1980 | Ronald Reagan |
| Walter Mondale | 1984 | Ronald Reagan |
| Michael Dukakis | 1988 | George Bush Sr. |
| Bill Clinton | 1992 | George Bush Sr. |
| Bill Clinton | 1996 | Bob Dole |
| Al Gore | 2000 | George Bush Jr. |
| John Kerry | 2004 | George Bush Jr. |
| Barack Obama | 2008 | John McCain |
| Barack Obama | 2012 | Mitt Romney |
| ? | 2016 | ? |