Electoral history of Joe Biden
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Electoral history of Joe Biden, 47th Vice President of the United States (2009–present), United States Senator from Delaware (1973–2009).
Contents
Early races
New Castle Council, 1970:
- Joe Biden (D) – 10,573 (55%)
- Lawrence T. Messick (R) – 8,192 (43%)
United States Senate races
Delaware United States Senate election, 1972:
- Joe Biden (D) – 116,006 (50.48%)
- J. Caleb Boggs (R) (inc.) – 112,844 (49.10%)
- Henry Majka (American) – 803 (0.35%)
- Herbert B. Wood (Prohibition) – 175 (0.08%)
Delaware United States Senate election, 1978:
- Joe Biden (D) (inc.) – 93,930 (57.96%)
- James H. Baxter, Jr. (R) – 66,479 (41.02%)
- Donald G. Gies (American) – 1,663 (1.03%)
Delaware United States Senate election, 1984:
- Joe Biden (D) (inc.) – 147,831 (60.11%)
- John M. Burris (R) – 98,101 (39.89%)
Delaware United States Senate election, 1990:
- Joe Biden (D) (inc.) – 112,918 (62.68%)
- M. Jane Brady (R) – 64,554 (35.83%)
- Lee Rosenbaum (LBT) – 2,680 (1.49%)
- Others – 5 (0.00%)
Delaware United States Senate election, 1996:
- Joe Biden (D) (inc.) – 165,465 (60.04%)
- Ray Clatworthy (R) – 105,088 (38.13%)
- Mark A. Jones (LBT) – 3,340 (1.21%)
- Jacqueline Kossoff (Natural Law) – 1,698 (0.62%)
Delaware United States Senate election, 2002:
- Joe Biden (D) (inc.) – 135,253 (58.22%)
- Ray Clatworthy (R) – 94,793 (40.80%)
- Bud Barros (Independence Party of Delaware) – 996 (0.43%)
- Raymond Buranello (LBT) – 922 (0.40%)
- Robert E. Mattson (Natural Law) – 350 (0.15%)
Delaware United States Senate election, 2008:[1]
- Joe Biden (D) (inc.) – 257,484 (64.7%)
- Christine O'Donnell (R) – 140,584 (35.3%)
Presidential and Vice Presidential races
1980s
1984 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally):
- Walter Mondale – 2,191 (56.41%)
- Gary Hart – 1,201 (30.92%)
- Jesse Jackson – 466 (12.00%)
- Thomas Eagleton – 18 (0.46%)
- George McGovern – 4 (0.10%)
- John Glenn – 2 (0.05%)
- Joe Biden – 1 (0.03%)
- Martha Kirkland – 1 (0.03%)
1988 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally):
- Michael Dukakis – 2,877 (70.09%)
- Jesse Jackson – 1,219 (29.70%)
- Richard H. Stallings – 3 (0.07%)
- Joe Biden – 2 (0.05%)
- Dick Gephardt – 2 (0.05%)
- Lloyd Bentsen – 1 (0.02%)
- Gary Hart – 1 (0.02%)
2008
2008 New Hampshire Democratic Vice Presidential primary:
- Raymond Stebbins – 50,485 (46.93%)
- William Bryk – 22,965 (21.35%)
- John Edwards* – 10,553 (9.81%)
- Barack Obama* 6,402 (5.95%)
- Bill Richardson* (write-in) – 5,525 (5.14%)
- Hillary Rodham Clinton* (write-in) – 3,419 (3.18%)
- Joe Biden* – 1,512 (1.41%)
- Al Gore* – 966 (0.90%)
- Dennis Kucinich* – 762 (0.71%)
- Bill Clinton* – 388 (0.36%)
- John McCain* – 293 (0.27%)
- Christopher Dodd* – 224 (0.21%)
- Ron Paul* – 176 (0.16%)
- Jack Barnes, Jr.* – 95 (0.09%)
- Mike Gravel* – 91 (0.09%)
- Joe Lieberman* – 67 (0.06%)
- Mitt Romney* – 66 (0.06%)
- Mike Huckabee* – 63 (0.06%)
- Rudy Giuliani* – 46 (0.04%)
- Darrel Hunter* – 20 (0.02%)
2008 Democratic presidential primaries:
Excluding penalized contests, only primary and caucuses votes:
- Barack Obama – 16,706,853
- Hillary Rodham Clinton – 16,239,821
- John Edwards – 742,010
- Bill Richardson – 89,054
- Uncommitted – 82,660
- Dennis Kucinich – 68,482
- Joe Biden – 64,041
- Mike Gravel – 27,662
- Christopher Dodd – 25,300
- Others – 22,556
Including penalized contests:
- Hillary Rodham Clinton – 18,225,175 (48.03%)
- Barack Obama – 17,988,182 (47.41%)
- John Edwards – 1,006,275 (2.65%)
- Uncommitted – 299,610 (0.79%)
- Bill Richardson – 106,073 (0.28%)
- Dennis Kucinich – 103,994 (0.27%)
- Joe Biden – 81,641 (0.22%)
- Scattering – 44,348 (0.12%)
- Mike Gravel – 40,251 (0.11%)
- Christopher Dodd – 35,281 (0.09%)
2008 Democratic National Convention (Vice Presidential tally):[2]
- Joe Biden – chosen by acclamation
United States presidential election, 2008:[3]
- Barack Obama/Joe Biden (D) – 69,498,516 (53%) and 365 electoral votes (28 states, NE-02, and D.C. carried)
- John McCain/Sarah Palin (R) – 59,948,323 (46%) and 173 electoral votes (22 states carried)
2012
2012 Democratic National Convention (Vice Presidential tally):[4]
- Joe Biden – chosen by acclamation
United States presidential election, 2012:[5]
- Barack Obama/Joe Biden (D) – 65,915,796 (51.06%) and 332 electoral votes (26 states and D.C. carried)
- Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan (R) – 60,933,500 (47.20%) and 206 electoral votes (24 states carried)
See also
- Electoral history of Sarah Palin
- Electoral history of John McCain
- Electoral history of Barack Obama
- Electoral history of Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Electoral history of John Edwards
- Electoral history of Bill Richardson
- Electoral history of Mike Gravel
- Electoral history of Christopher Dodd
- Electoral history of Paul Ryan
- Electoral history of Mitt Romney
References
- ↑ State of Delaware General Elections
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