Electoral history of Mike Gravel

Electoral history of Mike Gravel, Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives (1965-1966), United States Senator from Alaska (1969-1981), candidate for the 1972 Democratic Party Vice Presidential nomination and 2008 Democratic and later Libertarian Presidential nomination

Alaska's At-large congressional district, 1966 (Democratic primary) [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=417089 Our Campaigns - AK At-Large - D Primary Race - Aug 23, 1966 ] ] :
* Ralph J. Rivers (inc.) - 17,042 (52.52%)
* Mike Gravel - 15,404 (47.48%)

Democratic primary for the United States Senate from Alaska, 1968 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=230027 Our Campaigns - AK US Senate - D Primary Race - Aug 27, 1968 ] ] :
* Mike Gravel - 17,971 (52.88%)
* Ernest Gruening (inc.) - 16,015 (47.12%)

Alaska United States Senate election, 1968 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3273 Our Campaigns - AK US Senate Race - Nov 05, 1968 ] ] :
* Mike Gravel (D) - 36,527 (45.13%)
* Elmer E. Rasmuson (R) - 30,286 (37.42%)
* Ernest Gruening (I) (inc.) (write-in) - 14,118 (17.44%)

1972 Democratic National Convention (Vice Presidential tally) [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=59902 Our Campaigns - US Vice President - D Convention Race - Jul 10, 1972 ] ] :
* Thomas Eagleton - 1,742 (59.07%)
* Frances Farenthold - 405 (13.73%)
* Mike Gravel - 226 (7.66%)
* Endicott Peabody - 108 (3.66%)
* Clay Smothers - 74 (2.51%)
* Birch Bayh - 62 (2.10%)
* Peter Rodino - 57 (1.93%)
* Jimmy Carter - 30 (1.02%)
* Shirley Chisholm - 20 (0.68%)
* Moon Landrieu - 19 (0.64%)
* Edward T. Breathitt - 18 (0.61%)
* Ted Kennedy - 15 (0.51%)
* Fred R. Harris - 14 (0.48%)
* Richard G. Hatcher - 11 (0.37%)
* Harold E. Hughes - 10 (0.34%)
* Joseph M. Montoya - 9 (0.31%)
* William L. Guy - 8 (0.27%)
* Adlai Stevenson III - 8 (0.27%)
* Robert Bergland - 5 (0.17%)
* Hodding Carter - 5 (0.17%)
* Cesar Chavez - 5 (0.17%)
* Wilbur Mills - 5 (0.17%)
* Wendell Anderson - 4 (0.14%)
* Stanley Arnold - 4 (0.14%)
* Ron Dellums - 4 (0.14%)
* John J. Houlihan - 4 (0.14%)
* Roberto A. Mondragon - 4 (0.14%)
* Reubin O'Donovan Askew - 3 (0.10%)
* Herman Badillo - 3 (0.10%)
* Eugene McCarthy - 3 (0.10%)
* Claiborne Pell - 3 (0.10%)
* Terry Sanford - 3 (0.10%)
* Ramsey Clark - 2 (0.07%)
* Richard J. Daley - 2 (0.07%)
* John DeCarlo - 2 (0.07%)
* Ernest Gruening - 2 (0.07%)
* Roger Mudd - 2 (0.07%)
* Edmund Muskie - 2 (0.07%)
* Claude Pepper - 2 (0.07%)
* Abraham Ribicoff - 2 (0.07%)
* Pat Taylor - 2 (0.07%)
* Leonard Woodcock - 2 (0.07%)
* Bruno Agnoli - 2 (0.07%)
* Ernest Albright - 1 (0.03%)
* William A. Barrett - 1 (0.03%)
* Daniel Berrigan - 1 (0.03%)
* Phillip Berrigan - 1 (0.03%)
* Julian Bond - 1 (0.03%)
* Hargrove Bowles - 1 (0.03%)
* Archibald Burton - 1 (0.03%)
* Phillip Burton - 1 (0.03%)
* William Chappell - 1 (0.03%)
* Lawton Chiles - 1 (0.03%)
* Frank Church - 1 (0.03%)
* Robert Drinan - 1 (0.03%)
* Nick Galifianakis - 1 (0.03%)
* John Goodrich - 1 (0.03%)
* Michael Griffin - 1 (0.03%)
* Martha Griffiths - 1 (0.03%)
* Charles Hamilton - 1 (0.03%)
* Patricia Harris - 1 (0.03%)
* Jim Hunt - 1 (0.03%)
* Daniel Inouye - 1 (0.03%)
* Henry M. Jackson - 1 (0.03%)
* Robery Kariss - 1 (0.03%)
* Allard K. Lowenstein - 1 (0.03%)
* Mao Zedong - 1 (0.03%)
* Eleanor McGovern - 1 (0.03%)
* Martha Mitchell - 1 (0.03%)
* Ralph Nader - 1 (0.03%)
* George Norcross - 1 (0.03%)
* Jerry Rubin - 1 (0.03%)
* Fred Seaman - 1 (0.03%)
* Joe Smith - 1 (0.03%)
* Benjamin Spock - 1 (0.03%)
* Patrick Tavolacci - 1 (0.03%)
* George Wallace - 1 (0.03%)

Democratic primary for the United States Senate from Alaska, 1974 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=229115 Our Campaigns - AK US Senate - D Primary Race - Aug 27, 1974 ] ] :
* Mike Gravel (inc.) - 22,834 (54.31%)
* Gene Guess - 15,090 (35.89%)
* Dick Greuel - 3,367 (8.01%)
* Donald W. Hobbs - 756 (1.80%)

Alaska United States Senate election, 1974 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3272 Our Campaigns - AK US Senate Race - Nov 05, 1974 ] ] :
* Mike Gravel (D) (inc.) - 54,361 (58.28%)
* Clyde R. Lewis (R) - 38,914 (41.72%)

Democratic primary for the United States Senate from Alaska, 1980 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=229109 Our Campaigns - AK US Senate - D Primary Race - Aug 26, 1980 ] ] :
* Clark Gruening - 39,719 (54.89%)
* Mike Gravel (inc.) - 31,504 (43.53%)
* Michael Beasley - 1,145 (1.58%)

2008 New Hampshire Democratic Vice Presidential primary [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=411802 Our Campaigns - NH US Vice President - D Primary Race - Jan 08, 2008 ] ] :
* 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 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=6315 Our Campaigns - US President - D Primary Race - Jan 03, 2008 ] ] :

Excluding Florida and Michigan, only primary and caucuses votes:
* Barack Obama^PN - 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 Florida and Michigan:

* Hillary Rodham Clinton* - 18,225,175 (48.03%)
* Barack Obama^PN - 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%)

(* - dropped out from race)
(PN - presumptive nominee)

2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries (selected): [Not an exhaustive list, but a sampling of key early states and various geographical regions. See Results of the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries for all results.]
*New Hampshire primary – 404 (0.14%)
*South Carolina primary – 241 (0.05%)
*Alaska caucuses – failed to achieve threshold
*California primary – 8,184 (0.16%)
*Massachusetts primary – 1,463 (0.12%)
*Utah primary – 166 (0.13%)
*Maryland primary – 804 (0.09%)
*Wisconsin primary – 517 (0.05%)
*Mississippi primary – 591 (0.17%)
*North Carolina primary – 12,448 (0.78%)

2008 Libertarian National Convention (Presidential tally) [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=279988 Our Campaigns - US President - LBT Convention Race - May 25, 2008 ] ] :

First ballot:
* Bob Barr - 153
* Mary Ruwart - 152
* Wayne Allyn Root - 123
* Mike Gravel - 71
* George Phillies - 49
* Steve Kubby - 41
* Michael Jingozian - 23
* Ron Paul - 6
* Christine Smith - 6
* Penn Jillette - 3
* Daniel Imperato - 1
* William Koehler - 1
* None of the above - 2

Second ballot:
* Bob Barr - 188
* Mary Ruwart - 162
* Wayne Allyn Root - 138
* Mike Gravel - 71
* George Phillies - 38
* Steve Kubby - 32
* Ron Paul - 3
* Stephen Colbert - 1
* Jesse Ventura - 1
* None of the above - 1

Third ballot:
* Bob Barr - 186
* Mary Ruwart - 186
* Wayne Allyn Root - 146
* Mike Gravel - 71
* George Phillies - 31
* Ron Paul - 1
* None of the above - 2

Fourth ballot:
* Bob Barr - 202
* Mary Ruwart - 202
* Wayne Allyn Root - 149
* Mike Gravel - 76
* None of the above - 2

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