Electoral history of Joe Biden

Electoral history of Joe Biden, Senior United States Senator from Delaware (1973-) and a candidate for 1984, 1988 and 2008 Democratic Party Presidential nominations.

Biden is currently the sixth most senior U.S. Senator, as well as the fourth-senior Democrat in this body, and the 2008 Democratic Vice Presidential nominee.

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 [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=6510] :
* 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 [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=5335] :
* 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 [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3716] :
* Joe Biden (D) (inc.) - 147,831 (60.11%)
* John M. Burris (R) - 98,101 (39.89%)

Delaware United States Senate election, 1990 [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3529] :
* 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 [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=162] :
* 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 [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=25] :
* 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%)

Presidential and Vice Presidential races

1980s

1984 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally) [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=58503] :
* 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) [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=58504] :
* 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 [ [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 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) [http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2008/08/27/sotvo.obama.nominated.cnn] :
* Joe Biden - chosen by acclamation

Future elections

* Delaware United States Senate election, 2008
* United States presidential election, 2008

ee 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

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