Electoral history of Jimmy Carter

Electoral history of Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States and 76th Governor of Georgia.

Georgia Democratic gubernatorial primary, 1966 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=382413 Our Campaigns - GA Governor - D Primary Race - Sep 14, 1966 ] ]
* Ellis Arnall - 231,480 (29.38%)
* Lester Maddox - 185,672 (23.56%)
* Jimmy Carter - 164,562 (20.89%)
* James H. Gray - 152,973 (19.41%)
* Garland T. Byrd - 39,994 (5.08%)
* Hoke O'Kelley - 13,271 (1.68%)

Georgia Democratic gubernatorial primary, 1970 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=382409 Our Campaigns - GA Governor - D Primary Race - Sep 09, 1970 ] ]
* Jimmy Carter - 388,280 (48.62%)
* Carl E. Sanders - 301,659 (37.77%)
* Chevene King - 70,424 (8.82%)
* J. B. Stoner - 17,663 (2.21%)
* McKee Hargett - 9,440 (1.18%)
* Thomas J. Irvin - 4,184 (0.52%)
* Adam B. Matthews - 3,332 (0.42%)

Georgia Democratic gubernatorial primary runoff, 1970 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=376041 Our Campaigns - GA Governor - D Runoff Race - Sep 23, 1970 ] ]
* Jimmy Carter - 506,462 (59.42%)
* Carl E. Sanders - 345,906 (40.58%)

Georgia gubernatorial election, 1970 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=40401 Our Campaigns - GA Governor Race - Nov 03, 1970 ] ]
* Jimmy Carter (D) - 620,419 (59.28%)
* Hal Suit (R) - 424,983 (40.60%)
* Write-ins - 1,261 (0.12%)

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 F. Wodcoock - 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%)

1976 Democratic presidential primaries [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=55206 Our Campaigns - US President - D Primaries Race - Feb 01, 1976 ] ]
* Jimmy Carter - 6,235,609 (39.27%)
* Jerry Brown - 2,449,374 (15.43%)
* George Wallace - 1,955,388 (12.31%)
* Mo Udall - 1,611,754 (10.15%)
* Henry M. Jackson - 1,134,375 (7.14%)
* Frank Church - 830,818 (5.23%)
* Robert Byrd - 340,309 (2.14%)
* Sargent Shriver - 304,399 (1.92%)
* Unpledged - 283,437 (1.79%)
* Ellen McCormack - 238,027 (1.50%)
* Fred R. Harris - 234,568 (1.48%)
* Milton Shapp - 88,254 (0.56%)
* Birch Bayh - 86,438 (0.54%)
* Hubert Humphrey - 61,992 (0.39%)
* Ted Kennedy - 19,805 (0.13%)
* Lloyd Bentsen - 4,046 (0.03%)
* Terry Sanford - 404 (0.00%)

1976 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally) [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=58483 Our Campaigns - US President - D Convention Race - Jul 12, 1976 ] ]
* Jimmy Carter - 2,239 (74.48%)
* Mo Udall - 330 (10.98%)
* Jerry Brown - 301 (10.01%)
* George Wallace - 57 (1.90%)
* Ellen McCormack - 22 (0.73%)
* Frank Church - 19 (0.63%)
* Hubert Humphrey - 10 (0.33%)
* Henry M. Jackson - 10 (0.33%)
* Fred R. Harris - 9 (0.30%)
* Milton Shapp - 2 (0.07%)
* Robert Byrd, Cesar Chavez, Leon Jaworski, Barbara Jordan, Ted Kennedy, Jennings Randolph, Fred Stover - each 1 vote (0.03%)

United States presidential election, 1976
* Jimmy Carter/Walter Mondale (D) - 40,831,881 (50.1%) and 297 electoral votes (23 states and D.C. carried)
* Gerald Ford/Bob Dole (R) - 39,148,634 (48.0%) and 240 electoral votes (27 states carried)
* Ronald Reagan/Bob Dole (R) - 1 electoral vote (faithless elector)
* Eugene McCarthy (Independent) - 740,460 (0.9%)
* Roger MacBride/David Bergland (Libertarian) - 172,553 (0.2%)
* Lester Maddox/William D. Dyke (American Independent) - 170,274 (0.2%)
* Thomas J. Anderson/Rufus Shackelford (American) - 158,271 (0.2%)
* Peter Camejo/Willie Mae Reid (Socialist Workers) - 90,986 (0.1%)

1980 Democratic presidential primaries [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=51811 Our Campaigns - US President - D Primaries Race - Feb 26, 1980 ] ]
* Jimmy Carter (inc.) - 10,043,016 (51.13%)
* Ted Kennedy - 7,381,693 (37.58%)
* Unpledged - 1,288,423 (6.56%)
* Jerry Brown - 575,296 (2.93%)
* Lyndon LaRouche - 177,784 (0.91%)
* Cliff Finch - 48,032 (0.25%)

1980 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally) [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=58484 Our Campaigns - US President - D Convention Race - Aug 11, 1980 ] ]
* Jimmy Carter (inc.) - 2,123 (64.04%)
* Ted Kennedy - 1,151 (34.72%)
* William Proxime - 10 (0.30%)
* Koryne Kaneski Horbal - 5 (0.15%)
* Scott M. Matheson, Sr. - 5 (0.15%)
* Ron Dellums - 3 (0.09%)
* Robert Byrd - 2 (0.06%)
* John Culver - 2 (0.06%)
* Kent Hance - 2 (0.06%)
* Jennings Randolph - 2 (0.06%)
* Warren Spannaus - 2 (0.06%)
* Alice Tripp - 2 (0.06%)
* Jerry Brown - 1 (0.03%)
* Dale Bumpers - 1 (0.03%)
* Hugh L. Carey - 1 (0.03%)
* Walter Mondale - 1 (0.03%)
* Edmund Muskie - 1 (0.03%)
* Thomas J. Steed - 1 (0.03%)

New York Liberal Party presidential convention, 1980 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=154595 Our Campaigns - NY US President - L Convention Race - Sep 13, 1980 ] ]
* John B. Anderson - 85,590 (87.67%)
* Jimmy Carter - 9,896 (10.14%)
* Abstaining - 2,142 (2.19%)

United States presidential election, 1980
* Ronald Reagan/George H. W. Bush (R) - 43,903,230 (50.7%) and 486 electoral votes (44 states carried)
* Jimmy Carter/Walter Mondale (D) (inc.) - 35,480,115 (41.0%) and 49 electoral votes (6 states and D.C. carried)
* John B. Anderson/Patrick Joseph Lucey (Independent) - 5,719,850 (6.6%)
* Ed Clark/David H. Koch (Libertarian) - 921,128 (1.1%)
* Barry Commoner/LaDonna Harris (Citizens) - 233,052 (0.3%)
* Others - 252,303 (0.3%)

ee also

* Electoral history of Richard Nixon
* Electoral history of Ronald Reagan
* Electoral history of George H. W. Bush
* Electoral history of Bill Clinton
* Electoral history of Al Gore
* Electoral history of George W. Bush

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