Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States (2009–2017); United States Senator from Illinois (2005–2008).
Illinois Senate and U.S. House of Representatives elections (1996-2002)
Illinois Senate, 13th district, 1996
Barack Obama (D) - 48,592 (82.16%)
David Whitehead (Harold Washington Party) - 7,461 (12.62%)
Rosette Caldwell Peyton (R) - 3,091 (5.23%)
Illinois Senate, 13th district, 1998
Barack Obama (D) (inc.) - 45,486 (89.17%)
Yesse B. Yehudah (R) - 5,526 (10.83%)
US House, Illinois's 1st district, 2000 (Democratic primary), 2000
Bobby Rush (inc.) - 59,599 (61.03%)
Barack Obama - 29,649 (30.36%)
Donne E. Trotter - 6,915 (7.08%)
George Roby - 1,501 (1.54%)
Illinois Senate, 13th district, 2002
Barack Obama (inc.) - 48,717 (100.00%)
Democratic primary for the United States Senate from Illinois, 2004
Barack Obama - 655,923 (52.77%)
Dan Hynes - 294,717 (23.71%)
Blair Hull - 134,453 (10.82%)
Maria Pappas - 74,987 (6.03%)
Gery Chico - 53,433 (4.30%)
Nancy Skinner - 16,098 (1.30%)
Joyce Washington - 13,375 (1.08%)
Estella Johnson-Hunt (write-in) - 10 (0.00%)
United States Senate election in Illinois, 2004
Barack Obama (D) - 3,598,277 (69.97%)
Alan Keyes (R) - 1,391,030 (27.05%)
Albert J. Franzen (I) - 81,186 (1.58%)
Jerry Kohn (LBT) - 69,276 (1.35%)
Mark Kuhnke (R) (write-in) - 2,268 (0.04%)
Scott Doddy (I) (write-in) - 339 (0.01%)
Donald McArthur-Self (I) (write-in) - 134 (0.00%)
Kathy Campbell (I) (write-in) - 129 (0.00%)
Shaun Bill (I) (write-in) - 37 (0.00%)
Marcus Hester (I) (write-in) - 23 (0.00%)
2008 Democratic presidential primaries
Excluding penalized contests, only primary and caucuses votes:
Barack Obama - 16,706,853
Hillary 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 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 delegate counts:
(2,118 delegates needed to secure nomination)
Pledged delegates
Barack Obama - 1,765
Hillary Clinton - 1,637
John Edwards - 4
Including superdelegates
Barack Obama - 2,156 (52.79%)
Hillary Clinton - 1,922 (47.06%)
John Edwards - 6 (0.15%)
2008 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally)
Barack Obama - chosen by acclamation
Unfinished roll call (13 states, D.C. Guam, American Samoa and Democrats Abroad):
Hillary Clinton - 1,011 (24.07%)
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 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%)
Popular vote:
Barack Obama/Joe Biden (Democratic) - 69,456,897 (52.92%)
John McCain/Sarah Palin (Republican) - 59,934,786 (45.66%)
Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzalez (Independent) - 738,475 (0.56%)
Bob Barr/Wayne Allyn Root (Libertarian) - 523,686 (0.40%)
Chuck Baldwin/Darrell Castle (Constitution) - 199,314 (0.15%)
Cynthia McKinney/Rosa Clemente (Green) - 161,603 (0.12%)
Other candidates - 226,908 (0.17%)
Electoral vote:
Barack Obama/Joe Biden - 365 (28 states as well as Nebraska's 2nd congressional district, and the District of Columbia)
John McCain/Sarah Palin - 173 (21 states carried plus, Nebraska's two At-large votes and Nebraska's 1st and 3rd congressional districts)
