Electoral history of Bernie Sanders

1970s

United States Senate special election in Vermont, 1972:

Robert Stafford (Republican) – 45,888 (64.4%)

Randolph T. Major, Jr. (Democrat) – 23,842 (33.4%)

Bernie Sanders (Liberty Union) – 1,571 (2.2%)

Vermont gubernatorial election, 1972:

Thomas P. Salmon (D) – 101,751 (53.8%)

Luther F. Hackett (R) – 82,491 (43.6%)

Thomas P. Salmon (Independent Vermonters) – 2,782 (1.5%)

Bernie Sanders (LU) – 2,175 (1.1%)

United States Senate election in Vermont, 1974:

Patrick Leahy (D, VI) – 70,629 (49.48%)

Richard W. Mallary (R) – 66,223 (46.39%)

Bernie Sanders (LU) – 5,901 (4.13%)

Vermont gubernatorial election, 1976

Richard A. Snelling (R) – 98,206 (52.8%)

Stella B. Hackel (D) – 72,761 (39.1%)

Bernie Sanders (LU) – 11,317 (6.1%)

Stella B. Hackel (IV) – 2,501 (1.3%)

Richard A. Snelling (Bi-Partisan Vermonters) – 1,062 (0.6%)

1980s

Burlington mayoral election, 1981

Bernie Sanders (I) – 4,330 (43.43%)

Gordon Paquette (D) – 4,320 (43.32%)

Richard Bove (I) - 1,091 (11.76%)

Joe McGrath (I) - 139 (1.50%)

Burlington mayoral election, 1983

Bernie Sanders (I) – 6,942 (52.12%)

Judy Stephany (D) – 4,086 (30.68%)

James Gilson (R) – 2,292 (17.21%)

Burlington mayoral election, 1985

Bernie Sanders (I) – 5,760 (56.09%)

Brian D. Burns (D) – 3,275 (31.89%)

Diane Gallagher (I) – 1,234 (12.02%)

Vermont gubernatorial election, 1986

Madeleine M. Kunin (D) – 92,485 (47.0%)

Peter Smith (R) – 75,239 (38.2%)

Bernie Sanders (I) – 28,418 (14.4%)

Richard Gottlieb (LU) – 491 (0.2%)

Note: No candidate won a majority, so the Vermont Legislature decided the winner (Kunin).

Burlington mayoral election, 1987

Bernie Sanders (I) – 6,759 (55.89%)

Paul Lafayette (D) – 5,335 (44.11%)

United States Representative from Vermont's at-large district, 1988

Peter Smith (R) – 98,937 (41.2%)

Bernie Sanders (I) – 90,026 (37.5%)

Paul N. Poirier (D) – 45,330 (18.9%)

Jim Hedbor (Libertarian) – 3,109 (1.3%)

Peter Diamondstone (LU) – 1,455 (0.6%)

Morris Earle (Small is Beautiful Party) – 1,070 (0.4%)

1990s

United States Representative from Vermont's at-large district, 1990

Democratic primary

Dolores Sandoval – 5,979 (41.27%)

Peter Diamondstone – 5,711 (39.42%)

Bernie Sanders (write-in) – 2,005 (13.84%)

Others – 791 (5.46%)

Bernie Sanders (I) – 117,522 (56%)

Peter Smith (R) – 82,938 (39.5%)

Dolores Sandoval (D) – 6,315 (3%)

Peter Diamondstone (LU) – 1,965 (0.9%)

United States Representative from Vermont's at-large district, 1992

Bernie Sanders (I) – 162,724 (57.78%)

Tim Philbin (R) – 86,901 (30.86%)

Lewis E. Young (D) – 22,279 (7.91%)

Peter Diamondstone (LU) – 3,660 (1.30%)

John Dewey (Natural Law) – 3,549 (1.26%)

Douglas M. Miller (Freedom for LaRouche) – 2,049 (0.73%)

United States Representative from Vermont's at-large district, 1994

Democratic primary

Bernie Sanders (write-in) – 1,968 (42.45%)

John Carroll – 1,458 (31.45%)

Others – 1,210 (26.10%)

Bernie Sanders (I) – 105,502 (49.8%)

John Carroll (R) – 98,523 (46.5%)

Carole Banus (NL) – 2,963 (1.4%)

Jack Rogers (Vermont Grassroots) – 2,664 (1.2%)

Annette Larson (LU) – 1,493 (0.7%)

United States Representative from Vermont's at-large district, 1996

Democratic primary

Jack Long – 9,291 (67.95%)

Bernie Sanders (write-in) – 4,037 (29.52%)

Susan Sweetser – 203 (1.49%)

Others – 143 (1.05%)

Bernie Sanders (I) – 140,678 (55.2%)

Susan Sweetser (R) – 83,021 (32.5%)

Jack Long (D) – 23,830 (9.3%)

Thomas J. Morse (L) – 2,693 (1.0%)

Peter Diamondstone (LU) – 1,965 (0.7%)

Robert Melamede (VG) – 1,350 (0.5%)

Norio Kushi (NL) – 812 (0.3%)

United States Representative from Vermont's at-large district, 1998

Democratic primary

Bernie Sanders (write-in) – 1,661 (47.88%)

Mark Candon – 524 (15.11%)

Others – 467 (13.46%)

Jack Long – 465 (13.40%)

Peter Diamondstone – 352 (10.15%)

Bernie Sanders (I) – 136,403 (63.4%)

Mark Candon (R) – 70,740 (32.8%)

Matthew Mulligan (VG) – 3,464 (1.6%)

Peter Diamondstone (LU) – 2,153 (1.0%)

Robert Maynard (L) – 2,097 (0.9%)

2000s

United States Representative from Vermont's at-large district, 2000

Democratic primary

Peter Diamondstone – 20,539 (90.94%)

Bernie Sanders (write-in) – 1,337 (5.92%)

Others – 710 (3.14%)

Republican primary

Karen Ann Kerin – 47,632 (92.48%)

Others – 2,981 (5.79%)

Bernie Sanders (write-in) – 895 (1.74%)

Bernie Sanders (I) – 196,118 (69.2%)

Karen Ann Kerin (R) – 51,977 (18.3%)

Peter Diamondstone (LU, D) – 14,918 (5.2%)

Stewart Skrill (I) – 11,816 (4.1%)

Jack Rogers (VG) – 4,799 (1.6%)

Daniel H. Krymkowski (L) – 2,978 (1.0%)

United States Representative from Vermont's at-large district, 2002

Democratic primary

Bernie Sanders (write-in) – 2,583 (65.15%)

Others – 1,382 (34.86%)

Bernie Sanders (I) – 144,880 (64.2%)

William "Bill" Meub (R) – 72,813 (32.2%)

Jane Newton (LU/Prog) – 3,185 1.4%

Daniel H. Krymkowski (L) – 2,033 (0.9%)

Fawn Skinner (VG) – 2,344 (1.0%)

United States Representative from Vermont's at-large district, 2004

Democratic primary

Larry Drown – 14,870 (86.14%)

Bernie Sanders (write-in) – 1,878 (10.88%)

Others – 515 (2.98%)

Progressive primary

Bernie Sanders (write-in) – 315 (47.23%)

Jane Newton – 238 (35.68%)

Others – 114 (17.09%)

Bernie Sanders (I, Prog) – 205,774 (67.4%)

Greg Parke (R) – 42,271 (24.3%)

Larry Drown (D) – 21,684 (7.1%)

Jane Newton (LU) – 261 (0.0%)

United States Senate election in Vermont, 2006

Democratic primary

Bernie Sanders – 35,954 (94.16%) – declined nomination

Louis Thabault – 585 (1.53%)

Craig Hill – 504 (1.32%)

Larry Drown – 403 (1.06%)

Peter Moss – 385 (1.01%)

Others – 355 (0.93%)

Bernie Sanders (I) – 171,638 (65.4%)

Richard Tarrant (R) – 84,924 (32.3%)

Cris Ericson (Marijuana) – 1,735 (0.6%)

Craig Hill (G) – 1,536 (0.5%)

Peter Moss (Anti-Bush) – 1,518 (0.5%)

Peter Diamondstone (LU) – 801 (0.3%)

2010s

United States Senate election in Vermont, 2012

Bernie Sanders (Independent) – 207,848 (71.1%)

John MacGovern (R) – 72,898 (24.9%)

Cris Ericson (United States Marijuana Party) - 5,924 (2.0%)

Peter Diamondstone (Liberty Union) - 2,511 (0.9%)

Peter Moss (Peace and Prosperity) - 2,452 (0.8%)

Laurel LaFramboise (VoteKISS) - 877 (0.3%)

Presidential primaries (2016)

2016 Democratic presidential primaries popular vote (as of July 26, 2016)

Hillary Clinton - 16,849,779 (55.20%)

Bernie Sanders - 13,167,848 (43.14%)

Martin O'Malley - 110,423 (0.36%)

Others - 395,523 (1.30%)

2016 Democratic delegate counts: (2,382 delegates needed to secure nomination)