Electoral history of John Edwards, United States Senator from North Carolina (1999-2005), 2004 Democratic Vice Presidential nominee and candidate for Presidential nomination in 2004 and 2008
Democratic Primary for the United States Senate from North Carolina, 1998:
John Edwards - 277,468 (51.38%)David G. Martin - 149,049 (27.60%)Ella Butler Scarborough - 55,486 (10.28%)Bob Ayers - 22,477 (4.16%)Mike Robinson - 20,178 (3.74%)James Everette Carmack - 8,200 (1.52%)Gene Gay - 7,173 (1.33%)North Carolina United States Senate election, 1998:
John Edwards (D) - 1,029,237 (51.15%)Lauch Faircloth (R) (inc.) - 945,943 (47.01%)Barbara Howe (LBT) - 36,963 (1.84%)Minnesota Independence Party presidential caucus, 2004:
John Edwards - 335 (41.10%)John Kerry - 149 (18.28%)George W. Bush (inc.) - 94 (11.53%)Ralph Nader - 78 (9.57%)None of the above - 66 (8.10%)Dennis Kucinich - 40 (4.91%)Lorna Salzman - 9 (1.10%)John McCain - 9 (1.10%)Al Sharpton - 5 (0.61%)David Cobb - 4 (0.49%)Wesley Clark - 4 (0.49%)Joe Lieberman - 4 (0.49%)Howard Dean - 3 (0.37%)Jesse Ventura - 3 (0.37%)Gary P. Nolan - 2 (0.25%)Timothy J. Penny - 2 (0.25%)Kent P. Mesplay - 1 (0.12%)John B. Anderson - 1 (0.12%)Charles W. Barkley - 1 (0.12%)Dean M. Barkley - 1 (0.12%)Bill Bradley - 1 (0.12%)Rudy Giuliani - 1 (0.12%)Mickey Mouse - 1 (0.12%)Theodore Roosevelt - 1 (0.12%)2004 Democratic presidential primaries:
John Kerry - 9,930,497 (60.98%)John Edwards - 3,162,337 (19.42%)Howard Dean - 903,460 (5.55%)Dennis Kucinich - 620,242 (3.81%)Wesley Clark - 547,369 (3.36%)Al Sharpton - 380,865 (2.34%)Joe Lieberman - 280,940 (1.73%)Uncommitted - 157,953 (0.97%)Lyndon LaRouche - 103,731 (0.64%)Carol Moseley Braun - 98,469 (0.61%)Dick Gephardt - 63,902 (0.39%)Scattering - 12,525 (0.08%)2004 Democratic National Convention (Vice Presidential tally):
John Edwards - chosen by acclamationUnited States presidential election, 2004:
George W. Bush/Dick Cheney (R) (inc.) - 62,040,610 (50.73%) and 286 electoral votes (31 states carried)John Kerry/John Edwards (D) - 59,028,444 (48.27%) and 251 electoral votes (19 states and D.C. carried)John Edwards (D) - 1 electoral vote (Minnesota faithless elector)Ralph Nader/Peter Camejo (I) - 465,650 (0.38%)Michael Badnarik/Richard Campagna (Libertarian) - 397,265 (0.32%)Michael Peroutka/Chuck Baldwin (Constitution) - 143,630 (0.12%)David Cobb/Pat LaMarche (Green) - 119,859 (0.096%)2008 New Hampshire Democratic Vice Presidential primary:
(* - write-in candidate)
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%)2008 Democratic presidential primaries and caucuses:
Results as of May 2008; information would change until end of the primaries season
Results presented excluded penalized contests
(* - dropped out from race)
Barack Obama - 16,706,857Hillary Clinton - 16,239,821John Edwards* - 742,010Bill Richardson* - 89,054Uncommitted - 82,660Dennis Kucinich* - 68,482Joe Biden* - 64,041Mike Gravel* - 27,662Christopher Dodd* - 25,300Others - 22,556