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Electoral history of John Edwards

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Electoral history of John Edwards

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 acclamation
  • United 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 - 16,706,857
  • 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
  • References

    Electoral history of John Edwards Wikipedia