Electoral history of Joe Biden

Vice President Joseph R. Biden

Electoral history of Joe Biden, 47th Vice President of the United States (2009–present), United States Senator from Delaware (1973–2009). To date Joe Biden has not lost an election.

Early races

New Castle Council, 1970:

• Joe Biden (D) – 10,573 (55%)
• Lawrence T. Messick (R) – 8,192 (43%)

United States Senate races

Delaware United States Senate election, 1972:

• Joe Biden (D) – 116,006 (50.48%)
• J. Caleb Boggs (R) (inc.) – 112,844 (49.10%)
• Henry Majka (American) – 803 (0.35%)
• Herbert B. Wood (Prohibition) – 175 (0.08%)

Delaware United States Senate election, 1978:

• Joe Biden (D) (inc.) – 93,930 (57.96%)
• James H. Baxter, Jr. (R) – 66,479 (41.02%)
• Donald G. Gies (American) – 1,663 (1.03%)

Delaware United States Senate election, 1984:

• Joe Biden (D) (inc.) – 147,831 (60.11%)
• John M. Burris (R) – 98,101 (39.89%)

Delaware United States Senate election, 1990:

• Joe Biden (D) (inc.) – 112,918 (62.68%)
• M. Jane Brady (R) – 64,554 (35.83%)
• Lee Rosenbaum (LBT) – 2,680 (1.49%)
• Others – 5 (0.00%)

Delaware United States Senate election, 1996:

• Joe Biden (D) (inc.) – 165,465 (60.04%)
• Ray Clatworthy (R) – 105,088 (38.13%)
• Mark A. Jones (LBT) – 3,340 (1.21%)
• Jacqueline Kossoff (Natural Law) – 1,698 (0.62%)

Delaware United States Senate election, 2002:

• Joe Biden (D) (inc.) – 135,253 (58.22%)
• Ray Clatworthy (R) – 94,793 (40.80%)
• Bud Barros (Independence Party of Delaware) – 996 (0.43%)
• Raymond Buranello (LBT) – 922 (0.40%)
• Robert E. Mattson (Natural Law) – 350 (0.15%)

Delaware United States Senate election, 2008:^[1]

• Joe Biden (D) (inc.) – 257,484 (64.7%)
• Christine O'Donnell (R) – 140,584 (35.3%)

Presidential and Vice Presidential races

1980s

1984 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally):

• Walter Mondale – 2,191 (56.41%)
• Gary Hart – 1,201 (30.92%)
• Jesse Jackson – 466 (12.00%)
• Thomas Eagleton – 18 (0.46%)
• George McGovern – 4 (0.10%)
• John Glenn – 2 (0.05%)
• Joe Biden – 1 (0.03%)
• Martha Kirkland – 1 (0.03%)

1988 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally):

• Michael Dukakis – 2,877 (70.09%)
• Jesse Jackson – 1,219 (29.70%)
• Richard H. Stallings – 3 (0.07%)
• Joe Biden – 2 (0.05%)
• Dick Gephardt – 2 (0.05%)
• Lloyd Bentsen – 1 (0.02%)
• Gary Hart – 1 (0.02%)

2008

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%)

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 National Convention (Vice Presidential tally):^[2]

• Joe Biden – chosen by acclamation

United States presidential election, 2008:^[3]

• Barack Obama/Joe Biden (D) – 69,498,516 (53%) and 365 electoral votes (28 states, NE-02, and D.C. carried)
• John McCain/Sarah Palin (R) – 59,948,323 (46%) and 173 electoral votes (22 states carried)

2012

2012 Democratic National Convention (Vice Presidential tally):^[4]

• Joe Biden – chosen by acclamation

United States presidential election, 2012:^[5]

• Barack Obama/Joe Biden (D) – 65,915,796 (51.06%) and 332 electoral votes (26 states and D.C. carried)
• Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan (R) – 60,933,500 (47.20%) and 206 electoral votes (24 states carried)

See also

• Electoral history of Sarah Palin
• Electoral history of John McCain
• Electoral history of Barack Obama
• Electoral history of Hillary Rodham Clinton
• Electoral history of John Edwards
• Electoral history of Bill Richardson
• Electoral history of Mike Gravel
• Electoral history of Christopher Dodd
• Electoral history of Paul Ryan
• Electoral history of Mitt Romney

References

1. State of Delaware General Elections
2. "CNN.com Video". CNN. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
3. "FEDERAL ELECTIONS 2008: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. July 2009. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
4. "Beau Biden Speech Kicks Of Motion To Nominate Father Joe Biden For Vice President". The Huffington Post. September 6, 2012.
5. FEC (July 2013). "Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). Federal Elections Commission. Retrieved November 19, 2013.