Electoral history of John Edwards

Former Senator John Edwards (D-NC)

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:^[1]

• 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:^[2]

• 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:^[3]

• 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%)

Blue states denoted Kerry win, yellow an Edwards win, green a Dean win and orange for Clark

2004 Democratic presidential primaries:^[4]

• 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:^[5]

(* - 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:^[6]

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

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