Electoral history of Joe Biden

Joe Biden, 47th Vice President of the United States (2009–2017), United States Senator from Delaware (1973–2009). To date Joe Biden has not lost a general election. He formally ran as a Democratic candidate for President in 1988 and 2008, and is running again in 2020. He won his first presidential primary in the 2020 South Carolina Democratic primary contest.

Early races

**New Castle Council, 1970**
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Biden	10,573	55%
	Republican	Lawrence T. Messick	8,192	43%

United States Senate races

**United States Senate Election in Delaware, 1972**
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Joe Biden	116,006	50.5%
Republican	J. Caleb Boggs (incumbent)	112,844	49.1%
Know Nothing	Henry Majka	803	0.4%
Prohibition	Herbert B. Wood	175	0.1%

**United States Senate Election in Delaware, 1978**
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Joe Biden (incumbent)	93,930	58.0%
Republican	James H. Baxter, Jr.	66,479	41.0%
Know Nothing	Donald G. Gies	1,663	1.0%

**United States Senate Election in Delaware, 1984**
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Biden (incumbent)	147,831	60.1%
	Republican	John M. Burris	98,101	39.9%

**United States Senate Election in Delaware, 1990**
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Joe Biden (incumbent)	112,918	62.7%
Republican	M. Jane Brady	64,554	35.8%
Libertarian	Lee Rosenbaum	2,680	1.5%
None	Others	5	<0.01%

**United States Senate Election in Delaware, 1996**
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Joe Biden (incumbent)	165,465	60%
Republican	Ray Clatworthy	105,088	38%
Libertarian	Lee Rosenbaum	3,340	1.2%
Natural Law	Jacqueline Kossoff	1,698	0.6%

**United States Senate Election in Delaware, 2002**
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Joe Biden (incumbent)	135,253	58.2%
Republican	Ray Clatworthy	94,793	40.8%
Independent Party	Bud Barros	996	9.4%
Libertarian	Raymond Buranello	922	0.4%
Natural Law	Robert E. Mattson	350	0.2%

**United States Senate Election in Delaware, 2008**
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Biden (incumbent)	257,484	64.7%
	Republican	Christine O'Donnell	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):^[1]

Joe Biden – chosen by acclamation

**United States Presidential Election 2008**
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Barack Obama/Joe Biden	69,498,516	53%
Republican	John McCain/Sarah Palin	59,948,323	46%
Independent	Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzalez	739,034	0.6%
Libertarian	Bob Barr/Wayne Allyn Root	523,715	0.4%

2012

2012 Democratic National Convention (Vice Presidential tally):^[2]

Joe Biden – chosen by acclamation

**United States Presidential Election 2012**
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Barack Obama (incumbent)/Joe Biden (incumbent)	65,915,795	51.1%
Republican	Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan	60,933,504	47.2%
Libertarian	Gary Johnson/James P. Gray	1,275,971	1.0%
Green	Jill Stein/Cheri Honkala	469,627	0.4%

References

^ "CNN.com Video". CNN. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
^ "Beau Biden Speech Kicks Of Motion To Nominate Father Joe Biden For Vice President". The Huffington Post. September 6, 2012.

[1] "CNN.com Video". CNN. Retrieved May 1, 2010.

[2] "Beau Biden Speech Kicks Of Motion To Nominate Father Joe Biden For Vice President". The Huffington Post. September 6, 2012.

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