Electoral history of Jimmy Carter

Electoral history of Jimmy Carter, who served as the 39th president of the United States (1977–1981) and the 76th governor of Georgia (1971–1975).

Georgia Democratic gubernatorial primary, 1966^[1]

Ellis Arnall - 231,480 (29.38%)
Lester Maddox - 185,672 (23.56%)
Jimmy Carter - 164,562 (20.89%)
James H. Gray - 152,973 (19.41%)
Garland T. Byrd - 39,994 (5.08%)
Hoke O'Kelley - 13,271 (1.68%)

Georgia Democratic gubernatorial primary, 1970^[2]

Jimmy Carter - 388,280 (48.62%)
Carl E. Sanders - 301,659 (37.77%)
Chevene King - 70,424 (8.82%)
J. B. Stoner - 17,663 (2.21%)
McKee Hargett - 9,440 (1.18%)
Thomas J. Irvin - 4,184 (0.52%)
Adam B. Matthews - 3,332 (0.42%)

Georgia Democratic gubernatorial primary runoff, 1970^[3]

Jimmy Carter - 506,462 (59.42%)
Carl E. Sanders - 345,906 (40.58%)

1970 Georgia gubernatorial election^[4]

Jimmy Carter (D) - 620,419 (59.28%)
Hal Suit (R) - 424,983 (40.60%)
Write-ins - 1,261 (0.12%)

1972 Democratic National Convention (Vice Presidential tally)^[5]

Thomas Eagleton - 1,742 (59.07%)
Frances Farenthold - 405 (13.73%)
Mike Gravel - 226 (7.66%)
Endicott Peabody - 108 (3.66%)
Clay Smothers - 74 (2.51%)
Birch Bayh - 62 (2.10%)
Peter Rodino - 57 (1.93%)
Jimmy Carter - 30 (1.02%)
Shirley Chisholm - 20 (0.68%)
Moon Landrieu - 19 (0.64%)
Edward T. Breathitt - 18 (0.61%)
Ted Kennedy - 15 (0.51%)
Fred R. Harris - 14 (0.48%)
Richard G. Hatcher - 11 (0.37%)
Harold E. Hughes - 10 (0.34%)
Joseph M. Montoya - 9 (0.31%)
William L. Guy - 8 (0.27%)
Adlai Stevenson III - 8 (0.27%)
Robert Bergland - 5 (0.17%)
Hodding Carter - 5 (0.17%)
Cesar Chavez - 5 (0.17%)
Wilbur Mills - 5 (0.17%)
Wendell Anderson - 4 (0.14%)
Stanley Arnold - 4 (0.14%)
Ron Dellums - 4 (0.14%)
John J. Houlihan - 4 (0.14%)
Roberto A. Mondragon - 4 (0.14%)
Reubin O'Donovan Askew - 3 (0.10%)
Herman Badillo - 3 (0.10%)
Eugene McCarthy - 3 (0.10%)
Claiborne Pell - 3 (0.10%)
Terry Sanford - 3 (0.10%)
Ramsey Clark - 2 (0.07%)
Richard J. Daley - 2 (0.07%)
John DeCarlo - 2 (0.07%)
Ernest Gruening - 2 (0.07%)
Roger Mudd - 2 (0.07%)
Edmund Muskie - 2 (0.07%)
Claude Pepper - 2 (0.07%)
Abraham Ribicoff - 2 (0.07%)
Pat Taylor - 2 (0.07%)
Leonard F. Wodcoock - 2 (0.07%)
Bruno Agnoli - 2 (0.07%)
Ernest Albright - 1 (0.03%)
William A. Barrett - 1 (0.03%)
Daniel Berrigan - 1 (0.03%)
Phillip Berrigan - 1 (0.03%)
Julian Bond - 1 (0.03%)
Hargrove Bowles - 1 (0.03%)
Archibald Burton - 1 (0.03%)
Phillip Burton - 1 (0.03%)
William Chappell - 1 (0.03%)
Lawton Chiles - 1 (0.03%)
Frank Church - 1 (0.03%)
Robert Drinan - 1 (0.03%)
Nick Galifianakis - 1 (0.03%)
John Goodrich - 1 (0.03%)
Michael Griffin - 1 (0.03%)
Martha Griffiths - 1 (0.03%)
Charles Hamilton - 1 (0.03%)
Patricia Harris - 1 (0.03%)
Jim Hunt - 1 (0.03%)
Daniel Inouye - 1 (0.03%)
Henry M. Jackson - 1 (0.03%)
Robery Kariss - 1 (0.03%)
Allard K. Lowenstein - 1 (0.03%)
Mao Zedong - 1 (0.03%)
Eleanor McGovern - 1 (0.03%)
Martha Mitchell - 1 (0.03%)
Ralph Nader - 1 (0.03%)
George Norcross - 1 (0.03%)
Jerry Rubin - 1 (0.03%)
Fred Seaman - 1 (0.03%)
Joe Smith - 1 (0.03%)
Benjamin Spock - 1 (0.03%)
Patrick Tavolacci - 1 (0.03%)
George Wallace - 1 (0.03%)

1976 Democratic presidential primaries^[6]

Jimmy Carter - 6,235,609 (39.27%)
Jerry Brown - 2,449,374 (15.43%)
George Wallace - 1,955,388 (12.31%)
Mo Udall - 1,611,754 (10.15%)
Henry M. Jackson - 1,134,375 (7.14%)
Frank Church - 830,818 (5.23%)
Robert Byrd - 340,309 (2.14%)
Sargent Shriver - 304,399 (1.92%)
Unpledged - 283,437 (1.79%)
Ellen McCormack - 238,027 (1.50%)
Fred R. Harris - 234,568 (1.48%)
Milton Shapp - 88,254 (0.56%)
Birch Bayh - 86,438 (0.54%)
Hubert Humphrey - 61,992 (0.39%)
Ted Kennedy - 19,805 (0.13%)
Lloyd Bentsen - 4,046 (0.03%)
Terry Sanford - 404 (0.00%)

1976 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally)^[7]

Jimmy Carter - 2,239 (74.48%)
Mo Udall - 330 (10.98%)
Jerry Brown - 301 (10.01%)
George Wallace - 57 (1.90%)
Ellen McCormack - 22 (0.73%)
Frank Church - 19 (0.63%)
Hubert Humphrey - 10 (0.33%)
Henry M. Jackson - 10 (0.33%)
Fred R. Harris - 9 (0.30%)
Milton Shapp - 2 (0.07%)
Robert Byrd, Cesar Chavez, Leon Jaworski, Barbara Jordan, Ted Kennedy, Jennings Randolph, Fred Stover - each 1 vote (0.03%)

1976 United States presidential election

Jimmy Carter/Walter Mondale (D) - 40,831,881 (50.1%) and 297 electoral votes (23 states and D.C. carried)
Gerald Ford/Bob Dole (R) - 39,148,634 (48.0%) and 240 electoral votes (27 states carried)
Ronald Reagan/Bob Dole (R) - 1 electoral vote (faithless elector)
Eugene McCarthy (Independent) - 740,460 (0.9%)
Roger MacBride/David Bergland (Libertarian) - 172,553 (0.2%)
Lester Maddox/William Dyke (American Independent) - 170,274 (0.2%)
Thomas J. Anderson/Rufus Shackelford (American) - 158,271 (0.2%)
Peter Camejo/Willie Mae Reid (Socialist Workers) - 90,986 (0.1%)

1980 Democratic presidential primaries^[8]

Jimmy Carter (inc.) - 10,043,016 (51.13%)
Ted Kennedy - 7,381,693 (37.58%)
Unpledged - 1,288,423 (6.56%)
Jerry Brown - 575,296 (2.93%)
Lyndon LaRouche - 177,784 (0.91%)
Cliff Finch - 48,032 (0.25%)

1980 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally)^[9]

Jimmy Carter (inc.) - 2,123 (64.04%)
Ted Kennedy - 1,151 (34.72%)
William Proxmire - 10 (0.30%)
Koryne Kaneski Horbal - 5 (0.15%)
Scott M. Matheson, Sr. - 5 (0.15%)
Ron Dellums - 3 (0.09%)
Robert Byrd - 2 (0.06%)
John Culver - 2 (0.06%)
Kent Hance - 2 (0.06%)
Jennings Randolph - 2 (0.06%)
Warren Spannaus - 2 (0.06%)
Alice Tripp - 2 (0.06%)
Jerry Brown - 1 (0.03%)
Dale Bumpers - 1 (0.03%)
Hugh L. Carey - 1 (0.03%)
Walter Mondale - 1 (0.03%)
Edmund Muskie - 1 (0.03%)
Thomas J. Steed - 1 (0.03%)

New York Liberal Party presidential convention, 1980^[10]

John B. Anderson - 85,590 (87.67%)
Jimmy Carter - 9,896 (10.14%)
Abstaining - 2,142 (2.19%)

1980 United States presidential election

Ronald Reagan/George H. W. Bush (R) - 43,903,230 (50.7%) and 489 electoral votes (44 states carried)
Jimmy Carter/Walter Mondale (D) (inc.) - 35,480,115 (41.0%) and 49 electoral votes (6 states and D.C. carried)
John B. Anderson/Patrick Joseph Lucey (Independent) - 5,719,850 (6.6%)
Ed Clark/David H. Koch (Libertarian) - 921,128 (1.1%)
Barry Commoner/LaDonna Harris (Citizens) - 233,052 (0.3%)
Others - 252,303 (0.3%)

References

[1] Our Campaigns - GA Governor - D Primary Race - Sep 14, 1966

[2] Our Campaigns - GA Governor - D Primary Race - Sep 09, 1970

[3] Our Campaigns - GA Governor - D Runoff Race - Sep 23, 1970

[4] Our Campaigns - GA Governor Race - Nov 03, 1970

[5] Our Campaigns - US Vice President - D Convention Race - Jul 10, 1972

[6] Our Campaigns - US President - D Primaries Race - Feb 01, 1976

[7] Our Campaigns - US President - D Convention Race - Jul 12, 1976

[8] Our Campaigns - US President - D Primaries Race - Feb 26, 1980

[9] Our Campaigns - US President - D Convention Race - Aug 11, 1980

[10] Our Campaigns - NY US President - L Convention Race - Sep 13, 1980

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v t e Jimmy Carter
39th President of the United States (1977–1981) 76th Governor of Georgia (1971–1975) Georgia State Senator (1963–1967)
Presidency (timeline)	Transition Inauguration Timeline 1977 1978 1979 1980 January 1981 Political positions Judicial appointments controversies Executive Actions Executive Order 12036 Executive Order 12086 Executive Order 12148 Executive Order 12170 Executive Order 12172 Carter bonds Rabbit incident Carter Doctrine Camp David Accords Egypt–Israel peace treaty Torrijos–Carter Treaties Iran hostage crisis Operation Eagle Claw Canadian Caper Engagement with Ruhollah Khomeini 1979 oil crisis Support for Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War Diplomatic relations with China Goldwater v. Carter Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 Senior Executive Service Strategic Arms Limitation Talks International trips 1980 Summer Olympics boycott Cannabis policy Community Reinvestment Act Airline Deregulation Act Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977 Clean Water Act of 1977 Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act Federal Reserve Reform Act of 1977 Electronic Fund Transfer Act Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Financial Institutions Regulatory and Interest Rate Control Act of 1978 Right to Financial Privacy Act Humphrey–Hawkins Full Employment Act Superfund Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 Solar power at the White House Three Mile Island accident Presidential transition of Ronald Reagan
Speeches	Moral Equivalent of War Island of Stability A Crisis of Confidence State of the Union Addresses 1978 1979 1980 1981
Elections	Georgia gubernatorial elections 1966 1970 Democratic Party presidential primaries 1976 1980 Democratic National Conventions 1972 1976 1980 Presidential elections 1976 campaign 1980
Post-presidency	Carter Center Presidential Library and Museum Habitat for Humanity Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project The Elders Jimmy Carter National Historical Park Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter House Nairobi Agreement, 1999 One America Appeal Continuity of Government Commission
Books	Everything to Gain (1987) The Hornet's Nest (2003) Our Endangered Values (2006) Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid (2006) reaction and commentary Beyond the White House (2007) We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land (2009) White House Diary (2010) A Call to Action (2014) A Full Life (2015)
Awards and honors	Nobel Peace Prize Presidential Medal of Freedom Freedom of the City Silver Buffalo Award Philadelphia Liberty Medal United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights Hoover Medal Christopher Award Carter–Menil Human Rights Prize Grammy Award
Legacy	Jimmy Carter Peanut Statue (1976) USS Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter National Historical Park (1987) Georgia State Capitol statue (1994)
Related	Residences Birthplace Home Mary Prince (nanny) UFO incident Jimmy Carter (2002 television documentary) Man from Plains (2007 documentary)
Family	Rosalynn Carter (wife) Jack Carter (son) Amy Carter (daughter) Jason Carter (grandson) James Earl Carter Sr. (father) Lillian Gordy Carter (mother) Gloria Carter Spann (sister) Ruth Carter Stapleton (sister) Billy Carter (brother) Emily Dolvin (aunt) Hugh Carter (cousin)
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