Electoral history of Joe Biden

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Vice President Joseph R. Biden

Electoral history of 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.

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Biden	116,006	50.5%
	Republican	J. Caleb Boggs (incumbent)	112,844	49.1%
	American	Henry Majka	803	0.4%
	Prohibition	Herbert B. Wood	175	0.1%

United States Senate Election in Delaware, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Biden (incumbent)	93,930	58.0%
	Republican	James H. Baxter, Jr.	66,479	41.0%
	American	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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Biden (incumbent)	135,253	58.2%
	Republican	Ray Clatworthy	94,793	40.8%
	Delaware Independent	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):

• Joe Biden – chosen by acclamation

United States Presidential Election 2008

Party		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):

• Joe Biden – chosen by acclamation

United States Presidential Election 2012

Party		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%

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