This article is part of a series about Bernie Sanders
Mayor of Burlington
U.S. Representative from Vermont's at-large district
U.S. Senator from Vermont
Presidential campaigns
Published works
The electoral history of Bernie Sanders includes the 2016 and 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries and caucuses, and elections as United States Senator from Vermont , United States Representative from Vermont's at-large district (1991–2007), and Mayor of Burlington (1981–1989). Sanders contested 23 elections (not counting individual presidential state primaries), of which he won 17. He has won every election he has contested since his first election to the House of Representatives in 1990, except his presidential runs.
United States Senate elections 1972 1974 2006 2012 2018 2018 United States Senate election in Vermont Party Candidate Votes % Independent Bernie Sanders (incumbent) 183,529 67.3% Republican Lawrence Zupan 74,663 27.4% Independent Brad J. Peacock 3,787 1.4% Independent Russell Beste 2,763 1.0% Independent Edward S. Gilbert, Jr. 2,244 0.8% Independent Folasade Adeluola 1,979 0.7% Liberty Union Reid Kane 1,171 0.4% Independent Jon Svitavsky 1,130 0.4% Independent Bruce Busa 914 0.3% Write-in 294 0.1% Total votes 272,330 100.0%
Gubernatorial elections 1972 1976 1986 Burlington mayoral elections 1981 1983 1985 1987 United States House of Representatives elections 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 United States presidential elections 2016 State Results Raw Votes Pledged Delegates States Date PD Clinton Sanders Other Totals Caucus TEV TO% MV MV% Clinton Sanders Iowa 02/01/16 44 700 697 8 1,405 154,000 1,405 3 0.21% 23 21 New Hampshire 02/09/16 25 95,355 152,193 5,514 253,062 641,848 39.43% (56,838) -22.46% 9 15 Nevada 02/20/16 35 6,440 5,785 8 12,233 70,000 596,720 2.05% 655 5.35% 18 17 S Carolina 02/27/16 53 272,379 94,498 4,027 370,904 3,663,583 10.12% 177,881 47.96% 38 13 Alabama 03/01/16 53 309,928 76,399 11,830 398,157 3,602,334 11.05% 233,529 58.65% 43 10 Am Samoa 03/01/16 6 162 61 14 237 237 101 42.62% 4 2 Arkansas 03/01/16 32 146,057 66,236 8,727 221,020 2,137,115 10.34% 79,821 36.11% 22 10 Colorado 03/01/16 66 49,789 72,846 873 123,508 123,508 934,818 13.21% (23,057) -18.67% 27 39 Georgia 03/01/16 102 545,674 215,797 3,895 765,366 6,900,387 11.09% 329,877 43.10% 73 29 Massachusetts 03/01/16 91 606,822 589,803 23,671 1,220,296 3,768,095 32.38% 17,019 1.39% 46 45 Minnesota 03/01/16 77 78,381 126,229 0 204,610 204,610 3,972,330 5.15% (47,848) -23.38% 30 47 Oklahoma 03/01/16 38 139,443 174,228 22,172 335,843 1,978,807 16.97% (34,785) -10.36% 17 21 Tennessee 03/01/16 67 245,930 120,800 5,492 372,222 4,874,592 7.64% 125,130 33.62% 45 22 Texas 03/01/16 222 936,004 476,547 23,344 1,435,895 17,299,279 8.30% 459,457 32.00% 147 75 Vermont 03/01/16 16 18,338 115,900 1,018 135,256 495,563 27.29% (97,562) -72.13% 0 16 Virginia 03/01/16 95 504,741 276,370 3,930 785,041 6,022,089 13.04% 228,371 29.09% 61 34 Kansas 03/05/16 33 12,593 26,637 0 39,230 450,265 8.71% (14,044) -35.80% 11 22 Louisiana 03/05/16 51 221,733 72,276 17,767 311,776 1,331,510 23.42% 149,457 47.94% 40 13 Nebraska 03/05/16 25 14,340 19,120 0 33,460 33,460 (4,780) -14.29% 11 14 Maine 03/06/16 25 2,226 1,231 12 3,469 3,469 995 28.68% 9 16 Dems Abroad 03/08/16 13 10,689 23,779 27 34,495 N/A (13,090) -37.95% 2 4 Michigan 03/08/16 130 581,775 598,943 24,834 1,205,552 7,419,694 16.25% (17,168) -1.42% 64 66 Mississippi 03/08/16 36 187,334 37,748 2,082 227,164 2,181,159 10.41% 149,586 65.85% 30 6 N Marianas 03/12/16 6 102 65 22 189 189 37 19.58% 4 2 Florida 03/15/16 214 1,101,414 568,839 38,930 1,709,183 1,709,183 532,575 31.16% 138 71 Illinois 03/15/16 156 1,039,555 999,494 16,998 2,056,047 2,056,047 40,061 1.95% 81 78 Missouri 03/15/16 71 312,285 310,711 6,429 629,425 4,518,767 13.93% 1,574 0.25% 36 35 N Carolina 03/15/16 107 622,915 467,018 52,983 1,142,916 4,549,089 25.12% 155,897 13.64% 61 46 Ohio 03/15/16 143 696,681 535,395 9,402 1,241,478 1,241,478 161,286 12.99% 83 64 Arizona 03/22/16 75 262,459 192,962 10,814 466,235 952,527 48.95% 69,497 14.91% 41 30 Idaho 03/22/16 23 5,065 18,640 179 23,884 23,884 (13,575) -56.84% 5 18 Utah 03/22/16 33 16,166 62,992 368 79,526 79,526 (46,826) -58.88% 6 23 Alaska 03/26/16 16 2,146 8,447 17 10,610 10,610 (6,301) -59.39% 3 13 Hawaii 03/26/16 25 10,125 25,530 61 35,716 35,716 (15,405) -43.13% 8 17 Washington 03/26/16 101 7,140 19,159 46 26,345 26,345 (12,019) -45.62% 26 71 Wisconsin 04/05/16 89 433,739 570,192 3,669 1,007,600 4,282,271 23.53% (136,453) -13.54% 37 49 Wyoming 04/09/16 17 124 156 0 280 280 (32) -11.43% 6 8 New York 04/19/16 247 1,133,980 820,056 16,864 1,970,900 5,792,497 34.03% 313,924 15.93% 146 105 Connecticut 04/26/16 55 170,045 152,379 5,831 328,255 762,085 43.07% 17,666 5.38% 29 26 Delaware 04/26/16 21 55,954 36,662 1,024 93,640 312,260 29.99% 19,292 20.60% 13 8 Maryland 04/26/16 95 573,242 309,990 33,531 916,763 2,102,808 43.60% 263,252 28.72% 62 33 Pennsylvania 04/26/16 189 935,107 731,881 14,439 1,681,427 4,062,187 41.39% 203,226 12.09% 108 84 Rhode Island 04/26/16 24 52,749 66,993 2,716 122,458 681,187 17.98% (14,244) -11.63% 11 13 Indiana 05/03/16 83 303,705 335,074 0 638,779 4,855,984 13.15% (31,369) -4.91% 39 44 Guam 05/07/16 7 777 528 0 1,305 1,305 249 19.08% 5 2 West Virginia 05/10/16 29 86,914 124,700 30,925 242,539 833,929 29.08% (37,786) -15.58% 12 17 Kentucky 05/17/16 55 212,534 210,623 31,411 454,568 1,680,155 27.06% 1,911 0.42% 28 27 Oregon 05/17/16 61 269,846 360,829 10,920 641,595 955,979 67.11% (90,983) -14.18% 26 35 Virgin Is 06/04/16 7 1,326 196 0 1,522 1,522 1,130 74.24% 7 0 Puerto Rico 06/05/16 60 52,658 33,368 300 86,326 2,225,000 3.88% 19,290 22.35% 37 23 California 06/07/16 475 2,745,302 2,381,722 46,314 5,173,338 12,206,778 42.38% 363,580 7.03% 254 221 Montana 06/07/16 21 55,805 65,156 5,415 126,376 798,787 15.82% (9,351) -7.40% 10 11 New Jersey 06/07/16 126 566,247 328,058 0 894,305 1,793,927 49.85% 238,189 26.63% 81 47 New Mexico 06/07/16 34 111,334 104,741 0 216,075 578,967 37.32% 6,593 3.05% 18 16 N Dakota 06/07/16 18 101 253 40 394 394 (152) -38.58% 5 13 S Dakota 06/07/16 20 27,047 25,959 0 53,006 168,196 31.51% 1,088 2.05% 10 10 Dist Columbia 06/14/16 20 76,704 20,361 1,333 98,398 461,575 21.32% 56,343 57.26% 16 4 4,058 16,928,126 13,233,252 500,226 30,661,604 552,118 128,070,193 23.94% 3,694,874 12.05% 2,220 1,822
States/Territories won by Senator Sanders (23): Alaska, Colorado, Democrats Abroad, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana , Kansas, Maine, Michigan , Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, West Virginia, and Wyoming
States with Margins of less than 5% (10): Connecticut , Illinois , Indiana, Iowa , Kentucky , Massachusetts , Missouri , Michigan, New Mexico , and South Dakota . States underlined were won by Secretary Clinton
2016 Democratic National Convention [34] Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Hillary Clinton 2,842 59.7% Democratic Bernie Sanders 1,865 39.1% Democratic Abstention 56 1.2% Total votes 4,763 100.0%
2020 First-instance vote by state and territory Joe Biden
Bernie Sanders
Michael Bloomberg
2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries [37] Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Joe Biden 19,076,052 51.5% Democratic Bernie Sanders 9,536,123 26.6% Democratic Elizabeth Warren 2,781,720 7.8% Democratic Michael Bloomberg 2,475,323 6.9% Democratic Pete Buttigieg 913,023 2.6% Democratic Amy Klobuchar 524,559 1.5% Democratic Tulsi Gabbard 270,792 0.8% Democratic Tom Steyer 258,907 0.7% Democratic Andrew Yang 160,416 0.4% Democratic Others 458,477 1.3% Total votes 35,827,432 100.00%
States/Territories won by Senator Sanders (10): California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, North Dakota, Northern Mariana Islands, Iowa, Democrats Abroad, Vermont, New Hampshire
2020 Democratic National Convention [38] Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Joe Biden 3,558 74.9% Democratic Bernie Sanders 1,151 24.2% Democratic Available 35 0.7% Democratic Abstention 5 0.1% Total votes 4,749 100.00%
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