Joe Biden
Electoral history
U.S. Senators are popularly elected and take office January 3 for a six-year term (except when appointed to fill existing vacancies).

Joe Biden

Section Title: Electoral history
Table Section Text: U.S. Senators are popularly elected and take office January 3 for a six-year term (except when appointed to fill existing vacancies).

Election results

Year	Office	Election	Votes for Biden	%	Opponent	Party	Votes	%

1970	County Councilman	General	10,573	55%	Lawrence T. Messick	Republican	8,192	43%

1972	U.S. Senator	General	116,006	50%	J. Caleb Boggs	Republican	112,844	49%

1978	General	93,930	58%	James H. Baxter Jr.	Republican	66,479	41%

1984	General	147,831	60%	John M. Burris	Republican	98,101	40%

1990	General	112,918	63%	M. Jane Brady	Republican	64,554	36%

1996	General	165,465	60%	Raymond J. Clatworthy	Republican	105,088	38%

2002	General	135,253	58%	Raymond J. Clatworthy	Republican	94,793	41%

2008	General	257,484	65%	Christine O'Donnell	Republican	140,584	35%

2008	Vice President	General	69,498,516 (365 electoral votes)	53% (270 needed)	Sarah Palin	Republican	59,948,323 (173 electoral votes)	46% --

2012	General	65,915,796 (332 electoral votes)	51% (270 needed)	Paul Ryan	Republican	60,933,500 (206 electoral votes)	47% --

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The Biden won 332 Electoral votes to Ryan's 206 and had a 51–47 percent edge in the vote.

final_sentence: The Biden won 332 Electoral votes to Ryan's 206 and had a 51–47 percent edge in the vote.