# Electoral history of John Edwards

Electoral history of John Edwards, United States Senator from North Carolina (1999-2005), 2004 Democratic Vice Presidential nominee and candidate for Democratic Presidential nomination in 2004 and 2008
Democratic Primary for the United States Senate from North Carolina, 1998:
* John Edwards - 277,468 (51.38%)
* David G. Martin - 149,049 (27.60%)
* Ella Butler Scarborough - 55,486 (10.28%)
* Bob Ayers - 22,477 (4.16%)
* Mike Robinson - 20,178 (3.74%)
* James Everette Carmack - 8,200 (1.52%)
* Gene Gay - 7,173 (1.33%)
North Carolina United States Senate election, 1998:
* John Edwards (D) - 1,029,237 (51.15%)
* Lauch Faircloth (R) (inc.) - 945,943 (47.01%)
* Barbara Howe (LBT) - 36,963 (1.84%)
Minnesota Independence Party presidential caucus, 2004:
* John Edwards - 335 (41.10%)
* John Kerry - 149 (18.28%)
* George W. Bush (inc.) - 94 (11.53%)
* Ralph Nader - 78 (9.57%)
* None of the above - 66 (8.10%)
* Dennis Kucinich - 40 (4.91%)
* Lorna Salzman - 9 (1.10%)
* John McCain - 9 (1.10%)
* Al Sharpton - 5 (0.61%)
* David Cobb - 4 (0.49%)
* Wesley Clark - 4 (0.49%)
* Joe Lieberman - 4 (0.49%)
* Howard Dean - 3 (0.37%)
* Jesse Ventura - 3 (0.37%)
* Gary P. Nolan - 2 (0.25%)
* Timothy J. Penny - 2 (0.25%)
* Kent P. Mesplay - 1 (0.12%)
* John B. Anderson - 1 (0.12%)
* Charles W. Barkley - 1 (0.12%)
* Dean M. Barkley - 1 (0.12%)
* Bill Bradley - 1 (0.12%)
* Rudy Giuliani - 1 (0.12%)
* Mickey Mouse - 1 (0.12%)
* Theodore Roosevelt - 1 (0.12%)
2004 Democratic presidential primaries:
* John Kerry - 9,930,497 (60.98%)
* John Edwards - 3,162,337 (19.42%)
* Howard Dean - 903,460 (5.55%)
* Dennis Kucinich - 620,242 (3.81%)
* Wesley Clark - 547,369 (3.36%)
* Al Sharpton - 380,865 (2.34%)
* Joe Lieberman - 280,940 (1.73%)
* Uncommitted - 157,953 (0.97%)
* Lyndon LaRouche - 103,731 (0.64%)
* Carol Moseley Braun - 98,469 (0.61%)
* Dick Gephardt - 63,902 (0.39%)
* Scattering - 12,525 (0.08%)
2004 Democratic National Convention (Vice Presidential tally):
2004 United States presidential election:
* George W. Bush/Dick Cheney (R) (inc.) - 62,040,610 (50.73%) and 286 electoral votes (31 states carried)
* John Kerry/John Edwards (D) - 59,028,444 (48.27%) and 251 electoral votes (19 states and D.C. carried)
* John Edwards (D) - 1 electoral vote (Minnesota faithless elector)
* Ralph Nader/Peter Camejo (I) - 465,650 (0.38%)
* Michael Badnarik/Richard Campagna (Libertarian) - 397,265 (0.32%)
* Michael Peroutka/Chuck Baldwin (Constitution) - 143,630 (0.12%)
* David Cobb/Pat LaMarche (Green) - 119,859 (0.096%)
2008 New Hampshire Democratic Vice Presidential primary:
(* - write-in candidate)
* 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 and caucuses:
Results as of May 2008; information would change until end of the primaries season Results presented excluded penalized contests (* - dropped out from race)
* Barack Obama - 16,706,857
* 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