# Electoral history of Hillary Clinton

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Hillary Clinton, a Democrat, served as the 67th United States Secretary of State (2009–2013), United States Senator from New York (2001–2009), and First Lady of the United States (1993–2001). She was also a candidate in the 2008 and 2016 Democratic presidential primaries. In 2016, Clinton was her party's presidential candidate but lost the election to her Republican opponent, Donald Trump.

## 1978 and 1980 Legal Services Corporation nominations

United States Senate confirmations to the Legal Services Corporation:
1978
* Confirmed for a two-year term, expiring in 1980.
1980
* Confirmed for a three-year term, expiring in 1983.

## 2000 New York United States Senate election

2000 Democratic primary election results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Hillary Clinton | 565,353 | 81.98 |
| | Democratic | Mark P. McMahon | 124,315 | 18.03 |
2000 United States Senate election in New York :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Hillary Rodham Clinton | 3,562,415 | |
| Working Families | Hillary Rodham Clinton | 102,094 | |
| Liberal | Hillary Rodham Clinton | 82,801 | |
| total | Hillary Rodham Clinton | 3,747,310 | 55.27 |
| Republican | Rick Lazio | 2,724,589 | |
| Conservative | Rick Lazio | 191,141 | |
| total | Rick Lazio | 2,915,730 | 43.01 |
| Independence | Jeffrey Graham | 43,181 | 0.64 |
| Green | Mark Dunau | 40,991 | 0.60 |
| Right to Life | John Adefope | 21,439 | 0.32 |
| Libertarian | John Clifton | 4,734 | 0.07 |
| Constitution | Louis Wein | 3,414 | 0.05 |
| Socialist Workers | Jacob Perasso | 3,040 | 0.04 |

## 2006 New York United States Senate election

2006 Working Families primary election results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Working Families | Hillary Rodham Clinton (Incumbent) | 9,364 | 93.64 |
| | Working Families | Jonathan B. Tasini | 636 | 6.36 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 10,000 | 100.00 |
2006 Democratic primary election results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Hillary Rodham Clinton (Incumbent) | 640,955 | 83.68 |
| | Democratic | Jonathan B. Tasini | 124,999 | 16.32 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 765,954 | 100.00 |
2006 United States Senate election in New York :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Hillary Rodham Clinton | 2,698,931 | |
| | Independence | Hillary Rodham Clinton | 160,705 | |
| | Working Families | Hillary Rodham Clinton | 148,792 | |
| | total | Hillary Rodham Clinton (Incumbent) | 3,008,428 | 67.0 |
| | Republican | John Spencer | 1,212,902 | |
| | Conservative | John Spencer | 179,287 | |
| | total | John Spencer | 1,392,189 | 31.0 |
| | Green | Howie Hawkins | 55,469 | 1.2 |
| | Libertarian | Jeff Russell | 20,996 | 0.5 |
| | Socialist Equality | Bill Van Auken | 6,004 | 0.1 |
| | Socialist Workers | Roger Calero | 6,967 | 0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,616,239 | 36.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,490,053 | 38.48% |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

## 2008 United States presidential election
### 2008 Democratic Party primary elections

Cumulative primary and caucus votes, excluding penalized contests:
* Barack Obama - 16,706,853 (49.03%)
* Hillary Rodham Clinton - 16,239,821 (47.66%)
* John Edwards* - 742,010 (2.17%)
* Bill Richardson* - 89,054 (0.26%)
* Uncommitted - 82,660 (0.24%)
* Dennis Kucinich* - 68,482 (0.2%)
* Joe Biden* - 64,041 (0.18%)
* Mike Gravel* - 27,662 (0.08%)
* Christopher Dodd* - 25,300 (0.07%)
* Others - 22,556 (0.06%)
Cumulative primary and caucus votes, including penalized contests:
* Hillary Rodham 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%)
(* denotes dropped out from race before end of caucuses and primaries)

### 2008 Democratic Party delegate count

2008 Democratic National Convention (2,118 delegates were needed to secure nomination) :
| Candidate | Pledged Delegates | Total delegates (including superdelegates) | Floor vote |
| Barack Obama | 1,765 | 2,156 | 3,188.5 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton | 1,637 | 1,922 | 1,010.5 |
| John Edwards | 4 | 6 | 0 |

## 2009 United States Secretary of State nomination

2009 United States Senate confirmation to be Secretary of State :
| January 21, 2009 | Party | Party | Party | All votes |
| | Democratic | Republican | Independent | All votes |
| Yea | 53 | 39 | 2 | 94 |
| Nay | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Simple majority (49 of 96 votes) required – Nomination confirmed |||||

## 2016 United States presidential election
### 2016 Democratic Party primary elections

Cumulative results of the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Hillary Clinton | 16,849,779 | 55.23 |
| Democratic | Bernie Sanders | 13,167,848 | 43.12 |
| Democratic | Martin O'Malley | 110,423 | 0.36 |
| Democratic | Other | 395,523 | 1.30 |

### 2016 Democratic Party delegate count

2016 Democratic National Convention (2,382 delegates needed to secure nomination) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Hillary Clinton | 2,842 | 59.7 |
| Democratic | Bernie Sanders | 1,865 | 39.1 |
| Democratic | Abstention | 56 | 1.2 |
| Candidate | Pledged delegates | Convention Floor vote |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton | 2,205 (54.43%) | 2,842 (59.67%) |
| Bernie Sanders | 1,846 (45.57%) | 1,865 (39.16%) |
| Martin O'Malley | 0 | 0 |
| Available | 0 | 56 (1.17%) |

### 2016 U.S. presidential election

Electoral results :
| Presidential candidate Vice presidential candidate | Presidential candidate Vice presidential candidate | Party | Popular votes | % | Electoral votes |
| | Donald Trump Mike Pence | Republican | 62,985,106 | 46.09% | 304 |
| | Hillary Clinton Tim Kaine | Democratic | 65,853,625 | 48.18% | 227 |
| | Gary Johnson Bill Weld | Libertarian | 4,489,233 | 3.28% | 0 |
| | Jill Stein Ajamu Baraka | Green | 1,457,222 | 1.07% | 0 |
| | Evan McMullin Mindy Finn | Independent | 731,788 | 0.54% | 0 |
| | Others | Others | 1,152,671 | 0.84% | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 136,669,237 | 100% | 538 |