Electoral history of Hillary Clinton
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; she won the national popular vote in that election by nearly 3 million votes, but her Republican opponent, Donald Trump, won the Electoral College and thus the presidency.[1]
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First Lady of the United States
U.S. Senator from New York
U.S. Secretary of State
Presidential campaigns Organizations
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1978 and 1980 Legal Services Corporation nominations
United States Senate confirmations to the Legal Services Corporation:[2][3]
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Hillary Clinton | 565,353 | 81.98 | |
Democratic | Mark P. McMahon | 124,315 | 18.03 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Working Families | Hillary Rodham Clinton (Incumbent) | 9,364 | 93.64 | |
Working Families | Jonathan B. Tasini | 636 | 6.36 | |
Total votes | 10,000 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Hillary Rodham Clinton (Incumbent) | 640,955 | 83.68 | |
Democratic | Jonathan B. Tasini | 124,999 | 16.32 | |
Total votes | 765,954 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | 1,616,239 | 36.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,490,053 | 38.48% | ||
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)[8] | |||
Candidate | Pledged Delegates | Total delegates (including superdelegates) | Floor vote |
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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 | ||||
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January 21, 2009 [9] |
Party | All votes | ||
Democratic | Republican | Independent | ||
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
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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
Presidential candidate Vice presidential candidate |
Party | Popular votes |
% | Electoral votes | |
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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 | 1,152,671 | 0.84% | 0 | ||
Total | 136,669,237 | 100% | 538 |
See also
References
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- "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 2000" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. June 21, 2001.
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- New York State Board of Elections General Election Results, Certified December 14, 2006
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- "Roll Call Vote 111th Congress, 1st Session: On the Nomination of Hillary Rodham Clinton, of New York, to be Secretary of State". Vote number 6. Washington, D.C.: Secretary of the Senate. January 21, 2009. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
- "Democratic Convention 2016". The Green Papers. February 1, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
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