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 but lost the election to her Republican opponent, Donald Trump.[1]

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

2000 Democratic primary election results[4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticHillary Clinton 565,353 81.98
DemocraticMark P. McMahon124,31518.03
2000 United States Senate election in New York[5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticHillary Rodham Clinton 3,562,415
Working FamiliesHillary Rodham Clinton102,094
LiberalHillary Rodham Clinton82,801
totalHillary Rodham Clinton3,747,31055.27
RepublicanRick Lazio2,724,589
ConservativeRick Lazio191,141
totalRick Lazio2,915,73043.01
IndependenceJeffrey Graham43,1810.64
GreenMark Dunau40,9910.60
Right to LifeJohn Adefope21,4390.32
LibertarianJohn Clifton4,7340.07
ConstitutionLouis Wein3,4140.05
Socialist WorkersJacob Perasso3,0400.04

2006 New York United States Senate election

Clinton
2006 Working Families primary election results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Working FamiliesHillary Rodham Clinton (Incumbent) 9,364 93.64
Working FamiliesJonathan B. Tasini6366.36
Total votes10,000 100.00
2006 Democratic primary election results
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticHillary Rodham Clinton (Incumbent) 640,955 83.68
DemocraticJonathan B. Tasini124,99916.32
Total votes765,954 100.00
2006 United States Senate election in New York[6][7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticHillary Rodham Clinton 2,698,931
IndependenceHillary Rodham Clinton160,705
Working FamiliesHillary Rodham Clinton148,792
totalHillary Rodham Clinton (Incumbent)3,008,42867.0
RepublicanJohn Spencer1,212,902
ConservativeJohn Spencer179,287
totalJohn Spencer1,392,18931.0
GreenHowie Hawkins55,4691.2
LibertarianJeff Russell20,9960.5
Socialist EqualityBill Van Auken6,0040.1
Socialist WorkersRoger Calero6,9670.2
Majority1,616,23936.0
Turnout4,490,05338.48%
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]
CandidatePledged DelegatesTotal delegates
(including superdelegates)
Floor vote
Barack Obama1,7652,1563,188.5
Hillary Rodham Clinton1,6371,9221,010.5
John Edwards460

2009 United States Secretary of State nomination

2009 United States Senate confirmation to be Secretary of State
January 21, 2009
[9]
PartyAll votes
DemocraticRepublicanIndependent
Yea5339294
Nay0202
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[10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticHillary Clinton 16,849,779 55.23
DemocraticBernie Sanders13,167,84843.12
DemocraticMartin O'Malley110,4230.36
DemocraticOther395,5231.30

2016 Democratic Party delegate count

2016 Democratic National Convention
(2,382 delegates needed to secure nomination)[11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticHillary Clinton 2,842 59.7
DemocraticBernie Sanders1,86539.1
DemocraticAbstention561.2
CandidatePledged delegatesConvention Floor vote
Hillary Rodham Clinton2,205 (54.43%)2,842 (59.67%)
Bernie Sanders1,846 (45.57%)1,865 (39.16%)
Martin O'Malley00
Available056 (1.17%)

2016 U.S. presidential election

Electoral results
Presidential candidate
Vice presidential candidate
PartyPopular
votes
%Electoral
votes
Donald Trump
Mike Pence
Republican62,985,10646.09%304
Hillary Clinton
Tim Kaine
Democratic65,853,62548.18%227
Gary Johnson
Bill Weld
Libertarian4,489,2333.28%0
Jill Stein
Ajamu Baraka
Green1,457,2221.07%0
Evan McMullin
Mindy Finn
Independent731,7880.54%0
Others1,152,6710.84%0
Total136,669,237100%538

See also

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