The electoral history of Bernie Sanders includes the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries and caucuses, and elections as United States Senator from Vermont , United States Representative from Vermont's at-large district (1991–2007), and Mayor of Burlington (1981–1989). Sanders contested 23 elections (not counting individual presidential state primaries), of which he won 17. He has won every election he has contested since his first election to the House of Representatives in 1990, except his presidential runs.
United States Senate elections [ ]
1972 [ ]
1974 [ ]
2006 [ ]
2012 [ ]
2018 [ ]
Gubernatorial elections [ ]
1972 [ ]
1976 [ ]
1986 [ ]
Burlington mayoral elections [ ]
1981 [ ]
1983 [ ]
1985 [ ]
1987 [ ]
United States House of Representatives elections [ ]
1988 [ ]
1990 [ ]
1992 [ ]
1994 [ ]
1996 [ ]
1998 [ ]
2000 [ ]
2002 [ ]
2004 [ ]
United States presidential elections [ ]
2016 [ ]
State Results
States
Date
PD
Clinton
Sanders
Other
Totals
Caucus
TEV
TO%
MV
MV%
Iowa
02/01/16
44
700
697
8
1,405
154,000
1,405
3
0.21%
New Hampshire
02/09/16
25
95,355
152,193
5,514
253,062
641,848
39.43%
(56,838)
-22.46%
Nevada
02/20/16
35
6,440
5,785
8
12,233
70,000
596,720
2.05%
655
5.35%
S Carolina
02/27/16
53
272,379
94,498
4,027
370,904
3,663,583
10.12%
177,881
47.96%
Alabama
03/01/16
53
309,928
76,399
11,830
398,157
3,602,334
11.05%
233,529
58.65%
Am Samoa
03/01/16
6
162
61
14
237
237
101
42.62%
Arkansas
03/01/16
32
146,057
66,236
8,727
221,020
2,137,115
10.34%
79,821
36.11%
Colorado
03/01/16
66
49,789
72,846
873
123,508
123,508
934,818
13.21%
(23,057)
-18.67%
Georgia
03/01/16
102
545,674
215,797
3,895
765,366
6,900,387
11.09%
329,877
43.10%
Massachusetts
03/01/16
91
606,822
589,803
23,671
1,220,296
3,768,095
32.38%
17,019
1.39%
Minnesota
03/01/16
77
78,381
126,229
0
204,610
204,610
3,972,330
5.15%
(47,848)
-23.38%
Oklahoma
03/01/16
38
139,443
174,228
22,172
335,843
1,978,807
16.97%
(34,785)
-10.36%
Tennessee
03/01/16
67
245,930
120,800
5,492
372,222
4,874,592
7.64%
125,130
33.62%
Texas
03/01/16
222
936,004
476,547
23,344
1,435,895
17,299,279
8.30%
459,457
32.00%
Vermont
03/01/16
16
18,338
115,900
1,018
135,256
495,563
27.29%
(97,562)
-72.13%
Virginia
03/01/16
95
504,741
276,370
3,930
785,041
6,022,089
13.04%
228,371
29.09%
Kansas
03/05/16
33
12,593
26,637
0
39,230
450,265
8.71%
(14,044)
-35.80%
Louisiana
03/05/16
51
221,733
72,276
17,767
311,776
1,331,510
23.42%
149,457
47.94%
Nebraska
03/05/16
25
14,340
19,120
0
33,460
33,460
(4,780)
-14.29%
Maine
03/06/16
25
2,226
1,231
12
3,469
3,469
995
28.68%
Dems Abroad
03/08/16
13
10,689
23,779
27
34,495
N/A
(13,090)
-37.95%
Michigan
03/08/16
130
581,775
598,943
24,834
1,205,552
7,419,694
16.25%
(17,168)
-1.42%
Mississippi
03/08/16
36
187,334
37,748
2,082
227,164
2,181,159
10.41%
149,586
65.85%
N Marianas
03/12/16
6
102
65
22
189
189
37
19.58%
Florida
03/15/16
214
1,101,414
568,839
38,930
1,709,183
1,709,183
532,575
31.16%
Illinois
03/15/16
156
1,039,555
999,494
16,998
2,056,047
2,056,047
40,061
1.95%
Missouri
03/15/16
71
312,285
310,711
6,429
629,425
4,518,767
13.93%
1,574
0.25%
N Carolina
03/15/16
107
622,915
467,018
52,983
1,142,916
4,549,089
25.12%
155,897
13.64%
Ohio
03/15/16
143
696,681
535,395
9,402
1,241,478
1,241,478
161,286
12.99%
Arizona
03/22/16
75
262,459
192,962
10,814
466,235
952,527
48.95%
69,497
14.91%
Idaho
03/22/16
23
5,065
18,640
179
23,884
23,884
(13,575)
-56.84%
Utah
03/22/16
33
16,166
62,992
368
79,526
79,526
(46,826)
-58.88%
Alaska
03/26/16
16
2,146
8,447
17
10,610
10,610
(6,301)
-59.39%
Hawaii
03/26/16
25
10,125
25,530
61
35,716
35,716
(15,405)
-43.13%
Washington
03/26/16
101
7,140
19,159
46
26,345
26,345
(12,019)
-45.62%
Wisconsin
04/05/16
89
433,739
570,192
3,669
1,007,600
4,282,271
23.53%
(136,453)
-13.54%
Wyoming
04/09/16
17
124
156
0
280
280
(32)
-11.43%
New York
04/19/16
247
1,133,980
820,056
16,864
1,970,900
5,792,497
34.03%
313,924
15.93%
Connecticut
04/26/16
55
170,045
152,379
5,831
328,255
762,085
43.07%
17,666
5.38%
Delaware
04/26/16
21
55,954
36,662
1,024
93,640
312,260
29.99%
19,292
20.60%
Maryland
04/26/16
95
573,242
309,990
33,531
916,763
2,102,808
43.60%
263,252
28.72%
Pennsylvania
04/26/16
189
935,107
731,881
14,439
1,681,427
4,062,187
41.39%
203,226
12.09%
Rhode Island
04/26/16
24
52,749
66,993
2,716
122,458
681,187
17.98%
(14,244)
-11.63%
Indiana
05/03/16
83
303,705
335,074
0
638,779
4,855,984
13.15%
(31,369)
-4.91%
Guam
05/07/16
7
777
528
0
1,305
1,305
249
19.08%
West Virginia
05/10/16
29
86,914
124,700
30,925
242,539
833,929
29.08%
(37,786)
-15.58%
Kentucky
05/17/16
55
212,534
210,623
31,411
454,568
1,680,155
27.06%
1,911
0.42%
Oregon
05/17/16
61
269,846
360,829
10,920
641,595
955,979
67.11%
(90,983)
-14.18%
Virgin Is
06/04/16
7
1,326
196
0
1,522
1,522
1,130
74.24%
Puerto Rico
06/05/16
60
52,658
33,368
300
86,326
2,225,000
3.88%
19,290
22.35%
California
06/07/16
475
2,745,302
2,381,722
46,314
5,173,338
12,206,778
42.38%
363,580
7.03%
Montana
06/07/16
21
55,805
65,156
5,415
126,376
798,787
15.82%
(9,351)
-7.40%
New Jersey
06/07/16
126
566,247
328,058
0
894,305
1,793,927
49.85%
238,189
26.63%
New Mexico
06/07/16
34
111,334
104,741
0
216,075
578,967
37.32%
6,593
3.05%
N Dakota
06/07/16
18
101
253
40
394
394
(152)
-38.58%
S Dakota
06/07/16
20
27,047
25,959
0
53,006
168,196
31.51%
1,088
2.05%
Dist Columbia
06/14/16
20
76,704
20,361
1,333
98,398
461,575
21.32%
56,343
57.26%
4,058
16,928,126
13,233,252
500,226
30,661,604
552,118
128,070,193
23.94%
3,694,874
12.05%
States/Territories won by Secretary Clinton (34) : Alabama, Arkansas, American Samoa, Arizona, California, Connecticut , District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Iowa , Illinois , Kentucky , Louisiana, Massachusetts , Maryland, Missouri , Northern Marianas Islands, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, New Mexico , Nevada, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, South Dakota , Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands
States/Territories won by Senator Sanders (23): Alaska, Colorado, Democrats Abroad, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana , Kansas, Maine, Michigan , Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, West Virginia, and Wyoming
States with Margins of less than 5% (10): Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Missouri, Michigan, New Mexico, and South Dakota.
2020 [ ]
First-instance vote by state and territory
Joe Biden
Bernie Sanders
Michael Bloomberg
References [ ]
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^ VT US Senate 1974
^ "VT US Senate - D Primary" . Our Campaigns. September 12, 2006. Retrieved August 7, 2016 .
^ "Vermont State archives, Race – 2006, ret. Apr. 26, 2009" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on June 16, 2011. Retrieved April 27, 2009 .
^ "2012 U.S. Senate Democratic Primary" . Vermont Secretary of State. Retrieved February 7, 2019 .
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^ "2018 U.S. Senate Progressive Primary" . Vermont Secretary of State. Retrieved February 7, 2019 .
^ "Vermont State archives, Race – 1972, ret. Apr. 26, 2009" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on March 25, 2009. Retrieved April 27, 2009 .
^ "Vermont State archives, Race – 1976, ret. Apr. 26, 2009" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on March 25, 2009. Retrieved April 27, 2009 .
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^ Burlington, VT Mayor 1981
^ Burlington, VT Mayor 1983
^ Burlington, VT Mayor 1985
^ Burlington, VT Mayor 1981
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