Electoral history of Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders has run for public office several times, beginning in 1972. He is an independent politician, however he caucuses with the Democratic Party, one of two major parties in the United States, and often runs in their primaries.[1][2] He has served as a member of the United States Senate from Vermont since 2007.[3] He has previously served as the United States Representative from Vermont's At-large congressional district (1991–2007), and Mayor of Burlington, Vermont (1981–1989).

United States Senate elections (1972-1974, 2006-2024)

1972

1972 United States Senate special election in Vermont[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert Stafford 45,888 64.4%
Democratic Randolph T. Major, Jr. 23,842 33.4%
Liberty Union Bernie Sanders 1,571 2.2%
Total votes 71,301 100.0%

1974

1974 United States Senate election in Vermont[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Patrick Leahy 70,629 49.5%
Republican Richard W. Mallary 66,223 46.4%
Liberty Union Bernie Sanders 5,901 4.1%
Write-in 19 0.0%
Total votes 142,772 100.0%

2006

2006 United States Senate Democratic primary election in Vermont[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bernie Sanders 35,954 94.2%
Democratic Louis Thabault 585 1.5%
Democratic Craig Hill 504 1.3%
Democratic Larry Drown 403 1.1%
Democratic Peter Moss 385 1.0%
Democratic Write-ins 355 0.9%
Total votes 38,186 100.0%
2006 United States Senate election in Vermont[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Bernie Sanders 171,638 65.4%
Republican Richard Tarrant 84,924 32.3%
Marijuana Cris Ericson 1,735 0.6%
Green Craig Hill 1,536 0.5%
Independent Peter Moss 1,518 0.5%
Liberty Union Peter Diamondstone 801 0.3%
Write-in 267 0.1%
Total votes 262,419 100.0%

2012

2012 United States Senate Democratic primary election in Vermont[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bernie Sanders (incumbent) 36,902 98.7%
Democratic Write-ins 498 1.3%
Total votes 37,400 100.0%
2012 United States Senate election in Vermont[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Bernie Sanders (incumbent) 207,848 71.1%
Republican John MacGovern 72,898 24.9%
Marijuana Cris Ericson 5,924 2.0%
Liberty Union Peter Diamondstone 2,511 0.9%
Independent Peter Moss 2,452 0.8%
Independent Laurel LaFramboise 877 0.3%
Write-in 252 0.1%
Total votes 292,762 100.0%

2018

2018 United States Senate Democratic primary election in Vermont[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bernie Sanders (incumbent) 63,683 94.0%
Democratic Folasade Adeluola 3,766 5.6%
Democratic Write-ins 281 0.4%
Total votes 67,730 100.0%
2018 United States Senate Progressive primary election in Vermont[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Bernie Sanders (write-in) 434 85.3%
Progressive Write-ins (other) 75 14.7%
Total votes 509 100.0%
2018 United States Senate election in Vermont
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Bernie Sanders (incumbent) 183,529 67.3%
Republican Lawrence Zupan 74,663 27.4%
Independent Brad J. Peacock 3,787 1.4%
Independent Russell Beste 2,763 1.0%
Independent Edward S. Gilbert, Jr. 2,244 0.8%
Independent Folasade Adeluola 1,979 0.7%
Liberty Union Reid Kane 1,171 0.4%
Independent Jon Svitavsky 1,130 0.4%
Independent Bruce Busa 914 0.3%
Write-in 294 0.1%
Total votes 272,330 100.0%

2024

2024 United States Senate election in Vermont[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Bernie Sanders (incumbent) 229,429 63.16% −4.28
Republican Gerald Malloy 116,512 32.07% +4.60
Independent Steve Berry 7,941 2.19% N/A
Libertarian Matt Hill 4,530 1.25% N/A
Green Mountain Peace and Justice Justin Schoville 3,339 0.92% +0.49
E.P.I.C. Mark Stewart Greenstein 1,104 0.30% N/A
Write-in 398 0.11% +0.00
Total votes 363,253 100.0% N/A
Independent hold

Gubernatorial elections (1972, 1976, 1986)

1972

1972 Vermont gubernatorial election[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas P. Salmon 104,533 55.3%
Republican Luther F. Hackett 82,491 43.6%
Liberty Union Bernie Sanders 2,175 1.1%
Write-in 38 0.0%
Total votes 189,237 100.0%

1976

1976 Vermont gubernatorial election[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Richard A. Snelling 99,268 53.4%
Democratic Stella B. Hackel 75,262 40.4%
Liberty Union Bernie Sanders 11,317 6.1%
Write-in 82 0.0%
Total votes 185,929 100.0%

1986

1986 Vermont gubernatorial election[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Madeleine M. Kunin (Incumbent) 92,485 47.0%
Republican Peter Smith 75,239 38.2%
Independent Bernie Sanders 28,418 14.4%
Liberty Union Richard Gottlieb 491 0.2%
Write-in 83 0.0%
Total votes 196,716 100.0%

Burlington mayoral elections (1981-1987)

1981

1981 Burlington mayoral election[16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Bernie Sanders 4,030 43.4%
Democratic Gordon Paquette (Incumbent) 4,020 43.3%
Independent Richard Bove 1,091 11.8%
Independent Joe McGrath 139 1.5%
Total votes 9,280 100.0%

1983

1983 Burlington mayoral election[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Bernie Sanders (Incumbent) 6,942 52.1%
Democratic Judy Stephany 4,086 30.7%
Republican James Gilson 2,292 17.2%
Total votes 13,320 100.0%

1985

1985 Burlington mayoral election[18]
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Bernie Sanders (Incumbent) 5,760 56.1%
Democratic Brian D. Burns 3,275 31.9%
Independent Diane Gallagher 1,234 12.0%
Total votes 10,269 100.0%

1987

1987 Burlington mayoral election[19]
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Bernie Sanders (Incumbent) 6,759 55.9%
Democratic Paul Lafayette 5,335 44.1%
Total votes 12,094 100.0%

United States House of Representatives elections (1988-2004)

1988

1988 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Peter Smith 98,937 41.2%
Independent Bernie Sanders 90,026 37.5%
Democratic Paul N. Poirier 45,330 18.9%
Libertarian Jim Hedbor 3,109 1.3%
Liberty Union Peter Diamondstone 1,455 0.6%
Independent Morris Earle 1,070 0.4%
Write-in 161 0.1%
Total votes 240,089 100.0%

1990

1990 United States House of Representatives Democratic primary election in Vermont[21]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dolores Sandoval 5,979 41.3%
Democratic Peter Diamondstone 5,711 39.4%
Democratic Bernie Sanders (write-in) 2,005 13.8%
Democratic Write-ins (other) 791 5.5%
Total votes 14,486 100.0%
1990 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont[22]
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Bernie Sanders 117,522 56.0%
Republican Peter Smith (Incumbent) 82,938 39.5%
Democratic Dolores Sandoval 6,315 3.0%
Liberty Union Peter Diamondstone 1,965 0.9%
Write-in 1,116 0.5%
Total votes 209,856 100.0%

1992

1992 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont[23]
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Bernie Sanders (incumbent) 162,724 57.8%
Republican Tim Philbin 86,901 30.9%
Democratic Lewis E. Young 22,279 7.9%
Liberty Union Peter Diamondstone 3,660 1.3%
Natural Law John Dewey 3,549 1.3%
Independent Douglas M. Miller 2,049 0.7%
Write-in 464 0.2%
Total votes 281,626 100.0%

1994

1994 United States House of Representatives Democratic primary election in Vermont[24]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bernie Sanders (write-in) 1,968 42.5%
Democratic John Carroll (write-in) 1,458 31.5%
Democratic Write-ins (other) 1,210 26.1%
Total votes 4,636 100.0%
1994 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont[25]
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Bernie Sanders (incumbent) 105,502 49.9%
Republican John Carroll 98,523 46.6%
Natural Law Carole Banus 2,963 1.4%
Grassroots Jack Rogers 2,664 1.3%
Liberty Union Annette Larson 1,493 0.7%
Write-in 304 0.1%
Total votes 211,449 100.0%

1996

1996 United States House of Representatives Democratic primary election in Vermont[26]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jack Long 9,291 68.0%
Democratic Bernie Sanders (write-in) 4,037 29.5%
Democratic Susan Sweetser (write-in) 203 1.5%
Democratic Write-ins (other) 143 1.1%
Total votes 13,674 100.0%
1996 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont[27]
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Bernie Sanders (incumbent) 140,678 55.2%
Republican Susan Sweetser 83,021 32.5%
Democratic Jack Long 23,830 9.3%
Libertarian Thomas J. Morse 2,693 1.0%
Liberty Union Peter Diamondstone 1,965 0.7%
Grassroots Robert Melamede 1,350 0.5%
Natural Law Norio Kushi 812 0.3%
Write-in 357 0.1%
Total votes 254,706 100.0%

1998

1998 United States House of Representatives Democratic primary election in Vermont[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bernie Sanders (write-in) 1,661 47.9%
Democratic Mark Candon (write-in) 524 15.1%
Democratic Jack Long (write-in) 465 13.4%
Democratic Peter Diamondstone (write-in) 352 10.2%
Democratic Write-ins (other) 467 13.5%
Total votes 3,469 100.0%
1998 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont[29]
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Bernie Sanders (incumbent) 136,403 63.4%
Republican Mark Candon 70,740 32.9%
Grassroots Matthew Mulligan 3,464 1.6%
Liberty Union Peter Diamondstone 2,153 1.0%
Libertarian Robert Maynard 2,097 1.0%
Write-in 276 0.1%
Total votes 215,133 100.0%

2000

2000 United States House of Representatives Democratic primary election in Vermont[30]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Peter Diamondstone 20,539 90.9%
Democratic Bernie Sanders (write-in) 1,337 5.9%
Democratic Write-ins (other) 710 3.1%
Total votes 22,586 100.0%
2000 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Bernie Sanders (incumbent) 196,118 69.2%
Republican Karen Ann Kerin 51,977 18.3%
Democratic Peter Diamondstone 14,918 5.3%
Independent Stewart Skrill 11,816 4.2%
Grassroots Jack Rogers 4,799 1.7%
Libertarian Daniel H. Krymkowski 2,978 1.0%
Write-in 760 0.3%
Total votes 283,366 100.0%

2002

2002 United States House of Representatives Democratic primary election in Vermont[32]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bernie Sanders (write-in) 2,583 65.2%
Democratic Write-ins (other) 1,382 34.9%
Total votes 3,965 100.0%
2002 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont[33]
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Bernie Sanders (incumbent) 144,880 64.2%
Republican William Meub 72,813 32.2%
Liberty Union Jane Newton 3,185 1.4%
Grassroots Fawn Skinner 2,344 1.0%
Libertarian Daniel H. Krymkowski 2,033 0.9%
Write-in 221 0.1%
Total votes 225,476 100.0%

2004

2004 United States House of Representatives Democratic primary election in Vermont[34]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Larry Drown 14,870 86.1%
Democratic Bernie Sanders (write-in) 1,878 10.9%
Democratic Write-ins (other) 515 3.0%
Total votes 17,263 100.0%
2004 United States House of Representatives Progressive primary election in Vermont[35]
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Bernie Sanders (write-in) 315 47.2%
Progressive Jane Newton 238 35.7%
Progressive Write-ins (other) 114 17.1%
Total votes 667 100.0%
2004 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont[36]
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Bernie Sanders (incumbent) 205,774 76.2%
Republican Greg Parke 42,271 15.7%
Democratic Larry Drown 21,684 8.0%
Liberty Union Jane Newton 3,018 1.0%
Write-in 261 0.1%
Total votes 305,008 100.0%

United States presidential elections (2016-2020)

2016 Democratic primary

2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries[37]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Hillary Clinton 16,849,779 55.2%
Democratic Bernie Sanders 13,167,848 43.1%
Democratic Martin O'Malley 110,423 0.4%
Democratic Others 395,523 1.3%
Total votes 30,523,573 100.0%
2016 Democratic National Convention[38]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Hillary Clinton 2,842 59.7%
Democratic Bernie Sanders 1,865 39.1%
Democratic Abstention 56 1.2%
Total votes 4,763 100.0%
2016 United States presidential election in Vermont[39][40]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Hillary Clinton 178,573 55.72%
Republican Donald Trump 95,369 29.26%
Independent Bernie Sanders (write-in) 18,218 5.68%
Libertarian Gary Johnson 10,078 3.14%
Green Jill Stein 6,758 2.11%
Reform Rocky De La Fuente 1,063 0.33%
Republican John Kasich (write-in) 831 0.26%
Independent Evan McMullin (write-in) 641 0.20%
Liberty Union Gloria La Riva 327 0.10%
Constitution Darrell Castle (write-in) 63 0.02%
Socialist Mimi Soltysik (write-in) 3 <0.01%
Write-in Write-ins (other) 3,143 1.00%
n/a No Name/None of the Above 257 0.09%
n/a Spoiled/blank 5,400 1.69%
Total votes 320,467 100.00%

2020 Democratic primary

2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries[41]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joe Biden 19,076,052 51.5%
Democratic Bernie Sanders 9,536,123 26.6%
Democratic Elizabeth Warren 2,781,720 7.8%
Democratic Michael Bloomberg 2,475,323 6.9%
Democratic Pete Buttigieg 913,023 2.6%
Democratic Amy Klobuchar 524,559 1.5%
Democratic Tulsi Gabbard 270,792 0.8%
Democratic Tom Steyer 258,907 0.7%
Democratic Andrew Yang 160,416 0.4%
Democratic Others 458,477 1.3%
Total votes 35,827,432 100.00%
2020 Democratic National Convention[43]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joe Biden 3,558 74.9%
Democratic Bernie Sanders 1,151 24.2%
Democratic Available 35 0.7%
Democratic Abstention 5 0.1%
Total votes 4,749 100.00%

Lebanon presidential election (2025)

On January 9, 2025, Sanders received a single protest vote from an MP in the Lebanese presidential election.[44] Sanders is ineligible to serve as the President of Lebanon since he is neither a Lebanese citizen nor a Maronite Christian as required by the Lebanese Constitution. The vote was excluded from the official final tally.[45]

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