Electoral history of Jimmy Carter explained

Electoral history of Jimmy Carter, who served as the 39th president of the United States (1977 - 1981) and the 76th governor of Georgia (1971 - 1975).

Georgia 14th State Senate District Democratic Primary, 1962

• Jimmy Carter - 3,013
• Homer Moore - 2,182

Georgia Democratic gubernatorial primary, 1966^[1]

• Ellis Arnall - 231,480 (29.38%)
• Lester Maddox - 185,672 (23.56%)
• Jimmy Carter - 164,562 (20.89%)
• James H. Gray - 152,973 (19.41%)
• Garland T. Byrd - 39,994 (5.08%)
• Hoke O'Kelley - 13,271 (1.68%)

Georgia Democratic gubernatorial primary, 1970^[2]

• Jimmy Carter - 388,280 (48.62%)
• Carl E. Sanders - 301,659 (37.77%)
• Chevene King - 70,424 (8.82%)
• J. B. Stoner - 17,663 (2.21%)
• McKee Hargett - 9,440 (1.18%)
• Thomas J. Irvin - 4,184 (0.52%)
• Adam B. Matthews - 3,332 (0.42%)

Georgia Democratic gubernatorial primary runoff, 1970^[3]

• Jimmy Carter - 506,462 (59.42%)
• Carl E. Sanders - 345,906 (40.58%)

1970 Georgia gubernatorial election^[4]

• Jimmy Carter (D) - 620,419 (59.28%)
• Hal Suit (R) - 424,983 (40.60%)
• Write-ins - 1,261 (0.12%)

1972 Democratic National Convention (Vice Presidential tally)^[5]

• Thomas Eagleton - 1,742 (59.07%)
• Frances Farenthold - 405 (13.73%)
• Mike Gravel - 226 (7.66%)
• Endicott Peabody - 108 (3.66%)
• Clay Smothers - 74 (2.51%)
• Birch Bayh - 62 (2.10%)
• Peter Rodino - 57 (1.93%)
• Jimmy Carter - 30 (1.02%)
• Shirley Chisholm - 20 (0.68%)
• Moon Landrieu - 19 (0.64%)
• Edward T. Breathitt - 18 (0.61%)
• Ted Kennedy - 15 (0.51%)
• Fred R. Harris - 14 (0.48%)
• Richard G. Hatcher - 11 (0.37%)
• Harold E. Hughes - 10 (0.34%)
• Joseph M. Montoya - 9 (0.31%)
• William L. Guy - 8 (0.27%)
• Adlai Stevenson III - 8 (0.27%)
• Robert Bergland - 5 (0.17%)
• Hodding Carter - 5 (0.17%)
• Cesar Chavez - 5 (0.17%)
• Wilbur Mills - 5 (0.17%)
• Wendell Anderson - 4 (0.14%)
• Stanley Arnold - 4 (0.14%)
• Ron Dellums - 4 (0.14%)
• John J. Houlihan - 4 (0.14%)
• Roberto A. Mondragon - 4 (0.14%)
• Reubin O'Donovan Askew - 3 (0.10%)
• Herman Badillo - 3 (0.10%)
• Eugene McCarthy - 3 (0.10%)
• Claiborne Pell - 3 (0.10%)
• Terry Sanford - 3 (0.10%)
• Ramsey Clark - 2 (0.07%)
• Richard J. Daley - 2 (0.07%)
• John DeCarlo - 2 (0.07%)
• Ernest Gruening - 2 (0.07%)
• Roger Mudd - 2 (0.07%)
• Edmund Muskie - 2 (0.07%)
• Claude Pepper - 2 (0.07%)
• Abraham Ribicoff - 2 (0.07%)
• Pat Taylor - 2 (0.07%)
• Leonard F. Woodcock - 2 (0.07%)
• Bruno Agnoli - 2 (0.07%)
• Ernest Albright - 1 (0.03%)
• William A. Barrett - 1 (0.03%)
• Daniel Berrigan - 1 (0.03%)
• Phillip Berrigan - 1 (0.03%)
• Julian Bond - 1 (0.03%)
• Hargrove Bowles - 1 (0.03%)
• Archibald Burton - 1 (0.03%)
• Phillip Burton - 1 (0.03%)
• William Chappell - 1 (0.03%)
• Lawton Chiles - 1 (0.03%)
• Frank Church - 1 (0.03%)
• Robert Drinan - 1 (0.03%)
• Nick Galifianakis - 1 (0.03%)
• John Goodrich - 1 (0.03%)
• Michael Griffin - 1 (0.03%)
• Martha Griffiths - 1 (0.03%)
• Charles Hamilton - 1 (0.03%)
• Patricia Harris - 1 (0.03%)
• Jim Hunt - 1 (0.03%)
• Daniel Inouye - 1 (0.03%)
• Henry M. Jackson - 1 (0.03%)
• Robery Kariss - 1 (0.03%)
• Allard K. Lowenstein - 1 (0.03%)
• Mao Zedong - 1 (0.03%)
• Eleanor McGovern - 1 (0.03%)
• Martha Mitchell - 1 (0.03%)
• Ralph Nader - 1 (0.03%)
• George Norcross - 1 (0.03%)
• Jerry Rubin - 1 (0.03%)
• Fred Seaman - 1 (0.03%)
• Joe Smith - 1 (0.03%)
• Benjamin Spock - 1 (0.03%)
• Patrick Tavolacci - 1 (0.03%)
• George Wallace - 1 (0.03%)

1976 Democratic presidential primaries^[6]

• Jimmy Carter - 6,235,609 (39.27%)
• Jerry Brown - 2,449,374 (15.43%)
• George Wallace - 1,955,388 (12.31%)
• Mo Udall - 1,611,754 (10.15%)
• Henry M. Jackson - 1,134,375 (7.14%)
• Frank Church - 830,818 (5.23%)
• Robert Byrd - 340,309 (2.14%)
• Sargent Shriver - 304,399 (1.92%)
• Unpledged - 283,437 (1.79%)
• Ellen McCormack - 238,027 (1.50%)
• Fred R. Harris - 234,568 (1.48%)
• Milton Shapp - 88,254 (0.56%)
• Birch Bayh - 86,438 (0.54%)
• Hubert Humphrey - 61,992 (0.39%)
• Ted Kennedy - 19,805 (0.13%)
• Lloyd Bentsen - 4,046 (0.03%)
• Terry Sanford - 404 (0.00%)

1976 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally)^[7]

• Jimmy Carter - 2,239 (74.48%)
• Mo Udall - 330 (10.98%)
• Jerry Brown - 301 (10.01%)
• George Wallace - 57 (1.90%)
• Ellen McCormack - 22 (0.73%)
• Frank Church - 19 (0.63%)
• Hubert Humphrey - 10 (0.33%)
• Henry M. Jackson - 10 (0.33%)
• Fred R. Harris - 9 (0.30%)
• Milton Shapp - 2 (0.07%)
• Robert Byrd, Cesar Chavez, Leon Jaworski, Barbara Jordan, Ted Kennedy, Jennings Randolph, Fred Stover - each 1 vote (0.03%)

1976 United States presidential election

• Jimmy Carter/Walter Mondale (D) - 40,831,881 (50.1%) and 297 electoral votes (23 states and D.C. carried)
• Gerald Ford/Bob Dole (R) - 39,148,634 (48.0%) and 240 electoral votes (27 states carried)
• Ronald Reagan/Bob Dole (R) - 1 electoral vote (faithless elector)
• Eugene McCarthy (Independent) - 740,460 (0.9%)
• Roger MacBride/David Bergland (Libertarian) - 172,553 (0.2%)
• Lester Maddox/William Dyke (American Independent) - 170,274 (0.2%)
• Thomas J. Anderson/Rufus Shackelford (American) - 158,271 (0.2%)
• Peter Camejo/Willie Mae Reid (Socialist Workers) - 90,986 (0.1%)

1980 Democratic presidential primaries^[8]

• Jimmy Carter (inc.) - 10,043,016 (51.13%)
• Ted Kennedy - 7,381,693 (37.58%)
• Unpledged - 1,288,423 (6.56%)
• Jerry Brown - 575,296 (2.93%)
• Lyndon LaRouche - 177,784 (0.91%)
• Cliff Finch - 48,032 (0.25%)

1980 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally)^[9]

• Jimmy Carter (inc.) - 2,123 (64.04%)
• Ted Kennedy - 1,151 (34.72%)
• William Proxmire - 10 (0.30%)
• Koryne Kaneski Horbal - 5 (0.15%)
• Scott M. Matheson, Sr. - 5 (0.15%)
• Ron Dellums - 3 (0.09%)
• Robert Byrd - 2 (0.06%)
• John Culver - 2 (0.06%)
• Kent Hance - 2 (0.06%)
• Jennings Randolph - 2 (0.06%)
• Warren Spannaus - 2 (0.06%)
• Alice Tripp - 2 (0.06%)
• Jerry Brown - 1 (0.03%)
• Dale Bumpers - 1 (0.03%)
• Hugh L. Carey - 1 (0.03%)
• Walter Mondale - 1 (0.03%)
• Edmund Muskie - 1 (0.03%)
• Thomas J. Steed - 1 (0.03%)

New York Liberal Party presidential convention, 1980^[10]

• John B. Anderson - 85,590 (87.67%)
• Jimmy Carter - 9,896 (10.14%)
• Abstaining - 2,142 (2.19%)

1980 United States presidential election

• Ronald Reagan/George H. W. Bush (R) - 43,903,230 (50.7%) and 489 electoral votes (44 states carried)
• Jimmy Carter/Walter Mondale (D) (inc.) - 35,480,115 (41.0%) and 49 electoral votes (6 states and D.C. carried)
• John B. Anderson/Patrick Joseph Lucey (Independent) - 5,719,850 (6.6%)
• Ed Clark/David H. Koch (Libertarian) - 921,128 (1.1%)
• Barry Commoner/LaDonna Harris (Citizens) - 233,052 (0.3%)
• Others - 252,303 (0.3%)

See also

• Electoral history of Richard Nixon
• Electoral history of Ronald Reagan
• Electoral history of George H. W. Bush
• Electoral history of Bill Clinton
• Electoral history of Al Gore
• Electoral history of George W. Bush

Notes and References

1. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=382413 Our Campaigns - GA Governor - D Primary Race - Sep 14, 1966
2. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=382409 Our Campaigns - GA Governor - D Primary Race - Sep 09, 1970
3. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=376041 Our Campaigns - GA Governor - D Runoff Race - Sep 23, 1970
4. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=40401 Our Campaigns - GA Governor Race - Nov 03, 1970
5. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=59902 Our Campaigns - US Vice President - D Convention Race - Jul 10, 1972
6. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=55206 Our Campaigns - US President - D Primaries Race - Feb 01, 1976
7. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=58483 Our Campaigns - US President - D Convention Race - Jul 12, 1976
8. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=51811 Our Campaigns - US President - D Primaries Race - Feb 26, 1980
9. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=58484 Our Campaigns - US President - D Convention Race - Aug 11, 1980
10. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=154595 Our Campaigns - NY US President - L Convention Race - Sep 13, 1980