Electoral history of Mike Gravel, Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives (1965–1966), United States Senator from Alaska (1969–1981), candidate for the 1972 Democratic Party Vice Presidential nomination and 2008 Democratic and later Libertarian Presidential nomination
Alaska House of Representatives, 8th District, 1962 (Democratic primary): Mike Gravel – finished among top 14 of 33 Democrats
Alaska House of Representatives, 8th District, 1962 (general election): Mike Gravel – 8,174 (8th overall in contest for 14 seats)
Alaska's at-large congressional district, 1966 (Democratic primary):Our Campaigns – AK At-Large – D Primary Race – Aug 23, 1966 Ralph Julian Rivers (inc.) – 17,042 (52.52%) Mike Gravel – 15,404 (47.48%)
Democratic primary for the United States Senate from Alaska, 1968:Our Campaigns – AK US Senate – D Primary Race – Aug 27, 1968 Mike Gravel – 17,971 (52.88%) Ernest Gruening (inc.) – 16,015 (47.12%)
Alaska United States Senate election, 1968:Our Campaigns – AK US Senate Race – Nov 5, 1968 Mike Gravel (D) – 36,527 (45.13%) Elmer E. Rasmuson (R) – 30,286 (37.42%) Ernest Gruening (I) (inc.) (write-in) – 14,118 (17.44%)
1972 Democratic National Convention (Vice Presidential tally):Our Campaigns – US Vice President – D Convention Race – Jul 10, 1972 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 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%)
Democratic primary for the United States Senate from Alaska, 1974:Our Campaigns – AK US Senate – D Primary Race – Aug 27, 1974 Mike Gravel (inc.) – 22,834 (54.31%) Gene Guess – 15,090 (35.89%) Dick Greuel – 3,367 (8.01%) Donald W. Hobbs – 756 (1.80%)
Alaska United States Senate election, 1974:Our Campaigns – AK US Senate Race – Nov 5, 1974 Mike Gravel (D) (inc.) – 54,361 (58.28%) Clyde R. Lewis (R) – 38,914 (41.72%)
Democratic primary for the United States Senate from Alaska, 1980:Our Campaigns – AK US Senate – D Primary Race – Aug 26, 1980 Clark Gruening – 39,719 (54.89%) Mike Gravel (inc.) – 31,504 (43.53%) Michael Beasley – 1,145 (1.58%)
2008 New Hampshire Democratic vice presidential primary:Our Campaigns – NH US Vice President – D Primary Race – Jan 8, 2008 Raymond Stebbins – 50,485 (46.93%) William Bryk – 22,965 (21.35%) John Edwards* – 10,553 (9.81%) Barack Obama* 6,402 (5.95%) Bill Richardson* (write-in) – 5,525 (5.14%) Hillary Clinton* (write-in) – 3,419 (3.18%) Joe Biden* – 1,512 (1.41%) Al Gore* – 966 (0.90%) Dennis Kucinich* – 762 (0.71%) Bill Clinton* – 388 (0.36%) John McCain* – 293 (0.27%) Christopher Dodd* – 224 (0.21%) Ron Paul* – 176 (0.16%) Jack Barnes, Jr.* – 95 (0.09%) Mike Gravel* – 91 (0.09%) Joe Lieberman* – 67 (0.06%) Mitt Romney* – 66 (0.06%) Mike Huckabee* – 63 (0.06%) Rudy Giuliani* – 46 (0.04%) Darrel Hunter* – 20 (0.02%)
2008 Democratic presidential primaries:Our Campaigns – US President – D Primary Race – Jan 3, 2008
Excluding Florida and Michigan, only primary and caucuses votes:
Barack ObamaPN – 16,706,853 Hillary Clinton* – 16,239,821 John Edwards* – 742,010 Bill Richardson* – 89,054 Uncommitted – 82,660 Dennis Kucinich* – 68,482 Joe Biden* – 64,041 Mike Gravel* – 27,662 Christopher Dodd* – 25,300 Others – 22,556
Including Florida and Michigan:
Hillary Clinton* – 18,225,175 (48.03%) Barack ObamaPN – 17,988,182 (47.41%) (name removed from the Michigan ballot) 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%)
(* – dropped out from race)(PN – presumptive nominee)
2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries (selected):Not an exhaustive list, but a sampling of key early states and various geographical regions. See Results of the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries for all results. New Hampshire primary – 404 (0.14%) South Carolina primary – 241 (0.05%) Alaska caucuses – failed to achieve threshold California primary – 8,184 (0.16%) Massachusetts primary – 1,463 (0.12%) Utah primary – 166 (0.13%) Maryland primary – 804 (0.09%) Wisconsin primary – 517 (0.05%) Mississippi primary – 591 (0.17%) North Carolina primary – 12,448 (0.78%)
2008 Libertarian National Convention (Presidential tally):Our Campaigns – US President – LBT Convention Race – May 25, 2008
First ballot: Bob Barr – 153 Mary Ruwart – 152 Wayne Allyn Root – 123 Mike Gravel – 71 George Phillies – 49 Steve Kubby – 41 Michael Jingozian – 23 Ron Paul – 6 Christine Smith – 6 Penn Jillette – 3 Daniel Imperato – 1 William Koehler – 1 None of the above – 2
Second ballot: Bob Barr – 188 Mary Ruwart – 162 Wayne Allyn Root – 138 Mike Gravel – 71 George Phillies – 38 Steve Kubby – 32 Ron Paul – 3 Stephen Colbert – 1 Jesse Ventura – 1 None of the above – 1
Third ballot: Bob Barr – 186 Mary Ruwart – 186 Wayne Allyn Root – 146 Mike Gravel – 71 George Phillies – 31 Ron Paul – 1 None of the above – 2
Fourth ballot: Bob Barr – 202 Mary Ruwart – 202 Wayne Allyn Root – 149 Mike Gravel – 76 None of the above – 2
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