Gary Hart - Electoral History

Electoral History

Colorado United States Senate election, 1974 (Democratic primary):

  • Gary Hart – 81,161 (39.92%)
  • Herrick S. Roth – 66,819 (32.86%)
  • Martin P. Miller – 55,339 (27.22%)

Colorado United States Senate election, 1974

  • Gary Hart (D) – 471,688 (57.23%)
  • Peter H. Dominick (R) (inc.) – 325,526 (39.50%)
  • John M. King (I) – 16,131 (1.96%)
  • Joseph Fred Hyskell (Prohibition) – 8,404 (1.02%)
  • Henry John Olshaw (Independent American) – 2,394 (0.29%)

Colorado United States Senate election, 1980:

  • Gary Hart (D) (inc.) – 590,501 (50.34%)
  • Mary E. Buchanan (R) – 571,295 (48.70%)
  • Earl Higgerson (Prohibition) – 7,265 (0.62%)
  • Henry John Olshaw (I) – 4,081 (0.35%)

1984 Democratic presidential primaries:

  • Walter Mondale – 6,952,912 (38.32%)
  • Gary Hart – 6,504,842 (35.85%)
  • Jesse Jackson – 3,282,431 (18.09%)
  • John Glenn – 617,909 (3.41%)
  • George McGovern – 334,801 (1.85%)
  • Unpledged delegates – 146,212 (0.81%)
  • Lyndon LaRouche – 123,649 (0.68%)
  • Reubin O'Donovan Askew – 52,759 (0.29%)
  • Alan Cranston – 51,437 (0.28%)
  • Ernest Hollings – 33,684 (0.19%)

1984 Democratic National Convention:

  • Walter Mondale – 2,191 (56.41%)
  • Gary Hart – 1,201 (30.92%)
  • Jesse Jackson – 466 (12.00%)
  • Thomas Eagleton – 18 (0.46%)
  • George McGovern – 4 (0.10%)
  • John Glenn – 2 (0.05%)
  • Joe Biden – 1 (0.03%)
  • Martha Kirkland – 1 (0.03%)

1988 Democratic presidential primaries:

  • Michael Dukakis – 9,898,750 (42.47%)
  • Jesse Jackson – 6,788,991 (29.13%)
  • Al Gore – 3,185,806 (13.67%)
  • Dick Gephardt – 1,399,041 (6.00%)
  • Paul M. Simon – 1,082,960 (4.65%)
  • Gary Hart – 415,716 (1.78%)
  • Unpledged delegates – 250,307 (1.07%)
  • Bruce Babbitt – 77,780 (0.33%)
  • Lyndon LaRouche – 70,938 (0.30%)
  • David Duke – 45,289 (0.19%)
  • James Traficant – 30,879 (0.13%)
  • Douglas Applegate – 25,068 (0.11%)

1988 Democratic National Convention:

  • Michael Dukakis – 2,877 (70.09%)
  • Jesse Jackson – 1,219 (29.70%)
  • Richard Stallings – 3 (0.07%)
  • Joe Biden – 2 (0.05%)
  • Dick Gephardt – 2 (0.05%)
  • Lloyd Bentsen – 1 (0.02%)
  • Gary Hart – 1 (0.02%)

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