Jesse Jackson - Electoral History

Electoral History

1984 Democratic Party presidential primaries
Candidate Votes Percentage
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 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 delegate voting
Candidate Votes Percentage
Walter Mondale 2,191 56.41%
Gary Hart 1,201 30.92%
Jesse Jackson 466 12.00%
Thomas F. Eagleton 18 0.46%
George McGovern 4 0.10%
John Glenn 2 0.05%
Joe Biden 1 0.03%


1988 Democratic presidential primaries
Candidate Votes Percentage
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 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 E. Applegate 25,068 0.11%


1988 Democratic National Convention delegate voting
Candidate Votes Percentage
Michael Dukakis 2,877 70.09%
Jesse Jackson 1,219 29.70%
Richard H. Stallings 3 0.07%
Joe Biden 2 0.05%
Dick Gephardt: 2 0.05%
Lloyd Bentsen 1 0.02%
Gary Hart 1 0.02%


Shadow Senator from District of Columbia, 1990
Candidate Votes Percentage
Jesse Jackson (D) 105,633 46.80%
Florence Pendleton (D) 58,451 25.89%
Harry T. Alexander (I) 13,983 6.19%
Milton Francis (R) 13,538 6.00%
Joan Gillison (R) 12,845 5.69%
Keith M. Wilkerson (D.C. Statehood) 4,545 2.01%
Anthony W. Peacock (D.C. Statehood) 4,285 1.90%
John West (I) 3,621 1.60%
David L. Whitehead (I) 3,341 1.48%
Sam Manuel (Socialist Workers) 2,765 1.23%

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