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Electoral history of Jimmy Carter

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President Jimmy Carter, 1977

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%)

References[edit]

^ Our Campaigns - GA Governor - D Primary Race - Sep 14, 1966

^ Our Campaigns - GA Governor - D Primary Race - Sep 09, 1970

^ Our Campaigns - GA Governor - D Runoff Race - Sep 23, 1970

^ Our Campaigns - GA Governor Race - Nov 03, 1970

^ Our Campaigns - US Vice President - D Convention Race - Jul 10, 1972

^ Our Campaigns - US President - D Primaries Race - Feb 01, 1976

^ Our Campaigns - US President - D Convention Race - Jul 12, 1976

^ Our Campaigns - US President - D Primaries Race - Feb 26, 1980

^ Our Campaigns - US President - D Convention Race - Aug 11, 1980

^ Our Campaigns - NY US President - L Convention Race - Sep 13, 1980

Electoral histories of presidents of the United States

Jimmy Carter

39th President of the United States (1977–1981)
76th Governor of Georgia (1971–1975)
Georgia State Senator (1963–1967)

Presidency
(timeline)

Foreign policy	Carter Doctrine Camp David Accords Egypt–Israel peace treaty Torrijos–Carter Treaties Iran hostage crisis International Emergency Economic Powers Act Executive Order 12170 Operation Eagle Claw Canadian Caper Engagement with Ruhollah Khomeini 1979 oil crisis Support for Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War Algiers Accords Iran–United States Claims Tribunal Diplomatic relations with China Goldwater v. Carter Strategic Arms Limitation Talks International trips 1980 Summer Olympics boycott Executive Order 12036 Refugee Act Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act FISA Court Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978
Domestic policy	Cannabis policy Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 Senior Executive Service Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 Department of Education Organization Act U.S. Department of Education Executive Order 12148 Federal Emergency Management Agency Executive Order 12172 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Economic policy	Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1980 Airline Deregulation Act Carter bonds Community Reinvestment Act DIDMC Act Electronic Fund Transfer Act Executive Order 12086 Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Federal Reserve Reform Act of 1977 Financial Institutions Regulatory and Interest Rate Control Act of 1978 Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council National security letter Right to Financial Privacy Act Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 Humphrey–Hawkins Full Employment Act Motor Carrier Act of 1980 National Aquaculture Act of 1980 Staggers Rail Act Tax Reduction and Simplification Act of 1977 Revenue Act of 1978 Trade Agreements Act of 1979 Crude Oil Windfall Profit Tax Act of 1980
Energy policy	U.S. Department of Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Energy Security Act Synthetic Fuels Corporation National Energy Act Energy Tax Act National Energy Conservation Policy Act Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act Nuclear Safety, Research, Demonstration, and Development Act of 1980 Solar Photovoltaic Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1978
Environmental policy	Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act Antarctic Conservation Act Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977 Clean Water Act of 1977 Endangered Species Act Amendments of 1978 Superfund Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry National Priorities List Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Three Mile Island accident investigation Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act