Electoral History of Barack Obama - Presidential Primaries (2008)

Presidential Primaries (2008)

2008 Democratic presidential primaries

Excluding penalized contests, only primary and caucuses votes:

• Barack Obama - 16,706,853
• Hillary Rodham 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 penalized contests:

• Hillary Rodham Clinton - 18,225,175 (48.03%)
• Barack Obama - 17,988,182 (47.41%)
• 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%)

2008 Democratic delegate counts:

(2,118 delegates needed to secure nomination)

Pledged delegates"

• Barack Obama - 1,765
• Hillary Rodham Clinton - 1,637
• John Edwards - 4

Including superdelegates

• Barack Obama - 2,156 (52.79%)
• Hillary Rodham Clinton - 1,922 (47.06%)
• John Edwards - 6 (0.15%)

2008 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally)

• Barack Obama - chosen by acclamation

Unfinished roll call (13 states, D.C. Guam, American Samoa and Democrats Abroad):

• Hillary Rodham Clinton - 1,011 (24.07%)