Electoral history of Bernie Sanders

The electoral history of Bernie Sanders includes the 2016 and 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries and caucuses, and elections as United States Senator from Vermont, United States Representative from Vermont's at-large district (1991–2007), and Mayor of Burlington (1981–1989).

Sanders contested 23 elections (not counting individual presidential state primaries), of which he won 17.

States/Territories won by Senator Sanders (23): Alaska, Colorado, Democrats Abroad, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, West Virginia, and Wyoming States with Margins of less than 5% (10): Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Missouri, Michigan, New Mexico, and South Dakota.

States underlined were won by Secretary Clinton States/Territories won by Senator Sanders (10): California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, North Dakota, Northern Mariana Islands, Iowa, Democrats Abroad, Vermont, New Hampshire On January 9, 2025, Sanders received a single protest vote from an MP in the Lebanese presidential election.

The vote was excluded from the official final tally for being invalid.