Hillary Clinton, a Democrat, served as the 67th United States Secretary of State (2009–2013), United States Senator from New York (2001–2009), and First Lady of the United States (1993–2001). She was also a candidate in the 2008 and 2016 Democratic presidential primaries. In 2016, Clinton was her party's presidential candidate but lost the election to her Republican opponent, Donald Trump.[1]
United States Senate confirmations to the Legal Services Corporation:[2] [3]
1978
1980
Cumulative primary and caucus votes, excluding penalized contests:
Cumulative primary and caucus votes, including penalized contests:
(* denotes dropped out from race before end of caucuses and primaries)
2008 Democratic National Convention [4] | ||||
Candidate | Pledged Delegates | Total delegates (including superdelegates) | Floor vote | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Barack Obama | 1,765 | 2,156 | 3,188.5 | |
Hillary Rodham Clinton | 1,637 | 1,922 | 1,010.5 | |
John Edwards | 4 | 6 | 0 |
2009 United States Senate confirmation to be Secretary of State | ||||
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[5] | Party | All votes | ||
Democratic | Republican | Independent | ||
Yea | 53 | 39 | 2 | 94 |
Nay | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
See main article: 2016 United States presidential election.
Candidate | Pledged delegates | Convention Floor vote | |
---|---|---|---|
Hillary Rodham Clinton | 2,205 (54.43%) | 2,842 (59.67%) | |
1,846 (45.57%) | 1,865 (39.16%) | ||
0 | 0 | ||
Available | 0 | 56 (1.17%) |
Presidential candidate Vice presidential candidate | Party | Popular votes | % | Electoral votes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
style=background-color: | Donald Trump | Republican | 62,985,106 | 46.09% | 304 | |
style=background: | Hillary Clinton | Democratic | 65,853,625 | 48.18% | 227 | |
style=background: | Gary Johnson | Libertarian | 4,489,233 | 3.28% | 0 | |
style=background: | Jill Stein | Green | 1,457,222 | 1.07% | 0 | |
bgcolor=grey | Evan McMullin | Independent | 731,788 | 0.54% | 0 | |
Others | 1,152,671 | 0.84% | 0 | |||
136,669,237 | 100% | 538 |