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This article contains statistics on third-party and independent performances in US elections and a list of pages containing lists of those elections.
Lists of third-party and independent, performances in United States elections
- List of third-party and independent performances in United States presidential elections
- List of third-party and independent performances in United States gubernatorial elections
- List of third-party and independent performances in United States Senate elections
- List of third-party and independent performances in United States House elections
- List of third-party and independent performances in United States state legislative elections
Notable performances
Presidential elections
The following are third party and independent candidates who received more than 10% of the total popular vote.
| Year | Party | Nominee | Running-Mate | # Votes | % Votes | % Votes On Ballot |
Electoral Votes | Place | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | Progressive | Theodore Roosevelt | Hiram Johnson | 4,120,609 | 27.39 / 100
|
27.86 / 100
|
88 / 531
|
2nd | |
| 1856 | American | Millard Fillmore | Andrew J. Donelson | 872,703 | 21.54 / 100
|
21.54 / 100
|
8 / 296
|
3rd | |
| 1992 | Independent | Ross Perot | James Stockdale | 19,743,821 | 18.91 / 100
|
18.91 / 100
|
0 / 538
|
||
| 1860 | Lecompton Democratic | John C. Breckinridge | Joseph Lane | 851,844 | 18.20 / 100
|
22.04 / 100
|
72 / 303
|
2nd | |
| 1924 | Progressive | Robert M. La Follette | Burton K. Wheeler | 4,833,821 | 16.62 / 100
|
16.69 / 100
|
13 / 531
|
3rd | |
| 1968 | American Independent | George Wallace | Curtis LeMay | 9,901,118 | 13.53 / 100
|
13.56 / 100
|
46 / 538
|
||
| 1860 | Constitutional Union | John Bell | Edward Everett | 590,946 | 12.62 / 100
|
15.43 / 100
|
39 / 303
|
||
| 1848 | Free Soil | Martin Van Buren | Charles F. Adams | 291,475 | 10.13 / 100
|
13.79 / 100
|
0 / 290
|
Senate elections
The following are third party and independent candidates who have won senate seats since 1970.
| Year | State | Party | Nominee | # Votes | % Votes | Place | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Maine | Independent | Angus King | 337,378 | 54.5 / 100
|
Re-elected | |
| Vermont | Independent | Bernie Sanders | 183,529 | 67.32 / 100
|
Re-elected | ||
| 2012 | Maine | Independent | Angus King | 370,580 | 52.89 / 100
|
Elected | |
| Vermont | Independent | Bernie Sanders | 209,053 | 71.04 / 100
|
Re-elected | ||
| 2010 | Alaska | Republican (write-in) | Lisa Murkowski | 101,091 | 39.49 / 100
|
Re-elected | Lost Republican primary |
| 2006 | Connecticut | Connecticut for Lieberman | Joe Lieberman | 564,095 | 49.71 / 100
|
Re-elected | Lost Democratic primary |
| Vermont | Independent | Bernie Sanders | 171,638 | 65.41 / 100
|
Elected | ||
| 1976 | Virginia | Independent | Harry F. Byrd Jr. | 890,778 | 57.2 / 100
|
Re-elected | |
| 1970 | Virginia | Independent | Harry F. Byrd Jr. | 506,237 | 53.54 / 100
|
Re-elected | |
| New York | Conservative | James L. Buckley | 2,288,190 | 38.95 / 100
|
Elected |
House elections
The following are third party and independent candidates who have received more than 30% of the popular vote since 2008.
Gubernatorial elections
The following are third party and independent candidates who have won governerships since 1990.
| Year | State | Party | Nominee | Running mate | # Votes | % Votes | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Alaska | Independent | Bill Walker | Byron Mallott | 134,658 | 48.1 / 100
|
Elected |
| Rhode Island | Independent | Lincoln Chafee | 123,571 | 36.1 / 100
|
Elected | ||
| 1998 | Maine | Independent | Angus King | 246,772 | 58.61 / 100
|
Re-elected | |
| Minnesota | Reform | Jesse Ventura | Mae Schunk | 773,713 | 36.99 / 100
|
Elected | |
| 1994 | Maine | Independent | Angus King | 180,829 | 35.37 / 100
|
Elected | |
| 1990 | Alaska | Alaskan Independence | Wally Hickel | Jack Coghill | 75,721 | 38.88 / 100
|
Elected |
| Connecticut | A Connecticut Party | Lowell Weicker | Eunice Groark | 460,576 | 40.36 / 100
|
Elected |
Statistics
Note: Prior to the passage of the 17th Amendment in 1913, most states did not hold direct elections to the Senate.[citation needed]
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