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Barack H. Obama

Ran in 60 elections between 2008 and 2012, winning 32.

FEC filings

Last margin
−22.2
Lost 2012
Elections
60
2008–2012

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records

Every race Obama has run

Margin: how far Obama finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.

YearOfficeStageResultOpponentsShareMargin
2012President (Alabama)GeneralLostMitt Romney (R)38.4%−22.2
2012President (Alaska)GeneralLostMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L), Jill Stein (G)40.8%−14.0
2012President (Arizona)GeneralLostMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L), Jill Stein (G)44.6%−9.1
2012President (Arkansas)GeneralLostMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L), Jill Stein (G)36.9%−23.7
2012President (California)GeneralWonMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L), Jill Stein (G)60.2%+23.1
2012President (Colorado)GeneralWonMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L), Jill Stein (G)51.5%+5.4
2012President (Connecticut)GeneralWonMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L)58.1%+17.3
2012President (Delaware)GeneralWonMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L), Jill Stein (G)58.6%+18.6
2012President (District of Columbia)GeneralWonMitt Romney (R), Jill Stein (G), Gary Johnson (L)90.9%+83.6
2012President (Florida)GeneralWonMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L), Jill Stein (G)50%+0.9
2012President (Georgia)GeneralLostMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L)45.5%−7.8
2012President (Hawaii)GeneralWonMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L), Jill Stein (G)70.5%+42.7
2012President (Idaho)GeneralLostMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L), Virgil Hamlin, Goode Jr. (CST)32.6%−31.9
2012President (Illinois)GeneralWonMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L), Jill Stein (G)57.6%+16.9
2012President (Indiana)GeneralLostMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L)43.9%−10.2
2012President (Iowa)GeneralWonMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L), Jill Stein (G)52%+5.8
2012President (Kansas)GeneralLostMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L), Charles ""chuck"" Baldwin (REF)38%−21.7
2012President (Kentucky)GeneralLostMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L), Randall Terry (I)37.8%−22.7
2012President (Louisiana)GeneralLostMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L), Jill Stein (G)40.6%−17.2
2012President (Maine)GeneralWonMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L), Jill Stein (G)56.3%+15.3
2012President (Maryland)GeneralWonMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L), Jill Stein (G)62%+26.1
2012President (Massachusetts)GeneralWonMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L), Jill Stein (G)60.7%+23.1
2012President (Michigan)GeneralWonMitt Romney (R), Jill Stein (G), Virgil Hamlin, Goode Jr. (CST)54.2%+9.5
2012President (Minnesota)GeneralWonMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L), Jill Stein (G)52.7%+7.7
2012President (Mississippi)GeneralLostMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L), Virgil Hamlin, Goode Jr. (CST)43.8%−11.5
2012President (Missouri)GeneralLostMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L), Virgil Hamlin, Goode Jr. (CST)44.4%−9.4
2012President (Montana)GeneralLostMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L)41.7%−13.7
2012President (Nebraska)GeneralLostMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L)38%−21.8
2012President (Nevada)GeneralWonMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L), Virgil Hamlin, Goode Jr. (I)52.7%+6.7
2012President (New Hampshire)GeneralWonMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L), Virgil Hamlin, Goode Jr. (CST)52%+5.6
2012President (New Jersey)GeneralWonMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L), Jill Stein (G)58.3%+17.7
2012President (New Mexico)GeneralWonMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L), Jill Stein (G)53%+10.1
2012President (New York)GeneralWonMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L), Jill Stein (G)63.4%+28.2
2012President (North Carolina)GeneralLostMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L)48.4%−2.0
2012President (North Dakota)GeneralLostMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L), Jill Stein (G)38.7%−19.6
2012President (Ohio)GeneralWonMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L), Jill Stein (G)50.7%+3.0
2012President (Oklahoma)GeneralLostMitt Romney (R)33.2%−33.5
2012President (Oregon)GeneralWonMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L), Jill Stein (G)54.2%+12.1
2012President (Pennsylvania)GeneralWonMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L), Jill Stein (G)52.1%+5.4
2012President (Rhode Island)GeneralWonMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L), Jill Stein (G)62.7%+27.5
2012President (South Carolina)GeneralLostMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L), Jill Stein (G)44.1%−10.5
2012President (South Dakota)GeneralLostMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L), Virgil Hamlin, Goode Jr. (CST)39.9%−18.0
2012President (Tennessee)GeneralLostMitt Romney (R), Jill Stein (G), Virgil Hamlin, Goode Jr. (CST)39.1%−20.4
2012President (Texas)GeneralLostMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L), Jill Stein (G)41.4%−15.8
2012President (Utah)GeneralLostMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L), Ross Carl ""rocky"" Anderson (I)24.7%−48.0
2012President (Vermont)GeneralWonMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L), Ross Carl ""rocky"" Anderson (I)66.6%+35.6
2012President (Virginia)GeneralWonMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L), Virgil Hamlin, Goode Jr. (CST)51.2%+3.9
2012President (Washington)GeneralWonMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L), Jill Stein (G)56.2%+14.9
2012President (West Virginia)GeneralLostMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L), Jill Stein (MTN)35.5%−26.8
2012President (Wisconsin)GeneralWonMitt Romney (R), Virgil Hamlin, Goode Jr. (CST)52.8%+6.8
2012President (Wyoming)GeneralLostMitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (L), Virgil Hamlin, Goode Jr. (CST)27.8%−40.8
2008President (Alabama)GeneralLostJohn McCain (R)38.7%−21.6
2008President (Alaska)GeneralLostJohn McCain (R), Ralph Nader (I), Charles ""chuck"" Baldwin (AIP)37.9%−21.5
2008President (Arizona)GeneralLostJohn McCain (R), Bob Barr (L), Ralph Nader (I)45.1%−8.5
2008President (Arkansas)GeneralLostJohn McCain (R), Ralph Nader (I), Bob Barr (L)38.9%−19.9
2008President (California)GeneralWonJohn McCain (R), Ralph Nader (PF), Bob Barr (L)61%+24.1
2008President (Colorado)GeneralWonJohn McCain (R), Ralph Nader (I), Bob Barr (L)53.7%+9.0
2008President (Connecticut)GeneralWonJohn McCain (R), Ralph Nader (I)60.6%+22.4
2008President (Delaware)GeneralWonJohn McCain (R), Ralph Nader (I), Bob Barr (L)61.9%+25.0
2008President (District of Columbia)GeneralWonJohn McCain (R), Ralph Nader (I), Cynthia McKinney (G)92.5%+85.9

Source: 99chambers results archive

Who Obama has run against

Source: 99chambers results archive

How we know Obama

One person, matched across every source we use.

Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FEC