Election results, 2022: Minor-party candidates who won more than the margin of victory
Last updated: February 6, 2023
In 2022, 56 minor party or independent candidates received more votes than the margin of victory in their election.
Margins of victory can be used to measure electoral competitiveness or political party or candidate strength. This page identifies those elections where the difference between the winning and losing candidates was smaller than the number of votes received by a minor party candidate. This article contains information on these candidates and elections, organized by level of government.
The partisan affiliation of these candidates was as follows:
- 23 Libertarian Party candidates
- 15 independent or unaffiliated candidates
- Five Green Party candidates
- Three Constitution Party candidates
- Two U.S. Taxpayer's Party candidates[1]
- Two Working Class Party candidates
- One American Constitution Party candidate
- One Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota candidate
- One Independent American Party candidate
- One Independence Party candidate
- One Legal Marijuana Now Party candidate
- One United Utah Party candidate
In 2020, there were 77 minor party or independent candidates who received more votes than the margin of victory in their election, broken down as follows:
- 26 Libertarian Party candidates
- 20 independent or unaffiliated candidates
- Nine Green Party candidates[2]
- Six U.S. Taxpayer's Party candidates[3]
- Five Legal Marijuana Now Party candidates
- Two Natural Law Party candidates
- Two Working Class Party candidates
- One Aloha Aina Party candidate
- One Alaskan Independence Party candidate
- One Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party candidate
- One Independent Compassionate Conservative Party candidate
- One United Utah Party candidate
- One Vermont Progressive Party candidate
- One Working Families Party candidate
In 2022, these minor party or independent candidates who received more votes than the margin of victory in their election ran in four U.S. House or Senate elections, eight statewide elections, 25 state-level district elections (such as for state legislature), and five local elections within Ballotpedia's coverage scope.
In 2020, the minor party or independent candidates who received more votes than the margin of victory in their election ran in seven U.S. House or Senate elections, five statewide elections, 41 state-level district elections (such as for state legislature), and one local election within our coverage scope.
2022 U.S. House or Senate elections
| Minor party U.S. House or Senate candidates receiving more votes than the MOV, 2022 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Election | Minor party candidate | Minor party candidate affiliation | Minor party votes | Winning candidate[4] | Winning votes | Second place candidate[5] | Second place votes | Margin of victory |
| U.S. House, Colorado District 8 |  Richard Ward |
Libertarian Party |
9,280 (3.9%) |  Yadira Caraveo |
114,377 (48.4%) |  Barbara Kirkmeyer |
112,745 (47.7%) | 1,632 (0.7%) |
| U.S. House, Michigan District 10 |  Andrea Kirby |
Working Class Party |
5,905 (1.8%) | John James |
159,202 (48.8%) | Carl Marlinga |
157,602 (48.3%) | 1,600 (0.5%) |
| U.S. House, Michigan District 10 | Mike Saliba |
Libertarian Party |
3,524 (1.1%) | John James |
159,202 (48.8%) | Carl Marlinga |
157,602 (48.3%) | 1,600 (0.5%) |
| U.S. House, Montana District 1 | John Lamb |
Libertarian Party |
9,593 (3.9%) | Ryan Zinke |
123,102 (49.6%) | Monica Tranel |
115,265 (46.5%) | 7,837 (3.1%) |
| U.S. Senate, Nevada | Barry Lindemann |
Independent |
8,075 (0.8%) | Catherine Cortez Masto |
498,316 (48.8%) | Adam Laxalt |
490,388 (48.0%) | 7,928 (0.8%) |
2022 state elections
Statewide
Non-statewide
2022 local elections
| Noteworthy minor party local candidates within Ballotpedia's coverage scope, 2022 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Election | Minor party candidate | Minor party candidate affiliation | Minor party votes | Winning candidate[4] | Winning votes | Second place candidate[5] | Second place votes | Margin of victory |
| Charleston (WV) City Council | Jerry Tucker |
Libertarian Party |
1,809 (2.8%) | Joe Solomon |
6,574 (10.2%) | Mark Sadd |
5,751 (8.9%) | 823 (1.3%) |
| Charleston (WV) City Council Ward 18 | Dana Skerbetz |
Independent |
105 (14.2%) | Pam Burka |
323 (43.6%) | Bobby Brown |
311 (42.0%) | 12 (1.6%) |
| Hamilton County (OH) Commission | Christopher Smitherman |
Independent |
68,903 (23.0%) | Stephanie Summerow Dumas |
135,349 (45.2%) | Matthew Paul O'Neill |
95,076 (31.8%) | 40,273 (13.4%) |
| Washington D.C. City Council At-large | Graham McLaughlin |
Independent |
33,402 (10.2%) | Kenyan McDuffie |
71,924 (21.9%) | Elissa Silverman |
63,471 (19.3%) | 8,453 (2.6%) |
| Washington D.C. City Council At-large | Karim Marshall |
Independent |
16,883 (5.1%) | Kenyan McDuffie |
71,924 (21.9%) | Elissa Silverman |
63,471 (19.3%) | 8,453 (2.6%) |
| Washington D.C. City Council At-large |  David Schwartzman |
Green Party |
16,650 (5.1%) | Kenyan McDuffie |
71,924 (21.9%) | Elissa Silverman |
63,471 (19.3%) | 8,453 (2.6%) |
| Williamson County (TX) Judge | Wes Benedict |
Libertarian Party |
8,614 (3.9%) | Bill Gravell |
108,778 (49.3%) | Blane Conklin |
103,180 (46.8%) | 5,598 (2.5%) |
Analysis for 2020
In 2020, there were 77 minor party or independent candidates who received more votes than the margin of victory in their election. This article contains information on these candidates organized by level of government.
The partisan affiliation of these candidates was as follows:
- 26 Libertarian Party candidates
- 20 independent or unaffiliated candidates
- Nine Green Party candidates[6]
- Six U.S. Taxpayer's Party candidates[7]
- Five Legal Marijuana Now Party candidates
- Two Natural Law Party candidates
- Two Working Class Party candidates
- One Aloha Aina Party candidate
- One Alaskan Independence Party candidate
- One Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party candidate
- One Independent Compassionate Conservative Party candidate
- One United Utah Party candidate
- One Vermont Progressive Party candidate
- One Working Families Party candidate
See also
- Election results, 2022: Congressional margin of victory analysis
- Election results, 2020: Minor party candidates who won more than the margin of victory
- Election results, 2020: Congressional margin of victory analysis
- Election results, 2020: State legislative races decided by fewer than 100 votes
- Noteworthy minor party candidates in the 2018 elections
Footnotes
- ↑ The U.S. Taxpayers Party is the Constitution Party's Michigan affiliate.
- ↑ This total includes one candidate from the Pacific Green Party, which is the Green Party's Oregon affiliate.
- ↑ The U.S. Taxpayers Party is the Constitution Party's Michigan affiliate.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 In multi-seat elections, this refers to the winning candidate with the least votes.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 In multi-seat elections, this is the top-placing candidate who did not win instead.
- ↑ This total includes one candidate from the Pacific Green Party, which is the Green Party's Oregon affiliate.
- ↑ The U.S. Taxpayers Party is the Constitution Party's Michigan affiliate.
