Editing Write-in candidate (section)

=== Presidential primary ===
*In the [[1960 United States presidential election|1960 presidential elections]], both major party candidates won a few primaries as write-in candidates, in contests that did not feature any candidates named on the ballot. [[John F. Kennedy]] won the Democratic primaries as a write-in candidate in Illinois (with 34,332 votes), Massachusetts (with 91,607 votes), and Pennsylvania (with 183,073 votes). [[Richard Nixon]] won the Republican primaries as a write-in candidate in Massachusetts (with 53,164 votes) and in Nebraska (with 74,356 votes). Kennedy also received write-in votes in the Republican primaries in New Hampshire (2,196 votes, which were 3.0% of votes cast), Massachusetts (2,989 votes, which were 4.8% of votes cast), Pennsylvania (3,886 votes, which were 0.4% of votes cast), and Oregon (2,864 votes, which were 1.3% of votes cast).<ref>{{cite web|title=Results of 1960 Presidential Election Primaries|date=January 12, 2024 |publisher=[[John F. Kennedy Library]]|url=https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/life-of-john-f-kennedy/fast-facts-john-f-kennedy/results-of-1960-presidential-election-primaries}}</ref>
*In the [[1964 Republican Party presidential primaries|1964 Republican presidential primary]], a write-in campaign organized by supporters of former U.S. Senator and vice presidential nominee [[Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.]] won the Republican primaries for president in [[New Hampshire]] defeating the frontrunner candidate [[Barry Goldwater]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Seth|last=Gannon|date=February 8, 2016|title=How Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Won the 1964 New Hampshire Primary Without Lifting a Finger|url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2016/02/henry-cabot-lodge-jr-won-the-1964-new-hampshire-primary-as-a-write-in-candidate.html|publisher=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]}}</ref> Lodge also won the Republican presidential primaries in New Jersey as a write-in candidate, as the primaries (for both the Democratic and Republican parties) featured no candidates, with all votes cast requiring candidates' names be written-in (Lodge also received a handful of votes in the Democratic primary).<ref>{{cite web|title=Results of the Primary Election Held April 21, 1964|url=https://nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/1920-1970//1964-primary-election.pdf|access-date=August 17, 2022}}</ref>
*In the [[1968 Democratic Party presidential primaries|1968 Democratic presidential primary]] in [[New Hampshire]], incumbent President [[Lyndon Johnson]] did not file, but agreed to have his supporters mount a write-in campaign on his behalf. His write-in campaign received 48% of the votes. Senator [[Eugene McCarthy]], who campaigned actively against Johnson's [[Vietnam War]] policies, was on the ballot and received 42% of the vote. McCarthy's strong showing led [[Withdrawal of Lyndon B. Johnson from the 1968 United States presidential election|Johnson to withdraw from the race]] two and a half weeks later.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/the-night-lyndon-quit/|title=The Night Lyndon Quit|first=George|last=Christian|work=[[Texas Monthly]] |date=April 1988}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=McCarthy nearly upsets LBJ in New Hampshire primary: March 12, 1968|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/mccarthy-nearly-upsets-lbj-in-new-hampshire-primary-march-12-1968-220521|publisher=[[Politico]]|first=Andrew |last=Glass|date=March 12, 2016}}</ref>
*In the [[1992 Democratic presidential primary]] and the [[1992 Republican presidential primary]], [[consumer activism|consumer advocate]] [[Ralph Nader]] ran a write-in campaign during the [[New Hampshire primary]] for the [[presidential nomination]] of both parties. Declaring himself the "[[none of the above]] candidate" and using his [[Concord Principles]] as his platform, Nader received 3,054 votes from [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] and 3,258 votes from [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]].<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=36389 NH US President - R Primary]</ref><ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=36387 NH US President - D Primary]</ref>
*In the [[2024 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary]], incumbent president [[Joe Biden]] received 79,100 write-in votes, more than any listed candidate. Biden did not run in the primary because of a dispute between the [[Democratic National Committee]] and the [[New Hampshire Democratic Party]] regarding the scheduling of that year's Democratic presidential primary.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Woodall |first=Hunter |date=2024-01-24 |title=Why Biden wasn't on the 2024 New Hampshire primary ballot  |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/joe-biden-not-on-new-hampshire-primary-ballot-2024/ |access-date=2024-01-25 |website=CBS News |language=en-US}}</ref> Biden did not support the write-in effort mounted by his supporters.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nichols |first=John |date=2024-01-24 |title=Biden Might Have Had the Best Night of All In New Hampshire |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/joe-biden-new-hampshire-primary-results-analysis/ |access-date=2024-01-25 |language=en-US |issn=0027-8378}}</ref>