Electoral history of John Kerry

Massachusetts's 5th congressional district, 1972 (Democratic primary):

• John Kerry – 20,771 (27.56%)
• Paul J. Sheehy – 15,641 (20.75%)
• Anthony R. DiFruscia – 12,222 (16.22%)
• John J. Desmond – 10,213 (13.55%)
• Robert B. Kennedy – 5,632 (7.47%)
• Frederick J. Finnegan – 2,558 (3.39%)
• Glenn M. Cooper – 2,282 (3.03%)
• Daniel P. Kiley – 2,221 (2.95%)
• Helen G. Droney – 2,124 (2.82%)
• Richard Williams – 1,706 (2.26%)

Massachusetts's 5th congressional district, 1972:

• Paul W. Cronin (R) – 110,970 (53.45%)
• John Kerry (D) – 92,847 (44.72%)
• Roger P. Durkin (I) – 3,803 (1.83%)

Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1982:

• John Kerry (D) – 1,219,109 (61.92%)
• Leon Lombardi (R) – 749,679 (38.08%)

Democratic primary for the United States Senate from Massachusetts, 1984:

• John Kerry – 322,470 (40.83%)
• James Michael Shannon – 297,941 (37.72%)
• David M. Bartley – 85,910 (10.88%)
• Michael Joseph Connolly – 82,999 (10.51%)
• Others – 502 (0.06%)

United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1984:

• John Kerry (D) – 1,393,150 (54.99%)
• Ray Shamie (R) – 1,139,913 (44.99%)
• Others – 408 (0.02%)

United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1990:

• John Kerry (D) (inc.) – 1,321,712 (57.06%)
• Jim Rappaport (R) – 992,917 (42.87%)
• Others – 1,583 (0.07%)

Democratic primary for the United States Senate from Massachusetts, 1996:

• John Kerry (inc.) – 221,213 (98.62%)
• Others – 3,095 (1.38%)

United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1996:

• John Kerry (D) (inc.) – 1,334,135 (52.20%)
• William F. Weld (R) – 1,143,120 (44.72%)
• Susan C. Gallagher-Long (CST) – 70,007 (2.74%)
• Richard C. Stone (Natural Law) – 7,169 (0.28%)
• Others – 1,511 (0.06%)

Democratic primary for the United States Senate from Massachusetts, 2002:

• John Kerry (inc.) – 615,517 (99.36%)
• Others – 3,979 (0.64%)

United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 2002:

• John Kerry (D) (inc.) – 1,605,976 (80.03%)
• Michael Cloud (LBT) – 369,807 (18.43%)
• Randall Forsberg (D) (write-in) – 24,898 (1.24%)
• Others – 6,077 (0.30%)

Minnesota Independence Party presidential caucus, 2004:

• John Edwards – 335 (41.10%)
• John Kerry – 149 (18.28%)
• George W. Bush (inc.) – 94 (11.53%)
• Ralph Nader – 78 (9.57%)
• None of the above – 66 (8.10%)
• Dennis Kucinich – 40 (4.91%)
• Lorna Salzman – 9 (1.10%)
• John McCain – 9 (1.10%)
• Al Sharpton – 5 (0.61%)
• David Cobb – 4 (0.49%)
• Wesley Clark – 4 (0.49%)
• Joe Lieberman – 4 (0.49%)
• Howard Dean – 3 (0.37%)
• Jesse Ventura – 3 (0.37%)
• Gary P. Nolan – 2 (0.25%)
• Timothy J. Penny – 2 (0.25%)
• Kent P. Mesplay – 1 (0.12%)
• John B. Anderson – 1 (0.12%)
• Charles W. Barkley – 1 (0.12%)
• Dean M. Barkley – 1 (0.12%)
• Bill Bradley – 1 (0.12%)
• Rudy Giuliani – 1 (0.12%)
• Theodore Roosevelt – 1 (0.12%)

2004 Democratic presidential primaries:

• John Kerry – 9,930,497 (60.98%)
• John Edwards – 3,162,337 (19.42%)
• Howard Dean – 903,460 (5.55%)
• Dennis Kucinich – 620,242 (3.81%)
• Wesley Clark – 547,369 (3.36%)
• Al Sharpton – 380,865 (2.34%)
• Joe Lieberman – 280,940 (1.73%)
• Uncommitted – 157,953 (0.97%)
• Lyndon LaRouche – 103,731 (0.64%)
• Carol Moseley Braun – 98,469 (0.61%)
• Dick Gephardt – 63,902 (0.39%)
• Scattering – 12,525 (0.08%)

2004 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally):[1]

• John Kerry – 4,255 (99.14%)
• Dennis Kucinich – 37 (0.86%)

Independence Party of New York Presidential convention, 2004:

• Ralph Nader – 623,931 (95.40%)
• John Kerry – 26,161 (4.00%)
• George W. Bush (inc.) – 2,616 (0.40%)
• David Cobb – 1,308 (0.20%)

2004 United States presidential election:

• George W. Bush/Dick Cheney (R) (inc.) – 62,040,610 (50.73%) and 286 electoral votes (31 states carried)
• John Kerry/John Edwards (D) – 59,028,444 (48.27%) and 251 electoral votes (19 states and D.C. carried)
• John Edwards (D) – 1 electoral vote (Minnesota faithless elector)
• Ralph Nader/Peter Camejo (I) – 465,650 (0.38%)
• Michael Badnarik/Richard Campagna (Libertarian) – 397,265 (0.32%)
• Michael Peroutka/Chuck Baldwin (Constitution) – 143,630 (0.12%)
• David Cobb/Pat LaMarche (Green) – 119,859 (0.096%)

United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 2008: