Electoral history of John Kerry
Appearance
The electoral history of John Kerry, Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (1983–1985), United States Senator (1985–2013), United States Secretary of State (2013–2017), and the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee.
U.S. House of Representatives election
[edit]1972
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John Kerry | 20,771 | 27.56% | |
Democratic | Paul J. Sheehy | 15,641 | 20.75% | |
Democratic | Anthony R. DiFruscia | 12,222 | 16.22% | |
Democratic | John J. Desmond | 10,213 | 13.55% | |
Democratic | Robert B. Kennedy | 5,632 | 7.47% | |
Democratic | Frederick J. Finnegan | 2,558 | 3.39% | |
Democratic | Glenn M. Cooper | 2,282 | 3.03% | |
Democratic | Daniel P. Kiley | 2,221 | 2.95% | |
Democratic | Helen G. Droney | 2,124 | 2.82% | |
Democratic | Richard Williams | 1,706 | 2.26% | |
Total votes | 75,370 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Paul W. Cronin | 110,970 | 53.45% | ||
Democratic | John Kerry | 92,847 | 44.72% | ||
Independent | Roger P. Durkin | 3,803 | 1.83% | ||
Total votes | 207,620 | 100.00% | |||
Republican hold |
Massachusetts gubernatorial election
[edit]1982
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John Kerry | 325,890 | 29.00% | |
Democratic | Evelyn Murphy | 286,378 | 25.48% | |
Democratic | Samuel Rotondi | 228,086 | 20.29% | |
Democratic | Lou Nickinello | 150,829 | 13.42% | |
Democratic | Lois Pines | 132,734 | 11.81% | |
Total votes | 1,123,917 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Michael Dukakis / John Kerry | 1,219,109 | 59.48% | ||
Republican | John W. Sears / Leon Lombardi | 749,679 | 36.57% | ||
Independent | Frank Rich / John Davies | 63,068 | 3.08% | ||
Libertarian | Rebecca Shipman / Norman MacConnell | 17,918 | 0.87% | ||
Total votes | 2,049,774 | 100.00% | |||
Democratic hold |
U.S. Senate elections
[edit]1984
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John Kerry | 322,470 | 40.83% | |
Democratic | James Michael Shannon | 297,941 | 37.72% | |
Democratic | David M. Bartley | 85,910 | 10.88% | |
Democratic | Michael Joseph Connolly | 82,999 | 10.51 | |
Democratic | Others | 502 | 0.06% | |
Total votes | 789,822 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John Kerry | 1,393,150 | 55.05% | ||
Republican | Ray Shamie | 1,136,913 | 44.93% | ||
Write-in | 408 | 0.02% | |||
Total votes | 2,530,471 | 100.00% | |||
Democratic hold |
1990
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John Kerry (incumbent) | 1,321,712 | 54.51% | ||
Republican | Jim Rappaport | 992,917 | 40.95% | ||
Independent | David Pover | 109,950 | 4.54% | ||
Total votes | 2,424,579 | 100.00% | |||
Democratic hold |
1996
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John Kerry (incumbent) | 221,213 | 98.62% | |
Write-in | 3,095 | 1.38% | ||
Total votes | 224,308 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John Kerry (incumbent) | 1,334,345 | 52.21% | ||
Republican | Bill Weld | 1,142,837 | 44.71% | ||
Conservative | Susan Gallagher | 70,013 | 2.74% | ||
Natural Law | Richard Stone | 7,176 | 0.28% | ||
Write-in | 1,515 | 0.06% | |||
Total votes | 2,555,886 | 100.00% | |||
Democratic hold |
2002
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John Kerry (incumbent) | 615,517 | 99.36% | |
Write-in | 3,979 | 0.64% | ||
Total votes | 619,496 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John F. Kerry (Incumbent) | 1,605,976 | 72.33% | ||
Libertarian | Michael Cloud | 369,807 | 16.66% | ||
Independent | Randall Forsberg (write-in) | 24,898 | 1.12% | ||
All others | 6,077 | 0.27% | |||
Blank / Scattering | 213,543 | 9.62% | |||
Total votes | 2,220,301 | 100% |
2008
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John Kerry (incumbent) | 342,446 | 68.85% | |
Democratic | Edward O'Reilly | 154,395 | 31.04% | |
Write-in | 538 | 0.11% | ||
Total votes | 497,379 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John Kerry (incumbent) | 1,971,974 | 65.84% | ||
Republican | Jeff Beatty | 926,044 | 30.92% | ||
Libertarian | Robert Underwood | 93,713 | 3.13% | ||
Write-in | 3,516 | 0.12% | |||
Total votes | 2,995,247 | 100.00% | |||
Democratic hold |
Presidential election
[edit]2004
[edit] John Kerry (52) John Edwards (2) Howard Dean (1) Wesley Clark (1) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John Kerry | 10,045,891 | 60.75% | |
Democratic | John Edwards | 3,207,048 | 19.39% | |
Democratic | Howard Dean | 937,015 | 5.67% | |
Democratic | Dennis Kucinich | 643,067 | 3.89% | |
Democratic | Wesley Clark | 572,207 | 3.46% | |
Democratic | Al Sharpton | 383,683 | 2.32% | |
Democratic | Uncommitted | 155,388 | 0.94% | |
Democratic | Others | 591,524 | 3.58% | |
Total votes | 16,535,823 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John Kerry | 4,253 | 98.40% | |
Democratic | Dennis Kucinich | 43 | 0.99% | |
Democratic | (not voting) | 26 | 0.60% | |
Total votes | 4,322 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independence | John Edwards | 335 | 41.10% | |
Independence | John Kerry | 149 | 18.28% | |
Independence | George W. Bush (incumbent) | 94 | 11.53% | |
Independence | Ralph Nader | 78 | 9.57% | |
Independence | None of the above | 66 | 8.10% | |
Independence | Dennis Kucinich | 40 | 4.91% | |
Independence | Lorna Salzman | 9 | 1.10% | |
Independence | John McCain | 9 | 1.10% | |
Independence | Al Sharpton | 5 | 0.61% | |
Independence | Others | 34 | 4.15% | |
Total votes | 819 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independence | Ralph Nader | 623,931 | 95.40% | |
Independence | John Kerry | 26,161 | 4.00% | |
Independence | George W. Bush (incumbent) | 2,616 | 0.40% | |
Independence | David Cobb | 1,308 | 0.20% | |
Total votes | 654,016 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | George W. Bush / Dick Cheney (inc.) | 62,040,610 | 50.73% | ||
Democratic | John Kerry / John Edwards | 59,028,444 | 48.27% | ||
Independent | Ralph Nader / Peter Camejo | 465,650 | 0.38% | ||
Libertarian | Michael Badnarik / Richard Campagna | 397,265 | 0.32% | ||
Constitution | Michael Peroutka / Chuck Baldwin | 143,630 | 0.12% | ||
Green | David Cobb / Pat LaMarche | 119,859 | 0.10% | ||
Others | 95,172 | 0.08% | |||
Total votes | 122,295,345 | 100.00% | |||
Republican hold |
See also
[edit]- Electoral history of George W. Bush
- Electoral history of Al Gore
- Electoral history of Barack Obama
- Electoral history of Bill Clinton
- Electoral history of Hillary Clinton
- Electoral history of Joe Biden
- Electoral history of John Edwards
References
[edit]- ^ "Federal Elections 1984" (PDF). fec.gov. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
- ^ "Federal Elections 1990" (PDF). fec.gov. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
- ^ "Federal Elections 1996" (PDF). fec.gov. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
- ^ "Federal Elections 2002" (PDF). fec.gov. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
- ^ "PD43+ >> 2002 U.S. Senate General Election". Massachusetts Elections Division. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
- ^ Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (May 1, 2003). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002". U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 19.
- ^ "Federal Elections 2008" (PDF). fec.gov. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
- ^ "Democratic Convention 2004".
- ^ "Federal Elections 2004" (PDF). fec.gov. Retrieved July 29, 2023.