Electoral history of John Kerry

The electoral history of John Kerry, United States Secretary of State (2013–2017) and 2004 Democratic presidential nominee.

Former Secretary of State John Forbes Kerry

1972 House

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%)

1982 Lt. Gov

Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1982:

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

1984 Senate

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%)

1990 Senate

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%)

1996 Senate

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%)

2002 Senate

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%)

2004 Presidential

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%)

2008 Senate

United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 2008:

2008 United States Senate general election in Massachusetts

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	John Kerry	1,959,843	65.82	-14.2
	Republican	Jeff Beatty	922,727	30.99	n/a
	Libertarian	Robert J. Underwood	94,727	3.18	-15.1
Majority			1,037,116
Turnout			2,977,631
	Democratic hold		Swing

References

1. "US President – D Convention Race – Jul 26, 2004". Our Campaigns. Retrieved May 28, 2010.