Electoral history of Dennis Kucinich
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Electoral history of Dennis Kucinich, United States Representative from Ohio's 10th district (1997–2013), 53rd Mayor of Cleveland (1977–1979) and a candidate for Democratic presidential nomination in 2004 and 2008
- Ohio's 23rd congressional district, 1972[1]
- William Edwin Minshall, Jr., Republican (incumbent) – 98,594 (49.39%)
- Dennis Kucinich, Democrat – 94,366 (47.27%)
- John O'Neill, Socialist Labor Party of America – 3,615 (1.81%)
- Frederick D. Lyon, American Independent Party – 2,976 (1.49%)
- Write-in candidates – 82 (0.04%)
- Ohio's 23rd congressional district, 1974[2]
- Ronald M. Mottl, Democrat – 53,338 (34.76%)
- George Mastics, Republican – 46,810 (30.50%)
- Dennis Kucinich, independent – 45,186 (29.45%)
- Hugh J. Gallagher, independent – 3,461 (2.26%)
- Bohdan Futey, independent – 2,655 (1.73%)
- Arthur Cain, independent – 2,005 (1.31%)
Mayor of Cleveland (1976–1979)
- Cleveland mayoral election, 1977[3][better source needed]
- Dennis Kucinich – 93,047 (50.81%)
- Ed Feighan – 90,074 (49.19%)
- Cleveland mayoral recall election, 1978[4][better source needed]
- Against recall – 60,250 (50.10%)
- For recall – 60,014 (49.90%)
- Cleveland mayoral election, 1979[5][better source needed]
- George Voinovich – 94,541 (56.18%)
- Dennis Kucinich (incumbent) – 73,755 (43.83%)
Ohio Secretary of State (1982)
- Ohio Secretary of State, 1982 (Democratic primary)[6]
- Sherrod Brown – 304,952 (33.77%)
- Dennis Kucinich – 246,618 (27.31%)
- Anthony O. Calabrese, Jr. – 214,901 (23.80%)
- Francis E. Gaul – 136,568 (15.12%)
U.S. House of Representatives (1988–2002)
- Ohio's 20th congressional district, 1988 (Democratic primary)[7][better source needed]
- Mary Rose Oakar (incumbent) – 64,417 (76.74%)
- Dennis Kucinich – 19,530 (23.27%)
- Ohio's 19th congressional district, 1992 (Democratic primary)[8][better source needed]
- Eric D. Fingerhut – 20,929 (24.25%)
- Tim McCormack – 16,053 (18.60%)
- Dennis Kucinich – 15,453 (17.91%)
- Frank J. Valenta – 14,254 (16.52%)
- Thomas J. Coyne Jr. – 11,258 (13.05%)
- Kathleen Cotter – 4,407 (5.11%)
- Tom Milkovich – 1,974 (2.29%)
- Jackie Hrnyak – 1,011 (1.17%)
- Joan C. Durbak – 957 (1.11%)
- Ohio's 10th congressional district, 1996 (Democratic primary)[9][better source needed]
- Dennis Kucinich – 37,895 (77.22%)
- Edward Boyle – 9,221 (18.79%)
- Donald B. Slusher – 1,253 (2.55%)
- C. River Smith – 703 (1.43%)
- Ohio's 10th congressional district, 1996[10]
- Dennis Kucinich, Democrat – 110,723 (49.06%)
- Martin Hoke, Republican (incumbent) – 104,546 (46.32%)
- Robert B. Iverson, Natural Law Party – 10,415 (4.62%)
- Write-in candidates – 12 (0.01%)
- Ohio's 10th congressional district, 1998[11]
- Dennis Kucinich, Democrat (incumbent) – 110,552 (66.77%)
- Joe Slovenec, Republican – 55,015 (33.23%)
- Ohio's 10th congressional district, 2000[12]
- Dennis Kucinich, Democrat (incumbent) – 167,093 (75.00%)
- Bill Smith, Republican – 48,940 (21.97%)
- Ron Petrie, Libertarian Party – 6,761 (3.04%)
- Ohio's 10th congressional district, 2002[13]
- Dennis Kucinich, Democrat (incumbent) – 129,997 (74.06%)
- Jon Heben, Republican – 41,778 (23.80%)
- Judy Locy, independent – 3,761 (2.14%)
U.S. presidential election, 2004
- Minnesota Independence Party presidential caucus, 2004[14][better source needed]
- John Edwards – 335 (41.10%)
- John Kerry – 149 (18.28%)
- George W. Bush (incumbent) – 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 Nolan – 2 (0.25%)
- Tim Penny – 2 (0.25%)
- Kent Mesplay – 1 (0.12%)
- John Bayard Anderson – 1 (0.12%)
- Charles Barkley – 1 (0.12%)
- Dean Barkley – 1 (0.12%)
- Bill Bradley – 1 (0.12%)
- Rudy Giuliani – 1 (0.12%)
- Mickey Mouse – 1 (0.12%)
- Theodore Roosevelt – 1 (0.12%)
- 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 delegates – 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 Green National Convention (presidential tally)[16][better source needed]
- David Cobb – 408 (36.20%)
- No nominee – 308 (27.33%)
- Peter Camejo – 119 (10.56%)
- Ralph Nader – 118 (10.47%)
- Kent Mesplay – 43 (3.82%)
- Lorna Salzman – 40 (3.55%)
- None of the above – 36 (3.19%)
- JoAnne Bier Beeman – 14 (1.24%)
- Carol A. Miller – 10 (0.89%)
- Dennis Kucinich – 9 (0.80%)
- Uncommitted – 7 (0.62%)
- Paul Glover – 6 (0.53%)
- Abstaining – 3 (0.27%)
- Jonathan Farley – 3 (0.27%)
- Sheila Bilyeu – 2 (0.18%)
- Eugene Victor Debs – 1 (0.09%)
- 2004 Democratic National Convention (presidential tally)[15][better source needed]
- John Kerry – 4,255 (99.14%)
- Dennis Kucinich – 37 (0.86%)
U.S. House of Representatives (2004–2006)
- Ohio's 10th congressional district, 2004[17]
- Dennis Kucinich, Democrat (incumbent) – 172,406 (60.03%)
- Edward Fitzpatrick Herman, Republican – 96,463 (33.59%)
- Barbara Anne Ferris, independent – 18,343 (6.39%)
- Ohio's 10th congressional district, 2006 (Democratic primary)[18]
- Dennis Kucinich (incumbent) – 51,485 (76.42%)
- Barbara Anne Ferris – 15,890 (23.58%)
- Ohio's 10th congressional district, 2006[19]
- Dennis Kucinich, Democrat (incumbent) – 138,393 (66.41%)
- Mike Dovilla, Republican – 69,996 (33.59%)
U.S. presidential election, 2008
- 2008 New Hampshire Democratic vice presidential primary[20][better source needed][failed verification]
- Raymond Stebbins – 50,485 (46.93%)
- William Bryk – 22,965 (21.35%)
- John Edwards – 10,553 (9.81%)
- Barack Obama 6,402 (5.95%)
- Bill Richardson (write-in) – 5,525 (5.14%)
- Hillary Clinton (write-in) – 3,419 (3.18%)
- Joe Biden – 1,512 (1.41%)
- Al Gore – 966 (0.90%)
- Dennis Kucinich – 762 (0.71%)
- Bill Clinton – 388 (0.36%)
- John McCain – 293 (0.27%)
- Chris Dodd – 224 (0.21%)
- Ron Paul – 176 (0.16%)
- Jack Barnes, Jr. – 95 (0.09%)
- Mike Gravel – 91 (0.09%)
- Joe Lieberman – 67 (0.06%)
- Mitt Romney – 66 (0.06%)
- Mike Huckabee – 63 (0.06%)
- Rudy Giuliani – 46 (0.04%)
- Darrel Hunter – 20 (0.02%)
- 2008 Democratic presidential primaries, excluding the Florida and Michigan contests, only primary and caucuses votes[21][better source needed][failed verification]
- Barack Obama – 16,706,853
- Hillary Rodham Clinton – 16,239,821
- John Edwards – 742,010
- Bill Richardson – 89,054
- Uncommitted delegates – 82,660
- Dennis Kucinich – 68,482
- Joe Biden – 64,041
- Mike Gravel – 27,662
- Chris Dodd – 25,300
- Others – 22,556
- 2008 Democratic presidential primaries, including the Florida and Michigan contests[citation needed]
- Hillary Rodham Clinton – 18,225,175 (48.03%)
- Barack Obama – 17,988,182 (47.41%)
- John Edwards – 1,006,275 (2.65%)
- Uncommitted delegates – 299,610 (0.79%)
- Bill Richardson – 106,073 (0.28%)
- Dennis Kucinich – 103,994 (0.27%)
- Joe Biden – 81,641 (0.22%)
- Scattering – 44,348 (0.12%)
- Mike Gravel – 40,251 (0.11%)
- Chris Dodd – 35,281 (0.09%)