Electoral history of Dennis Kucinich

Electoral history of Dennis Kucinich, United States Representative from Ohio's 10th district (1997-present), 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. (R) (inc.) – 98,594 (49.41%)
• Dennis Kucinich (D) – 94,366 (47.29%)
• John O'Neill (Socialist Labor) – 3,615 (1.81%)
• Frederick D. Lyon (American Independent) – 2,976 (1.49%)

Ohio's 23rd congressional district, 1974^[2]:

• Ronald M. Motti (D) – 53,338 (34.76%)
• George Mastics – 46,810 (30.50%)
• Dennis Kucinich (I) – 45,186 (29.45%)
• Hugh J. Gallagher (I) – 3,461 (2.26%)
• Bohdan Futey – 2,655 (1.73%)
• Arthur Cain – 2,005 (1.31%)

Cleveland mayoral election, 1976^[3]:

• Dennis Kucinich – 93,047 (50.81%)
• Edward F. Feighan – 90,074 (49.19%)

Cleveland recall election, 1978^[4]:

• Against recall Mayor Kucinich – 60,250 (50.10%)
• For recall Mayor Kucinich – 60,014 (49.90%)

Cleveland mayoral election, 1979^[5]:

• George Voinovich – 94,541 (56.18%)
• Dennis Kucinich (inc.) – 73,755 (43.83%)

Secretary of State of Ohio, 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%)

Ohio's 20th congressional district, 1988 (Democratic primary)^[7]:

• Mary Rose Oakar (inc.) – 64,417 (76.74%)
• Dennis Kucinich – 19,530 (23.27%)

Ohio's 19th congressional district, 1992 (Democratic primary)^[8]:

• 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]:

• 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 (D) – 110,723 (49.06%)
• Martin R. Hoke (R) (inc.) – 104,546 (46.32%)
• Robert B. Iverson – 10,415 (4.62%)
• Others (write-in) – 12 (0.01%)

Ohio's 10th congressional district, 1998^[11]:

• Dennis Kucinich (D) (inc.) – 110,552 (66.77%)
• Joseph I. Slovenec (R) – 55,015 (33.23%)

Ohio's 10th congressional district, 2000^[12]:

• Dennis Kucinich (D) (inc.) – 167,093 (75.00%)
• Bill Smith (R) – 48,940 (21.97%)
• Ron Petrie (LBT) – 6,761 (3.04%)

Ohio's 10th congressional district, 2002^[13]:

• Dennis Kucinich (D) (inc.) – 129,997 (74.06%)
• Jon Heben (R) – 41,778 (23.80%)
• Judy Locy (I) – 3,761 (2.14%)

Minnesota Independence Party presidential caucus, 2004^[14]:

• 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%)
• Mickey Mouse – 1 (0.12%)
• Theodore Roosevelt – 1 (0.12%)

2004 Democratic presidential primaries^[15]:

• 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 Green Party National Convention (Presidential tally)^[16]:

• David Cobb – 408 (36.20%)
• No nominee – 308 (27.33%)
• Peter Camejo – 119 (10.56%)
• Ralph Nader – 118 (10.47%)
• Kent P. 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%)

Thereshold: 385

2004 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally)^[15]:

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

Ohio's 10th congressional district, 2004^[17]:

• Dennis Kucinich (D) (inc.) – 172,406 (60.03%)
• Edward F. Herman, Jr. (R) – 96,463 (33.59%)
• Barbara Anne Ferris (I) – 18,343 (6.39%)

Ohio's 10th congressional district, 2006 (Democratic primary)^[18]:

• Dennis Kucinich (inc.) – 45,194 (75.90%)
• Barbara Anne Ferris – 14,348 (24.10%)

Ohio's 10th congressional district, 2006^[19]:

• Dennis Kucinich (D) (inc.) – 138,393 (66.41%)
• Mike Dovilla (R) – 69,996 (33.59%)

2008 New Hampshire Democratic Vice Presidential primary^[20]:

• 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 Rodham 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%)
• Christopher 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%)

{* – write-in)

2008 Democratic presidential primaries^[21]:

Excluding the Florida and Michigan contests, only primary and caucuses votes:

• Barack Obama – 16,706,853
• Hillary Rodham Clinton – 16,239,821
• John Edwards* – 742,010
• Bill Richardson* – 89,054
• Uncommitted – 82,660
• Dennis Kucinich* – 68,482
• Joe Biden* – 64,041
• Mike Gravel* – 27,662
• Christopher Dodd* – 25,300
• Others – 22,556

Including the Florida and Michigan contests:

• Hillary Rodham Clinton – 18,225,175 (48.03%)
• Barack Obama – 17,988,182 (47.41%)
• John Edwards* – 1,006,275 (2.65%)
• Uncommitted – 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%)
• Christopher Dodd* – 35,281 (0.09%)

(* – dropped out from race)

Ohio's 10th congressional district, 2008 (Democratic primary)^[22]:

• Dennis Kucinich (inc.) – 68,156 (50.27%)
• Joe Cimperman – 47,891 (35.32%)
• Barbara Anne Ferris – 8,780 (6.48%)
• Thomas O'Grady – 6,780 (5.00%)
• Rosemary Palmer – 3,982 (2.94%)

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