Electoral history of Dennis Kucinich

Overview of Dennis Kucinich's electoral history

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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

U.S. House of Representatives (1972–1974)

Ohio's 23rd congressional district, 1972: 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: 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: Dennis Kucinich – 93,047 (50.81%); Ed Feighan – 90,074 (49.19%)

Cleveland mayoral recall election, 1978: Against recall – 60,250 (50.10%); For recall – 60,014 (49.90%)

Cleveland mayoral election, 1979: 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): 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): Mary Rose Oakar (incumbent) – 64,417 (76.74%); Dennis Kucinich – 19,530 (23.27%)

Ohio's 19th congressional district, 1992 (Democratic primary): 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): 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: 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: Dennis Kucinich, Democrat (incumbent) – 110,552 (66.77%); Joe Slovenec, Republican – 55,015 (33.23%)

Ohio's 10th congressional district, 2000: 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: 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

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%)

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 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)

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

U.S. House of Representatives (2004–2006)

Ohio's 10th congressional district, 2004: 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): Dennis Kucinich (incumbent) – 51,485 (76.42%); Barbara Anne Ferris – 15,890 (23.58%)

Ohio's 10th congressional district, 2006: 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

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: 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: 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%)

U.S. House of Representatives (2008–2012; 2024)

Ohio's 10th congressional district, 2008 (Democratic primary): Dennis Kucinich (incumbent) – 72,646 (50.32%); Joe Cimperman – 50,760 (35.16%); Barbara Anne Ferris – 9,362 (6.48%); Thomas E. O'Grady – 7,264 (5.03%); Rosemary A. Palmer – 4,339 (3.01%)

Ohio's 10th congressional district, 2008: Dennis Kucinich, Democrat (incumbent) – 157,268 (57.02%); Jim Trakas, Republican – 107,918 (39.13%); Paul Conroy, Libertarian Party – 10,623 (3.85%)

Ohio's 10th congressional district, 2010: Dennis Kucinich, Democrat (incumbent) – 101,343 (53.05%); Peter J. Corrigan, Republican – 83,809 (43.87%); Jeff Goggins, Libertarian – 5,874 (3.07%)

Ohio's 9th congressional district, 2012 (Democratic primary): Marcy Kaptur (incumbent) – 42,902 (56.18%); Dennis Kucinich (incumbent) – 30,564 (40.02%); Graham Veysey – 2,900 (3.80%)

Ohio's 7th congressional district, 2024: Max Miller, Republican (incumbent) – 200,962 (51.13%); Matthew Diemer, Democrat – 141,741 (36.06%); Dennis Kucinich, Independent – 50,321 (12.80%)

Governor of Ohio (2018)

Ohio gubernatorial election, 2018 (Democratic primary, unofficial results): Richard Cordray and Betty Sutton – 423,264 (62.27%); Dennis Kucinich and Tara L. Samples – 155,694 (22.91%); Joe Schiavoni and Stephanie Dodd – 62,315 (9.17%); Bill O'Neill and Chantelle C. Lewis – 22,196 (3.27%); Paul E. Ray and Jerry M. Schroeder – 9,373 (1.38%); Larry E. Ealy and Jeffrey Lynn – 6,896 (1.01%)

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