Former Secretary of State John Forbes Kerry

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 2004 Democratic presidential nominee.

U.S. House of Representatives election

1972

1972 Massachusetts's 5th congressional district election, Democratic primary
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%
1972 Massachusetts's 5th congressional district election
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

1982

Primary results by municipality
1982 Massachusetts lieutenant gubernatorial Democratic primary
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%
Election results by municipality
1982 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
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

1984

1984 United States Senate election in Massachusetts, Democratic primary
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%
Election results by municipality
1984 United States Senate election in Massachusetts[1]
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

Election results by municipality
1990 United States Senate election in Massachusetts[2]
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

1996 United States Senate election in Massachusetts, Democratic primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Kerry (incumbent) 221,213 98.62%
Write-in 3,095 1.38%
Total votes 224,308 100.00%
Election results by municipality
1996 United States Senate election in Massachusetts[3]
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

2002 United States Senate election in Massachusetts, Democratic primary[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Kerry (incumbent) 615,517 99.36%
Write-in 3,979 0.64%
Total votes 619,496 100.00%
Election results by municipality
2002 United States Senate election in Massachusetts[5][6]
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

2008 United States Senate election in Massachusetts, Democratic primary
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%
Election results by municipality
2008 United States Senate election in Massachusetts[7]
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

2004

Primary results by state and territory
2004 Democratic Party presidential primaries[8]
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%
2004 Democratic National Convention, Presidential tally
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%
2004 Independence Party of Minnesota presidential caucus
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%
2004 Independence Party of New York presidential convention
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%
2004 Electoral college results
Bush: 286 votes (31 states)
Kerry: 251 votes (19 states + DC)
Edwards: 1 vote
2004 United States presidential election[9]
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

References

  1. ^ "Federal Elections 1984" (PDF). fec.gov. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
  2. ^ "Federal Elections 1990" (PDF). fec.gov. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
  3. ^ "Federal Elections 1996" (PDF). fec.gov. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
  4. ^ "Federal Elections 2002" (PDF). fec.gov. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
  5. ^ "PD43+ >> 2002 U.S. Senate General Election". Massachusetts Elections Division. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "Federal Elections 2008" (PDF). fec.gov. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
  8. ^ "Democratic Convention 2004".
  9. ^ "Federal Elections 2004" (PDF). fec.gov. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
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