Electoral history of Dennis Kucinich



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 W. 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)

 * 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%)

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%)