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Electoral history of Dennis Kucinich

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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

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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, 1976
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
2004 Democratic presidential primaries
2004 Green National Convention (presidential tally)
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
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 Grave – 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
Marcy Kaptur (incumbent) – 42,902 (56.18%) Dennis Kucinich (incumbent) – 30,564 (40.02%) Graham Veysey – 2,900 (3.80%)

References

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