The electoral history of John Kerry, United States Secretary of State (2013–2017) and 2004 Democratic presidential nominee.
Massachusetts's 5th congressional district, 1972 (Democratic primary):
John Kerry – 20,771 (27.56%)
Paul J. Sheehy – 15,641 (20.75%)
Anthony R. DiFruscia – 12,222 (16.22%)
John J. Desmond – 10,213 (13.55%)
Robert B. Kennedy – 5,632 (7.47%)
Frederick J. Finnegan – 2,558 (3.39%)
Glenn M. Cooper – 2,282 (3.03%)
Daniel P. Kiley – 2,221 (2.95%)
Helen G. Droney – 2,124 (2.82%)
Richard Williams – 1,706 (2.26%)
Massachusetts's 5th congressional district, 1972:
Paul W. Cronin (R) – 110,970 (53.45%)
John Kerry (D) – 92,847 (44.72%)
Roger P. Durkin (I) – 3,803 (1.83%)
Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1982:
John Kerry (D) – 1,219,109 (61.92%)
Leon Lombardi (R) – 749,679 (38.08%)
Democratic primary for the United States Senate from Massachusetts, 1984:
John Kerry – 322,470 (40.83%)
James Michael Shannon – 297,941 (37.72%)
David M. Bartley – 85,910 (10.88%)
Michael Joseph Connolly – 82,999 (10.51%)
Others – 502 (0.06%)
United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1984:
John Kerry (D) – 1,393,150 (54.99%)
Ray Shamie (R) – 1,139,913 (44.99%)
Others – 408 (0.02%)
United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1990:
John Kerry (D) (inc.) – 1,321,712 (57.06%)
Jim Rappaport (R) – 992,917 (42.87%)
Others – 1,583 (0.07%)
Democratic primary for the United States Senate from Massachusetts, 1996:
John Kerry (inc.) – 221,213 (98.62%)
Others – 3,095 (1.38%)
United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1996:
John Kerry (D) (inc.) – 1,334,135 (52.20%)
William F. Weld (R) – 1,143,120 (44.72%)
Susan C. Gallagher-Long (CST) – 70,007 (2.74%)
Richard C. Stone (Natural Law) – 7,169 (0.28%)
Others – 1,511 (0.06%)
Democratic primary for the United States Senate from Massachusetts, 2002:
John Kerry (inc.) – 615,517 (99.36%)
Others – 3,979 (0.64%)
United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 2002:
John Kerry (D) (inc.) – 1,605,976 (80.03%)
Michael Cloud (LBT) – 369,807 (18.43%)
Randall Forsberg (D) (write-in) – 24,898 (1.24%)
Others – 6,077 (0.30%)
Minnesota Independence Party presidential caucus, 2004:
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%)
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 – 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 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally):
John Kerry – 4,255 (99.14%)
Dennis Kucinich – 37 (0.86%)
Independence Party of New York Presidential convention, 2004:
Ralph Nader – 623,931 (95.40%)
John Kerry – 26,161 (4.00%)
George W. Bush (inc.) – 2,616 (0.40%)
David Cobb – 1,308 (0.20%)
United States presidential election, 2004:
George W. Bush/Dick Cheney (R) (inc.) – 62,040,610 (50.73%) and 286 electoral votes (31 states carried)
John Kerry/John Edwards (D) – 59,028,444 (48.27%) and 251 electoral votes (19 states and D.C. carried)
John Edwards (D) – 1 electoral vote (Minnesota faithless elector)
Ralph Nader/Peter Camejo (I) – 465,650 (0.38%)
Michael Badnarik/Richard Campagna (Libertarian) – 397,265 (0.32%)
Michael Peroutka/Chuck Baldwin (Constitution) – 143,630 (0.12%)
David Cobb/Pat LaMarche (Green) – 119,859 (0.096%)
United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 2008:
