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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