Electoral history of Dennis Kucinich Overview of Dennis Kucinich's electoral history
Representative Dennis Kucinich (D-OH)
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 [ 1]
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 [ 2]
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 [ 3] [better source needed ]
Dennis Kucinich – 93,047 (50.81%)
Ed Feighan – 90,074 (49.19%)
Cleveland mayoral recall election, 1978 [ 4] [better source needed ]
Against recall – 60,250 (50.10%)
For recall – 60,014 (49.90%)
Cleveland mayoral election, 1979 [ 5] [better source needed ]
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)[ 6]
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)[ 7] [better source needed ]
Mary Rose Oakar (incumbent) – 64,417 (76.74%)
Dennis Kucinich – 19,530 (23.27%)
Ohio's 19th congressional district , 1992 (Democratic primary)[ 8] [better source needed ]
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)[ 9] [better source needed ]
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[ 10]
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 [ 11]
Dennis Kucinich, Democrat (incumbent) – 110,552 (66.77%)
Joe Slovenec, Republican – 55,015 (33.23%)
Ohio's 10th congressional district, 2000 [ 12]
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 [ 13]
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[ 14] [better source needed ]
2004 Democratic presidential primaries [ 15] [better source needed ] [failed verification ]
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)[ 16] [better source needed ]
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)[ 15] [better source needed ]
John Kerry – 4,255 (99.14%)
Dennis Kucinich – 37 (0.86%)
U.S. House of Representatives (2004–2006)
Ohio's 10th congressional district , 2004 [ 17]
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)[ 18]
Dennis Kucinich (incumbent) – 51,485 (76.42%)
Barbara Anne Ferris – 15,890 (23.58%)
Ohio's 10th congressional district, 2006[ 19]
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 [ 20] [better source needed ] [failed verification ]
2008 Democratic presidential primaries , excluding the Florida and Michigan contests, only primary and caucuses votes[ 21] [better source needed ] [failed verification ]
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[citation needed ]
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)[ 22]
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[ 23]
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 [ 24]
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)[ 25]
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)[ 26]
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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