# Electoral history of John Kerry

The electoral history of John Kerry, Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (1983–1985), United States Senator (1985–2013), United States Secretary of State (2013–2017), and the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee.

## U.S. House of Representatives election
### 1972

1972 Massachusetts's 5th congressional district election, Democratic primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | John Kerry | 20,771 | 27.56% |
| | Democratic | Paul J. Sheehy | 15,641 | 20.75% |
| | Democratic | Anthony R. DiFruscia | 12,222 | 16.22% |
| | Democratic | John J. Desmond | 10,213 | 13.55% |
| | Democratic | Robert B. Kennedy | 5,632 | 7.47% |
| | Democratic | Frederick J. Finnegan | 2,558 | 3.39% |
| | Democratic | Glenn M. Cooper | 2,282 | 3.03% |
| | Democratic | Daniel P. Kiley | 2,221 | 2.95% |
| | Democratic | Helen G. Droney | 2,124 | 2.82% |
| | Democratic | Richard Williams | 1,706 | 2.26% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 75,370 | 100.00% |
1972 Massachusetts's 5th congressional district election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Paul W. Cronin | 110,970 | 53.45% |
| | Democratic | John Kerry | 92,847 | 44.72% |
| | Independent | Roger P. Durkin | 3,803 | 1.83% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 207,620 | 100.00% |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

## Massachusetts gubernatorial election
### 1982

1982 Massachusetts lieutenant gubernatorial Democratic primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | John Kerry | 325,890 | 29.00% |
| | Democratic | Evelyn Murphy | 286,378 | 25.48% |
| | Democratic | Samuel Rotondi | 228,086 | 20.29% |
| | Democratic | Lou Nickinello | 150,829 | 13.42% |
| | Democratic | Lois Pines | 132,734 | 11.81% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,123,917 | 100.00% |
1982 Massachusetts gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Michael Dukakis / John Kerry | 1,219,109 | 59.48% |
| | Republican | John W. Sears / Leon Lombardi | 749,679 | 36.57% |
| | Independent | Frank Rich / John Davies | 63,068 | 3.08% |
| | Libertarian | Rebecca Shipman / Norman MacConnell | 17,918 | 0.87% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,049,774 | 100.00% |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

## U.S. Senate elections
### 1984

1984 United States Senate election in Massachusetts, Democratic primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | John Kerry | 322,470 | 40.83% |
| | Democratic | James Michael Shannon | 297,941 | 37.72% |
| | Democratic | David M. Bartley | 85,910 | 10.88% |
| | Democratic | Michael Joseph Connolly | 82,999 | 10.51 |
| | Democratic | Others | 502 | 0.06% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 789,822 | 100.00% |
1984 United States Senate election in Massachusetts :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | John Kerry | 1,393,150 | 55.05% |
| | Republican | Ray Shamie | 1,136,913 | 44.93% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 408 | 0.02% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,530,471 | 100.00% |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 1990

1990 United States Senate election in Massachusetts :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | John Kerry (incumbent) | 1,321,712 | 54.51% |
| | Republican | Jim Rappaport | 992,917 | 40.95% |
| | Independent | David Pover | 109,950 | 4.54% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,424,579 | 100.00% |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 1996

1996 United States Senate election in Massachusetts, Democratic primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | John Kerry (incumbent) | 221,213 | 98.62% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 3,095 | 1.38% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 224,308 | 100.00% |
1996 United States Senate election in Massachusetts :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | John Kerry (incumbent) | 1,334,345 | 52.21% |
| | Republican | Bill Weld | 1,142,837 | 44.71% |
| | Conservative | Susan Gallagher | 70,013 | 2.74% |
| | Natural Law | Richard Stone | 7,176 | 0.28% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 1,515 | 0.06% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,555,886 | 100.00% |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2002

2002 United States Senate election in Massachusetts, Democratic primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | John Kerry (incumbent) | 615,517 | 99.36% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 3,979 | 0.64% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 619,496 | 100.00% |
2002 United States Senate election in Massachusetts :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | John F. Kerry (Incumbent) | 1,605,976 | 72.33% |
| | Libertarian | Michael Cloud | 369,807 | 16.66% |
| | Independent | Randall Forsberg (write-in) | 24,898 | 1.12% |
| | | All others | 6,077 | 0.27% |
| | | Blank / Scattering | 213,543 | 9.62% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,220,301 | 100% |

### 2008

2008 United States Senate election in Massachusetts, Democratic primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | John Kerry (incumbent) | 342,446 | 68.85% |
| | Democratic | Edward O'Reilly | 154,395 | 31.04% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 538 | 0.11% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 497,379 | 100.00% |
2008 United States Senate election in Massachusetts :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | John Kerry (incumbent) | 1,971,974 | 65.84% |
| | Republican | Jeff Beatty | 926,044 | 30.92% |
| | Libertarian | Robert Underwood | 93,713 | 3.13% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 3,516 | 0.12% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,995,247 | 100.00% |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

## Presidential election
### 2004

2004 Democratic Party presidential primaries :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | John Kerry | 10,045,891 | 60.75% |
| | Democratic | John Edwards | 3,207,048 | 19.39% |
| | Democratic | Howard Dean | 937,015 | 5.67% |
| | Democratic | Dennis Kucinich | 643,067 | 3.89% |
| | Democratic | Wesley Clark | 572,207 | 3.46% |
| | Democratic | Al Sharpton | 383,683 | 2.32% |
| | Democratic | Uncommitted | 155,388 | 0.94% |
| | Democratic | Others | 591,524 | 3.58% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 16,535,823 | 100.00% |
2004 Democratic National Convention, Presidential tally :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | John Kerry | 4,253 | 98.40% |
| | Democratic | Dennis Kucinich | 43 | 0.99% |
| | Democratic | (not voting) | 26 | 0.60% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 4,322 | 100.00% |
2004 Independence Party of Minnesota presidential caucus :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independence | John Edwards | 335 | 41.10% |
| | Independence | John Kerry | 149 | 18.28% |
| | Independence | George W. Bush (incumbent) | 94 | 11.53% |
| | Independence | Ralph Nader | 78 | 9.57% |
| | Independence | None of the above | 66 | 8.10% |
| | Independence | Dennis Kucinich | 40 | 4.91% |
| | Independence | Lorna Salzman | 9 | 1.10% |
| | Independence | John McCain | 9 | 1.10% |
| | Independence | Al Sharpton | 5 | 0.61% |
| | Independence | Others | 34 | 4.15% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 819 | 100.00% |
2004 Independence Party of New York presidential convention :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independence | Ralph Nader | 623,931 | 95.40% |
| | Independence | John Kerry | 26,161 | 4.00% |
| | Independence | George W. Bush (incumbent) | 2,616 | 0.40% |
| | Independence | David Cobb | 1,308 | 0.20% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 654,016 | 100.00% |
2004 United States presidential election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | George W. Bush / Dick Cheney (inc.) | 62,040,610 | 50.73% |
| | Democratic | John Kerry / John Edwards | 59,028,444 | 48.27% |
| | Independent | Ralph Nader / Peter Camejo | 465,650 | 0.38% |
| | Libertarian | Michael Badnarik / Richard Campagna | 397,265 | 0.32% |
| | Constitution | Michael Peroutka / Chuck Baldwin | 143,630 | 0.12% |
| | Green | David Cobb / Pat LaMarche | 119,859 | 0.10% |
| | | Others | 95,172 | 0.08% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 122,295,345 | 100.00% |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |