# Electoral history of Mitt Romney

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This is the electoral history of Mitt Romney, the 70th Governor of Massachusetts (2003–2007) and the incumbent United States Senator from Utah. Romney ran for president in the 2008 and 2012 presidential primaries. In 2018, Romney declared his candidacy for the United States Senate in the state of Utah and on November 6 was declared the winner.

## U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts
### 1994

1994 United States Senate election in Massachusetts, Republican primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Mitt Romney | 188,280 | 82.04% |
| | Republican | John Lakian | 40,898 | 17.82% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 318 | 0.14% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 229,496 | 100.00% |
1994 United States Senate election in Massachusetts :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Ted Kennedy (incumbent) | 1,266,011 | 58.07% |
| | Republican | Mitt Romney | 894,005 | 41.01% |
| | Libertarian | LauraLeigh Dozier | 14,484 | 0.66% |
| | LaRouche for President | William A. Ferguson Jr. | 4,776 | 0.22% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 688 | 0.03% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,179,964 | 100.00% |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

## Gubernatorial election
### 2002

2002 Massachusetts gubernatorial election, Republican primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Mitt Romney | unopposed | 100.00% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | | 100.00% |
2002 Massachusetts gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Mitt Romney | 1,091,988 | 49.77% |
| | Democratic | Shannon O'Brien | 985,981 | 44.94% |
| | Green | Jill Stein | 76,350 | 3.49% |
| | Libertarian | Carla Howell | 23,044 | 1.05% |
| | Independent | Barbara Johnson | 15,335 | 0.70% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 1,301 | 0.06% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,194,179 | 100.00% |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

## Presidential elections
### 2008

2008 Republican Party presidential primaries :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | John McCain | 9,787,238 | 46.56% |
| | Republican | Mitt Romney | 4,662,443 | 22.18% |
| | Republican | Mike Huckabee | 4,267,267 | 20.30% |
| | Republican | Ron Paul | 1,179,004 | 5.61% |
| | Republican | Rudy Giuliani | 597,624 | 2.84% |
| | Republican | Fred Thompson | 294,100 | 1.40% |
| | Republican | Uncommitted | 70,348 | 0.34% |
| | Republican | Alan Keyes | 59,718 | 0.28% |
| | Republican | Duncan L. Hunter | 39,928 | 0.19% |
| | Republican | Scattering | 39,301 | 0.19% |
| | Republican | Tom Tancredo | 8,612 | 0.04% |
| | Republican | John H. Cox | 3,351 | 0.02% |
| | Republican | Sam Brownback | 2,838 | 0.01% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 21,011,772 | 100.00% |
2008 Republican National Convention :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | John McCain | 2,343 | 99.28% |
| | Republican | Ron Paul | 15 | 0.64% |
| | Republican | Mitt Romney | 2 | 0.09% |
| | Republican | Abstention | 14 | 0.59% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,380 | 100.00% |

### 2012

2012 Republican Party presidential primaries :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Mitt Romney | 9,685,780 | 51.50% |
| | Republican | Rick Santorum | 3,909,621 | 20.79% |
| | Republican | Newt Gingrich | 2,718,937 | 14.46% |
| | Republican | Ron Paul | 2,049,410 | 10.90% |
| | Republican | Jon Huntsman Jr. | 84,730 | 0.45% |
| | Republican | Rick Perry | 54,769 | 0.29% |
| | Republican | Michele Bachmann | 41,429 | 0.22% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 18,544,676 | 100.00% |
2012 Republican National Convention :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Mitt Romney | 2,061 | 90.16% |
| | Republican | Ron Paul | 190 | 8.31% |
| | Republican | Rick Santorum | 9 | 0.39% |
| | Republican | Jon Huntsman Jr. | 1 | 0.04% |
| | Republican | Michele Bachmann | 1 | 0.04% |
| | Republican | Buddy Roemer | 1 | 0.04% |
| | Republican | Abstention | 23 | 1.01% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,286 | 100.00% |
2012 United States presidential election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Barack Obama (inc.) / Joe Biden (inc.) | 65,915,795 | 51.06% |
| | Republican | Mitt Romney / Paul Ryan | 60,933,504 | 47.20% |
| | Libertarian | Gary Johnson / Jim Gray | 1,275,971 | 0.99% |
| | Green | Jill Stein / Cheri Honkala | 469,627 | 0.36% |
| | Constitution | Virgil Goode / Jim Clymer | 122,389 | 0.09% |
| | Peace and Freedom | Roseanne Barr / Cindy Sheehan | 67,326 | 0.05% |
| | Justice | Rocky Anderson / Luis J. Rodriguez | 43,018 | 0.03% |
| | Independent | Tom Hoefling / J.D. Ellis | 40,628 | 0.03% |
| | N/A | Other | 217,152 | 0.17% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 129,085,410 | 100.00% |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

## U.S. Senate election in Utah
### 2018

2018 United States Senate election in Utah, Republican primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Mitt Romney | 240,021 | 71.27% |
| | Republican | Mike Kennedy | 96,771 | 28.73% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 336,792 | 100.00% |
2018 United States Senate election in Utah :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Mitt Romney | 665,215 | 62.59% |
| | Democratic | Jenny Wilson | 328,541 | 30.91% |
| | Constitution | Tim Aalders | 28,774 | 2.71% |
| | Libertarian | Craig Bowden | 27,607 | 2.60% |
| | Independent American | Reed McCandless | 12,708 | 1.20% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 52 | 0.00% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,062,897 | 100.00% |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |