Electoral history of John McCain

Electoral history of John McCain, Senior United States Senator from Arizona (since 1987) and currently Republican Party nominee for President of the United States in 2008 election. McCain has been involved in many elections on local, statewide and nationwide stage since his first election to the United States House of Representatives in 1982

House races (1982-1984)

Arizona's 1st congressional district, 1982 (Republican primary) [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=225279] :
* John McCain - 15,363 (31.83%)
* Ray Russell - 12,500 (25.89%)
* James A. Mack - 10,675 (22.11%)
* Donna Carlson-West - 9,736 (20.17%) Arizona's 1st congressional district, 1982 [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=35589] :
* John McCain (R) - 89,116 (65.90%)
* William E. Hegarty (D) - 41,261 (30.51%)
* Richard K. Dodge (LBT) - 4,850 (3.59%)

Arizona's 1st congressional district, 1984 [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=40145] :
* John McCain (R) (inc.) - 162,418 (78.08%)
* Harry W. Braun (D) - 45,609 (21.93%)

enate races (1986-)

United States Senate election in Arizona, 1986 [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3292] :
* John McCain (R) - 521,850 (60.48%)
* Richard Kimball (D) - 340,965 (39.52%)

Republican primary for the United States Senate from Arizona, 1992 [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=271764] :
* John McCain (inc.) - 201,500 (100.00%)

United States Senate election in Arizona, 1992 [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3291] :
* John McCain (R) (inc.) - 771,395 (55.82%)
* Claire Sargent (D) - 436,321 (31.57%)
* Evan Mecham (I) - 145,361 (10.52%)
* Kiana Delamare (LBT) - 22,613 (1.64%)
* Ed Finkelstein (I) - 6,335 (0.46%)
* Robert B. Winn (I) (write-in) - 26 (0.00%)

Republican primary for the United States Senate from Arizona, 1998 [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=208211] :
* John McCain (inc.) - 206,490 (99.73%)
* Mark Healy (write-in) - 568 (0.27%)

United States Senate election in Arizona, 1998 [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=125] :
* John McCain (R) (inc.) - 696,577 (68.75%)
* Ed Ranger (D) - 275,224 (27.16%)
* John C. Zajac (LBT) - 23,004 (2.27%)
* Bob Park (Reform) - 18,288 (1.81%)
* Bill Reilley (I) (write-in) - 187 (0.02%)

Republican primary for the United States Senate from Arizona, 2004 [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=271714] :
* John McCain (inc.) - 331,720 (100.00%)

United States Senate election in Arizona, 2004 [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3790] :
* John McCain (R) (inc.) - 1,505,372 (76.74%)
* Stuart Starky (D) - 404,507 (20.62%)
* Ernest Hancock (LBT) - 51,798 (2.64%)

2000 Presidential election

Washington primary for independent voters, 2000 [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=34628] :
* John McCain (R) - 208,879 (40.08%)
* George W. Bush (R) - 118,234 (22.68%)
* Al Gore (D) - 107,950 (20.71%)
* Bill Bradley (D) - 69,352 (13.31%)
* Alan Keyes (R) - 9,369 (1.80%)
* Steve Forbes (R) - 3,387 (0.65%)
* Lyndon LaRouche (D) - 1,406 (0.27%)
* Gary Bauer (R) - 1,401 (0.27%)
* Orrin Hatch (R) - 1,240 (0.24%)

California primary for independent voters, 2000 [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=32102] :
* John McCain (R) - 791,864 (38.03%)
* Al Gore (D) - 454,629 (21.84%)
* George W. Bush (R) - 443,304 (21.29%)
* Bill Bradley (D) - 159,772 (7.67%)
* Ralph Nader (Green) - 89,210 (4.29%)
* Alan Keyes (R) - 57,695 (2.77%)
* Donald Trump (Reform) - 14,597 (0.70%)
* Harry Browne (LBT) - 11,973 (0.58%)
* George Weber (Reform) - 9,173 (0.44%)
* Steve Forbes (R) - 6,035 (0.29%)
* Howard Phillips (American Independent) - 5,957 (0.29%)
* John Hagelin (Natural Law) - 4,843 (0.23%)
* Joel Kovel (Green) - 4,646 (0.22%)
* Robert Bowman (Reform) - 4,587 (0.22%)
* Others - 23,839 (1.15%)Republican presidential primaries, 2000 [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=55218] :
* George W. Bush - 12,034,676 (62.00%)
* John McCain - 6,061,332 (31.23%)
* Alan Keyes - 985,819 (5.08%)
* Steve Frobes - 171,860 (0.89%)
* Unpledged delegates - 61,246 (0.32%)
* Gary Bauer - 60,709 (0.31%)
* Orrin Hatch - 15,958 (0.08%)

2000 Republican National Convention (Presidential tally) [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=58087] :
* George W. Bush - 2,058 (99.66%)
* Alan Keyes - 6 (0.29%)
* John McCain - 1 (0.05%)

2004 presidential election

Minnesota Independence Party presidential caucus, 2004 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=68459 Our Campaigns - MN US President - IP Caucus Race - Mar 02, 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%)
* Mickey Mouse* - 1 (0.12%)
* Theodore Roosevelt* - 1 (0.12%)

(* - write-in)

2008 presidential election

Iowa Republican straw poll, 2008 [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=381359] :
* Mitt Romney - 4,516 (31.58%)
* Mike Huckabee - 2,587 (18.09%)
* Sam Brownback - 2,192 (15.33%)
* Tom Tancredo - 1,961 (13.71%)
* Ron Paul - 1,305 (9.13%)
* Tommy Thompson - 1,039 (7.27%)
* Fred Thompson - 203 (1.42%)
* Rudy Giuliani - 183 (1.28%)
* Duncan Hunter - 174 (1.22%)
* John McCain - 101 (0.71%)
* John Cox - 41 (0.29%)

Republican New Hampshire Vice Presidential primary, 2008 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=411803 Our Campaigns - NH US Vice President - R Primary Race - Jan 08, 2008 ] ] :
* John Barnes, Jr. - 40,207 (62.43%)
* "'John McCain"* - 4,305 (6.68%)
* Mike Huckabee* - 3,227 (5.01%)
* Rudy Giuliani* - 3,164 (4.91%)
* Mitt Romney* - 2,396 (3.72%)
* Ron Paul* - 1,938 (3.01%)
* Fred Thompson* - 1,496 (2.32%)
* Duncan Hunter* - 901 (1.40%)
* Others - 3,982 (6.18%)

(* - write in)

Liberty Union Party presidential primary, 2008 [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=421598] :
* Brian Moore - 178 (44.61%)
* Barack Obama - 25 (6.27%)
* Hillary Rodham Clinton - 15 (3.76%)
* Ralph Nader - 5 (1.25%)
* Eugene V. Debs - 1 (0.25%)
* Patrick Leahy - 1 (0.25%)
* John McCain - 1 (0.25%)
* Richard Norford - 1 (0.25%)
* Ron Paul - 1 (0.25%)
* Morgan Phillips - 1 (0.25%)
* Others - 170 (42.61%)Republican presidential primaries, 2008 [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=6314] :
* John McCain - 9,926,234 (46.80%)
* Mitt Romney - 4,663,847 (21.99%)
* Mike Huckabee - 4,280,723 (20.18%)
* Ron Paul - 1,210,022 (5.71%)
* Rudy Giuliani - 597,494 (2.82%)
* Fred Thompson - 294,607 (1.39%)
* Uncommitted - 70,866 (0.33%)
* Alan Keyes - 59,637 (0.28%)
* Scattering - 42,822 (0.20%)
* Duncan Hunter - 39,895 (0.19%)
* Tom Tancredo - 8,595 (0.04%)
* John Cox - 3,351 (0.02%)
* Sam Brownback - 2,838 (0.01%)

2008 Republican National Convention (Presidential tally) [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=279987] :
* John McCain - 2,343 (99.28%)
* Ron Paul - 15 (0.64%)
* Mitt Romney - 2 (0.09%)

ee also

* Electoral history of Barack Obama (Democratic nominee)
* Electoral history of Bob Barr (Libertarian nominee)
* Electoral history of Cynthia McKinney (Green nominee)
* Electoral history of Ralph Nader (Independent candidate)
* Electoral history of Sarah Palin (Republican V.P. nominee)
* Electoral history of Joe Biden (Democratic V.P. nominee)

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