Electoral history of John McCain
John McCain was the senior United States senator from Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018 and was the 2008 Republican nominee for President of the United States; however, he lost the election to Senator Barack Obama of Illinois. McCain was 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)
[edit]Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | John McCain | 15,363 | 31.83 | |
Republican | Ray Russell | 12,500 | 25.89 | |
Republican | James A. Mack | 10,675 | 22.11 | |
Republican | Donna Carlson-West | 9,736 | 20.17 | |
Total votes | 48,274 | 100% | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | John McCain | 89,116 | 65.90 | |
Democratic | William E. Hegarty | 41,261 | 30.51 | |
Libertarian | Richard K. Dodge | 4,850 | 3.59 | |
Total votes | 135,227 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John McCain | 162,418 | 78.08 | |
Democratic | Harry W. Braun | 45,609 | 21.92 | |
Total votes | 208,027 | 100% |
Senate races (1986–2016)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John McCain | 521,850 | 60.47 | |
Democratic | Richard Kimball | 340,965 | 39.51 | |
Write-in | 106 | 0.01 | ||
Total votes | 862,921 | 100% |
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | John McCain | 201,500 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 201,500 | 100% | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | John McCain | 771,395 | 55.82 | |
Democratic | Claire Sargent | 436,321 | 31.57 | |
Independent | Evan Mecham | 145,361 | 10.52 | |
Libertarian | Kiana Delamare | 22,613 | 1.64 | |
New Alliance | Ed Finkelstein | 6,335 | 0.46 | |
Independent | Robert B. Winn (write-in) | 26 | 0.00 | |
Total votes | 1,382,051 | 100% |
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | John McCain | 206,490 | 99.73 | |
Republican | Mark Healy (write-in) | 568 | 0.27 | |
Total votes | 207,058 | 100% | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | John McCain | 696,577 | 68.74 | |
Democratic | Ed Ranger | 275,224 | 27.16 | |
Libertarian | John C. Zajac | 23,004 | 2.27 | |
Reform | Bob Park | 18,288 | 1.80 | |
Independent | Bill Reilley (write-in) | 187 | 0.02 | |
Total votes | 1,013,280 | 100% |
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | John McCain | 331,720 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 331,720 | 100% | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | John McCain | 1,505,372 | 76.74 | |
Democratic | Stuart Starky | 404,507 | 20.62 | |
Libertarian | Ernest Hancock | 51,798 | 2.64 | |
Total votes | 1,961,677 | 100% |
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | John McCain | 333,744 | 56.25 | |
Republican | J. D. Hayworth | 190,229 | 32.06 | |
Republican | Jim Deakin | 69,328 | 11.69 | |
Total votes | 593,301 | 100% | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | John McCain | 1,005,615 | 58.86 | |
Democratic | Rodney Glassman | 592,011 | 34.65 | |
Libertarian | David Nolan | 80,097 | 4.69 | |
Green | Jerry Joslyn | 24,603 | 1.44 | |
Independent | Ian Gilyeat (write-in) | 5,938 | 0.35 | |
Independent | Loyd Ellis (write-in) | 160 | 0.01 | |
Independent | Santos Enrique Chavez (write-in) | 39 | 0.00 | |
Independent | Sydney Dudikoff (write-in) | 14 | 0.00 | |
Independent | Raymond Caplette (write-in) | 7 | 0.00 | |
Total votes | 1,708,484 | 100% |
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | John McCain | 302,532 | 51.16 | |
Republican | Kelli Ward | 235,988 | 39.91 | |
Republican | Alex Meluskey | 31,159 | 5.27 | |
Republican | Clair Van Steenwyk | 21,476 | 3.63 | |
Republican | Sean Webster (write-in) | 175 | 0.03 | |
Total votes | 591,330 | 100% | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | John McCain | 1,359,267 | 53.71 | |
Democratic | Ann Kirkpatrick | 1,031,245 | 40.75 | |
Green | Gary W. Swing | 138,634 | 5.48 | |
Independent | Pat Quinn (write-in) | 694 | 0.03 | |
Independent | Sydney Dudikoff (write-in) | 494 | 0.02 | |
Independent | Selena Lopez (write-in) | 223 | 0.01 | |
Independent | Leonard A. Clark (write-in) | 83 | 0.00 | |
Independent | Anthony Camboni (write-in) | 45 | 0.00 | |
Independent | Sheila Bilyeu (write-in) | 34 | 0.00 | |
Independent | Gene Scott II (write-in) | 7 | 0.00 | |
Independent | Santos Enrique Chavez (write-in) | 4 | 0.00 | |
Total votes | 2,530,730 | 100% |
2000 Presidential election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John McCain | 208,879 | 40.08 | |
Republican | George W. Bush | 118,234 | 22.68 | |
Democratic | Al Gore | 107,950 | 20.71 | |
Democratic | Bill Bradley | 69,352 | 13.31 | |
Republican | Alan Keyes | 9,369 | 1.80 | |
Republican | Steve Forbes | 3,387 | 0.65 | |
Republican | Lyndon LaRouche | 1,406 | 0.27 | |
Republican | Gary Bauer | 1,401 | 0.27 | |
Republican | Orrin Hatch | 1,240 | 0.24 | |
Total votes | 521,218 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John McCain | 791,064 | 38.03 | |
Democratic | Al Gore | 454,629 | 21.84 | |
Republican | George W. Bush | 443,304 | 21.29 | |
Democratic | Bill Bradley | 159,772 | 7.67 | |
Green | Ralph Nader | 89,210 | 4.29 | |
Republican | Alan Keyes | 57,695 | 2.77 | |
Reform | Donald Trump | 14,597 | 0.70 | |
Libertarian | Harry Browne | 11,973 | 0.58 | |
Reform | George D. Weber | 9,173 | 0.44 | |
Republican | Steve Forbes | 6,035 | 0.29 | |
American Independent | Howard Phillips | 5,957 | 0.29 | |
Natural Law | John Hagelin | 4,843 | 0.23 | |
Green | Joel Kovel | 4,646 | 0.22 | |
Others | 23,839 | 1.15 | ||
Total votes | 2,076,737 | 100.00 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | George W. Bush | 12,034,676 | 62.00 | |
Republican | John McCain | 6,061,332 | 31.23 | |
Republican | Alan Keyes | 985,819 | 5.08 | |
Republican | Steve Forbes | 171,860 | 0.89 | |
Republican | Unpledged delegates | 61,246 | 0.32 | |
Republican | Gary Bauer | 60,709 | 0.31 | |
Republican | Others | 35,659 | 0.18 | |
Total votes | 19,411,301 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | George W. Bush | 2,058 | 99.66 | |
Republican | Alan Keyes | 6 | 0.29 | |
Republican | John McCain | 1 | 0.05 | |
Total votes | 2,065 | 100.00 |
2008 presidential election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Barnes Jr. | 40,207 | 62.43 | |
Republican | John McCain (write-in) | 4,305 | 6.68 | |
Republican | Mike Huckabee (write-in) | 3,227 | 5.01 | |
Republican | Rudy Giuliani (write-in) | 3,164 | 4.91 | |
Republican | Mitt Romney (write-in) | 2,396 | 3.72 | |
Republican | Ron Paul (write-in) | 1,938 | 3.01 | |
Republican | Fred Thompson (write-in) | 1,496 | 2.32 | |
Republican | Duncan Hunter (write-in) | 901 | 1.40 | |
Republican | Joe Lieberman (write-in) | 528 | 0.82 | |
Republican | John Edwards (write-in) | 515 | 0.80 | |
Republican | Barack Obama (write-in) | 474 | 0.74 | |
Republican | Alan Keyes (write-in) | 385 | 0.60 | |
Republican | Hillary Clinton (write-in) | 324 | 0.50 | |
Write-in | 4,543 | 7.05 | ||
Total votes | 64,403 | 100.00 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John McCain | 9,838,910 | 46.49 | |
Republican | Mitt Romney | 4,681,436 | 22.12 | |
Republican | Mike Huckabee | 4,281,900 | 20.23 | |
Republican | Ron Paul | 1,214,563 | 5.74 | |
Republican | Rudy Giuliani | 597,499 | 2.82 | |
Republican | Fred Thompson | 303,845 | 1.44 | |
Republican | Uncommitted | 70,873 | 0.34 | |
Republican | Alan Keyes | 59,636 | 0.28 | |
Republican | Duncan Hunter | 39,883 | 0.19 | |
Republican | Others | 26,548 | 0.13 | |
Write-in | 48,004 | 0.23 | ||
Total votes | 21,163,125 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John McCain | 2,343 | 99.28 | |
Republican | Ron Paul | 15 | 0.64 | |
Republican | Mitt Romney | 2 | 0.09 | |
Total votes | 2,360 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Barack Obama/Joe Biden | 69,456,897 | 52.91 | |
Republican | John McCain/Sarah Palin | 59,934,814 | 45.66 | |
Independent | Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzalez | 738,475 | 0.56 | |
Libertarian | Bob Barr/Wayne Allyn Root | 523,686 | 0.40 | |
Constitution | Chuck Baldwin/Darrell Castle | 199,314 | 0.15 | |
Green | Cynthia McKinney/Rosa Clemente | 161,603 | 0.12 | |
Others | 248,380 | 0.19 | ||
Total votes | 131,263,169 | 100.00 |
See also
[edit]- Electoral history of Barack Obama
- Electoral history of Ralph Nader
- Electoral history of Sarah Palin
- Electoral history of Hillary Clinton
- Electoral history of Joe Biden
- Electoral history of Kamala Harris
- Electoral history of Mitt Romney
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