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 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 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 Dennis Kucinich – 93,047 (50.81%) Ed Feighan – 90,074 (49.19%) Cleveland mayoral recall election, 1978 Against recall – 60,250 (50.10%) For recall – 60,014 (49.90%) Cleveland mayoral election, 1979 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) 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) Mary Rose Oakar (incumbent) – 64,417 (76.74%) Dennis Kucinich – 19,530 (23.27%) Ohio's 19th congressional district, 1992 (Democratic primary) 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) 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 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 Dennis Kucinich, Democrat (incumbent) – 110,552 (66.77%) Joe Slovenec, Republican – 55,015 (33.23%) Ohio's 10th congressional district, 2000 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 Dennis Kucinich, Democrat (incumbent) – 129,997