Electoral history of John McCain

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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.

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House races (1982–1984)

1982 Arizona's 1st congressional district election [1] [2]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John McCain 15,363 31.83
Republican Ray Russell12,50025.89
Republican James A. Mack10,67522.11
Republican Donna Carlson-West9,73620.17
Total votes48,274 100%
General election
Republican John McCain 89,116 65.90
Democratic William E. Hegarty41,26130.51
Libertarian Richard K. Dodge4,8503.59
Total votes135,227 100%
1984 Arizona's 1st congressional district election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John McCain 162,418 78.08
Democratic Harry W. Braun45,60921.92
Total votes208,027 100%

Senate races (1986–2016)

1986 United States Senate election in Arizona [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John McCain 521,850 60.47
Democratic Richard Kimball 340,96539.51
Write-in 1060.01
Total votes862,921 100%
1992 United States Senate election in Arizona [5] [6]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John McCain 201,500 100.00
Total votes201,500 100%
General election
Republican John McCain 771,395 55.82
Democratic Claire Sargent436,32131.57
Independent Evan Mecham145,36110.52
Libertarian Kiana Delamare22,6131.64
New Alliance Ed Finkelstein6,3350.46
Independent Robert B. Winn (write-in)260.00
Total votes1,382,051 100%
1998 United States Senate election in Arizona [7] [8]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John McCain 206,490 99.73
Republican Mark Healy (write-in)5680.27
Total votes207,058 100%
General election
Republican John McCain 696,577 68.74
Democratic Ed Ranger 275,22427.16
Libertarian John C. Zajac23,0042.27
Reform Bob Park18,2881.80
Independent Bill Reilley (write-in)1870.02
Total votes1,013,280 100%
2004 United States Senate election in Arizona [9] [10]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John McCain 331,720 100.00
Total votes331,720 100%
General election
Republican John McCain 1,505,372 76.74
Democratic Stuart Starky404,50720.62
Libertarian Ernest Hancock51,7982.64
Total votes1,961,677 100%
2010 United States Senate election in Arizona [11] [12]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John McCain 333,744 56.25
Republican J. D. Hayworth 190,22932.06
Republican Jim Deakin69,32811.69
Total votes593,301 100%
General election
Republican John McCain 1,005,615 58.86
Democratic Rodney Glassman592,01134.65
Libertarian David Nolan 80,0974.69
Green Jerry Joslyn24,6031.44
Independent Ian Gilyeat (write-in)5,9380.35
Independent Loyd Ellis (write-in)1600.01
Independent Santos Enrique Chavez (write-in)390.00
Independent Sydney Dudikoff (write-in)140.00
Independent Raymond Caplette (write-in)70.00
Total votes1,708,484 100%
2016 United States Senate election in Arizona [13] [14]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John McCain 302,532 51.16
Republican Kelli Ward 235,98839.91
Republican Alex Meluskey31,1595.27
Republican Clair Van Steenwyk21,4763.63
Republican Sean Webster (write-in)1750.03
Total votes591,330 100%
General election
Republican John McCain 1,359,267 53.71
Democratic Ann Kirkpatrick 1,031,24540.75
Green Gary W. Swing138,6345.48
Independent Pat Quinn (write-in)6940.03
Independent Sydney Dudikoff (write-in)4940.02
Independent Selena Lopez (write-in)2230.01
Independent Leonard A. Clark (write-in)830.00
Independent Anthony Camboni (write-in)450.00
Independent Sheila Bilyeu (write-in)340.00
Independent Gene Scott II (write-in)70.00
Independent Santos Enrique Chavez (write-in)40.00
Total votes2,530,730 100%

2000 Presidential election

Washington primary for independent voters, 2000 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John McCain 208,879 40.08
Republican George W. Bush 118,23422.68
Democratic Al Gore 107,95020.71
Democratic Bill Bradley 69,35213.31
Republican Alan Keyes 9,3691.80
Republican Steve Forbes 3,3870.65
Republican Lyndon LaRouche 1,4060.27
Republican Gary Bauer 1,4010.27
Republican Orrin Hatch 1,2400.24
Total votes521,218 100.00%
California primary for independent voters, 2000 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John McCain 791,064 38.03
Democratic Al Gore 454,62921.84
Republican George W. Bush 443,30421.29
Democratic Bill Bradley 159,7727.67
Green Ralph Nader 89,2104.29
Republican Alan Keyes 57,6952.77
Reform Donald Trump 14,5970.70
Libertarian Harry Browne 11,9730.58
Reform George D. Weber 9,1730.44
Republican Steve Forbes 6,0350.29
American Independent Howard Phillips 5,9570.29
Natural Law John Hagelin 4,8430.23
Green Joel Kovel 4,6460.22
Others23,8391.15
Total votes2,076,737 100.00
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Red states won by Bush, yellow by McCain
2000 Republican primaries [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican George W. Bush 12,034,676 62.00
Republican John McCain6,061,33231.23
Republican Alan Keyes 985,8195.08
Republican Steve Forbes 171,8600.89
Republican Unpledged delegates61,2460.32
Republican Gary Bauer 60,7090.31
Republican Others35,6590.18
Total votes19,411,301 100.00
2000 Republican National Convention (Presidential tally) [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican George W. Bush 2,058 99.66
Republican Alan Keyes 60.29
Republican John McCain10.05
Total votes2,065 100.00

2008 presidential election

New Hampshire Republican vice presidential primary, 2008 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Barnes Jr. 40,207 62.43
Republican John McCain (write-in)4,3056.68
Republican Mike Huckabee (write-in)3,2275.01
Republican Rudy Giuliani (write-in)3,1644.91
Republican Mitt Romney (write-in)2,3963.72
Republican Ron Paul (write-in)1,9383.01
Republican Fred Thompson (write-in)1,4962.32
Republican Duncan Hunter (write-in)9011.40
Republican Joe Lieberman (write-in)5280.82
Republican John Edwards (write-in)5150.80
Republican Barack Obama (write-in)4740.74
Republican Alan Keyes (write-in)3850.60
Republican Hillary Clinton (write-in)3240.50
Write-in 4,5437.05
Total votes64,403 100.00
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Results of 2008 presidential primaries
Republican presidential primaries, 2008 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John McCain 9,838,910 46.49
Republican Mitt Romney 4,681,43622.12
Republican Mike Huckabee 4,281,90020.23
Republican Ron Paul 1,214,5635.74
Republican Rudy Giuliani 597,4992.82
Republican Fred Thompson 303,8451.44
Republican Uncommitted70,8730.34
Republican Alan Keyes 59,6360.28
Republican Duncan Hunter 39,8830.19
Republican Others26,5480.13
Write-in 48,0040.23
Total votes21,163,125 100.00
2008 Republican National Convention (Presidential tally) [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John McCain 2,343 99.28
Republican Ron Paul 150.64
Republican Mitt Romney 20.09
Total votes2,360 100.00
2008 United States presidential election [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Barack Obama/Joe Biden 69,456,897 52.91
Republican John McCain/Sarah Palin 59,934,81445.66
Independent Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzalez 738,4750.56
Libertarian Bob Barr/Wayne Allyn Root 523,6860.40
Constitution Chuck Baldwin/Darrell Castle199,3140.15
Green Cynthia McKinney/Rosa Clemente 161,6030.12
Others248,3800.19
Total votes131,263,169 100.00

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