McCain on the presidential campaign trail in 2007
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)
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Senate races (1986–2016)
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2010 United States Senate election in Arizona [11] [12]
Primary election
|
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%
|
2016 United States Senate election in Arizona [13] [14]
Primary election
|
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
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Washington primary for independent voters, 2000[15]
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
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%
|
California primary for independent voters, 2000[16]
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
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
|
Red states won by Bush, yellow by McCain
2000 Republican primaries[17]
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
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
|
2008 presidential election
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New Hampshire Republican vice presidential primary, 2008[19]
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
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
|
Results of 2008 presidential primaries
Republican presidential primaries, 2008 [20]
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
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
|
2008 United States presidential election [22]
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
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
|
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