Electoral history of Howard Dean explained

Howard Dean was a Governor of Vermont, candidate for President of the United States, and Chairman of the Democratic National Committee.^[1]

Vermont elections

Year	Office	color=000000, rowspan=11		Incumbent	Party	Votes	Pct	color=000000, rowspan=11		Challenger	Party	Votes	Pct	color=000000, rowspan=11		3rd Party	Party	Votes	Pct
1982	VT House		Howard Dean^[2]		Democratic		596		66.4%	Timothy K. McKenzie	Citizens	300	33.4%
1984	VT House		Howard Dean		Democratic		1092		98.9%
1986	Lt. Gov.		Susan Auld^[3]		Republican		84,413		44.4%		Howard Dean		Democratic		99,929		52.5%
1988	Lt. Gov.		Howard Dean		Democratic		154,660		66.5%		Pan B. Zolotas		Republican		69,731		30.0%		Lisa Steckler		Liberty Union		7,952		3.4%
1990	Lt. Gov.		Howard Dean		Democratic		120,956		58.1%		Michael Bernhardt		Republican		80,706		38.7%
1992	Gov.		Howard Dean		Democratic		213,523		74.73%		John McClaughry		Republican		65,837		23.04%
1994	Gov.		Howard Dean		Democratic		145,661		68.6%		David F. Kelley		Republican		40,292		19.0%		Thomas J. Morse		Independent		15,000		7.0%
1996	Gov.		Howard Dean		Democratic		179,544		70.5%		John L. Gropper		Republican		57,161		22.4%
1998	Gov.		Howard Dean		Democratic		121,425		55.6%		Ruth Dwyer		Republican		89,726		41.1%
2000	Gov.		Howard Dean		Democratic		148,059		50.4%		Ruth Dwyer		Republican		111,359		37.9%		Anthony Pollina		Progressive		28,116		9.5%

United States presidential election, 2004

2004 Democratic presidential primaries

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• John Kerry - 9,930,497 (60.98%)
• John Edwards - 3,162,337 (19.42%)
• Howard Dean - 903,460 (5.55%)
• Dennis Kucinich - 620,242 (3.81%)
• Wesley Clark - 547,369 (3.36%)
• Al Sharpton - 380,865 (2.34%)
• Joe Lieberman - 280,940 (1.73%)
• Uncommitted - 157,953 (0.97%)
• Lyndon LaRouche - 103,731 (0.64%)
• Carol Moseley Braun - 98,469 (0.61%)
• Dick Gephardt - 63,902 (0.39%)

Notes and References

1. http://vermont-archives.org/govhistory/elect/ Office of Vermont Secretary of State Deb Markowitz - State Archives
2. Dean was not the incumbent, the district of Chittenden 7-4 was being used for the first time.
3. Auld was not the incumbent, Peter Smith, a fellow Republican, did not seek reelection but instead ran unsuccessfully for Governor.
4. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=1689 Our Campaigns - US President - D Primaries Race - Jan 13, 2004