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John Kerry

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Democrat · 1943–

John Kerry

United States Secretary of State · United States senator · Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts

John Forbes Kerry is an American attorney, politician, diplomat, and former naval officer who served as the 68th United States secretary of state from 2013 to 2017 in the administration of President Barack Obama. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1985 to 2013 and later served as the first U.S. special presidential envoy for climate from 2021 to 2024. Kerry was the Democratic presidential nominee in the 2004 presidential election.

On the Ballot

One presidential run
2004Lost48.3% of the vote · 251 EV · v. George W. Bush

Strongest counties, 2004

Countytwo-party sharevotes
District of Columbia, DC90.5%227,586
Oglala Lakota, SD87.2%4,214
San Francisco, CA84.5%355,929
Bronx, NY83.8%342,929
Macon, AL83.2%9,407

Weakest counties, 2004

Countytwo-party sharevotes
Madison, ID7.2%11,637
Ochiltree, TX7.9%3,177
Garfield, MT8.1%655
Glasscock, TX8.3%533
Roberts, TX9.1%507