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Democratic primaries
[edit]Candidates in boldface went on to become the Democratic nominee.
| Year | Winner | Runners-up | Others | Mgn. | Ref. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Joe Biden (i) | 533,096 | 81.55% | No preference | 60,236 | 9.22% | 60,347 | 9.23% | +72.33 | [1] |
| 2020 | Joe Biden | 473,861 | 33.51% | Bernie Sanders | 376,990 | 26.66% | 93,204 | 6.59% | +6.85 | |
| Elizabeth Warren | 303,864 | 21.49% | ||||||||
| Mike Bloomberg | 166,200 | 11.75% | ||||||||
| 2016 | Hillary Clinton | 606,822 | 49.90% | Bernie Sanders | 589,803 | 48.51% | 19,351 | 1.59% | +1.39 | |
| 2012 | Barack Obama (i) | 127,909 | 86.50% | No preference | 16,075 | 10.87% | 3,889 | 2.63% | +75.63 | |
| 2008 | Hillary Clinton | 705,185 | 56.02% | Barack Obama | 511,680 | 40.64% | 42,058 | 3.34% | +15.38 | |
| 2004 | John Kerry | 440,964 | 71.68% | John Edwards | 108,051 | 17.56% | 66,175 | 10.76% | +54.12 | |
| 2000 | Al Gore | 341,586 | 59.77% | Bill Bradley | 212,452 | 37.17% | 17,489 | 3.06% | +22.60 | |
| 1996 | Bill Clinton (i) | 135,360 | 87.07% | No preference | 12,623 | 8.12% | 7,487 | 4.82% | +78.95 | |
| 1992 | Paul Tsongas | 526,297 | 66.26% | Jerry Brown | 115,746 | 14.58% | 65,255 | 8.22% | +51.68 | |
| Bill Clinton | 86,817 | 10.93% | ||||||||
| 1988 | Michael Dukakis | 418,256 | 58.62% | Jesse Jackson | 133,141 | 18.66% | 89,212 | 12.50% | +39.96 | |
| Dick Gephardt | 72,944 | 10.22% | ||||||||
| 1984 | Gary Hart | 245,943 | 38.98% | Walter Mondale | 160,893 | 25.50% | 12,505 | 1.98% | +13.48 | |
| George McGovern | 134,341 | 21.29% | ||||||||
| John Glenn | 45,456 | 7.20% | ||||||||
| Jesse Jackson | 31,824 | 5.04% | ||||||||
| 1980 | Ted Kennedy | 590,393 | 65.07% | Jimmy Carter (i) | 260,401 | 28.70% | 56,530 | 6.23% | +36.37 | |
| 1976 | Henry M. Jackson | 164,393 | 22.34% | Mo Udall | 130,440 | 17.73% | 106,975 | 14.54% | +4.61 | |
| George Wallace | 123,112 | 16.73% | ||||||||
| Jimmy Carter | 101,948 | 13.86% | ||||||||
| Fred R. Harris | 55,701 | 7.57% | ||||||||
| Sargent Shriver | 53,252 | 7.24% | ||||||||
| 1972 | George McGovern | 325,673 | 52.65% | Edmund Muskie | 131,709 | 21.29% | 66,398 | 10.72% | +31.36 | |
| Hubert Humphrey | 48,929 | 7.91% | ||||||||
| George Wallace | 45,807 | 7.41% | ||||||||
Republican primaries
[edit]Candidates in boldface went on to become the Republican nominee.
| Year | Winner | Runners-up | Others | Mgn. | Ref. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Donald Trump | 343,189 | 59.79% | Nikki Haley | 211,440 | 36.83% | 19,473 | 3.39% | +22.96 | [2] |
| 2020 | Donald Trump (i) | 239,115 | 87.03% | Bill Weld | 25,425 | 9.25% | 10,220 | 3.72% | +77.78 | |
| 2016 | Donald Trump | 312,425 | 49.10% | John Kasich | 114,434 | 17.99% | 35,642 | 5.60% | +31.11 | |
| Marco Rubio | 113,170 | 17.77% | ||||||||
| Ted Cruz | 60,592 | 9.52% | ||||||||
| 2012 | Mitt Romney | 266,313 | 72.05% | Rick Santorum | 44,564 | 12.06% | 23,521 | 6.36% | +59.99 | |
| Ron Paul | 35,219 | 9.53% | ||||||||
| 2008 | Mitt Romney | 255,892 | 51.12% | John McCain | 204,779 | 40.91% | 39,879 | 7.97% | +10.21 | |
| 2004 | George W. Bush (i) | 62,773 | 88.85% | No preference | 6,050 | 8.56% | 1,826 | 2.59% | +80.29 | |
| 2000 | John McCain | 325,297 | 64.68% | George W. Bush | 159,826 | 31.78% | 17,809 | 3.54% | +32.90 | |
| 1996 | Bob Dole | 135,946 | 47.73% | Pat Buchanan | 71,688 | 25.17% | 16,138 | 5.67% | +22.56 | |
| Steve Forbes | 39,605 | 13.91% | ||||||||
| Lamar Alexander | 21,456 | 7.53% | ||||||||
| 1992 | George H. W. Bush (i) | 176,868 | 65.58% | Pat Buchanan | 74,797 | 27.73% | 18,037 | 6.69% | +37.85 | |
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush | 141,113 | 58.51% | Bob Dole | 63,392 | 26.28% | 19,885 | 8.25% | +32.23 | |
| Jack Kemp | 16,791 | 6.96% | ||||||||
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan (i) | 59,500 | 89.51% | No preference | 5,038 | 7.58% | 1,938 | 2.92% | +81.93 | |
| 1980 | George H. W. Bush | 124,365 | 31.03% | John B. Anderson | 122,987 | 30.68% | 38,140 | 9.51% | +0.35 | |
| Ronald Reagan | 115,334 | 28.77% | ||||||||
| 1976 | Gerald Ford (i) | 115,375 | 61.22% | Ronald Reagan | 63,555 | 33.73% | 9,519 | 5.05% | +27.49 | |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon (i) | 99,150 | 81.15% | Paul McCloskey | 16,435 | 13.45% | 6,599 | 5.40% | +9.52 | |
Third party primaries
[edit]Candidates in boldface went on to become the their party's respective nominee. "No Preference" is never declared a winner in a primary, even if it gets the most votes.
Libertarian Party
[edit]| Year | Winner | Runners-up | Others | Mgn. | Ref. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Chase Oliver | 1,453 | 14.61% | No preference | 3,982 | 40.04% | 2,874 | 28.90% | +25.43 | [3] |
| Jacob Hornberger | 1,089 | 10.95% | ||||||||
| Michael Rectenwald | 546 | 5.49% | ||||||||
| 2020 | Vermin Supreme | 399 | 10.40% | No preference | 804 | 20.97% | 1,745 | 45.50% | +10.57 | |
| Jacob Hornberger | 369 | 9.62% | ||||||||
| Dan Behrman | 294 | 7.67% | ||||||||
| Kimberly Ruff | 224 | 5.84% | ||||||||
| 2004 | Gary Nolan | 292 | 27.97% | No preference | 230 | 22.03% | 266 | 25.48% | +5.94 | |
| Aaron Russo | 106 | 10.15% | ||||||||
| Michael Badnarik | 82 | 7.85% | ||||||||
| Jeffrey Diket | 68 | 6.51% | ||||||||
| 2000 | Harry Browne | 527 | 41.20% | No preference | 232 | 18.14% | 412 | 32.21% | +8.99 | |
| Kip Lee | 108 | 8.44% | ||||||||
| 1996 | Harry Browne | 386 | 44.37% | No preference | 237 | 27.24% | 70 | 8.05% | +17.13 | |
| Rick Tompkins | 111 | 12.76% | ||||||||
| Irwin Schiff | 66 | 7.59% | ||||||||
Green-Rainbow Party
[edit]| Year | Winner | Runners-up | Others | Mgn. | Ref. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Dario Hunter | 224 | 16.89% | No preference | 316 | 23.83% | 428 | 32.28% | +6.94 | [4] |
| Howie Hawkins | 217 | 16.37% | ||||||||
| Sedinam Curry | 141 | 10.63% | ||||||||
| 2016 | Jill Stein | 768 | 48.12% | No preference | 199 | 12.47% | 629 | 39.41% | +35.65 | |
| 2012 | Jill Stein | 1,018 | 67.06% | No preference | 232 | 15.28% | 95 | 6.26% | +51.78 | |
| Kent Mesplay | 89 | 5.86% | ||||||||
| Harley Mikkelson | 84 | 5.53% | ||||||||
| 2008 | Ralph Nader | 744 | 39.91% | Cynthia McKinney | 474 | 25.43% | 452 | 24.25% | +14.48 | |
| No preference | 194 | 10.41% | ||||||||
| 2004 | Lorna Salzman | 217 | 21.77% | No preference | 236 | 23.67% | 208 | 20.86% | +1.90 | |
| David Cobb | 198 | 19.86% | ||||||||
| Paul Glover | 78 | 7.82% | ||||||||
| Kent Mesplay | 60 | 6.62% | ||||||||
- ^ "Election Results Archive; President; Democratic Primaries". Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ "Election Results Archive; President; Republican Primaries". Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ "Election Results Archive; President; Republican Primaries". Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ "Election Results Archive; President; Republican Primaries". Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 6 May 2025.