Electoral history of Paul Ryan
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This is a summary of the electoral history of Paul Ryan, United States Representative from Wisconsin (since 1999), 2012 Republican nominee for Vice President of the United States, and Speaker of the House of Representatives (since 2015). Throughout his career, Ryan has never lost an election other than his defeat in the 2012 United States Presidential Election; of all the times he has won, he has never received less than 54% of the vote.[1]
House races (1998-Present)
Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, 1998 (Republican primary):[2]
- Paul Ryan - 15,363 (80.65%)
- Michael J. Logan - 3,784 (19.24%)
Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, 1998[3]
- Paul Ryan (R) - 107,392 (57%)
- Lydia Spottswood (D) - 80,747 (43%)
Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, 2000[4]
- Paul Ryan (R) - 177,612 (67%)
- Jeffrey Thomas (D) - 88,885 (33%)
Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, 2002[5][6]
- Paul Ryan (R) - 140,176 (67%)
- Jeffrey Thomas (D) - 63,895 (31%)
- George Meyers (L) - 4,406 (2%)
Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, 2004[7]
- Paul Ryan (R) - 233,372 (65.4%)
- Jeffrey Thomas (D) - 116,250 (32.6%)
- Norman Aulabaugh (I) - 4,252 (1.2%)
- Don Bernau (L) - 2,936 (.8%)
Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, 2006[8]
- Paul Ryan (R) - 161,320 (62.6%)
- Jeffrey Thomas (D) - 95,761 (37.2%)
Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, 2008[9]
- Paul Ryan (R) - 231,009 (64%)
- Marge Krupp (D) - 125,268 (34.7%)
- Joseph Kexel (L) - 4,606 (1.3%)
Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, 2010[10]
- Paul Ryan (R) - 179,819 (68.2%)
- John Heckenlively (D) - 79,363 (30.1%)
- Joseph Kexel (L) - 4,311 (1.6%)
Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, 2012[11][12]
- Paul Ryan (R) - 200,423 (54.9%)
- Rob Zerban (D) - 158,414 (43.39%)
- Keith Deschler (L) - 6,054 (1.66%)
- Scattering - 167 (0.05%)
Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, 2014[13]
- Paul Ryan (R) - 182,316 (63.27%)
- Rob Zerban (D) - 105,552 (36.63%)
Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, primary, 2016[14][15]
- Paul Ryan (R) - 57,391 (84.1%)
- Paul Nehlen (R) - 10,852 (15.9%)
2012 Vice Presidential election
| Presidential candidate | Party | Home state | Popular vote | Electoral vote |
Running mate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count | Percentage | Vice-presidential candidate | Home state | Electoral vote | ||||
| Barack Obama | Democratic | Illinois | 65,465,269 | 50.95% | 332 | Joe Biden | Delaware | 332 |
| Mitt Romney | Republican | Massachusetts | 60,782,804 | 47.31% | 206 | Paul Ryan | Wisconsin | 206 |
| Gary Johnson | Libertarian | New Mexico | 1,272,586 | 0.99% | 0 | James P. Gray | California | 0 |
| Jill Stein | Green | Massachusetts | 465,781 | 0.36% | 0 | Cheri Honkala | Pennsylvania | 0 |
| Virgil Goode[16] | Constitution | Virginia | 120,747 | 0.09% | 0 | Jim Clymer | Pennsylvania | 0 |
| Roseanne Barr[16] | Peace and Freedom | Hawaii | 67,229 | 0.05% | 0 | Cindy Sheehan | California | 0 |
| Rocky Anderson[16] | Justice | Utah | 41,986 | 0.03% | 0 | Luis J. Rodriguez | California | 0 |
| Tom Hoefling[16] | America's | Iowa | 40,515 | 0.03% | 0 | Jonathan D. Ellis | Tennessee | 0 |
| Other | 222,200 | 0.17% | — | Other | — | |||
| Total | 128,479,117 | 100% | 538 | 538 | ||||
| Needed to win | 270 | 270 | ||||||
October 2015 House Speakership election
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" | | √Paul Ryan (R) | 236 | 54.3% |
| style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | | Nancy Pelosi (D) | 184 | 42.3% |
| style="background-color: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" | | Dan Webster (R) | 9 | 2.0% |
| style="background-color: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" | | Colin Powell (R) | 1 | 0.2% |
| style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | | Jim Cooper (D) | 1 | 0.2% |
| style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | John Lewis (D) | 1 | 0.2% |
| Total | 432 | ||
| Not voting | 3 | ||
| Vacant | 0 | ||
See also
- Electoral history of Barack Obama (Democratic nominee)
- Electoral history of Mitt Romney (Republican nominee)
- Electoral history of Joe Biden (Democratic V.P. nominee)
References
- ^ http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/paul-ryan-high-risk-high-reward-mitt-romney/story?id=16980215#.UCba8Y5gPzI
- ^ http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe1998/wih.htm
- ^ http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/WI/H/01/
- ^ http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2000/wih.htm
- ^ http://www.rollcall.com/race_detail/district-2010-WI-01.html?cqp=1
- ^ http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2002/2002fedresults.xls
- ^ http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2004/federalelections2004.pdf
- ^ http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2006/federalelections2006.pdf
- ^ http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2008/federalelections2008.pdf
- ^ http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2010/federalelections2010.pdf
- ^ "Wisconsin Government Accountability Board County by County Congress Seats" (PDF). State of Wisconsin Government Accountability Board. November 21, 2012. Retrieved April 4, 2013.
- ^ Scatterings votes are included as they were reported to the Clerk of the House of Representatives"Election Statistics US House of Representatives - 2012". Karen Haas, Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. February 28, 2013. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
- ^ http://www.gab.wi.gov/elections-voting/results/2014/fall-general
- ^ "House Speaker Ryan cruises to victory in GOP primary". Fox News. August 9, 2016.
- ^ "Wisconsin House Races Results". Politico. August 11, 2016.
- ^ a b c d "U.S. Election Results by State". Retrieved December 1, 2012.