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==2012 Vice Presidential election==
==2012 Vice Presidential election==
'''Republican Nomination for [[United States presidential election, 2012|Vice President of the United States]]'''

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'''[[United States presidential election, 2012|General Election]]'''
'''[[United States presidential election, 2012|General Election]]'''

Revision as of 05:52, 8 January 2013

Congressman Ryan's official portrait

This is a summary of the electoral history of Paul Ryan, United States Representative from Wisconsin (since 1999) and 2012 Republican nominee for Vice President of the United States. Throughout his career, Ryan had never lost an election prior to his defeat in the 2012 United States Presidential Election. [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%)
  • Marge Krupp (D) - 79,363 (30.1%)
  • Joseph Kexel (L) - 4,311 (1.6%)

2012 Vice Presidential election

General Election

Electoral results
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[11] Constitution Virginia 120,747 0.09% 0 Jim Clymer Pennsylvania 0
Roseanne Barr[11] Peace and Freedom Hawaii 67,229 0.05% 0 Cindy Sheehan California 0
Rocky Anderson[11] Justice Utah 41,986 0.03% 0 Luis J. Rodriguez California 0
Tom Hoefling[11] 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

See also

References

  1. ^ http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/paul-ryan-high-risk-high-reward-mitt-romney/story?id=16980215#.UCba8Y5gPzI
  2. ^ http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe1998/wih.htm
  3. ^ http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/WI/H/01/
  4. ^ http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2000/wih.htm
  5. ^ http://www.rollcall.com/race_detail/district-2010-WI-01.html?cqp=1
  6. ^ www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2002/2002fedresults.xls
  7. ^ http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2004/federalelections2004.pdf
  8. ^ http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2006/federalelections2006.pdf
  9. ^ http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2008/federalelections2008.pdf
  10. ^ http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2010/federalelections2010.pdf
  11. ^ a b c d "U.S. Election Results by State". Retrieved December 1, 2012.