Electoral history of Paul Ryan
Appearance
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Vice presidential campaigns
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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
Presidential candidate | Party | Home state | Popular vote | Electoral vote |
Running mate | |||
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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
- 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
- ^ 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
- ^ a b c d "U.S. Election Results by State". Retrieved December 1, 2012.