Electoral history of Paul Ryan

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Electoral history of Paul Ryan, United States Representative from Wisconsin (1999-2019), 2012 Republican nominee for Vice President of the United States, and Speaker of the House of Representatives (2015-2019). Throughout his career, Paul Ryan had 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]

Wisconsin's 1st congressional district

1998

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 election:[3]
■ Paul Ryan (R) – 107,392 (57%)
■ Lydia Spottswood (D) – 80,747 (43%)

2000

Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, 2000 election:[4]
■ Paul Ryan (R) – 177,612 (67%)
■ Jeffrey Thomas (D) – 88,885 (33%)

2002

Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, 2002 election:[5][6]
■ Paul Ryan (R) – 140,176 (67%)
■ Jeffrey Thomas (D) – 63,895 (31%)
■ George Meyers (L) – 4,406 (2%)

2004

Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, 2004 election:[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%)

2006

Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, 2006 election:[8]
■ Paul Ryan (R) – 161,320 (62.6%)
■ Jeffrey Thomas (D) – 95,761 (37.2%)

2008

Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, 2008 election:[9]
■ Paul Ryan (R) – 231,009 (64%)
■ Marge Krupp (D) – 125,268 (34.7%)
■ Joseph Kexel (L) – 4,606 (1.3%)

2010

Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, 2010 election:[10]
■ Paul Ryan (R) – 179,819 (68.2%)
■ John Heckenlively (D) – 79,363 (30.1%)
■ Joseph Kexel (L) – 4,311 (1.6%)

2012

Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, 2012 election:[11]
■ Paul Ryan' (R) – 200,423 (54.9%)
■ Rob Zerban (D) – 158,414 (43.39%)
■ Keith Deschler (L) - 6,054 (1.66%)
■ Scattering[a] – 167 (0.05%)

2014

Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, 2014 election:[12]
■ Paul Ryan (R) – 182,316 (63.27%)
■ Rob Zerban (D) – 105,552 (36.63%)

2016

Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, 2016 election:[13]
■ Paul Ryan (R) – 230,072 (64.95%)
■ Ryan Solen (D) – 107,003 (30.21%)
■ Spencer Zimmerman (I)[b] – 9,429 (2.66%)
■ Jason Lebeck (L) – 7,486 (2.11%)
■ Scattering[a] – 255 (0.07%)

Speaker of the House

2015

Main article: October 2015 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election

114th Congress election for speaker (intra-term):[14]
■ Paul Ryan (R–Wisconsin) – 236 (54.63%)
■ Nancy Pelosi (D–California) – 184 (42.60%)
■ Dan Webster (R–Florida) – 9 (2.08%)
■ Jim Cooper (D–Tennessee) – 1 (0.23%)
■ John Lewis (D–Georgia) – 1 (0.23%)
■ Colin Powell (R)[c] – 1 (0.23%)

2017

Main article: 2017 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election

115th Congress election for speaker:[15]
■ Paul Ryan (R–Wisconsin) – 239 (55.19%)
■ Nancy Pelosi (D–California) – 189 (43.65%)
■ Tim Ryan (D–Ohio) – 2 (0.47%)
■ Jim Cooper (D–Tennessee) – 1 (0.23%)
■ John Lewis (D–Georgia) – 1 (0.23%)
■ Dan Webster (R–Florida) – 1 (0.23%)

Vice presidential nominee

2012 United States presidential election:[16]
■ Barack Obama of Illinois and Joe Biden of Delaware (D)
   Popular vote: 65,918,507 (51.01%) Electoral votes: 332 (61.71%)
■ Mitt Romney of Massachusetts and Paul Ryan of Wisconsin (R)
   Popular vote: 60,934,407 (47.15%) Electoral votes: 206 (38.29%)
■ Gary Johnson of New Mexico and James P. Gray of California (L)
   Popular vote: 1,275,923 (0.99%) Electoral votes: 0
■ Jill Stein of Massachusetts and Cheri Honkala of Pennsylvania (G)
   Popular vote: 469,015 (0.36%) Electoral votes: 0
■ Virgil Goode of Virginia and Jim Clymer of Pennsylvania (C)
   Popular vote: 122,417 (0.09%) Electoral votes: 0
■ Roseanne Barr of Hawaii and Cindy Sheehan of California (PF)
   Popular vote: 67,477 (0.05%) Electoral votes: 0
■ Rocky Anderson of Utah and Luis J. Rodriguez of California (J)
   Popular vote: 43,123 (0.03%) Electoral votes: 0
■ Tom Hoefling of Iowa and Jonathan D. Ellis of Tennessee (AI)
   Popular vote: 40,649 (0.03%) Electoral votes: 0
■ Other candidates
   Popular vote: 366,124 (0.29%) Electoral votes: 0

The Republican Presidential ticket which included Paul Ryan as Vice Presidential candidate won 195,835 votes (51.65% of the vote) in Wisconsin's 1st congressional district.[17] This was almost 5000 votes fewer than his simultaneous congressional run, and a lower percentage of the vote than he won in any of his congressional races for that district.

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Scattering" votes are included as they were reported to the Clerk of the House of Representatives and recorded in the Election Statistics US House of Representatives.
  2. ^ Party affiliation listed on ballots as "Trump Conservative".
  3. ^ Not a member of the House at the time.

References

  1. ^ "The Angel and Devil in Paul Ryan". ABC News. 13 August 2012. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
  2. ^ "Federal Elections 98: U.S. House Results - Wisconsin". www.fec.gov. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
  3. ^ "CNN AllPolitics Election Night 1998". www.cnn.com. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Federal Elections 2000: U.S. House Results - Wisconsin". www.fec.gov. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
  5. ^ http://www.rollcall.com/race_detail/district-2010-WI-01.html?cqp=1
  6. ^ http://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. ^ "Wisconsin Government Accountability Board County by County Congress Seats" (PDF). State of Wisconsin Government Accountability Board. November 21, 2012. Retrieved April 4, 2013.
  12. ^ "2014 Fall General Election Results - Wisconsin Elections Commission". www.gab.wi.gov. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
  13. ^ "Wisconsin Elections Commission". Wisconsin Elections Commission. November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  14. ^ "161 Cong. Rec. H7337–38 (2015)" (PDF). Washington, D.C.: United States Government Publishing Office. October 29, 2015. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  15. ^ "163 Cong. Rec. H3–4 (2017)" (PDF). Washington, D.C.: United States Government Publishing Office. January 3, 2017. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  16. ^ Leip, David. "2012 Presidential General Election Results". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  17. ^ "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts". Daily Kos. 9 July 2013. Retrieved 3 Jan 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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