Electoral history of Paul Ryan

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[lower-alpha 1] – 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)[lower-alpha 2] – 9,429 (2.66%)
 Jason Lebeck (L) – 7,486 (2.11%)
 Scattering[lower-alpha 1] – 255 (0.07%)

Speaker of the House

2015

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)[lower-alpha 3] – 1 (0.23%)

2017

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. "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.
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