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

Year Election Date Elected Defeated Total Plurality
1998 Primary[2] Sep. 8 Paul Ryan Republican 15,859 80.74% Michael J. Logan Rep. 3,784 19.26% 19,643 12,075
General[2] Nov. 3 Paul Ryan Republican 108,475 57.11% Lydia Spottswood Dem. 81,164 42.73% 189,946 27,311
2000 General[3] Nov. 7 Paul Ryan (inc) Republican 177,612 66.57% Jeffrey C. Thomas Dem. 88,885 33.32% 266,791 88,727
2002 General[4] Nov. 5 Paul Ryan (inc) Republican 140,176 67.19% Jeffrey C. Thomas Dem. 63,895 30.63% 208,613 76,281
George Meyers Lib. 4,406 2.11%
2004 General[5] Nov. 2 Paul Ryan (inc) Republican 233,372 65.37% Jeffrey C. Thomas Dem. 116,250 32.57% 356,976 117,122
Norman Aulabaugh Ind. 4,252 1.19%
Don Bernau Lib. 2,936 0.82%
2006 General[6] Nov. 7 Paul Ryan (inc) Republican 161,320 62.63% Jeffrey C. Thomas Dem. 95,761 37.17% 257,596 65,559
2008 General[7] Nov. 4 Paul Ryan (inc) Republican 231,009 63.97% Marge Krupp Dem. 125,268 34.69% 361,107 105,741
Joseph Kexel Lib. 4,606 1.28%
2010 General[8] Nov. 2 Paul Ryan (inc) Republican 179,819 68.21% John Heckenlively Dem. 79,363 30.10% 263,627 100,456
Joseph Kexel Lib. 4,311 1.64%
2012 General[9] Nov. 6 Paul Ryan (inc) Republican 200,423 54.90% Rob Zerban Dem. 158,414 43.39% 365,058 42,009
Keith Deschler Ind. 6,054 1.66%
2014 Primary[10] Aug. 12 Paul Ryan (inc) Republican 40,813 94.27% Jeremy Ryan Rep. 2,450 5.66% 43,293 38,363
General[11] Nov. 4 Paul Ryan (inc) Republican 182,316 63.27% Rob Zerban Dem. 105,552 36.63% 288,170 76,764
Keith Deschler (write-in) Ind. 29 0.01%
2016 Primary[12] Aug. 9 Paul Ryan (inc) Republican 57,364 84.06% Paul Nehlen Rep. 10,864 15.92% 68,243 46,500
General[13] Nov. 8 Paul Ryan (inc) Republican 230,072 64.95% Ryan Solen Dem. 107,003 30.21% 354,245 123,069
Spencer Zimmerman Ind.[a] 9,429 2.66%
Jason Lebeck Lib. 7,486 2.11%

Speaker of the House

2015

Main article: October 2015 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election
2015 election for Speaker (Special) – 114th Congress[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Ryan (WI-01) 236 54.63
Democratic Nancy Pelosi (CA-12) 184 42.60
Republican Dan Webster (FL-10) 9 2.08
Democratic Jim Cooper (TN-05) 1 0.23
Democratic John Lewis (GA-05) 1 0.23
Republican Colin Powell[b] 1 0.23
Total votes 432 100
Votes necessary 217 >50

2017

Main article: 2017 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election
2017 election for Speaker – 115th Congress[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Ryan (WI-01) (incumbent) 239 55.19
Democratic Nancy Pelosi (CA-12) 189 43.65
Democratic Tim Ryan (OH-13) 2 0.47
Democratic Jim Cooper (TN-05) 1 0.23
Democratic John Lewis (GA-05) 1 0.23
Republican Dan Webster (FL-10) 1 0.23
Total votes 433 100
Votes necessary 217 >50

Vice presidential nominee

At the 2012 Republican National Convention, Paul Ryan was nominated for vice president by voice vote.

2012 Electoral college results
  • Obama: 332 votes (26 states + DC)
  • Romney: 206 votes (24 states)
2012 United States presidential election[16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Barack Obama (inc.) / Joe Biden (inc.) 65,915,795 51.06%
Republican Mitt Romney / Paul Ryan 60,933,504 47.20%
Libertarian Gary Johnson / Jim Gray 1,275,971 0.99%
Green Jill Stein / Cheri Honkala 469,627 0.36%
Constitution Virgil Goode / Jim Clymer 122,389 0.09%
Peace and Freedom Roseanne Barr / Cindy Sheehan 67,326 0.05%
Justice Rocky Anderson / Luis J. Rodriguez 43,018 0.03%
Independent Tom Hoefling / J.D. Ellis 40,628 0.03%
N/A Other 217,152 0.17%
Total votes 129,085,410 100.00%
Democratic hold

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.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Party affiliation listed on ballots as "Trump Conservative."
  2. ^ Not a member of the House at the time.

References

  1. ^ "The Angel and Devil in Paul Ryan". ABC News. August 13, 2012. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
  2. ^ a b Barish, Lawrence S.; Meloy, Patricia E., eds. (1999). "Elections in Wisconsin". State of Wisconsin Blue Book 1999–2000 (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. pp. 859, 862. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
  3. ^ Results of the Fall General Election - 11/07/2000 (Report). Wisconsin State Elections Board. May 10, 2001. p. 2. Retrieved September 29, 2023 – via Wisconsin Historical Society.
  4. ^ Results of the Fall General Election - 11/05/2002 (Report). Wisconsin State Elections Board. December 2, 2002. p. 3. Retrieved September 29, 2023 – via Wisconsin Historical Society.
  5. ^ Results of the Fall General Election - 11/02/2004 (Report). Wisconsin State Elections Board. December 1, 2004. p. 2. Retrieved September 29, 2023 – via Wisconsin Historical Society.
  6. ^ Results of the Fall General Election - 11/07/2006 (Report). Wisconsin State Elections Board. December 11, 2006. p. 3. Retrieved September 29, 2023 – via Wisconsin Historical Society.
  7. ^ Results of the Fall General Election - 11/04/2008 (Report). Wisconsin Government Accountability Board. December 1, 2008. p. 2. Retrieved September 29, 2023 – via Wisconsin Historical Society.
  8. ^ Results of the Fall General Election - 11/02/2010 (Report). Wisconsin Government Accountability Board. December 1, 2010. p. 3. Retrieved September 29, 2023 – via Wisconsin Historical Society.
  9. ^ Canvass Results for 2012 Presidential and General Election - 11/6/2012 (Report). Wisconsin Government Accountability Board. December 26, 2012. p. 2. Retrieved September 29, 2023 – via Wisconsin Historical Society.
  10. ^ Canvass Results for 2014 Fall Partisan Primary - 8/12/2014 (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Government Accountability Board. August 29, 2014. p. 4. Retrieved September 29, 2023 – via Wisconsin Elections Commission.
  11. ^ Canvass Results for 2014 General Election - 11/4/2014 (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Government Accountability Board. November 26, 2014. p. 3. Retrieved September 29, 2023 – via Wisconsin Elections Commission.
  12. ^ Canvass Results for 2016 Partisan Primary - 8/9/2016 (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Elections Commission. September 30, 2016. p. 1. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
  13. ^ Canvass Results for 2016 General Election - 11/8/2016 (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Elections Commission. December 22, 2016. p. 3. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
  14. ^ "161 Cong. Rec. H7337–38 (2015)" (PDF). Washington, D.C.: United States Government Publishing Office. October 29, 2015. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  15. ^ "163 Cong. Rec. H3–4 (2017)" (PDF). Washington, D.C.: United States Government Publishing Office. January 3, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 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. July 9, 2013. Archived from the original on December 8, 2017. Retrieved January 3, 2020.