Electoral history of Paul Ryan

Congressman Ryan's official portrait

This is a summary of the electoral history of Paul Ryan, United States Representative from Wisconsin (since 1999), 2012 Republican nominee for Vice President of the United States, and Speaker of the House of Representatives (since 2015). Throughout his career, Ryan has 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]

House races (1998-Present)

Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, 1998 (Republican primary):[2]

Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, 1998[3]

Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, 2000[4]

Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, 2002[5][6]

Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, 2004[7]

Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, 2006[8]

Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, 2008[9]

Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, 2010[10]

Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, 2012[11][12]

Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, 2014[13]

Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, primary, 2016[14][15]

2012 Vice Presidential election

General Election

Presidential candidate Party Home state Popular vote Electoral
vote		 Running mate
Count Pct Vice-presidential candidate Home state Elect. 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[16] Constitution Virginia 120,747 0.09% 0 Jim Clymer Pennsylvania 0
Roseanne Barr[16] Peace and Freedom Hawaii 67,229 0.05% 0 Cindy Sheehan California 0
Rocky Anderson[16] Justice Utah 41,986 0.03% 0 Luis J. Rodriguez California 0
Tom Hoefling[16] 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

October 2015 House Speakership election

Candidate Votes %
√Paul Ryan (R) 236 54.3%
Nancy Pelosi (D) 184 42.3%
Dan Webster (R) 9 2.0%
Colin Powell (R) 1 0.2%
Jim Cooper (D) 1 0.2%
John Lewis (D) 1 0.2%
Total 432
Not voting 3
Vacant 0

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. ↑ 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. ↑ Scatterings votes are included as they were reported to the Clerk of the House of Representatives"Election Statistics US House of Representatives - 2012". Karen Haas, Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. February 28, 2013. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
  13. ↑ http://www.gab.wi.gov/elections-voting/results/2014/fall-general
  14. ↑ "House Speaker Ryan cruises to victory in GOP primary". Fox News. August 9, 2016.
  15. ↑ "Wisconsin House Races Results". Politico. August 11, 2016.
  16. 1 2 3 4 "U.S. Election Results by State". Retrieved December 1, 2012.
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