Electoral history of Newt Gingrich

This is the electoral history of Newt Gingrich. Gingrich, a Republican, served as the 50th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 until his resignation in November 1998. He represented Georgia's 6th congressional district as a Republican from 1979 until his resignation in January 1999. In 2012, Gingrich was a candidate for the Republican Party presidential nomination.

Georgia's 6th congressional district

1974 election

1974 Georgia's 6th congressional district election
* denotes incumbent Source:[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jack Flynt*	49,082	51.45
	Republican	Newt Gingrich	46,308	48.55
Total votes			95,390	100.00

1976 election

1976 Georgia's 6th congressional district election
* denotes incumbent Source:[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jack Flynt*	77,532	51.71
	Republican	Newt Gingrich	72,400	48.29
Total votes			149,932	100.00

1978 election

1978 Georgia's 6th congressional district Republican primary election
Source:[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Newt Gingrich	4,597	75.56
	Republican	David Barrow	952	15.65
	Republican	Michael W. "Mike" Esther	535	8.79
Total votes			6,084	100.00

1978 Georgia's 6th congressional district election
Source:[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Newt Gingrich	47,078	54.40
	Democratic	Virginia Shapard	39,451	45.59
Total votes			86,529	100.00

1980 election

1980 Georgia's 6th congressional district election
* denotes incumbent Source:[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Newt Gingrich*	96,071	59.05
	Democratic	Dock H. Davis	66,606	40.94
Total votes			149,932	100.00

1982 election

1982 Georgia's 6th congressional district election
* denotes incumbent Source:[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Newt Gingrich*	62,352	55.27
	Democratic	Jim Wood	50,459	44.73
Total votes			112,812	100.00

1984 election

1984 Georgia's 6th congressional district election
* denotes incumbent Source:[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Newt Gingrich*	116,655	69.14
	Democratic	Gerald L. Johnson	52,061	30.86
Total votes			168,717	100.00

1986 election

1986 Georgia's 6th congressional district election
* denotes incumbent Source:[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Newt Gingrich*	75,583	59.55
	Democratic	Candle Bray	51,352	40.46
Total votes			126,935	100.00

1988 election

1988 Georgia's 6th congressional district election
* denotes incumbent Source:[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Newt Gingrich*	110,169	58.92
	Democratic	David Worley	76,824	41.08
Total votes			186,993	100.00

1990 election

1990 Georgia's 6th congressional district election
* denotes incumbent Source:[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Newt Gingrich*	78,768	50.31
	Democratic	David Worley	77,794	49.69
Total votes			156,562	100.00

1992 election

1992 Georgia's 6th congressional district election
* denotes incumbent Source:[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Newt Gingrich*	158,761	57.74
	Democratic	Tony Center	116,196	42.26
Total votes			274,957	100.00

1994 election

1994 Georgia's 6th congressional district election
* denotes incumbent Source:[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Newt Gingrich*	119,432	64.17
	Democratic	Ben Jones	66,700	35.83
Total votes			186,132	100.00

1996 election

1996 Georgia's 6th congressional district election
* denotes incumbent Source:[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Newt Gingrich*	174,155	57.80
	Democratic	Michael Coles	127,135	42.20
Total votes			301,290	100.00

1998 election

1998 Georgia's 6th congressional district election
* denotes incumbent Source:[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Newt Gingrich*	164,966	70.70
	Democratic	Bats Pelphrey	68,366	29.30
Total votes			233,332	100.00

Speaker of the House of Representatives

1995 election

1995 election for speaker – 104th Congress[15][16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Newt Gingrich (GA 6)	228	52.54
	Democratic	Dick Gephardt (MO 3)	202	46.55
	—	Present	4	0.91
Total votes			434	100
Votes necessary			218	>50

1997 election

1997 election for speaker – 105th Congress[16][17]
* denotes incumbent
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Newt Gingrich (GA 6)*	216[lower-alpha 1]	50.83
	Democratic	Dick Gephardt (MO 3)	2050	48.24
	Republican	Jim Leach (IA 1)	20	0.47
	Republican	Robert Michel[lower-alpha 2]	10	0.23
	Republican	Robert Walker[lower-alpha 2]	10	0.23
Total votes			425[lower-alpha 3]	100
Votes necessary			213	>50

United States President

2012

First place by first-instance vote

Mitt Romney (42)

Rick Santorum (11)

Newt Gingrich (2)

Ron Paul (1)

2012 Republican Party presidential primaries[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mitt Romney	9,685,780	51.50%
	Republican	Rick Santorum	3,909,621	20.79%
	Republican	Newt Gingrich	2,718,937	14.46%
	Republican	Ron Paul	2,049,410	10.90%
	Republican	Jon Huntsman Jr.	84,730	0.45%
	Republican	Rick Perry	54,769	0.29%
	Republican	Michele Bachmann	41,429	0.22%
Total votes			18,544,676	100.00%

Notes

Received a majority of the votes cast, and thus won the election, but failed to obtain a majority of the full membership (218).
Not a member of the House at the time, retired.
Six Republicans answered "present" during the roll call vote. These were not included in the vote count, only "votes cast for a person by name" were.

References

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"Our Campaigns - GA District 6 Race - Nov 04, 1986". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
"1988 General Election Results" (PDF). sos.ga.gov. p. 23. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
"1990 General Election Results" (PDF). sos.ga.gov. p. 47. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
"1992 General Election Results" (PDF). sos.ga.gov. p. 25. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
"1994 General Election Results" (PDF). sos.ga.gov. p. 49. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
"1996 General Election Results" (PDF). sos.ga.gov. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
"1998 General Election Results" (PDF). sos.ga.gov. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
"141 Cong. Rec. H3–4 (1995)" (PDF). Washington, D.C.: United States Government Publishing Office. January 4, 1995. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
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[18] Received a majority of the votes cast, and thus won the election, but failed to obtain a majority of the full membership (218).

[NaM-19] Not a member of the House at the time, retired.

[20] Six Republicans answered "present" during the roll call vote. These were not included in the vote count, only "votes cast for a person by name" were.

[1] "Our Campaigns - GA District 6 Race - Nov 05, 1974". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2018-02-15.

[2] "Our Campaigns - GA District 6 Race - Nov 02, 1976". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2018-02-15.

[3] "Our Campaigns - GA District 6 - R Primary Race - Aug 08, 1978". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2018-02-15.

[4] "Our Campaigns - GA District 6 Race - Nov 07, 1978". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2018-02-15.

[5] "Our Campaigns - GA District 6 Race - Nov 04, 1980". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2018-02-15.

[6] "Our Campaigns - GA District 6 Race - Nov 02, 1982". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2023-01-08.

[7] "Our Campaigns - GA District 6 Race - Nov 06, 1984". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2023-01-08.

[8] "Our Campaigns - GA District 6 Race - Nov 04, 1986". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2023-01-08.

[9] "1988 General Election Results" (PDF). sos.ga.gov. p. 23. Retrieved 2023-01-08.

[10] "1990 General Election Results" (PDF). sos.ga.gov. p. 47. Retrieved 2023-01-08.

[11] "1992 General Election Results" (PDF). sos.ga.gov. p. 25. Retrieved 2023-01-08.

[12] "1994 General Election Results" (PDF). sos.ga.gov. p. 49. Retrieved 2023-01-08.

[13] "1996 General Election Results" (PDF). sos.ga.gov. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-01-08.

[14] "1998 General Election Results" (PDF). sos.ga.gov. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-01-08.

[15] "141 Cong. Rec. H3–4 (1995)" (PDF). Washington, D.C.: United States Government Publishing Office. January 4, 1995. Retrieved February 9, 2019.

[CRS-RL30857-16] Heitshusen, Valerie; Beth, Richard S. (January 4, 2019). "Speakers of the House: Elections, 1913–2019" (PDF). CRS Report for Congress. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress. Retrieved January 28, 2019.

[17] "143 Cong. Rec. H2–4 (1997)" (PDF). Washington, D.C.: United States Government Publishing Office. January 7, 1997. Retrieved February 9, 2019.

[21] "Republican Convention 2012". thegreenpapers.com. Retrieved 2023-01-08.