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]

Speaker Paul Ryan, 2017
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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.[lower-alpha 1] 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[lower-alpha 2] 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. 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.
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