Electoral history of Paul Ryan

Speaker Paul Ryan, 2017

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

• Electoral history of Joe Biden
• Electoral history of Kamala Harris
• Electoral history of Mitt Romney
• Electoral history of Barack Obama
• Electoral history of Nancy Pelosi
• Electoral history of Kevin McCarthy
• Electoral history of Mike Johnson
• Electoral history of Sarah Palin

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.
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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.