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]

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Wisconsin's 1st congressional district

1998
1998 Wisconsin's 1st congressional district election, Republican primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Ryan 15,363 80.65%
Republican Michael J. Logan 3,784 19.24%
Total votes 19,147 100.00%
1998 Wisconsin's 1st congressional district election[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Ryan 108,475 57.11%
Democratic Lydia Spottswood 81,164 42.73%
Write-in 307 0.16%
Total votes 189,946 100.00%
Republican hold

2000
2000 Wisconsin's 1st congressional district election[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Ryan (incumbent) 177,612 66.57%
Democratic Jeffrey Thomas 88,885 33.32%
Write-in 294 0.11%
Total votes 266,791 100.00%
Republican hold

2002
2002 Wisconsin's 1st congressional district election[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Ryan (incumbent) 140,176 67.19%
Democratic Jeffrey Thomas 63,895 30.63%
Libertarian George Meyers 4,406 2.11%
Write-in 136 0.07%
Total votes 208,613 100.00%
Republican hold

2004
2004 Wisconsin's 1st congressional district election[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Ryan (incumbent) 233,372 65.37%
Democratic Jeffrey Thomas 116,250 32.57%
Independent Norman Aulabaugh 4,252 1.19%
Libertarian Don Bernau 2,936 0.82%
Write-in 166 0.05%
Total votes 356,976 100.00%
Republican hold

2006
2006 Wisconsin's 1st congressional district election[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Ryan (incumbent) 161,320 62.63%
Democratic Jeffrey Thomas 95,761 37.17%
Write-in 515 0.20%
Total votes 257,596 100.00%
Republican hold

2008
2008 Wisconsin's 1st congressional district election[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Ryan (incumbent) 231,009 63.97%
Democratic Marge Krupp 125,268 34.69%
Libertarian Joseph Kexel 4,606 1.28%
Write-in 224 0.06%
Total votes 361,107 100.00%
Republican hold

2010
2010 Wisconsin's 1st congressional district election[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Ryan (incumbent) 179,819 68.21%
Democratic John Heckenlively 79,363 30.10%
Libertarian Joseph Kexel 4,311 1.64%
Write-in 134 0.05%
Total votes 263,627 100.00%
Republican hold

2012
2012 Wisconsin's 1st congressional district election[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Ryan (incumbent) 200,423 54.90%
Democratic Bob Zerban 158,414 43.39%
Libertarian Keith Deschler 6,054 1.66%
Write-in 167 0.05%
Total votes 365,058 100.00%
Republican hold

2014
2014 Wisconsin's 1st congressional district election[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Ryan (incumbent) 182,316 63.27%
Democratic Bob Zerban 105,552 36.63%
Libertarian Keith Deschler (write-in) 29 0.01%
Write-in 273 0.09%
Total votes 288,170 100.00%
Republican hold

2016
2016 Wisconsin's 1st congressional district election[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Ryan (incumbent) 230,072 64.95%
Democratic Ryan Solen 107,003 30.21%
Independent Spencer Zimmerman[lower-alpha 1] 9,429 2.66%
Libertarian Jason Lebeck 7,486 2.11%
Write-in 255 0.07%
Total votes 354,245 100.00%
Republican hold

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[13]
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[14]
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 United States presidential election[15]
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%
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 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.[16] 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.

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. 13 August 2012. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
  2. "Federal Elections 98: U.S. House Results - Wisconsin". www.fec.gov. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
  3. https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections98.pdf
  4. https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections00.pdf
  5. https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/FederalElections2002_House.pdf
  6. https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/2004congresults.pdf
  7. https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/2006house.pdf
  8. https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/2008congresults.pdf
  9. https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/2010house.pdf
  10. https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/2012congresults.pdf
  11. https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/2014house.pdf
  12. https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections2016.pdf
  13. "161 Cong. Rec. H7337–38 (2015)" (PDF). Washington, D.C.: United States Government Publishing Office. October 29, 2015. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  14. "163 Cong. Rec. H3–4 (2017)" (PDF). Washington, D.C.: United States Government Publishing Office. January 3, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  15. Leip, David. "2012 Presidential General Election Results". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  16. "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts". Daily Kos. 9 July 2013. Retrieved 3 Jan 2020.
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