Electoral history of JD Vance

Vice president-elect JD Vance

JD Vance first ran for the United States Senate in 2022, in which he won the Republican primary, and later defeated Democrat Tim Ryan.

In 2024, he was selected by former President Donald Trump to become the Republican vice-presidential nominee. They later went on to win the election against Democrats Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.

2022 Senate election

2022 United States Senate Republican primary results in Ohio

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	JD Vance	344,736	32.22%
	Republican	Josh Mandel	255,854	23.92%
	Republican	Matt Dolan	249,239	23.30%
	Republican	Mike Gibbons	124,653	11.65%
	Republican	Jane Timken	62,779	5.87%
	Republican	Mark Pukita	22,692	2.12%
	Republican	Neil Patel	9,873	0.92%
Total votes			1,069,826	100.0%

2022 United States Senate election in Ohio

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	JD Vance	2,192,114	53.04%	N/A
	Democratic	Tim Ryan	1,939,489	46.92%	N/A
	Write-in		1,739	0.04%	N/A
Total votes			4,133,342	100.0%	N/A
	Republican hold

2024 vice presidential election

Electoral results

Presidential candidate	Party	Home state	Popular vote		Electoral vote	Running mate
			Count	Percentage		Vice-presidential candidate	Home state	Electoral vote
Donald Trump	Republican	Florida	74,120,203	50.42%	312	JD Vance	Ohio	312
Kamala Harris	Democratic	California	70,299,431	47.82%	226	Tim Walz	Minnesota	226
Jill Stein	Green	Massachusetts	688,835	0.47%	0	Butch Ware	California	0
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.	Independent	New York	674,718	0.46%	0	Nicole Shanahan	California	0
Chase Oliver	Libertarian	Georgia	599,698	0.41%	0	Michael ter Maat	Virginia	0
Other			631,112	0.43%	—	Other		—
Total			147,013,997	100%	538			538
Needed to win					270			270

See also

• Electoral history of Donald Trump