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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[ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
Vice presidential nominee [ edit ]
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)
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.
^ Party affiliation listed on ballots as "Trump Conservative ."
^ Not a member of the House at the time.
^ "The Angel and Devil in Paul Ryan" . ABC News . August 13, 2012. Retrieved September 27, 2018 .
^ a b 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 .
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
^ Canvass Results for 2016 Partisan Primary - 8/9/2016 (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Elections Commission . September 30, 2016. p. 1. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ Canvass Results for 2016 General Election - 11/8/2016 (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Elections Commission . December 22, 2016. p. 3. Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^ "161 Cong. Rec. H7337–38 (2015)" (PDF) . Washington, D.C.: United States Government Publishing Office. October 29, 2015. Retrieved March 24, 2019 .
^ "163 Cong. Rec. H3–4 (2017)" (PDF) . Washington, D.C.: United States Government Publishing Office. January 3, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2019 .
^ Leip, David. "2012 Presidential General Election Results" . uselectionatlas.org . Retrieved January 31, 2019 .
^ "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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