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[]

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^[a]	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[]

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^[b]	1	0.23
Total votes			432	100
Votes necessary			217	>50

2017[]

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 Electoral college results

Obama: 332 votes (26 states + DC)
Romney: 206 votes (24 states)

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%
	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[]

^ Party affiliation listed on ballots as "Trump Conservative."
^ Not a member of the House at the time.

References[]

^ "The Angel and Devil in Paul Ryan". ABC News. 13 August 2012. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
^ "Federal Elections 98: U.S. House Results - Wisconsin". www.fec.gov. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
^ https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections98.pdf^{[bare URL]}
^ https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections00.pdf^{[bare URL]}
^ https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/FederalElections2002_House.pdf^{[bare URL]}
^ https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/2004congresults.pdf^{[bare URL]}
^ https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/2006house.pdf^{[bare URL]}
^ https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/2008congresults.pdf^{[bare URL]}
^ https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/2010house.pdf^{[bare URL]}
^ https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/2012congresults.pdf^{[bare URL]}
^ https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/2014house.pdf^{[bare URL]}
^ https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections2016.pdf^{[bare URL]}
^ "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. 9 July 2013. Retrieved 3 Jan 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[13] Party affiliation listed on ballots as "Trump Conservative."

[15] Not a member of the House at the time.

[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] ttps://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections98.pdf^{[bare URL]}

[4] ttps://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections00.pdf^{[bare URL]}

[5] ttps://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/FederalElections2002_House.pdf^{[bare URL]}

[6] ttps://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/2004congresults.pdf^{[bare URL]}

[7] ttps://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/2006house.pdf^{[bare URL]}

[8] ttps://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/2008congresults.pdf^{[bare URL]}

[9] ttps://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/2010house.pdf^{[bare URL]}

[10] ttps://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/2012congresults.pdf^{[bare URL]}

[11] ttps://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/2014house.pdf^{[bare URL]}

[12] ttps://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections2016.pdf^{[bare URL]}

[14] "161 Cong. Rec. H7337–38 (2015)" (PDF). Washington, D.C.: United States Government Publishing Office. October 29, 2015. Retrieved March 24, 2019.

[16] "163 Cong. Rec. H3–4 (2017)" (PDF). Washington, D.C.: United States Government Publishing Office. January 3, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2019.

[17] Leip, David. "2012 Presidential General Election Results". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved January 31, 2019.

[18] "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts". Daily Kos. 9 July 2013. Retrieved 3 Jan 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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