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.

Wisconsin's 1st congressional district

Year Election Date Elected Defeated Total Plurality 1998 Primary Republican 15,859 80.74% Rep. 3,784 19.26% 19,643 12,075 General Republican 108,475 57.11% Dem. 81,164 42.73% 189,946 27,311 2000 General Republican 177,612 66.57% Dem. 88,885 33.32% 266,791 88,727 2002 General Republican 140,176 67.19% Dem. 63,895 30.63% 208,613 76,281 Lib. 4,406 2.11% 2004 General Republican 233,372 65.37% Dem. 116,250 32.57% 356,976 117,122 Ind. 4,252 1.19% Lib. 2,936 0.82% 2006 General Republican 161,320 62.63% Dem. 95,761 37.17% 257,596 65,559 2008 General Republican 231,009 63.97% Dem. 125,268 34.69% 361,107 105,741 Lib. 4,606 1.28% 2010 General Republican 179,819 68.21% Dem. 79,363 30.10% 263,627 100,456 Lib. 4,311 1.64% 2012 General Republican 200,423 54.90% Dem. 158,414 43.39% 365,058 42,009 Ind. 6,054 1.66% 2014 Primary Republican 40,813 94.27% Rep. 2,450 5.66% 43,293 38,363 General Republican 182,316 63.27% Dem. 105,552 36.63% 288,170 76,764 Ind. 29 0.01% 2016 Primary Republican 57,364 84.06% Rep. 10,864 15.92% 68,243 46,500 General Republican 230,072 64.95% Dem. 107,003 30.21% 354,245 123,069 Ind. 9,429 2.66% Lib. 7,486 2.11%

Speaker of the House

2015

2017

Vice presidential nominee 2012

At the 2012 Republican National Convention, Paul Ryan was nominated for vice president by voice vote. Nomination

General election

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. 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

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