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.

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

[[File:ElectoralCollege2012.svg|thumb|right|x200px|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. 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.