Congressman Ron Paul
Electoral history of
Ron Paul ,
Republican
U.S. Representative from
Texas (1976-1977, 1979-1985, 1997-2013), 1988
Libertarian Party
Presidential nominee and candidate for the
2008 and
2012 Republican presidential nomination.
House and Senate races (1974-1984)
Texas's 22nd congressional district , 1974 :
[1]
Texas's 22nd congressional district , 1976 (special election) :
[2]
Texas's 22nd congressional district , 1976 (special election runoff) :
[3]
Texas's 22nd congressional district , 1976 :
[4]
Robert Gammage (D) – 96,535 (50.07%)
Ron Paul (R) (inc.) – 96,267 (49.93%)
Texas's 22nd congressional district , 1978 :
[5]
Ron Paul (R) – 54,643 (50.56%)
Robert Gammage (D) (inc.) – 53,443 (49.45%)
Texas's 22nd congressional district , 1980 :
[6]
Texas's 22nd congressional district , 1982 :
[7]
Ron Paul (R) (inc.) – 66,536 (100.00%)
Republican primary for the
United States Senate from Texas, 1984 :
[8]
1988 presidential election
1987
Libertarian National Convention :
[9]
1988
North Dakota Libertarian presidential primary :
[10]
1988 United States presidential election :
George H. W. Bush /
Dan Quayle (R) – 48,886,597 (53.4%) and 426 electoral votes (79.18%, 40 states carried)
Michael Dukakis /
Lloyd Bentsen (D) – 41,809,476 (45.6%) and 111 electoral votes (20.63%, 10 states and D.C. carried)
Lloyd Bentsen /
Michael Dukakis (D) – 1 electoral vote (0.19%,
West Virginia
faithless elector )
Ron Paul /
Andre Marrou (LBT) – 431,750 (0.5%)
Lenora Fulani (New Alliance) – 217,221 (0.2%)
Others – 249,642 (0.3%)
House races (from 1996)
Texas's 14th congressional district , 1996 (Republican primary) :
[11]
Texas's 14th congressional district , 1996 (Republican primary runoff) :
[11]
Ron Paul – 11,244 (54.06%)
Greg Laughlin (inc.) – 9,555 (45.94%)
Texas's 14th congressional district , 1996 :
[11]
Texas's 14th congressional district , 1998 :
[11]
Ron Paul (R) (inc.) – 84,459 (55.25%)
Loy Sneary (D) – 68,014 (44.49%)
Write-in – 390 (0.26%)
Texas's 14th congressional district , 2000 :
[11]
Ron Paul (R) (inc.) – 137,370 (59.71%)
Loy Sneary (D) – 92,689 (40.29%)
Texas's 14th congressional district , 2002 :
[11]
Ron Paul (R) (inc.) – 102,905 (68.09%)
Corby Windham (D) – 48,224 (31.91%)
Texas's 14th congressional district , 2004 :
[11]
Ron Paul (R) (inc.) – 173,668 (100.00%)
Texas's 14th congressional district , 2006 (Republican primary) :
[11]
Texas's 14th congressional district , 2006 :
[11]
Ron Paul (R) (inc.) – 94,380 (60.19%)
Shane Sklar (D) – 62,429 (39.81%)
Texas's 14th congressional district , 2008 (Republican primary) :
[11]
Ron Paul (inc.) – 37,777 (70.43%)
Chris Peden – 15,859 (29.56%)
Texas's 14th congressional district , 2008 :
[11]
Ron Paul (R) (inc.) – 191,293 (100.00%)
Texas's 14th congressional district , 2010
2008 presidential election
Iowa Republican
straw poll , 2008 :
[12]
Republican New Hampshire Vice Presidential primary , 2008 :
[13]
(* – write in)
Liberty Union Party presidential primary, 2008 :
[14]
Constitution Party presidential primaries, 2008 :
[15]
Minnesota Independence Party presidential caucus, 2008 :
[16]
2008 Libertarian National Convention (Presidential tally) :
[17]
First ballot:
Second ballot:
Third ballot:
Sixth ballot:
Republican presidential primaries, 2008 :
[18]
John McCain – 9,926,234 (46.80%)
Mitt Romney – 4,663,847 (21.99%)
Mike Huckabee – 4,280,723 (20.18%)
Ron Paul – 1,210,022 (5.71%)
Rudy Giuliani – 597,494 (2.82%)
Fred Thompson – 294,607 (1.39%)
Uncommitted – 70,866 (0.33%)
Alan Keyes – 59,637 (0.28%)
Scattering – 42,822 (0.20%)
Duncan Hunter – 39,895 (0.19%)
Tom Tancredo – 8,595 (0.04%)
John Cox – 3,351 (0.02%)
Sam Brownback – 2,838 (0.01%)
2008 Republican National Convention (Presidential tally) :
[19]
2008 United States presidential election :
Barack Obama /
Joe Biden (D) – 69,498,215 (52.91%) and 365 electoral votes (28 states+
D.C. +
NE-02 carried)
John McCain /
Sarah Palin (R) – 59,948,240 (45.66%) and 173 electoral votes (22 states carried)
Ralph Nader /
Matt Gonzales (I) – 738,475 (0.56%)
Bob Barr /
Wayne Allyn Root (LBT) – 523,686 (0.40%)
Chuck Baldwin /Darrell Castle (CST) – 199,314 (0.15%)
Cynthia McKinney /
Rosa Clemente (Green) – 161,603 (0.12%)
Alan Keyes /Brian Rohrbough – 47,694 (0.04%)
Ron Paul /With Multiple VP candidates – 42,426 (0.03%)
Gloria La Riva /
Eugene Puryear (Socialism & Liberation) – 6,808 (0.01%)
Brian Moore /
Stewart Alexander (Socialist) – 6,528 (0.01%)
2012 presidential election
Iowa Republican
straw poll , 2011 :
[20]
[21]
Republican New Hampshire Vice Presidential primary , 2012 :
[22]
2012 Libertarian National Convention (Presidential tally) :
[23]
Republican presidential primaries, 2012 :
[24]
Mitt Romney - 10,031,336 (52.13%)
Rick Santorum - 3,932,069 (20.43%)
Newt Gingrich - 2,734,571 (14.21%)
Ron Paul - 2,095,762 (10.89%)
Rick Perry - 54,769 (0.28%)
Jon Huntsman, Jr. - 83,918 (0.44%)
Michele Bachmann - 41,199 (0.21%)
2012 Republican National Convention (Presidential tally) :
[24]
2012 United States presidential election :
[25]
Barack Obama /
Joe Biden (D) - 65,915,796 (51.06%)
Mitt Romney /
Paul Ryan (R) - 60,933,500 (47.20%)
Gary Johnson /
James P. Gray (
Libertarian ) - 1,275,971 (0.99%)
Jill Stein /
Cheri Honkala (
Green ) - 469,627 (0.36%)
Virgil Goode /Jim Clymer (
Constitution ) - 122,388 (0.09%)
Roseanne Barr /
Cindy Sheehan (
Peace and Freedom ) - 67,326 (0.05%)
Rocky Anderson /
Luis J. Rodriguez (Justice Party (United States)|Justice) - 43,018 (0.03%)
Tom Hoefling /
Jonathan D. Ellis (America's Party (political party)|America's) - 40,628 (0.03%)
Ron Paul - 26,204 (0.02%)
Others - 190,944 (0.15%)
2016 Presidential Election
Though not a candidate in the 2016 United States presidential election, Ron Paul received one vote in the electoral college. Paul also received a vote on the first ballot at the Libertarian Party National Convention's nomination for President.
See also
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