Electoral history of Ron Paul

Electoral history of Ron Paul, Republican U.S. Representative from Texas (1976-1977, 1979-1985, 1997-present), 1988 Libertarian Party Presidential nominee and candidate for the 2008 and 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

1 House and Senate races (1974-1984)
2 1988 presidential election
3 House races (from 1996)
4 2008 presidential election
5 See also
6 References

House and Senate races (1974-1984)

Texas's 22nd congressional district, 1974:^[1]

Robert R. Casey (D) (inc.) - 47,783 (69.54%)
Ron Paul (R) - 19,483 (28.35%)
James T. Smith (American) - 847 (1.23%)
Jill Fein (Socialist Workers) - 602 (0.88%)

Texas's 22nd congressional district, 1976 (special election):^[2]

Robert Gammage (D) - 15,287 (42.07%)
Ron Paul (R) - 14,386 (39.59%)
John S. Brunson (D) - 3,670 (10.10%)
Roy Ybarra (D) - 1,456 (4.01%)
J. Charles Whitfield (I) - 776 (2.14%)
Joe W. Jones (I) - 568 (1.56%)
Erich J. Brann (I) - 197 (0.54%)

Texas's 22nd congressional district, 1976 (special election runoff):^[3]

Ron Paul (R) - 39,041 (56.16%)
Robert Gammage (D) - 30,483 (43.85%)

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]

Ron Paul (R) (inc.) - 106,797 (51.04%)
Mike Andrews (D) - 101,094 (48.31%)
Vaudie V. Nance (LBT) - 1,360 (0.65%)

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]

Phil Gramm - 246,716 (73.25%)
Ron Paul - 55,431 (16.46%)
Rob Mosbacher - 26,279 (7.80%)
Hank Grover - 8,388 (2.49%)

1988 presidential election

1987 Libertarian National Convention:^[9]

Ron Paul - 196 (51.31%)
Russell Means - 120 (31.41%)
James A. Lewis - 49 (12.83%)
None - 17 (4.45%)

1988 North Dakota Libertarian presidential primary:^[10]

Ron Paul - 985 (100.00%)

United States presidential election, 1988:

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]

Greg Laughlin (inc.) - 14,777 (42.52%)
Ron Paul - 11,112 (31.97%)
Jim Deats - 8,466 (24.36%)
Ted Bozarth - 398 (1.15%)

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]

Ron Paul (R) - 99,961 (51.08%)
Charles Morris (D) - 93,200 (47.62%)
Ed Fasanella (Natural Law) - 2,538 (1.30%)

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]

Ron Paul (inc.) - 24,075 (77.65%)
Cynthia Sinatra - 6,931 (22.35%)

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

Ron Paul (inc.) - 140,441 (76.0%)
Robert Pruett - 44,345 (24.0%)

2008 presidential election

Iowa Republican straw poll, 2008:^[12]

Mitt Romney - 4,516 (31.58%)
Mike Huckabee - 2,587 (18.09%)
Sam Brownback - 2,192 (15.33%)
Tom Tancredo - 1,961 (13.71%)
Ron Paul - 1,305 (9.13%)
Tommy Thompson - 1,039 (7.27%)
Fred Thompson - 203 (1.42%)
Rudy Giuliani - 183 (1.28%)
Duncan Hunter - 174 (1.22%)
John McCain - 101 (0.71%)
John Cox - 41 (0.29%)

Republican New Hampshire Vice Presidential primary, 2008:^[13]

John Barnes, Jr. - 40,207 (62.43%)
John McCain* - 4,305 (6.68%)
Mike Huckabee* - 3,227 (5.01%)
Rudy Giuliani* - 3,164 (4.91%)
Mitt Romney* - 2,396 (3.72%)
Ron Paul* - 1,938 (3.01%)
Fred Thompson* - 1,496 (2.32%)
Duncan Hunter* - 901 (1.40%)
Others - 3,982 (6.18%)

(* - write in)

Liberty Union Party presidential primary, 2008:^[14]

Brian Moore - 178 (44.61%)
Barack Obama - 25 (6.27%)
Hillary Rodham Clinton - 15 (3.76%)
Ralph Nader - 5 (1.25%)
Eugene V. Debs - 1 (0.25%)
Patrick Leahy - 1 (0.25%)
John McCain - 1 (0.25%)
Richard Norford - 1 (0.25%)
Ron Paul - 1 (0.25%)
Morgan Phillips - 1 (0.25%)
Others - 170 (42.61%)

Constitution Party presidential primaries, 2008:^[15]

Don J. Grundmann - 16,105 (36.07%)
Diane Beall Templin - 14,835 (33.22%)
Max Riekse - 13,597 (30.45%)
Ron Paul - 65 (0.15%)
David Andrew Larson - 18 (0.04%)
Bryan Malatesta - 18 (0.04%)
Undecided - 7 (0.02%)
Mike Huckabee - 3 (0.01%)
Alan Keyes - 3 (0.01%)
Mitt Romney - 2 (0.00%)
Jerome Corsi - 1 (0.00%)
Others - 1 (0.00%)

Minnesota Independence Party presidential caucus, 2008:^[16]

Mike Bloomberg - 50 (50.00%)
Barack Obama - 20 (20.00%)
Ron Paul - 20 (20.00%)
Others - 10 (10.00%)

2008 Libertarian National Convention (Presidential tally):^[17]

First ballot:

Bob Barr - 153
Mary Ruwart - 152
Wayne Allyn Root - 123
Mike Gravel - 71
George Phillies - 49
Steve Kubby - 41
Michael Jingozian - 23
Ron Paul - 6
Christine Smith - 6
Penn Jillette - 3
Daniel Imperato - 1
William Koehler - 1
None of the above - 2

Second ballot:

'Bob Barr - 188
Mary Ruwart - 162
Wayne Allyn Root - 138
Mike Gravel - 71
George Phillies - 38
Steve Kubby - 32
Ron Paul - 3
Stephen Colbert - 1
Jesse Ventura - 1
None of the above - 1

Third ballot:

Bob Barr - 186
Mary Ruwart - 186
Wayne Allyn Root - 146
Mike Gravel - 71
George Phillies - 31
Ron Paul - 1
None of the above - 2

Sixth ballot:

Bob Barr - 324
Mary Ruwart - 276
Ralph Nader - 1
Ron Paul - 1
None of the above - 26

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]

John McCain - 2,343 (99.28%)
Ron Paul - 15 (0.64%)
Mitt Romney - 2 (0.09%)

United States presidential election, 2008:

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 K. Moore/Stewart Alexander (Socialist) - 6,528 (0.01%)

References

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