Electoral history of Ron Paul

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]

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 Moore/Stewart Alexander (Socialist) – 6,528 (0.01%)

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