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Congressman 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 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 (I) - 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%)

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%)

See also

• Hart's Location, New Hampshire
• Ron Paul presidential campaign, 1988
• Ron Paul presidential campaign, 2008

References

Ron Paul Political positions · Electoral history · 1988 presidential campaign · 2008 presidential campaign · Campaign for Liberty · Young Americans for Liberty Legislation American Sovereignty Restoration Act · Family Education Freedom Act · Federal Reserve Transparency Act · Sanctity of Life Act Books A Foreign Policy of Freedom: Peace, Commerce, and Honest Friendship · The Revolution: A Manifesto  · End The Fed Related Bibliography · Austrian School · Moneybomb · Trevor Lyman · Rand Paul · Paulville, Texas · 2009 Tea Party protests