House and Senate races (1974-1984)
Texas's 22nd congressional district, 1974:
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):
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):
Ron Paul (R) – 39,041 (56.16%)Robert Gammage (D) – 30,483 (43.85%)Texas's 22nd congressional district, 1976:
Robert Gammage (D) – 96,535 (50.07%)Ron Paul (R) (inc.) – 96,267 (49.93%)Texas's 22nd congressional district, 1978:
Ron Paul (R) – 54,643 (50.56%)Robert Gammage (D) (inc.) – 53,443 (49.45%)Texas's 22nd congressional district, 1980:
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:
Ron Paul (R) (inc.) – 66,536 (100.00%)Republican primary for the United States Senate from Texas, 1984:
Phil Gramm – 246,716 (73.25%)Ron Paul – 55,431 (16.46%)Robert Mosbacher, Jr. – 26,279 (7.80%)Hank Grover – 8,388 (2.49%)1987 Libertarian National Convention:
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:
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%)Texas's 14th congressional district, 1996 (Republican primary):
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):
Ron Paul – 11,244 (54.06%)Greg Laughlin (inc.) – 9,555 (45.94%)Texas's 14th congressional district, 1996:
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:
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:
Ron Paul (R) (inc.) – 137,370 (59.71%)Loy Sneary (D) – 92,689 (40.29%)Texas's 14th congressional district, 2002:
Ron Paul (R) (inc.) – 102,905 (68.09%)Corby Windham (D) – 48,224 (31.91%)Texas's 14th congressional district, 2004:
Ron Paul (R) (inc.) – 173,668 (100.00%)Texas's 14th congressional district, 2006 (Republican primary):
Ron Paul (inc.) – 24,075 (77.65%)Cynthia Sinatra – 6,931 (22.35%)Texas's 14th congressional district, 2006:
Ron Paul (R) (inc.) – 94,380 (60.19%)Shane Sklar (D) – 62,429 (39.81%)Texas's 14th congressional district, 2008 (Republican primary):
Ron Paul (inc.) – 37,777 (70.43%)Chris Peden – 15,859 (29.56%)Texas's 14th congressional district, 2008:
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%)Iowa Republican straw poll, 2008:
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:
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:
Brian Moore – 178 (44.61%)Barack Obama – 25 (6.27%)Hillary 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:
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:
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):
First ballot:
Bob Barr – 153Mary Ruwart – 152Wayne Allyn Root – 123Mike Gravel – 71George Phillies – 49Steve Kubby – 41Michael Jingozian – 23Ron Paul – 6Christine Smith – 6Penn Jillette – 3Daniel Imperato – 1William Koehler – 1None of the above – 2Second ballot:
'Bob Barr – 188Mary Ruwart – 162Wayne Allyn Root – 138Mike Gravel – 71George Phillies – 38Steve Kubby – 32Ron Paul – 3Stephen Colbert – 1Jesse Ventura – 1None of the above – 1Third ballot:
Bob Barr – 186Mary Ruwart – 186Wayne Allyn Root – 146Mike Gravel – 71George Phillies – 31Ron Paul – 1None of the above – 2Sixth ballot:
Bob Barr – 324Mary Ruwart – 276Ralph Nader – 1Ron Paul – 1None of the above – 26Republican presidential primaries, 2008:
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):
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%)Iowa Republican straw poll, 2011:
Michele Bachmann - 4,823 (28.6%)Ron Paul - 4,671 (27.7%)Tim Pawlenty - 2,293 (13.6%)Rick Santorum - 1,657 (9.8%)Herman Cain - 1,456 (8.6%)Rick Perry (write-in) - 718 (4.3%)Mitt Romney - 567 (3.4%)Newt Gingrich - 385 (2.3%)Jon Huntsman - 69 (0.4%)Thaddeus McCotter - 35 (0.2%)Scattering - 218 (1.30%)Republican New Hampshire Vice Presidential primary, 2012:
Mitt Romney - 97,591 (39.27%)Ron Paul - 56,872 (22.88%)Jon Huntsman, Jr. - 41,964 (16.88%)Rick Santorum - 23,432 (9.43%)Newt Gingrich - 23,421 (9.42%)Rick Perry - 1,764 (.71%)Others - 3,171 (1.27%)Misc. write-ins - 260 (0.1%)2012 Libertarian National Convention (Presidential tally):
Gary Johnson - 419 (70.42%)R. Lee Wrights - 152 (25.55%)Jim Burns - 12 (2.02%)Carl Person - 3 (0.50%)NOTA - 3 (0.50%)Sam Sloan (Write-in) - 2 (0.34%)Max Abramson (Write-in) - 2 (0.34%)Ron Paul (Write-in) - 1 (0.17%)Wayne Allyn Root (Write-in) - 1 (0.17%)Republican presidential primaries, 2012:
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):
Mitt Romney – 2,061 (90.16%)Ron Paul – 185 (8.09%)Rick Santorum – 9 (0.39%)Jon Huntsman, Jr. - 1 (0.04%)Michele Bachmann - 1 (0.04%)Buddy Roemer - 1 (0.04%)Uncommitted - 1 (0.04%)United States presidential election, 2012:
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 Party (United States|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%)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, even though he is not a registered Libertarian.
