Electoral history of Mike Pence
Mike Pence ran his first political campaign in 1988 for Indiana's 2nd congressional district . A member of the Republican Party , he won his party's nomination, but lost the general election to incumbent Democratic representative Philip R. Sharp . A rematch occurred two years later and Pence lost by a bigger margin. In 2000, he made his third run for public office when he was finally elected to represent the same district. From 2002 to 2010, he comfortably won every election for Indiana's 6th congressional district .
Forgoing another congressional campaign, Pence entered the 2012 Indiana gubernatorial election , winning the Republican nomination before narrowly defeating Democratic nominee John R. Gregg . Pence unanimously won his party's nomination in the 2016 gubernatorial election , but withdrew from the race after Republican nominee Donald Trump selected Pence as his running mate in their eventual Electoral College victory against the Democratic ticket of Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine in the 2016 United States presidential election . In the 2020 presidential election , Trump and Pence lost to Democrats Joe Biden and Kamala Harris .
1988 Indiana's 2nd congressional district election
1990 Indiana's 2nd congressional district election
2000 Indiana's 2nd congressional district election
2002 Indiana's 6th congressional district election
2004 Indiana's 6th congressional district election
2006 Indiana's 6th congressional district election
2008 Indiana's 6th congressional district election
2010 Indiana's 6th congressional district election
2012 Indiana gubernatorial election
2016 Indiana gubernatorial election
United States vice presidential elections
2016
Nomination
General election
Electoral college map of the 2016 election
Electoral results
Presidential candidate
Party
Home state
Popular vote
Electoral vote
Running mate
Count
Percentage
Vice-presidential candidate
Home state
Electoral vote
Donald Trump
Republican
New York
62,984,828
46.09%
304 (306)
Mike Pence
Indiana
304[ b]
Hillary Clinton
Democratic
New York
65,853,514
48.18%
227 (232)
Tim Kaine
Virginia
227
Gary Johnson
Libertarian
New Mexico
4,489,341
3.28%
0
William Weld
Massachusetts
0
Jill Stein
Green
Massachusetts
1,457,218
1.07%
0
Ajamu Baraka
Illinois
0
Evan McMullin
Independent
Utah
731,991
0.54%
0
Mindy Finn
District of Columbia
0
Darrell Castle
Constitution
Tennessee
203,090
0.15%
0
Scott Bradley
Utah
0
Gloria La Riva
Socialism and Liberation
California
74,401
0.05%
0
Eugene Puryear
District of Columbia
0
Tickets that received electoral votes from faithless electors
Bernie Sanders [ c]
Independent
Vermont
111,850 [ d]
0.08% [ d]
1 (0)
Elizabeth Warren [ c]
Massachusetts
1
John Kasich [ c] [ e]
Republican
Ohio
2,684 [ d]
0.00% [ d]
1 (0)
Carly Fiorina [ c] [ e]
Virginia
1
Ron Paul [ c] [ e]
Libertarian [ 15]
Texas
124 [ d]
0.00% [ d]
1 (0)
Mike Pence
Indiana
1
Colin Luther Powell [ c]
Republican
Virginia
25 [ d]
0.00% [ d]
3 (0)
Elizabeth Warren [ c]
Massachusetts
1
Maria Cantwell [ c]
Washington
1
Susan Collins [ c]
Maine
1
Faith Spotted Eagle [ c]
Democratic
South Dakota
0
0.00%
1 (0)
Winona LaDuke [ c]
Minnesota
1
Other
760,210
0.56%
—
Other
—
Total
136,669,276
100%
538
538
Needed to win
270
270
2020
Nomination
General election
Electoral college map of the 2020 election
Electoral results
Presidential candidate
Party
Home state
Popular vote
Electoral vote
Running mate
Count
Percentage
Vice-presidential candidate
Home state
Electoral vote
Joe Biden
Democratic
Delaware
81,283,501
51.31%
306
Kamala Harris
California
306
Donald Trump (incumbent)
Republican
Florida
74,223,975
46.85%
232
Mike Pence (incumbent)
Indiana
232
Jo Jorgensen
Libertarian
South Carolina
1,865,535
1.18%
0
Spike Cohen
South Carolina
0
Howie Hawkins
Green
New York
407,068
0.26%
0
Angela Nicole Walker
South Carolina
0
Rocky De La Fuente
Reform
California
301,016
0.19%
0
Darcy Richardson
Florida
0
Other
348,536
0.22%
—
Other
—
Total
158,429,631
100%
538
538
Needed to win
270
270
Presidential
2024 primary
Presidential write-ins
Pence received 535 write-in votes in the 2024 United States presidential election .
See also
References
Notes:
^ a b Chosen by acclamation .
^ Pence received 305 electoral votes for vice president, but only 304 as part of the Trump–Pence ticket; one faithless elector from Texas voted for Ron Paul as president instead of Trump, and is recorded separately below.[1]
^ a b c d e f g h i j k Received electoral vote(s) from a faithless elector
^ a b c d e f g h Candidate received votes as a write-in. The exact numbers of write-in votes have been published for three states: California, New Hampshire, and Vermont.[ 16]
^ a b c Two faithless electors from Texas cast their presidential votes for Ron Paul and John Kasich, respectively. Chris Suprun said he cast his presidential vote for John Kasich and his vice presidential vote for Carly Fiorina. The other faithless elector in Texas, Bill Greene, cast his presidential vote for Ron Paul but cast his vice presidential vote for Mike Pence, as pledged. John Kasich received recorded write-in votes in Alabama , Georgia , Illinois , New Hampshire , North Carolina , Pennsylvania , and Vermont .
^ Thomas, Richard C. (June 1989). "Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF) . Federal Election Commission. Retrieved July 15, 2016 .
^ Thomas, Richard C. (April 1991). "Federal Elections 90 Election Results for the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF) . Federal Election Commission. Retrieved July 15, 2016 .
^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 2000" (PDF) . Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. June 21, 2001. Retrieved December 13, 2016 .
^ a b "2002 Indiana Election Report" (PDF) . Indiana Election Division. pp. 7, 59, 67, 111. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 10, 2012. Retrieved March 11, 2017 .
^ a b "2004 Indiana Election Report" (PDF) . Indiana Election Division. pp. 14, 49, 78. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 23, 2017. Retrieved March 11, 2017 .
^ a b "2006 Indiana Election Report" (PDF) . Indiana Election Division. March 28, 2007. pp. 10, 62, 69– 70, 110. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 25, 2012. Retrieved January 24, 2017 .
^ a b "2008 Indiana Election Report" (PDF) . Indiana Election Division. May 24, 2009. pp. 14, 56, 66– 67, 104. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 15, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2017 .
^ a b "2010 Indiana Election Report" (PDF) . Indiana Election Division. pp. 15, 61, 69, 111. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 23, 2017. Retrieved March 11, 2017 .
^ "Indiana Primary Election, May 8, 2012-United States Senator" . Secretary of State of Indiana . June 5, 2012. Archived from the original on October 18, 2014. Retrieved June 11, 2012 .
^ "2012 Primary Election Turnout and Registration" (PDF) . Indiana Secretary of State. May 8, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 27, 2017. Retrieved March 12, 2017 .
^ "Election Results" . Indiana Secretary of State. November 28, 2012. Retrieved March 12, 2017 .
^ "2012 General Election Turnout and Registration" (PDF) . Indiana Secretary of State. November 6, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 15, 2021. Retrieved March 12, 2017 .
^ "Indiana Primary Election, May 3, 2016" . Indiana Secretary of State. Retrieved July 20, 2016 .
^ "2016 Primary Election Turnout and Registration" (PDF) . Indiana Secretary of State. May 3, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 12, 2019. Retrieved March 12, 2017 .
^ Lau, Ryan (February 3, 2018). "Ron Paul Attacks Libertarian Leadership in Response to Controversy" . 71Republic . Archived from the original on February 4, 2018. Retrieved February 3, 2018 . I paid my lifetime membership, in 1987, with a gold coin, to make a point.
^ CA: [2] and [3] NH: [4] VT: [5]
^ "Republican Convention 2024" . The Green Papers. Retrieved June 6, 2024 .
"Guam Presidential Caucus Election Results 2024" . NBC News . March 20, 2024."Missouri Presidential Caucus Election Results 2024" . NBC News . April 2, 2024."Oregon Republican" . The Green Papers."New Mexico Republican" ."Montana Republican" ."New Jersey Presidential Primary Election Results 2024" . NBC News . July 21, 2024.
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