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Electoral history of Newt Gingrich

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This is the electoral history of Newt Gingrich. Gingrich, a Republican, served as the 50th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 until his resignation in November 1998. He represented Georgia's 6th congressional district as a Republican from 1979 until his resignation in January 1999. In 2012, Gingrich was a candidate for the Republican Party presidential nomination.

Georgia's 6th congressional district

1974 election

1974 Georgia's 6th congressional district election
* denotes incumbent     Source:[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jack Flynt* 49,082 51.45
Republican Newt Gingrich 46,308 48.55
Total votes 95,390 100.00

1976 election

1976 Georgia's 6th congressional district election
* denotes incumbent     Source:[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jack Flynt* 77,532 51.71
Republican Newt Gingrich 72,400 48.29
Total votes 149,932 100.00

1978 election

1978 Georgia's 6th congressional district Republican primary election
Source:[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Newt Gingrich 4,597 75.56
Republican David Barrow 952 15.65
Republican Michael W. "Mike" Esther 535 8.79
Total votes 6,084 100.00
1978 Georgia's 6th congressional district election
Source:[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Newt Gingrich 47,078 54.40
Democratic Virginia Shapard 39,451 45.59
Total votes 86,529 100.00

1980 election

1980 Georgia's 6th congressional district election
* denotes incumbent     Source:[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Newt Gingrich* 96,071 59.05
Democratic Dock H. Davis 66,606 40.94
Total votes 149,932 100.00

1982 election

1982 Georgia's 6th congressional district election
* denotes incumbent     Source:[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Newt Gingrich* 62,352 55.27
Democratic Jim Wood 50,459 44.73
Total votes 112,812 100.00

1984 election

1984 Georgia's 6th congressional district election
* denotes incumbent     Source:[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Newt Gingrich* 116,655 69.14
Democratic Gerald L. Johnson 52,061 30.86
Total votes 168,717 100.00

1986 election

1986 Georgia's 6th congressional district election
* denotes incumbent     Source:[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Newt Gingrich* 75,583 59.55
Democratic Candle Bray 51,352 40.46
Total votes 126,935 100.00

1988 election

1988 Georgia's 6th congressional district election
* denotes incumbent     Source:[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Newt Gingrich* 110,169 58.92
Democratic David Worley 76,824 41.08
Total votes 186,993 100.00

1990 election

1990 Georgia's 6th congressional district election
* denotes incumbent     Source:[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Newt Gingrich* 78,768 50.31
Democratic David Worley 77,794 49.69
Total votes 156,562 100.00

1992 election

1992 Georgia's 6th congressional district election
* denotes incumbent     Source:[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Newt Gingrich* 158,761 57.74
Democratic Tony Center 116,196 42.26
Total votes 274,957 100.00

1994 election

1994 Georgia's 6th congressional district election
* denotes incumbent     Source:[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Newt Gingrich* 119,432 64.17
Democratic Ben Jones 66,700 35.83
Total votes 186,132 100.00

1996 election

1996 Georgia's 6th congressional district election
* denotes incumbent     Source:[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Newt Gingrich* 174,155 57.80
Democratic Michael Coles 127,135 42.20
Total votes 301,290 100.00

1998 election

1998 Georgia's 6th congressional district election
* denotes incumbent     Source:[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Newt Gingrich* 164,966 70.70
Democratic Bats Pelphrey 68,366 29.30
Total votes 233,332 100.00

Speaker of the House of Representatives

1995 election

1995 election for speaker – 104th Congress[15][16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Newt Gingrich (GA 6) 228 52.54
Democratic Dick Gephardt (MO 3) 202 46.55
   —    Present 4 0.91
Total votes 434 100
Votes necessary 218 >50

1997 election

1997 election for speaker – 105th Congress[16][17]
* denotes incumbent
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Newt Gingrich (GA 6)* 216[a] 50.83
Democratic Dick Gephardt (MO 3) 205 48.24
Republican Jim Leach (IA 1) 2 0.47
Republican Robert Michel[b] 1 0.23
Republican Robert Walker[b] 1 0.23
Total votes 425[c] 100
Votes necessary 213 >50

United States President

2012

First place by first-instance vote
2012 Republican Party presidential primaries[18]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mitt Romney 9,685,780 51.50%
Republican Rick Santorum 3,909,621 20.79%
Republican Newt Gingrich 2,718,937 14.46%
Republican Ron Paul 2,049,410 10.90%
Republican Jon Huntsman Jr. 84,730 0.45%
Republican Rick Perry 54,769 0.29%
Republican Michele Bachmann 41,429 0.22%
Total votes 18,544,676 100.00%

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Received a majority of the votes cast, and thus won the election, but failed to obtain a majority of the full membership (218).
  2. ^ a b Not a member of the House at the time, retired.
  3. ^ Six Republicans answered "present" during the roll call vote. These were not included in the vote count, only "votes cast for a person by name" were.

References

  1. ^ "Our Campaigns - GA District 6 Race - Nov 05, 1974". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  2. ^ "Our Campaigns - GA District 6 Race - Nov 02, 1976". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  3. ^ "Our Campaigns - GA District 6 - R Primary Race - Aug 08, 1978". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  4. ^ "Our Campaigns - GA District 6 Race - Nov 07, 1978". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  5. ^ "Our Campaigns - GA District 6 Race - Nov 04, 1980". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  6. ^ "Our Campaigns - GA District 6 Race - Nov 02, 1982". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  7. ^ "Our Campaigns - GA District 6 Race - Nov 06, 1984". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  8. ^ "Our Campaigns - GA District 6 Race - Nov 04, 1986". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  9. ^ "1988 General Election Results" (PDF). sos.ga.gov. p. 23. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  10. ^ "1990 General Election Results" (PDF). sos.ga.gov. p. 47. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  11. ^ "1992 General Election Results" (PDF). sos.ga.gov. p. 25. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  12. ^ "1994 General Election Results" (PDF). sos.ga.gov. p. 49. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  13. ^ "1996 General Election Results" (PDF). sos.ga.gov. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  14. ^ "1998 General Election Results" (PDF). sos.ga.gov. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  15. ^ "141 Cong. Rec. H3–4 (1995)" (PDF). Washington, D.C.: United States Government Publishing Office. January 4, 1995. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  16. ^ a b Heitshusen, Valerie; Beth, Richard S. (January 4, 2019). "Speakers of the House: Elections, 1913–2019" (PDF). CRS Report for Congress. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  17. ^ "143 Cong. Rec. H2–4 (1997)" (PDF). Washington, D.C.: United States Government Publishing Office. January 7, 1997. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  18. ^ "Republican Convention 2012". thegreenpapers.com. Retrieved 2023-01-08.


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