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

1988 Indiana's 2nd congressional district election^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Philip R. Sharp (incumbent)	116,915	53.20
	Republican	Mike Pence	102,846	46.80
Total votes			219,761	100.00
Turnout			291,761

1990 Indiana's 2nd congressional district election

1990 Indiana's 2nd congressional district election^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Philip R. Sharp (incumbent)	93,495	59.37
	Republican	Mike Pence	63,980	40.63
Total votes			157,475	100.00
Turnout			157,475

2000 Indiana's 2nd congressional district election

2000 Indiana's 2nd congressional district election^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Pence	106,023	50.87
	Democratic	Robert Rock	80,885	38.81
	Independent	Bill Frazier	19,077	9.15
	Libertarian	Michael E. Anderson	2,422	1.16
Total votes			208,407	100.00
Turnout			208,407

2002 Indiana's 6th congressional district election

2002 Indiana's 6th congressional district Republican Party primary^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Pence (incumbent)	55,142	100.00
Total votes			55,142	100.00
Turnout			55,142	22

2002 Indiana's 6th congressional district election^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Pence (incumbent)	118,436	63.79
	Democratic	Melina Ann Fox	63,871	34.40
	Libertarian	Doris Robertson	3,346	1.80
Total votes			185,653	100.00
Turnout			185,653	39
	Republican hold

2004 Indiana's 6th congressional district election

2004 Indiana's 6th congressional district Republican Party primary^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Pence (incumbent)	61,794	100.00
Total votes			61,794	100.00

2004 Indiana's 6th congressional district election^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Pence (incumbent)	182,529	67.09
	Democratic	Melina Ann Fox	85,123	31.29
	Libertarian	Chad (Wick) Roots	4,397	1.62
Total votes			272,049	100.00
Turnout			272,049	58
	Republican hold

2006 Indiana's 6th congressional district election

2006 Indiana's 6th congressional district Republican Party primary^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Pence (incumbent)	52,188	86.13
	Republican	George Holland	8,406	13.87
Total votes			60,594	100.00
Turnout			60,594	19

2006 Indiana's 6th congressional district election^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Pence (incumbent)	115,266	60.01
	Democratic	Barry A. Welsh	76,812	39.99
Total votes			192,078	100.00
Turnout			192,078	40
	Republican hold

2008 Indiana's 6th congressional district election

2008 Indiana's 6th congressional district Republican Party primary^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Pence (incumbent)	46,488	100.00
Total votes			46,488	100.00
Turnout			46,488	40

2008 Indiana's 6th congressional district election^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Pence (incumbent)	180,549	63.96
	Democratic	Barry A. Welsh	94,223	33.38
	Libertarian	George T. Holland	7,534	2.67
Total votes			282,306	100.00
Turnout			282,306	62
	Republican hold

2010 Indiana's 6th congressional district election

2010 Indiana's 6th congressional district Republican Party primary^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Pence (incumbent)	61,381	100.00
Total votes			61,381	100.00
Turnout			61,381	21

2010 Indiana's 6th congressional district election^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Pence (incumbent)	126,027	66.57
	Democratic	Barry A. Welsh	56,647	29.92
	Libertarian	Talmage "T.J." Thompson, Jr.	6,635	3.51
Total votes			189,309	100.00
Turnout			189,309	41
	Republican hold

2012 Indiana gubernatorial election

2012 Indiana Republican Party gubernatorial primary^[9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Pence	554,412	100.00
Total votes			554,412	100.00
Turnout			554,412	22

2012 Indiana gubernatorial election^[11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike Pence / Sue Ellspermann	1,275,424	49.49%
	Democratic	John Gregg / Vi Simpson	1,200,016	46.56%
	Libertarian	Rupert Boneham / Brad Klopfenstein	101,868	3.95%
	No party	Donnie Harold Harris / George Fish (write-in)	21	0%	—
Margin of victory			75,408	2.93%	%
Turnout			2,577,329	56.58%
	Republican hold		Swing

2016 Indiana gubernatorial election

2016 Indiana Republican Party gubernatorial primary^[13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Pence (incumbent)	815,699	100
Total votes			815,699	100
Turnout			815,699	38

United States vice presidential elections

2016

See also: Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign

Nomination

2016 Republican National Convention, vice presidential tally

Candidate		Votes	%
Mike Pence		_[a]	100.00
Total votes			100.00

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

See also: Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign

Nomination

2020 Republican National Convention, vice presidential tally

Candidate		Votes	%
Mike Pence		_[a]	100.00
Total votes			100.00

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

Republican primary results2024 Republican Party presidential primaries^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donald Trump	17,015,756	76.42%
	Republican	Nikki Haley	4,381,799	19.68%
	Republican	Ron DeSantis	353,615	1.59%
	N/A	Uncommitted	154,815	0.70%
	Republican	Chris Christie	139,541	0.63%
	Republican	Vivek Ramaswamy	96,954	0.44%
	Republican	Asa Hutchinson	22,044	0.10%
	Republican	Perry Johnson	4,051	0.02%
	Republican	Tim Scott	1,598	0.01%
	Republican	Doug Burgum	502	0.00%
	Republican	Mike Pence	404	0.00%
	N/A	Other candidates	93,796	0.42%
Total votes			22,264,875	100.00%

Presidential write-ins

Pence received 535 write-in votes in the 2024 United States presidential election.

See also

• Electoral history of Donald Trump
• Electoral history of Dan Quayle
• Electoral history of Dick Cheney
• Electoral history of Hillary Clinton
• Electoral history of Joe Biden
• Electoral history of Kamala Harris
• Electoral history of Paul Ryan