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Mike Pence
Vice President of the United States
U.S. Representative
for Indiana's 2nd and 6th districts
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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

Election results
Year Election Votes for Pence % Opponent Party Votes %
2016 General 62,984,825
(304 electoral votes)
(270 needed) 		46.1% Tim Kaine Democratic 65,853,516
(227 electoral votes) 		48.2%
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2020 General 74,216,747
(232 electoral votes)
(270 needed) 		46.8% Kamala Harris Democratic 81,268,867
(306 electoral votes) 		51.3%
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See also

References

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