Electoral history of Newt Gingrich
# 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: :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Democratic | Jack Flynt* | 49,082 | 51.45 |
| | Republican | Newt Gingrich | 46,308 | 48.55 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 95,390 | 100.00 |

### 1976 election

1976 Georgia's 6th congressional district election * denotes incumbent     Source: :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Democratic | Jack Flynt* | 77,532 | 51.71 |
| | Republican | Newt Gingrich | 72,400 | 48.29 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 149,932 | 100.00 |

### 1978 election

1978 Georgia's 6th congressional district Republican primary election Source: :

| Party | 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 | Total votes | Total votes | 6,084 | 100.00 |

1978 Georgia's 6th congressional district election Source: :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Republican | Newt Gingrich | 47,078 | 54.40 |
| | Democratic | Virginia Shapard | 39,451 | 45.59 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 86,529 | 100.00 |

### 1980 election

1980 Georgia's 6th congressional district election * denotes incumbent     Source: :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Republican | Newt Gingrich* | 96,071 | 59.05 |
| | Democratic | Dock H. Davis | 66,606 | 40.94 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 149,932 | 100.00 |

### 1982 election

1982 Georgia's 6th congressional district election * denotes incumbent     Source: :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Republican | Newt Gingrich* | 62,352 | 55.27 |
| | Democratic | Jim Wood | 50,459 | 44.73 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 112,812 | 100.00 |

### 1984 election

1984 Georgia's 6th congressional district election * denotes incumbent     Source: :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Republican | Newt Gingrich* | 116,655 | 69.14 |
| | Democratic | Gerald L. Johnson | 52,061 | 30.86 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 168,717 | 100.00 |

### 1986 election

1986 Georgia's 6th congressional district election * denotes incumbent     Source: :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Republican | Newt Gingrich* | 75,583 | 59.55 |
| | Democratic | Candle Bray | 51,352 | 40.46 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 126,935 | 100.00 |

### 1988 election

1988 Georgia's 6th congressional district election * denotes incumbent     Source: :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Republican | Newt Gingrich* | 110,169 | 58.92 |
| | Democratic | David Worley | 76,824 | 41.08 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 186,993 | 100.00 |

### 1990 election

1990 Georgia's 6th congressional district election * denotes incumbent     Source: :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Republican | Newt Gingrich* | 78,768 | 50.31 |
| | Democratic | David Worley | 77,794 | 49.69 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 156,562 | 100.00 |

### 1992 election

1992 Georgia's 6th congressional district election * denotes incumbent     Source: :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Republican | Newt Gingrich* | 158,761 | 57.74 |
| | Democratic | Tony Center | 116,196 | 42.26 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 274,957 | 100.00 |

### 1994 election

1994 Georgia's 6th congressional district election * denotes incumbent     Source: :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Republican | Newt Gingrich* | 119,432 | 64.17 |
| | Democratic | Ben Jones | 66,700 | 35.83 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 186,132 | 100.00 |

### 1996 election

1996 Georgia's 6th congressional district election * denotes incumbent     Source: :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Republican | Newt Gingrich* | 174,155 | 57.80 |
| | Democratic | Michael Coles | 127,135 | 42.20 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 301,290 | 100.00 |

### 1998 election

1998 Georgia's 6th congressional district election * denotes incumbent     Source: :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Republican | Newt Gingrich* | 164,966 | 70.70 |
| | Democratic | Bats Pelphrey | 68,366 | 29.30 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 233,332 | 100.00 |

## Speaker of the House of Representatives

### 1995 election

1995 election for speaker – 104th Congress :

| Party | 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 | Total votes | Total votes | 434 | 100 |
| Votes necessary | Votes necessary | Votes necessary | 218 | >50 |

### 1997 election

1997 election for speaker – 105th Congress * denotes incumbent :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Republican | Newt Gingrich (GA 6)* | 216 | 50.83 |
| | Democratic | Dick Gephardt (MO 3) | 2050 | 48.24 |
| | Republican | Jim Leach (IA 1) | 20 | 0.47 |
| | Republican | Robert Michel | 10 | 0.23 |
| | Republican | Robert Walker | 10 | 0.23 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 425 | 100 |
| Votes necessary | Votes necessary | Votes necessary | 213 | >50 |

## United States President

### 2012

2012 Republican Party presidential primaries :

| Party | 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 | Total votes | Total votes | 18,544,676 | 100.00% |
