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   
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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 . 
 
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   ^ 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.  Write-in vote totals are excluded from the above election data reporting for the following states, and are added to the total number of votes for candidates for the purposes of candidate vote share calculations:       
 
 
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