title: Electoral history of Newt Gingrich
text: # 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% |
  