Electoral history of John Dingell
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List of elections featuring John Dingell as a candidate

This is the electoral history of John Dingell, a former Democratic Representative from Detroit who represented the 15th and 16th districts. Dingell was first elected in a 1955 special election to replace his late father, and was re-elected in every subsequent election until his retirement in 2014. He was the longest serving member of the United States House of Representatives, and the United States Congress overall.
| United States Congressional service | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | Congress | Chamber | Majority | President | District |
| 1955-57 | 84th | U.S. House | Democratic | Dwight D. Eisenhower | District 15 |
| 1957-59 | 85th | ||||
| 1959-61 | 86th | ||||
| 1961-63 | 87th | John F. Kennedy | |||
| 1963-65 | 88th | John F. Kennedy | |||
| 1965-67 | 89th | Lyndon B. Johnson | District | ||
| 1967-69 | 90th | ||||
| 1969-71 | 91st | Richard Nixon | |||
| 1971-73 | 92nd | ||||
| 1973-75 | 93rd | Richard Nixon | |||
| 1975-77 | 94th | Gerald Ford | |||
| 1977-79 | 95th | Jimmy Carter | |||
| 1979-81 | 96th | ||||
| 1981-83 | 97th | Ronald Reagan | |||
| 1983-85 | 98th | ||||
| 1985-87 | 99th | ||||
| 1987-89 | 100th | ||||
| 1989-91 | 101st | George H. W. Bush | |||
| 1991-93 | 102nd | ||||
| 1993-95 | 103rd | Bill Clinton | |||
| 1995-97 | 104th | Republican | |||
| 1997-99 | 105th | ||||
| 1999-2001 | 106th | ||||
| 2001-03 | 107th | George W. Bush | |||
| 2003-05 | 108th | District | |||
| 2005-07 | 109th | ||||
| 2007-09 | 110th | Democratic | |||
| 2009-11 | 111th | Barack Obama | |||
| 2011-13 | 112th | Republican | District 12 | ||
| 2013-15 | 113th | ||||
Election results
| Year | Democrat | Votes | % | Republican | Votes | % | Third Party | Party | Votes | % | Third Party | Party | Votes | % | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | John Dingell | 111,827 | 77% | Larry Middleton | 33,973 | 23% | Roxann Higgs | Prohibition | 206 | 0% | |||||||||
| 1958 | John Dingell | 79,216 | 78% | Austin Curtis | 21,414 | 21% | Charles Aranoff | Socialist Labor | 199 | 0% | Estelle Tripp | Prohibition | 98 | 0% | |||||
| 1960 | John Dingell | 111,671 | 79% | Robert Robbins | 28,532 | 20% | Hiram Coffman | Prohibition | 207 | 0% | Joseph Koss | Socialist Labor | 114 | 0% | |||||
| 1962 | John Dingell | 94,197 | 83% | Ernest Richard | 19,258 | 17% |
| Year | Democrat | Votes | % | Republican | Votes | % | Third Party | Party | Votes | % | Third Party | Party | Votes | % | Third Party | Party | Votes | % | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | John Dingell | 112,763 | 73% | Monte Bona | 40,673 | 26% | Henry Austin | Socialist Workers | 189 | 0% | |||||||||||||
| 1966 | John Dingell | 71,787 | 63% | John Dempsey | 42,738 | 37% | |||||||||||||||||
| 1968 | John Dingell | 105,690 | 74% | Monte Bona | 37,000 | 26% | Henry Austin | Socialist Workers | 369 | 0% | |||||||||||||
| 1970 | John Dingell | 90,540 | 79% | William Rostrom | 23,867 | 21% | |||||||||||||||||
| 1972 | John Dingell | 110,715 | 68% | William Rostrom | 48,414 | 30% | Peter Gayner | American Independent | 3,554 | 2% | |||||||||||||
| 1974 | John Dingell | 95,834 | 78% | Wallace English | 25,248 | 20% | Virginia Crawford | American Independent | 1,605 | 1% | Donald Bechler | Socialist Workers | 365 | 0% | Lewis Steinhardt | U.S. Labor | 232 | 0% | |||||
| 1976 | John Dingell | 121,682 | 76% | William Rostron | 36,378 | 23% | Buck Slayter | American Independent | 1,009 | 1% | Samuel Hancock | Libertarian | 484 | 0% | Susan Dalto | U.S. Labor | 463 | 0% | |||||
| 1978 | John Dingell | 93,387 | 70% | Melvin Heuer | 26,827 | 22% | Harry Hengy | American Independent | 1,889 | 2% | |||||||||||||
| 1980 | John Dingell | 105,844 | 70% | Pamella Seay | 42,735 | 28% | R. Scott Davidson | Libertarian | 1,810 | 1% | Ronald Slote | American Independent | 1,069 | 1% | |||||||||
| 1982 | John Dingell | 114,006 | 74% | David Haskins | 39,227 | 25% | Susan Apstein | Socialist Workers | 1,071 | 1% | Paul Scherrer | Workers League | 450 | 0% | |||||||||
| 1984 | John Dingell | 121,463 | 64% | Frank Grzywacki | 68,116 | 36% | Donald Kostyu | Libertarian | 1,042 | 1% | |||||||||||||
| 1986 | John Dingell | 101,659 | 78% | Frank Grzywacki | 28,971 | 22% | |||||||||||||||||
| 1988 | John Dingell | 132,775 | 97% | No candidate | Russell Leone | Workers Against Concessions | 3,561 | 3% | |||||||||||||||
| 1990 | John Dingell | 88,962 | 67% | William Morse | 42,469 | 32% | Roger Pope | Libertarian | 2,019 | 2% | |||||||||||||
| 1992 | John Dingell | 156,964 | 65% | Frank Beaumont | 75,694 | 31% | Max Siegle | Tisch Independent Citizens | 4,048 | 2% | Jeff Hampton | Libertarian | 1,842 | 1% | Martin McLaughlin | Workers League | 1,842 | 1% | |||||
| 1994 | John Dingell | 105,846 | 59% | Ken Larkin | 71,159 | 40% | Noha Hamze | Natural Law | 1,968 | 1% | |||||||||||||
| 1996 | John Dingell | 136,854 | 62% | James Desana | 78,723 | 36% | Bruce Cain | Libertarian | 3,155 | 1% | Noha Hamze | Natural Law | 1,018 | 0% | David Sole | Workers World | 842 | 0% | |||||
| 1998 | John Dingell | 116,145 | 67% | William Morse | 54,121 | 31% | Edward Hlavac | Libertarian | 3,064 | 2% | Noha Hamze | Natural Law | 1,027 | 1% | |||||||||
| 2000 | John Dingell | 167,142 | 71% | William Morse | 62,469 | 27% | Edward Hlavac | Libertarian | 2,814 | 1% | Ken Larkin | U.S. Taxpayers | 2,154 | 1% | Noha Hamze | Natural Law | 938 | 0% |
| Year | Democrat | Votes | % | Republican | Votes | % | Third Party | Party | Votes | % | Third Party | Party | Votes | % | Third Party | Party | Votes | % | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | John Dingell | 136,518 | 72% | Martin Kaltenbach | 48,626 | 26% | Gregory Stempfle | Libertarian | 3,919 | 2% | |||||||||||||
| 2004 | John Dingell | 218,409 | 71% | Dawn Reamer | 81,828 | 27% | Gregory Stempfle | Libertarian | 3,400 | 1% | Mike Eller | U.S. Taxpayers | 2,508 | 1% | Jerome White | NPA | 1,818 | 1% | |||||
| 2006 | John Dingell | 181,946 | 88% | No candidate | Aimee Smith | Green | 9,447 | 5% | Gregory Stempfle | Libertarian | 8,410 | 4% | Robert Czak | U.S. Taxpayers | 7,064 | 3% | |||||||
| 2008 | John Dingell | 231,784 | 71% | John Lynch | 81,802 | 25% | Aimee Smith | Green | 7,082 | 2% | Gregory Stempfle | Libertarian | 4,002 | 1% | James Wagner | U.S. Taxpayers | 3,157 | 1% | |||||
| 2010 | John Dingell | 116,293 | 57% | Rob Steele | 71,108 | 40% | Aimee Smith | Green | 2,686 | 1% | Kerry Morgan | Libertarian | 1,969 | 1% | Matthew Furman | U.S. Taxpayers | 1,821 | 1% |
| Year | Democrat | Votes | % | Republican | Votes | % | Third Party | Party | Votes | % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | John Dingell | 216,884 | 68% | Cynthia Kallgren | 92,472 | 29% | Richard Secula | Libertarian | 9,867 | 3% |
References
- 1 2 3 "Office of the House Clerk – Electoral Statistics". Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original on 2008-07-30.
- 1 2 "Election Results". Federal Election Commission. pp. 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008.
- 1 2 "Previous Election Information". Michigan Secretary of State. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
- ↑ "Previous Election Information". Michigan Secretary of State. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2011.