Electoral history of John Dingell

Representative John Dingell, 2011

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.

Michigan's 15th congressional district : Results 1956–1962 ^[1]

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%

Michigan's 16th congressional district : Results 1964–2000 ^{[1] [2] [3]}

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%

Michigan's 15th congressional district : Results 2002–2010 ^{[1] [2] [3]}

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%

Michigan's 12th congressional district : 2012 Results ^[4]

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. "Office of the House Clerk – Electoral Statistics". Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original on 2008-07-30.
2. "Election Results". Federal Election Commission. pp. 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008.
3. "Previous Election Information". Michigan Secretary of State . Retrieved 4 February 2011.
4. "Previous Election Information". Michigan Secretary of State. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2011.