Electoral history of John Dingell

This is the electoral history of John Dingell, a former Democratic Representative from Detroit who represented the 15th, 16th, and 12th districts. Dingell was first elected in a 1955 special election to replace his late father, John Dingell Sr. and was re-elected in every subsequent election until his retirement in 2014 where he was succeeded by his wife, Debbie Dingell. He was the longest serving member of the United States House of Representatives, and the United States Congress overall.

Almanac +United States Congressional serviceDatesCongressChamberMajority PresidentDistrict1955-5784thU.S. HouseDemocraticDwight D. EisenhowerDistrict 151957-5985th1959-6186th1961-6387thJohn F. Kennedy 1963-6588thLyndon B. Johnson 1965-6789thDistrict 161967-6990th1969-7191stRichard Nixon1971-7392nd1973-7593rd Gerald Ford1975-7794th1977-7995th Jimmy Carter1979-8196th1981-8397thRonald Reagan 1983-8598th1985-8799th1987-89100th1989-91101stGeorge H. W. Bush1991-93102nd1993-95103rdBill Clinton1995-97104thRepublican1997-99105th1999-2001106th2001-03107thGeorge W. Bush2003-05108thDistrict 152005-07109th2007-09110thDemocratic2009-11111thBarack Obama2011-13112thRepublicanDistrict 122013-15113th

Election results

|+ : Results 1956–1962 ! 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% | |! style="background:#DD051D; "|Charles Aranoff |! style="background:#DD051D; "|Socialist Labor |! style="background:#DD051D; "|199 |! style="background:#DD051D; "|0% | | |Estelle Tripp | |Prohibition | |98 | |0%

|1960 || | |John Dingell | |111,671 | |79% | | |Robert Robbins | |28,532 | |20% | | |Hiram Coffman | |Prohibition | |207 | |0% | |! style="background:#DD051D; "|Joseph Koss |! style="background:#DD051D; "|Socialist Labor |! style="background:#DD051D; "|114 |! style="background:#DD051D; "|0%

|1962 || | |John Dingell | |94,197 | |83% | | |Ernest Richard | |19,258 | |17%

|+ : Results 1964–2000 ! 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% | |! style="background:#aa0000; "|Henry Austin |! style="background:#aa0000; "|Socialist Workers |! style="background:#aa0000; "|189 |! style="background:#aa0000; "|0%

|1966 || | |John Dingell | |71,787 | |63% | | |John Dempsey | |42,738 | |37%

|1968 || | |John Dingell | |105,690 | |74% | | |Monte Bona | |37,000 | |26% | |! style="background:#aa0000; "|Henry Austin |! style="background:#aa0000; "|Socialist Workers |! style="background:#aa0000; "|369 |! style="background:#aa0000; "|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 | align="right" |1,605 | align="right" |1% | |! style="background:#aa0000; "|Donald Bechler |! style="background:#aa0000; "|Socialist Workers |! style="background:#aa0000; " align="right"|365 |! style="background:#aa0000; " align="right"|0% | ||Lewis Steinhardt ||U.S. Labor ||232 ||0% |- |1976 || | |John Dingell | |121,682 | |76% | | |William Rostron | |36,378 | |23% | | |Buck Slayter | |American Independent | align="right" |1,009 | align="right" |1% | | |Samuel Hancock | |Libertarian | align="right" |484 | align="right" |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% | |! style="background:#aa0000; "|Susan Apstein |! style="background:#aa0000; "|Socialist Workers |! style="background:#aa0000; "|1,071 |! style="background:#aa0000; "|1% | |! style="background:#FF3300; "|Paul Scherrer |! style="background:#FF3300; "|Workers League |! style="background:#FF3300; "|450 |! style="background:#FF3300; "|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

|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 | align="right" |4,048 | align="right" |2% | | |Jeff Hampton | |Libertarian | align="right" |1,842 | align="right" |1% | |! style="background:#FF3300 "|Martin McLaughlin |! style="background:#FF3300 "|Workers League |! style="background:#FF3300 "|1,842 |! style="background:#FF3300 "|1% |- |1994 || | |John Dingell | |105,846 | |59% | | |Ken Larkin | |71,159 | |40% | |! style="background:#00bfff; "|Noha Hamze |! style="background:#00bfff; "|Natural Law |! style="background:#00bfff; "|1,968 |! style="background:#00bfff; "|1%

|1996 || | |John Dingell | |136,854 | |62% | | |James Desana | |78,723 | |36% | | |Bruce Cain | |Libertarian | |3,155 | |1% | |! style="background:#00bfff; "|Noha Hamze |! style="background:#00bfff; "|Natural Law |! style="background:#00bfff; "|1,018 |! style="background:#00bfff; "|0% | |! style="background:#FF3300 "|David Sole |! style="background:#FF3300 "|Workers World |! style="background:#FF3300 "|842 |! style="background:#FF3300 "|0% |- |1998 || | |John Dingell | |116,145 | |67% | | |William Morse | |54,121 | |31% | | |Edward Hlavac | |Libertarian | |3,064 | |2% | |! style="background:#00bfff; "|Noha Hamze |! style="background:#00bfff; "|Natural Law |! style="background:#00bfff; "|1,027 |! style="background:#00bfff; "|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% | |! style="background:#00bfff; "|Noha Hamze |! style="background:#00bfff; "|Natural Law |! style="background:#00bfff; "|938 |! style="background:#00bfff; "|0%

|+ : Results 2002–2010 ! 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 | align="right" |3,919 | align="right" |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 | align="right" |1,818 | align="right" |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%

|+ : 2012 Results ! 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

Electoral history of John Dingell

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