Electoral history of John Dingell explained

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.

|+ : 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%||! 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^{[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%||! 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| || |||! style="background:#FF7796 "|Russell Leone|! style="background:#FF7796 "|Workers Against Concessions|! style="background:#FF7796 "|3,561|! style="background:#FF7796 "|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| 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^{[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| 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^[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%|

Notes and References

1. Web site: Office of the House Clerk – Electoral Statistics . Clerk of the United States House of Representatives . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080730201058/http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/index.html . 2008-07-30 .
2. Web site: Election Results. Federal Election Commission. 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008.
3. Web site: Previous Election Information . . 4 February 2011.
4. Web site: Previous Election Information . . 4 February 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121111123315/http://miboecfr.nictusa.com/election/results/12GEN/06012000.html . 11 November 2012 .