This is the electoral history of John Dingell, a former Democratic Representative from Detroit who represented the

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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 ! Year ! ! Democrat ! Votes ! % ! ! Republican ! Votes ! % ! ! Third Party ! Party ! Votes ! % ! ! Third Party ! Party ! Votes ! % ! , - ,

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...

, , , , John Dingell , , 111,827 , , 77% , , , Larry Middleton , , 33,973 , , 23% , , , Roxann Higgs , , Prohibition , , 206 , , 0% , , , , , , , - ,

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...

, , , , John Dingell , , 79,216 , , 78% , , , Austin Curtis , , 21,414 , , 21% , , ! style="background:#DD051D; ", Charles Aranoff , ! style="background:#DD051D; ",

Socialist Labor The Socialist Labor Party (SLP)"The name of this organization shall be Socialist Labor Party". Art. I, Sec. 1 of thadopted at the Eleventh National Convention (New York, July 1904; amended at the National Conventions 1908, 1912, 1916, 1920, 1924 ...

, ! style="background:#DD051D; ", 199 , ! style="background:#DD051D; ", 0% , , , Estelle Tripp , , Prohibition , , 98 , , 0% , , - ,

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...

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

, ! style="background:#DD051D; ", 114 , ! style="background:#DD051D; ", 0% , , - ,

1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...

, , , , 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 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...

, , , , 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 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

, , , , John Dingell , , 71,787 , , 63% , , , John Dempsey , , 42,738 , , 37% , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - ,

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...

, , , , 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 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...

, , , , John Dingell , , 90,540 , , 79% , , , William Rostrom , , 23,867 , , 21% , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - ,

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

, , , , John Dingell , , 110,715 , , 68% , , , William Rostrom , , 48,414 , , 30% , , , Peter Gayner , , American Independent , , 3,554 , , 2% , , , , , , , , , , , - ,

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...

, , , , 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 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

, , , , John Dingell , , 121,682 , , 76% , , , William Rostron , , 36,378 , , 23% , , , Buck Slayter , , American Independent , align="right" , 1,009 , align="right" , 1% , , , Samuel Hancock , ,

Libertarian Libertarianism (from french: libertaire, "libertarian"; from la, libertas, "freedom") is a political philosophy that upholds liberty as a core value. Libertarians seek to maximize autonomy and political freedom, and minimize the state's e ...

, align="right" , 484 , align="right" , 0% , , , Susan Dalto , , U.S. Labor , , 463 , , 0% , - ,

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...

, , , , John Dingell , , 93,387 , , 70% , , , Melvin Heuer , , 26,827 , , 22% , , , Harry Hengy , , American Independent , , 1,889 , , 2% , , , , , , , , , , , - ,

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...

, , , , John Dingell , , 105,844 , , 70% , , , Pamella Seay , , 42,735 , , 28% , , , R. Scott Davidson , ,

, , 1,810 , , 1% , , , Ronald Slote , , American Independent , , 1,069 , , 1% , , , , , , - ,

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...

, , , , 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 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

, , , , John Dingell , , 121,463 , , 64% , , , Frank Grzywacki , , 68,116 , , 36% , , , Donald Kostyu , ,

, , 1,042 , , 1% , , , , , , , , , , , - ,

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...

, , , , John Dingell , , 101,659 , , 78% , , , Frank Grzywacki , , 28,971 , , 22% , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - ,

1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ...

, , , , 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 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph ...

, , , , John Dingell , , 88,962 , , 67% , , , William Morse , , 42,469 , , 32% , , , Roger Pope , ,

, , 2,019 , , 2% , , , , , , , , , , , - ,

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...

, , , , John Dingell , , 156,964 , , 65% , , , Frank Beaumont , , 75,694 , , 31% , , , Max Siegle , , Tisch Independent Citizens , align="right" , 4,048 , align="right" , 2% , , , Jeff Hampton , ,

, 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 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...

, , , , 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 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...

, , , , John Dingell , , 136,854 , , 62% , , , James Desana , , 78,723 , , 36% , , , Bruce Cain , ,

, , 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 The Workers World Party (WWP) is a revolutionary Marxist–Leninist communist party founded in 1959 by a group led by Sam Marcy of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP). Marcy and his followers split from the SWP in 1958 over a series of long-stan ...

, ! style="background:#FF3300 ", 842 , ! style="background:#FF3300 ", 0% , - ,

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

, , , , John Dingell , , 116,145 , , 67% , , , William Morse , , 54,121 , , 31% , , , Edward Hlavac , ,

, , 3,064 , , 2% , , ! style="background:#00bfff; ", Noha Hamze , ! style="background:#00bfff; ", Natural Law , ! style="background:#00bfff; ", 1,027 , ! style="background:#00bfff; ", 1% , , , , , , - ,

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

, , , , John Dingell , , 167,142 , , 71% , , , William Morse , , 62,469 , , 27% , , , Edward Hlavac , ,

, , 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 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

, , , , John Dingell , , 136,518 , , 72% , , , Martin Kaltenbach , , 48,626 , , 26% , , , Gregory Stempfle , ,

, align="right" , 3,919 , align="right" , 2% , , , , , , , , , , , - ,

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

, , , , John Dingell , , 218,409 , , 71% , , , Dawn Reamer , , 81,828 , , 27% , , , Gregory Stempfle , ,

, , 3,400 , , 1% , , , Mike Eller , , U.S. Taxpayers , , 2,508 , , 1% , , , Jerome White , , NPA , align="right" , 1,818 , align="right" , 1% , - ,

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

, , , , John Dingell , , 181,946 , , 88% , , , ''No candidate'' , , , , , , , Aimee Smith , , Green , , 9,447 , , 5% , , , Gregory Stempfle , ,

, , 8,410 , , 4% , , , Robert Czak , , U.S. Taxpayers , , 7,064 , , 3% , - ,

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

, , , , John Dingell , , 231,784 , , 71% , , , John Lynch , , 81,802 , , 25% , , , Aimee Smith , , Green , , 7,082 , , 2% , , , Gregory Stempfle , ,

, , 4,002 , , 1% , , , James Wagner , , U.S. Taxpayers , , 3,157 , , 1% , - ,

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

, , , , John Dingell , , 116,293 , , 57% , , , Rob Steele , , 71,108 , , 40% , , , Aimee Smith , , Green , , 2,686 , , 1% , , , Kerry Morgan , ,

, , 1,969 , , 1% , , , Matthew Furman , , U.S. Taxpayers , , 1,821 , , 1% , + : 2012 Results ! Year ! ! Democrat ! Votes ! % ! ! Republican ! Votes ! % ! ! Third Party ! Party ! Votes ! % ! , - ,

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

, , , , John Dingell , , 216,884 , , 68% , , , Cynthia Kallgren , , 92,472 , , 29% , , , Richard Secula , ,

, , 9,867 , , 3% ,

References

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