Bruce F. Vento

★ U.S. Representative

Born: October 7, 1940
Died: October 10, 2000
Age at death: 60
Home state: Minnesota
Party: Democratic
On the ballot: 1976–1998

Career timeline

1976Rep 1978Rep 1980Rep 1982Rep 1984Rep 1986Rep

1988Rep 1990Rep 1992Rep 1994Rep 1996Rep 1998Rep

12-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Vento1.7M

Opponents959,271

Elections run

Between 1976 and 1998, Bruce F. Vento ran in 12 U.S. House elections, winning all 12. Vento's biggest single-election total was 181,227 votes, in the 1988 U.S. House election in Minnesota's District 4. Vento's closest win came in the 1978 U.S. House election in Minnesota's District 4, decided by 26,593 votes.

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How many votes has Bruce F. Vento received?

Bruce F. Vento has received 1,656,858 popular votes across 12 U.S. elections, with a career record of 12–0.

Election history

Bruce F. Vento’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1998	U.S. HouseMinnesota	Won	128,72653.69%	Dennis R. Newinksi Dan R. Vacek (head-to-head) Carol Simmons Schulstad Michael A. Neitzel Heather Wood
1996	U.S. HouseMinnesota	Won	145,83157.02%	Dennis Newinski (head-to-head) Richard J. Gibbons Phil Willkie Dan R. Vacek (head-to-head)
1994	U.S. HouseMinnesota	Won	115,63854.9%	Dennis Newinski (head-to-head) Dan R. Vacek (head-to-head)
1992	U.S. HouseMinnesota	Won	159,79657.49%	Ian Maitland (head-to-head) James L. Willess Dan R. Vacek (head-to-head) Lynn Marvin Johnson Jo Rothenberg
1990	U.S. HouseMinnesota	Won	143,35364.75%	Ian Maitland (head-to-head)
1988	U.S. HouseMinnesota	Won	181,22772.4%	Ian Maitland (head-to-head) Natasha Terlexis
1986	U.S. HouseMinnesota	Won	112,66272.86%	Harold Stassen
1984	U.S. HouseMinnesota	Won	167,67873.52%	Mary Jane Rachner Peter Brandli
1982	U.S. HouseMinnesota	Won	153,49473.18%	Bill James
1980	U.S. HouseMinnesota	Won	119,18258.51%	John Berg (head-to-head) James Kendrick
1978	U.S. HouseMinnesota	Won	95,98958.04%	John Berg (head-to-head)
1976	U.S. HouseMinnesota	Won	133,28266.44%	Andrew Engebretson Alan A. Uhl Thomas F. Piotrowski Ralph Schwartz

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (V000087) and Wikidata (Q609379). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.

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Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified July 28, 2026.