Chester Holifield
★ U.S. Representative
- Born
- December 3, 1903
- Died
- February 6, 1995
- Age at death
- 91
- Home state
- California
- Party
- Democratic
- On the ballot
- 1942–1972
16-0
RecordWin–Loss
Total Popular Votes
Holifield1.5M
Opponents545,173
16
Elections run
Between 1942 and 1972, Chester Holifield ran in 16 U.S. House elections, winning all 16. Holifield's biggest single-election total was 145,479 votes, in the 1960 U.S. House election in California's District 19. Holifield's closest win came in the 1942 U.S. House election in California's District 19, decided by 14,472 votes.
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How many votes has Chester Holifield received?
Chester Holifield has received 1,469,929 popular votes across 16 U.S. elections, with a career record of 16–0.
Election history
| Year | Office | Result | Votes | Opponent(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | U.S. HouseCalifornia | Won | 105,69967.22% | Charles W Fisher W H Harris |
| 1970 | U.S. HouseCalifornia | Won | 98,57870.39% | John Aubrey Jones (head-to-head) |
| 1968 | U.S. HouseCalifornia | Won | 99,06963.1% | John Aubrey Jones (head-to-head) Lyle E Cook |
| 1966 | U.S. HouseCalifornia | Won | 82,59262.24% | William R Sutton |
| 1964 | U.S. HouseCalifornia | Won | 97,93465.42% | C Everett Hunt |
| 1962 | U.S. HouseCalifornia | Won | 78,43661.55% | Robert T Ramsay |
| 1960 | U.S. HouseCalifornia | Won | 145,47978.21% | Gordon S McWilliams |
| 1958 | U.S. HouseCalifornia | Won | 131,42183.42% | Harry Vincent Leppek |
| 1956 | U.S. HouseCalifornia | Won | 116,28773.8% | W D Reynolds |
| 1954 | U.S. HouseCalifornia | Won | 90,26974.8% | Raymond R Pritchard |
| 1952 | U.S. HouseCalifornia | Won | 126,60687.03% | Ida Alvarez Milton Snipper |
| 1950 | U.S. HouseCalifornia | Won | 73,31790.85% | Myra Tanner Weiss (head-to-head) |
| 1948 | U.S. HouseCalifornia | Won | 72,90069.73% | Joseph Francis Quigley Jacob Berman Myra Tanner Weiss (head-to-head) |
| 1946 | U.S. HouseCalifornia | Won | 50,66697.23% | Marshall J Morrill |
| 1944 | U.S. HouseCalifornia | Won | 65,75871.7% | Carlton H Casjens (head-to-head) |
| 1942 | U.S. HouseCalifornia | Won | 34,91863.05% | Carlton H Casjens (head-to-head) |
Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (H000713) and Wikidata (Q1070709). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.
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