Dick Zimmer
★ U.S. Representative
- Born
- August 16, 1944
- Died
- December 31, 2025
- Age at death
- 81
- Home state
- New Jersey
- Party
- Republican
- On the ballot
- 1990–2008
Photo: Richard Alan Zimmer, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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RecordWin–Loss
Total Popular Votes
Zimmer3.2M
Opponents4.0M
6
Elections run
Between 1990 and 2008, Dick Zimmer ran in 6 elections across 2 offices (U.S. House and U.S. Senate), winning 3 and losing 3. Zimmer's biggest single-election total was 1,461,025 votes, in the 2008 U.S. Senate election in New Jersey. Zimmer's closest win came in the 1990 U.S. House election in New Jersey's District 12, decided by 55,595 votes.
Browse every U.S. Senate election in New Jersey, every U.S. House race in New Jersey's District 12, or all 2008 U.S. Senate races.
How many votes has Dick Zimmer received?
Dick Zimmer has received 3,241,893 popular votes across 6 U.S. elections, with a career record of 3–3.
Election history
| Year | Office | Result | Votes | Opponent(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | U.S. SenateNew Jersey | Lost | 1,461,02541.95% | Frank R. Lautenberg Jason Scheurer J. M. Carter Jr. Daryl Mikell Brooks Jeffrey Boss Sara J. Lobman |
| 2000 | U.S. HouseNew Jersey | Lost | 145,51148.51% | Rush D. Holt Carl J. Mayer (head-to-head) John P. Desmond Worth Winslow |
| 1996 | U.S. SenateNew Jersey | Lost | 1,227,35142.57% | Robert G. Torricelli Richard J. Pezzullo Mary Jo Christian Paul A. Woomer Olga L. Rodriguez Mark Wise Wilburt Kornegay Steven J. Baeli |
| 1994 | U.S. HouseNew Jersey | Won | 125,93968.34% | Joseph D. Youssouf Anthony M. Provenzano |
| 1992 | U.S. HouseNew Jersey | Won | 174,21663.87% | Frank G. Abate Carl J. Mayer (head-to-head) Carl Peters Edward F. Eggert Compton C. Pakenham |
| 1990 | U.S. HouseNew Jersey | Won | 107,85164.05% | Marguerite Chandler Joan I. Bottchor C. Max Kortepeter Michael A. Notarangelo |
Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (Z000008) and Wikidata (Q1209858). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.
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