John D. Dingell

★ U.S. Representative

Born: July 8, 1926
Died: February 7, 2019
Age at death: 92
Home state: Michigan
Party: Democratic
On the ballot: 1956–2012

29-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Dingell3.7M

Opponents1.5M

Elections run

Between 1956 and 2012, John D. Dingell ran in 29 U.S. House elections, winning all 29. Dingell's biggest single-election total was 231,784 votes, in the 2008 U.S. House election in Michigan's District 15. Dingell's closest win came in the 1966 U.S. House election in Michigan's District 16, decided by 29,049 votes.

Browse every U.S. House race in Michigan's District 12, every U.S. House race in Michigan's District 15, or every U.S. House race in Michigan's District 16.

How many votes has John D. Dingell received?

John D. Dingell has received 3,650,849 popular votes across 29 U.S. elections, with a career record of 29–0.

Election history

John D. Dingell’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
2012	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	216,88467.94%	Cynthia Kallgren Richard J. Secula
2010	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	118,33656.81%	Rob Steele Aimee Smith (head-to-head) Kerry Lee Morgan Matthew Furman
2008	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	231,78470.7%	John J. Lynch Aimee Smith (head-to-head) Gregory Scott Stempfle (head-to-head) James H. Wagner
2006	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	181,94687.95%	Aimee Smith (head-to-head) Gregory Scott Stempfle (head-to-head) Robert F. Czak
2004	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	218,40970.92%	Dawn Anne Reamer Gregory Scott Stempfle (head-to-head) Mike Eller Jerome S. White
2002	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	136,51872.21%	Martin Kaltenbach Gregory Scott Stempfle (head-to-head)
2000	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	167,14270.97%	William Morse (head-to-head) Edward Andrew Hlavac (head-to-head) Ken Larkin (head-to-head) N. Fouad Hamze
1998	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	116,14566.61%	William Morse (head-to-head) Edward Andrew Hlavac (head-to-head) Noha F. Hamze (head-to-head)
1996	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	136,85462.03%	James R. Desana Bruce W. Cain Noha F. Hamze (head-to-head) David Sole
1994	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	105,84959.14%	Ken Larkin (head-to-head) Noha F. Hamze (head-to-head)
1992	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	156,96465.15%	Frank Beaumont (head-to-head) Max J. Siegle Jeff J. Hampton Martin P. McLaughlin
1990	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	88,96266.58%	Frank Beaumont (head-to-head) Roger Conant Pope
1988	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	132,77597.37%	Russell W. Leone
1986	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	101,65977.82%	Frank W. Grzywacki (head-to-head)
1984	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	121,46363.72%	Frank W. Grzywacki (head-to-head) Donald Kostyu
1982	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	114,00673.67%	David K. Haskins Susan Apstein Paul Scherrer
1980	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	105,84469.88%	Pamella A. Seay R. Scott Davidson Ronald Lee Slote
1978	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	93,38776.48%	Melvin E. Heuer Harry C. Hengy
1976	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	121,68275.89%	William E. Rostron Slayter Buck Miller Samuel S. Hancock Susann L. Dalto Don Bechler
1974	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	95,83477.73%	Wallace D English Virginia Crawford Donald A Bechler Lewis Steinhardt
1972	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	110,71568.06%	William E Rostron (head-to-head) Peter P Gayner
1970	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	90,54079.14%	William E Rostron (head-to-head)
1968	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	105,69073.88%	Monte R Bona Henry W Austin (head-to-head)
1966	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	71,78762.68%	John T Dempsey
1964	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	112,76373.4%	Raymond B Leonard Henry W Austin (head-to-head)
1962	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	94,19783.03%	Ernest Richards
1960	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	111,67179.42%	Robert J Robbins Hiram J Coffman Joseph F Koss Theodore E A Engstrom
1958	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	79,21678.49%	Austin W Curtis Jr. Charles Aranoff Estelle Tripp
1956	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	111,82774.05%	Larry Middleton Roxann Higgs

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (D000355) and Wikidata (Q600393). 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.