Leslie Arends
★ U.S. Representative
- Born
- September 27, 1895
- Died
- July 17, 1985
- Age at death
- 89
- Home state
- Illinois
- Party
- Republican
- On the ballot
- 1934–1972
20-0
RecordWin–Loss
Total Popular Votes
Arends1.6M
Opponents937,191
20
Elections run
Between 1934 and 1972, Leslie Arends ran in 20 U.S. House elections, winning all 20. Arends's biggest single-election total was 122,513 votes, in the 1968 U.S. House election in Illinois's District 17. Arends's closest win came in the 1934 U.S. House election in Illinois's District 17, decided by 2,931 votes.
Browse every U.S. House race in Illinois's District 15, every U.S. House race in Illinois's District 17, or all 1972 U.S. House races.
How many votes has Leslie Arends received?
Leslie Arends has received 1,557,329 popular votes across 20 U.S. elections, with a career record of 20–0.
Election history
| Year | Office | Result | Votes | Opponent(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | U.S. HouseIllinois | Won | 111,02257.24% | F H Hall |
| 1970 | U.S. HouseIllinois | Won | 92,91762.25% | Lester A Hawthorne (head-to-head) |
| 1968 | U.S. HouseIllinois | Won | 122,51365.27% | Lester A Hawthorne (head-to-head) |
| 1966 | U.S. HouseIllinois | Won | 104,24067.43% | W H Hughes (head-to-head) |
| 1964 | U.S. HouseIllinois | Won | 96,20956.44% | W H Hughes (head-to-head) |
| 1962 | U.S. HouseIllinois | Won | 87,61262.49% | Donald M Laughlin |
| 1960 | U.S. HouseIllinois | Won | 107,89661.33% | William T Larkin (head-to-head) |
| 1958 | U.S. HouseIllinois | Won | 70,12561.01% | William T Larkin (head-to-head) |
| 1956 | U.S. HouseIllinois | Won | 106,46364.94% | C E Spang |
| 1954 | U.S. HouseIllinois | Won | 79,04464.98% | N J Wright |
| 1952 | U.S. HouseIllinois | Won | 105,04263.6% | John A Kinneman |
| 1950 | U.S. HouseIllinois | Won | 74,64366.8% | Charles W Russell |
| 1948 | U.S. HouseIllinois | Won | 71,22062.78% | Carl Vrooman (head-to-head) |
| 1946 | U.S. HouseIllinois | Won | 45,96971.17% | Carl Vrooman (head-to-head) |
| 1944 | U.S. HouseIllinois | Won | 52,70666.35% | Ruth G Fillingham |
| 1942 | U.S. HouseIllinois | Won | 44,56372.36% | Frank Gillespie (head-to-head) |
| 1940 | U.S. HouseIllinois | Won | 56,71261.1% | J Joseph Pitts |
| 1938 | U.S. HouseIllinois | Won | 45,23560.92% | Thomas Watson V |
| 1936 | U.S. HouseIllinois | Won | 46,64652.58% | Frank Gillespie (head-to-head) |
| 1934 | U.S. HouseIllinois | Won | 36,55252.09% | Frank Gillespie (head-to-head) |
Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (A000216) and Wikidata (Q6530684). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.
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