Sidney R. Yates
★ U.S. Representative
- Born
- August 27, 1909
- Died
- October 5, 2000
- Age at death
- 91
- Home state
- Illinois
- Party
- Democratic
- On the ballot
- 1948–1996
23-0
RecordWin–Loss
Total Popular Votes
Yates2.4M
Opponents1.3M
23
Elections run
Between 1948 and 1996, Sidney R. Yates ran in 23 U.S. House elections, winning all 23. Yates's biggest single-election total was 162,942 votes, in the 1992 U.S. House election in Illinois's District 9. Yates's closest win came in the 1950 U.S. House election in Illinois's District 9, decided by 5,147 votes.
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How many votes has Sidney R. Yates received?
Sidney R. Yates has received 2,408,490 popular votes across 23 U.S. elections, with a career record of 23–0.
Election history
| Year | Office | Result | Votes | Opponent(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | U.S. HouseIllinois | Won | 124,31963.4% | Joseph Walsh |
| 1994 | U.S. HouseIllinois | Won | 94,40466.1% | George Edward Larney |
| 1992 | U.S. HouseIllinois | Won | 162,94267.98% | Herb Sohn Sheila A. Jones (head-to-head) |
| 1990 | U.S. HouseIllinois | Won | 96,55771.21% | Herbert Sohn (head-to-head) |
| 1988 | U.S. HouseIllinois | Won | 135,58366.08% | Herbert Sohn (head-to-head) Jessie Fields |
| 1986 | U.S. HouseIllinois | Won | 92,73871.64% | Herbert Sohn (head-to-head) |
| 1984 | U.S. HouseIllinois | Won | 144,87967.54% | Herbert Sohn (head-to-head) |
| 1982 | U.S. HouseIllinois | Won | 114,08366.51% | Catherine Bertini Sheila A. Jones (head-to-head) |
| 1980 | U.S. HouseIllinois | Won | 106,54373.08% | John D. Andrica |
| 1978 | U.S. HouseIllinois | Won | 87,54375.33% | John Collins |
| 1976 | U.S. HouseIllinois | Won | 121,91572.15% | Thomas J. Wajerski |
| 1972 | U.S. HouseIllinois | Won | 131,77768.33% | Clark W Fetridge |
| 1970 | U.S. HouseIllinois | Won | 111,95575.77% | Edward Wolbank |
| 1968 | U.S. HouseIllinois | Won | 119,03264.44% | Edward Notz V |
| 1966 | U.S. HouseIllinois | Won | 96,74659.86% | Richard C Storey Jr. |
| 1964 | U.S. HouseIllinois | Won | 113,85163.86% | Jno E Decker |
| 1960 | U.S. HouseIllinois | Won | 80,68160.05% | Chester E Emanuelson |
| 1958 | U.S. HouseIllinois | Won | 70,98967.04% | Homer P Hargraves Jr. |
| 1956 | U.S. HouseIllinois | Won | 75,51154.03% | Johann S Ackerman |
| 1954 | U.S. HouseIllinois | Won | 73,18760.33% | Ralph Lee Goodman |
| 1952 | U.S. HouseIllinois | Won | 87,28552.36% | Robert R Siegrist |
| 1950 | U.S. HouseIllinois | Won | 74,69951.78% | Roy M Goodwin |
| 1948 | U.S. HouseIllinois | Won | 91,27154.52% | Robert J Twyman Dorothy Bushnell Cole |
Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (Y000013) and Wikidata (Q2776506). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.
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