This is the electoral history of John Dingell, a former Democratic Representative from Detroit who represented the 15th and 16th districts. Dingell was first elected in a 1955 special election to replace his late father, and was re-elected in every subsequent election until his retirement in 2014. He was the longest serving member of the United States House of Representatives, and the United States Congress overall.
|+ : Results 1956–1962 ! Year ! ! Democrat ! Votes ! % ! ! Republican ! Votes ! % ! ! Third Party ! Party ! Votes ! % ! ! Third Party ! Party ! Votes ! % ! |- |1956 || | |John Dingell | |111,827 | |77% | | |Larry Middleton | |33,973 | |23% | | |Roxann Higgs | |Prohibition | |206 | |0% | | | | | | |- |1958 || | |John Dingell | |79,216 | |78% | | |Austin Curtis | |21,414 | |21% | |! style="background:#DD051D; "|Charles Aranoff |! style="background:#DD051D; "|Socialist Labor |! style="background:#DD051D; "|199 |! style="background:#DD051D; "|0% | | |Estelle Tripp | |Prohibition | |98 | |0% | |- |1960 || | |John Dingell | |111,671 | |79% | | |Robert Robbins | |28,532 | |20% | | |Hiram Coffman | |Prohibition | |207 | |0% | |! style="background:#DD051D; "|Joseph Koss |! style="background:#DD051D; "|Socialist Labor |! style="background:#DD051D; "|114 |! style="background:#DD051D; "|0% | |- |1962 || | |John Dingell | |94,197 | |83% | | |Ernest Richard | |19,258 | |17% | | | | | | |
|+ : Results 1964–2000 ! Year ! ! Democrat ! Votes ! % ! ! Republican ! Votes ! % ! ! Third Party ! Party ! Votes ! % ! ! Third Party ! Party ! Votes ! % ! ! Third Party ! Party ! Votes ! % |- |1964 || | |John Dingell | |112,763 | |73% | | |Monte Bona | |40,673 | |26% | |! style="background:#aa0000; "|Henry Austin |! style="background:#aa0000; "|Socialist Workers |! style="background:#aa0000; "|189 |! style="background:#aa0000; "|0% | | | | | | | | | | |- |1966 || | |John Dingell | |71,787 | |63% | | |John Dempsey | |42,738 | |37% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |- |1968 || | |John Dingell | |105,690 | |74% | | |Monte Bona | |37,000 | |26% | |! style="background:#aa0000; "|Henry Austin |! style="background:#aa0000; "|Socialist Workers |! style="background:#aa0000; "|369 |! style="background:#aa0000; "|0% | | | | | | | | | | |- |1970 || | |John Dingell | |90,540 | |79% | | |William Rostrom | |23,867 | |21% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |- |1972 || | |John Dingell | |110,715 | |68% | | |William Rostrom | |48,414 | |30% | | |Peter Gayner | |American Independent | |3,554 | |2% | | | | | | | | | | |- |1974 || | |John Dingell | |95,834 | |78% | | |Wallace English | |25,248 | |20% | | |Virginia Crawford | |American Independent | align="right" |1,605 | align="right" |1% | |! style="background:#aa0000; "|Donald Bechler |! style="background:#aa0000; "|Socialist Workers |! style="background:#aa0000; " align="right"|365 |! style="background:#aa0000; " align="right"|0% | ||Lewis Steinhardt ||U.S. Labor ||232 ||0% |- |1976 || | |John Dingell | |121,682 | |76% | | |William Rostron | |36,378 | |23% | | |Buck Slayter | |American Independent | align="right" |1,009 | align="right" |1% | | |Samuel Hancock | |Libertarian | align="right" |484 | align="right" |0% | ||Susan Dalto ||U.S. Labor ||463 ||0% |- |1978 || | |John Dingell | |93,387 | |70% | | |Melvin Heuer | |26,827 | |22% | | |Harry Hengy | |American Independent | |1,889 | |2% | | | | | | | | | | |- |1980 || | |John Dingell | |105,844 | |70% | | |Pamella Seay | |42,735 | |28% | | |R. Scott Davidson | |Libertarian | |1,810 | |1% | | |Ronald Slote | |American Independent | |1,069 | |1% | | | | | |- |1982 || | |John Dingell | |114,006 | |74% | | |David Haskins | |39,227 | |25% | |! style="background:#aa0000; "|Susan Apstein |! style="background:#aa0000; "|Socialist Workers |! style="background:#aa0000; "|1,071 |! style="background:#aa0000; "|1% | |! style="background:#FF3300; "|Paul Scherrer |! style="background:#FF3300; "|Workers League |! style="background:#FF3300; "|450 |! style="background:#FF3300; "|0% | | | | | |- |1984 || | |John Dingell | |121,463 | |64% | | |Frank Grzywacki | |68,116 | |36% | | |Donald Kostyu | |Libertarian | |1,042 | |1% | | | | | | | | | | |- |1986 || | |John Dingell | |101,659 | |78% | | |Frank Grzywacki | |28,971 | |22% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |- |1988 || | |John Dingell | |132,775 | |97% | | |No candidate | | | | | |! style="background:#FF7796 "|Russell Leone |! style="background:#FF7796 "|Workers Against Concessions |! style="background:#FF7796 "|3,561 |! style="background:#FF7796 "|3% | | | | | | | | | | |- |1990 || | |John Dingell | |88,962 | |67% | | |William Morse | |42,469 | |32% | | |Roger Pope | |Libertarian | |2,019 | |2% | | | | | | | | | | |- |1992 || | |John Dingell | |156,964 | |65% | | | Frank Beaumont | |75,694 | |31% | | |Max Siegle | |Tisch Independent Citizens | align="right" |4,048 | align="right" |2% | | |Jeff Hampton | |Libertarian | align="right" |1,842 | align="right" |1% | |! style="background:#FF3300 "|Martin McLaughlin |! style="background:#FF3300 "|Workers League |! style="background:#FF3300 "|1,842 |! style="background:#FF3300 "|1% |- |1994 || | |John Dingell | |105,846 | |59% | | |Ken Larkin | |71,159 | |40% | |! style="background:#00bfff; "|Noha Hamze |! style="background:#00bfff; "|Natural Law |! style="background:#00bfff; "|1,968 |! style="background:#00bfff; "|1% | | | | | | | | | | |- |1996 || | |John Dingell | |136,854 | |62% | | |James Desana | |78,723 | |36% | | |Bruce Cain | |Libertarian | |3,155 | |1% | |! style="background:#00bfff; "|Noha Hamze |! style="background:#00bfff; "|Natural Law |! style="background:#00bfff; "|1,018 |! style="background:#00bfff; "|0% | |! style="background:#FF3300 "|David Sole |! style="background:#FF3300 "|Workers World |! style="background:#FF3300 "|842 |! style="background:#FF3300 "|0% |- |1998 || | |John Dingell | |116,145 | |67% | | |William Morse | |54,121 | |31% | | |Edward Hlavac | |Libertarian | |3,064 | |2% | |! style="background:#00bfff; "|Noha Hamze |! style="background:#00bfff; "|Natural Law |! style="background:#00bfff; "|1,027 |! style="background:#00bfff; "|1% | | | | | |- |2000 || | |John Dingell | |167,142 | |71% | | |William Morse | |62,469 | |27% | | |Edward Hlavac | |Libertarian | |2,814 | |1% | | |Ken Larkin | |U.S. Taxpayers | |2,154 | |1% | |! style="background:#00bfff; "|Noha Hamze |! style="background:#00bfff; "|Natural Law |! style="background:#00bfff; "|938 |! style="background:#00bfff; "|0%
|+ : Results 2002–2010 ! Year ! ! Democrat ! Votes ! % ! ! Republican ! Votes ! % ! ! Third Party ! Party ! Votes ! % ! ! Third Party ! Party ! Votes ! % ! ! Third Party ! Party ! Votes ! % |- |2002 || | |John Dingell | |136,518 | |72% | | | Martin Kaltenbach | |48,626 | |26% | | |Gregory Stempfle | |Libertarian | align="right" |3,919 | align="right" |2% | | | | | | | | | | |- |2004 || | |John Dingell | |218,409 | |71% | | |Dawn Reamer | |81,828 | |27% | | |Gregory Stempfle | |Libertarian | |3,400 | |1% | | |Mike Eller | |U.S. Taxpayers | |2,508 | |1% | | |Jerome White | |NPA | align="right" |1,818 | align="right" |1% |- |2006 || | |John Dingell | |181,946 | |88% | | |No candidate | | | | | | |Aimee Smith | |Green | |9,447 | |5% | | |Gregory Stempfle | |Libertarian | |8,410 | |4% | | |Robert Czak | |U.S. Taxpayers | |7,064 | |3% |- |2008 || | |John Dingell | |231,784 | |71% | | |John Lynch | |81,802 | |25% | | |Aimee Smith | |Green | |7,082 | |2% | | |Gregory Stempfle | |Libertarian | |4,002 | |1% | | |James Wagner | |U.S. Taxpayers | |3,157 | |1% |- |2010 || | |John Dingell | |116,293 | |57% | | |Rob Steele | |71,108 | |40% | | |Aimee Smith | |Green | |2,686 | |1% | | |Kerry Morgan | |Libertarian | |1,969 | |1% | | |Matthew Furman | |U.S. Taxpayers | |1,821 | |1%
|+ : 2012 Results ! Year ! ! Democrat ! Votes ! % ! ! Republican ! Votes ! % ! ! Third Party ! Party ! Votes ! % ! |- |2012 || | |John Dingell | |216,884 | |68% | | |Cynthia Kallgren | |92,472 | |29% | | |Richard Secula | |Libertarian | |9,867 | |3% |