Rep. John Dingell approaches record - elected first in 1955
My I was born in November 1954 .
"In 1955, John, Sr. died and John, Jr. won a special election to succeed him. He won a full term in 1956 and has been reelected 29 times, including runs in 1988 and 2006 with no Republican opponent. He has only received less than 62% of the vote on two occasions. In 1994 when the Republican Revolution swept the Republicans into the majority in the House of Representatives for the first time since 1954, Dingell received 59% of the vote. In 2010 when the Republicans re-took control of the House of Representatives, Dingell received 57% of the vote. Between them, he and his father have represented the southeastern Michigan area for 80 years. " ' (this from Wikipedia) -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dingell
VIDEO
http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/politics/2013/06/02/2382649/
