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Dingell indicated that she planned to run for her husband's congressional seat after he announced his retirement. [15] On August 5, she won the Democratic primary. On November 4, she won the general election, defeating Republican Terry Bowman. [16] When Dingell was sworn in, she became the first U.S. non-widowed woman in Congress to succeed her ...
In 1981, Dingell married Deborah "Debbie" Insley, [80] who was 27 years his junior. In November 2014, Debbie Dingell won the election to succeed her husband as U.S. Representative for Michigan's 12th congressional district. She took office in January 2015. [81] She is the first non-widowed woman to immediately succeed her husband in Congress. [82]
Michigan's 6th congressional district is a United States congressional district in southeast Michigan.In 2022, the district was redrawn to be centered around Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County, as well as western and southern Wayne County, a small part of southwestern Oakland County, and the city of Milan in Monroe County. [3]
Debbie Dingell: January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2023 Democratic: 12th: Elected in 2014. Redistricted to the 6th district. January 3, 2023 – present 6th: Redistricted from the 12th district and re-elected in 2022. Incumbent. John Dingell: December 13, 1955 – January 3, 1965 Democratic: 15th: Elected to finish his father's term. Redistricted ...
During the 113th Congress (2013 to 2015), the district was represented by John Dingell . He was a congressman for this and other districts for 59 years, making him the longest-serving member of Congress in U.S. history. He was succeeded by his wife, Debbie Dingell, who currently represents the 6th congressional district. [5]
The Dingell family from Michigan is prominent in politics. The family has had four members elected to public office, including three elected to the United States House of Representatives. Subcategories
Its first congressman, John D. Dingell, Sr., was elected in 1932 and served until his death in 1955. His son, John, Jr. won a special election to succeed him; upon Dingell Jr.'s own retirement in 2015, his wife Debbie Dingell won his seat and is now the incumbent. As such, the district (even after it was absorbed by the 12th district in 2013 ...
John Dingell Jr. retired from the House of Representatives as the longest-serving member of Congress in history at 59 years and 21 days and its longest serving Dean at 20 years on January 3, 2015, and his wife Debbie Dingell was elected to succeed him. As of 2023, the three Dingells had represented the southeastern Michigan area for 90 ...