District: Indiana - 1st District Political Highlights: no previous office, ; U.S. House of Representatives, 1985-2021 Born: August 13, 1949; Gary, Ind. Residence: Merrillville Religion: Roman Catholic Family: Wife, Joanne Royce; two children Education: Indiana U., Northwest, B.S. 1970; U. of Notre Dame, J.D. 1973; Georgetown U., LL.M. 1982 Elected: 1984 Committee Assignments: Appropriations (Defense - Chairman; Energy-Water - Vice Chairman) Social Media:
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District Rating: Safe Democrat House Seniority: 6th ranked House Democrat Twitter: 15,431 followers
Election History
Margin of Victory (% pts.)
House Race
1984 Election Results
Candidate
Peter Visclosky (D) Joseph Grenchik (R) James Willis (LIBERT)
Votes
147,035 59,986 943
%
70.7% 28.8% 0.5%
1986 Election Results
Candidate
Peter Visclosky (D) William Costas (R) James Willis (LIBERT)
Votes
86,983 30,395 660
%
73.4% 25.7% 0.6%
1988 Election Results
Candidate
Peter Visclosky (D) Owen Crumpacker (R)
Votes
138,251 41,076
%
77.1% 22.9%
1990 Election Results
Candidate
Peter Visclosky (D) William Costas (R)
Votes
68,920 35,450
%
66.0% 34.0%
1992 Election Results
Candidate
Peter Visclosky (D) David Vucich (R)
Votes
147,054 64,770
%
69.4% 30.6%
1994 Election Results
Candidate
Peter Visclosky (D) John Larson (R)
Votes
68,612 52,920
%
56.5% 43.5%
1996 Election Results
Candidate
Peter Visclosky (D) Michael Petyo (R) Michael Crass (LIBERT)
Votes
133,553 56,418 3,142
%
69.2% 29.2% 1.6%
1998 Election Results
Candidate
Peter Visclosky (D) Michael Petyo (R) Michael Crass (LIBERT)
Votes
92,634 33,503 1,617
%
72.5% 26.2% 1.3%
2000 Election Results
Candidate
Peter Visclosky (D) Jack Reynolds (R) Christopher Nelson (LIBERT)
Votes
148,683 56,200 2,907
%
71.6% 27.1% 1.4%
2002 Election Results
Candidate
Peter Visclosky (D) Mark Leyva (R) Timothy Brennan (LIBERT)
Votes
90,443 41,909 2,759
%
66.9% 31.0% 2.0%
2004 Election Results
Candidate
Peter Visclosky (D) Mark Leyva (R)
Votes
178,406 82,858
%
68.3% 31.7%
2006 Election Results
Candidate
Peter Visclosky (D) Mark Leyva (R) Charles Barman (I)
Votes
104,195 40,146 5,266
%
69.7% 26.8% 3.5%
2008 Election Results
Candidate
Peter Visclosky (D) Mark Leyva (R) Jeff Duensing (LIBERT)
Votes
199,954 76,647 5,421
%
70.9% 27.2% 1.9%
2010 Election Results
Candidate
Peter Visclosky (D) Mark Leyva (R) Jon Morris (LIBERT)
Votes
99,387 65,558 4,762
%
58.6% 38.6% 2.8%
2012 Election Results
Candidate
Peter Visclosky (D) Joel Phelps (R)
Votes
187,743 91,291
%
67.3% 32.7%
2014 Election Results
Candidate
Peter Visclosky (D) Mark Leyva (R) Donna Dunn (LIBERT)
