Political Highlights: Democratic candidate for Philadelphia City Commission, 1979; Pa. House, 1983-89; Pa. Senate, 1989-95; Consumer Party nominee for U.S. House (special election), 1991; sought Democratic nomination for mayor of Philadelphia, 2007; defeated in primary for U.S. House, 2016; U.S. House of Representatives, 1995-2016 Born: November 21, 1956; Philadelphia, Pa. Residence: Philadelphia Religion: Baptist Family: Wife, Renee Chenault-Fattah; four children Education: Community College of Philadelphia, attended 1976; U. of Pennsylvania, M.A. 1986
Election History
Margin of Victory (% pts.)
House Race
1991 Election Results
1994 Election Results
Candidate
Chaka Fattah (D) Lawrence Watson (R)
Votes
120,553 19,824
%
85.9% 14.1%
1996 Election Results
Candidate
Chaka Fattah (D) Larry Murphy (R)
Votes
168,887 23,047
%
88.0% 12.0%
1998 Election Results
Candidate
Chaka Fattah (D) Anne Mulligan (R)
Votes
102,763 16,001
%
86.5% 13.5%
2000 Election Results
Candidate
Chaka Fattah (D) Ken Krawchuk (LIBERT)
Votes
180,021 3,673
%
98.0% 2.0%
2002 Election Results
Candidate
Chaka Fattah (D) Thomas Dougherty (R)
Votes
150,623 20,988
%
87.8% 12.2%
2004 Election Results
Candidate
Chaka Fattah (D) Stewart Bolno (R)
Votes
253,226 34,411
%
88.0% 12.0%
2006 Election Results
Candidate
Chaka Fattah (D) Michael Gessner (R) David Baker (GREEN)
Votes
165,867 17,291 4,125
%
88.6% 9.2% 2.2%
2008 Election Results
Candidate
Chaka Fattah (D) Adam Lang (R)
Votes
276,870 34,466
%
88.9% 11.1%
2010 Election Results
Candidate
Chaka Fattah (D) Rick Hellberg (R)
Votes
182,800 21,907
%
89.3% 10.7%
2012 Election Results
Candidate
Chaka Fattah (D) Robert Mansfield (R) James Foster (I)
