1953-1961: Alger Hiss / Earl Browder (Democratic) 1952 def. Joe McCarthy / various (Republican) 1956 def. unopposed 1961-1969: Gus Hall / Henry Winston (Democratic) 1960 def. unopposed 1964 def. unopposed 1969-1977: John Gates / Eugene McCarthy (Progressive) 1968 def. Gus Hall / Henry Winston (Democratic) 1972 def. Milt Rosen / Jack Schulman ('Anti-Revisionist' Democratic) 1977-1985: Eugene McCarthy / Ronald Reagan (Progressive) 1976 def. John Gates / Teddy Cogswell (Democratic Labor), Robert Byrd / Lloyd Bentsen (Jackson Democratic), James Buckley / Bill Scranton (Republican)
1980 def. James Buckley / John B. Anderson (Republican), Ron Dellums / Cliff Finch (Democratic Labor), Jimmy Carter / William Proxmire (Jackson Democratic) 1985-1989: John B. Anderson / Reubin Askew (Conservative) 1984 def. Ronald Reagan / Walter Mondale (Progressive), Ron Dellums / Jimmy Hoffa (Democratic Labor)