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==U.S. House of Representatives==

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Arends was first elected to the House in the 1934 midterms, defeating Democrat incumbent Frank Gillespie narrowly.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262725 IL District 17 Race - Nov 06, 1934]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved June 13, 2021.</ref> He was re-elected in a rematch the following election cycle,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262867 IL District 17 Race - Nov 03, 1936]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved June 13, 2021.</ref> and hardly faced any serious challengers in his following eighteen re-elections.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=33106 Candidate - Leslie C. Arends]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved June 13, 2021.</ref>

{{cquote|I wouldn't say party regularity enters into it so much on the Appropriations Committee. On some other committees it might. But we're the no-spend party. I like to say we have more fiscal responsibility than the other party, so the people on our side are all that way. Usually we have no way of knowing whether he [a candidate for the Committee] would be a spender. Of course, if we knew that someone was inclined to spend money and was opposed to everything the Republican Party stood for in that way, why we wouldn't put him on the Appropriations Committee.}}

In early 1965, Arends was targeted for defeat for his post as the House Republican Whip by [[New Jersey]] colleague Peter Frelinghuysen.<ref name=wapo/> His fellow conservative colleague [[Charles A. Halleck]] had just been unseated by [[Moderate Republican]] [[Gerald Ford]] from the House Republican Leader position, which was due to backlash against Halleck's leadership following significant defeats in the 1964 elections.<ref>[https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/notablealumni/13/ Charles Abraham Halleck]. ''Maurer School of Law''. Retrieved June 13, 2021.</ref> However, Arends ultimately maintained his position by eleven votes.<ref name=wapo/>