United States House elections, 1992
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elections in 1992 coincided with the 1992 presidential election
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The United States presidential election of 1992 had three major candidates: Incumbent Republican President George Bush; Democratic Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton, and independent Texas businessman Ross Perot....

, in which Democrats
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 Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...

 and Al Gore
Al Gore
Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States , under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election....

 were elected as President
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 and Vice President
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, respectively, defeating Republican
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 incumbent President George H. W. Bush
George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States . He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to...

 and Vice President Dan Quayle
Dan Quayle
James Danforth "Dan" Quayle served as the 44th Vice President of the United States, serving with President George H. W. Bush . He served as a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Indiana....

.

Despite this, however, the Democrats lost a net of nine seats in the House to the Republicans, in part due to redistricting
Redistricting
Redistricting is the process of drawing United States electoral district boundaries, often in response to population changes determined by the results of the decennial census. In 36 states, the state legislature has primary responsibility for creating a redistricting plan, in many cases subject to...

 following the 1990 Census. The Democrats nonetheless retained a majority in the House and Senate
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, and with a new Democratic President, they seemed to be in a position of great strength. However, this would change in the 1994 elections.

Overall results

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Party Seats Seat percentage Vote percentage Popular vote
Last
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Democratic Party
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

267 258 9 59.3% 49.9% 48,550,096
Independent 1 1 0 0.2% 1.3% 1,255,726
Republican Party
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

167 176 9 40.5% 44.8% 43,498,015
Other parties 0 0 0 0.0% 4.0% 3,894,479
Totals 435 435 +0 100.0% 100.0% 97,198,316
Source: Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk

Complete list of state results

Key to party abbreviations:

AI=American Independent, C=Constitution, D=Democrat, G=Green, I=Independent, IP=Independence Party, L=Libertarian, PF=Peace and Freedom, R=Republican, T=U.S. Taxpayers Party.

Alabama

District Incumbent Party First elected Result Candidates
Sonny Callahan
Sonny Callahan
Herbert Leon "Sonny" Callahan is a politician from Alabama.Callahan was born in Mobile, Alabama he had eight brothers and sisters and he attended classes at a branch of the University of Alabama that was located in Mobile. He did not graduate. Callahan served in the United States Navy from 1952 to...

Republican 1984 Re-elected Sonny Callahan
Sonny Callahan
Herbert Leon "Sonny" Callahan is a politician from Alabama.Callahan was born in Mobile, Alabama he had eight brothers and sisters and he attended classes at a branch of the University of Alabama that was located in Mobile. He did not graduate. Callahan served in the United States Navy from 1952 to...

 (R) 60.2%

William Brewer (D) 36.8%
John Garrett (L) 3.0%
William Louis Dickinson Republican 1964 Retired
Republican hold
Terry Everett
Terry Everett
Robert Terry Everett is an American politician, who was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing ....

 (R) 49.5%

George Wallace Jr. (D) 47.9%
Glynn Reeves (L) 1.4%
Malcolm Brassell (I) 0.6%
Richard Boone (I) 0.6%
Glen Browder
Glen Browder
John Glen Browder is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama's 3rd congressional district. Browder was born in Sumter, South Carolina and graduated from Edmunds High School in 1961. He attended Presbyterian College, receiving a B.A. in history in 1965. He went on...

Democratic 1989 Re-elected Glen Browder
Glen Browder
John Glen Browder is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama's 3rd congressional district. Browder was born in Sumter, South Carolina and graduated from Edmunds High School in 1961. He attended Presbyterian College, receiving a B.A. in history in 1965. He went on...

 (D) 60.3%

Don Sledge (R) 37.3%
Rodric Templeton (L) 2.3%
Tom Bevill
Tom Bevill
Tom Bevill , a Democrat, was a fifteen-term U.S. congressman representing Alabama's 4th Congressional District .-Early years and education:...

Democratic 1966 Re-elected Tom Bevill
Tom Bevill
Tom Bevill , a Democrat, was a fifteen-term U.S. congressman representing Alabama's 4th Congressional District .-Early years and education:...

 (D) 68.5%

Martha Strickland (R) 29.0%
Robert King (L) 2.5%
Robert E. Cramer Democratic 1990 Re-elected Robert E. Cramer (D) 65.6%
Terry Smith (R) 31.9%
Michael Seibert (L) 2.5%
Ben Erdreich
Ben Erdreich
Benjamin Erdreich is a former United States congressman from Alabama.-Early life:Erdreich was born in Birmingham, Alabama to an upper-middle class family. He attended Yale University, graduating in 1960. He served as editor of the Alabama Law Review while attending the University of Alabama law...

Democratic 1982 Lost re-election
Republican gain
Spencer Bachus
Spencer Bachus
Spencer Thomas Bachus III is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. He is a member of the Republican Party and the senior member of the Alabama U. S. House delegation...

 (R) 52.3%

Ben Erdreich
Ben Erdreich
Benjamin Erdreich is a former United States congressman from Alabama.-Early life:Erdreich was born in Birmingham, Alabama to an upper-middle class family. He attended Yale University, graduating in 1960. He served as editor of the Alabama Law Review while attending the University of Alabama law...

 (D) 45.0%
Carla Cloum (I) 1.6%
Mark Bodenhausen (L) 1.0%
Claude Harris, Jr.
Claude Harris, Jr.
Claude Harris, Jr. was an American politician.A Democrat from Alabama, he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1987 until 1993. He was succeeded in the House by Earl F. Hilliard.-Biography:...

Democratic 1986 Retired
Democratic hold
Earl F. Hilliard
Earl F. Hilliard
Earl Frederick Hilliard is a politician from the U.S. state of Alabama.Hilliard was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and graduated from Morehouse College. He was elected as a Democrat to the Alabama House of Representatives in 1974 and served from 1975 until 1981 and in the Alabama Senate from 1981...

 (D) 69.5%

Kervin Jones (R) 17.4%
James Lewis (I) 6.0%
James Chambliss (I) 5.5%
Michael Todd Mayer (L) 1.0%
John Hawkins (SW) 0.6%

Alaska

District Incumbent Party First elected Result Candidates
Don Young
Don Young
Donald Edwin "Don" Young is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1973. He is a member of the Republican Party.Young is the 6th most senior U.S. Representative and the 2nd most senior Republican Representative, as well as the 2nd most senior Republican in Congress as a whole...

Republican 1973 Re-elected Don Young
Don Young
Donald Edwin "Don" Young is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1973. He is a member of the Republican Party.Young is the 6th most senior U.S. Representative and the 2nd most senior Republican Representative, as well as the 2nd most senior Republican in Congress as a whole...

 (R) 46.7%

John Devens (D) 42.8%
Michael States (A) 6.2%
Mike Milligan (G) 3.9%

Arizona

District Incumbent Party First elected Result Candidates
John Jacob Rhodes III
John Jacob Rhodes III
John Jacob "Jay" Rhodes III was a Republican Representative from Arizona's 1st congressional district. He was born in Mesa, Arizona.-Youth and education:Rhodes' father and namesake also represented the 1st district...

Republican 1986 Lost re-election
Democratic gain
Sam Coppersmith
Sam Coppersmith
Samuel G. "Sam" Coppersmith is a former Democratic United States Congressman from Arizona from 1993 to 1995....

 (D) 51.3%

John Jacob Rhodes III
John Jacob Rhodes III
John Jacob "Jay" Rhodes III was a Republican Representative from Arizona's 1st congressional district. He was born in Mesa, Arizona.-Youth and education:Rhodes' father and namesake also represented the 1st district...

 (R) 44.6%
Ted Goldstein (NL) 4.1%
Ed Pastor
Ed Pastor
Edward Lopez "Ed" Pastor is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1991. He is a member of the Democratic Party.The district includes most of southern, western, and downtown Phoenix, along with a portion of Glendale....

Democratic 1991 Re-elected Ed Pastor
Ed Pastor
Edward Lopez "Ed" Pastor is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1991. He is a member of the Democratic Party.The district includes most of southern, western, and downtown Phoenix, along with a portion of Glendale....

 (D) 66.0%

Don Shooter (R) 30.0%
Dan Detaranto (L) 4.0%
Bob Stump
Bob Stump
Robert Lee "Bob" Stump was a U.S. Congressman from Arizona.-Early life and career:Stump was born in Phoenix, and was a U.S. Navy World War II combat veteran, where he served on the USS Tulagi from 1943 to 1946. He graduated from Tolleson High School in 1947, and Arizona State University in 1951...

Republican 1976 Re-elected Bob Stump
Bob Stump
Robert Lee "Bob" Stump was a U.S. Congressman from Arizona.-Early life and career:Stump was born in Phoenix, and was a U.S. Navy World War II combat veteran, where he served on the USS Tulagi from 1943 to 1946. He graduated from Tolleson High School in 1947, and Arizona State University in 1951...

 (R) 61.5%

Roger Hartstone (D) 34.4%
Pamela Volponi (NL) 4.1%
Jon Kyl
Jon Kyl
Jon Llewellyn Kyl is the junior U.S. Senator from Arizona and the Senate Minority Whip, the second-highest position in the Republican Senate leadership. In 2010 he was recognized by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world for his persuasive role in the Senate.The son...

Republican 1986 Re-elected Jon Kyl
Jon Kyl
Jon Llewellyn Kyl is the junior U.S. Senator from Arizona and the Senate Minority Whip, the second-highest position in the Republican Senate leadership. In 2010 he was recognized by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world for his persuasive role in the Senate.The son...

 (R) 59.2%

Walter Mybeck (D) 26.7%
Debbie Collings (I) 9.7%
Tim McDermott (L) 4.4%
Jim Kolbe
Jim Kolbe
James Thomas "Jim" Kolbe is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for Arizona's 8th congressional district, serving 11 terms from 1985 to 2007.-Early life:...

Republican 1984 Re-elected Jim Kolbe
Jim Kolbe
James Thomas "Jim" Kolbe is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for Arizona's 8th congressional district, serving 11 terms from 1985 to 2007.-Early life:...

 (R) 66.5%

Jim Toevs (D) 29.7%
Perry Willis (L) 3.7%
None (district created) New seat
Democratic gain
Karan English
Karan English
Karan English served in the U.S. House of Representatives of the 103rd United States Congress from 1993 to 1995....

 (D) 53.0%

Doug Wead (R) 41.4%
Sarah Stannard (I) 5.6%

Arkansas

District Incumbent Party First elected Result Candidates
Bill Alexander Democratic 1968 Lost renomination
Democratic hold
Blanche Lincoln
Blanche Lincoln
Blanche Meyers Lambert Lincoln is a former U.S. Senator from Arkansas and a member of the Democratic Party. First elected to the Senate in 1998, she was the first woman elected to the Senate from Arkansas since Hattie Caraway in 1932 and, at age 38, was the youngest woman ever elected to the...

 (D) 69.8%

Terry Hayes (R) 30.2%
Ray Thornton
Ray Thornton
Raymond Hoyt "Ray" Thornton, Jr. is a former U.S. Representative from the US state of Arkansas.Thornton earned a degree in political science from Yale University and, later, a law degree from the University of Arkansas...

Democratic 1990 Re-elected Ray Thornton
Ray Thornton
Raymond Hoyt "Ray" Thornton, Jr. is a former U.S. Representative from the US state of Arkansas.Thornton earned a degree in political science from Yale University and, later, a law degree from the University of Arkansas...

 (D) 74.2%

Dennis Scott (R) 25.8%
John Paul Hammerschmidt
John Paul Hammerschmidt
John Paul Hammerschmidt is an American politician from the U.S. state of Arkansas. A Republican, Hammerschmidt served for thirteen terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from the northwestern Arkansas district before he retired in 1993...

Republican 1966 Retired
Republican hold
Tim Hutchinson
Tim Hutchinson
Young Timothy Hutchinson, known as Tim Hutchinson is a Republican politician and former senator from the state of Arkansas.Hutchinson was born in Bentonville, Arkansas, and he graduated from Bob Jones University...

 (R) 50.2%

John VanWinkle (D) 47.2%
Ralph Forbes (I) 2.5%
Beryl Anthony, Jr.
Beryl Anthony, Jr.
Beryl Franklin Anthony, Jr. , is a former representative from Arkansas to the United States House of Representatives.-Early life and education:...

Democratic 1978 Lost renomination
Republican gain
Jay Dickey
Jay Dickey
Jay W. Dickey, Jr. is a former U.S. Representative from the Fourth Congressional District of Arkansas. He served in Congress from 1993 to 2000...

 (R) 52.3%

Bill McCuen (D) 47.7%

California

The delegation increased from 45 to 52 seats. To create the seven-seat net gain, eight seats were added, designated as: the , , , , , , , and districts, and one seat was lost through the merger of two seats: the former and districts merged into the redesignated , in an election contest.
District Incumbent Party First elected Results Candidates
Frank Riggs
Frank Riggs
Frank D. Riggs is a politician from the states of California and Arizona.Riggs was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and he served in the United States Army from 1972 to 1975. Riggs worked as a police officer and in real estate...

Republican 1990
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1990
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1990 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 6, 1990...

Lost re-election
Democratic gain
Dan Hamburg (D) 47.6%
Frank Riggs (R) 45.1%
Phil Baldwin (PF) 4.3%
Matthew L. Howard (L) 3%
Wally Herger
Wally Herger
Walter William "Wally" Herger, Jr. , American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1987, representing the California's 2nd congressional district. The second district is physically large...

Republican 1986
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1986
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1986 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 4, 1986...

Re-elected Wally Herger
Wally Herger
Walter William "Wally" Herger, Jr. , American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1987, representing the California's 2nd congressional district. The second district is physically large...

 (R) 65.2%

Elliot Roy Freedman (D) 28%
Harry Hugh "Doc" Pendery (L) 6.8%
Vic Fazio
Victor H. Fazio
Victor Herbert Fazio, Jr. usually known as Vic Fazio is a former Democratic congressman from California.-Early life:...


Redistricted from the 4th district
Democratic 1978
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1978
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1978 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 7, 1978...

Re-elected Vic Fazio
Victor H. Fazio
Victor Herbert Fazio, Jr. usually known as Vic Fazio is a former Democratic congressman from California.-Early life:...

 (D) 51.2%

H. L. Richardson
H. L. Richardson
Hubert Leon "Bill" Richardson founded Gun Owners of America in 1975 and served as a California state senator from 1966–1988. He served as the state senate's Republican Caucus Chair for several of these years. He was also the unsuccessful Republican candidate for the United States Senate in 1974,...

 (R) 40.3%
Ross Crain (L) 8.6%
John Doolittle
John Doolittle
John Taylor Doolittle , American politician, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1991 to 2009, representing . In the 109th Congress, he held a leadership role as the Deputy Whip for the Republican party in the House...


Redistricted from the 14th district
Republican 1990
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1990
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1990 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 6, 1990...

Re-elected John Doolittle
John Doolittle
John Taylor Doolittle , American politician, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1991 to 2009, representing . In the 109th Congress, he held a leadership role as the Deputy Whip for the Republican party in the House...

 (R) 49.8%

Patricia Malberg (D) 45.7%
Patrick Lee McHargue (L) 4.5%
Bob Matsui
Bob Matsui
Robert Takeo Matsui was an American politician from the state of California. Matsui was a member of the Democratic Party and served in the U.S...


Redistricted from the 3rd district
Democratic 1978
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1978
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1978 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 7, 1978...

Re-elected Bob Matsui
Bob Matsui
Robert Takeo Matsui was an American politician from the state of California. Matsui was a member of the Democratic Party and served in the U.S...

 (D) 68.6%

Robert S. Dinsmore (R) 25.5%
Gordon D. Mors (AI) 2.1%
Chris J. Rufer (L) 2%
Tian Harter (G) 1.9%
Barbara Boxer
Barbara Boxer
Barbara Levy Boxer is the junior United States Senator from California . A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives ....

Democratic 1992
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1992
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1992 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 3, 1992. California gained seven seats after...

Retired to run for U.S. Senate
United States Senate elections, 1992
The 1992 United States Senate election was an election for the United States Senate in which the victory of Bill Clinton in the presidential election was not accompanied by major Democratic gains in the Senate....


Democratic hold
Lynn Woolsey
Lynn Woolsey
Lynn C. Woolsey is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes all of Marin County and most of Sonoma County. She is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and its co-chair...

 (D) 65.2%

Bill Filante
Bill Filante
William Jules "Bill" Filante was an American physician and politician from California and member of the Republican Party.-State Assembly:...

 (R) 33.6%
Write-ins 1.1%
George Miller
George Miller (politician)
George Miller III is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1975. He is a member of the Democratic Party. From 2007 through 2010, Miller served as chairman of the Education and Labor Committee, formerly known as the Education and the Workforce Committee.-Early life, education, and early...

Democratic 1974
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1974
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1974 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 4, 1974...

Re-elected George Miller
George Miller (politician)
George Miller III is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1975. He is a member of the Democratic Party. From 2007 through 2010, Miller served as chairman of the Education and Labor Committee, formerly known as the Education and the Workforce Committee.-Early life, education, and early...

 (D) 70.3%

Dave Scholl (R) 25.2%
David L. Franklin (PF) 4.5%
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi is the Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives and served as the 60th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011...


Redistricted from the 5th district
Democratic 1987 Re-elected Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi is the Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives and served as the 60th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011...

 (D) 82.5%

Marc Wolin (R) 11%
Cesar G. Cadabes (PF) 3.3%
James R. Elwood (L) 3.2%
Ron Dellums
Ron Dellums
Ronald Vernie "Ron" Dellums served as Oakland's forty-fifth mayor. From 1971 to 1998, he was elected to thirteen terms as a Member of the U.S...


Redistricted from the 8th district
Democratic 1970
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1970
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1970 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 3, 1970. Republicans won one open seat when...

Re-elected Ron Dellums
Ron Dellums
Ronald Vernie "Ron" Dellums served as Oakland's forty-fifth mayor. From 1971 to 1998, he was elected to thirteen terms as a Member of the U.S...

 (D) 71.9%

G. William "Billy" Hunter (R) 23.5%
Dave Linn (PF) 4.6%
None (District created) New seat
Republican gain
Bill Baker
William P. Baker
William Pond Baker is a former United States Congressman from California. He attended San Jose State University, from which he earned a business degree. Baker served as a member of the United States Coast Guard reserve from 1957 to 1965.After graduating from college, Baker worked as a budget...

 (R) 52%

Wendell H. Williams (D) 48%
None (District created) New seat
Republican gain
Richard Pombo
Richard Pombo
Richard William Pombo is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, having represented California's 11th congressional district from 1993 to 2007...

 (R) 47.6%

Patti Garamendi (D) 45.6%
Christine Roberts (L) 6.8%
Tom Lantos
Tom Lantos
Thomas Peter "Tom" Lantos was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1981 until his death, representing the northern two-thirds of San Mateo County and a portion of southwest San Francisco...


Redistricted from the 11th district
Democratic 1980
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1980
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1980 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 4, 1980...

Re-elected Tom Lantos
Tom Lantos
Thomas Peter "Tom" Lantos was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1981 until his death, representing the northern two-thirds of San Mateo County and a portion of southwest San Francisco...

 (D) 68.8%

Jim R. Tomlin (R) 23.3%
Mary Weldon (PF) 4.4%
George L. O'Brien (L) 3.4%
Pete Stark
Pete Stark
Fortney Hillman "Pete" Stark, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1973. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Currently he is the 5th most senior Representative, as well as 6th most senior member of Congress overall...


Redistricted from the 9th district
Democratic 1972
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1972
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1972 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 7, 1972. California gained 5 seats as a...

Re-elected Pete Stark
Pete Stark
Fortney Hillman "Pete" Stark, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1973. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Currently he is the 5th most senior Representative, as well as 6th most senior member of Congress overall...

 (D) 60.2%

Verne W. Teyler (R) 31.6%
Roslyn A. Allen (PF) 8.2%
Tom Campbell
Redistricted from the 12th district
Republican 1988
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1988
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1988 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 8, 1988...

Retired to run for U.S. Senate
United States Senate elections, 1992
The 1992 United States Senate election was an election for the United States Senate in which the victory of Bill Clinton in the presidential election was not accompanied by major Democratic gains in the Senate....


Democratic gain
Anna Eshoo
Anna Eshoo
Anna Georges Eshoo is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district, which includes part of Silicon Valley, includes the cities of Redwood City, Sunnyvale, Mountain View and Palo Alto...

 (D) 56.7%

Tom Huening
Tom Huening
Thomas Richard Huening is an American author, politician, and businessman from San Mateo County, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area...

 (R) 39%
Chuck Olson (L) 2.8%
David Wald (PF) 1.5%
Norm Mineta
Redistricted from the 13th district
Democratic 1974
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1974
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1974 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 4, 1974...

Re-elected Norm Mineta (D) 63.5%
Robert Wick (R) 31.2%
Duggan Dieterly (L) 5%
Write-in 0.2%
Don Edwards
Don Edwards
William Donlon Edwards is an American politician of the Democratic Party, formerly a member of the United States House of Representatives from California.-Biography:...


Redistricted from the 10th district
Democratic 1972
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1972
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1972 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 7, 1972. California gained 5 seats as a...

Re-elected Don Edwards
Don Edwards
William Donlon Edwards is an American politician of the Democratic Party, formerly a member of the United States House of Representatives from California.-Biography:...

 (D) 62%

Ted Bundesen (R) 32%
Amani S. Kuumba (PF) 6%
Leon Panetta
Leon Panetta
Leon Edward Panetta is the 23rd and current United States Secretary of Defense, serving in the administration of President Barack Obama since 2011. Prior to taking office, he served as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency...


Redistricted from the 16th district
Democratic 1976
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1976
The California United States House elections, 1976 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 2, 1976...

Re-elected Leon Panetta
Leon Panetta
Leon Edward Panetta is the 23rd and current United States Secretary of Defense, serving in the administration of President Barack Obama since 2011. Prior to taking office, he served as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency...

 (D) 72.1%

Bill McCampbell (R) 23.7%
Maureen Smith (PF) 2.3%
John D. Wilkes (L) 1.9%
Gary Condit
Gary Condit
Gary Adrian Condit is a former American politician, a Democrat who served in the House of Representatives from 1989 to 2003...


Redistricted from the 15th district
Democratic 1989 Re-elected Gary Condit
Gary Condit
Gary Adrian Condit is a former American politician, a Democrat who served in the House of Representatives from 1989 to 2003...

 (D) 84.7%

Kim R. Almstrom (L) 15.3%
Richard H. Lehman
Richard H. Lehman
Richard Henry "Rick" Lehman is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from California who served from 1983 to 1995; he was previously a member of the California State Assembly....


Redistricted from the 18th district
Democratic 1982
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1982
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1982 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 2, 1982...

Re-elected Richard H. Lehman
Richard H. Lehman
Richard Henry "Rick" Lehman is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from California who served from 1983 to 1995; he was previously a member of the California State Assembly....

 (D) 46.9%

Tal L. Cloud (R) 46.4%
Dorothy L. Wells (PF) 6.2%
Write-in 0.5%
Cal Dooley
Cal Dooley
Calvin M. "Cal" Dooley , American politician, was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1991 to 2005, representing the 17th and 20th districts of California....


Redistricted from the 17th district
Democratic 1990
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1990
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1990 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 6, 1990...

Re-elected Cal Dooley
Cal Dooley
Calvin M. "Cal" Dooley , American politician, was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1991 to 2005, representing the 17th and 20th districts of California....

 (D) 64.9%

Ed Hunt (R) 35.1%
Bill Thomas
Bill Thomas
William Marshall Thomas , commonly known as Bill Thomas, is an American politician, and a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1979–2007, finishing his tenure representing California's 22nd congressional district and as the Chairman of the House Ways and Means...


Redistricted from the 20th district
Republican 1978
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1978
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1978 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 7, 1978...

Re-elected Bill Thomas
Bill Thomas
William Marshall Thomas , commonly known as Bill Thomas, is an American politician, and a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1979–2007, finishing his tenure representing California's 22nd congressional district and as the Chairman of the House Ways and Means...

 (R) 65.2%

Deborah A. Vollmer (D) 34.7%
Write-ins 0.1%
Bob Lagomarsino
Robert J. Lagomarsino
Robert John "Bob" Lagomarsino is a former Republican congressman from California. Lagomarsino began his service in the United States House of Representatives in 1974 and was re-elected every two years until 1992, when he was defeated for renomination by Michael Huffington...


Redistricted from the 19th district
Republican 1974
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1974
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1974 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 4, 1974...

Lost renomination
Republican hold
Michael Huffington
Michael Huffington
Michael Huffington is an American politician, bisexual activist, and film producer. He was a member of the Republican Party, and a member of the United States House of Representatives for one term, 1993–1995, from California...

 (R) 52.5%

Gloria Ochoa (D) 34.9%
Mindy Lorenz (G) 9.5%
William Howard Dilbeck (L) 3%
Elton Gallegly
Elton Gallegly
Elton William Gallegly is the U.S. Representative for , and previously the 23rd and 21st, serving in Congress since 1993. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education, and pre-congressional career:...


Redistricted from the 21st district
Republican 1986
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1986
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1986 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 4, 1986...

Re-elected Elton Gallegly
Elton Gallegly
Elton William Gallegly is the U.S. Representative for , and previously the 23rd and 21st, serving in Congress since 1993. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education, and pre-congressional career:...

 (R) 54.3%

Anita Perez Ferguson
Anita Perez Ferguson
Anita Perez Ferguson, born in 1949 in Santa Barbara, California, is a speaker, author and international consultant.She has a BA in Communications from Westmont College , an MA in Counseling Psychology from the University of Santa Clara, and an MA in Management from the University of...

 (D) 41.4%
Jay C. Wood (L) 4.3%
Anthony C. Beilenson
Anthony C. Beilenson
Anthony Charles Beilenson is a former Democratic Congressman from Southern California who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1997....


Redistricted from the 23rd district
Democratic 1974
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1974
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1974 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 4, 1974...

Re-elected Anthony C. Beilenson
Anthony C. Beilenson
Anthony Charles Beilenson is a former Democratic Congressman from Southern California who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1997....

 (D) 55.5%

Tom McClintock
Tom McClintock
Thomas Miller McClintock II is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2009. He is a member of the Republican Party. He is a former Assemblyman and state Senator...

 (R) 39.1%
John Paul Lindblad (PF) 5.4%
None (District created) New seat
Republican gain
Howard McKeon
Howard McKeon
Howard Philip "Buck" McKeon is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education and career:...

 (R) 51.9%

James H. "Gil" Gilmartin (D) 33%
Rick Pamplin (I) 6.4%
Peggy L. Christensen (L) 3.2%
Charles Wilken (G) 3.2%
Nancy Lawrence (PF) 2.3%
Howard Berman
Howard Berman
Howard Lawrence Berman is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He earlier served in the California State Assembly from 1974 to 1982, and as the U.S...

Democratic 1982
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1982
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1982 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 2, 1982...

Re-elected Howard Berman
Howard Berman
Howard Lawrence Berman is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He earlier served in the California State Assembly from 1974 to 1982, and as the U.S...

 (D) 61%

Gary E. Forsch (R) 30.2%
Margery Hinds (PF) 5.9%
Bernard Zimring (L) 2.9%
Carlos Moorhead
Carlos Moorhead
Carlos John Moorhead was a United States Congressman from California. Born in Long Beach, he attended the public schools of Glendale, graduated from Herbert Hoover High School in 1940 and earned a B.A. from the UCLA in 1943 and a J.D. from the University of Southern California Law School in 1949...


Redistricted from the 22nd district
Republican 1972
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1972
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1972 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 7, 1972. California gained 5 seats as a...

Re-elected Carlos Moorhead
Carlos Moorhead
Carlos John Moorhead was a United States Congressman from California. Born in Long Beach, he attended the public schools of Glendale, graduated from Herbert Hoover High School in 1940 and earned a B.A. from the UCLA in 1943 and a J.D. from the University of Southern California Law School in 1949...

 (R) 49.7%

Doug Kahn (D) 39.4%
Jesse A. Moorman (G) 5.2%
Margaret L. Edwards (PF) 3.5%
Dennis Decherd (L) 2.3%
David Dreier
David Dreier
David Timothy Dreier is the U.S. Representative for , serving in Congress since 1981. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education, and business career:...


Redistricted from the 33rd district
Republican 1980
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1980
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1980 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 4, 1980...

Re-elected David Dreier
David Dreier
David Timothy Dreier is the U.S. Representative for , serving in Congress since 1981. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education, and business career:...

 (R) 58.4%

Al Wachtel (D) 36.6%
Walt Contreras Sheasby (G) 3%
Thomas J. Dominy (L) 2%
Henry Waxman
Henry Waxman
Henry Arnold Waxman is the U.S. Representative for , serving in Congress since 1975. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He is considered to be one of the most influential liberal members of Congress...


Redistricted from the 24th district
Democratic 1976
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1976
The California United States House elections, 1976 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 2, 1976...

Re-elected Henry Waxman
Henry Waxman
Henry Arnold Waxman is the U.S. Representative for , serving in Congress since 1975. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He is considered to be one of the most influential liberal members of Congress...

 (D) 61.3%

Mark Robbins (R) 25.7%
David Davis (I) 5.9%
Susan C. Davies (PF) 5.3%
Felix Tsvi Rogin (L) 1.8%
Edward R. Roybal
Edward R. Roybal
Edward Ross "Ed" Roybal was a member of the Los Angeles, California, City Council for thirteen years and of the U.S. House of Representatives for thirty years.-Biography:...


Redistricted from the 25th district
Democratic 1962
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1962
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1962 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 6, 1962...

Retired
Democratic hold
Xavier Becerra
Xavier Becerra
Xavier Becerra is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is based in Los Angeles.-Early life, education and career:...

 (D) 58.4%

Morry Waksberg (R) 24%
Blase Bonpane
Blase Bonpane
Blase Bonpane is Director of the Office of the Americas which he co-founded with his wife Theresa in 1983. His attention has been primarily on human rights and identification of illegal and immoral aspects of domestic and foreign policies of the United States.Bonpane served as a Maryknoll priest...

 (G) 7.6%
Elizabeth A. Nakano (PF) 7.4%
Andrew "Drew" Consalvo (L) 2.7%
Matthew G. Martinez
Matthew G. Martínez
Matthew Gilbert "Marty" Martínez was a Congressional representative who was both a member of the Democratic Party and the Republican Party from California's 30th congressional district from 1983 to 1993 and California's 31st congressional district from 1993 to 2001...


Redistricted from the 30th district
Democratic 1982
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1982
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1982 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 2, 1982...

Re-elected Matthew G. Martinez
Matthew G. Martínez
Matthew Gilbert "Marty" Martínez was a Congressional representative who was both a member of the Democratic Party and the Republican Party from California's 30th congressional district from 1983 to 1993 and California's 31st congressional district from 1993 to 2001...

 (D) 62.6%

Reuben D. Franco (R) 37.4%
Julian C. Dixon
Julian C. Dixon
Julian Carey Dixon was an American politician from the state of California.Dixon was born in Washington D.C. and served in the United States Army from 1957 to 1960. He graduated from California State University, Los Angeles in 1962. He was elected to the California State Assembly as a Democrat in...


Redistricted from the 28th district
Democratic 1978
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1978
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1978 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 7, 1978...

Re-elected Julian C. Dixon
Julian C. Dixon
Julian Carey Dixon was an American politician from the state of California.Dixon was born in Washington D.C. and served in the United States Army from 1957 to 1960. He graduated from California State University, Los Angeles in 1962. He was elected to the California State Assembly as a Democrat in...

 (D) 87.2%

Robert G. "Bob" Weber Jr. (L) 7.2%
William R. Williams (II) (PF) 5.7%
None (District created) New seat
Democratic gain
Lucille Roybal-Allard (D) 63%
Robert Guzman (R) 30.4%
Tim Delia (PF) 4.2%
Dale S. Olvera (L) 2.4%
Ed Torres
Esteban Edward Torres
Esteban Edward Torres is a politician from the state of California. Torres was born in Miami, Arizona to Rena Gómez. His father was a miner who was deported to Mexico in the 1930s despite being an U.S. citizen....

Democratic 1982
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1982
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1982 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 2, 1982...

Re-elected Ed Torres
Esteban Edward Torres
Esteban Edward Torres is a politician from the state of California. Torres was born in Miami, Arizona to Rena Gómez. His father was a miner who was deported to Mexico in the 1930s despite being an U.S. citizen....

 (D) 61.3%

J. Jay Hernandez (R) 34%
Carl M. "Marty" Swinney (L) 4.7%
Maxine Waters
Maxine Waters
Maxine Waters is the U.S. Representative for , and previously the 29th district, serving since 1991. She is a member of the Democratic Party....


Redistricted from the 29th district
Democratic 1990
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1990
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1990 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 6, 1990...

Re-elected Maxine Waters
Maxine Waters
Maxine Waters is the U.S. Representative for , and previously the 29th district, serving since 1991. She is a member of the Democratic Party....

 (D) 82.5%

Nate Truman (R) 14%
Alice Mae Miles (PF) 2.2%
Carin Rogers (L) 1.3%
Mel Levine
Mel Levine
Meldon Edises Levine is an attorney and former Democratic Congressman from California. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 1993. He graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1960 and was student body president and valedictorian at the University of California,...


Redistricted from the 27th district
Democratic 1982
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1982
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1982 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 2, 1982...

Retired to run for U.S. Senate
United States Senate elections, 1992
The 1992 United States Senate election was an election for the United States Senate in which the victory of Bill Clinton in the presidential election was not accompanied by major Democratic gains in the Senate....


Democratic hold
Jane Harman
Jane Harman
Jane Margaret Lakes Harman is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1993 to 1999, and from 2001 to 2011. She is a member of the Democratic Party....

 (D) 48.4%

Joan Milke Flores
Joan Milke Flores
Joan Milke Flores is a former Los Angeles City Hall stenographer who served as Los Angeles City Councilwoman for the 15th district from 1981 to 1993. Flores ran in 1992 as the Republican candidate for the U.S. Representative from California to represent the 36th district. However, she lost to Jane...

 (R) 42.2%
Richard Greene (G) 5.1%
Marc F. Denny (L) 2.1%
Owen Staley (PF) 2.1%
Mervyn M. Dymally
Mervyn M. Dymally
Mervyn Malcolm Dymally is a California Democratic politician of mixed Indian and Afro-Trinidadian heritage. He served in the California State Assembly and the California State Senate , as the 41st Lieutenant Governor of California , and in the U.S. House of Representatives...


Redistricted from the 31st district
Democratic 1982
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1982
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1982 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 2, 1982...

Retired
Democratic hold
Walter R. Tucker III
Walter R. Tucker III
Walter Rayford Tucker III is a former U.S. Democratic politician from California.Tucker was born in Compton, California, and was scion to a political dynasty known as the "Kennedys of Compton." He is the son of Walter R. Tucker, Jr., a dentist who was mayor of Compton...

 (D) 85.7%

B. Kwaku Duren
B. Kwaku Duren
B. Kwaku Duren is a controversial African American lawyer, educator, writer, editor, Black Panther, long-time social, political and community activist; and a former convict who now lives and practices law in South Central Los Angeles...

 (PF) 14.3%
Glenn M. Anderson
Glenn M. Anderson
Glenn Malcolm Anderson was an American politician. He was the 37th Lieutenant Governor of California and later as congressman. He was a member of the Democratic Party....


Redistricted from the 32nd district
Democratic 1968
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1968
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1968 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 5, 1968...

Retired
Republican gain
Steve Horn (R) 48.6%
Evan Anderson Braude (D) 43.4%
Paul Burton (PF) 4.4%
Blake Ashley (L) 3.6%
William E. Dannemeyer
William E. Dannemeyer
William Edwin Dannemeyer is a conservative American politician, activist, and author, known for his anti-gay political position. He is currently honorary national chairman of Citizens for a Better America. He served as U.S...

Republican 1978
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1978
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1978 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 7, 1978...

Retired to run for U.S. Senate
United States Senate elections, 1992
The 1992 United States Senate election was an election for the United States Senate in which the victory of Bill Clinton in the presidential election was not accompanied by major Democratic gains in the Senate....


Republican hold
Ed Royce
Ed Royce
Edward Randall "Ed" Royce is the U.S. Representative for , and previously the 39th, serving in Congress since 1993. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district lies in northern Orange County, including portions of Stanton, Cypress, Buena Park, Fullerton, Anaheim, Placentia, and Orange...

 (R) 57.3%

Molly McClanahan (D) 38.5%
Jack Dean (L) 4.4%
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis (politician)
Charles Jeremy Lewis is the U.S. Representative for , and previously the 40th, 35th and 37th, serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party. He is a former chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, serving in the role during the 109th Congress.-Early life, education, and...


Redistricted from the 35th district
Republican 1978
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1978
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1978 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 7, 1978...

Re-elected Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis (politician)
Charles Jeremy Lewis is the U.S. Representative for , and previously the 40th, 35th and 37th, serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party. He is a former chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, serving in the role during the 109th Congress.-Early life, education, and...

 (R) 63.1%

Donald M. "Don" Rusk (D) 31.1%
Margie Akin (PF) 5.8%
None (District created) New seat
Republican gain
Jay Kim
Jay Kim
Chang-jun "Jay" Kim is a former politician from California.-Biography:Kim was born in Seoul, South Korea. During the Korean War, his home was destroyed. He immigrated to the United States in 1961, where he graduated from Cal State LA and University of Southern California, earning degrees in civil...

 (R) 59.6%

Bob Baker (D) 34.4%
James Michael "Mike" Noonan (PF) 5.9%
George Brown, Jr.
George Brown, Jr.
George Edward Brown, Jr. was an American politician. He was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1963 to 1971 and from 1973 to 1999, representing Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Riverside counties in California.-Background:Brown was born in Holtville, California...


Redistricted from the 36th district
Democratic 1962
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1962
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1962 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 6, 1962...

/1972
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1972
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1972 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 7, 1972. California gained 5 seats as a...

Re-elected George Brown, Jr.
George Brown, Jr.
George Edward Brown, Jr. was an American politician. He was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1963 to 1971 and from 1973 to 1999, representing Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Riverside counties in California.-Background:Brown was born in Holtville, California...

 (D) 50.7%

Dick Rutan (R) 44%
Fritz R. Ward (L) 5.4%
None (District created) New seat
Republican gain
Ken Calvert
Ken Calvert
Kenneth Stanton "Ken" Calvert is the U.S. Representative for , and previously the 43rd, serving since 1993. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district is part of the Inland Empire and south Orange County areas of Southern California.-Early life, education and career:Calvert was born in...

 (R) 46.7%

Mark A. Takano (D) 46.4%
Gary R. Odom (AI) 3.2%
Gene L. Berkman (L) 2.6%
John Schwab (W/I) 1.1%
Al McCandless
Al McCandless
Alfred "Al" A. McCandless , a Republican politician from CaliforniaMcCANDLESS, Alfred A., a Representative from California; born in Brawley, Imperial County, Calif., July 23, 1927; attended Los Angeles City schools; B.A., University of California at Los Angeles, 1951; served, United States Marine...


Redistricted from the 37th district
Republican 1984
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1984
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1984 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 6, 1984. Only one incumbent, Democrat Jerry M...

Re-elected Al McCandless
Al McCandless
Alfred "Al" A. McCandless , a Republican politician from CaliforniaMcCANDLESS, Alfred A., a Representative from California; born in Brawley, Imperial County, Calif., July 23, 1927; attended Los Angeles City schools; B.A., University of California at Los Angeles, 1951; served, United States Marine...

 (R) 54.2%

Georgia Smith (D) 40.1%
Phil Turner (L) 5.7%
Dana Rohrabacher
Dana Rohrabacher
Dana Tyron Rohrabacher is the U.S. Representative for , and previously the 45th and 42nd, serving since 1989. He is a member of the Republican Party...


Redistricted from the 42nd district
Republican 1988
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1988
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1988 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 8, 1988...

Re-elected Dana Rohrabacher
Dana Rohrabacher
Dana Tyron Rohrabacher is the U.S. Representative for , and previously the 45th and 42nd, serving since 1989. He is a member of the Republican Party...

 (R) 54.5%

Patricia "Pat" McCabe (D) 39%
Gary David Copeland (L) 6.5%
Bob Dornan
Bob Dornan
Robert Kenneth "Bob" Dornan is a Republican and former member of the United States House of Representatives from California and a vocal advocate of pro-life and social conservative causes....


Redistricted from the 38th district
Republican 1976
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1976
The California United States House elections, 1976 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 2, 1976...

/1984
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1984
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1984 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 6, 1984. Only one incumbent, Democrat Jerry M...

Re-elected Bob Dornan
Bob Dornan
Robert Kenneth "Bob" Dornan is a Republican and former member of the United States House of Representatives from California and a vocal advocate of pro-life and social conservative causes....

 (R) 50.2%

Robert John Banuelos (D) 41%
Richard G. Newhouse (L) 8.8%
Christopher Cox
Redistricted from the 40th district
Republican 1986
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1986
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1986 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 4, 1986...

Re-elected Christopher Cox (R) 64.9%
John F. Anwiler (D) 30.3%
Maxine Bell Quirk (PF) 4.8%
Ron Packard
Ron Packard
Packard was only the third person to be elected to Congress as a write-in candidate. The two previously successful congressional write-in candidates were U.S. Rep. Joe Skeen in 1980 and Sen. Strom Thurmond in 1954. Upon being sworn in, Packard joined the Republican caucus...


Redistricted from the 43rd district
Republican 1982
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1982
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1982 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 2, 1982...

Re-elected Ron Packard
Ron Packard
Packard was only the third person to be elected to Congress as a write-in candidate. The two previously successful congressional write-in candidates were U.S. Rep. Joe Skeen in 1980 and Sen. Strom Thurmond in 1954. Upon being sworn in, Packard joined the Republican caucus...

 (R) 61.1%

Michael P. "Mike" Farber (D) 29.3%
Donna White (PF) 5.8%
Ted Lowe (L) 3.8%
None (district created) New seat
Democratic gain
Lynn Schenk
Lynn Schenk
Lynn Schenk is a former American Democratic politician from the state of California. She served one term in the United States House of Representatives, from 1993 to 1995....

 (D) 51.1%

Judy Jarvis (R) 42.7%
John Wallner (L) 4.3%
Milton Zaslow (PF) 1.9%
None (district created) New seat
Democratic gain
Bob Filner
Bob Filner
Robert Earl Filner is the U.S. Representative for , and previously the 50th, serving since 1993, and Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

 (D) 56.6%

Tony Valencia (R) 28.9%
Barbara Hutchinson (L) 11.3%
Roger Bruce Batchelder (PF) 3.1%
Duke Cunningham
Duke Cunningham
Randall Harold Cunningham , usually known as Randy or Duke, is United States Navy veteran, convicted felon, and former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from California's 50th Congressional District from 1991 to 2005.Cunningham resigned from the House on November 28,...


Redistricted from the 44th district
Republican 1990
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1990
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1990 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 6, 1990...

Re-elected Duke Cunningham
Duke Cunningham
Randall Harold Cunningham , usually known as Randy or Duke, is United States Navy veteran, convicted felon, and former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from California's 50th Congressional District from 1991 to 2005.Cunningham resigned from the House on November 28,...

 (R) 56.1%

Bea Herbert (D) 33.7%
Miriam E. Clark (PF) 4.1%
Bill Holmes (L) 4.1%
Richard Roe (G) 2.1%
Bill Lowery
Bill Lowery (US politician)
William David "Bill" Lowery was a Republican politician from California.Lowery was born in southeastern San Diego, California, USA, where he grew up. He attended San Diego State University....


Redistricted from the 41st district
Republican 1980
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1980
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1980 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 4, 1980...

Duncan Hunter
Duncan Hunter
Duncan Lee Hunter is an American politician. He was a Republican member of the House of Representatives from California's 52nd, 45th and 42nd districts from 1981 to 2009....


Redistricted from the 45th district
Republican 1980
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1980
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1980 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 4, 1980...

Re-elected Duncan Hunter
Duncan Hunter
Duncan Lee Hunter is an American politician. He was a Republican member of the House of Representatives from California's 52nd, 45th and 42nd districts from 1981 to 2009....

 (R) 52.9%

Janet M. Gastil (D) 41.2%
Joseph B. Shea (L) 3.3%
Dennis P. Gretsinger (PF) 2.7%

Colorado

District Incumbent Party First elected Result Candidates
Patricia Schroeder
Patricia Schroeder
Patricia Nell Scott Schroeder , American politician, was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Colorado, serving from 1973 to 1997. She was the first woman elected to Congress from Colorado.- Early years :...

Democratic 1972 Re-elected Patricia Schroeder
Patricia Schroeder
Patricia Nell Scott Schroeder , American politician, was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Colorado, serving from 1973 to 1997. She was the first woman elected to Congress from Colorado.- Early years :...

 (D) 68.8%

Raymond Diaz Aragon (R) 31.2%
David Skaggs
David Skaggs
David Evans Skaggs was a Democratic Congressman from the state of Colorado from 1987 to 1999.Skaggs was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, but grew up in the New Jersey suburbs of New York City. He attended Wesleyan University, and after earning his degree in Philosophy in 1964, went on to Yale University,...

Democratic 1986 Re-elected David Skaggs
David Skaggs
David Evans Skaggs was a Democratic Congressman from the state of Colorado from 1987 to 1999.Skaggs was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, but grew up in the New Jersey suburbs of New York City. He attended Wesleyan University, and after earning his degree in Philosophy in 1964, went on to Yale University,...

 (D) 60.7%

Bryan Day (R) 32.6%
Vern Tharp (I) 6.7%
Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Benjamin Nighthorse Campbell is an American politician. He was a U.S. Senator from Colorado from 1993 until 2005 and was during his tenure the only American Indian serving in the U.S. Congress. Campbell was a three term U.S. Representative from 1987 to 1993, when he was sworn into office as a...

Democratic 1986 Retired to run for U.S. Senate
United States Senate elections, 1992
The 1992 United States Senate election was an election for the United States Senate in which the victory of Bill Clinton in the presidential election was not accompanied by major Democratic gains in the Senate....


Republican gain
Scott McInnis
Scott McInnis
Stephen Scott Emory McInnis is a lawyer and former Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado. In August, 2010, McInnis lost his bid to be gubernatorial nominee after a plagiarism accusation and apology hurt his standing.-Education and professional history:Born in...

 (R) 54.7%

Mike Callihan (D) 43.7%
Ki R. Nelson (Pop) 1.6%
Wayne Allard
Wayne Allard
Alan Wayne Allard is a member of the Republican Party, and was a United States Senator from Colorado. He did not seek re-election in 2008.-Early life:...

Republican 1990 Re-elected Wayne Allard
Wayne Allard
Alan Wayne Allard is a member of the Republican Party, and was a United States Senator from Colorado. He did not seek re-election in 2008.-Early life:...

 (R) 57.8%

Tom Redder (D) 42.2%
Joel Hefley
Joel Hefley
Joel M. Hefley is a U.S Republican politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing the 5th Congressional District of Colorado from 1987 to 2007. His wife, Dr. Lynn Hefley, is, like he, a former member of the Colorado State House of Representatives...

Republican 1986 Re-elected Joel Hefley
Joel Hefley
Joel M. Hefley is a U.S Republican politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing the 5th Congressional District of Colorado from 1987 to 2007. His wife, Dr. Lynn Hefley, is, like he, a former member of the Colorado State House of Representatives...

 (R) 71.1%

Charles Oriez (D) 25.7%
Keith Hamburger (L) 3.2%
Daniel Schaefer
Daniel Schaefer
Daniel "Dan" Schaefer was a Republican U.S. Representative from Colorado from 1983 to 1999. He represented a suburban district that stretched from Denver to the southwest....

Republican 1983 Re-elected Daniel Schaefer
Daniel Schaefer
Daniel "Dan" Schaefer was a Republican U.S. Representative from Colorado from 1983 to 1999. He represented a suburban district that stretched from Denver to the southwest....

 (R) 60.9%

Tom Kolbe (D) 39.1%

Connecticut

District Incumbent Party First elected Result Candidates
Barbara B. Kennelly
Barbara B. Kennelly
Barbara Bailey Kennelly was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut.-Family and Education:...

Democratic 1982 Re-elected Barbara B. Kennelly
Barbara B. Kennelly
Barbara Bailey Kennelly was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut.-Family and Education:...

 (D) 67.1%

Philip Steele (R) 30.6%
Gary Garneau (CC
Concerned Citizens Party
The Concerned Citizens Party is the Connecticut affiliate of the Constitution Party. The party's name is related to ballot access issues in Connecticut which have made it advantageous for the group to retain a name differing from the national organization with which they are affiliated...

) 2.3%
Sam Gejdenson
Sam Gejdenson
Samuel "Sam" Gejdenson is a former United States Representative for the 2nd Congressional District of Connecticut.Born in a displaced persons camp in Eschwege, Germany, Gejdenson was the child of a Belarussian father and Lithuanian mother. Gejdenson grew up in Bozrah, Connecticut on a dairy farm...

Democratic 1980 Re-elected Sam Gejdenson
Sam Gejdenson
Samuel "Sam" Gejdenson is a former United States Representative for the 2nd Congressional District of Connecticut.Born in a displaced persons camp in Eschwege, Germany, Gejdenson was the child of a Belarussian father and Lithuanian mother. Gejdenson grew up in Bozrah, Connecticut on a dairy farm...

 (D) 50.8%

Edward W. Munster (R) 49.2%
Rosa DeLauro
Rosa DeLauro
Rosa L. DeLauro is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1991. She is a member of the Democratic Party.The district is based in New Haven, and includes most of that city's suburbs.-Early life, education and career:...

Democratic 1990 Re-elected Rosa DeLauro
Rosa DeLauro
Rosa L. DeLauro is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1991. She is a member of the Democratic Party.The district is based in New Haven, and includes most of that city's suburbs.-Early life, education and career:...

 (D) 65.7%

Tom Scott (R) 34.3%
Chris Shays Republican 1987 Re-elected Chris Shays (R) 67.3%
Dave Schropfer (D) 26.7%
Al Smith (CT) 5.3%
Ronald Fried (NL) 0.7%
Gary Franks
Gary Franks
Gary A. Franks was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut for six years, from 1991 until 1997. He was the first and to date only African-American elected to Congress from Connecticut.-Early life:...

Republican 1990 Re-elected Gary Franks
Gary Franks
Gary A. Franks was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut for six years, from 1991 until 1997. He was the first and to date only African-American elected to Congress from Connecticut.-Early life:...

 (R) 43.6%

James Lawlor (D) 31.1%
Lynn H. Taborsak (CT) 22.5%
Rosita Rodriguez (CC) 2.1%
Bernard Nevas (NL) 0.4%
David LaPointe (I) 0.3%
Nancy Johnson Republican 1982 Re-elected Nancy Johnson (R) 69.7%
Eugene Slason (D) 25.2%
Daniel Plawecki (CC) 4.0%
Charles Pearl (I) 0.7%
Ralph Economu (I) 0.4%

Delaware

District Incumbent Party First elected Result Candidates
Tom Carper Democratic 1982 Retired to run for Governor
United States gubernatorial elections, 1992
The 1992 United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 3, 1992 in twelve U.S. states. Going into the elections, six of the seats were held by Democrats and six by Republicans. After the elections, eight seats were held by Democrats and four by Republicans. The elections coincided with...


Republican gain
Michael N. Castle
Michael N. Castle
Michael "Mike" Newbold Castle is a former Governor and former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1993 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party....

 (R) 55.4%

S. B. Woo (D) 42.5%
Peggy Schmitt (L) 2.1%

Florida

Four seats were added by reapportionment.
District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
Earl Dewitt Hutto
Earl Dewitt Hutto
Earl Dewitt Hutto was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born in Midland City, Alabama, Hutto attended Dale County public schools, and received a Bachelor of Science from Troy State University in 1949. He did graduate work in broadcasting at Northwestern University in 1951 and served in the United...

Democratic 1978 Re-elected Earl Dewitt Hutto
Earl Dewitt Hutto
Earl Dewitt Hutto was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born in Midland City, Alabama, Hutto attended Dale County public schools, and received a Bachelor of Science from Troy State University in 1949. He did graduate work in broadcasting at Northwestern University in 1951 and served in the United...

 (D) 52.0%

Terry Ketchel (R) 43.9%
Barbara Ann Rodgers-Hendricks (G) 4.1%
Pete Peterson
Pete Peterson
Douglas Brian "Pete" Peterson was a U.S. Air Force pilot who spent over six years as a prisoner of the North Vietnamese Army after his plane was shot down during the Vietnam War. He returned to Hanoi in 1997 as the first United States Ambassador to Vietnam...

Democratic 1990 Re-elected Pete Peterson
Pete Peterson
Douglas Brian "Pete" Peterson was a U.S. Air Force pilot who spent over six years as a prisoner of the North Vietnamese Army after his plane was shot down during the Vietnam War. He returned to Hanoi in 1997 as the first United States Ambassador to Vietnam...

 (D) 73.4%

Ray Wagner (R) 26.5%
Charles Edward Bennett
Charles Edward Bennett
Charles Edward Bennett was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida from 1949 to 1993. He was a Democrat who resided in Jacksonville, Florida.-Early years:...

Democratic 1948 Retired
Democratic hold
Corrine Brown
Corrine Brown
Corrine Brown is an U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. She is a member of the Democratic Party.The district includes parts of Duval, Clay, Putnam, Alachua, Volusia, Marion, Lake, Seminole, and Orange Counties....

 (D) 59.3%

Don Weidner (R) 40.7%
Craig T. James
Craig T. James
Craig T. James is an American politician who was elected to the 101st United States Congress representing Florida's 4th Congressional district in 1988 as a newly-registered Republican, defeating William V. Chappell, Jr...

Republican 1988 Retired
Republican hold
Tillie K. Fowler (R) 56.7%
Mattox Hair (D) 43.2%
None (District created) New seat
Democratic gain
Karen Thurman
Karen Thurman
Karen L. Thurman is a former U.S. Representative from Florida. She is a Democrat.She was born on January 12, 1951 in Rapid City, South Dakota, but has spent most of her life in Florida. She received her Associate's Degree from Santa Fe Community College in Gainesville in 1970 and her Bachelor's...

 (D) 49.2%

Tom Hogan (R) 43.4%
Cindy Munkittrik (I) 7.4%
Cliff Stearns
Cliff Stearns
Clifford Bundy "Cliff" Stearns, Sr. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1989. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education and career:According to his official biography, Stearns was born in Washington, D.C...

Republican 1988 Re-elected Cliff Stearns
Cliff Stearns
Clifford Bundy "Cliff" Stearns, Sr. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1989. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education and career:According to his official biography, Stearns was born in Washington, D.C...

 (R) 65.4%

Phil Denton (D) 34.6%
None (district created) New seat
Republican gain
John Mica
John Mica
John L. Mica is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. He is a member of the Republican Party. He is the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, starting January 3, 2011....

 (R) 56.4%

Dan Webster (D) 43.5%
Bill McCollum
Bill McCollum
Ira William "Bill" McCollum, Jr. is a former Florida Attorney General. A Republican, he was Florida's 36th attorney general, taking office in 2007...


Redistricted from the 5th district
Republican 1980 Re-elected Bill McCollum
Bill McCollum
Ira William "Bill" McCollum, Jr. is a former Florida Attorney General. A Republican, he was Florida's 36th attorney general, taking office in 2007...

 (R) 68.5%

Chuck Kovaleski (D) 31.5%
Michael Bilirakis
Michael Bilirakis
Michael Bilirakis , American politician, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1983 until 2007, representing the 9th District of Florida....

Republican 1982 Re-elected Michael Bilirakis
Michael Bilirakis
Michael Bilirakis , American politician, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1983 until 2007, representing the 9th District of Florida....

 (R) 58.9%

Cheryl Davis Knapp (D) 41.1%
Andy Ireland
Andy Ireland
Andrew Poysell "Andy" Ireland was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born to a wealthy family in Cincinnati, Ohio, he attended a prestigious private school within the city. He finished his high school career at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, a school that is known as a stepping stone...

Republican 1980 Retired
Republican loss
Bill Young
Bill Young
Charles William "Bill" Young is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1971. He is a member of the Republican Party, and is currently the longest-serving Republican member of Congress...

 (R) 56.6%

Karen Moffitt (D) 43.4%
Bill Young
Bill Young
Charles William "Bill" Young is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1971. He is a member of the Republican Party, and is currently the longest-serving Republican member of Congress...


Redistricted from the 8th district
Republican 1970 Re-elected
Sam M. Gibbons
Redistricted from the 7th district
Democratic 1962 Re-elected Sam Gibbons
Sam Gibbons
Sam Melville Gibbons is a politician from the state of Florida, who served in the Florida State House of Representatives, Florida State Senate, and the U.S. House of Representatives.-Early life and education:...

 (D) 52.8%

Mark Sharpe (R) 40.6%
Joe De Minico (I) 6.7%
None (district created) New seat
Republican gain
Charles T. Canady
Charles T. Canady
Charles Terrance Canady is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida and has been a Justice on the court since taking his seat in 2008...

 (R) 52.1%

Tom Mims (D) 47.9%
None (district created) New seat
Republican gain
Dan Miller
Dan Miller (U.S. politician)
Daniel Miller is an American Republican politician from the state of Florida. He represented the state and its 13th district in the House of Representatives for ten years...

 (R) 57.8%

Rand Snell (D) 42.2%
Porter J. Goss
Porter J. Goss
Porter Johnston Goss is an American politician who was the first Director of National Intelligence and the last Director of Central Intelligence following the passage of the 2004 Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act, which abolished the DCI position...


Redistricted from the 13th district
Republican 1988 Re-elected Porter J. Goss
Porter J. Goss
Porter Johnston Goss is an American politician who was the first Director of National Intelligence and the last Director of Central Intelligence following the passage of the 2004 Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act, which abolished the DCI position...

 (R) 82.1%

James King (I) 17.9%
Jim Bacchus
Jim Bacchus
James Bacchus is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives and a former chairman of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization....


Redistricted from the 11th district
Democratic 1990 Re-elected Jim Bacchus
Jim Bacchus
James Bacchus is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives and a former chairman of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization....

 (D) 50.7%

Bill Tolley (R) 49.3%
Lawrence J. Smith
Lawrence J. Smith
Lawrence Jack Smith is an American politician and a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida....

Democratic 1982 Retired
Democratic loss
Tom Lewis (R) 60.8%
John Comerford (D) 39.2%
Tom Lewis
Redistricted from the 12th district
Republican 1982 Re-elected
William Lehman
William Lehman (Florida politician)
William H. Lehman was a United States Representative from Florida.Born in Selma, Alabama, he graduated from Dallas Academy and Selma High School, 1930. He received a B.S...

Democratic 1972 Retired
Democratic hold
Carrie P. Meek
Carrie P. Meek
Carrie P. Meek is an American politician from the U.S. state of Florida.-Background and early life:Meek, the granddaughter of slaves and daughter of former sharecroppers, was born and raised in segregated Tallahassee, Florida...

 (D) unopposed
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1989. She is a member of the Republican Party....

Republican 1989 Re-elected Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1989. She is a member of the Republican Party....

 (R) 66.8%

Magda Montiel Davis (D) 33.2%
Dante Fascell
Dante Fascell
Dante Bruno Fascell served as an American politician from the state of Florida.-Early life:Fascell, born in Bridgehampton, New York in 1917, moved to Florida in 1925. He graduated from the University of Miami law school in 1938. Fascell was a brother of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity and the...

Democratic 1954 Retired
Democratic loss
Harry Johnston
Harry Johnston (politician)
Harry A. Johnston II is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida. He is a member of the Democratic Party....

 (D) 63.1%

Larry Metz (R) 36.9%
Harry Johnston
Harry Johnston (politician)
Harry A. Johnston II is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida. He is a member of the Democratic Party....


Redistricted from the 14th district
Democratic 1988 Re-elected
None (district created) New seat
Democratic gain
Peter Deutsch
Peter Deutsch
Peter R. Deutsch is an American politician from the U.S. state of Florida. Deutsch was a Democratic Representative from Florida's 20th congressional district from 1993 until 2005.- Background :...

 (D) 55.1%

Beverly Kennedy (R) 38.5%
James Blackburn (I) 6.4%
None (district created) New seat
Republican gain
Lincoln Diaz-Balart
Lincoln Diaz-Balart
Lincoln Rafael Díaz-Balart was the U.S. Representative for from 1993 to 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served in the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate...

 (R) unopposed
Clay Shaw
Redistricted from the 15th district
Republican 1980 Re-elected Clay Shaw (R) 52.0%
Gwen Margolis (D) 37.1%
Richard Stephens (I) 6.3%
Michael Petrie (I) 2.6%
Bernard Anscher (I) 2.1%
None (district created) New seat
Democratic gain
Alcee Hastings
Alcee Hastings
Alcee Lamar Hastings is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education and career:...

 (D) 58.5%

Ed Fielding (R) 31.1%
Al Woods (I) 10.3%

Georgia

District Incumbent Party First elected Result Candidates
Robert Lindsay Thomas
Robert Lindsay Thomas
Robert Lindsay Thomas is an American politician and businessman.Thomas was born in Patterson, Georgia. After graduating from Patterson High School in 1961, he attended the University of Georgia in Athens and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1966...

Democratic 1982 Retired
Republican gain
Jack Kingston
Jack Kingston
One of the counties he represents is Wheeler County.John Heddens "Jack" Kingston is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. He is a member of the Republican Party.- Early life, education and career:...

 (R) 57.8%

Barbara Christmas (D) 42.2%
Charles Floyd Hatcher
Charles Floyd Hatcher
Charles Floyd Hatcher is an American politician and lawyer. He served in Congress as a Democrat.-Biography:Hatcher was born in Doerun, Georgia and served in the United States Air Force from 1958 until 1962. After his military service, he attended Georgia Southern College in Statesboro in 1965 and...

Democratic 1980 Lost renomination
Democratic hold
Sanford Bishop
Sanford Bishop
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. He is a member of the Democratic Party.The district is located in the southwestern part of the state and includes Albany, Thomasville and most of Columbus....

 (D) 63.7%

John Clayton (R) 36.3%
Richard Ray
Richard Ray
Richard Belmont Ray was an American politician from Georgia.Ray was born in Fort Valley, Georgia, and graduated from Crawford County High School in Roberta, Georgia, in 1944. He then served in the United States Navy during World War II, from 1944 to 1946...

Democratic 1982 Lost re-election
Republican gain
Mac Collins
Mac Collins
Michael Allen "Mac" Collins , American politician, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 2005, representing the...

 (R) 54.8%

Richard Ray
Richard Ray
Richard Belmont Ray was an American politician from Georgia.Ray was born in Fort Valley, Georgia, and graduated from Crawford County High School in Roberta, Georgia, in 1944. He then served in the United States Navy during World War II, from 1944 to 1946...

 (D) 45.2%
Ben L. Jones Democratic 1988 Lost renomination
Republican gain
John Linder
John Linder
John Elmer Linder is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1993 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party.Linder announced that he would retire from Congress at the end of the 111th Congress....

 (R) 50.5%

Cathy Steinberg (D) 49.5%
John Lewis
John Lewis (politician)
John Robert Lewis is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1987. He was a leader in the American Civil Rights Movement and chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee , playing a key role in the struggle to end segregation...

Democratic 1986 Re-elected John Lewis
John Lewis (politician)
John Robert Lewis is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1987. He was a leader in the American Civil Rights Movement and chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee , playing a key role in the struggle to end segregation...

 (D) 72.1%

Paul Stabler (R) 27.9%
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
Newton Leroy "Newt" Gingrich is a U.S. Republican Party politician who served as the House Minority Whip from 1989 to 1995 and as the 58th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999....

Republican 1978 Re-elected Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
Newton Leroy "Newt" Gingrich is a U.S. Republican Party politician who served as the House Minority Whip from 1989 to 1995 and as the 58th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999....

 (R) 57.7%

Tony Center (D) 42.3%
George Darden
George Darden
George Washington "Buddy" Darden, III is an American politician and lawyer.-Early life:Darden was born in Hancock County, Georgia and graduated from Sparta High School in Sparta, Georgia in 1961. He earned his Bachelor of Arts at the University of Georgia in Athens in 1965 and his Juris Doctor...

Democratic 1983 Re-elected George Darden
George Darden
George Washington "Buddy" Darden, III is an American politician and lawyer.-Early life:Darden was born in Hancock County, Georgia and graduated from Sparta High School in Sparta, Georgia in 1961. He earned his Bachelor of Arts at the University of Georgia in Athens in 1965 and his Juris Doctor...

 (D) 57.3%

Al Beverly (R) 42.7%
J. Roy Rowland
J. Roy Rowland
James Roy Rowland, Jr. is an American politician and physician from Georgia.Rowland attended Wrightsville High School and graduated in 1943. He then attended Emory at Oxford in Oxford, Georgia in 1943, South Georgia College in Douglas, Georgia in 1946 and the University of Georgia in Athens from...

Democratic 1982 Re-elected J. Roy Rowland
J. Roy Rowland
James Roy Rowland, Jr. is an American politician and physician from Georgia.Rowland attended Wrightsville High School and graduated in 1943. He then attended Emory at Oxford in Oxford, Georgia in 1943, South Georgia College in Douglas, Georgia in 1946 and the University of Georgia in Athens from...

 (D) 55.7%

Bob Cunningham (R) 44.3%
Ed Jenkins Democratic 1976 Retired
Democratic hold
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
John Nathan Deal is a United States politician, the 82nd and current Governor of Georgia. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1992 but switched to the Republican Party in 1995...

 (D) 59.2%

Daniel Becker (R) 40.8%
Doug Barnard, Jr.
Doug Barnard, Jr.
Druie Douglas Barnard, Jr. is a former United States congressman from Georgia.Barnard attended the Richmond County public schools and graduated from the Academy of Richmond County in 1939. He attended Augusta College from 1939 to 1940, then graduated in 1943 with an A.B. from Mercer University in...

Democratic 1976 Retired
Democratic hold
Don Johnson
Clete Donald Johnson, Jr.
Clete Donald "Don" Johnson, Jr. is an American politician, diplomat, lawyer and academic from the state of Georgia.- Early life and education :...

 (D) 53.8%

Ralph Hudgens (R) 46.2%
None (district created) New seat
Democratic gain
Cynthia McKinney
Cynthia McKinney
Cynthia Ann McKinney is a former US Congresswoman and a member of the Green Party since 2007. As a member of the Democratic Party, she served six terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives. In 2008, the Green Party nominated McKinney for President of the United States...

 (D) 73.1%

Woodrow Lovett (R) 26.9%

Hawaii

District Incumbent Party First elected Result Candidates
Neil Abercrombie
Neil Abercrombie
Neil Abercrombie is the 7th and current Governor of Hawaii. He was the Democratic U.S. Representative of the First Congressional District of Hawaii which comprises urban Honolulu. He served in Congress from 1986 to 1987 and from 1991 to 2010 when he resigned to successfully run for governor...

Democratic 1990 Re-elected Neil Abercrombie
Neil Abercrombie
Neil Abercrombie is the 7th and current Governor of Hawaii. He was the Democratic U.S. Representative of the First Congressional District of Hawaii which comprises urban Honolulu. He served in Congress from 1986 to 1987 and from 1991 to 2010 when he resigned to successfully run for governor...

 (D) 72.9%

Warner Sutton (R) 23.4%
Rockne Hart Johnson (L) 3.7%
Patsy Mink
Patsy Mink
Patsy Matsu Takemoto Mink was an American politician from the U.S. state of Hawaii. Mink was a third generation Japanese American and member of the Democratic Party. She also was the Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs.Mink served in the U.S...

Democratic 1990 Re-elected Patsy Mink
Patsy Mink
Patsy Matsu Takemoto Mink was an American politician from the U.S. state of Hawaii. Mink was a third generation Japanese American and member of the Democratic Party. She also was the Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs.Mink served in the U.S...

 (D) 72.6%

Kamuela Price (R) 22.1%
Lloyd (Jeff) Mallan (L) 5.2%

Idaho

District Incumbent Party First elected Result Candidates
Larry LaRocco
Larry LaRocco
Larry LaRocco is a Democratic politician from the US state of Idaho, who served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. LaRocco was defeated by Republican Jim Risch for the open U.S. Senate seat in Idaho in 2008....

Democratic 1990 Re-elected Larry LaRocco
Larry LaRocco
Larry LaRocco is a Democratic politician from the US state of Idaho, who served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. LaRocco was defeated by Republican Jim Risch for the open U.S. Senate seat in Idaho in 2008....

 (D) 58.1%

Rachel Gilbert (R) 37.4%
John Abel (I) 2.6%
Henry Kinsey (I) 1.9%
Richard H. Stallings
Richard H. Stallings
Richard Howard Stallings represented the Idaho Second District in the House of Representatives from 1985 to 1993. Stallings also served in several other state and local political offices over the course of a 22-year political career.Stallings earned degrees from Weber State College, Utah State...

Democratic 1984 Retired to run for U.S. Senate
United States Senate elections, 1992
The 1992 United States Senate election was an election for the United States Senate in which the victory of Bill Clinton in the presidential election was not accompanied by major Democratic gains in the Senate....


Republican gain
Mike Crapo
Mike Crapo
Michael Dean "Mike" Crapo is the senior United States Senator from the state of Idaho and a member of the Republican Party.Born in the city of Idaho Falls, Crapo is a graduate of Brigham Young University and Harvard Law School. He practiced law in his home city throughout the 1980s, while...

 (R) 60.8%

J.D. Williams (D) 35.4%
Steven Kauer (I) 2.1%
David William Mansfield (I) 1.7%

Illinois

Illinois lost one seat due to reapportionment.
District Incumbent Party First elected Result Candidates
Charles Hayes Democratic 1984 Lost renomination
Democratic hold
Bobby Rush
Bobby Rush
Bobby Lee Rush is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. He is a member of the Democratic Party.The district is located principally on the South Side of Chicago. It is a minority-majority district and has a higher percentage of African Americans than any other congressional district in...

 (D) 82.8%

Jay Walker (R) 17.2%
Gus Savage
Gus Savage
Augustus Alexander "Gus" Savage is a former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois....

Democratic 1980 Lost renomination
Democratic hold
Mel Reynolds
Mel Reynolds
Melvin Reynolds is a former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois. His political career ended in scandal.-Early life:...

 (D) 78.1%

Ron Blackstone (R) 13.7%
Louanner Peters (Louanner Peters Party) 8.2%
Bill Lipinski
Redistricted from the 5th district
Democratic 1982 Re-elected Bill Lipinski (D) 63.5%
Harry C. Lepinske (R) 36.5%
Marty Russo
Marty Russo
Martin Anthony Russo is a U.S. Democratic politician and lobbyist.- Political career :He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives from Illinois and served from January 3, 1975 to January 3, 1993.From 1979 to 1992, Russo served on the Ways and Means Committee...

Democratic 1974 Redistricting contest
Democratic loss
None (District created) New seat
Democratic gain
Luis Gutiérrez
Luis Gutiérrez
Luis Vicente Gutiérrez is an American politician and the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. Gutiérrez was the first Latino to be elected to Congress from the Midwest. From 1986 until his election to Congress he served as a member of the Chicago City Council representing the 26th ward...

 (D) 77.6%

Hildegarde Rodriguez-Schieman (R) 22.4%
Dan Rostenkowski
Dan Rostenkowski
Daniel David "Dan" Rostenkowski was a United States Representative from Illinois, serving from 1959 to 1995. Raised in a blue-collar neighborhood on the Northwest Side of Chicago, Rostenkowski rose to become one of the most powerful legislators in Washington. He was a member of the Democratic Party...


Redistricted from the 8th district
Democratic 1958 Re-elected Dan Rostenkowski
Dan Rostenkowski
Daniel David "Dan" Rostenkowski was a United States Representative from Illinois, serving from 1959 to 1995. Raised in a blue-collar neighborhood on the Northwest Side of Chicago, Rostenkowski rose to become one of the most powerful legislators in Washington. He was a member of the Democratic Party...

 (D) 57.3%

Elias R. Zenkich (R) 39.1%
Blaise C. Grenke (L) 3.6%
Henry Hyde Republican 1974 Re-elected Henry Hyde (R) 65.5%
Barry W. Watkins (D) 34.5%
Cardiss Collins
Cardiss Collins
Cardiss H. Collins, originally Cardiss Robertson, is a Democratic politician from Illinois who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1997...

Democratic 1973 Re-elected Cardiss Collins
Cardiss Collins
Cardiss H. Collins, originally Cardiss Robertson, is a Democratic politician from Illinois who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1997...

 (R) 81.1%

Norman G. Boccio (R) 15.7%
Rose-Marie Love (Economic Recovery) 2.1%
Geri Knoll McLauchlan (NL) 1.1%
Philip M. Crane
Redistricted from the 12th district
Republican 1969 Re-elected Philip M. Crane (R) 55.7%
Sheila A. Smith (D) 40.4%
Joe M. Dillier (I) 3.9%
Sidney Yates
Sidney R. Yates
Sidney Richard Yates was a politician from the state of Illinois.Yates was born in Chicago, Illinois and he graduated from the University of Chicago. He served in the United States Navy during World War II....

Democratic 1948/1964 Re-elected Sidney Yates
Sidney R. Yates
Sidney Richard Yates was a politician from the state of Illinois.Yates was born in Chicago, Illinois and he graduated from the University of Chicago. He served in the United States Navy during World War II....

 (D) 68.0%

Herb Sohn (R) 27.0%
Sheila A. Jones (Economic Recovery) 5.0%
John Edward Porter
John Edward Porter
John Edward Porter is a former United States Representative from Illinois.Porter was born in Evanston, Illinois, was educated in public schools, and then attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology for one year before receiving a B.S. and B.A. from Northwestern University in 1957...

Republican 1980 Re-elected John Edward Porter
John Edward Porter
John Edward Porter is a former United States Representative from Illinois.Porter was born in Evanston, Illinois, was educated in public schools, and then attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology for one year before receiving a B.S. and B.A. from Northwestern University in 1957...

 (R) 64.5%

Michael J. Kennedy (D) 35.5%
George E. Sangmeister
George E. Sangmeister
George Edward Sangmeister was a former member of the United States House of Representatives. He originally represented Illinois' 4th District, before it was renumbered as the 11th district....


Redistricted from the 4th district
Democratic 1988 Re-elected George E. Sangmeister
George E. Sangmeister
George Edward Sangmeister was a former member of the United States House of Representatives. He originally represented Illinois' 4th District, before it was renumbered as the 11th district....

 (D) 55.7%

Robert T. Herbolsheimer (R) 44.3%
Jerry F. Costello
Redistricted from the 21st district
Democratic 1988 Re-elected Jerry F. Costello (D) 71.2%
Mike Starr (R) 28.8%
Harris W. Fawell
Harris W. Fawell
Harris W. Fawell was a Republican member of the Illinois Senate from 1963 to 1977, and was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1968 and 1988. In 1976 Harris W. Fawell ran unsuccessfully for the Illinois Supreme Court. In 1984 he was elected to the U.S...


Republican 1984 Re-elected Harris W. Fawell
Harris W. Fawell
Harris W. Fawell was a Republican member of the Illinois Senate from 1963 to 1977, and was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1968 and 1988. In 1976 Harris W. Fawell ran unsuccessfully for the Illinois Supreme Court. In 1984 he was elected to the U.S...

 (R) 68.4%

Dennis Michael Temple (D) 31.6%
J. Dennis Hastert
Republican 1986 Re-elected J. Dennis Hastert (R) 67.3%
Jonathan Abram Reich (D) 32.6%
Thomas W. Ewing
Thomas W. Ewing
Thomas W. "Tom" Ewing is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives and the Illinois State House of Representatives. Ewing was a state representative from 1974 to 1991, and a U.S. Congressman representing the 15th district of Illinois from July 2, 1991 until his...


Republican 1991 Re-elected Thomas W. Ewing
Thomas W. Ewing
Thomas W. "Tom" Ewing is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives and the Illinois State House of Representatives. Ewing was a state representative from 1974 to 1991, and a U.S. Congressman representing the 15th district of Illinois from July 2, 1991 until his...

 (R) 59.3%

Charles D. Mattis (D) 40.6%
John W. Cox, Jr.
John W. Cox, Jr.
John W. Cox, Jr. is an American politician who was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives for one term. From 1991 to 1993 herepresented the 16th District of Illinois ....


Democratic 1986 Lost re-election
Republican gain
Donald A. Manzullo
Donald A. Manzullo
Donald A. Manzullo is the U.S. Representative for . Since January 2011, he has served as Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific. He is a member of the Republican Party and was first elected in 1992....

 (R) 55.6%

John W. Cox, Jr.
John W. Cox, Jr.
John W. Cox, Jr. is an American politician who was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives for one term. From 1991 to 1993 herepresented the 16th District of Illinois ....

 (D) 44.4%
Lane Evans
Lane Evans
Lane Allen Evans is a former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1983 until 2007, representing the 17th District of Illinois...


Democratic 1982 Re-elected Lane Evans
Lane Evans
Lane Allen Evans is a former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1983 until 2007, representing the 17th District of Illinois...

 (D) 60.1%

Ken Schloemer (D) 39.9%
Robert H. Michel
Robert H. Michel
Robert Henry "Bob" Michel is an American Republican Party politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives for 38 years. He represented central Illinois' 18th congressional district, and was the GOP leader in Congress, serving as Minority Leader for 14 years during an era...


Republican 1956 Re-elected Robert H. Michel
Robert H. Michel
Robert Henry "Bob" Michel is an American Republican Party politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives for 38 years. He represented central Illinois' 18th congressional district, and was the GOP leader in Congress, serving as Minority Leader for 14 years during an era...

 (R) 57.8%

Ronald C. Hawkins (D) 42.2%
Glenn Poshard
Glenn Poshard
Glenn Poshard is a former Illinois State Senator, U.S. Congressman, Gubernatorial Candidate, and is currently President of the Southern Illinois University system.-Early career:...


Redistricted from the 22nd district
Democratic 1988 Re-elected Glenn Poshard
Glenn Poshard
Glenn Poshard is a former Illinois State Senator, U.S. Congressman, Gubernatorial Candidate, and is currently President of the Southern Illinois University system.-Early career:...

 (D) 69.1%

Douglas E. Lee (R) 30.9%
Terry L. Bruce
Terry L. Bruce
Terry Lee Bruce was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Olney, Illinois, Bruce graduated from East Richland High School in Olney in 1962, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1966, and from the University of Illinois Law School in Urbana in 1969.He was admitted to the bar...

Democratic 1984 Redistricting contest
Democratic loss
Richard J. Durbin
Democratic 1982 Re-elected Richard J. Durbin (D) 56.5%
John M. Shimkus (R) 43.5%

Indiana

District Incumbent Party First elected Result Candidates
Pete Visclosky
Pete Visclosky
Peter John "Pete" Visclosky is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1985. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district lies in Northwest Indiana and includes all of Lake, Newton, Jasper and Benton counties as well as a major portion of Porter County...

Democratic 1984 Re-elected Pete Visclosky
Pete Visclosky
Peter John "Pete" Visclosky is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1985. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district lies in Northwest Indiana and includes all of Lake, Newton, Jasper and Benton counties as well as a major portion of Porter County...

 (D) 69.4%

David J. Vucich (R) 30.6%
Philip R. Sharp Democratic 1974 Re-elected Philip R. Sharp (D) 57.1%
William G. Frazier (R) 39.5%
Theodore "Ted" Shaver (I) 3.4%
Tim Roemer
Timothy J. Roemer
Timothy John "Tim" Roemer is an American political figure, who previously served as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of India...

Democratic 1990 Re-elected Tim Roemer
Timothy J. Roemer
Timothy John "Tim" Roemer is an American political figure, who previously served as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of India...

 (D) 57.4%

Carl H. Baxmeyer (R) 42.6%
Jill L. Long
Jill L. Long
Jill Lynette Long Thompson is an American politician and educator. Born in Warsaw, Indiana, she was raised on a family farm outside of Larwill, Indiana, in Whitley County...

Democratic 1988 Re-elected Jill L. Long
Jill L. Long
Jill Lynette Long Thompson is an American politician and educator. Born in Warsaw, Indiana, she was raised on a family farm outside of Larwill, Indiana, in Whitley County...

 (D) 62.1%

Charles W. "Chuck" Pierson (R) 37.9%
Jim Jontz
Jim Jontz
James Prather Jontz was an American politician from Indianapolis, who represented the 5th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 1995...

Democratic 1986 Lost re-election
Republican gain
Steve Buyer
Steve Buyer
Stephen Earle Buyer is the former U.S. Representative for , and previously the , serving from 1993 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. Buyer holds the rank of Colonel in the United States Army Reserve....

 (R) 51.0%

Jim Jontz
Jim Jontz
James Prather Jontz was an American politician from Indianapolis, who represented the 5th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 1995...

 (D) 49.0%
Dan Burton
Dan Burton
Danny "Dan" Lee Burton is the U.S. Representative for , and previously the , serving since 1983. He is a member of the Republican Party....

Republican 1982 Re-elected Dan Burton
Dan Burton
Danny "Dan" Lee Burton is the U.S. Representative for , and previously the , serving since 1983. He is a member of the Republican Party....

 (R) 72.2%

Natalie M. Bruner (D) 27.8%
John T. Myers
John T. Myers (Congressman)
John Thomas Myers was a Republican Congressman from Indiana's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1967 to 1997. His son-in-law, Brian D. Kerns, represented the same district from 2001 to 2003. John T...

Republican 1966 Re-elected John T. Myers
John T. Myers (Congressman)
John Thomas Myers was a Republican Congressman from Indiana's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1967 to 1997. His son-in-law, Brian D. Kerns, represented the same district from 2001 to 2003. John T...

 (R) 59.5%

Ellen E. Wedum (D) 40.5%
Frank McCloskey
Frank McCloskey
Francis Xavier "Frank" McCloskey was a six-term Democratic representative from Indiana from January 3, 1983 to January 3, 1995, widely remembered for his advocacy on behalf of Bosnian Muslims. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and later moved to Bloomington, Indiana after receiving an...

Democratic 1982 Re-elected Frank McCloskey
Frank McCloskey
Francis Xavier "Frank" McCloskey was a six-term Democratic representative from Indiana from January 3, 1983 to January 3, 1995, widely remembered for his advocacy on behalf of Bosnian Muslims. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and later moved to Bloomington, Indiana after receiving an...

 (D) 52.5%

Richard E. Mourdock (R) 45.3%
John W. Taylor (I) 1.3%
Jimmy Gale Funkhouser, Jr. (L) 0.8%
Lee H. Hamilton
Lee H. Hamilton
Lee Herbert Hamilton is a former member of the United States House of Representatives and currently a member of the U.S. Homeland Security Advisory Council. A member of the Democratic Party, Hamilton represented the 9th congressional district of Indiana from 1965 to 1999...

Democratic 1964 Re-elected Lee H. Hamilton
Lee H. Hamilton
Lee Herbert Hamilton is a former member of the United States House of Representatives and currently a member of the U.S. Homeland Security Advisory Council. A member of the Democratic Party, Hamilton represented the 9th congressional district of Indiana from 1965 to 1999...

 (D) 69.7%

Michael E. Bailey (R) 30.3%
Andrew Jacobs, Jr.
Andrew Jacobs, Jr.
Andrew Jacobs, Jr. usually known as Andy Jacobs is a lawyer and a former Indiana state legislator and Congressman who served for thirty years. His father, Andrew Jacobs, was also a congressman for one term. He was married to one time House colleague Martha Keys of Kansas...

Democratic 1964/1974 Re-elected Andrew Jacobs, Jr.
Andrew Jacobs, Jr.
Andrew Jacobs, Jr. usually known as Andy Jacobs is a lawyer and a former Indiana state legislator and Congressman who served for thirty years. His father, Andrew Jacobs, was also a congressman for one term. He was married to one time House colleague Martha Keys of Kansas...

 (D) 64.0%

Janos Horvath (R) 35.0%
Carolyn P. Sackett (NA) 1.0%

Iowa

One seat was lost due to reapportionment.
District Incumbent Party First elected Result Candidates
Jim Leach
Jim Leach
James Albert Smith "Jim" Leach is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa. In August 2009, he became Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities ....

Republican 1976 Re-elected Jim Leach
Jim Leach
James Albert Smith "Jim" Leach is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa. In August 2009, he became Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities ....

 (R) 68.1%

Jan J. Zonneveld (D) 31.2%
Jim Nussle
Jim Nussle
James Allen "Jim" Nussle is an American politician and was the director of the Office of Management and Budget. Nussle was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1991 to 2007...

Republican 1990 Re-elected Jim Nussle
Jim Nussle
James Allen "Jim" Nussle is an American politician and was the director of the Office of Management and Budget. Nussle was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1991 to 2007...

 (R) 50.2%

David R. Nagle
David R. Nagle
David R. Nagle in Grinnell, Iowa was a Representative in the United States House of Representatives, representing Iowa's 3rd congressional district from 1987 to 1993. Nagle is a member of the Democratic Party....

 (D) 49.1%
Albert W. Schoeman (Grass Roots) 0.7%
David R. Nagle
David R. Nagle
David R. Nagle in Grinnell, Iowa was a Representative in the United States House of Representatives, representing Iowa's 3rd congressional district from 1987 to 1993. Nagle is a member of the Democratic Party....


Redistricted from the 3rd district
Democratic 1986 Redistricting contest
Democratic loss
Jim Ross Lightfoot
Jim Ross Lightfoot
James Ross "Jim" Lightfoot is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Iowa.-Early life:...

Republican 1984 Re-elected Jim Ross Lightfoot
Jim Ross Lightfoot
James Ross "Jim" Lightfoot is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Iowa.-Early life:...

 (R) 48.9%

Elaine Baxter (D) 47.1%
Larry Chroman (NL) 4.0%
Neal Smith
Neal Smith (politician)
Neal Edward Smith was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Iowa from 1959 until 1995 — the longest-serving Iowan in the United States House of Representatives. He was born in his grandparents' home near Hedrick, Keokuk County, Iowa. He served in the United States Army Air...

Democratic 1958 Re-elected Neal Smith
Neal Smith (politician)
Neal Edward Smith was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Iowa from 1959 until 1995 — the longest-serving Iowan in the United States House of Representatives. He was born in his grandparents' home near Hedrick, Keokuk County, Iowa. He served in the United States Army Air...

 (D) 61.6%

Paul Lunde (R) 36.5%
Jerry Yellin (NL) 0.9%
William C. Oviatt (Grass Roots) 0.9%
Fred Grandy
Fred Grandy
Fredrick Lawrence "Fred" Grandy is a former actor best known for his role as 'Gopher' on the sitcom The Love Boat and who later became a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Iowa...


Redistricted from the 6th district
Republican 1986 Re-elected Fred Grandy
Fred Grandy
Fredrick Lawrence "Fred" Grandy is a former actor best known for his role as 'Gopher' on the sitcom The Love Boat and who later became a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Iowa...

 (R) 99.3%

Kansas

One seat was lost due to reapportionment.
District Incumbent Party First elected Result Candidates
Pat Roberts
Pat Roberts
Charles Patrick "Pat" Roberts is the senior United States Senator from Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, he has served since 1997...

Republican 1980 Re-elected Pat Roberts
Pat Roberts
Charles Patrick "Pat" Roberts is the senior United States Senator from Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, he has served since 1997...

 (R) 68.3%

Duane West (D) 29.3%
Steven A. Rosile (L) 2.4%
Jim Slattery
Jim Slattery
James Charles Slattery is an American politician and was the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senator from Kansas.- Early life and career :...

Democratic 1982 Re-elected Jim Slattery
Jim Slattery
James Charles Slattery is an American politician and was the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senator from Kansas.- Early life and career :...

 (D) 56.2%

Jim Van Slyke (R) 40.8%
Arthur L. Clack (L) 3.0%
Jan Meyers
Jan Meyers
Jan Meyers is an American politician and a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Kansas....

Republican 1984 Re-elected Jan Meyers
Jan Meyers
Jan Meyers is an American politician and a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Kansas....

 (R) 58.0%

Tom Love (D) 37.6%
Frank Kaul (L) 4.4%
Dan Glickman
Dan Glickman
Daniel Robert "Dan" Glickman is an American businessman and politician. He served as the United States Secretary of Agriculture from 1995 until 2001, prior to which he represented the Fourth Congressional District of Kansas as a Democrat in Congress for 18 years. He was Chairman and CEO of the...

Democratic 1976 Re-elected Dan Glickman
Dan Glickman
Daniel Robert "Dan" Glickman is an American businessman and politician. He served as the United States Secretary of Agriculture from 1995 until 2001, prior to which he represented the Fourth Congressional District of Kansas as a Democrat in Congress for 18 years. He was Chairman and CEO of the...

 (D) 51.7%

Eric R. Yost (R) 42.1%
Seth L. Warren (L) 6.2%
Dick Nichols
Dick Nichols
Richard Nichols was a one-term U.S. Representative from Kansas.Born in Fort Scott, Kansas, Nichols attended public schools.He earned his B.S...


Redistricted from the 5th district
Republican 1990 Lost renomination
Republican loss

Kentucky

District Incumbent Party First elected Result Candidates
Carroll Hubbard
Carroll Hubbard
Carroll Hubbard, Jr. , a Democrat, represented Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1993.Hubbard grew up in Murray, Kentucky, graduated from Georgetown College in 1959 and from the University of Louisville law school in 1962...

Democratic 1974 Lost renomination
Democratic hold
Thomas Barlow
Thomas Barlow (politician)
Thomas Jefferson "Tom" Barlow III , a Democrat, represented Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives for one term.Barlow was born in Washington, DC, but grew up in Louisville, Kentucky...

 (D) 60.5%

Steve Hamrick (R) 39.1%
Marvin Seat (Ref) 0.4%
William Huston Natcher
William Huston Natcher
William Huston Natcher was a Democratic congressman, serving in the United States House of Representatives from 1953 to 1994.-Early life:...

Democratic 1953 Re-elected William Huston Natcher
William Huston Natcher
William Huston Natcher was a Democratic congressman, serving in the United States House of Representatives from 1953 to 1994.-Early life:...

 (D) 61.4%

Bruce Bartley (R) 38.6%
Romano L. Mazzoli
Romano L. Mazzoli
Romano L. "Ron" Mazzoli represented Kentucky's Third Congressional District Romano L. "Ron" Mazzoli (born November 2, 1932, in Louisville, Kentucky) represented Kentucky's Third Congressional District Romano L. "Ron" Mazzoli (born November 2, 1932, in Louisville, Kentucky) represented Kentucky's...

Democratic 1970 Re-elected Romano L. Mazzoli
Romano L. Mazzoli
Romano L. "Ron" Mazzoli represented Kentucky's Third Congressional District Romano L. "Ron" Mazzoli (born November 2, 1932, in Louisville, Kentucky) represented Kentucky's Third Congressional District Romano L. "Ron" Mazzoli (born November 2, 1932, in Louisville, Kentucky) represented Kentucky's...

 (D) 52.7%

Susan Stokes (R) 47.3%
Jim Bunning
Jim Bunning
James Paul David "Jim" Bunning is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher and politician.During a 17-year baseball career, he pitched from 1955 to 1971, most notably with the Detroit Tigers and the Philadelphia Phillies. When he retired, he had the second-highest total of career...

Republican 1986 Re-elected Jim Bunning
Jim Bunning
James Paul David "Jim" Bunning is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher and politician.During a 17-year baseball career, he pitched from 1955 to 1971, most notably with the Detroit Tigers and the Philadelphia Phillies. When he retired, he had the second-highest total of career...

 (R) 61.6%

Sally Harris Skaggs (D) 38.4%
Hal Rogers
Hal Rogers
Harold Dallas "Hal" Rogers is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1981. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education, and early career:...

Republican 1980 Re-elected Hal Rogers
Hal Rogers
Harold Dallas "Hal" Rogers is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1981. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education, and early career:...

 (R) 54.6%

John Doug Mays (D) 45.4%
Larry Hopkins
Larry Hopkins
Larry Jones Hopkins represented Kentucky's Sixth Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives. He was the Republican nominee for Governor of Kentucky in 1991 and lost to Brereton C. Jones....

Republican 1978 Retired
Democratic gain
Scotty Baesler
Scotty Baesler
Henry Scott Baesler is a Democratic politician and former Representative from Kentucky.Baesler graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1963 and from law school there in 1966. While at the University, Baesler played basketball under legendary coach Adolph Rupp...

 (D) 60.7%

Charles Ellinger (R) 39.3%

Louisiana

One seat lost to reapportionment. Four Incumbents were squeezed into two districts and one new district was created.
District Incumbent Party First elected Result Candidates
(and run-off results)
Bob Livingston
Bob Livingston
Robert Linlithgow "Bob" Livingston Jr. is a Washington, D.C.-based lobbyist and a former Republican U.S. Representative from Louisiana...

Republican 1977 Re-elected Bob Livingston
Bob Livingston
Robert Linlithgow "Bob" Livingston Jr. is a Washington, D.C.-based lobbyist and a former Republican U.S. Representative from Louisiana...

 (R) 72.7%

Anne Thompson (R) 10.1%
Vincent Bruno (R) 6.8%
Richie Martin (R) 4.2%
Jules Hillery (I) 3.9%
Greg Reinhard (I) 2.3%
William J. Jefferson
William J. Jefferson
William Jennings "Bill" Jefferson is a former American politician, and a published author from the U.S. state of Louisiana. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for nine terms from 1991 to 2009 as a member of the Democratic Party. He represented , which includes much of the...

Democratic 1990 Re-elected William J. Jefferson
William J. Jefferson
William Jennings "Bill" Jefferson is a former American politician, and a published author from the U.S. state of Louisiana. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for nine terms from 1991 to 2009 as a member of the Democratic Party. He represented , which includes much of the...

 (D) 73.4%

Wilma Knox Irvin (D) 15.5%
Roger C. Johnson (I) 11.1%
Billy Tauzin
Billy Tauzin
Wilbert Joseph Tauzin II , usually known as Billy Tauzin, American lobbyist and politician of Cajun descent, was President and CEO of PhRMA, a pharmaceutical company lobby group...

Democratic 1980 Re-elected Billy Tauzin
Billy Tauzin
Wilbert Joseph Tauzin II , usually known as Billy Tauzin, American lobbyist and politician of Cajun descent, was President and CEO of PhRMA, a pharmaceutical company lobby group...

 (D) 81.7%

Paul Boynton (R) 18.3%
None (District created) New seat
Democratic gain
Cleo Fields
Cleo Fields
Cleo Fields is a lawyer and politician. He is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana....

 (D) 47.8% (73.9%)

Charles Jones (D) 14.0% (26.1%)
Joe Shyne (D) 10.8%
Faye Williams (D) 8.6%
Steve Myers (R) 7.8%
Emile Ventre (R) 6.9%
James Ross (D) 2.1%
Ralph Hall (D) 2.0%
Jim McCrery
Jim McCrery
James Otis "Jim" McCrery, III , is an American lawyer who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1988 to 2009; he represented the 4th District of Louisiana, based in the northwestern quadrant of the state.McCrery was a ranking member on the House Ways and...


Redistricted from the 5th district
Republican 1988 Re-elected Jim McCrery
Jim McCrery
James Otis "Jim" McCrery, III , is an American lawyer who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1988 to 2009; he represented the 4th District of Louisiana, based in the northwestern quadrant of the state.McCrery was a ranking member on the House Ways and...

 (R) 44.1% (63.0%)

Jerry Huckaby
Jerry Huckaby
Thomas Jerald Huckaby, usually known as Jerry Huckaby , is a retired businessman who served as a Democratic U.S. representative from the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of Louisiana between 1977 and 1993...

 (D) 29.4% (37.0%)
Robert Thompson (D) 22.4%
Nota Knox (I) 2.1%
Donal Milton (R) 1.9%
Jerry Huckaby
Jerry Huckaby
Thomas Jerald Huckaby, usually known as Jerry Huckaby , is a retired businessman who served as a Democratic U.S. representative from the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of Louisiana between 1977 and 1993...

Democratic 1976 Redistricting contest
Democratic loss
Richard Baker
Richard Baker (politician)
Richard Hugh Baker , an American politician,is a lobbyist and former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, having represented the 6th District of Louisiana from 1987 to 2008.-Early life and career:...

Republican 1986 Re-elected Richard Baker
Richard Baker (politician)
Richard Hugh Baker , an American politician,is a lobbyist and former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, having represented the 6th District of Louisiana from 1987 to 2008.-Early life and career:...

 (R) 33.1% (50.6%)

Clyde Holloway (R) 36.7% (49.4%)
Ned Randolph (D) 30.2%
Clyde C. Holloway
Clyde C. Holloway
Clyde Cecil Holloway is an American small business owner from Forest Hill in the southern part of Rapides Parish who is one of five members of the Louisiana Public Service Commission. He also served as a conservative Republican member of the U.S...


Redistricted from the 8th district
Republican 1986 Redistricting contest
Republican loss
Jimmy Hayes
Jimmy Hayes
James Allison "Jimmy" Hayes is a Republican politician from the state of Louisiana.Born in Lafayette, Hayes graduated from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette . He served in the Louisiana Air National Guard from 1968 to 1974...

Democratic 1986 Re-elected Jimmy Hayes
Jimmy Hayes
James Allison "Jimmy" Hayes is a Republican politician from the state of Louisiana.Born in Lafayette, Hayes graduated from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette . He served in the Louisiana Air National Guard from 1968 to 1974...

 (D) 73.0%

Fredric Hayes (R) 20.7%
Bob Nain (R) 6.2%

Maine

District Incumbent Party First elected Result Candidates
Thomas Andrews
Thomas Andrews (politician)
Thomas Hiram Andrews , was a politician from Maine and a Democrat.A 1976 graduate of Bowdoin College, Andrews served in the Maine House of Representatives and Maine State Senate before being elected to two terms in the U.S...

Democratic 1990 Re-elected Thomas Andrews
Thomas Andrews (politician)
Thomas Hiram Andrews , was a politician from Maine and a Democrat.A 1976 graduate of Bowdoin College, Andrews served in the Maine House of Representatives and Maine State Senate before being elected to two terms in the U.S...

 (D) 65.0%

Linda Bean (R) 35.0%
Olympia Snowe
Olympia Snowe
Olympia Jean Snowe , née Bouchles, is the senior United States Senator from Maine and a member of the Republican Party. Snowe has become widely known for her ability to influence the outcome of close votes, including whether to end filibusters. She and her fellow Senator from Maine, Susan Collins,...

Republican 1978 Re-elected Olympia Snowe
Olympia Snowe
Olympia Jean Snowe , née Bouchles, is the senior United States Senator from Maine and a member of the Republican Party. Snowe has become widely known for her ability to influence the outcome of close votes, including whether to end filibusters. She and her fellow Senator from Maine, Susan Collins,...

 (R) 49.1%

Patrick McGowan (D) 42.0%
Jonathan Carter (G) 8.8%

Maryland

District Incumbent Party First elected Result Candidates
Thomas McMillen
Charles Thomas McMillen
Charles Thomas "Tom" McMillen is a retired NBA professional basketball player, Rhodes Scholar, and Democratic U.S. Congressman who represented the 4th congressional district of Maryland from January 3, 1987 to January 3, 1993.-Basketball:Prior to entering politics, McMillen was a star basketball...


Redistricted from the 4th district
Democratic 1986 Redistricting contest
Democratic loss
Wayne Gilchrest
Wayne Gilchrest
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives who represented . In 2008, the moderate Gilchrest was defeated in the Republican primary by State Senator Andy Harris....

 (R) 51.6%

Thomas McMillen (D) 48.4%
Wayne Gilchrest
Wayne Gilchrest
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives who represented . In 2008, the moderate Gilchrest was defeated in the Republican primary by State Senator Andy Harris....

Republican 1990 Re-elected
Helen Delich Bentley
Helen Delich Bentley
Helen Delich Bentley is an American politician and a former Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the State of Maryland .-Life and career:...

Republican 1984 Re-elected Helen Delich Bentley
Helen Delich Bentley
Helen Delich Bentley is an American politician and a former Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the State of Maryland .-Life and career:...

 (R) 65.1%

Michael Hickey Jr. (D) 34.9%
Ben Cardin
Ben Cardin
Benjamin Louis "Ben" Cardin is the junior United States Senator from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. Before his election to the Senate, Cardin was a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing from 1987 to 2007.Cardin was elected to succeed Paul Sarbanes in...

Democratic 1986 Re-elected Ben Cardin
Ben Cardin
Benjamin Louis "Ben" Cardin is the junior United States Senator from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. Before his election to the Senate, Cardin was a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing from 1987 to 2007.Cardin was elected to succeed Paul Sarbanes in...

 (D) 73.5%

William Bricker (R) 26.5%
None (District created) New seat
Democratic gain
Albert Wynn
Albert Wynn
Albert Russell "Al" Wynn is a former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives. He represented the 4th district of Maryland from 1993 to 2008...

 (D) 75.2%

Michele Dyson (R) 24.8%
Steny Hoyer
Steny Hoyer
Steny Hamilton Hoyer is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1981. The district includes a large swath of rural and suburban territory southeast of Washington, D.C.. He is a member of the Democratic Party....

Democratic 1981 Re-elected Steny Hoyer
Steny Hoyer
Steny Hamilton Hoyer is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1981. The district includes a large swath of rural and suburban territory southeast of Washington, D.C.. He is a member of the Democratic Party....

 (D) 53.0%

Lawrence Hogan Jr. (R) 43.9%
William Johntson (I) 3.1%
Beverly Byron
Beverly Byron
Beverly Barton Butcher Byron , a Democrat, was a U.S. Congresswoman who represented the 6th congressional district of Maryland from January 3, 1979 to January 3, 1993....

Democratic 1978 Lost renomination
Republican gain
Roscoe Bartlett
Roscoe Bartlett
Roscoe Gardner Bartlett, Ph.D. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. He is a member of the Republican Party, and a member of the Tea Party Caucus...

 (R) 54.2%

Thomas Hattery (D) 45.8%
Kweisi Mfume
Kweisi Mfume
Kweisi Mfume is the former President/CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People , as well as a five-term Democratic Congressman from Maryland's 7th congressional district, serving in the 100th through 104th Congress...

Democratic 1986 Re-elected Kweisi Mfume
Kweisi Mfume
Kweisi Mfume is the former President/CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People , as well as a five-term Democratic Congressman from Maryland's 7th congressional district, serving in the 100th through 104th Congress...

 (D) 85.3%

Kenneth Kondner (R) 14.7%
Connie Morella
Connie Morella
Constance Albanese "Connie" Morella is a Republican United States politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 2003. She also served as Permanent Representative to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development from 2003 to 2007. She...

Republican 1986 Re-elected Connie Morella
Connie Morella
Constance Albanese "Connie" Morella is a Republican United States politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 2003. She also served as Permanent Representative to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development from 2003 to 2007. She...

 (R) 72.5%

Edward Heffernan (D) 27.5%

Massachusetts

Massachusetts lost one seat due to reapportionment.
District Incumbent Party First elected Result Candidates
John Olver
John Olver
John Walter Olver is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1991. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Early in his career, he was a chemistry professor and served in both chambers of the Massachusetts General Court....

Democratic June 18, 1991
(Special)
Re-elected John Olver
John Olver
John Walter Olver is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1991. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Early in his career, he was a chemistry professor and served in both chambers of the Massachusetts General Court....

 (D) 51.5%

Patrick Larkin (R) 43.4%
Louis R. Godena (Peace, Jobs, Justice) 2.7%
Dennis M. Kelly (Pro-Democracy Reform) 1.7%
Jeffrey W. Rebello (FFL) 0.6%
Richard Neal
Richard Neal
Richard Edmund Neal is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1989. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He is a former city councilor and mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts....

Democratic 1988 Re-elected Richard Neal
Richard Neal
Richard Edmund Neal is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1989. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He is a former city councilor and mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts....

 (D) 53.1%

Anthony W. Ravosa (R) 31.1%
Thomas R. Sheehan (For the People) 15.8%
Joseph D. Early
Joseph D. Early
Joseph Daniel Early is an American politician. He represented the third district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1975 to 1993....

Democratic 1974 Lost re-election
Republican gain
Peter Blute (R) 50.4%
Joseph D. Early
Joseph D. Early
Joseph Daniel Early is an American politician. He represented the third district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1975 to 1993....

 (D) 44.3%
Leonard J. Umina (Independent Voters) 3.7%
Michael T. Moore (NL) 1.6%

Montana

One seat was lost in reapportionment.
District Incumbent Party First elected Result Candidates
Pat Williams
John Patrick Williams
John Patrick "Pat" Williams is a former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Montana during the years 1979–1997....


Redistricted from the 1st district
Democratic 1978 Democrat elected
Republican loss
Pat Williams
John Patrick Williams
John Patrick "Pat" Williams is a former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Montana during the years 1979–1997....

 (D) 50.4%

Ron Marlenee (R) 47.0%
Jerome Wilverding (L) 2.6%
Ron Marlenee
Ron Marlenee
Ronald Charles "Ron" Marlenee is a Republican politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from the U.S. state of Montana from January 3, 1977 to January 3, 1993.He was born in Scobey, Montana....


Redistricted from the 2nd district
Republican 1976

Oregon

District Incumbent Party Elected Status Opponent
Les AuCoin
Les AuCoin
Walter Leslie "Les" AuCoin , is an American politician and the first Democrat elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from since it was formed in 1882. The seat has been held by a Democrat ever since....

Democratic 1974 Retired to run for U.S. Senate
United States Senate election in Oregon, 1992
The 1992 United States Senate election in Oregon was held on November 3, 1992. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Bob Packwood won re-election to his fifth term.-Background:...


Democratic hold
Elizabeth Furse
Elizabeth Furse
Elizabeth Furse is a small business owner and faculty member of Portland State University. She was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 1999, representing Oregon's 1st congressional district...

 (D) 52.5%

Tony Meeker
Tony Meeker
Tony Meeker is a politician in Oregon. He was appointed State Treasurer in 1987. Oregon Governor Neil Goldschmidt appointed him to fill the vacancy created when Bill Rutherford resigned from office. Meeker was elected to a full term in 1988...

 (R) 48.4%
Robert Freeman Smith
Robert Freeman Smith
Robert Freeman "Bob" Smith in Portland, Oregon, is an American politician.-Early life:Smith grew up in Burns, Oregon. He attended Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, graduating in 1953 with an agricultural degree...

Republican 1982 Re-elected Robert Freeman Smith (R) 67.1%
Denzel Ferguson (D) 32.8%
Ron Wyden
Ron Wyden
Ronald Lee "Ron" Wyden is the senior U.S. Senator for Oregon, serving since 1996, and a member of the Democratic Party. He previously served in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 1996....

Democratic 1980 Re-elected Ron Wyden (D) 77.1%
Al Ritter (R) 18.6%
Blair Bobier (L) 4.2%
Peter DeFazio
Peter DeFazio
Peter Anthony DeFazio is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1987. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes Eugene, Springfield, Roseburg and part of Corvallis. As Oregon's most senior member of Congress, he is the dean of Oregon's House of Representatives delegation...

Democratic 1986 Re-elected Peter DeFazio (D) 71.4%
Richard L. Schulz (R) 14.0%
Michael J. Kopetski
Michael J. Kopetski
Michael Joseph "Mike" Kopetski is an American businessman and former politician.Kopetski, a Democrat, was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from 1985 to 1989. He ran unsuccessfully for the United States House of Representatives in 1982 and again in 1988, where he lost by a mere 707...

Democratic 1990 Re-elected Michael J. Kopetski
Michael J. Kopetski
Michael Joseph "Mike" Kopetski is an American businessman and former politician.Kopetski, a Democrat, was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from 1985 to 1989. He ran unsuccessfully for the United States House of Representatives in 1982 and again in 1988, where he lost by a mere 707...

 (D) 63.9%

Jim Seagraves (R) 35.9%

Rhode Island

District Incumbent Party First elected Result Candidates
Ronald Machtley
Ronald Machtley
Ronald Keith "Ron" Machtley was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Rhode Island from 1989 to 1995. Since 1996, Machtley has served as president of Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island....

Republican 1988 Re-elected Ronald Machtley
Ronald Machtley
Ronald Keith "Ron" Machtley was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Rhode Island from 1989 to 1995. Since 1996, Machtley has served as president of Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island....

 (R) 70.0%

David Carlin (D) 24.8%
Frederick Dick (RPI) 3.1%
Norman Jacques (I) 2.1%
Jack Reed Democratic 1990 Re-elected Jack Reed (D) 70.7%
James Bell (R) 24.4%
Thomas Ricci (I) 3.3%
John Turnbull (IT) 1.6%

South Dakota

District Incumbent Party First elected Result Candidates
Tim Johnson Democratic 1986 Re-elected Tim Johnson (D) 69.1%
John Timmer (R) 26.9%
Ronald Wieczorek (I) 2.0%
Robert Newland (L) 1.2%
Ann Balakier (I) 0.8%

Utah

District Incumbent Party First elected Result Candidates
James V. Hansen
James V. Hansen
James Vear "Jim" Hansen was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Utah.Hansen was born in Salt Lake City, graduating from the city's East High School. From 1951 until 1955 he served in the United States Navy. He attended the University of Utah, receiving a business...

Republican 1980 Re-elected James V. Hansen
James V. Hansen
James Vear "Jim" Hansen was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Utah.Hansen was born in Salt Lake City, graduating from the city's East High School. From 1951 until 1955 he served in the United States Navy. He attended the University of Utah, receiving a business...

 (R) 65.0%

Ron Holt (D) 28.0%
William Lawrence (I) 7.0%
Wayne Owens
Wayne Owens
Douglas Wayne Owens was a member of the United States House of Representatives for Utah's 2nd congressional district from 1973 to 1975 and again from 1987 to 1993....

Democratic 1972; 1986 Retired to run for U.S. Senate
United States Senate elections, 1992
The 1992 United States Senate election was an election for the United States Senate in which the victory of Bill Clinton in the presidential election was not accompanied by major Democratic gains in the Senate....


Democratic hold
Karen Shepherd
Karen Shepherd
Karen Shepherd was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Utah.Shepherd was born in Silver City, New Mexico. She graduated from the University of Utah in 1962 with a B.A. and Brigham Young University in 1963 with a M.A. and served served in the Utah State Senator...

 (D) 50.5%

Enid Greene
Enid Greene
Enid Greene, formerly Enid Greene Waldholtz is a politician from the state of Utah who served one term in the United States House of Representatives. She was the third woman and first Republican woman elected to congress from Utah. Since her retirement in 1997 no woman has served in Congress from...

 (R) 46.8%
Peter Crane (I) 2.5%
Eileen Koschak (SW) 0.2%
Bill Orton
Bill Orton
William "Bill" Orton was an American Democratic Congressman. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Utah from 1991 to 1997.-Early life and education:...

Democratic 1990 Re-elected Bill Orton
Bill Orton
William "Bill" Orton was an American Democratic Congressman. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Utah from 1991 to 1997.-Early life and education:...

 (D) 58.9%

Richard Harrington (R) 36.7%
Wayne Hill (I) 2.5%
Charles M. Wilson (I) 0.9%
Doug Jones (L) 0.8%
Nels J'Anthony (SW) 0.2%

Vermont

District Incumbent Party First elected Result Candidates
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
Bernard "Bernie" Sanders is the junior United States Senator from Vermont. He previously represented Vermont's at-large district in the United States House of Representatives...

Independent 1990 Re-elected Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
Bernard "Bernie" Sanders is the junior United States Senator from Vermont. He previously represented Vermont's at-large district in the United States House of Representatives...

 (I) 57.8%

Tim Philbin (R) 30.9%
Lewis Young (D) 7.9%
Pete Diamondstone (LU) 1.3%
John Dewey (NL) 1.3%
Douglas Miller (LaRouche) 0.7%

Virginia

One seat gained in reapportionment.
District Incumbent Party First elected Result Candidates
Herbert H. Bateman
Herbert H. Bateman
Herbert "Herb" Harvell Bateman was an American politician in Virginia. He was a nine-term member of the United States House of Representatives, serving as a Republican.-Early life:...

Republican 1982 Re-elected Herbert H. Bateman
Herbert H. Bateman
Herbert "Herb" Harvell Bateman was an American politician in Virginia. He was a nine-term member of the United States House of Representatives, serving as a Republican.-Early life:...

 (R) 57.6%

Andrew Fox (D) 38.7%
Donald Macleay (I) 3.7%
Owen B. Pickett
Owen B. Pickett
Owen Bradford Pickett was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia.-Early life:...

Democratic 1986 Re-elected Owen B. Pickett
Owen B. Pickett
Owen Bradford Pickett was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia.-Early life:...

 (D) 56.0%

J. L. Chapman (R) 43.9%
None (District created) New seat
Democratic gain
Bobby Scott
Robert C. Scott
Robert Cortez "Bobby" Scott is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. He is a member of the Democratic Party....

 (D) 78.7%

Daniel Jenkins (R) 21.2%
Norman Sisisky
Norman Sisisky
Norman Sisisky was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia from 1983 to 2001, representing the 4th District. He was a leader of the Blue Dog Coalition and one of the most conservative Democrats in Congress at the time.Sisisky was born in Baltimore, Maryland...

Democratic 1982 Re-elected Norman Sisisky
Norman Sisisky
Norman Sisisky was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia from 1983 to 2001, representing the 4th District. He was a leader of the Blue Dog Coalition and one of the most conservative Democrats in Congress at the time.Sisisky was born in Baltimore, Maryland...

 (D) 68.4%

Anthony Zevgolis (R) 31.6%
Lewis Payne
Lewis F. Payne, Jr.
Lewis Franklin Payne, Jr. is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from the Commonwealth of Virginia. He served the of the state, which covers much of Southside Virginia....

Democratic 1988 Re-elected Lewis Payne
Lewis F. Payne, Jr.
Lewis Franklin Payne, Jr. is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from the Commonwealth of Virginia. He served the of the state, which covers much of Southside Virginia....

 (D) 68.9%

W. A. Hurlburt (R) 31.1%
Jim Olin
Jim Olin
James Randolph "Jim" Olin was an American politician from the U.S. state of Virginia. From 1983 to 1993, Olin, a Democrat, served in the United States House of Representatives for Virginia's 6th congressional district....

Democratic 1982 Retired
Republican gain
Bob Goodlatte
Bob Goodlatte
Robert William "Bob" Goodlatte is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district is based in Roanoke and also includes Lynchburg, Harrisonburg and Staunton.-Early life, education and career:...

 (R) 60.0%

Stephen Musselwhite (D) 39.9%
Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.
Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.
Thomas Jerome "Tom" Bliley, Jr. is a United States Republican politician and former U.S. Representative from the state of Virginia.-Background:...


Redistricted from the 3rd district
Republican 1980 Re-elected Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.
Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.
Thomas Jerome "Tom" Bliley, Jr. is a United States Republican politician and former U.S. Representative from the state of Virginia.-Background:...

 (R) 82.8%

Gerald E. Berg (I) 16.9%
George Allen
George Allen (U.S. politician)
George Felix Allen is a former United States Senator from the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the son of former NFL head coach George Allen. Allen served Virginia in the state legislature, as the 67th Governor, and in both bodies of the U.S. Congress, winning election to the Senate in 2000...

Republican 1990 Retired to run for Governor of Virginia
Governor of Virginia
The governor of Virginia serves as the chief executive of the Commonwealth of Virginia for a four-year term. The position is currently held by Republican Bob McDonnell, who was inaugurated on January 16, 2010, as the 71st governor of Virginia....


Republican loss
Jim Moran
Jim Moran
James Patrick "Jim" Moran, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1991. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is located in Northern Virginia and includes the cities of Falls Church and Alexandria, all of Arlington County, and a portion of Fairfax County.Jim Moran was...

Democratic 1990 Re-elected Jim Moran
Jim Moran
James Patrick "Jim" Moran, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1991. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is located in Northern Virginia and includes the cities of Falls Church and Alexandria, all of Arlington County, and a portion of Fairfax County.Jim Moran was...

 (D) 56.1%

Kyle E. McSlarrow
Kyle E. McSlarrow
Kyle E. McSlarrow , a former Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Energy, is the incoming head of Comcast's lobbying and government-affairs office, which now includes NBCUniversal lawyers and lobbyists...

 (R) 41.6%
Alvin West (I) 2.3%
Rick Boucher
Rick Boucher
Frederick Carlyle "Rick" Boucher is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1983 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education and career:...

Democratic 1982 Re-elected Rick Boucher
Rick Boucher
Frederick Carlyle "Rick" Boucher is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1983 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education and career:...

 (D) 63.1%

L. Garrett Weddle (R) 36.9%
Frank Wolf Republican 1980 Re-elected Frank Wolf (R) 69.3%
Raymond Vickery (D) 33.4%
Alan Ogden (I) 3.0%
None (district created) New seat
Democratic gain
Leslie Byrne
Leslie L. Byrne
Leslie Byrne is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia, and was the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress from the Commonwealth of Virginia...

 (D) 50.0%

Henry Butler (R) 45.2%
A. T. Narro (I) 2.9%
Perry J. Mitchell (I) 1.8%

See also

  • 103rd United States Congress
    103rd United States Congress
    - House of Representatives :- Leadership :- Senate :* President: Dan Quayle , until January 20, 1993** Al Gore , from January 20, 1993* President pro tempore: Robert Byrd - Majority leadership :* Majority Leader: George Mitchell...

  • United States Senate elections, 1992
    United States Senate elections, 1992
    The 1992 United States Senate election was an election for the United States Senate in which the victory of Bill Clinton in the presidential election was not accompanied by major Democratic gains in the Senate....

  • United States presidential election, 1992
    United States presidential election, 1992
    The United States presidential election of 1992 had three major candidates: Incumbent Republican President George Bush; Democratic Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton, and independent Texas businessman Ross Perot....

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