United States House elections, 2002
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 on 5 November 2002 was in the middle of President
President of the United States
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 George W. Bush
George W. Bush
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's first term. Although it was a midterm election
Midterm election
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, the Republican Party gained a net eight seats, solidifying their majority. Together with gains made in the Senate, it was one of the few mid-term elections that the party in control of the White House increased control of the House (the other such mid-term elections were in 1934
United States House election, 1934
The United States House of Representatives elections of 1934 occurred in the middle of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's first term. The Democratic Party continued its progress, gaining another 9 net seats from the opposition Republican Party, who also lost seats to the Progressive Party...

 and 1998).

Overall results

! style="background:#e9e9e9; text-align:center;" rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Parties
! style="background:#e9e9e9; text-align:center;" colspan="4"| Seats
! style="background:#e9e9e9; text-align:center;" colspan="3"| Popular Vote
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
| align=center | 2000
| align=center |20021
| align=center |+/-
| align=center |Strength
| align=center |Vote
| align=center |%
| align=center |Change
|-

|align=left|Republican Party
| align=right | 221
| align=right | 229
| align=right | +8
| align=right | 52.6%
| align=right | 37,091,270
| align=right | 49.6%
| align=right | +2.3%
|-

|align=left|Democratic Party
| align=right | 212
| align=right | 204
| align=right | -7
| align=right | 46.9%
| align=right | 33,642,142
| align=right | 45.0%
| align=right | -2.0%
|-

|align=left|Independent
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...


| align=right | 2
| align=right | 1
| align=right | -1
| align=right | 0.2%
| align=right | 403,670
| align=right | 0.5%
| align=right | -0.2%
|-

|align=left|Libertarian Party
Libertarian Party (United States)
The Libertarian Party is the third largest and fastest growing political party in the United States. The political platform of the Libertarian Party reflects its brand of libertarianism, favoring minimally regulated, laissez-faire markets, strong civil liberties, minimally regulated migration...


| align=right | -
| align=right | -
| align=right | -
| align=right | -
| align=right | 1,030,171
| align=right | 1.4%
| align=right | -0.2%
|-

|align=left|Green Party
Green Party (United States)
The Green Party of the United States is a nationally recognized political party which officially formed in 1991. It is a voluntary association of state green parties. Prior to national formation, many state affiliates had already formed and were recognized by other state parties...


| align=right | -
| align=right | -
| align=right | -
| align=right | -
| align=right | 286,962
| align=right | 0.4%
| align=right | +0.1%
|-

|align=left|Independence Party
Independence Party
Independence Party can refer to various political parties past and present throughout the world, such as:*Independence Party *Independence Party *Independence Party *Independence Party...


| align=right | -
| align=right | -
| align=right | -
| align=right | -
| align=right | 144,986
| align=right | 0.2%
| align=right | 0.0%
|-

|align=left|Constitution Party
Constitution Party (United States)
The Constitution Party is a paleoconservative political party in the United States. It was founded as the U.S. Taxpayers' Party by Howard Philips in 1991. Phillips was the party's candidate in the 1992, 1996 and 2000 presidential elections...


| align=right | -
| align=right | -
| align=right | -
| align=right | -
| align=right | 99,306
| align=right | 0.1%
| align=right | 0.0%
|-

|align=left|Reform Party
Reform Party of the United States of America
The Reform Party of the United States of America is a political party in the United States, founded in 1995 by Ross Perot...


| align=right | -
| align=right | -
| align=right | -
| align=right | -
| align=right | 29,964
| align=right | 0.0%
| align=right | -0.2%
|-
| style="background:#f93;"| 
|align=left|Natural Law Party
United States Natural Law Party
The Natural Law Party was a United States political party affiliated with the international Natural Law Party. It was founded in 1992 and mostly dissolved in 2004...


| align=right | -
| align=right | -
| align=right | -
| align=right | -
| align=right | 18,505
| align=right | 0.0%
| align=right | -0.4%
|-

|align=left|Other parties
| align=right | -
| align=right | -
| align=right | -
| align=right | -
| align=right | 1,959,579
| align=right | 2.6%
| align=right | +0.4%
|- style="background:#ccc;"
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; width:100px;"|Total
| align=center | 435
| align=center | 434
| align=center | 0
| align=center | 100.0%
| align=center | 74,706,555
| align=center | 100.0%
| align=center | -
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="9"|Source: Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk
|}
1 Vacancy due to death of 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-Hawaii
Hawaii
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)


Separate elections

Three special elections were held apart from those on November 5. The elected winners would serve the remainder of the incumbent Congress and face re-election in November.
Date District Reason & Result Candidates
January 8, 2002 Steve Largent
Steve Largent
Steven Michael "Steve" Largent is a retired American football player, enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and a former U.S. Congressman, having served in the U.S. House of Representatives for Oklahoma from 1994 until 2002...

 (R) resigned to run for Governor
Oklahoma gubernatorial election, 2002
The Oklahoma gubernatorial election of 2002 was held on November 7, 2002, and was a race for the Governor of Oklahoma. Democrat Brad Henry won the election with 43 percent of the vote, beating Republican Steve Largent and conservative independent Gary Richardson.Henry's narrow win has been...


Republican hold
Winner was subsequently re-elected in November.
John Sullivan
John Sullivan (Oklahoma)
John A. Sullivan is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2002. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district is based in Tulsa.- Early life, education and career:...

 (R) 53.79%
Doug Dodd (D) 44.34%
Neil Mavis (L) 1.53%
David Fares (I) 0.34%
November 30, 2002 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) died September 28, 2002, but was posthumously re-elected in the General election, November 5
Democratic hold
Winner was subsequently re-elected in a special election on January 4, 2003 for the next term.
Ed Case
Ed Case
Edward Espenett "Ed" Case is a Democratic politician and a former member of the United States House of Representatives. Case, a Blue Dog Democrat, first came to prominence in Hawaii as majority leader of the Hawaii State Legislature and for his campaign for Governor of Hawaii in 2002...

 (D) 51.44%
John F. Mink (D) 36.27%
John Stanley Carroll (R) 4.22%
Whitney Anderson
Whitney Anderson
Whitney T. Anderson is an American politician and businessman from Waimanalo, Hawaii. He is the younger brother of D.G. "Andy" Anderson.He served for a total of 20 years in both chambers of the Hawaii State Legislature...

 (R) 2.06%

November 5 elections

Key to party abbreviations: AI=American Independent, C=Constitution, D=Democratic, G=Green, I=Independent, IP=Independence Party, L=Libertarian, R=Republican

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 Retired
Republican hold
Jo Bonner
Jo Bonner
Josiah Robins Bonner, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education, and early political career:...

 (R) 60.5%
Judy McCain Belk (D) 37.78%
Dick Coffee (L) 1.65%
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 ....

Republican 1992 Re-elected 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) 68.75%
Charles Woods
Charles Woods
Charles Woods was an Alabama businessman and broadcaster, and aspiring politician. Woods was raised in an orphanage. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force before joining the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II...

 (D) 29.52
Floyd Shackelford (L) 1.57%
Bob Riley Republican 1996 Retired to run for Governor
Alabama gubernatorial election, 2002
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Republican hold
Mike Rogers
Mike D. Rogers
Michael Dennis "Mike" Rogers , is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life and education:...

 (R) 50.31%
Joe Turnham
Joe Turnham
Joe Turnham is a United States politician who currently chairs the Alabama Democratic Party.-Family and education:...

 (D) 48.20
George Crispin (L) 1.42%
Robert Aderholt
Robert Aderholt
Robert Brown Aderholt is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997. He is a member of the Republican Party.The district includes most of the far northern suburbs of Birmingham, as well as the southern suburbs of Huntsville and Decatur.- Early life, education and career :Aderholt was born in...

Republican 1996 Re-elected Robert Aderholt
Robert Aderholt
Robert Brown Aderholt is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997. He is a member of the Republican Party.The district includes most of the far northern suburbs of Birmingham, as well as the southern suburbs of Huntsville and Decatur.- Early life, education and career :Aderholt was born in...

 (R) 86.72%
Tony Hughes McLendon (L) 12.95%
Robert "Bud" Cramer Democratic 1990 Re-elected Robert "Bud" Cramer (D) 73.28%
Stephen P. Engel (R) 24.71
Alan F. Barksdale (L) 1.93%
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...

Republican 1992 Re-elected 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) 89.83%
J. Holden McAllister (L) 9.90%
Earl Hilliard Democratic 1992 Lost renomination
Democratic hold
Artur Davis
Artur Davis
Artur Genestre Davis is a former member of the United States House of Representatives for , serving from 2003 to 2011 when he was succeeded by Terri Sewell, also a member of the Democratic Party....

 (D) 92.44%
Lauren Orth McCay (L) 7.28%

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 1972 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) 74.51%
Clifford Mark Greene (D) 17.28%
Russell F. DeForest (G) 6.34%
Rob Clift (L) 1.67%

Arizona

The state gained two seats in reapportionment.
District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
None (District created) New seat
Republican gain
Rick Renzi
Rick Renzi
Richard George "Rick" Renzi is a former American politician and was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives representing . Renzi has pending Federal criminal charges against him for his involvement in a land-swap deal. On April 19, 2007, the FBI raided his family...

 (R) 49.21%
George Cordova (D) 45.64%
Edwin Porr (L) 5.15%
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...


Redistricted from the 3rd district
Republican 1976 Retired
Republican hold
Trent Franks
Trent Franks
Trent Franks is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party.The district takes in the entire northwestern corner of the state, including Kingman and Lake Havasu City, but most of its vote is cast in the western Phoenix suburbs.-Early life, education and...

 (R) 59.92%
Randy Camacho (D) 36.55%
Edward Carlson (L) 3.53%
John Shadegg
John Shadegg
John Barden Shadegg is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1995 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party.The district, numbered as the 4th District before the 2000 Census, includes much of northern Phoenix....


Redistricted from the 4th district
Republican 1994 Re-elected John Shadegg
John Shadegg
John Barden Shadegg is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1995 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party.The district, numbered as the 4th District before the 2000 Census, includes much of northern Phoenix....

 (R) 67.32%
Charles Hill (D) 30.29%
Mark Yannone (L) 2.40%
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....


Redistricted from the 2nd district
Democratic 1990 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) 67.38%
Jonathan Barnert (R) 27.82%
Amy Gibbons (L) 4.79%
J. D. Hayworth
J. D. Hayworth
John David Hayworth, Jr. , usually known as J. D. Hayworth, is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2007 from Arizona's 5th congressional district...


Redistricted from the 6th district
Republican 1994 Re-elected J. D. Hayworth
J. D. Hayworth
John David Hayworth, Jr. , usually known as J. D. Hayworth, is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2007 from Arizona's 5th congressional district...

 (R) 61.17%
Craig Columbus (D) 36.25%
Warren Severin (L) 2.58%
Jeff Flake
Jeff Flake
Jeffrey Lane "Jeff" Flake is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party. He was featured in the documentary series How Democracy Works Now: Twelve Stories....


Redistricted from the 1st district
Republican 2000 Re-elected Jeff Flake
Jeff Flake
Jeffrey Lane "Jeff" Flake is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party. He was featured in the documentary series How Democracy Works Now: Twelve Stories....

 (R) 65.94%
Deborah Thomas (D) 31.57%
Andy Wagner (L) 2.49%
None (District created) New seat
Democratic gain
Raul Grijalva
Raul Grijalva
Raúl M. Grijalva is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Democratic Party.The district includes half of metro Tucson, all of Yuma and Nogales, and some peripheral parts of metro Phoenix.-Early life, education and career:...

 (D) 59.00%
Ross Hieb (R) 37.06%
John Nemeth (L) 3.94%
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:...


Redistricted from the 5th district
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) 63.33%
Mary Judge Ryan (D) 33.59%
Joe Duarte (L) 3.06%

Arkansas

District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
Marion Berry Democratic 1996 Re-elected Marion Berry (D) 66.84%
Tommy F. Robinson
Tommy F. Robinson
Tommy Franklin Robinson is a politician from the state of Arkansas.-Early life:Robinson was born in Little Rock and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. He served in the United States Navy from 1959 to 1963....

 (R) 33.16%
Vic Snyder
Vic Snyder
Victor F. "Vic" Snyder is a former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1997 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education and career:...

Democratic 1996 Re-elected Vic Snyder
Vic Snyder
Victor F. "Vic" Snyder is a former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1997 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education and career:...

 (D) unopposed
John Boozman
John Boozman
John Nichols Boozman is the junior U.S. Senator for Arkansas . A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the U.S. Representative for .Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, he was the brother of state Senator Fay Boozman...

Republican 2001 Re-elected John Boozman
John Boozman
John Nichols Boozman is the junior U.S. Senator for Arkansas . A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the U.S. Representative for .Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, he was the brother of state Senator Fay Boozman...

 (R) unopposed
Mike Ross Democratic 2000 Re-elected Mike Ross (D) 60.56%
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) 39.44%

California

The state gained one seat in reapportionment.
District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
Mike Thompson
Mike Thompson
Michael C. Thompson , is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes Napa, Lake, Mendocino, Humboldt and Del Norte Counties as well as parts of Yolo and Sonoma Counties....

Democratic 1998
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1998
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1998 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, 1998...

Re-elected Mike Thompson
Mike Thompson
Michael C. Thompson , is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes Napa, Lake, Mendocino, Humboldt and Del Norte Counties as well as parts of Yolo and Sonoma Counties....

 (D) 64.07%
Lawrence R. Wiesner (R) 32.4%
Kevin Bastian (L) 3.53%
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 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 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) 65.79%
Mike Johnson (D) 29.31%
Patrice Thiessen (NL) 2.72%
Charles R. Martin (L) 2.19%
Doug Ose
Doug Ose
Douglas Arlo "Doug" Ose is a former California congressman who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1999 to 2005, representing California's 3rd Congressional District...

Republican 1998
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1998
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1998 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, 1998...

Re-elected Doug Ose
Doug Ose
Douglas Arlo "Doug" Ose is a former California congressman who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1999 to 2005, representing California's 3rd Congressional District...

 (R) 62.45%
Howard Beeman (D) 34.44%
Douglas Arthur Tuma (L) 3.1%
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...

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) 64.77%
Mark Norberg (D) 31.89%
Allen M. Roberts (L) 3.17%
Write-ins 0.17%
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...

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) 71.47%
Richard Frankhuizen (R) 26.41%
Timothy Roloff (L) 3.12%
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...

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...

Re-elected 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) 66.69%
Paul L. Erickson (R) 29.61%
Richard O. Barton (L) 2.36%
Jeff Rainforth (Ref) 1.35%
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) 70.71%
Charles R. Hargrave (R) 26.44%
Scott A. Wilson (L) 2.85%
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...

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) 79.58%
G. Michael German (R) 12.5%
Jay Pond (G) 6.25%
Ira Spivack (L) 1.66%
Barbara Lee
Barbara Lee
Barbara Jean Lee is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1998. She is a member of the Democratic Party. She is the first woman to represent that district. Lee was the Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and was the Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus...

Democratic 1998
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1998
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1998 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, 1998...

Re-elected Barbara Lee
Barbara Lee
Barbara Jean Lee is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1998. She is a member of the Democratic Party. She is the first woman to represent that district. Lee was the Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and was the Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus...

 (D) 81.41%
Jerald Udinsky (R) 15.18%
James M. Eyer (L) 3.41%
Ellen Tauscher
Ellen Tauscher
Ellen O'Kane Tauscher is an American politician and Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs...

Democratic 1996
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1996
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1996 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, 1996...

Re-elected Ellen Tauscher
Ellen Tauscher
Ellen O'Kane Tauscher is an American politician and Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs...

 (D) 75.59%
Sonia E. Alonso Harden (L) 24.41%
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...

Republican 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...

Re-elected 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) 60.31%
Elaine Shaw (D) 39.69%
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...

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) 68.13%
Michael Moloney (R) 24.76%
Maad Abu-Ghazalah (L) 7.1%
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...

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) 71.06%
Syed Mahmood (R) 22.06%
Mark Stroberg (L) 3.04%
Don J. Grundmann (AI) 2.28%
John Bambey (Ref) 1.56%
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...

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...

Re-elected 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) 68.18%
Joe Nixon (R) 28.16%
Andrew Carver (L) 3.66%
Mike Honda
Mike Honda
Michael Makoto "Mike" Honda is an American Democratic Party politician. He currently serves as the U.S. Representative for , encompassing western San Jose and Silicon Valley...

Democratic 2000
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2000
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2000 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, 2000. Democrats gained five seats, one of...

Re-elected Mike Honda
Mike Honda
Michael Makoto "Mike" Honda is an American Democratic Party politician. He currently serves as the U.S. Representative for , encompassing western San Jose and Silicon Valley...

 (D) 65.77%
Linda Rae Hermann (R) 31.01%
Jeff Landauer (L) 3.22%
Zoe Lofgren
Zoe Lofgren
Zoe Lofgren is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1995. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is based in San Jose.-Early life, education, and early career:...

Democratic 1994
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1994
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1994 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, 1994. As in much of the country,...

Re-elected Zoe Lofgren
Zoe Lofgren
Zoe Lofgren is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1995. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is based in San Jose.-Early life, education, and early career:...

 (D) 67.02%
Douglas Adams McNea (R) 29.8%
Dennis Michael Umphress (L) 3.18%
Sam Farr
Sam Farr
Samuel S. "Sam" Farr is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He was elected to Congress in a 1993 special election when longtime Democratic Rep...

Democratic 1993 Re-elected Sam Farr
Sam Farr
Samuel S. "Sam" Farr is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He was elected to Congress in a 1993 special election when longtime Democratic Rep...

 (D) 68.07%
Clint Engler (R) 27.02%
Ray Glock-Grueneich (G) 3.27%
Jascha Lee (L) 1.62%
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...

Democratic 1989 Lost renomination
Democratic hold
Dennis Cardoza
Dennis Cardoza
Dennis A. Cardoza is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. The district takes in a large swath of the Central Valley, from Stockton to Fresno. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

 (D) 51.26%
Dick Monteith (R) 43.37%
Kevin Cripe (AI) 3.32%
Linda De Groat (L) 2%
George Radanovich
George Radanovich
George Purdy Radanovich is a former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1995 to 2011. The district includes most of northern Fresno, as well as several rural areas northeast of the city. On December 29, 2009, Radanovich announced he would not seek reelection in 2010...

Republican 1994
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1994
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1994 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, 1994. As in much of the country,...

Re-elected George Radanovich
George Radanovich
George Purdy Radanovich is a former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1995 to 2011. The district includes most of northern Fresno, as well as several rural areas northeast of the city. On December 29, 2009, Radanovich announced he would not seek reelection in 2010...

 (R) 67.31%
John Veen (D) 30.04%
Patrick Lee McHargue (L) 1.66%
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....

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) 63.7%
Andre Minuth (R) 34.28%
Varrin Swearingen (L) 2.03%
None (District created) New seat
Republican gain
Devin Nunes
Devin Nunes
Devin Nunes is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district, located in the San Joaquin Valley, includes all of Tulare County, as well as much of eastern Fresno County. He is also the author of the book Restoring the Republic, published by...

 (R) 70.49%
David LaPere (D) 26.24%
Jonathan Richter (L) 3.28%
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 21st 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) 73.33%
Jaime Corvera (D) 23.73%
Frank Coates (L) 2.94%
Lois Capps
Redistricted from the 22nd district
Democratic 1998
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1998
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1998 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, 1998...

Re-elected Lois Capps (D) 59.03%
Beth Rogers (R) 38.59%
James Hill (L) 2.38%
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 23rd 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) 65.18%
Fern Rudin (D) 31.76%
Gary Harber (L) 3.06%
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:...

Republican 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...

Re-elected 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) 64.97%
Bob Conaway (D) 31.1%
Frank Consolo (L) 3.93%
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 28th 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) 63.77%
Marjorie Musser Mikels (D) 33.49%
Randall Weissbuch (L) 2.73%
Brad Sherman
Brad Sherman
Bradley J. "Brad" Sherman is an American politician. He has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1997, representing ....


Redistricted from the 24th district
Democratic 1996
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1996
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1996 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, 1996...

Re-elected Brad Sherman
Brad Sherman
Bradley J. "Brad" Sherman is an American politician. He has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1997, representing ....

 (D) 61.96%
Robert Levy (R) 38.04%
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...


Redistricted from the 26th 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 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) 71.4%
David Hernandez (R) 23.16%
Kelley Ross (L) 5.45%
Adam Schiff
Adam Schiff
Adam Bennett Schiff is the U.S. Representative for . He has served in Congress since 2001. He is a member of the Democratic Party...


Redistricted from the 27th district
Democratic 2000
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2000
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2000 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, 2000. Democrats gained five seats, one of...

Re-elected Adam Schiff
Adam Schiff
Adam Bennett Schiff is the U.S. Representative for . He has served in Congress since 2001. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

 (D) 62.56%
Jim Scileppi (R) 33.42%
Ted Brown (L) 4.02%
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 29th 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 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) 70.37%
Tony Goss (R) 29.63%
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:...


Redistricted from the 30th district
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...

Re-elected 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) 81.15%
Luis Vega (R) 18.85%
Hilda Solis
Hilda Solis
Hilda Lucia Solis is the 25th United States Secretary of Labor, serving in the Obama administration. She is a member of the Democratic Party and served in the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2009, representing the 31st and 32nd congressional districts of California that include...


Redistricted from the 31st district
Democratic 2000
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2000
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2000 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, 2000. Democrats gained five seats, one of...

Re-elected Hilda Solis
Hilda Solis
Hilda Lucia Solis is the 25th United States Secretary of Labor, serving in the Obama administration. She is a member of the Democratic Party and served in the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2009, representing the 31st and 32nd congressional districts of California that include...

 (D) 68.79%
Emma Fischbeck (R) 27.46%
Michael McGuire (L) 3.74%
Diane Watson
Diane Watson
Diane Edith Watson is a former US Representative for , serving from 2003 until 2011. She is a member of the Democratic Party...


Redistricted from the 32nd district
Democratic 2001 Re-elected Diane Watson
Diane Watson
Diane Edith Watson is a former US Representative for , serving from 2003 until 2011. She is a member of the Democratic Party...

 (D) 82.55%
Andrew Kim (R) 14.1%
Charles Tate (L) 3.35%
Lucille Roybal-Allard
Redistricted from the 33rd district
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...

Re-elected Lucille Roybal-Allard (D) 74.04%
Wayne Miller (R) 25.96%
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....

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) 77.51%
Ross Moen (R) 19.37%
Gordon Mego (AI) 3.12%
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....

Democratic 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...

/2000
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2000
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2000 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, 2000. Democrats gained five seats, one of...

Re-elected 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) 61.35%
Stuart Johnson (R) 35.01%
Mark McSpadden (L) 3.63%
Juanita Millender-McDonald
Juanita Millender-McDonald
Juanita Millender-McDonald was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1996 until her death in 2007, representing California's 37th congressional district, which includes most of South Central Los Angeles and the city of Long Beach, California...

Democratic 1996
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1996
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1996 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, 1996...

Re-elected Juanita Millender-McDonald
Juanita Millender-McDonald
Juanita Millender-McDonald was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1996 until her death in 2007, representing California's 37th congressional district, which includes most of South Central Los Angeles and the city of Long Beach, California...

 (D) 72.92%
Oscar Velasco (R) 23.16%
Herb Peters (L) 3.92%
Grace Napolitano
Grace Napolitano
Graciela Flores Napolitano is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. She is a member of the Democratic Party. She previously served in the California State Assembly and the Norwalk, City Council....


Redistricted from the 34th district
Democratic 1998
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1998
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1998 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, 1998...

Re-elected Grace Napolitano
Grace Napolitano
Graciela Flores Napolitano is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. She is a member of the Democratic Party. She previously served in the California State Assembly and the Norwalk, City Council....

 (D) 71.11%
Alex Burrola (R) 26.27%
Al Cuperus (L) 2.61%
Steve Horn
Redistricted from the 38th district
Republican 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
Democratic gain
Linda Sánchez
Linda Sánchez
Linda T. Sánchez is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. She is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education and career:...

 (D) 54.81%
Tim Escobar (R) 40.82%
Richard Newhouse (L) 4.37%
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...


Redistricted from the 39th district
Republican 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...

Re-elected 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) 67.64%
Christina Avalos (D) 29.47%
Chuck McGlawn (L) 2.89%
Jerry Lewis
Redistricted from the 40th 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 (R) 67.38%
Keith Johnson (D) 29.63%
Kevin Craig (L) 2.99%
Gary Miller
Gary Miller
Gary Gene Miller is the U.S. Representative for , and previously the 41st, serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education and career:...


Redistricted from the 41st district
Republican 1998
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1998
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1998 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, 1998...

Re-elected Gary Miller
Gary Miller
Gary Gene Miller is the U.S. Representative for , and previously the 41st, serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education and career:...

 (R) 67.8%
Richard Waldron (D) 28.98%
Donald Yee (L) 3.22%
Joe Baca
Joe Baca
Joseph N. "Joe" Baca is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district, numbered as the 42nd from 1999 to 2003, is located in southwestern San Bernardino County and includes Fontana, Rialto, Ontario and parts of the city of San...


Redistricted from the 42nd district
Democratic 1999 Re-elected Joe Baca
Joe Baca
Joseph N. "Joe" Baca is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district, numbered as the 42nd from 1999 to 2003, is located in southwestern San Bernardino County and includes Fontana, Rialto, Ontario and parts of the city of San...

 (D) 66.39%
Wendy Neighbor (R) 30.47%
Ethel Mohler (L) 3.14%
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...


Redistricted from the 43rd district
Republican 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...

Re-elected 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) 63.66%
Louis Vandenberg (D) 31.56%
Phill Courtney (G) 4.78%
Mary Bono
Redistricted from the 44th district
Republican 1998
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1998
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1998 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, 1998...

Re-elected Mary Bono (R) 65.23%
Elle Kurpiewski (D) 32.72%
Rod Miller-Boyer (L) 2.05%
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 45th 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) 61.73%
Gerrie Schipske (D) 34.54%
Keith Gann (L) 3.68%
Loretta Sanchez
Loretta Sanchez
Loretta Sanchez is the U.S. Representative for , and previously the 46th, serving since 2003. She is a member of the Democratic Party, and a member of the Blue Dog Coalition. The district lies in central Orange County....


Redistricted from the 46th district
Democratic 1996
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1996
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1996 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, 1996...

Re-elected Loretta Sanchez
Loretta Sanchez
Loretta Sanchez is the U.S. Representative for , and previously the 46th, serving since 2003. She is a member of the Democratic Party, and a member of the Blue Dog Coalition. The district lies in central Orange County....

 (D) 60.56%
Jeff Chavez (R) 34.69%
Paul Marsden (L) 4.2%
Write-ins 0.55%
Christopher Cox
Redistricted from the 47th 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 Christopher Cox (R) 68.44%
John Graham (D) 28.44%
Joe Michael Cobb (L) 3.12%
Darrell Issa
Darrell Issa
Darrell Edward Issa is the U.S. Representative for , and previously the 48th, serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party. He was formerly a CEO of Directed Electronics, the Vista, California-based manufacturer of automobile security and convenience products...


Redistricted from the 48th district
Republican 2000
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2000
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2000 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, 2000. Democrats gained five seats, one of...

Re-elected Darrell Issa
Darrell Issa
Darrell Edward Issa is the U.S. Representative for , and previously the 48th, serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party. He was formerly a CEO of Directed Electronics, the Vista, California-based manufacturer of automobile security and convenience products...

 (R) 77.22%
Karl Dietrich (L) 21.95%
Write-ins 0.83%
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 51st 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) 64.33%
Del Stewart (D) 32.34%
Richard Fontanesi (L) 3.33%
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...


Redistricted from the 50th district
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...

Re-elected 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) 57.93%
Maria Garcia (R) 39.33%
Jeffrey Keup (L) 2.74%
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....

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) 70.15%
Peter Moore-Kochlacs (D) 25.75%
Michael Benoit (L) 4.1%
Susan Davis
Redistricted from the 49th district
Democratic 2000
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2000
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2000 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, 2000. Democrats gained five seats, one of...

Re-elected Susan Davis (D) 62.19%
Bill VanDeWeghe (R) 37.78%
Write-ins 0.03%

Colorado

The state gained one seat in reapportionment.
District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
Diana DeGette
Diana DeGette
Diana Louise DeGette is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997, and a Chief Deputy Whip. She is a member of the Democratic Party.The district is based in Denver.-Early life, education and career:...

Democratic 1996 Re-elected Diana DeGette
Diana DeGette
Diana Louise DeGette is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997, and a Chief Deputy Whip. She is a member of the Democratic Party.The district is based in Denver.-Early life, education and career:...

 (D) 66.28%
Ken Chlouber (R) 29.59%
Ken Seaman (G) 1.90%
Kent Leonard (L) 1.53%
Mark Udall
Mark Udall
Mark Emery Udall is the senior United States Senator from Colorado and a member of the Democratic Party. From 1999 to 2009, Udall served in the United States House of Representatives, representing . He also served a term in the Colorado House of Representatives.Born in Tucson, Arizona, he is the...

Democratic 1998 Re-elected Mark Udall
Mark Udall
Mark Emery Udall is the senior United States Senator from Colorado and a member of the Democratic Party. From 1999 to 2009, Udall served in the United States House of Representatives, representing . He also served a term in the Colorado House of Representatives.Born in Tucson, Arizona, he is the...

 (D) 60.09%
Sandy Hume (R) 36.77%
Norm Olsen (L) 1.74%
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...

Republican 1992 Re-elected 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) 65.80%
Dennis Berckefeldt (D) 31.27%
Brent Shroyer (L) 2.00%
Bob Schaffer
Bob Schaffer
Robert Warren "Bob" Schaffer was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Colorado in the 105th Congress and the two succeeding Congresses . In 2004, Schaffer lost in the primary election to be the Republican nominee for a U.S. Senate seat...

Republican 1996 Retired
Republican hold
Marilyn Musgrave
Marilyn Musgrave
Marilyn Neoma Musgrave , American politician, is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives who served from 2003 to 2009, representing the 4th District of Colorado....

 (R) 54.94%
Stan Matsunaka
Stan Matsunaka
Stanley Toshi Matsunaka is a former Democratic member of the State Senate of the U.S. state of Colorado, serving from 1995 to 2003. He served as President of the Senate for two years...

 (D) 41.68%
John Volz (L) 3.38%
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) 69.37%
Curtis Imrie (D) 24.68%
Biff Baker (L) 5.94%
Tom Tancredo
Tom Tancredo
Thomas Gerard "Tom" Tancredo is an American politician from Colorado, who represented the state's sixth congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2009, as a Republican...

Republican 1998 Re-elected Tom Tancredo
Tom Tancredo
Thomas Gerard "Tom" Tancredo is an American politician from Colorado, who represented the state's sixth congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2009, as a Republican...

 (R) 66.88%
Lance Wright (D) 30.03%
Adam Katz (L) 3.08%
None (District created) New seat
Republican gain
Bob Beauprez
Bob Beauprez
Robert L. "Bob" Beauprez is an American politician who was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the 7th Congressional District of Colorado....

 (R) 47.31%
Mike Feeley (D) 47.24%
Dave Chandler (G) 1.89%
Victor Good (CRP) 1.81%
G.T. "Bud" Martin (L) 1.68%

Connecticut

The state lost one seat in reapportionment.
District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
John Larson
John Larson
John Barry Larson is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999. He is a member of the a Democratic Party. The district is based in the state capital, Hartford.Larson is the chairman of the House Democratic Caucus....

Democratic 1998 Re-elected John Larson
John Larson
John Barry Larson is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999. He is a member of the a Democratic Party. The district is based in the state capital, Hartford.Larson is the chairman of the House Democratic Caucus....

 (D) 66.79%
Phil Steele (R) 33.20%
Rob Simmons
Rob Simmons
Robert Ruhl "Rob" Simmons is a retired U.S. Army Colonel and former U.S. Congressman from Connecticut. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2007, representing Connecticut's Second Congressional District as a Republican.Simmons ran as a candidate for the...

Republican 2000 Re-elected Rob Simmons
Rob Simmons
Robert Ruhl "Rob" Simmons is a retired U.S. Army Colonel and former U.S. Congressman from Connecticut. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2007, representing Connecticut's Second Congressional District as a Republican.Simmons ran as a candidate for the...

 (R) 54.09%
Joseph Courtney
Joe Courtney (politician)
Joseph Courtney is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education and career:Courtney grew up in suburban Hartford and became a 1975 graduate of Tufts University...

 (D) 45.91%
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) 65.58%
Richter Elser (R) 29.54%
Charles Pillsbury
Charles Pillsbury
Charles A. Pillsbury is a mediator, lawyer, and community activist in New Haven, Connecticut, where he is the executive director of Community Mediation, Inc. He is the great-grandson of Charles Alfred Pillsbury, founder of the Pillsbury Company in 1872...

 (G) 4.88%
Chris Shays Republican 1987 Re-elected Chris Shays (R) 64.43%
Stephanie Sanchez (D) 35.57%
Jim Maloney
James H. Maloney
James H. "Jim" Maloney is a former Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut.Maloney was born in Quincy, Massachusetts. He was a Volunteers in Service to America volunteer from 1969 until 1970. He graduated from Harvard University in 1972 and received a law degree...

Democratic 1996 Lost redistricting contest
Democratic loss
Nancy Johnson (R) 54.25%
Jim Maloney
James H. Maloney
James H. "Jim" Maloney is a former Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut.Maloney was born in Quincy, Massachusetts. He was a Volunteers in Service to America volunteer from 1969 until 1970. He graduated from Harvard University in 1972 and received a law degree...

 (D) 43.26%
Joseph Zdonczyk (CNC) 1.77%
Walter Gengarelly (L) 0.72%
Nancy Johnson
Redistricted from the (now obsolete)
Republican 1982 Re-elected

Delaware

District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
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....

Republican 1992 Re-elected 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) 72.07%
Michael Miller (D) 26.71%
Brad C. Thomas (L) 1.22%

Florida

The state gained two seats in reapportionment.
District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
Jeff Miller
Jeff Miller
Jefferson B. "Jeff" Miller is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district includes all of Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton, Holmes, and Washington Counties....

Republican 2001 Re-elected Jeff Miller
Jeff Miller
Jefferson B. "Jeff" Miller is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district includes all of Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton, Holmes, and Washington Counties....

 (R) 74.59%
Bert Oram (D) 25.40%
Allen Boyd
Allen Boyd
Fred Allen Boyd Jr. is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1997 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He currently works for a lobbying firm, the Twenty-First Century Group.-Early life, education and career:...

Democratic 1996 Re-elected Allen Boyd
Allen Boyd
Fred Allen Boyd Jr. is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1997 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He currently works for a lobbying firm, the Twenty-First Century Group.-Early life, education and career:...

 (D) 66.90%
Tom McGurk (R) 33.10%
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....

Democratic 1992 Re-elected 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) 59.29%
Jennifer Carroll (R) 40.71%
Ander Crenshaw
Ander Crenshaw
Ander Crenshaw is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education and career:...

Republican 2000 Re-elected Ander Crenshaw
Ander Crenshaw
Ander Crenshaw is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education and career:...

 (R) unopposed
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...

Democratic 1992 Lost re-election
Republican gain
Ginny Brown-Waite
Ginny Brown-Waite
Virginia "Ginny" Brown-Waite is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2003 until 2011. She is a member of the Republican Party....

 (R) 47.90%
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) 46.24%
Jack Gargan
Jack Gargan
Jack Gargan is a retired financial planner in the United States who became the second chairman of the Reform Party started by Ross Perot...

 (I) 3.39%
Brian Moore
Brian Moore (politician)
Brian Patrick Moore is an United States politician and founder of antiwar organization Nature Coast Coalition for Peace & Justice. He was the presidential nominee of the Socialist Party USA for the 2008 United States presidential election. He waged several campaigns for mayor and city council in...

 (I) 2.44%
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) 65.36%
David Bruderly (D) 34.64%
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....

Republican 1992 Re-elected 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) 59.58%
Wayne Hogan (D) 40042%
Ric Keller
Ric Keller
Richard Anthony "Ric" Keller is an American politician, and was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing .Keller was defeated in his bid for a fifth term by Democrat Alan Grayson....

Republican 2000 Re-elected Ric Keller
Ric Keller
Richard Anthony "Ric" Keller is an American politician, and was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing .Keller was defeated in his bid for a fifth term by Democrat Alan Grayson....

 (R) 65.14%
Eddie Diaz (D) 34.86%
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) 71.46%
Chuck Kalogianis (D) 28.53%
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...

Republican 1970 Re-elected 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) unopposed
Jim Davis Democratic 1996 Re-elected Jim Davis (D) unopposed
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
Adam H. Putnam is the current Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2001 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education and career:...

Republican 2000 Re-elected Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
Adam H. Putnam is the current Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2001 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education and career:...

 (R) unopposed
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...

Republican 1992 Retired
Republican hold
Katherine Harris
Katherine Harris
Katherine Harris is an American Republican politician, former Secretary of State of Florida, and former member of the United States House of Representatives. Harris won the 2002 election to represent Florida's 13th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives. She held that post...

 (R) 54.78%
Jan Schneider
Jan Schneider
Dr Jan Schneider is a Democratic politician. She ran for United States Congress in in 2002 and 2004. Both times she won the Democratic Primary, and lost to Katherine Harris in the open election...

 (D) 45.21%
Porter Goss Republican 1988 Re-elected Porter Goss (R) unopposed
Dave Weldon
Dave Weldon
David Joseph Weldon, is an American politician and physician. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing .-Early life:...

Republican 1994 Re-elected Dave Weldon
Dave Weldon
David Joseph Weldon, is an American politician and physician. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing .-Early life:...

 (R) 63.15%
Jim Tso (D) 36.85%
Mark Foley
Mark Foley
Mark Adam Foley is a former member of the United States House of Representatives. He served from 1995 until 2006, representing the 16th District of Florida as a member of the Republican Party....

Republican 1994 Re-elected Mark Foley
Mark Foley
Mark Adam Foley is a former member of the United States House of Representatives. He served from 1995 until 2006, representing the 16th District of Florida as a member of the Republican Party....

 (R) 78.88%
Jack McLain (C) 21.12%
Carrie Meek Democratic 1992 Retired
Democratic hold
Kendrick Meek
Kendrick Meek
Kendrick Brett Meek is an American politician who was the U.S. Representative for from 2003 to 2011. He was the Democratic nominee in the 2010 Senate election for the seat of Mel Martinez, but he lost in a three way race to Republican Marco Rubio along with Independent Charlie Crist.-Early life,...

 (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) 69.11%
Ray Chote (D) 28.61%
Orin Opperman (I) 2.29%
Robert Wexler
Robert Wexler
Robert Wexler is the president of the Washington-based S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace.Wexler was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing , from 1997 until his resignation on January 3, 2010.-Early life:Wexler was born in Queens, New York to Sonny and...

Democratic 1996 Re-elected Robert Wexler
Robert Wexler
Robert Wexler is the president of the Washington-based S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace.Wexler was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing , from 1997 until his resignation on January 3, 2010.-Early life:Wexler was born in Queens, New York to Sonny and...

 (D) 72.16%
Jack Merkl (R) 27.84%
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 :...

Democratic 1992 Re-elected 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) unopposed
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...

Republican 1992 Re-elected 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 Republican 1980 Re-elected Clay Shaw (R) 60.77%
Carol Roberts
Carol Roberts
Carol Antonia Roberts is a Florida politician of the Democratic Party. She is best known for her part in the 2000 Florida election recount, where she served on the Palm Beach County canvassing board....

 (D) 38.35%
Juan Xuna (I) 0.88%
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:...

Democratic 1992 Re-elected 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) 77.49%
Charles Laurie (R) 22.51%
None (District created) New seat
Republican gain
Tom Feeney
Tom Feeney
Thomas Charles "Tom" Feeney III, usually known as Tom Feeney , is an American politician from the state of Florida. He represented . He was defeated in the 2008 election by Democrat Suzanne Kosmas.-Early life:...

 (R) 61.84%
Harry Jacobs (D) 38.16%
None (District created) New seat
Republican gain
Mario Diaz-Balart
Mario Diaz-Balart
Mario Rafael Diaz-Balart Caballero is the current U.S. Representative for , serving since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected in 2010 to succeed his brother, Lincoln Diaz-Balart. The district includes the city of Hialeah, along with several of Miami's southwestern suburbs...

 (R) 64.65%
Annie Betancourt (D) 35.35%

Georgia

The state gained two seats in reapportionment.
District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
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:...

Republican 1992 Re-elected 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) 72.14%
Don Smart (D) 27.86%
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....

Democratic 1992 Re-elected 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) unopposed
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
Clarence Saxby Chambliss, Jr. is the senior United States Senator from Georgia. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a U.S. Representative ....

Republican 1994
United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, 1994
The 1994 House elections in Georgia occurred on November 8, 1994 to elect the members of the State of Georgia's delegation to the United States House of Representatives...

Retired to run for U.S. Senate
United States Senate election in Georgia, 2002
The 2002 United States Senate election in Georgia took place on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Max Cleland ran for re-election to a second term, but lost to Republican Saxby Chambliss.-Campaign:...


Democratic gain
Jim Marshall
Jim Marshall (U.S. politician)
James Creel "Jim" Marshall is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2003 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

 (D) 50.51%
Calder Clay, III (R) 49.49%
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...

Democratic 1992 Lost renomination
Democratic hold
Denise Majette
Denise Majette
Denise L. Majette is a Democratic U.S. politician from the state of Georgia.Born in Brooklyn, she attended Yale University and completed a Juris Doctor degree at Duke University in 1979...

 (D) 77.03%
Cynthia Van Auken (R) 22.97%
John Lewis Democratic 1986 Re-elected John Lewis (D) unopposed
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
John Hardy "Johnny" Isakson is the junior United States Senator from Georgia and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, he represented in the House....

Republican 1999 Re-elected Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
John Hardy "Johnny" Isakson is the junior United States Senator from Georgia and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, he represented in the House....

 (R) 79.87%
Jeff Weisberger (D) 20.13%
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....


Redistricted from the 11th district
Republican 1992 Re-elected 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) 78.92%
Michael Berlon (D) 21.08%
Bob Barr
Bob Barr
Robert Laurence "Bob" Barr, Jr. is a former federal prosecutorand a former member of the United States House of Representatives. He represented Georgia's 7th congressional district as a Republican from 1995 to 2003. Barr attained national prominence as one of the leaders of the impeachment of...


Redistricted from the 7th district
Republican 1994
United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, 1994
The 1994 House elections in Georgia occurred on November 8, 1994 to elect the members of the State of Georgia's delegation to the United States House of Representatives...

Lost redistricting contest
Republican loss
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...


Redistricted from the 3rd district
Republican 1992 Re-elected 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) 78.33%
Angelos Petrakopoulos (D) 21.67%
Charlie Norwood
Charlie Norwood
Charles Whitlow Norwood, Jr., D.D.S. was an American politician and dentist, serving as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 until his death...


Redistricted from the 10th district
Republican 1994
United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, 1994
The 1994 House elections in Georgia occurred on November 8, 1994 to elect the members of the State of Georgia's delegation to the United States House of Representatives...

Re-elected Charlie Norwood
Charlie Norwood
Charles Whitlow Norwood, Jr., D.D.S. was an American politician and dentist, serving as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 until his death...

 (R) 72.84%
Barry Gordon Irwin (D) 27.16%
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...


Redistricted from the 9th district
Republican 1992 Re-elected 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...

 (R) unopposed
None (District created) New seat
Republican gain
Phil Gingrey
Phil Gingrey
John Phillip "Phil" Gingrey, is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district is located in the northwestern suburbs of Atlanta.-Early life, education and career:...

 (R) 51.64%
Roger Kahn (D) 48.36%
None (District created) New seat
Republican gain
Max Burns (R) 55.19%
Charles "Champ" Walker (D) 44.81%
None (District created) New seat
Democratic gain
David Scott
David Scott (politician)
David A. Scott is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life and education:Scott was born in Aynor, South Carolina and attended high school in Daytona Beach, Florida...

 (D) 59.63%
Clay Cox (R) 40.37%

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) 72.85%
Mark Terry (R) 24.92%
James Bracken (L) 2.23%
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 1964, 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) 56.16%
Bob McDermott (R) 39.98%
Jeff Mallan (L) 2.63%
Nicholas Bedworth (NL) 1.23%

Idaho

District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
Butch Otter Republican 2000 Re-elected Butch Otter (R) 58.57%
Betty Richardson (D) 38.94%
Steve Gothard (L) 2.49%
Mike Simpson
Mike Simpson
Michael Keith "Mike" Simpson, D.M.D. , is the member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing , serving since 1999. He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served in the Idaho House of Representatives....

Republican 1998 Re-elected Mike Simpson
Mike Simpson
Michael Keith "Mike" Simpson, D.M.D. , is the member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing , serving since 1999. He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served in the Idaho House of Representatives....

 (R) 68.18%
Edward Kinghorn (D) 29.05%
John "Lack" Lewis (L) 2.77%

Illinois

The state lost one seat in reapportionment.
District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
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...

Democratic 1992 Re-elected 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) 81.17%
Raymond Wardingley (R) 16.21%
Dorothy Tsatsos (L) 2.62%
Jesse L. Jackson Jr. Democratic 1995 Re-elected Jesse L. Jackson Jr. (D) 82.30%
Doug Nelson (R) 17.70%
Bill Lipinski
Bill Lipinski
William Oliver Lipinski , American politician, was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 2005, representing a district in Chicago....

Democratic 1982 Re-elected Bill Lipinski
Bill Lipinski
William Oliver Lipinski , American politician, was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 2005, representing a district in Chicago....

 (D) unopposed
Luis Gutierrez
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...

Democratic 1992 Re-elected Luis Gutierrez
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) 79.68%
Tony Lopez-Cisneros (R) 15.12%
Maggie Kohls (L) 5.20%
Rod Blagojevich
Rod Blagojevich
Rod R. Blagojevich is an American politician who served as the 40th Governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009. A Democrat, Blagojevich was a State Representative before being elected to the United States House of Representatives representing parts of Chicago...

Democratic 1996 Retired to run for Governor
Illinois gubernatorial election, 2002
The 2002 Illinois gubernatorial election pitted Congressman Rod Blagojevich and state Attorney General Jim Ryan. Rod Blagojevich won 52% to 45%.-Candidates:*Rod Blagojevich, U.S...


Democratic hold
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Israel Emanuel is an American politician and the 55th and current Mayor of Chicago. He was formerly White House Chief of Staff to President Barack Obama...

 (D) 66.81%
Mark Augusti (R) 28.86%
Frank Gonzalez (L) 4.34%
Henry Hyde
Henry Hyde
Henry John Hyde , an American politician, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 2007, representing the 6th District of Illinois, an area of Chicago's northwestern suburbs which included O'Hare International Airport...

Republican 1974 Re-elected Henry Hyde
Henry Hyde
Henry John Hyde , an American politician, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 2007, representing the 6th District of Illinois, an area of Chicago's northwestern suburbs which included O'Hare International Airport...

 (R) 65.09%
Tom Berry (D) 34.91%
Danny K. Davis
Danny K. Davis
For other persons named Danny Davis, please see Daniel Davis .Daniel K. Davis is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education and career:...

Democratic 1996 Re-elected Danny K. Davis
Danny K. Davis
For other persons named Danny Davis, please see Daniel Davis .Daniel K. Davis is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education and career:...

 (D) 83.21%
Mark Tunney (R) 15.25%
Martin Pankau (L) 1.53%
Phil Crane
Phil Crane
Philip Miller "Phil" Crane is a former American politician. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 2005, representing the 8th District of Illinois in the northwestern suburbs of Chicago...

Republican 1969 Re-elected Phil Crane
Phil Crane
Philip Miller "Phil" Crane is a former American politician. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 2005, representing the 8th District of Illinois in the northwestern suburbs of Chicago...

 (R) 57.42%
Melissa Bean
Melissa Bean
Melissa Luburich Bean is a former U.S. Representative for the who served from 2005 until 2011. She is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education and career:...

 (D) 42.56%
Jan Schakowsky
Jan Schakowsky
Janice D. "Jan" Schakowsky is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999. She is a member of the Democratic Party.The district includes many of Chicago's northern suburbs, including Evanston, Skokie, Wilmette, Park Ridge, Des Plaines and Rosemont...

Democratic 1998 Re-elected Jan Schakowsky
Jan Schakowsky
Janice D. "Jan" Schakowsky is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999. She is a member of the Democratic Party.The district includes many of Chicago's northern suburbs, including Evanston, Skokie, Wilmette, Park Ridge, Des Plaines and Rosemont...

 (D) 70.27%
Nicholas Duric (R) 26.83%
Stephanie Sailor (L)2.89%
Mark Kirk
Mark Kirk
Mark Steven Kirk is the junior United States Senator from Illinois and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, Kirk was a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Illinois's 10th congressional district....

Republican 2000 Re-elected Mark Kirk
Mark Kirk
Mark Steven Kirk is the junior United States Senator from Illinois and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, Kirk was a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Illinois's 10th congressional district....

 (R) 68.81%
Hank Perritt (D) 31.19%
Jerry Weller
Jerry Weller
Gerald C. "Jerry" Weller is an American politician who was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing .- Early life:...

Republican 1994 Re-elected Jerry Weller
Jerry Weller
Gerald C. "Jerry" Weller is an American politician who was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing .- Early life:...

 (R) 64.32%
Keith Van Duyne (D) 35.68%
Jerry Costello
Jerry Costello
Jerry Francis Costello is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1988. He is a member of the Democratic Party and the dean of Illinois's 21-member Congressional delegation. The 12th district includes the St. Louis area suburb cities and stretches to deep Southern Illinois.-Early life,...

Democratic 1988 Re-elected Jerry Costello
Jerry Costello
Jerry Francis Costello is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1988. He is a member of the Democratic Party and the dean of Illinois's 21-member Congressional delegation. The 12th district includes the St. Louis area suburb cities and stretches to deep Southern Illinois.-Early life,...

 (D) 69.25%
David Sadler (R) 30.75%
Judy Biggert
Judy Biggert
Judith Borg "Judy" Biggert is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999. She is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education and career:...

Republican 1998 Re-elected Judy Biggert
Judy Biggert
Judith Borg "Judy" Biggert is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999. She is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education and career:...

 (R) 70.26%
Thomas Mason (D) 29.74%
Dennis Hastert
Dennis Hastert
John Dennis "Denny" Hastert was the 59th Speaker of the House serving from 1999 to 2007. He represented as a Republican for twenty years, 1987 to 2007.He is the longest-serving Republican Speaker in history...

Republican 1986 Re-elected Dennis Hastert
Dennis Hastert
John Dennis "Denny" Hastert was the 59th Speaker of the House serving from 1999 to 2007. He represented as a Republican for twenty years, 1987 to 2007.He is the longest-serving Republican Speaker in history...

 (R) 74.14%
Laurence Quick (D) 25.86%
Timothy V. Johnson
Timothy V. Johnson
Timothy Vincent "Tim" Johnson is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life and education:...

Republican 2000 Re-elected Timothy V. Johnson
Timothy V. Johnson
Timothy Vincent "Tim" Johnson is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life and education:...

 (R) 65.17%
Joshua Hartke (D) 31.04%
Carl Estabrook (ILG) 3.79%
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....

Republican 1992 Re-elected 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) 70.61%
John Kutsch (D) 29.39%
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) 62.42%
Peter Calderone (R) 37.58%
Ray LaHood
Ray LaHood
Raymond H. "Ray" LaHood is a Republican politician from Illinois who is currently the United States Secretary of Transportation, having served since 2009. Previously, he represented the Illinois's 18th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives for seven terms .-Early life and...

Republican 1994 Re-elected Ray LaHood
Ray LaHood
Raymond H. "Ray" LaHood is a Republican politician from Illinois who is currently the United States Secretary of Transportation, having served since 2009. Previously, he represented the Illinois's 18th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives for seven terms .-Early life and...

 (R) unopposed
John Shimkus
John Shimkus
John Mondy Shimkus is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997. He is a member of the Republican Party....

Republican 1996 Re-elected John Shimkus
John Shimkus
John Mondy Shimkus is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997. He is a member of the Republican Party....

 (R) 54.79%
David D. Phelps
David D. Phelps
David Dwain Phelps was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois.Phelps was born in Eldorado, Illinois. He graduated from Southern Illinois University in 1969. Phelps was trained as an educator. After teaching for several years, he became a school administrator...

 (D) 45.21%

Indiana

The state lost one seat in reapportionment.
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) 66.94%
Mark Leyva (R) 31.02%
Timothy Brennan (L) 2.04%
Tim Roemer Democratic 1990 Retired
Republican gain
Chris Chocola
Chris Chocola
Joseph Christopher "Chris" Chocola is the president of the Club for Growth, a fiscally conservative political organization that supports a low-tax and limited-government agenda....

 (R) 50.45%
Jill Long Thompson (D) 45.77%
Sharon Metheny (L) 3.77%
Mark Souder
Mark Souder
Mark Edward Souder is an American Republican politician who was a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1995 to 2010.During the 1980s and early 1990s, he worked as a congressional aide to Dan Coats and committee staff director. He was elected to his congressional seat in 1994...


Redistricted from the 4th district
Republican 1994 Re-elected Mark Souder
Mark Souder
Mark Edward Souder is an American Republican politician who was a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1995 to 2010.During the 1980s and early 1990s, he worked as a congressional aide to Dan Coats and committee staff director. He was elected to his congressional seat in 1994...

 (R) 63.14%
Jay Rigdon (D) 34.45%
Mike Donlan (L) 2.41%
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....


Redistricted from the 5th district
Republican 1992 Re-elected 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) 71.36%
Bill Abbott (D) 26.15%
Jerry Susong (L) 2.49%
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....


Redistricted from the 6th district
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) 71.97%
Katherine Fox Carr (D) 25.18%
Christopher Adkins (L) 2.85%
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
Michael Richard "Mike" Pence is the U.S. Representative for Indiana's , and previously the , serving since 2001. The 6th district covers much of Eastern Indiana. He is a member of the Republican Party....


Redistricted from the 2nd district
Republican 2000 Re-elected Mike Pence
Mike Pence
Michael Richard "Mike" Pence is the U.S. Representative for Indiana's , and previously the , serving since 2001. The 6th district covers much of Eastern Indiana. He is a member of the Republican Party....

 (R) 63.79%
Mel Fox (D) 34.40%
Doris Robertson (L) 1.80%
Julia Carson
Julia Carson
Julia May Carson , born Julia May Porter, was a member of the United States House of Representatives for from 1997 until her death in 2007 . Carson was the first woman and first African American to represent the 7th District...


Redistricted from the (now obsolete)
Democratic 1996 Re-elected Julia Carson
Julia Carson
Julia May Carson , born Julia May Porter, was a member of the United States House of Representatives for from 1997 until her death in 2007 . Carson was the first woman and first African American to represent the 7th District...

 (D) 53.13%
Brose McVey (R) 44.14%
Andrew Horning (L) 2.69%
John Hostettler
John Hostettler
John Nathan Hostettler , was a Republican candidate for the open U.S. Senate seat in the state of Indiana held by retiring Senator Evan Bayh. On December 3, 2009, Hostettler announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate, but lost to former Senator Dan Coats.Hostettler served in the U.S...

Republican 1994 Re-elected John Hostettler
John Hostettler
John Nathan Hostettler , was a Republican candidate for the open U.S. Senate seat in the state of Indiana held by retiring Senator Evan Bayh. On December 3, 2009, Hostettler announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate, but lost to former Senator Dan Coats.Hostettler served in the U.S...

 (R) 51.31%
Bryan Hartke (D) 46.02%
Pam Williams (L) 2.67%
Baron Hill
Baron Hill
Baron Paul Hill is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1999 to 2005 and from 2007 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party....

Democratic 1998 Re-elected Baron Hill
Baron Hill
Baron Paul Hill is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1999 to 2005 and from 2007 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party....

 (D) 51.15%
Mike Sodrel
Mike Sodrel
Michael E. "Mike" Sodrel served as the United States Representative from the Ninth Congressional district of Indiana, representing the Republican Party, for one term from 2004. Sodrel's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives was his first public office. Sodrel launched another run against...

 (R) 46.13%
Jeff Melton (G) 1.45%
Al Cox (L) 1.26%

Iowa

District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
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...


Redistricted from the 2nd district
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) 57.15%
Ann Hutchinson (D) 42.65%
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 ....


Redistricted from the 1st district
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) 52.19%
Julie Thomas (D) 45.74%
Kevin Litten (L) 2.02%
Leonard Boswell
Leonard Boswell
Leonard L. Boswell is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997. He is a member of the Democratic Party.The district is based in Des Moines.-Early life, education and career:...

Democratic 1996 Re-elected Leonard Boswell
Leonard Boswell
Leonard L. Boswell is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997. He is a member of the Democratic Party.The district is based in Des Moines.-Early life, education and career:...

 (D) 53.41%
Stan Thompson (R) 45.04%
Jeffrey Smith (L) 1.24%
Tom Latham
Tom Latham
Thomas "Tom" Latham is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1995. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education and career:...


Redistricted from the 5th district
Republican 1994 Re-elected Tom Latham
Tom Latham
Thomas "Tom" Latham is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1995. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education and career:...

 (R) 54.76%
John Norris (D) 43.07%
Terry Wilson (L) 1.40%
Jim Hennager (L) 0.73%
Greg Ganske
Greg Ganske
John Greg Ganske is a politician from Iowa. He began a career as a plastic surgeon, but went on to serve as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003....


Redistricted from the 4th district
Republican 1994 Retired to run for U.S. Senate
United States Senate election in Iowa, 2002
The 2002 United States Senate election in Iowa was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Tom Harkin won re-election to a fourth term.- Results :...


Republican hold
Steve King
Steve King
Steven Arnold "Steve" King is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party.The district is located in the western part of the state and includes Sioux City and Council Bluffs....

 (R) 62.15%
Paul Shomshor
Paul Shomshor
Paul C. Shomshor, Jr. is a former Iowa State Representative from the 100th District. He served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2003, when he was elected in a special election, until 2011...

 (D) 37.78%

Kansas

District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidatess
Jerry Moran
Jerry Moran
Jerry Moran is the junior U.S. Senator from Kansas and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, he served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing ....

Republican 1996 Re-elected Jerry Moran
Jerry Moran
Jerry Moran is the junior U.S. Senator from Kansas and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, he served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing ....

 (R) 91.09%
Jack Warner (L) 8.91%
Jim Ryun
Jim Ryun
James Ronald Ryun is an American former track athlete and politician, who was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1996 to 2007, representing the 2nd District in Kansas. In the 2006 election, Ryun was defeated by Democratic challenger Nancy Boyda...

Republican 1996 Re-elected Jim Ryun
Jim Ryun
James Ronald Ryun is an American former track athlete and politician, who was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1996 to 2007, representing the 2nd District in Kansas. In the 2006 election, Ryun was defeated by Democratic challenger Nancy Boyda...

 (R) 60.42%
Dan Lykins (D) 37.52%
Art Clack (L) 2.06%
Dennis Moore
Dennis Moore
Dennis Moore is a former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1999 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

Democratic 1998 Re-elected Dennis Moore
Dennis Moore
Dennis Moore is a former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1999 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

 (D) 50.18%
Adam Taff (R) 46.89%
Dawn Bly (L) 2.30%
Douglas Martin (L) 0.62%
Todd Tiahrt
Todd Tiahrt
Todd Tiahrt is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1995 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district encompasses 11 counties in the south central region of the state, including the city of Wichita. He was succeeded by Republican Mike Pompeo.Tiahrt ran...

Republican 1994 Re-elected Todd Tiahrt
Todd Tiahrt
Todd Tiahrt is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1995 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district encompasses 11 counties in the south central region of the state, including the city of Wichita. He was succeeded by Republican Mike Pompeo.Tiahrt ran...

 (R) 60.58%
Carlos Nolla (D) 37.00%
Maike Warren (L) 2.42%

Kentucky

District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidatess
Ed Whitfield
Ed Whitfield
Wayne Edward "Ed" Whitfield is the U.S. Representative of , serving since 1995. He is a member of the Republican Party.The district covers much of the western part of the state, including Hopkinsville, Paducah, Henderson and Kentucky's share of Fort Campbell.-Early life, education and...

Republican 1994 Re-elected Ed Whitfield
Ed Whitfield
Wayne Edward "Ed" Whitfield is the U.S. Representative of , serving since 1995. He is a member of the Republican Party.The district covers much of the western part of the state, including Hopkinsville, Paducah, Henderson and Kentucky's share of Fort Campbell.-Early life, education and...

 (R) 62.25%
Klint Alexander (D) 34.75%
Ron Lewis
Ron Lewis
Ronald E. "Ron" Lewis , an American politician who was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1994–2009, representing the 2nd Congressional District of Kentucky....

Republican 1994 Re-elected Ron Lewis
Ron Lewis
Ronald E. "Ron" Lewis , an American politician who was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1994–2009, representing the 2nd Congressional District of Kentucky....

 (R) 69.64%
David L. Williams
David L. Williams
David Lewis Williams is a lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky. A Republican, he has represented Kentucky's 16th district in the Kentucky Senate since 1987. When Republicans gained control of the state senate in 2000, Williams was chosen as President of the Senate, and he has held...

 (D) 29.17%
Robert Guy Dyer (L) 1.18%
Anne Northup
Anne Northup
Anne Meagher Northup is an American Republican politician from the state of Kentucky. From 1997 to 2007, she represented the Louisville-centered 3rd congressional district of Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives, where she served on the powerful House Appropriations Committee...

Republican 1996 Re-elected Anne Northup
Anne Northup
Anne Meagher Northup is an American Republican politician from the state of Kentucky. From 1997 to 2007, she represented the Louisville-centered 3rd congressional district of Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives, where she served on the powerful House Appropriations Committee...

 (R) 51.61%
Jack Conway (D) 48.39%
Ken Lucas
Ken Lucas
Kenneth Ray "Ken" Lucas is an American politician. Lucas, a Democrat, was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky's 4th congressional district from 1999 until 2005....

Democratic 1998 Re-elected Ken Lucas
Ken Lucas
Kenneth Ray "Ken" Lucas is an American politician. Lucas, a Democrat, was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky's 4th congressional district from 1999 until 2005....

 (D) 51.11%
Geoff Davis
Geoff Davis
Geoffrey C. "Geoff" Davis is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. He is a member of the Republican Party....

 (R) 47.54%
John Grote (L) 1.34%
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) 78.29%
Sidney Jane Bailey (D) 21.71%
Ernie Fletcher
Ernie Fletcher
Ernest Lee "Ernie" Fletcher is a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky. In 1999, he was elected to the first of three consecutive terms in the United States House of Representatives; he resigned in 2003 after being elected the 60th governor of Kentucky and served in that office...

Republican 1998 Re-elected Ernie Fletcher
Ernie Fletcher
Ernest Lee "Ernie" Fletcher is a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky. In 1999, he was elected to the first of three consecutive terms in the United States House of Representatives; he resigned in 2003 after being elected the 60th governor of Kentucky and served in that office...

 (R) 71.95%
Gatewood Galbraith
Gatewood Galbraith
Louis Gatewood Galbraith is an American lawyer and author from the U.S. state of Kentucky. He has been a perennial candidate for governor of Kentucky as an outspoken proponent of education as well as privacy rights and other civil liberties...

 (I) 25.98%
Mark Gailey (L) 2.06%

Louisiana

District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
David Vitter
David Vitter
David Vitter is the junior United States Senator from Louisiana and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, he served in the United States House of Representatives, representing the suburban Louisiana's 1st congressional district. He served as a member of the Louisiana House of...

Republican 1999 Re-elected David Vitter
David Vitter
David Vitter is the junior United States Senator from Louisiana and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, he served in the United States House of Representatives, representing the suburban Louisiana's 1st congressional district. He served as a member of the Louisiana House of...

 (R) 81.47%
Monica Monica (R) 11.22%
Robert Namer (R) 4.00%
Ian Hawxhurst (I) 3.30%
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) 63.53%
Irma Muse Dixon (D) 20.03%
Silky Sullivan (R) 10.86%
Clarence "Buddy" Hunt (D) 2.91%
Wayne Clement (I) 2.67%
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...

Republican 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...

 (R) 86.68%
William Beier (O) 8.62%
David Iwancio (I) 4.69%
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...

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) 71.61%
John Milkovich (D) 26.45%
Bill Jacobs (I) 1.94%
John Cooksey
John Cooksey
John Charles Cooksey, M.D. is an ophthalmologist who was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana from 1997 to 2003.-Early life:...

Republican 1996 Retired to run for Senate
United States Senate election in Louisiana, 2002
The 2002 United States Senate election in Louisiana was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu won re-election to a second term.- Republican :*John Cooksey, U.S...


Democratic gain
Rodney Alexander
Rodney Alexander
Rodney McKinnie Alexander is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district covers twenty-two parishes in roughly the northeast quadrant of the state...

 (D) 50.28%
Lee Fletcher
Lee Fletcher
Dewey Lee Fletcher, Jr. , was an American political consultant and a talk radio host and blogger in Monroe, who was defeated by 974 votes in a 2002 race for the United States House of Representatives from the Fifth Congressional District in northeast Louisiana...

 (R) 49.72%
Richard Baker Republican 1986 Re-elected Richard Baker (R) 84.04%
Rick Moscatello (I) 15.96%
Chris John
Chris John
Christopher Charles "Chris" John is American politician who was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1997 to 2005, representing Louisiana's 7th congressional district.-Early life:...

Democratic 1996 Re-elected Chris John
Chris John
Christopher Charles "Chris" John is American politician who was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1997 to 2005, representing Louisiana's 7th congressional district.-Early life:...

 (D) 86.82%
Michael Harris (I) 13.18%

Maine

District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
Tom Allen
Tom Allen
Thomas Hodge "Tom" Allen is a former member of the United States House of Representatives representing , and the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2008 against Republican incumbent Senator Susan Collins. Allen lost to Collins .Allen was first elected in 1996, defeating Republican...

Democratic 1996 Re-elected Tom Allen
Tom Allen
Thomas Hodge "Tom" Allen is a former member of the United States House of Representatives representing , and the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2008 against Republican incumbent Senator Susan Collins. Allen lost to Collins .Allen was first elected in 1996, defeating Republican...

 (D) 63.81%
Steven Joyce (R) 36.19%
John Baldacci
John Baldacci
John Elias Baldacci is an American politician who served as the 73rd Governor of the U.S. state of Maine from 2003 until 2011. A Democrat, he also served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003....

Democratic 1994 Retired to run for Governor
Maine gubernatorial election, 2002
The Maine gubernatorial election of 2002 took place on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Independent Governor Angus King was term limited, and unable to seek re-election...


Democratic hold
Michael Michaud (D) 52.01%
Kevin Raye (R) 47.99%

Maryland

District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
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 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) 76.67%
Ann Tamlyn (D) 23.16%
Robert Ehrlich
Robert Ehrlich
Robert Leroy "Bob" Ehrlich, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 60th Governor of Maryland from 2003 to 2007. A Republican, he became governor after defeating Democratic opponent Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, a member of the Kennedy family, 51% to 48% in the 2002 elections...

Republican 1994 Retired to run for Governor
Maryland gubernatorial election, 2002
-Democratic Party:*Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Lieutenant Governor of Maryland*Robert Fustero, perennial candidate-Republican Party:*Bob Ehrlich, United States Representative from Maryland's 2nd congressional district*James J. Sheridan...


Democratic gain
Dutch Ruppersberger
Dutch Ruppersberger
Charles Albert "Dutch" Ruppersberger III is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Democratic Party....

 (D) 54.16%
Helen Bentley (R) 45.57%
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) 65.72%
Scott Conwell (R) 34.18%
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...

Democratic 1992 Re-elected 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) 78.57%
John Kimble (R) 20.82%
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) 69.27%
Joseph Crawford (R) 30.52%
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...

Republican 1992 Re-elected 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) 66.11%
Donald DeArmon (D) 33.80%
Elijah Cummings
Elijah Cummings
Elijah Eugene Cummings is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1996. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes just over half of Baltimore City, as well as most of Howard County...

Democratic 1996 Re-elected Elijah Cummings
Elijah Cummings
Elijah Eugene Cummings is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1996. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes just over half of Baltimore City, as well as most of Howard County...

 (D) 73.53%
Joseph Ward (R) 26.38%
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 Lost re-election
Democratic gain
Chris Van Hollen
Chris Van Hollen
Christopher "Chris" Van Hollen, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

 (D) 51.71%
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) 47.49%
Stephen Bassett (UN) 0.73%

Massachusetts

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 1991 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) 67.56%
Matthew Kinnaman (R) 32.38%
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) unopposed
Jim McGovern Democratic 1996 Re-elected Jim McGovern (D) unopposed
Barney Frank
Barney Frank
Barney Frank is the U.S. Representative for . A member of the Democratic Party, he is the former chairman of the House Financial Services Committee and is considered the most prominent gay politician in the United States.Born and raised in New Jersey, Frank graduated from Harvard College and...

Democratic 1980 Re-elected Barney Frank
Barney Frank
Barney Frank is the U.S. Representative for . A member of the Democratic Party, he is the former chairman of the House Financial Services Committee and is considered the most prominent gay politician in the United States.Born and raised in New Jersey, Frank graduated from Harvard College and...

 (D) unopposed
Marty Meehan
Marty Meehan
Martin Thomas "Marty" Meehan is an American attorney and politician from the state of Massachusetts. He is the current Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Lowell, a position he assumed on July 1, 2007...

Democratic 1992 Re-elected Marty Meehan
Marty Meehan
Martin Thomas "Marty" Meehan is an American attorney and politician from the state of Massachusetts. He is the current Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Lowell, a position he assumed on July 1, 2007...

 (D) 60.15%
Charles McCarthy (R) 34.03%
Ilana Freedman (L) 5.76%
John F. Tierney
John F. Tierney
John F. Tierney is the United States representative for . He is a member of the Democratic Party and an advocate for liberal policies and government oversight. A former attorney, he has served since 1997....

Democratic 1996 Re-elected John F. Tierney
John F. Tierney
John F. Tierney is the United States representative for . He is a member of the Democratic Party and an advocate for liberal policies and government oversight. A former attorney, he has served since 1997....

 (D) 68.27%
Mark C. Smith (R) 31.63%
Ed Markey
Ed Markey
Edward John "Ed" Markey is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1976. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes most of Boston's northern and western suburbs, such as Medford and Framingham. Markey is the Dean of both the Massachusetts and New England House delegations...

Democratic 1976 Re-elected Ed Markey
Ed Markey
Edward John "Ed" Markey is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1976. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes most of Boston's northern and western suburbs, such as Medford and Framingham. Markey is the Dean of both the Massachusetts and New England House delegations...

 (D) unopposed
Mike Capuano
Mike Capuano
Michael Everett "Mike" Capuano is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district, which was once represented by John F. Kennedy and Tip O'Neill, includes the northern three-fourths of Boston, as well as Somerville and Cambridge...

Democratic 1998 Re-elected Mike Capuano
Mike Capuano
Michael Everett "Mike" Capuano is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district, which was once represented by John F. Kennedy and Tip O'Neill, includes the northern three-fourths of Boston, as well as Somerville and Cambridge...

 (D) unopposed
Stephen Lynch
Stephen Lynch (politician)
Stephen F. Lynch is the U.S. representative for . He is a member of the Democratic Party who has served since 2001. Lynch was previously an ironworker and lawyer, and served in both chambers of the Massachusetts General Court....

Democratic 2001 Re-elected Stephen Lynch
Stephen Lynch (politician)
Stephen F. Lynch is the U.S. representative for . He is a member of the Democratic Party who has served since 2001. Lynch was previously an ironworker and lawyer, and served in both chambers of the Massachusetts General Court....

 (D) unopposed
Bill Delahunt
Bill Delahunt
William D. Delahunt is a former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1997 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Delahunt did not seek re-election in 2010, and left Congress in January 2011. He was replaced by Norfolk County District Attorney Bill Keating...

Democratic 1996 Re-elected Bill Delahunt
Bill Delahunt
William D. Delahunt is a former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1997 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Delahunt did not seek re-election in 2010, and left Congress in January 2011. He was replaced by Norfolk County District Attorney Bill Keating...

 (D) 69.20%
Luis Gonzaga (R) 30.74%

Michigan

The state lost one seat in reapportionment.
District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
Bart Stupak
Bart Stupak
Bartholomew Thomas "Bart" Stupak is a lobbyist and American politician of the Democratic Party. He served as the U.S. Representative from from 1993 to 2011....

Democratic 1992 Re-elected Bart Stupak
Bart Stupak
Bartholomew Thomas "Bart" Stupak is a lobbyist and American politician of the Democratic Party. He served as the U.S. Representative from from 1993 to 2011....

 (D) 67.67%
Don Hooper (R) 31.10%
John Loosemore (L) 1.23%
Pete Hoekstra
Pete Hoekstra
Peter "Pete" Hoekstra is a former Republican U.S. Representative for who served in the House from 1993 until 2011. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Michigan in 2010 and is expected to run for the United States Senate against Debbie Stabenow in 2012.-Early life and education:Born...

Republican 1992 Re-elected Pete Hoekstra
Pete Hoekstra
Peter "Pete" Hoekstra is a former Republican U.S. Representative for who served in the House from 1993 until 2011. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Michigan in 2010 and is expected to run for the United States Senate against Debbie Stabenow in 2012.-Early life and education:Born...

 (R) 70.40%
Jeffrey Wrisley (D) 27.70%
Laurie Aleck (L) 1.20%
Vern Ehlers
Vern Ehlers
Vernon James "Vern" Ehlers is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1993 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party....

Republican 1993 Re-elected Vern Ehlers
Vern Ehlers
Vernon James "Vern" Ehlers is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1993 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party....

 (R) 69.97%
Kathryn Lynnes (D) 28.32%
Tom Quinn (L) 1.19%
Richard Lucey (Ref) 0.51%
Dave Camp
David Lee Camp
David Lee "Dave" Camp is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1991. He is a member of the Republican Party and the current Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means.-Early life, education and career:...

Republican 1990 Re-elected Dave Camp
David Lee Camp
David Lee "Dave" Camp is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1991. He is a member of the Republican Party and the current Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means.-Early life, education and career:...

 (R) 68.21%
Lawrence Hollenbeck (D) 30.17%
Sterling Johnson (G) 1.03%
Al Chia, Jr. (L) 0.58%
Dale Kildee
Redistricted from the 9th district
Democratic 1976 Re-elected Dale Kildee (D) 91.56%
Clint Foster (L) 5.39%
Harley Mikkelson (G) 2.99%
Fred Upton
Fred Upton
Frederick Stephen Upton is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1987. He is a member of the Republican Party and Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. The district, based in Kalamazoo, stretches along the Michigan-Indiana border in the southwestern part of the state.-Early life,...

Republican 1986 Re-elected Fred Upton
Fred Upton
Frederick Stephen Upton is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1987. He is a member of the Republican Party and Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. The district, based in Kalamazoo, stretches along the Michigan-Indiana border in the southwestern part of the state.-Early life,...

 (R) 69.17%
Gary Giguere, Jr. (D) 29.31%
Harley Mikkelson (Ref) 1.52%
Nick Smith
Nick Smith (U.S. politician)
Nick H. Smith is a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan, who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1993 until 2005, representing from the 7th District of Michigan.-Life and career:...

Republican 1992 Re-elected Nick Smith
Nick Smith (U.S. politician)
Nick H. Smith is a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan, who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1993 until 2005, representing from the 7th District of Michigan.-Life and career:...

 (R) 59.66%
Mike Simpson
Mike Simpson (Michigan politician)
Mike Simpson was an American businessman, politician, and member of the Michigan House of Representatives. He was a member of the Democratic Party.- Education :...

 (D) 38.61%
Ken Proctor (L) 1.73%
Mike Rogers Republican 2000 Re-elected Mike Rogers (R) 67.88%
Frank McAlpine (D) 30.75%
Thomas Yeutter (L) 1.37%
Joe Knollenberg
Joe Knollenberg
Joseph "Joe" Knollenberg is a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. From 1993 to 2009, he was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing ....


Redistricted from the 11th district
Republican 1992 Re-elected Joe Knollenberg
Joe Knollenberg
Joseph "Joe" Knollenberg is a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. From 1993 to 2009, he was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing ....

 (R) 58.10%
David Fink (D) 39.88%
Robert Schubring (L) 2.03%
David Bonior Democratic 1976 Retired to run for Governor
Michigan gubernatorial election, 2002
The Michigan gubernatorial election of 2002 was one of the 36 United States gubernatorial elections held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican John Engler, after serving three terms, had stepped down and was not running; his lieutenant governor Dick Posthumus, also a Republican, ran in his place...


Republican gain
Candice Miller
Candice Miller
Candice S. Miller is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. She is a member of the Republican Party.The district includes Michigan's Huron, Macomb, and Sanilac counties, plus portions of Lapeer and Oakland counties....

 (R) 63.31%
Carl Marlinga (D) 35.52%
Renae Coon (D) 1.17%
James Barcia Democratic 1992 Retired to run for State Senate
Republican gain
Thad McCotter
Thad McCotter
Thaddeus George "Thad" McCotter is the U.S. Representative to , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party...

 (R) 57.19%
Kevin Kelley (D) 39.66%
William Boyd (G) 1.93%
Dan Malone (UST) 1.23%
Sander Levin Democratic 1982 Re-elected Sander Levin (D) 68.26%
Harvey Dean (R) 29.78%
Dick Gach (L) 1.30%
Steven Revis (UST) 0.66%
Carolyn Kilpatrick
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick
Carolyn Jean Cheeks Kilpatrick is an American politician who was U.S. Representative for from 1997 to 2011. She is a member of the Democratic Party. In August 2010 she lost the Democratic primary election...


Redistricted from the 15th district
Democratic 1996 Re-elected Carolyn Kilpatrick (D) 91.61%
Raymond Warner (R) 8.39%
John Conyers Jr. Democratic 1964 Re-elected John Conyers Jr. (D) 83.21%
Dave Stone (R) 15.20%
Francis Schorr (L) 0.88%
John Litle (G) 0.71%
John Dingell
John Dingell
John David Dingell, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1955 . He is a member of the Democratic Party...

Democratic 1955 Re-elected John Dingell
John Dingell
John David Dingell, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1955 . He is a member of the Democratic Party...

 (D) 72.21%
Martin Kaltenbach (R) 25.72%
Gregory Stempfle (L) 2.07%
Lynn Rivers
Redistricted from the 13th district
Democratic 1994 Lost redistricting contest
Democratic loss

Minnesota

District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidatess
Gil Gutknecht
Gil Gutknecht
Gilbert William "Gil" Gutknecht, Jr. is an American politician. Gutknecht was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives first elected in 1994 to represent Minnesota's 1st congressional district, one of eight congressional districts in Minnesota...

Republican 1994 Re-elected Gil Gutknecht
Gil Gutknecht
Gilbert William "Gil" Gutknecht, Jr. is an American politician. Gutknecht was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives first elected in 1994 to represent Minnesota's 1st congressional district, one of eight congressional districts in Minnesota...

 (R) 61.50%
Steve Andreasen (DFL) 34.65%
Greg Mikkelson (G) 3.75%
Bill Luther
Bill Luther
William Paul "Bill" Luther is an American politician. Luther was a Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party member of the United States House of Representatives from January 3, 1995 to January 3, 2003, serving in the 104th, 105th, 106th, and 107th congresses, representing Minnesota's 6th congressional...


Redistricted from the 6th district
Democratic 1994 Lost re-election
Republican gain
John Kline
John Kline (politician)
John Paul Kline is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. The district includes most of the southern suburbs of the Twin Cities, including Apple Valley, Inver Grove Heights, Burnsville and Eagan. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education and career:Kline was born...

 (R) 53.33%
Bill Luther
Bill Luther
William Paul "Bill" Luther is an American politician. Luther was a Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party member of the United States House of Representatives from January 3, 1995 to January 3, 2003, serving in the 104th, 105th, 106th, and 107th congresses, representing Minnesota's 6th congressional...

 (DFL) 42.22%
Greg Mikkelson (NNT) 4.33%
Jim Ramstad
Jim Ramstad
James Marvin "Jim" Ramstad is a United States politician from the state of Minnesota.-Early life:Ramstad was born in Jamestown, North Dakota, was educated at the University of Minnesota and the George Washington University Law School. He was an officer in the United States National Guard from 1968...

Republican 1990 Re-elected Jim Ramstad
Jim Ramstad
James Marvin "Jim" Ramstad is a United States politician from the state of Minnesota.-Early life:Ramstad was born in Jamestown, North Dakota, was educated at the University of Minnesota and the George Washington University Law School. He was an officer in the United States National Guard from 1968...

 (R) 72.02%
Darryl Stanton (DFL) 27.88%
Betty McCollum
Betty McCollum
Betty Louise McCollum is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. She is a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party ....

Democratic 2000 Re-elected Betty McCollum
Betty McCollum
Betty Louise McCollum is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. She is a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party ....

 (DFL) 62.22%
Clyde Billington (R) 33.91%
Scott Raskiewicz (G) 3.75%
Martin Sabo Democratic 1978 Re-elected Martin Sabo (DFL) 67.03%
Daniel Mathias (R) 25.89%
Tim Davis (G) 6.96%
Mark Kennedy
Redistricted from the 2nd district
Republican 2000 Re-elected Mark Kennedy (R) 57.34%
Janet Robert (DFL) 35.06%
Dan Becker (Ind) 7.48%
Collin Peterson
Collin Peterson
Collin Clark Peterson , is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1991, and the ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee. He is a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and is the dean of the Minnesota congressional delegation.The district, Minnesota's largest and most rural...

Democratic 1990 Re-elected Collin Peterson
Collin Peterson
Collin Clark Peterson , is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1991, and the ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee. He is a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and is the dean of the Minnesota congressional delegation.The district, Minnesota's largest and most rural...

 (DFL) 65.27%
Dan Stevens (R) 34.64%
Jim Oberstar
Jim Oberstar
James Louis "Jim" Oberstar is a former U.S. Representative who served in the U.S. Congress from 1975 until 2011 as a member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party. He represented northeastern , which included the cities of Duluth, Brainerd, Grand Rapids, International Falls, and Hibbing...

Democratic 1974 Re-elected Jim Oberstar
Jim Oberstar
James Louis "Jim" Oberstar is a former U.S. Representative who served in the U.S. Congress from 1975 until 2011 as a member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party. He represented northeastern , which included the cities of Duluth, Brainerd, Grand Rapids, International Falls, and Hibbing...

 (DFL) 68.65%
Bob Lemen (R) 31.23%

Mississippi

The state lost one seat in reapportionment.
District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
Roger Wicker
Roger Wicker
Roger Frederick Wicker is the junior U.S. Senator from Mississippi and a member of the Republican Party. In December 2007 he was appointed by Governor Haley Barbour to fill the seat vacated by Trent Lott. He subsequently won the 2008 special election for the remainder of the term. Wicker served...

Republican 1994 Re-elected Roger Wicker
Roger Wicker
Roger Frederick Wicker is the junior U.S. Senator from Mississippi and a member of the Republican Party. In December 2007 he was appointed by Governor Haley Barbour to fill the seat vacated by Trent Lott. He subsequently won the 2008 special election for the remainder of the term. Wicker served...

 (R) 71.43%
Rex Weathers (D) 24.20%
Brenda Blackburn (Ref) 2.60%
Harold Taylor (L) 1.77%
Bennie Thompson
Bennie Thompson
Bennie G. Thompson, is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993, and the ranking member of the Committee on Homeland Security since 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party....

Democratic 1993 Re-elected Bennie Thompson
Bennie Thompson
Bennie G. Thompson, is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993, and the ranking member of the Committee on Homeland Security since 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party....

 (D) 55.14%
Clinton LeSueur
Clinton LeSueur
Clinton Bernard LeSueur is an American politician and journalist from the state of Mississippi.-Personal life:LeSueur was born and raised in Holly Springs, Mississippi as the son of a Church of God in Christ minister. He now lives in Greenville...

 (R) 42.75%
Lee Dilworth (Ref) 2.10%
Chip Pickering
Chip Pickering
"Charles Willis Pickering" redirects here. For this former congressman's father, see Charles W. Pickering.Charles Willis "Chip" Pickering, Jr. is a politician in the U.S. state of Mississippi. He represented as a Republican in the United States House of Representatives...

Republican 1996 Re-elected Chip Pickering
Chip Pickering
"Charles Willis Pickering" redirects here. For this former congressman's father, see Charles W. Pickering.Charles Willis "Chip" Pickering, Jr. is a politician in the U.S. state of Mississippi. He represented as a Republican in the United States House of Representatives...

 (R) 63.76%
Ronnie Shows
Ronnie Shows
Clifford Ronald "Ronnie" Shows is a former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Mississippi....

 (D) 34.76%
Jim Giles (I) 0.65%
Harvey Darden (I) 0.43%
Brad McDonald (L) 0.35%
Carroll Grantham (Ref) 0.23%
Ronnie Shows
Ronnie Shows
Clifford Ronald "Ronnie" Shows is a former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Mississippi....

Democratic 1998 Lost redistricting contest
Democratic loss
Gene Taylor (D) 75.21%
Karl Mertz (R) 21.24%
Wayne Parker (L) 2.05%
Thomas Huffmaster (Ref) 1.51%
Gene Taylor
Redistricted from the (now obsolete)
Democratic 1989 Re-elected

Missouri

District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
William Lacy Clay
William Lacy Clay, Jr.
William Lacy Clay, Jr., usually known as Lacy Clay is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Democratic Party....

Democratic 1968 Re-elected William Lacy Clay
William Lacy Clay, Jr.
William Lacy Clay, Jr., usually known as Lacy Clay is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Democratic Party....

 (D) 70.11%
Richard Schwadron (R) 27.09%
Jim Higgins (L) 2.80%
Todd Akin
Todd Akin
William Todd Akin is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party.The district includes the western St. Louis suburbs of Ballwin, Kirkwood, Chesterfield, Wildwood, Town and Country, and Des Peres located along Interstate 270 in West County and the...

Republican 2000 Re-elected Todd Akin
Todd Akin
William Todd Akin is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party.The district includes the western St. Louis suburbs of Ballwin, Kirkwood, Chesterfield, Wildwood, Town and Country, and Des Peres located along Interstate 270 in West County and the...

 (R) 67.14%
John Hogan (D) 31.03%
Darla Maloney (L) 1.83%
Dick Gephardt
Dick Gephardt
Richard Andrew "Dick" Gephardt is a lobbyist and former prominent American politician of the Democratic Party. Gephardt served as a U.S. Representative from Missouri from January 3, 1977, until January 3, 2005, serving as House Majority Leader from 1989 to 1995, and as Minority Leader from 1995 to...

Democratic 1976 Re-elected Dick Gephardt
Dick Gephardt
Richard Andrew "Dick" Gephardt is a lobbyist and former prominent American politician of the Democratic Party. Gephardt served as a U.S. Representative from Missouri from January 3, 1977, until January 3, 2005, serving as House Majority Leader from 1989 to 1995, and as Minority Leader from 1995 to...

 (D) 59.06%
Catherine Enz (R) 38.94%
Dan Byington (L) 2.00%
Ike Skelton
Ike Skelton
Isaac Newton "Ike" Skelton IV is the former U.S. Representative for . During his tenure, he has served as the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. He is a member for the Democratic Party...

Democratic 1976 Re-elected Ike Skelton
Ike Skelton
Isaac Newton "Ike" Skelton IV is the former U.S. Representative for . During his tenure, he has served as the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. He is a member for the Democratic Party...

 (D) 67.64%
Jim Noland (R) 30.66%
Daniel Roy Nelson (L) 1.70%
Karen McCarthy
Karen McCarthy
Karen McCarthy was a Missouri politician. She served as the U.S. Representative for the fifth district of Missouri from 1995 to 2005.-Early life:...

Democratic 1994 Re-elected Karen McCarthy
Karen McCarthy
Karen McCarthy was a Missouri politician. She served as the U.S. Representative for the fifth district of Missouri from 1995 to 2005.-Early life:...

 (D) 65.88%
Steve Gordon (R) 32.36%
Jeanne Bojarski (L) 1.76%
Sam Graves
Sam Graves
Samuel B. Graves, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district consists of Northwest Missouri and includes the portion of Kansas City north of the Missouri River and many northern suburbs.-Early life, education and career:Graves is a...

Republican 2000 Re-elected Sam Graves
Sam Graves
Samuel B. Graves, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district consists of Northwest Missouri and includes the portion of Kansas City north of the Missouri River and many northern suburbs.-Early life, education and career:Graves is a...

 (R) 63.03%
Cathy Rinehart (D) 35.18%
Erik Buck (L) 1.79%
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
Roy D. Blunt is the junior United States Senator from Missouri. He is a member of the Republican Party. His Senate seat was previously held by Republican Kit Bond, until his retirement....

Republican 1996 Re-elected Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
Roy D. Blunt is the junior United States Senator from Missouri. He is a member of the Republican Party. His Senate seat was previously held by Republican Kit Bond, until his retirement....

 (R) 74.81%
Ron Lapham (D) 23.00%
Doug Burlison (L) 2.19%
Jo Ann Emerson
Jo Ann Emerson
Jo Ann Emerson is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1996. The district consists of Southeast and South Central Missouri and includes the Bootheel, the Lead Belt and the Ozarks. Emerson is a member of the Republican Party....

Republican 1996 Re-elected Jo Ann Emerson
Jo Ann Emerson
Jo Ann Emerson is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1996. The district consists of Southeast and South Central Missouri and includes the Bootheel, the Lead Belt and the Ozarks. Emerson is a member of the Republican Party....

 (R) 71.76%
Gene Curtis (D) 26.91%
Eric Van Oostrom (L) 1.32%
Kenny Hulshof
Kenny Hulshof
Kenneth C. "Kenny" Hulshof is a politician from the U.S. state of Missouri, and represented in the United States House of Representatives. He was the unsuccessful nominee of the Republican Party for Governor of Missouri in the 2008 election.- Biography :...

Republican 1996 Re-elected Kenny Hulshof
Kenny Hulshof
Kenneth C. "Kenny" Hulshof is a politician from the U.S. state of Missouri, and represented in the United States House of Representatives. He was the unsuccessful nominee of the Republican Party for Governor of Missouri in the 2008 election.- Biography :...

 (R) 68.20%
Don Deichman (D) 28.55%
Keith Brekhus (G) 1.99%
John Mruzik (L) 1.26%

Montana

District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
Dennis Rehberg Republican 2000 Re-elected Dennis Rehberg (R) 64.62%
Steve Kelly (D) 32.67%
Mike Fellows (L) 2.71%

Nebraska

District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
Doug Bereuter
Doug Bereuter
Douglas Kent "Doug" Bereuter is a retired Republican politician from Nebraska. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1979 until 2004.-Early life:Bereuter was born in York, Nebraska and reared in Utica, Nebraska...

Republican 1978 Re-elected Doug Bereuter
Doug Bereuter
Douglas Kent "Doug" Bereuter is a retired Republican politician from Nebraska. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1979 until 2004.-Early life:Bereuter was born in York, Nebraska and reared in Utica, Nebraska...

 (R) 85.35%
Robert Eckerson (L) 14.65%
Lee Terry
Lee Terry
Lee Raymond Terry is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999. He is a member of the Republican Party.A lifelong Nebraskan, Congressman Lee Terry has worked continually to empower the people of the Second District. Terry has been a leader for Nebraska, advocating American energy...

Republican 1998 Re-elected Lee Terry
Lee Terry
Lee Raymond Terry is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999. He is a member of the Republican Party.A lifelong Nebraskan, Congressman Lee Terry has worked continually to empower the people of the Second District. Terry has been a leader for Nebraska, advocating American energy...

 (R) 63.32%
Jim Simon (D) 32.98%
Doug Paterson (G) 2.28%
Dave Stock (L) 1.42%
Tom Osborne Republican 2000 Re-elected Tom Osborne (R) 93.17%
Jerry Hickman (L) 6.83%

Nevada

District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
Shelley Berkley
Shelley Berkley
Rochelle "Shelley" Berkley is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999, and a candidate for U.S. Senate. She is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education, and legal career:...

Democratic 1998 Re-elected Shelley Berkley
Shelley Berkley
Rochelle "Shelley" Berkley is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999, and a candidate for U.S. Senate. She is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education, and legal career:...

 (D) 53.72%
Lynette Boggs-McDonald (R) 42.73%
Steven "Capt. Truth" Dempsey (IAP) 2.39%
Lane Startin (G) 1.16%
Jim Gibbons Republican 1996 Re-elected Jim Gibbons (R) 74.3%
Travis Souza (D) 19.97%
Janine Hansen (IAP) 3.60%
Brendan Trainor (L) 1.70%
Robert Winquist (NL) 0.39%
None (District created) New seat
Republican gain
Jon Porter
Jon Porter
Jonathan Christopher "Jon" Porter , an American politician, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, the first representative elected from the new 3rd Congressional District of Nevada....

 (R) 56.08%
Dario Herrera
Dario Herrera
Dario Herrera is a former Democratic politician from Nevada. Herrera was considered a rising star in the Democratic Party until his defeat for election to the United States House of Representatives in 2002 and his subsequent convictions on federal public corruption charges.-Political...

 (D) 37.24%
Pete O'Neil (I) 3.82%
Neil Scott (L) 1.91%
Richard Odell (IAP) 0.95%

New Hampshire

District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
John Sununu
John E. Sununu
John Edward Sununu is a former Republican United States Senator from New Hampshire, of Lebanese and Palestinian Christian ancestry. Sununu was the youngest member of the Senate for his entire six year term. He is the son of former New Hampshire Governor John H...

Republican 1996 Retired to run for U.S. Senate
United States Senate election in New Hampshire, 2002
The 2002 United States Senate election in New Hampshire was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Republican/Independent U.S. Senator Bob Smith decided to retire. Republican John E. Sununu won the open seat.- Background :...


Republican hold
Jeb Bradley
Jeb Bradley
Joseph E. "Jeb" Bradley is a Republican member of the New Hampshire State Senate, currently serving as Senate Majority Leader. He represents his hometown of Wolfeboro, New Hampshire and 16 other towns in east-central New Hampshire. He was formerly a U.S...

 (R) 58.11%
Martha Fuller Clark
Martha Fuller Clark
Martha Fuller Clark is a former Democratic member of the New Hampshire Senate, having represented the 24th District from 2004 through 2010. Prior to her Senate service she was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1990 through 2002...

 (D) 38.48%
Dan Belforti (L) 3.33%
Charlie Bass Republican 1994 Re-elected Charlie Bass (R) 56.81%
Katrina Swett
Katrina Swett
Katrina Swett is a professor and politician, who ran unsuccessfully in the Democratic primary for Congress in New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district during the 2010 United States midterm elections.-Early life, education and career:...

 (D) 40.86%
Rosalie Babiarz (L) 2.28%

New Jersey

District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
Rob Andrews
Rob Andrews
Robert Ernest "Rob" Andrews is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1990. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes most of Camden County and parts of Burlington County and Gloucester County....

Democratic 1990 Re-elected Rob Andrews
Rob Andrews
Robert Ernest "Rob" Andrews is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1990. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes most of Camden County and parts of Burlington County and Gloucester County....

 (D) 92.74%
Timothy Haas (L) 7.26%
Frank LoBiondo
Frank LoBiondo
Frank A. LoBiondo is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1995. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district is at the southern end of New Jersey, and by far the biggest Congressional District in the state...

Republican 1994 Re-elected Frank LoBiondo
Frank LoBiondo
Frank A. LoBiondo is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1995. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district is at the southern end of New Jersey, and by far the biggest Congressional District in the state...

 (R) 69.21%
Steven Farkas (D) 28.28%
Roger Merle (G) 1.03%
Michael Matthews, Jr. (L) 1.02%
Constantino Rozzo (S) 0.46%
Jim Saxton
Jim Saxton
Hugh James "Jim" Saxton is an American Republican Party politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives. He represented from 1984 to 1993. From 1993 to 2009, he represented .-Life:...

Republican 1984 Re-elected Jim Saxton
Jim Saxton
Hugh James "Jim" Saxton is an American Republican Party politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives. He represented from 1984 to 1993. From 1993 to 2009, he represented .-Life:...

 (R) 65.02%
Richard Strada (D) 33.92%
Raymond Byrne (L) 0.70%
Ken Feduniewicz (AF) 0.35%
Chris Smith Republican 1980 Re-elected Chris Smith (R) 66.15%
Mary Brennan (D) 32.11%
Keith Quarles (L) 0.69%
Hermann Winkelmann (HHD)0.61%
Don Graham (NJC) 0.44%
Marge Roukema
Marge Roukema
Margaret Scafati "Marge" Roukema represented New Jersey in the U.S. House of Representatives for twenty-two years as a Republican. No woman has served in Congress from New Jersey since Roukema left office....

Republican 1980 Retired
Republican hold
Scott Garrett
Scott Garrett
Ernest Scott Garrett is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district includes much of the northwestern portion of the state...

 (R) 59.48%
Anne Sumers (D) 38.28%
Michael Cino (LTI) 2.23%
Frank Pallone
Frank Pallone
Frank Pallone, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He previously represented the 3rd district from 1988 to 1993.-Early life, education, and early political career:...

Democratic 1988 Re-elected Frank Pallone
Frank Pallone
Frank Pallone, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He previously represented the 3rd district from 1988 to 1993.-Early life, education, and early political career:...

 (D) 66.46%
Ric Medrow (R) 30.89%
Richard Strong (G) 1.32%
Barry Allen (L) 0.88%
Mac Dara Francis X. Lyden (HRA) 0.45%
Mike Ferguson Republican 2000 Re-elected Mike Ferguson (R) 57.95%
Tim Carden (D) 40.92%
Darren Young (L) 1.13%
Bill Pascrell Democratic 1996 Re-elected Bill Pascrell (D) 66.83%
Jared Silverman (R) 30.59%
Joseph Fortunato (G) 2.58%
Steve Rothman
Steve Rothman
Steven R. "Steve" Rothman is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education and career:Rothman attended Washington University Law School...

Democratic 1996 Re-elected Steve Rothman
Steve Rothman
Steven R. "Steve" Rothman is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education and career:Rothman attended Washington University Law School...

 (D) 69.76%
Joseph Glass (R) 30.24%
Don Payne Democratic 1988 Re-elected Don Payne (D) 84.45%
Andrew Wirtz (R) 15.55%
Rodney Frelinghuysen
Rodney Frelinghuysen
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1995. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education and career:...

Republican 1994 Re-elected Rodney Frelinghuysen
Rodney Frelinghuysen
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1995. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education and career:...

 (R) 72.38%
Vij Pawar (D) 26.39%
Richard S. Roth (L) 1.23%
Rush D. Holt, Jr.
Rush D. Holt, Jr.
Rush Dew Holt, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Democratic Party. He is currently the only Quaker in Congress.-Early life and education :Rush D. Holt was born to Rush D...

Democratic 1998 Re-elected Rush D. Holt, Jr.
Rush D. Holt, Jr.
Rush Dew Holt, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Democratic Party. He is currently the only Quaker in Congress.-Early life and education :Rush D. Holt was born to Rush D...

 (D) 61.04%
Buster Soaries (R) 36.65%
Carl Mayer (G) 1.09%
Thomas Abrams (L) 0.73%
Karen Anne Zaletel (NJC) 0.49%
Bob Menendez Democratic 1992 Re-elected Bob Menendez (D) 78.30%
James Geron (R) 18.17%
Pat Henry Faulkner (G) 1.29%
Esmat Zaklama (AM, AC) 0.83%
Dick Hester (PLC) 0.79%
Herbert H. Shaw (PC) 0.62%

New Mexico

District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
Heather Wilson
Heather Wilson
Heather A. Wilson , is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives representing from 1998 to 2009...

Republican 1998 Re-elected Heather Wilson
Heather Wilson
Heather A. Wilson , is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives representing from 1998 to 2009...

 (R) 55.34%
Richard Romero (D) 44.66%
Joe Skeen Republican 1980 Retired
Republican hold
Steve Pearce
Steve Pearce
Stevan Edward "Steve" Pearce is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously held the seat from 2003 to 2009 and was an Assistant Minority Whip.-Early life, education and career:...

 (R) 56.23%
John Arthur Smith
John Arthur Smith
John Arthur Smith is a Democratic member of the New Mexico Senate, representing the 35th District since 1989. In 2002 he sought to represent New Mexico's second congressional district when veteran congressman Joe Skeen announced that he was retiring...

 (D) 43.72%
Tom Udall
Tom Udall
Thomas Stewart "Tom" Udall is the junior United States Senator from New Mexico and a member of the Democratic Party. He had represented as a member of the United States House of Representatives since 1999. Udall was elected as the junior United States senator from New Mexico on November 4, 2008,...

Democratic 1998 Re-elected Tom Udall
Tom Udall
Thomas Stewart "Tom" Udall is the junior United States Senator from New Mexico and a member of the Democratic Party. He had represented as a member of the United States House of Representatives since 1999. Udall was elected as the junior United States senator from New Mexico on November 4, 2008,...

 (D) unopposed

New York

The state lost two seats in reapportionment.
District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
Felix Grucci
Felix Grucci
Felix J. Grucci, Jr. is a former United States Representative from East Patchogue, New York. He was elected as a Republican to the 107th United States Congress and served from 2001 until 2003.-Early political life:...

Republican 2000 Lost re-election
Democratic gain
Timothy Bishop (D) 50.23%
Felix Grucci
Felix Grucci
Felix J. Grucci, Jr. is a former United States Representative from East Patchogue, New York. He was elected as a Republican to the 107th United States Congress and served from 2001 until 2003.-Early political life:...

 (R) 48.59%
Lorna Salzman
Lorna Salzman
Lorna Salzman has been an American environmental activist, writer, lecturer and organizer since the mid-1960s and was a candidate for the 2004 presidential nomination of the Green Party ....

 (G) 1.19%
Steve Israel
Steve Israel
Steve J. Israel is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is located on Long Island and includes the towns of Huntington, Babylon, Islip, and Smithtown in Suffolk County, part of the town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, and the...

Democratic 2000 Re-elected Steve Israel
Steve Israel
Steve J. Israel is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is located on Long Island and includes the towns of Huntington, Babylon, Islip, and Smithtown in Suffolk County, part of the town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, and the...

 (D) 58.48%
Joseph Finley (R) 40.46%
John Keenan (G) 1.07%
Peter King
Peter T. King
Peter T. "Pete" King is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. He is a member of the Republican Party. King's central Long Island district includes parts of Nassau and Suffolk counties....

Republican 1992 Re-elected Peter King
Peter T. King
Peter T. "Pete" King is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. He is a member of the Republican Party. King's central Long Island district includes parts of Nassau and Suffolk counties....

 (R) 71.88%
Stuart Finz (D) 27.22%
Janeen DePrima (Lib) 0.89%
Carolyn McCarthy
Carolyn McCarthy
Carolyn McCarthy is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is located in central Long Island in west-central Nassau County and includes Mineola, the Five Towns, East Rockaway, Rockville Centre, Oceanside, Garden City, Hempstead,...

Democratic 1996 Re-elected Carolyn McCarthy
Carolyn McCarthy
Carolyn McCarthy is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is located in central Long Island in west-central Nassau County and includes Mineola, the Five Towns, East Rockaway, Rockville Centre, Oceanside, Garden City, Hempstead,...

 (D) 56.25%
Marilyn F. O'Grady (R) 43.24%
Tim Derham (G) 0.51%
Gary Ackerman
Gary Ackerman
Gary Leonard Ackerman is the U.S. Representative for , serving since a special election in 1983. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

Democratic 1983 Re-elected Gary Ackerman
Gary Ackerman
Gary Leonard Ackerman is the U.S. Representative for , serving since a special election in 1983. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

 (D) 68%
Perry Reich (Con) 7.68%
Gregory W. Meeks Democratic 1998 Re-elected Gregory W. Meeks (D) 96.51%
Rey Clarke (Ind) 3.49%
Joseph Crowley
Joseph Crowley
Joseph Crowley is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999. He is the Chairman of the New Democrat Coalition and the Queens County Democratic Party. He is a member of the Democratic Party....

Democratic 1998 Re-elected Joseph Crowley
Joseph Crowley
Joseph Crowley is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999. He is the Chairman of the New Democrat Coalition and the Queens County Democratic Party. He is a member of the Democratic Party....

 (D) 73.29%
Kevin Brawley (R) 26.71%
Jerrold Nadler
Jerrold Nadler
Jerrold Lewis "Jerry" Nadler is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1992. He is a member of the Democratic Party.The district includes the west side of Manhattan from the Upper West Side down to Battery Park, including the site where the World Trade Center stood...

Democratic 1992 Re-elected Jerrold Nadler
Jerrold Nadler
Jerrold Lewis "Jerry" Nadler is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1992. He is a member of the Democratic Party.The district includes the west side of Manhattan from the Upper West Side down to Battery Park, including the site where the World Trade Center stood...

 (D) 76.07%
Jim Farrin (R) 18.48%
Alan Jay Gerber (Con) 3.16%
Dan Wentzel (G) 1.80%
Joseph Dobrian (L) 0.49%
Anthony Weiner Democratic 1998 Re-elected Anthony Weiner (D) 65.71%
Alfred Donohue (R) 34.29%
Ed Towns
Ed Towns
Edolphus "Ed" Towns is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1983, and the former Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

Democratic 1982 Re-elected Ed Towns
Ed Towns
Edolphus "Ed" Towns is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1983, and the former Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

 (D) 97.83%
Herbert Ryan (R) 2.17%
Major Owens
Major Owens
Major Robert Odell Owens is a New York politician and a prominent member of the Democratic Party. He is also a former Congressman, having represented the state's 11th Congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. He retired at the end of his term in January 2007 and was...

Democratic 1982 Re-elected Major Owens
Major Owens
Major Robert Odell Owens is a New York politician and a prominent member of the Democratic Party. He is also a former Congressman, having represented the state's 11th Congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. He retired at the end of his term in January 2007 and was...

 (D) 86.56%
Susan Cleary (R) 12.55%
Alice Gaffney (Con) 0.90%
Nydia Velazquez
Nydia Velázquez
Nydia Margarita Velázquez is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes residential areas of three boroughs...

Democratic 1992 Re-elected Nydia Velazquez
Nydia Velázquez
Nydia Margarita Velázquez is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes residential areas of three boroughs...

 (D) 95.81%
Cesar Estevez (R) 4.19%
Vito Fossella
Vito Fossella
Vito John Fossella, Jr. is a U.S. Republican politician from the state of New York who formerly represented the state's 13th Congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives for six terms, from 1997 to 2009 serving as the lone Republican from New York City. Fossella, a Staten Island...

Republican 1997 Re-elected Vito Fossella
Vito Fossella
Vito John Fossella, Jr. is a U.S. Republican politician from the state of New York who formerly represented the state's 13th Congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives for six terms, from 1997 to 2009 serving as the lone Republican from New York City. Fossella, a Staten Island...

 (R) 69.63%
Arne Mattsson (D) 28.32%
Anita Lerman
Anita Lerman
Anita Lerman is an American politician and member of the Independence Party of New York. She ran for Congress in New York City in 2006.-Education and career:...

 (Ind) 1.38%
Henry Bardel (G) 0.67%
Carolyn Maloney Democratic 1992 Re-elected Carolyn Maloney (D) 75.25%
Anton Srdanovic (R) 24.75%
Charles B. Rangel
Charles B. Rangel
Charles Bernard "Charlie" Rangel is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1971. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the third-longest currently serving member of the House of Representatives. As its most senior member, he is also the Dean of New York's congressional delegation...

Democratic 1970 Re-elected Charles B. Rangel
Charles B. Rangel
Charles Bernard "Charlie" Rangel is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1971. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the third-longest currently serving member of the House of Representatives. As its most senior member, he is also the Dean of New York's congressional delegation...

 (D) 88.46%
Jessie Fields (R) 11.54%
Jose Serrano Democratic 1990 Re-elected Jose Serrano (D) 92.07%
Frank Dellavalle (R) 7.93%
Eliot Engel Democratic 1988 Re-elected Eliot Engel (D) 62.61%
Scott Vanderhoef (R) 34.43%
Arthur Gallagher (RTL) 1%
Elizabeth Shanklin (G) 1.41%
Nita Lowey
Nita Lowey
Nita Melnikoff Lowey is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. She is a member of the Democratic Party. She previously represented the 20th district from 1989 to 1993.-Early life, education and career:...

Democratic 1988 Re-elected Nita Lowey
Nita Lowey
Nita Melnikoff Lowey is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. She is a member of the Democratic Party. She previously represented the 20th district from 1989 to 1993.-Early life, education and career:...

 (D) 92.04%
Michael J. Reynolds (RTL) 7.96%
Sue Kelly Republican 1994 Re-elected Sue Kelly (R) 69.97%
Janine Selendy (D) 25.98%
Christine Tighe (RTL) 2.53%
Jonathan Wright (G) 1.53%
John Sweeney
John E. Sweeney
John E. Sweeney is a politician from the U.S. state of New York. A Republican, he represented New York's 20th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from January 1999 to January 2007. He was defeated for reelection in November 2006 by Democrat Kirsten...


Redistricted from the 22nd district
Republican 1998 Re-elected John Sweeney
John E. Sweeney
John E. Sweeney is a politician from the U.S. state of New York. A Republican, he represented New York's 20th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from January 1999 to January 2007. He was defeated for reelection in November 2006 by Democrat Kirsten...

 (R) 73.32%
Frank Stoppenbach (D) 23.98%
Margaret Lewis (G) 2.70%
Mike McNulty Democratic 1988 Re-elected Mike McNulty (D) 75.09%
Charles Rosenstein (R) 24.91%
Benjamin A. Gilman
Benjamin A. Gilman
Benjamin Arthur "Ben" Gilman is a former Republican United States Representative from New York. Born in Poughkeepsie, New York, Gilman graduated from Middletown High School in Middletown, New York in 1941 and received a B.S. from the Wharton School Finance at the University of Pennsylvania in...


Redistricted from the 20th district
Republican 1972 Retired Maurice Hinchey
Maurice Hinchey
Maurice Dunlea Hinchey , is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

 (D) 64.19%
Eric Hall (R) 32.87%
Steven Greenfield (G) 1.54%
Paul Laux (RTL) 1.40%
Maurice Hinchey
Maurice Hinchey
Maurice Dunlea Hinchey , is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. He is a member of the Democratic Party...


Redistricted from the 26th district
Democratic 1992 Re-elected
John McHugh
John M. McHugh
John Michael McHugh is the 21st United States Secretary of the Army and a former Republican politician from the state of New York, formerly representing the state's 23rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.On June 2, 2009, President Barack Obama nominated him to...


Redistricted from the 24th district
Republican 1992 Re-elected John McHugh
John M. McHugh
John Michael McHugh is the 21st United States Secretary of the Army and a former Republican politician from the state of New York, formerly representing the state's 23rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.On June 2, 2009, President Barack Obama nominated him to...

 (R) unopposed
Sherwood Boehlert
Sherwood Boehlert
Sherwood "Sherry" Louis Boehlert is a retired American politician from New York. He represented upstate New York in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 until 2007. Boehlert, a Republican, was considered to be a member of the party's moderate wing. In 2003, Utica Union Station was...


Redistricted from the 23rd district
Republican 1982 Re-elected Sherwood Boehlert
Sherwood Boehlert
Sherwood "Sherry" Louis Boehlert is a retired American politician from New York. He represented upstate New York in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 until 2007. Boehlert, a Republican, was considered to be a member of the party's moderate wing. In 2003, Utica Union Station was...

 (R) 70.70%
David Walrath (Con) 21.59%
Mark Dunau (G) 4.36%
Kathleen Peters (RTL) 3.34%
Jim Walsh
James T. Walsh
James Thomas "Jim" Walsh is an American Republican politician from Syracuse, New York. In 2009, he retired after representing a portion of Central New York, that is now known as the state's 25th Congressional District, in the United States House of Representatives for twenty years.-Early...

Republican 1988 Re-elected Jim Walsh
James T. Walsh
James Thomas "Jim" Walsh is an American Republican politician from Syracuse, New York. In 2009, he retired after representing a portion of Central New York, that is now known as the state's 25th Congressional District, in the United States House of Representatives for twenty years.-Early...

 (R) 72.29%
Stephanie Aldersley (D) 26.64%
Francis Gavin (G) 1.07%
Tom Reynolds
Thomas M. Reynolds
Thomas M. Reynolds , commonly known as Tom Reynolds, is a politician from the U.S. state of New York, formerly representing the state's 26th Congressional district in the United States House of Representatives...


Redistricted from the 27th district
Republican 1998 Re-elected Tom Reynolds
Thomas M. Reynolds
Thomas M. Reynolds , commonly known as Tom Reynolds, is a politician from the U.S. state of New York, formerly representing the state's 26th Congressional district in the United States House of Representatives...

 (R) 73.63%
Ayesha Nariman (D) 22.42%
Shawn Harris (RTL) 2.23%
Paul Fallon (G) 1.71%
Jack Quinn
Jack Quinn (politics)
John Francis "Jack" Quinn is the President of Erie Community College and a former politician from the State of New York. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives....


Redistricted from the (now obsolete)
Republican 1992 Re-elected Jack Quinn
Jack Quinn (politics)
John Francis "Jack" Quinn is the President of Erie Community College and a former politician from the State of New York. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives....

 (R) 69.06%
Peter Crotty (D) 27.49%
Thomas Casey (RTL) 2.06%
Albert LaBruna (G) 1.38%
Louise Slaughter Democratic 1986 Re-elected Louise Slaughter (D) 62.46%
Henry Wojtaszek (R) 37.54%
Amo Houghton
Amo Houghton
Amory "Amo" Houghton Jr. is a politician from the state of New York, a retired member of the House of Representatives, and member of one of upstate New York's most prominent families in business, the Houghton family.-Early life:...

Republican 1986 Re-elected Amo Houghton
Amo Houghton
Amory "Amo" Houghton Jr. is a politician from the state of New York, a retired member of the House of Representatives, and member of one of upstate New York's most prominent families in business, the Houghton family.-Early life:...

 (R) 73.10%
Kisun Peters (D) 21.26%
Wendy Johnson (RTL) 3.34%
Rachel Treichler (G) 2.30%

North Carolina

The state gained one seat in reapportionment.
District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
Eva Clayton Democratic 1992 Retired
Democratic hold
Frank Ballance
Frank Ballance
Frank W. Ballance, Jr. , American politician, was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 2003 to 2004, representing North Carolina's 1st congressional district and is a convicted felon.-Background:...

 (D) 63.74%
Greg Dority (R) 34.83%
Mike Ruff (L) 1.43%
Bob Etheridge
Bob Etheridge
Bobby Ray "Bob" Etheridge is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1997 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He was defeated in the 2010 election by Renee Ellmers.-Early life, education and career:...

Democratic 1996 Re-elected Bob Etheridge
Bob Etheridge
Bobby Ray "Bob" Etheridge is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1997 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He was defeated in the 2010 election by Renee Ellmers.-Early life, education and career:...

 (D) 65.36%
Joseph Ellen (R) 33.27%
Gary Minter (L) 1.37%
Walter Jones Jr. Republican 1994 Re-elected Walter Jones Jr. (R) 90.70%
Gary Goodson (L) 9.30%
David Price
David Price (American politician)
David Eugene Price is a professor and the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997 and previously from 1987 to 1995. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

Democratic 1986, 1996 Re-elected David Price
David Price (American politician)
David Eugene Price is a professor and the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997 and previously from 1987 to 1995. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

 (D) 61.18%
Tuan Nguyen (R) 36.15%
Ken Nelson (L) 2.67%
Richard Burr
Richard Burr
Richard Mauze Burr is the senior United States Senator from North Carolina and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, Burr represented North Carolina's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives....

Republican 1994 Re-elected Richard Burr
Richard Burr
Richard Mauze Burr is the senior United States Senator from North Carolina and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, Burr represented North Carolina's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives....

 (R) 70.19%
David Crawford (D) 29.81%
Howard Coble
Howard Coble
John Howard Coble is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1985. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education, and pre-political career:Coble was born in Greensboro, North Carolina...

Republican 1984 Re-elected Howard Coble
Howard Coble
John Howard Coble is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1985. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education, and pre-political career:Coble was born in Greensboro, North Carolina...

 (R) 90.41%
Tara Grubb (L) 9.59%
Mike McIntyre
Mike McIntyre
Douglas Carmichael "Mike" McIntyre II is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997. He is a member of the Democratic Party....

Democratic 1996 Re-elected Mike McIntyre
Mike McIntyre
Douglas Carmichael "Mike" McIntyre II is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997. He is a member of the Democratic Party....

 (D) 71.13%
James Adams (R) 27.32%
David Michael Brooks (L) 1.54%
Robin Hayes
Robin Hayes
Robert Cannon "Robin" Hayes is the current chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party. For five terms from 1999 to 2009, he represented North Carolina's 8th congressional district in the House of Representatives.-Early life:...

Republican 1998 Re-elected Robin Hayes
Robin Hayes
Robert Cannon "Robin" Hayes is the current chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party. For five terms from 1999 to 2009, he represented North Carolina's 8th congressional district in the House of Representatives.-Early life:...

 (R) 53.63%
Chris Kouri (D) 44.62%
Mark Andrew Johnson (L) 1.75%
Sue Myrick Republican 1994 Re-elected Sue Myrick (R) 72.42%
Ed McGuire (D) 25.83%
Christopher Cole (L) 1.74%
Cass Ballenger
Cass Ballenger
Thomas Cass Ballenger is an American politician. A Republican, he represented North Carolina's 10th Congressional district, centered in North Carolina's foothills, in the United States House of Representatives from 1986 to 2005....

Republican 1986 Re-elected Cass Ballenger
Cass Ballenger
Thomas Cass Ballenger is an American politician. A Republican, he represented North Carolina's 10th Congressional district, centered in North Carolina's foothills, in the United States House of Representatives from 1986 to 2005....

 (R) 59.30%
Ron Daugherty (D) 37.85%
Christopher M. Hill (L) 2.85%
Charles Taylor Republican 1990 Re-elected Charles Taylor (R) 55.54%
Sam Neill (D) 42.85%
Eric Henry (L) 1.61%
Mel Watt
Mel Watt
Melvin Luther Watt is the United States House of Representatives for , serving since 1993. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education and career:...

Democratic 1992 Re-elected Mel Watt
Mel Watt
Melvin Luther Watt is the United States House of Representatives for , serving since 1993. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education and career:...

 (D) 65.34%
Jeff Kish (R) 32.79%
Carey Head (L) 1.98%
None (District created) New seat
Democratic gain
Brad Miller
Brad Miller (congressman)
Ralph Bradley "Brad" Miller is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. District 13 includes all of Caswell and Person counties, and parts of Alamance, Granville, Guilford, Rockingham and Wake counties...

 (D) 54.72%
Carolyn Grant (R) 42.39%
Alex MacDonald (L) 2.89%

North Dakota

District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
Earl Pomeroy
Earl Pomeroy
Earl Pomeroy is a lobbyist and former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1993 until 2011. He is a member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party.- Early life, education and career :...

Democratic-NPL 1992 Re-elected Earl Pomeroy
Earl Pomeroy
Earl Pomeroy is a lobbyist and former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1993 until 2011. He is a member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party.- Early life, education and career :...

 (D-NPL) 52.41%
Rick Clayburgh
Rick Clayburgh
Richard S. "Rick" Clayburgh is a North Dakota Republican politician and current director of the North Dakota Bankers Association. Clayburgh was elected as the state's Tax Commissioner in 1996, and re-elected in 2000 and 2004. He resigned effective from May 2005 and Cory Fong was appointed to serve...

 (R) 47.59%

Ohio

The state lost one seat in reapportionment.
District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
Steve Chabot
Steve Chabot
Steven Joseph "Steve" Chabot is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously represented the district from 1995 to 2009.-Early life, education and career:...

Republican 1994 Re-elected Steve Chabot
Steve Chabot
Steven Joseph "Steve" Chabot is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously represented the district from 1995 to 2009.-Early life, education and career:...

 (R) 64.80%
Greg Harris
Greg Harris (Ohio)
Greg Harris was an American politician of the Democratic party and was a member of Cincinnati City Council. He lost the November 2009 election to keep his seat on Council.- 2004 Congressional race :...

 (D) 35.20%
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
Robert Jones "Rob" Portman is the junior United States Senator from Ohio. He is a member of the Republican Party. He succeeded retiring Senator George Voinovich....

Republican 1993 Re-elected Rob Portman
Rob Portman
Robert Jones "Rob" Portman is the junior United States Senator from Ohio. He is a member of the Republican Party. He succeeded retiring Senator George Voinovich....

 (R) 74.05%
Charles W. Sanders
Charles W. Sanders
Charles W. Sanders is an insurance agent, tour bus driver, and retired Ohio auto worker who has run as a Democrat for the U.S. House of Representatives four times in Ohio's heavily Republican Second Congressional District from 1998 to 2004, losing four times to incumbent Congressman Robert J....

 (D) 25.95%
Tony P. Hall
Tony P. Hall
Tony Patrick Hall is an American politician who served as a Democrat from Ohio in the U.S. House of Representatives for more than 20 years....

Democratic 1978 Retired
Republican gain
Mike Turner
Mike Turner
Michael R. Turner is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party.The district covers most of the city of Dayton and includes most of Montgomery County, much of Warren County, and is home to all of Highland and Clinton Counties.-Early life, education...

 (R) 58.77%
Richard Carne (D) 41.22%
Mike Oxley
Mike Oxley
Michael Garver "Mike" Oxley is an American politician of the Republican party who served as a U.S. representative from the 4th congressional district of Ohio....

Republican 1981 Re-elected Mike Oxley
Mike Oxley
Michael Garver "Mike" Oxley is an American politician of the Republican party who served as a U.S. representative from the 4th congressional district of Ohio....

 (R) 67.52%
Jim Clark (D) 32.48%
Paul Gillmor
Paul Gillmor
Paul Eugene Gillmor was an American politician of the Republican Party who served as the U.S. Representative from the 5th congressional district of Ohio from 1989 until his death....

Republican 1988 Re-elected Paul Gillmor
Paul Gillmor
Paul Eugene Gillmor was an American politician of the Republican Party who served as the U.S. Representative from the 5th congressional district of Ohio from 1989 until his death....

 (R) 67.08%
Roger C. Anderson (D) 27.55%
John Green (I) 5.36%
Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
Theodore "Ted" Strickland was the 68th Governor of Ohio, serving from 2007 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served in the United States House of Representatives, representing ....

Democratic 1992 Re-elected Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
Theodore "Ted" Strickland was the 68th Governor of Ohio, serving from 2007 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served in the United States House of Representatives, representing ....

 (D) 59.48%
Mike Halleck (R) 40.52%
Dave Hobson
Dave Hobson
David Lee Hobson is an American politician of the Republican Party who served as a U.S. representative from the seventh congressional district of Ohio.Hobson was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and graduated from Withrow High School in 1954...

Republican 1990 Re-elected Dave Hobson
Dave Hobson
David Lee Hobson is an American politician of the Republican Party who served as a U.S. representative from the seventh congressional district of Ohio.Hobson was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and graduated from Withrow High School in 1954...

 (R) 67.56%
Kara Anastasio
Kara Anastasio
Kara Anastasio is an American politician who was the 2004 nominee of the Democratic party to challenge the re-election bid of Republican U.S. Rep. David L. Hobson. She lost. She had previously run as member of the Natural Law Party and was vice-chair of the Natural Law Party of Ohio.She was married...

 (D) 27.18%
Frank Doden (I) 5.26%
John Boehner
John Boehner
John Andrew Boehner is the 61st and current Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party, he is the U.S. Representative from , serving since 1991...

Republican 1990 Re-elected John Boehner
John Boehner
John Andrew Boehner is the 61st and current Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party, he is the U.S. Representative from , serving since 1991...

 (R) 70.81%
Jeff Hardenbrook (D) 29.19%
Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
Marcia Carolyn "Marcy" Kaptur is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1983. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district, anchored by the city of Toledo, includes all of Ottawa and Erie counties, and part of Lucas and Lorain counties.Serving her fourteenth term in the House of...

Democratic 1982 Re-elected Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
Marcia Carolyn "Marcy" Kaptur is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1983. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district, anchored by the city of Toledo, includes all of Ottawa and Erie counties, and part of Lucas and Lorain counties.Serving her fourteenth term in the House of...

 (D) 73.99%
Ed Emery
Ed Emery
Edward Silvio Emery is an American politician.In 1976, 1978, and 1980, Emery ran as an independent against U.S. Rep. Thomas W. L. Ashley . Each time, Emery came in a distant third in the race....

 (R) 26.01%
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis John Kucinich is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997. He was furthermore a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in the 2004 and 2008 presidential elections....

Democratic 1996 Re-elected Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis John Kucinich is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997. He was furthermore a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in the 2004 and 2008 presidential elections....

 (D) 74.06%
Jon Heben (R) 23.80%
Judy Locy (I) 2.14%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones
Stephanie Tubbs Jones
Stephanie "Tubbs" Jones was a Democratic politician and member of the United States House of Representatives. She represented the 11th District of Ohio, which encompasses most of downtown and eastern Cleveland and many of the eastern suburbs in Cuyahoga County, including Euclid, Cleveland Heights,...

Democratic 1998 Re-elected Stephanie Tubbs Jones
Stephanie Tubbs Jones
Stephanie "Tubbs" Jones was a Democratic politician and member of the United States House of Representatives. She represented the 11th District of Ohio, which encompasses most of downtown and eastern Cleveland and many of the eastern suburbs in Cuyahoga County, including Euclid, Cleveland Heights,...

 (D) 76.33%
Patrick Pappano (R) 23.67%
Pat Tiberi
Pat Tiberi
Patrick Joseph "Pat" Tiberi is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party...

Republican 2000 Re-elected Pat Tiberi
Pat Tiberi
Patrick Joseph "Pat" Tiberi is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party...

 (R) 64.39%
Edward S. Brown (D) 35.61%
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Campbell Brown is the senior United States Senator from Ohio and a member of the Democratic Party. Before his election to the U.S. Senate, he was a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Ohio's 13th congressional district from 1993 to 2007...

Democratic 1992 Re-elected Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Campbell Brown is the senior United States Senator from Ohio and a member of the Democratic Party. Before his election to the U.S. Senate, he was a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Ohio's 13th congressional district from 1993 to 2007...

 (D) 68.97%
Ed Oliveros (R) 31.03%
Steve LaTourette
Steve LaTourette
Steven C. "Steve" LaTourette is the U.S. House of Representative for , serving since 1995. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education and career:...


Redistricted from the (now obsolete)
Republican 1994 Re-elected Steve LaTourette
Steve LaTourette
Steven C. "Steve" LaTourette is the U.S. House of Representative for , serving since 1995. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education and career:...

 (R) 72.12%
Dale Virgil Blanchard (D) 27.82%
Deborah Pryce
Deborah Pryce
Deborah D. Pryce is an American politician from Ohio and former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for Ohio's 15th congressional district, which includes the western half of Columbus and the surrounding suburbs.She is divorced from Randy Walker and now lives in Upper...

Republican 1992 Re-elected Deborah Pryce
Deborah Pryce
Deborah D. Pryce is an American politician from Ohio and former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for Ohio's 15th congressional district, which includes the western half of Columbus and the surrounding suburbs.She is divorced from Randy Walker and now lives in Upper...

 (R) 66.59%
Mark P. Brown
Mark P. Brown
Mark P. Brown is a veteran of the Ohio National Guard, a former construction/civil engineer and former political candidate of the Democratic party. He was the party's 2002 and 2004 nominee to challenge incumbent Republican U.S. Representative Deborah Pryce...

 (D) 33.41%
Ralph Regula
Ralph Regula
Ralph Straus Regula was a Representative in the United States Congress from the 16th District of the State of Ohio. He retired in January 2009 after 18 consecutive terms. He is a member of the Republican Party. In the 110th Congress , he was the second longest serving Republican member of the U.S...

Republican 1972 Re-elected Ralph Regula
Ralph Regula
Ralph Straus Regula was a Representative in the United States Congress from the 16th District of the State of Ohio. He retired in January 2009 after 18 consecutive terms. He is a member of the Republican Party. In the 110th Congress , he was the second longest serving Republican member of the U.S...

 (R) 68.87%
Jim Rice (D) 31.13%
Vacant Democratic gain Timothy Ryan (D) 51.14%
Ann Benjamin (R) 33.67%
James Traficant
James Traficant
James Anthony Traficant, Jr. is a former Democratic Representative in the United States Congress from Ohio . He represented the 17th Congressional District, which centered on his hometown of Youngstown and included parts of three counties in northeast Ohio's Mahoning Valley...

 (I) 15.19%
Thomas C. Sawyer
Thomas C. Sawyer
Thomas Charles Sawyer, usually known as Tom Sawyer, is a Democratic member of the Ohio Senate, who has represented the 28th District since his appointment in February 2007. He served as a U.S. representative from Ohio from 1987 to 2003.- Career :...


Redistricted from the 14th district
Democratic 1986 Lost redistricting contest
Democratic loss
Bob Ney
Bob Ney
Robert William Ney is an American politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. A Republican, Ney represented Ohio's 18th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 until November 3, 2006, when he resigned...

Republican 1994 Re-elected Bob Ney
Bob Ney
Robert William Ney is an American politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. A Republican, Ney represented Ohio's 18th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 until November 3, 2006, when he resigned...

 (R) unopposed

Oklahoma

The state lost one seat in reapportionment.
District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
John Sullivan
John Sullivan (Oklahoma)
John A. Sullivan is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2002. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district is based in Tulsa.- Early life, education and career:...

Republican 1992 (Special) Re-elected John Sullivan
John Sullivan
John Sullivan was the third son of Irish immigrants, a United States general in the Revolutionary War, a delegate in the Continental Congress and a United States federal judge....

 (R) 55.62%
Doug Dodd (D) 42.17%
Joe Cristiano (I) 2.21%
Brad Carson
Brad Carson
Brad Rogers Carson is an American lawyer and politician from the state of Oklahoma. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2005.-Background:...

Democratic 2000 Re-elected Brad Carson
Brad Carson
Brad Rogers Carson is an American lawyer and politician from the state of Oklahoma. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2005.-Background:...

 (D) 74.12%
Kent Pharaoh (R) 25.88%
Wes Watkins
Wes Watkins
Wesley Wade "Wes" Watkins is a politician from the state of Oklahoma. He is a retired member of the United States House of Representatives where Watkins had represented Oklahoma's 3rd Congressional District for 14 years as a Democrat and then for six years as a Republican.-Early life and...

Republican 1976 Retired
Republican loss
Frank Lucas (R) 75.58%
Robert T. Murphy (D) 24.42%
Frank Lucas
Redistricted from the (now obsolete)
Republican 1994 Re-elected
J. C. Watts Republican 1994 Retired
Republican hold
Tom Cole
Tom Cole
Thomas Jeffery Cole is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party. He is a Deputy Minority Whip. The chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee from 2006 to 2008, he was, during his tenure, the fourth-ranking Republican leader in the...

 (R) 53.83%
Darryl Roberts (D) 46.17%
Ernest Istook
Ernest Istook
Ernest James Istook Jr. is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Oklahoma's 5th congressional district. He held his congressional seat for 14 years, completing seven terms in the House...

Republican 1992 Re-elected Ernest Istook
Ernest Istook
Ernest James Istook Jr. is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Oklahoma's 5th congressional district. He held his congressional seat for 14 years, completing seven terms in the House...

 (R) 62.23%
Lou Barlow (D) 32.41%
Donna C. Davis (I) 5.37%

Oregon

District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
David Wu
David Wu
David Wu is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 1999 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party.The district includes most of Portland west of the Willamette River, as well as all of Yamhill, Columbia, Clatsop, and Washington Counties...

Democratic 1998 Re-elected David Wu
David Wu
David Wu is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 1999 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party.The district includes most of Portland west of the Willamette River, as well as all of Yamhill, Columbia, Clatsop, and Washington Counties...

 (D) 62.69%
Jim Greenfield (R) 33.99%
Beth A. King (L) 3.21%
Greg Walden
Greg Walden
Gregory Paul Walden is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999. He is a member of the Republican Party.The district covers more than two-thirds of the state . He is the son of Paul E...

Republican 1998 Re-elected Greg Walden
Greg Walden
Gregory Paul Walden is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999. He is a member of the Republican Party.The district covers more than two-thirds of the state . He is the son of Paul E...

 (R) 71.86%
Peter Buckley
Peter Buckley (Oregon politician)
Peter J. Buckley is a Democratic politician from the U.S. State of Oregon. He represents District 5, consisting of Ashland, Phoenix, Talent, Jacksonville, Ruch and Applegate, in the Oregon House of Representatives...

 (D) 25.76%
Mike Wood (L) 2.25%
Earl Blumenauer
Earl Blumenauer
Earl Blumenauer is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1996. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes most of Portland east of the Willamette River. A native of Portland, he previously spent over 20 years as a public official representing the city.-Early...

Democratic 1996 Re-elected Earl Blumenauer
Earl Blumenauer
Earl Blumenauer is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1996. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes most of Portland east of the Willamette River. A native of Portland, he previously spent over 20 years as a public official representing the city.-Early...

 (D) 66.75%
Sarah Seale (R) 26.73%
Walt Brown
Walt Brown
Walter Frederick Brown is an American politician and was the presidential candidate of the Socialist Party USA in the 2004 elections. Brown became a socialist in 1948. He served as Democratic member of the Oregon State Senate from 1975 to 1987. Brown also served as a Socialist Party of Oregon...

 (S) 2.80%
Kevin Jones (L) 2.00%
David Brownlow (C) 2.49%
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
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...

 (D) 63.82%
Liz VanLeeuwen (R) 34.36%
Chris Bigelow (L) 1.75%
Darlene Hooley
Darlene Hooley
Darlene Kay Olson Hooley is a former Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon who represented the state's . A native of North Dakota, she spent eight years teaching high school before entering politics when she was elected to the West Linn, Oregon city council in 1975...

Democratic 1996 Re-elected Darlene Hooley
Darlene Hooley
Darlene Kay Olson Hooley is a former Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon who represented the state's . A native of North Dakota, she spent eight years teaching high school before entering politics when she was elected to the West Linn, Oregon city council in 1975...

 (D) 54.75%
Brian Boquist
Brian Boquist
Brian James Boquist is a Republican politician from the US state of Oregon. He currently serves in the Oregon Senate representing district 12. Previously, he was in the Oregon House of Representatives, representing District 23 in the mid-Willamette Valley from 2005 to 2009.-Early life and...

 (R) 45.10%

Pennsylvania

The state lost two seats in reapportionment.
District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
Bob Brady
Bob Brady
Robert A. "Bob" Brady is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1998, and the ranking Democrat on the United States House Committee on House Administration since 2007...

Democratic 1998 Re-elected Bob Brady
Bob Brady
Robert A. "Bob" Brady is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1998, and the ranking Democrat on the United States House Committee on House Administration since 2007...

 (D) 86.43%
Marie Delany (R) 12.45%
Mike Ewall (G) 1.12%
Chaka Fattah
Chaka Fattah
Chaka Fattah is the U.S. representative for , serving since 1995. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

Democratic 1994 Re-elected Chaka Fattah
Chaka Fattah
Chaka Fattah is the U.S. representative for , serving since 1995. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

 (D) 87.77%
Thomas Dougherty (R) 12.23%
Phil English
Phil English
Philip Sheridan "Phil" English served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 - 2009 from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, representing the state's 3rd Congressional district....


Redistricted from the (now obsolete)
Republican 1994 Re-elected Phil English
Phil English
Philip Sheridan "Phil" English served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 - 2009 from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, representing the state's 3rd Congressional district....

 (R) 77.67%
AnnDrea Benson (G) 22.32%
Melissa Hart Republican 2000 Re-elected Melissa Hart (R) 64.55%
Stevan Drobac (D) 35.44%
John E. Peterson
John E. Peterson
John E. Peterson is a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. From 1997 - 2009, he represented the state's mainly rural and largely Republican 5th Congressional district in the U.S. House.-Biography:...

Republican 1996 Re-elected John E. Peterson
John E. Peterson
John E. Peterson is a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. From 1997 - 2009, he represented the state's mainly rural and largely Republican 5th Congressional district in the U.S. House.-Biography:...

 (R) 87.24%
Thomas A. Martin (L) 12.62%
Robert Borski
Redistricted from the 3rd district
Democratic 1982 Retired
Republican gain
Jim Gerlach
Jim Gerlach
James "Jim" Gerlach is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party.- Early life, education and career :...

 (R) 51.36%
Dan Wofford
Dan Wofford
Dan Wofford is a Democrat from the state of Pennsylvania. He lost a close congressional race in the 6th district to Jim Gerlach in 2002.Wofford is the son of Pennsylvania senator Harris Wofford...

 (D) 48.63%
Curt Weldon
Curt Weldon
Wayne Curtis "Curt" Weldon is an American politician. He served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 2007, representing the 7th district of Pennsylvania. He was defeated in November 2006 for reelection by Joe Sestak. Weldon was vice-chair of the Armed...

Republican 1986 Re-elected Curt Weldon
Curt Weldon
Wayne Curtis "Curt" Weldon is an American politician. He served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 2007, representing the 7th district of Pennsylvania. He was defeated in November 2006 for reelection by Joe Sestak. Weldon was vice-chair of the Armed...

 (R) 66.09%
Peter Lennon (D) 33.91%
Jim Greenwood
James C. Greenwood
James Charles "Jim" Greenwood is an American politician in the Republican Party. He represented Pennsylvania's Eighth Congressional District for six terms in the United States House of Representatives....

Republican 1992 Re-elected Jim Greenwood
James C. Greenwood
James Charles "Jim" Greenwood is an American politician in the Republican Party. He represented Pennsylvania's Eighth Congressional District for six terms in the United States House of Representatives....

 (R) 62.58%
Timothy Reece (D) 37.40%
Bill Shuster
Bill Shuster
William Shuster is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party. He is a son of former Congressman Bud Shuster.-Early life, education and career:...

Republican 2001 Re-elected Bill Shuster
Bill Shuster
William Shuster is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party. He is a son of former Congressman Bud Shuster.-Early life, education and career:...

 (R) 71.02%
John R. Henry (D) 28.92%
Don Sherwood
Don Sherwood
Donald L. "Don" Sherwood is an American politician. He served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district, from 1999 to 2007...

Republican 1998 Re-elected Don Sherwood
Don Sherwood
Donald L. "Don" Sherwood is an American politician. He served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district, from 1999 to 2007...

 (R) 92.60%
Kurt Shotko (G) 7.07%
Paul Kanjorski Democratic 1984 Re-elected Paul Kanjorski (D) 55.60%
Louis Barletta (R) 42.43%
Thomas J. McLaughlin (REF) 1.96%
Frank Mascara
Frank Mascara
Frank Robert Mascara was a Democratic politician from Pennsylvania who served four terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003. He was the uncle of St...


Redistricted from the (now obsolete)
Democratic 1994 Lost redistricting contest
Democratic loss
John Murtha
John Murtha
John Patrick "Jack" Murtha, Jr. was an American politician from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Murtha, a Democrat, represented Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1974 until his death in 2010....

 (D) 73.48%
Bill Choby (R) 26.52%
John Murtha
John Murtha
John Patrick "Jack" Murtha, Jr. was an American politician from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Murtha, a Democrat, represented Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1974 until his death in 2010....

Democratic 1974 Re-elected
Joe Hoeffel
Joe Hoeffel
Joseph Merrill "Joe" Hoeffel III is an American politician. A Democrat, he is currently a member of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners, having previously served from 1992 to 1998....

Democratic 1998 Re-elected Joe Hoeffel
Joe Hoeffel
Joseph Merrill "Joe" Hoeffel III is an American politician. A Democrat, he is currently a member of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners, having previously served from 1992 to 1998....

 (D) 50.95%
Melissa Brown
Melissa Brown
Melissa Brown is an ophthalmologist from Flourtown, Pennsylvania who is a member of the Republican Party. She was also a three-time candidate for the US House of Representatives.-Personal:...

 (R) 47.34%
John P. McDermott (CST) 1.71%
William J. Coyne
William J. Coyne
William Joseph Coyne was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Coyne was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Central Catholic High School in 1954, and received a B.S. in accounting from Robert Morris College. He served for two years in...

Democratic 1980 Lost redistricting contest
Democratic loss
Mike Doyle
Michael F. Doyle
Michael F. "Mike" Doyle is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1995. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is based in Pittsburgh and includes most of Allegheny County....

 (D) unopposed
Mike Doyle
Michael F. Doyle
Michael F. "Mike" Doyle is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1995. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is based in Pittsburgh and includes most of Allegheny County....


Redistricted from the 18th district
Democratic 1994 Re-elected
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
Patrick Joseph "Pat" Toomey, Sr. is the junior United States Senator for Pennsylvania and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, Toomey served as a U.S. Representative for three terms, but did not seek a fourth in compliance with a pledge he had made while running for office in 1998...

Republican 1998 Re-elected Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
Patrick Joseph "Pat" Toomey, Sr. is the junior United States Senator for Pennsylvania and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, Toomey served as a U.S. Representative for three terms, but did not seek a fourth in compliance with a pledge he had made while running for office in 1998...

 (R) 57.36%
Ed O'Brien (D) 42.64%
Joe Pitts Republican 1996 Re-elected Joe Pitts (R) 88.45%
Will Todd (G) 6.48%
Kenneth Brenneman (CST) 5.03%
Tim Holden
Tim Holden
Thomas Timothy "Tim" Holden is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education and career:...


Redistricted from the 6th district
Democratic 1992 Re-elected Tim Holden
Tim Holden
Thomas Timothy "Tim" Holden is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education and career:...

 (D) 51.41%
George Gekas
George Gekas
George William Gekas is a Republican politician from Pennsylvania. He represented the state's 17th Congressional district from 1983 to 2003, when he was unseated in a major upset.-Early life:...

 (R) 48.59%
None (District created) New seat
Republican gain
Tim Murphy
Tim Murphy (congressman)
Timothy "Tim" F. Murphy is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served in the Pennsylvania Senate....

 (R) 60.14%
Jack Machek (D) 39.86%
Todd Platts Republican 2000 Re-elected Todd Platts (R) 91.06%
Will Todd (G) 5.03%
Kenneth Brenneman (L) 3.82%

Rhode Island

District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
Patrick Kennedy
Patrick J. Kennedy
Patrick Joseph Kennedy II is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1995 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes all of Bristol County and Newport County, and parts of Providence County. Kennedy did not seek re-election in 2010.A member of the Kennedy...

Democratic 1994 Re-elected Patrick Kennedy
Patrick J. Kennedy
Patrick Joseph Kennedy II is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1995 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes all of Bristol County and Newport County, and parts of Providence County. Kennedy did not seek re-election in 2010.A member of the Kennedy...

 (D) 59.88%
David W. Rogers (R) 37.31%
Frank Carter (L) 2.71%
James Langevin
James Langevin
James R. Langevin is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life and education:Langevin was born in Providence, Rhode Island...

Democratic 1996 Re-elected James Langevin
James Langevin
James R. Langevin is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life and education:Langevin was born in Providence, Rhode Island...

 (D) 76.29%
John Matson (R) 22.27%
Dorman Hayes (HP) 1.37%

South Carolina

District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
Henry Brown
Henry E. Brown, Jr.
Henry Edward Brown, Jr. is a former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2001 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party...

Republican 2000
United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 2000
The 2000 South Carolina United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 7, 2000 to select six Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. The primary elections for the Democrats and the Republicans were held on June 13 and the runoff elections were...

Re-elected Henry Brown
Henry E. Brown, Jr.
Henry Edward Brown, Jr. is a former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2001 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party...

 (R) 89.56%
James E. Dunn (UC) 6.91%
Joe Innella (NL) 3.49%
Joe Wilson
Joe Wilson (U.S. politician)
Addison Graves Wilson, Sr., most commonly known as Joe Wilson , is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party...

Republican 2001 Re-elected Joe Wilson
Joe Wilson (U.S. politician)
Addison Graves Wilson, Sr., most commonly known as Joe Wilson , is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party...

 (R) 84.12%
Mark Whittington (UC) 10.03%
Jim Legg (L) 5.63%
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Olin Graham is the senior U.S. Senator from South Carolina and a member of the Republican Party. Previously he served as the U.S. Representative for .-Early life, education and career:...

Republican 1994
United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1994
The 1994 South Carolina United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 8, 1994 to select six Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. The primary elections for the Democrats and the Republicans were held on August 9 and the runoff elections were...

Retired to run for U.S. Senate
United States Senate election in South Carolina, 2002
The 2002 United States Senate election in South Carolina was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond decided to retire at the age of 100...


Republican hold
Gresham Barrett (R) 67.14%
George Brightharp (D) 31.28%
Mike Boerste (L) 1.56%
Jim DeMint
Jim DeMint
James Warren "Jim" DeMint is the junior U.S. Senator from South Carolina, serving since 2005. He is a member of the Republican Party and a leader in the Tea Party movement. He previously served as the U.S. Representative for from 1999 to 2005.-Early life and education:DeMint was born in...

Republican 1998
United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1998
The 1998 South Carolina United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 3, 1998 to select six Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. The primary elections for the Democrats and the Republicans were held on June 9 and the runoff elections were...

Re-elected Jim DeMint
Jim DeMint
James Warren "Jim" DeMint is the junior U.S. Senator from South Carolina, serving since 2005. He is a member of the Republican Party and a leader in the Tea Party movement. He previously served as the U.S. Representative for from 1999 to 2005.-Early life and education:DeMint was born in...

 (R) 69.00%
Peter Ashy (D) 29.67%
Faye Walters (NL) 1.23%
John Spratt Democratic 1982
United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1982
The 1982 South Carolina United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 2, 1982 to select six Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. The primary elections for the Democrats were held on June 8 and the runoff elections were held two weeks later...

Re-elected John Spratt (D) 85.87%
Doug Kendall (L) 7.76%
Steve Lefemine (C) 6.29%
Jim Clyburn
Jim Clyburn
James Enos "Jim" Clyburn is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993, and the Assistant Democratic Leader since 2011. He was previously House Majority Whip, serving in that post from 2007 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

Democratic 1992
United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1992
The 1992 South Carolina United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 6, 1992 to select six Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. The primary elections for the Democrats and the Republicans were held on June 9. Four incumbents were...

Re-elected Jim Clyburn
Jim Clyburn
James Enos "Jim" Clyburn is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993, and the Assistant Democratic Leader since 2011. He was previously House Majority Whip, serving in that post from 2007 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

 (D) 66.98%
Gary McLeod
Gary McLeod
Gary McLeod was the Republican candidate for U.S. Congress in South Carolina's 6th congressional district challenging incumbent Democrat Jim Clyburn. McLeod previously ran against Clyburn as a Republican in 2004, 2002, and 1998 but lost with 33% of the vote in 2004, 32% in 2002, and 26% in 1998. In...

 (R) 32.03%
Craig Augenstein (L) 0.96%

South Dakota

District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
John Thune
John Thune
John Randolph Thune is the junior U.S. Senator from South Dakota and a member of the Republican Party. He previously served as a U.S. Representative for .-Early Life, Education:...

Republican 1996 Retired to run for U.S. Senate
United States Senate election in South Dakota, 2002
The 2002 United States Senate election in South Dakota was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Tim Johnson won re-election to a second term by a margin of 524 votes.-Results:-Candidates:*Kurt Evans , teacher...


Republican hold
William Janklow (R) 53.45%
Stephanie Herseth
Stephanie Herseth
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin is an attorney who served as the Democratic U.S. Representative for from 2004 until 2011. She lost her seat in Congress to Republican Kristi Noem on November 2, 2010. She was the youngest female member of the House, and the first woman elected to the House of...

 (D) 45.62%
Terry Begay (L) 0.93%

Tennessee

District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
William L. Jenkins
William L. Jenkins
William Lewis "Bill" Jenkins is a politician from the state of Tennessee. He represented the state's 1st Congressional district, centered around the Tri-Cities , from 1997 until his successor was sworn in on January 3, 2007....

Republican 1996 Re-elected William L. Jenkins
William L. Jenkins
William Lewis "Bill" Jenkins is a politician from the state of Tennessee. He represented the state's 1st Congressional district, centered around the Tri-Cities , from 1997 until his successor was sworn in on January 3, 2007....

 (R) unopposed
Jimmy Duncan Jr. Republican 1988 Re-elected Jimmy Duncan Jr. (R) 78.98%
John Greene (D) 19.91%
Joshua Williamson (I) 0.60%
George Njezic (I) 0.51%
Zach Wamp
Zach Wamp
Zachary Paul "Zach" Wamp is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1995 to 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party...

Republican 1994 Re-elected Zach Wamp
Zach Wamp
Zachary Paul "Zach" Wamp is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1995 to 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party...

 (R) 64.54%
John Wolfe (D) 33.82%
William Bolen (I) 1.00%
Timothy Sevier (I) 0.54%
Van Hilleary
Van Hilleary
William Vanderpool Hilleary, usually known as Van Hilleary is a Republican politician from Tennessee.-Early life and career:...

Republican 1994 Retired to run for Governor
United States gubernatorial elections, 2002
Although Republicans made some gains from Democrats, Democrats increased their overall number of governorships.-Democratic gains:* Arizona - State Attorney General Janet Napolitano won an open seat held by term-limited Gov. Jane Dee Hull...


Democratic gain
Lincoln Davis
Lincoln Davis
Lincoln Edward Davis is the former U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education and career:...

 (D) 52.08%
Janice Bowling
Janice Bowling
Janice Bowling is a public official and community activist in Tullahoma, Tennessee. Born on April 1, 1947 in Selma, Alabama, she was a teacher in the public school system before marrying her husband, who was then in the U.S. Air Force. After being stationed at the Vandenberg Air Force Base in...

 (R) 46.49%
William Chandler (I) 0.58%
John Ray (I) 0.33%
Bert Mason (I) 0.27%
Ed Wellmann (I) 0.22%
Bob Clement
Bob Clement
Robert Nelson "Bob" Clement is a Tennessee politician and a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life:Clement is the son of former Governor Frank G. Clement...

Democratic 1988 Retired to run for U.S. Senate
United States Senate election in Tennessee, 2002
The 2002 United States Senate election in Tennessee was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Fred Thompson decided to retire. Republican Lamar Alexander won the open seat.-Candidates:*Bob Clement, U.S. Congressman...


Democratic hold
Jim Cooper
Jim Cooper
James Hayes Shofner "Jim" Cooper is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Democratic Party and the Blue Dog Coalition. He previously represented from 1983 to 1995....

 (D) 63.73%
Robert Duvall (R) 33.25%
John Jay Hooker
John Jay Hooker
John Jay Hooker, Jr. is a Nashville, Tennessee attorney, entrepreneur, perennial candidate and political gadfly.- Early life :John Jay Hooker was born to relative wealth and privilege in one of the Nashville area's more prominent families...

 (I) 1.79%
Jonathan Farley (I) 0.71%
Jesse Turner (I) 0.51%
Bart Gordon
Bart Gordon
Barton Jennings "Bart" Gordon, is a lawyer and former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1985 until 2011. The district includes several rural areas and fast-growing suburbs east of Nashville. He was Chairman of the House Committee on Science and Technology from 2007 until 2011. He is a member...

Democratic 1984 Re-elected Bart Gordon
Bart Gordon
Barton Jennings "Bart" Gordon, is a lawyer and former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1985 until 2011. The district includes several rural areas and fast-growing suburbs east of Nashville. He was Chairman of the House Committee on Science and Technology from 2007 until 2011. He is a member...

 (D) 65.92%
Robert Garrison (R) 32.33%
Patrick Lyons (I) 1.73%
Ed Bryant
Ed Bryant
Edward Glenn Bryant, usually known as Ed Bryant, , American politician, is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee . Born in Jackson, Tennessee, he earned his B.A. in 1970 and J.D. in 1972, both from the University of Mississippi. As a student he was...

Republican 1994 Retired to run for U.S. Senate
United States Senate election in Tennessee, 2002
The 2002 United States Senate election in Tennessee was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Fred Thompson decided to retire. Republican Lamar Alexander won the open seat.-Candidates:*Bob Clement, U.S. Congressman...


Republican hold
Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Wedgeworth Blackburn is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. She is a member of the Republican Party. The district stretches from the suburbs of Nashville to the suburbs of Memphis.-Early life, education and career:...

 (R) 70.73%
Tim Barron (D) 26.48%
Rick Patterson (I) 2.77%
John Tanner Democratic 1988 Re-elected John Tanner (D) 70.14%
Mat McClain (R) 27.30%
James L. Hart
James L. Hart
James L. Hart is an American political activist.-Biography:Hart ran as a Republican for the House of Representatives for Tennessee's Eighth District in 2004. His campaign was unconventional in part in listing for itself an out-of-state address, in Kentucky...

 (I) 2.55%
Harold Ford Jr. Democratic 1996 Re-elected Harold Ford Jr. (D) 70.14%
Tony Rush (I) 16.09%

Texas

The state gained two seats in reapportionment.
District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
Max Sandlin
Max Sandlin
Max Sandlin , is a lawyer, lobbyist, American politician, and former Democratic Congressman who served eight years in the U.S. House of Representatives representing Texas District 1....

Democratic 1996 Re-elected Max Sandlin
Max Sandlin
Max Sandlin , is a lawyer, lobbyist, American politician, and former Democratic Congressman who served eight years in the U.S. House of Representatives representing Texas District 1....

 (D) 56.45%
John Lawrence (R) 43.55%
Jim Turner Democratic 1996 Re-elected Jim Turner (D) 60.85%
Van Brookshire (R) 38.19%
Peter Beach (L) 0.96%
Sam Johnson
Sam Johnson
Samuel Robert "Sam" Johnson is an American politician and a retired career U.S. Air Force officer and fighter pilot. He currently is a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the 3rd District of Texas...

Republican 1991 Re-elected Sam Johnson
Sam Johnson
Samuel Robert "Sam" Johnson is an American politician and a retired career U.S. Air Force officer and fighter pilot. He currently is a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the 3rd District of Texas...

 (R) 73.95%
Manny Molera (D) 24.33%
John E. Davis (L) 1.72%
Ralph Hall
Ralph Hall
Ralph Moody Hall is a United States Representative from . First elected in 1980, Hall is the chairman of the Science Committee and a senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee...

Democratic 1980 Re-elected Ralph Hall
Ralph Hall
Ralph Moody Hall is a United States Representative from . First elected in 1980, Hall is the chairman of the Science Committee and a senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee...

 (D) 57.82%
John Graves (R) 40.37%
Barbara Robinson (L) 1.81%
None (District created) New seat
Republican gain
Jeb Hensarling
Jeb Hensarling
Jeb Hensarling has been the Republican congressman representing Texas' 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 2003.-Early life:...

 (R) 58.21%
Ron Chapman (D) 40.26%
Dan Michalski (L) 0.92%
Thomas Kemper (G) 0.61%
Joe Barton
Joe Barton
Joseph Linus "Joe" Barton is a Republican politician, representing in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1985, and a member of the Tea Party Caucus...

Republican 1984 Re-elected Joe Barton
Joe Barton
Joseph Linus "Joe" Barton is a Republican politician, representing in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1985, and a member of the Tea Party Caucus...

 (R) 70.35%
Felix Alvarado (D) 27.68%
Frank Brady (L) 1.21%
B.J. Armstrong (G) 0.76%
John Culberson
John Culberson
John Abney Culberson is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party and the Tea Party caucus...

Republican 2000 Re-elected John Culberson
John Culberson
John Abney Culberson is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party and the Tea Party caucus...

 (R) 89.19%
Drew Parks (L) 10.76%
Kevin Brady
Kevin Brady
Kevin Patrick Brady is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district includes a large swath of suburban and rural territory around Houston and Beaumont....

Republican 1996 Re-elected Kevin Brady
Kevin Brady
Kevin Patrick Brady is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district includes a large swath of suburban and rural territory around Houston and Beaumont....

 (R) 93.14%
Gil Guillory (L) 6.86%
Nick Lampson
Nick Lampson
Nicholas Valentino 'Nick' Lampson is an American politician from the state of Texas and was a Congressman representing the 22nd Congressional District of Texas. He was defeated by Pete Olson on November 4, 2008 in his re-election bid....

Democratic 1996 Re-elected Nick Lampson
Nick Lampson
Nicholas Valentino 'Nick' Lampson is an American politician from the state of Texas and was a Congressman representing the 22nd Congressional District of Texas. He was defeated by Pete Olson on November 4, 2008 in his re-election bid....

 (D) 58.60%
Paul Williams (R) 40.31%
Dean Tucker (L) 1.09%
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Alton Doggett II is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. He previously represented from 1995 to 2005. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

Democratic 1994 Re-elected Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Alton Doggett II is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. He previously represented from 1995 to 2005. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

 (D) 84.37%
Michele Messina (L) 15.63%
Chet Edwards
Chet Edwards
Thomas Chester "Chet" Edwards is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas. He represented a district based in Waco, Texas from 1991 to 2011, and served in the Texas Senate from 1983 until 1990. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

Democratic 1990 Re-elected Chet Edwards
Chet Edwards
Thomas Chester "Chet" Edwards is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas. He represented a district based in Waco, Texas from 1991 to 2011, and served in the Texas Senate from 1983 until 1990. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

 (D) 51.55%
Ramsey Farley (R) 47.11%
Andrew Paul Farris (L) 1.34%
Kay Granger
Kay Granger
Kay Granger , a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Texas, currently represents the 12th congressional district in the U.S...

Republican 1996 Re-elected Kay Granger
Kay Granger
Kay Granger , a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Texas, currently represents the 12th congressional district in the U.S...

 (R) 91.87%
Edward A. Hanson (D) 8.13%
Mac Thornberry
Mac Thornberry
William McClellan "Mac" Thornberry is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1995. He is a member of the Republican Party....

Republican 1994 Re-elected Mac Thornberry
Mac Thornberry
William McClellan "Mac" Thornberry is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1995. He is a member of the Republican Party....

 (R) 79.27%
Zane Reese (D) 20.73%
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
Ronald Ernest "Ron" Paul is an American physician, author and United States Congressman who is seeking to be the Republican Party candidate in the 2012 presidential election. Paul represents Texas's 14th congressional district, which covers an area south and southwest of Houston that includes...

Republican 1996 Re-elected Ron Paul
Ron Paul
Ronald Ernest "Ron" Paul is an American physician, author and United States Congressman who is seeking to be the Republican Party candidate in the 2012 presidential election. Paul represents Texas's 14th congressional district, which covers an area south and southwest of Houston that includes...

 (R) 68.09%
Corby Windham (D) 31.91%
Ruben Hinojosa
Rubén Hinojosa
Rubén E. Hinojosa is the U.S. House of Representative for , serving since 1997. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district stretches from the Rio Grande Valley to historic Goliad County and the Coastal Bend region...

Democratic 1996 Re-elected Ruben Hinojosa
Rubén Hinojosa
Rubén E. Hinojosa is the U.S. House of Representative for , serving since 1997. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district stretches from the Rio Grande Valley to historic Goliad County and the Coastal Bend region...

 (D) unopposed
Silvestre Reyes
Silvestre Reyes
Silvestre "Silver" Reyes is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997, and the Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the primary Committee in the U.S...

Democratic 1996 Re-elected Silvestre Reyes
Silvestre Reyes
Silvestre "Silver" Reyes is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997, and the Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the primary Committee in the U.S...

 (D) unopposed
Charles Stenholm
Charles Stenholm
Charles Walter "Charlie" Stenholm, is a politician from the state of Texas. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives for 13 terms, from 1979 to 2005....

Democratic 1978 Re-elected Charles Stenholm
Charles Stenholm
Charles Walter "Charlie" Stenholm, is a politician from the state of Texas. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives for 13 terms, from 1979 to 2005....

 (D) 51.36%
Rob Beckham (R) 47.39%
Fred Jones (L) 1.25%
Sheila Jackson Lee
Sheila Jackson Lee
Sheila Jackson Lee is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1995. The district includes most of inner-city Houston. She is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life and education:...

Democratic 1994 Re-elected Sheila Jackson Lee
Sheila Jackson Lee
Sheila Jackson Lee is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1995. The district includes most of inner-city Houston. She is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life and education:...

 (D) 76.91%
Phillip Abbott (R) 21.70%
Brent Sullivan (L) 1.38%
Larry Combest
Larry Combest
Larry Ed Combest is a retired Texas Republican U.S. politician who was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1985 to 2003.-Early life:...

Republican 1984 Re-elected Larry Combest
Larry Combest
Larry Ed Combest is a retired Texas Republican U.S. politician who was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1985 to 2003.-Early life:...

 (R) 91.64%
Larry Johnson (L) 8.36%
Charlie Gonzalez
Charlie Gonzalez
Charles A. "Charlie" Gonzalez , is a Democratic politician from Texas. He has represented Texas's 20th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1999. The district includes more than half of San Antonio....

Democratic 1998 Re-elected Charlie Gonzalez
Charlie Gonzalez
Charles A. "Charlie" Gonzalez , is a Democratic politician from Texas. He has represented Texas's 20th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1999. The district includes more than half of San Antonio....

 (D) unopposed
Lamar S. Smith
Lamar S. Smith
Lamar Seeligson Smith is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1987. The district includes most of the wealthier sections of San Antonio and Austin, as well as nearly all of the Texas Hill Country...

Republican 1986 Re-elected Lamar S. Smith
Lamar S. Smith
Lamar Seeligson Smith is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1987. The district includes most of the wealthier sections of San Antonio and Austin, as well as nearly all of the Texas Hill Country...

 (R) 72.87%
John Courage (D) 25.31%
D.G. Roberts (L) 1.82%
Tom DeLay
Tom DeLay
Thomas Dale "Tom" DeLay is a former member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Texas's 22nd congressional district from 1984 until 2006. He was Republican Party House Majority Leader from 2003 to 2005, when he resigned because of criminal money laundering charges in...

Republican 1984 Re-elected Tom DeLay
Tom DeLay
Thomas Dale "Tom" DeLay is a former member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Texas's 22nd congressional district from 1984 until 2006. He was Republican Party House Majority Leader from 2003 to 2005, when he resigned because of criminal money laundering charges in...

 (R) 63.17%
Tim Riley (D) 35.02%
Jerry LaFleur (L) 1.01%
Joel West (G) 0.79%
Henry Bonilla
Henry Bonilla
Henry Bonilla is a former congressman who represented Texas's 23rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. He was defeated in his bid for re-election by Ciro Davis Rodriguez, a former Democratic member of Congress, in a special election runoff held on December 12, 2006...

Republican 1992 Re-elected Henry Bonilla
Henry Bonilla
Henry Bonilla is a former congressman who represented Texas's 23rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. He was defeated in his bid for re-election by Ciro Davis Rodriguez, a former Democratic member of Congress, in a special election runoff held on December 12, 2006...

 (R) 51.53%
Henry Cuellar
Henry Cuellar
Henry Roberto Cuellar is the U.S Representative for , serving since 2005. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district extends from the Rio Grande to the suburbs of San Antonio, including Guadalupe County and nearby Wilson County.Outside of politics, he has served as a professor at the...

 (D) 47.20%
Jeffrey Blunt (L) 0.73%
Ed Scharf (G) 0.54%
Martin Frost
Martin Frost
Jonas Martin Frost III is an American politician, who was the Democratic representative to the U.S. House of Representatives for Texas's 24th congressional district from 1979 to 2005.-Personal life:...

Democratic 1978 Re-elected Martin Frost
Martin Frost
Jonas Martin Frost III is an American politician, who was the Democratic representative to the U.S. House of Representatives for Texas's 24th congressional district from 1979 to 2005.-Personal life:...

 (D) 64.66%
Mike Rivera Ortega (R) 33.95%
Ken Ashby (L) 1.38%
Ken Bentsen Democratic 1994 Retired to run for U.S. Senate
United States Senate election in Texas, 2002
The 2002 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Phil Gramm decided to retire. Republican John Cornyn won the open seat- Campaign :...


Democratic hold
Chris Bell
Chris Bell (politician)
Robert Christopher "Chris" Bell is a Democratic Party politician. He last served as a one-term congressman in the United States House of Representatives from Texas's 25th congressional district in Houston from 2003 to 2005 before being defeated in the Democratic primary by Justice of the Peace Al...

 (D) 54.76%
Tom Reiser (R) 43.09%
George Reiter (G) 1.20%
Guy McLendon (L) 0.94%
Dick Armey
Dick Armey
Richard Keith "Dick" Armey is a former U.S. Representative from Texas's and House Majority Leader . He was one of the engineers of the "Republican Revolution" of the 1990s, in which Republicans were elected to majorities of both houses of Congress for the first time in four decades. Armey was...

Republican 1984 Retired
Republican hold
Michael Burgess
Michael C. Burgess
Michael Clifton Burgess, is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003, and a member of the Tea Party Caucus.-Early life, education, and early career:...

 (R) 74.81%
Paul LeBon (D) 22.76%
David Croft (L) 1.44%
Gary R. Page (G) 0.99%
Solomon Ortiz Democratic 1982 Re-elected Solomon Ortiz (D) 61.10%
Pat Ahumada
Pat Ahumada
Patricio M. Ahumada, Jr. is a former mayor of Brownsville, Texas. He was previously mayor from 1991 through 1994, and ran for U.S. Representative in 2000 and 2002. In the 2000 election run, he ran for Congress as a Republican.-External links:...

 (R) 36.54%
Christopher Claytor (L) 2.36%
Ciro Rodriguez Democratic 1997 Re-elected Ciro Rodriguez (D) 71.09%
Gabriel Perales (R) 26.86%
William Stallknecht (I) 2.05%
Gene Green
Gene Green
Raymond Eugene "Gene" Green is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

Democratic 1992 Re-elected Gene Green
Gene Green
Raymond Eugene "Gene" Green is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

 (D) 95.16%
Joe Vu (L) 4.84%
Eddie Bernice Johnson
Eddie Bernice Johnson
Eddie Bernice Johnson is a politician from the state of Texas, currently representing the state's in the United States House of Representatives. She is the first registered nurse elected to the US Congress....

Democratic 1992 Re-elected Eddie Bernice Johnson
Eddie Bernice Johnson
Eddie Bernice Johnson is a politician from the state of Texas, currently representing the state's in the United States House of Representatives. She is the first registered nurse elected to the US Congress....

 (D) 74.26%
Ron Bush (R) 24.19%
Lance Flores (L) 1.55%
None (District created) New seat
Republican gain
John Carter (R) 69.08%
David Bagley (D) 27.36%
Clark Simmons (L) 1.26%
John S. Petersen (G) 1.23%
R.C. Crawford (I) 1.06%
Pete Sessions
Pete Sessions
Peter Anderson Sessions is a politician from the state of Texas. He is a Republican, and currently represents the 32nd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives. He is the current Chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee-Personal:Sessions was born in Waco,...


Redistricted from the 5th district
Republican 1996 Re-elected Pete Sessions
Pete Sessions
Peter Anderson Sessions is a politician from the state of Texas. He is a Republican, and currently represents the 32nd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives. He is the current Chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee-Personal:Sessions was born in Waco,...

 (R) 67.77%
Pauline Dixon (D) 30.35%
Steve Martin (L) 1.07%
Carla Hubbell (G) 0.82%

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 Retired
Republican hold
Rob Bishop
Rob Bishop
Robert William "Rob" Bishop is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party, and a member of the Tea Party Caucus.-Early life, education, and early career:...

 (R) 60.69%
Dave Thomas (D) 36.84%
Craig Axford (G) 2.24%
Jim Matheson
Jim Matheson
James David "Jim" Matheson is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes eastern Salt Lake City....

Democratic 2000 Re-elected Jim Matheson
Jim Matheson
James David "Jim" Matheson is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes eastern Salt Lake City....

 (D) 49.43%
John Swallow (R) 48.69%
Patrick Diehl (G) 1.16%
Ron Copier (L) 0.72%
Chris Cannon
Chris Cannon
Christopher Black "Chris" Cannon was a member of the United States House of Representatives, for the Republican Party, representing the third district of Utah from 1997 - 2009....

Republican 1996 Re-elected Chris Cannon
Chris Cannon
Christopher Black "Chris" Cannon was a member of the United States House of Representatives, for the Republican Party, representing the third district of Utah from 1997 - 2009....

 (R) 67.43%
Matt Throckmorton (D) 28.98%
Kitty Burton (L) 3.59%

Vermont

District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
Bernard Sanders Independent 1990 Re-elected Bernard Sanders (I) 64.26%
Bill Meub (R) 32.29%
Jane Newton (P/LU) 1.41%
Fawn Skinner (VG) 1.04%
Daniel Krymkowski (L) 0.90%

Virginia

District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
Jo Ann Davis
Jo Ann Davis
Jo Ann Davis was a Representative in the U.S. Congress. A member of the Republican Party from the United States Commonwealth of Virginia, she represented the state's from 2001 until her death in 2007. She was the second woman—after Leslie L...

Republican 2000 Re-elected Jo Ann Davis
Jo Ann Davis
Jo Ann Davis was a Representative in the U.S. Congress. A member of the Republican Party from the United States Commonwealth of Virginia, she represented the state's from 2001 until her death in 2007. She was the second woman—after Leslie L...

 (R) unopposed
Ed Schrock
Ed Schrock
Edward Lee "Ed" Schrock is a retired career Naval officer and former Republican politician who served as a member of the U.S...

Republican 2000 Re-elected Ed Schrock
Ed Schrock
Edward Lee "Ed" Schrock is a retired career Naval officer and former Republican politician who served as a member of the U.S...

 (R) 83.15%
D.C. Amarasinghe (G) 16.49%
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....

Democratic 1992 Re-elected 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) unopposed
Randy Forbes
Randy Forbes
James Randy Forbes is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education and career:...

Republican 2001 Re-elected Randy Forbes
Randy Forbes
James Randy Forbes is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education and career:...

 (R) unopposed
Virgil Goode
Virgil Goode
Virgil Hamlin Goode, Jr. , is an American politician, last serving as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives. He represented the 5th congressional district of Virginia from 1997 to 2009...

Independent 1996 Re-elected as a Republican
Republican gain
Virgil Goode
Virgil Goode
Virgil Hamlin Goode, Jr. , is an American politician, last serving as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives. He represented the 5th congressional district of Virginia from 1997 to 2009...

 (R) 63.48%
Meredith Richards (D) 36.48%
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:...

Republican 1992 Re-elected 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) unopposed
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
Eric Ivan Cantor is the U.S. Representative for Virginia's 7th congressional district, serving since 2001. A member of the Republican Party, he became House Majority Leader when the 112th Congress convened on January 3, 2011...

Republican 2000 Re-elected Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
Eric Ivan Cantor is the U.S. Representative for Virginia's 7th congressional district, serving since 2001. A member of the Republican Party, he became House Majority Leader when the 112th Congress convened on January 3, 2011...

 (R) 69.45%
Ben Jones
Ben Jones (US)
Ben Lewis Jones is an American actor, politician, playwright and essayist, probably best known for his role as Cooter Davenport in The Dukes of Hazzard. Jones was elected to be a member of the United States House of Representatives in 1988 and re-elected in 1990. He served for four years, until Jan...

 (D) 30.46%
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) 59.81%
Scott Tate (R) 37.32%
Ronald Crickenberger (I) 2.65%
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) 65.76%
Jay Katzen (R) 34.22%
Frank Wolf Republican 1980 Re-elected Frank Wolf (R) 71.72%
John B. Stevens, Jr. (D) 28.13%
Tom Davis
Thomas M. Davis
Thomas Milburn "Tom" Davis III was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Virginia's 11th congressional district in Northern Virginia. Davis was considering a run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by five-term incumbent and fellow Republican John...

Republican 1994 Re-elected Tom Davis
Thomas M. Davis
Thomas Milburn "Tom" Davis III was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Virginia's 11th congressional district in Northern Virginia. Davis was considering a run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by five-term incumbent and fellow Republican John...

 (R) 82.90%
Frank Creel (C) 16.47%

Washington

District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
Jay Inslee
Jay Inslee
Jay Robert Inslee is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes many of Seattle's northern suburbs in King, Snohomish, and Kitsap counties...

Democratic 1998 Re-elected Jay Inslee
Jay Inslee
Jay Robert Inslee is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes many of Seattle's northern suburbs in King, Snohomish, and Kitsap counties...

 (D) 55.64%
Joe Marine (R) 41.31%
Mark B. Wilson (L) 3.05%
Rick Larsen
Rick Larsen
Richard Ray "Rick" Larsen is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education and career:...

Democratic 2000 Re-elected Rick Larsen
Rick Larsen
Richard Ray "Rick" Larsen is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education and career:...

 (D) 50.77%
Norma Smith (R) 45.77%
Bruce Guthrie
Bruce Guthrie
Bruce Guthrie is an American politician and lecturer in the Department of Management at Western Washington University. He is also a competitive speed skater, and a coach in the Whatcom Speed Skating Club and developmentally disabled adults through NW Washington Special Olympics...

 (L) 2.14%
Bern Haggerty (G) 2.02%
Brian Baird
Brian Baird
Brian Norton Baird is a former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1999 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district comprises the counties of Thurston, Lewis, Pacific, Wahkiakum, Cowlitz, Clark, and Skamania....

Democratic 1998 Re-elected Brian Baird
Brian Baird
Brian Norton Baird is a former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1999 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district comprises the counties of Thurston, Lewis, Pacific, Wahkiakum, Cowlitz, Clark, and Skamania....

 (D) 61.69%
Joseph Zarelli (R) 38.31%
Doc Hastings
Doc Hastings
Richard Norman "Doc" Hastings is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1995. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district includes most of the central part of the state, including Yakima, Wenatchee, and the Tri-Cities....

Republican 1994 Re-elected Doc Hastings
Doc Hastings
Richard Norman "Doc" Hastings is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1995. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district includes most of the central part of the state, including Yakima, Wenatchee, and the Tri-Cities....

 (R) 66.90%
Craig Mason (D) 33.10%
George Nethercutt
George Nethercutt
George R. Nethercutt, Jr. is an American politician, and is the founder and chairman of The George Nethercutt Foundation. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2005, representing ....

Republican 1994 Re-elected George Nethercutt
George Nethercutt
George R. Nethercutt, Jr. is an American politician, and is the founder and chairman of The George Nethercutt Foundation. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2005, representing ....

 (R) 62.66%
Bart Haggin (D) 32.21%
Rob Chase (L) 5.13%
Norm Dicks Democratic 1976 Re-elected Norm Dicks (D) 64.20%
Bob Lawrence (R) 31.35%
John A. Bennett (L) 4.45%
Jim McDermott
Jim McDermott
James Adelbert "Jim" McDermott is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1989. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The 7th District includes most of Seattle and Vashon Island, and portions of Shoreline, Lake Forest Park, Tukwila, SeaTac, and Burien.He serves on the House Ways and Means...

Democratic 1988 Re-elected Jim McDermott
Jim McDermott
James Adelbert "Jim" McDermott is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1989. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The 7th District includes most of Seattle and Vashon Island, and portions of Shoreline, Lake Forest Park, Tukwila, SeaTac, and Burien.He serves on the House Ways and Means...

 (D) 74.07%
Carol Thorne Cassady (R) 21.92%
Stan Lippmann (L) 4.00%
Jennifer Dunn
Jennifer Dunn
Jennifer Blackburn Dunn was a prominent Republican member of the United States House of Representatives 1993–2005, representing .-Early life:...

Republican 1992 Re-elected Jennifer Dunn
Jennifer Dunn
Jennifer Blackburn Dunn was a prominent Republican member of the United States House of Representatives 1993–2005, representing .-Early life:...

 (R) 59.82%
Heidi Behrens-Benedict
Heidi Behrens-Benedict
Heidi Behrens-Benedict, an American political candidate. She has been a four-time candidate for the United States House of Representatives, running as a Democrat in the Eighth Congressional District of Washington...

 (D) 37.34%
Mark Taff (L) 2.84%
Adam Smith
Adam Smith (politician)
David Adam Smith , American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1997, representing Washington's 9th congressional district.-Biography:...

Democratic 1996 Re-elected Adam Smith
Adam Smith (politician)
David Adam Smith , American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1997, representing Washington's 9th congressional district.-Biography:...

 (D) 58.52%
Sarah Casada (R) 38.57%
J. Mills (L) 2.91%

West Virginia

District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
Alan Mollohan
Alan Mollohan
Alan Bowlby Mollohan is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1983 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party....

Democratic 1982 Re-elected Alan Mollohan
Alan Mollohan
Alan Bowlby Mollohan is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1983 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party....

 (D) unopposed
Shelley Moore Capito
Shelley Moore Capito
Shelley Moore Capito is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. She is a member of the Republican Party...

Republican 2000 Re-elected Shelley Moore Capito
Shelley Moore Capito
Shelley Moore Capito is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. She is a member of the Republican Party...

 (R) 60.04%
Jim Humphreys (D) 39.96%
Nick Rahall
Nick Rahall
Nick Joe Rahall II is the U.S. Representative for West Virginia's 3rd congressional district, serving since 1977. Rahall is currently Ranking Member of the House Resources Committee. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes much of the southern portion of the state, including...

Democratic 1976 Re-elected Nick Rahall
Nick Rahall
Nick Joe Rahall II is the U.S. Representative for West Virginia's 3rd congressional district, serving since 1977. Rahall is currently Ranking Member of the House Resources Committee. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes much of the southern portion of the state, including...

 (D) 70.22%
Paul Chapman (R) 29.78%

Wisconsin

The state lost one seat in reapportionment.
District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan (politician)
Paul Davis Ryan is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999. He is a member of the Republican Party and has been ranked among the party's most influential voices on economic policy....

Republican 1998 Re-elected Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan (politician)
Paul Davis Ryan is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999. He is a member of the Republican Party and has been ranked among the party's most influential voices on economic policy....

 (R) 67.19%
Jeffrey Thomas (D) 30.63%
George Meyers (L) 2.11%
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Suzanne Green Baldwin is the U.S. Representative for Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district, serving since 1999. She is a member of the Democratic Party. In September 2011, Baldwin announced she would be a candidate in the 2012 U.S...

Democratic 1998 Re-elected Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Suzanne Green Baldwin is the U.S. Representative for Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district, serving since 1999. She is a member of the Democratic Party. In September 2011, Baldwin announced she would be a candidate in the 2012 U.S...

 (D) 66.01%
Ron Greer (R) 33.83%
Ron Kind
Ron Kind
Ronald James "Ron" Kind is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997. He is a member of the Democratic Party. His district is located in the western portion of the state and is anchored by La Crosse and Eau Claire and Platteville....

Democratic 1996 Re-elected Ron Kind
Ron Kind
Ronald James "Ron" Kind is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997. He is a member of the Democratic Party. His district is located in the western portion of the state and is anchored by La Crosse and Eau Claire and Platteville....

 (D) 62.82%
Bill Arndt (R) 33.54%
George Meyers (L) 3.20%
Jerry Kleczka
Jerry Kleczka
Gerald Daniel "Jerry" Kleczka , an American politician, was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1984 to 2005, representing . The district includes the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he was born....

Democratic 1984 Re-elected Jerry Kleczka
Jerry Kleczka
Gerald Daniel "Jerry" Kleczka , an American politician, was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1984 to 2005, representing . The district includes the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he was born....

 (D) 86.32%
Brian Verdin (G) 12.96%
Tom Barrett
Tom Barrett (politician)
Thomas Mark "Tom" Barrett is the Democratic Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, serving since 2004. He ran for Governor of Wisconsin in November 2010, losing by a margin of 52 percent to 47 percent to Republican Scott Walker. Previously, Barrett served in the United States House of Representatives...


Redistricted from the 5th district
Democratic 1992 Retired to run for Governor
Wisconsin gubernatorial election, 2002
The Wisconsin gubernatorial election of 2002 was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican Governor Scott McCallum was defeated by Wisconsin Attorney General Jim Doyle. Doyle served one term 2003 to 2007 and was then reelected in 2006.-Independents:...


Democratic loss
James Sensenbrenner
Redistricted from the (now obsolete)
Republican 1979 Re-elected James Sensenbrenner (R) 86.13%
Robert Raymond (I) 13.32%
Tom Petri
Tom Petri
Thomas Evert Petri is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1979. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district includes most of the east-central part of the state.-Early life, education, and early career:...

Republican 1979 Re-elected Tom Petri
Tom Petri
Thomas Evert Petri is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1979. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district includes most of the east-central part of the state.-Early life, education, and early career:...

 (R) unopposed
Dave Obey
Dave Obey
David Ross "Dave" Obey is the former U.S. Representative for , serving 21 consecutive terms from 1969 until 2011. The district includes much of the northwestern portion of the state, including Wausau and Superior...

Democratic 1969 Re-elected Dave Obey
Dave Obey
David Ross "Dave" Obey is the former U.S. Representative for , serving 21 consecutive terms from 1969 until 2011. The district includes much of the northwestern portion of the state, including Wausau and Superior...

 (D) 64.21%
Joe Rothbauer (R) 35.76%
Mark Green Republican 1998 Re-elected Mark Green (R) 72.58%
Andrew Becker (D) 23.89%
Dick Kaiser (G) 3.49%

Wyoming

District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
Barbara Cubin
Barbara Cubin
Barbara Lynn Cubin was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, having served as the sole member of that body from Wyoming. In the 109th Congress, she was a member of the House Resources Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee...

Republican 1994 Re-elected Barbara Cubin
Barbara Cubin
Barbara Lynn Cubin was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, having served as the sole member of that body from Wyoming. In the 109th Congress, she was a member of the House Resources Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee...

 (R) 60.51%
Ron Akin (D) 36.21%
Lewis Stock (L) 3.27%

See also

  • 108th United States Congress
    108th United States Congress
    The One Hundred Eighth United States Congress was the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives from January 3, 2003 to January 3, 2005, during the third and fourth years of George W. Bush's...

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