Special elections
Results summary
Retiring incumbents
50 incumbents retired: 29 Democrats and 21 Republicans, giving the Republicans a net gain of six seats from the Democrats.Democrats
Democratic hold
# : Blanche Lincoln # : Ray Thornton # : Anthony Beilenson # : Pat Schroeder # : Pete Peterson # : Sam Gibbons # : Harry Johnston # : Cardiss Collins # : Andrew Jacobs Jr. # : Gerry Studds # : Robert Torricelli, to run for U.S. senator # : Charlie Rose # : Jack Reed, to run for U.S. senator # : Harold Ford Sr. # : Jim Chapman, to run for U.S. senator # : Charlie Wilson # : Kika de la Garza # : Ronald D. Coleman # : Lewis F. Payne Jr.Republican gain
# : Glen Browder, to run for U.S. senator # : Tom Bevill # :Republicans
Republican hold
# : Tim Hutchinson, to run for U.S. senator # : Carlos Moorhead # : Wayne Allard, to run for U.S. senator # : John Myers # : Pat Roberts, to run for U.S. senator # :Democratic gain
# : Jim Ross Lightfoot, to run for U.S. senator # : Jimmy Hayes, to run for U.S. senator # : Steve Gunderson # : Toby RothIncumbents defeated
In primary elections
Democrats
# : Barbara-Rose Collins lost to Carolyn Kilpatrick, who later won the general election.Republicans
# : Greg Laughlin lost to Ron Paul, who later won the general election.In the general elections
21 seats switched parties in the November elections, giving the Democrats a net gain of 15 seats from the Republicans.Democrats who lost to Republicans
# : Mike Ward lost to Anne Northup. # : Harold Volkmer lost to Kenny Hulshof. # : Bill Orton lost to Chris Cannon.Republicans who lost to Democrats
# : William P. Baker lost to Ellen Tauscher. # : Andrea Seastrand lost to Walter Capps. # : Bob Dornan lost to Loretta Sanchez. # : Gary Franks lost to James H. Maloney. # : Michael Patrick Flanagan lost to Rod Blagojevich. # : James B. Longley Jr. lost to Tom Allen. # : Peter I. Blute lost to Jim McGovern. # : Peter G. Torkildsen lost to John F. Tierney. # : Dick Chrysler lost to Debbie Stabenow. # : William J. Martini lost to Bill Pascrell. # : Dan Frisa lost to Carolyn McCarthy. # : David Funderburk lost to Bob Etheridge. # : Fred Heineman lost to David Price in a rematch of the 1994 election. # : Frank Cremeans lost to Ted Strickland. # : Martin Hoke lost to Dennis Kucinich. # : Jim Bunn lost to Darlene Hooley. # : Steve Stockman lost to Nick Lampson. # : Randy Tate lost toClosest races
Eighty races were decided by 10% or lower.Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
With Republican Chip Pickering flipping the Democratic-held 3rd district, the Republican Party gained a majority in the state's U.S. House delegation for the first time since Reconstruction. This would not occur again untilMissouri
*Jo Ann Emerson was elected as a Republican in a special to serve the remaining months of the term and was elected as an Independent caucusing with Republicans due to Missouri state law. She later switched to the Republican Party a few days after the start of the new Congress.Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
, these were the last elections in which the Republican Party won a majority of congressional districts from Washington.West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
See also
* 104th United States Congress * 105th United States CongressNotes
References
{{United States House of Representatives elections Presidency of Bill Clinton John Boehner Sherrod Brown John Conyers Barney Frank John Dingell Dennis Hastert Ed Markey Chuck Schumer John Thune