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The 1994 United States House of Representatives elections (also known as the
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) were held on November 8, 1994, in the middle of
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's first term. As a result of a 54-seat swing in membership from the
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to the Republican Party, Republicans gained a majority of seats in the
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for the first time since 1952 in what was known as the
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. It was also the largest seat gain for the party since
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, and the largest for either party since 1948, and characterized a
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in American politics. Democrats had run the House since
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, and for all but four years (1947–49 and 1953–55) since
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. But in 1994 the Republican Party ran against President Clinton's proposed healthcare reform. The Republicans argued that Clinton had abandoned the centrist
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platform he campaigned on during the 1992 Presidential election and reverted to big government solutions. The GOP ran on
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's
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. The incumbent
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, Democrat
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, lost re-election in his district, becoming the first sitting Speaker to do so since
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in 1863. Other major upsets included the defeat of powerful long-serving Representatives such as Ways and Means Chairman
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and Judiciary Chairman Jack Brooks. In all, 34 incumbents, all Democrats, were defeated. Republicans also won a number of seats held by retiring Democrats. No Republican incumbents lost re-election, but Democrats won four open Republican-held seats. NFL Hall of Famer
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was elected in Oklahoma and singer
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was elected in California.
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, the Republican Minority Leader, chose to retire due to pressure from the more conservative members of the Republican caucus.
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had served as the Minority Whip and Michel supported having
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replace him, but the position was instead given to Gingrich, who would later be selected to become Speaker. The incumbent Democratic
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,
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, became Minority Leader. The new House leadership, under the Republicans, promised to bring a dozen legislative proposals to a vote in the first 100 days of the session, although the
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did not always follow suit. In a significant
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, the South underwent a dramatic transformation. Before the election, House Democrats outnumbered House Republicans in the South. Afterwards, with the Republicans having picked up a total of 19 Southern seats, they were able to outnumber Democrats in the South for the first time since
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. The Republicans would go on to remain the majority party of the House for the following 12 years, until the 2006 elections. As of 2022, this is the last congressional election in which Democrats won a House seat in
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, as well as the last time Republicans won any House seats in
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.


Voting patterns


Republican gains, 1992–1994

:Source: Data from exit-poll surveys by Voter Research and Surveys and Mitofsky International published in ''The New York Times'', November 13, 1994, p. 24.


Religious right

Evangelicals were an important group within the electorate and a significant voting block in the Republican party. The national exit poll by Mitofsky International showed 27% of all voters identified themselves as a born-again or evangelical Christians, up from 18% in 1988 and 24% in 1992. Republican House candidates outpolled Democrats among white evangelicals by a massive 52 points, 76% to 24%. According to a survey sponsored by the Christian Coalition, 33 percent of the 1994 voters were "religious conservatives," up from 24 percent in 1992 and 18 percent in 1988 (''CQ Weekly Report''), November 19, 1994, p. 3364; in the 1994 exit poll, 38 percent identified themselves as "conservatives," compared with 30 percent in 1992.''Hotline'', November 12, 1994. ;Party identification and ideology by selected religious groups 1994 :Source: Mitofsky International exit poll in Klinkner, p. 121.


Overall results

Source
Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk


Incumbents defeated

Every Republican incumbent standing won re-election.


Democrats

Thirty-four incumbent Democrats (including 16 "freshmen") were defeated in 1994. Democrats from
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lost the most seats (5). * :
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Republicans

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Open seats that changed parties


Democratic seats won by Republicans

22 open seats previously held by Democrats were won by Republicans. * :
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Republican seats won by Democrats

Democrats won four open seats previously held by Republicans. * :
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Open seats that parties held


Democratic seats held

Democrats held nine of their open seats. * :
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Chaka Fattah Chaka Fattah (born Arthur Davenport; November 21, 1956) is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House for from 1995 to 2016. The district included portions of North Philadelphia, South Philadelphia, and West Ph ...
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Republican seats held

Republicans held 17 of their open seats. * :
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See also

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1994 United States elections The 1994 United States elections were held on November 8, 1994. The elections occurred in the middle of Democratic President Bill Clinton's first term in office, and elected the members of 104th United States Congress. The elections have been d ...
** 1994 United States gubernatorial elections ** 1994 United States Senate elections *
103rd United States Congress The 103rd United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from January 3, 199 ...
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104th United States Congress The 104th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from January 3, 199 ...
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Republican Revolution The "Republican Revolution", "Revolution of '94", or "Gingrich Revolution" are political slogans that refer to the Republican Party (GOP) success in the 1994 U.S. mid-term elections, which resulted in a net gain of 54 seats in the House of ...


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External links


Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 8, 1994
Office of the Clerk U.S. House of Representatives {{Elections to the United States House of Representatives