1989 United States House of Representatives elections

1989 U.S. House of Representatives elections

←  1988 March 28th - December 9, 1989 1990  →
←  1987 (special elections) 1991 (special elections)  →
8 (out of 435) seats in the U.S. House of Representatives 218 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Tom Foley Bob Michel Party Democratic Republican Leader since June 6, 1989 January 3, 1981 Leader's seat Washington 5th Illinois 18th Last election 260 seats 175 seats Seats won 261 174 Seat change 1 1

In 1989 there were eight special elections to the United States House of Representatives.

List of elections

Elections are listed by date and district.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Alabama 3	Bill Nichols	Democratic	1966	Incumbent died December 13, 1988. New member elected April 4, 1989. Democratic hold.	▌Y Glen Browder (Democratic) 65.29% ▌ John Rice (Republican) 34.71% [1]
Indiana 4	Dan Coats	Republican	1980	Incumbent resigned January 3, 1989, to become U.S. Senator. New member elected March 28, 1989. Democratic gain.	▌Y Jill Long (Democratic) 50.69% ▌Dan Heath (Republican) 49.31% [2]
Wyoming at-large	Dick Cheney	Republican	1978	Incumbent resigned March 17, 1989, to become U.S. Secretary of Defense. New member elected April 26, 1989. Republican hold. [3]	▌Y Craig L. Thomas (Republican) 52.55% ▌ John Vinich (Democratic) 42.98% [4]
Florida 18	Claude Pepper	Democratic	1962	Incumbent died May 30, 1989. New member elected August 29, 1989. Republican gain. [5]	▌Y Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (Republican) 53.14% ▌ Gerald Richman (Democratic) 46.85% [6]
California 15	Tony Coelho	Democratic	1978	Incumbent resigned June 15, 1989. New member elected September 12, 1989. Democratic hold.	▌Y Gary Condit (Democratic) 57.15% ▌ Clare L. Berryhill (Republican) 35.03% ▌ Robert J. Weimer (Republican) 3.26% ▌ Cliff Burris (Republican) 2.64% [7]
Texas 12	Jim Wright	Democratic	1954	Incumbent resigned June 30, 1989. New member elected September 12, 1989. Democratic hold. [8]	▌Y Pete Geren (Democratic) 51.03% ▌Bob Lanier (Democratic) 48.97% [9]
Texas 18	Mickey Leland	Democratic	1978	Incumbent died August 7, 1989. New member elected December 9, 1989. Democratic hold. [10]	▌Y Craig Washington (Democratic) 56.8% ▌ Anthony Hall (Democratic) 43.2% [10]
Mississippi 5	Larkin I. Smith	Republican	1988	Incumbent died August 13, 1989. New member elected October 17, 1989. Democratic gain. [11]	▌Y Gene Taylor (Democratic) 65% ▌ Tom Anderson (Republican) 35% [11]

See also

• List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives
• 101st United States Congress

References

1. "Our Campaigns - AL District 03 - Special Election Race - Apr 04, 1989".
2. "Our Campaigns - IN District 4- Special Election Race - Mar 28, 1989".
3. "Wyoming's Election For U.S. House Seat Goes to Republican". April 26, 1989. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
4. "Our Campaigns - WY At-Large - Special Election Race - Apr 25, 1989".
5. "First Cuban-American Elected to Congress". August 29, 1989. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
6. Yanez, Luisa (August 30, 1989). "Ros-Letinen takes seat" (PDF). South Florida Sun Sentinel . Retrieved March 10, 2018– via Newspapers.com.
7. "Our Campaigns - CA District 15 - Special Election Race - Sep 12, 1989".
8. Suro, Roberto (September 14, 1989). "Jim Wright As Speaker For Texans" . Retrieved December 4, 2017.
9. "Our Campaigns - TX District 12- Special Election Run-Off Race - Sep 12, 1989".
10. "Texas State Senator Elected to Congress To Fill Leland Seat". December 9, 1989. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
11. "Democrat Wins a House Seat in Mississippi". October 17, 1989. Retrieved December 4, 2017.