2006 United States House of Representatives elections

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2006 United States House of Representatives elections
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  2004 November 7, 2006 2008  

All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives [lower-alpha 1]
218 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
  Nancy Pelosi portrait 2007.png Dennis Hastert 109th pictorial photo.jpg
Leader Nancy Pelosi Dennis Hastert
(resigned as leader)
Party Democratic Republican
Leader sinceJanuary 3, 2003January 3, 1999
Leader's seat California 8th Illinois 14th
Last election202 seats, 46.8%232 seats, 49.4%
Seats before201229
Seats won233202
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 31Decrease2.svg 30
Popular vote42,338,79535,857,334
Percentage52.3%44.3%
SwingIncrease2.svg 5.5%Decrease2.svg 5.1%

 Third party
 
Party Independent
Last election1
Seats won0
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1
Popular vote417,895
Percentage0.5%
SwingDecrease2.svg 0.1%

2006 House elections.svg
Results:
     Democratic hold     Democratic gain
     Republican hold

Speaker before election

Dennis Hastert
Republican

Elected Speaker

Nancy Pelosi
Democratic

The 2006 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 7, 2006, to elect members to the United States House of Representatives. It took place in the middle of President George W. Bush's second term in office. All 435 seats of the House were up for election. Those elected served in the 110th United States Congress from January 3, 2007, until January 3, 2009. The incumbent majority party, the Republicans, had won majorities in the House consecutively since 1994, and were defeated by the Democrats who won a majority in the chamber, ending 12 years of Republican control in the House.

Contents

The Republicans had won a 232-seat majority in 2004, but by the time of the 2006 election, they held 229 seats, while the Democrats held 201, plus 1 Independent (Bernie Sanders) who caucused with the Democrats. There were also four vacancies. Democrats needed to pick up 15 seats to take control of the House, which had been in Republican control since January 1995. Along with the historical "sixth-year itch" that has plagued many incumbent presidents in midterm elections, the public's perception of George W. Bush, the handling of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and a series of political scandals involving mostly congressional Republicans took their toll on the party at the ballot box. [1]

The final result was a 31-seat pickup for the Democrats, including the pickup of the Vermont at-large seat, previously held by Independent Bernie Sanders (who ran instead for U.S. Senate), who caucused with the Democrats. Democrats defeated 22 Republican incumbents and won eight open Republican-held seats. For the first time since the party's founding, Republicans won no seats previously held by Democrats and defeated no Democratic incumbents. [2] It was the largest seat gain for the Democrats since the 1974 elections. Among the new Democrats were the first Muslim in Congress (Keith Ellison) and the first two Buddhists (Mazie Hirono and Hank Johnson). As a result of the Democratic victory, Nancy Pelosi became the first female and the first Californian House Speaker. [3]

This is to date the only House election cycle where only one party flipped any seats, and is the last time Republicans won a house race in Connecticut or more than one house seat in New Mexico. This is also the last time Democrats won more than one house seat in either Louisiana and/or Kansas.

Results

Federal

233202
DemocraticRepublican
President Bush met with Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer (then House Minority Leader and Minority Whip, respectively) at the Oval Office in the White House. The President congratulated Pelosi and Hoyer on their newfound majority and vowed to work with them until his presidency was over. Regarding Pelosi's elevation to Speaker of the House, Bush commented, "This is a historic moment". Bush, Pelosi, and Hoyer meeting at White House, Nov 9, 2006.jpg
President Bush met with Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer (then House Minority Leader and Minority Whip, respectively) at the Oval Office in the White House. The President congratulated Pelosi and Hoyer on their newfound majority and vowed to work with them until his presidency was over. Regarding Pelosi's elevation to Speaker of the House, Bush commented, "This is a historic moment".
Summary of the November 7, 2006, United States House of Representatives election results
PartySeatsPopular vote
2004 2006Net
change
 %Vote %+/−
Democratic Party 202233Increase2.svg 3153.6%42,338,79552.3%+5.5%
Republican Party 232202Decrease2.svg 3046.4%35,857,33444.3%−5.1%
  Libertarian Party 656,7640.8%−0.1%
  Independent 1 0Decrease2.svg 1-417,8950.5%−0.1%
  Green Party 243,3910.3%-
  Constitution Party 91,1330.1%−0.1%
  Independence Party 85,8150.1%-
  Reform Party 53,8620.1%
 Other parties1,230,5481.5%−0.1%
Totals435435100.0%80,975,537100.0%
Voter turnout: 36.8%
Sources: Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk
Popular vote
Democratic
52.29%
Republican
44.28%
Libertarian
0.81%
Green
0.29%
Others
2.33%
House seats
Democratic
53.56%
Republican
46.44%

Voter demographics

Vote by demographic subgroup
Demographic subgroupDEMGOPOther % of
total vote
Total vote52444100
Ideology
Liberals 8711220
Moderates 6038247
Conservatives 2078232
Party
Democrats 937n/a38
Republicans 891136
Independents 5739426
Gender
Men5047349
Women5543251
Marital status
Married4851168
Unmarried6434232
Gender by marital status
Married men4751235
Married women4850233
Unmarried men6236214
Unmarried women6632218
Race/ethnicity
White 4751279
Black 8910110
Asian 623712
Other554232
Hispanic (of any race)693018
Gender by race
White men4453339
White women4950140
Non-white men752329
Non-white women7821111
Religion
Protestant 4454255
Catholic 5544126
Jewish 871212
Other religion712546
None 7422411
Religious service attendance
More than weekly3860217
Weekly4653128
Monthly5741212
A few times a year6038225
Never6730315
White evangelical or born-again Christian
White evangelical or born-again Christian2870224
Everyone else5939276
Age
18–29 years old6038212
30–44 years old5345224
45–59 years old5346134
60 and older5048229
Sexual orientation
LGBT 752413
Heterosexual 5246297
Education
Not a high school graduate643513
High school graduate5544121
Some college education5147231
College graduate4949227
Postgraduate education 5841118
Family income
Under $15,000673037
$15,000–30,0006136312
$30,000–50,0005643121
$50,000–75,0005048222
$75,000–100,0005247116
$100,000–150,0004751213
$150,000–200,000475125
Over $200,000455325
Union households
Union 6434223
Non-union4949277
Region
Northeast 6335222
Midwest 5247127
South 4553230
West 5443321
Community size
Urban6137230
Suburban5048247
Rural4850224

Source: CNN exit poll [4]

Maps

Retiring incumbents

27 incumbents did not seek re-election.

The four vacancies were New Jersey's 13th congressional district , to be filled at the same time as the general election with the winner taking office in November immediately after the votes were certified; Texas's 22nd congressional district , with a separate special election on the same day; and Ohio's 18th congressional district and Florida's 16th congressional district , which did not have special elections to fill the vacancies before January 2007. New Jersey's 13th congressional district had been held by Democrat Bob Menendez, Texas's 22nd congressional district had been held by Republican Tom DeLay, Ohio's 18th congressional district had been held by Republican Robert Ney, and Florida's 16th congressional district had been held by Republican Mark Foley. Democrats won all four races.

Democratic incumbents

Nine Democrats retired, all of whom were replaced by Democrats.

Republican incumbents

Seventeen Republicans retired, twelve of whom were replaced by Republicans and five replaced by Democrats.

Independent incumbent

One independent who caucused with the Democrats retired, and was replaced by a Democrat.

Defeated incumbents

Defeated in primary elections

Two incumbents were defeated in their party's respective primaries, which their respective parties held in the general election.

Defeated in general election

25 Republican incumbents were defeated by Democrats.

Open seats that changed parties

Five Republicans that retired were replaced by Democrats.

One independent who caucused with the Democrats retired, and was replaced by a Democrat.

Closest races

Sixty races were decided by 10% or lower. [18]

DistrictWinnerMargin
Connecticut 2nd Democratic (flip)0.04%
Florida 13th Republican0.16%
North Carolina 8th Republican0.28%
New Mexico 1st Republican0.40%
Ohio 15th Republican0.48%
Wyoming at-large Republican0.53%
Pennsylvania 8th Democratic (flip)0.60%
Georgia 12th Democratic0.61%
Ohio 2nd Republican1.06%
Georgia 8th Democratic1.09%
Pennsylvania 6th Republican1.32%
New Jersey 7th Republican1.48%
New York 25th Republican1.57%
Florida 16th Democratic (flip)1.89%
Nevada 3rd Republican1.89%
Wisconsin 8th Democratic (flip)2.14%
New York 19th Democratic (flip)2.43%
Kentucky 3rd Democratic (flip)2.44%
Colorado 4th Republican2.49%
New Hampshire 1st Democratic (flip)2.63%
Illinois 6th Republican2.70%
Virginia 2nd Republican2.82%
Iowa 2nd Democratic (flip)2.86%
New York 29th Republican2.92%
Washington 8th Republican2.92%
California 4th Republican3.18%
Connecticut 4th Republican3.38%
Kansas 2nd Democratic (flip)3.46%
Florida 22nd Democratic (flip)3.75%
Pennsylvania 4th Democratic (flip)3.85%
Michigan 7th Republican3.95%
New York 26th Republican3.96%
Arizona 5th Democratic (flip)3.97%
Ohio 1st Republican4.50%
Indiana 9th Democratic (flip)4.52%
Idaho 1st Republican5.14%
Michigan 9th Republican5.34%
Iowa 3rd Democratic5.40%
Nevada 2nd Republican5.41%
Minnesota 1st Democratic (flip)5.62%
Pennsylvania 10th Democratic (flip)5.90%
New York 20th Democratic (flip)6.20%
California 11th Democratic (flip)6.54%
Illinois 10th Republican6.76%
Illinois 8th Democratic6.89%
Florida 8th Republican7.06%
New Hampshire 2nd Democratic (flip)7.10%
Indiana 7th Democratic7.52%
North Carolina 11th Democratic (flip)7.58%
Indiana 2nd Democratic (flip)7.96%
Minnesota 6th Republican7.98%
Arizona 1st Republican8.30%
Kentucky 4th Republican8.31%
Indiana 3rd Republican8.56%
Texas 23rd Democratic (flip)8.56%
Vermont at-large Democratic (flip)8.68%
New York 24th Democratic (flip)8.94%
Nebraska 2nd Republican9.32%
California 50th Republican9.64%
Nebraska 3rd Republican9.98%

Election ratings

Special elections

There were two special elections in 2006 to the 109th United States Congress, listed here by date and district.

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
California 50 Duke Cunningham Republican 1990 Incumbent resigned December 1, 2005 amid the Cunningham scandal.
New member elected June 6, 2006.
Republican hold.
Texas 22 Tom DeLay Republican 1984 Incumbent resigned June 9, 2006 following indictment.
New member elected November 7, 2006.
Republican hold.
  • Green check.svgY Shelley Sekula-Gibbs (Republican) 62.5%
  • Bob Smither (Libertarian) 18.7%
  • Steve Stockman (Republican) 10.8%
  • Don Richardson (Republican) 6.0%
  • Giannibicego Hoa Tran (Republican) 2.1% [20]

Alabama

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
Alabama 1 R+12 Jo Bonner Republican 2002 Incumbent re-elected.
Alabama 2 R+13 Terry Everett Republican 1992 Incumbent re-elected.
Alabama 3 R+4 Mike D. Rogers Republican 2002 Incumbent re-elected.
Alabama 4 R+16 Robert Aderholt Republican 1996 Incumbent re-elected.
Alabama 5 R+6 Robert E. Cramer Democratic 1990 Incumbent re-elected.
Alabama 6 R+25 Spencer Bachus Republican 1992 Incumbent re-elected.
Alabama 7 D+17 Artur Davis Democratic 2002 Incumbent re-elected.

Alaska

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
Alaska at-large R+14 Don Young Republican 1973 (Special) Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Don Young (Republican) 56.8%
  • Diane Benson (Democratic) 40.2%
  • Alexander Crawford (Libertarian) 1.7%
  • Eva Ince (Green) 0.8%
  • Bill Ratigan (Independent) 0.7%

Arizona

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
Arizona 1 R+2 Rick Renzi Republican 2002 Incumbent re-elected.
Arizona 2 R+9 Trent Franks Republican 2002 Incumbent re-elected.
Arizona 3 R+6 John Shadegg Republican 1994 Incumbent re-elected.
Arizona 4 D+14 Ed Pastor Democratic 1990 Incumbent re-elected.
Arizona 5 R+4 J. D. Hayworth Republican 1994 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
Arizona 6 R+12 Jeff Flake Republican 2000 Incumbent re-elected.
Arizona 7 D+12 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 2002 Incumbent re-elected.
Arizona 8 R+1 Jim Kolbe Republican 1984 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.

Arkansas

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
Arkansas 1 R+1 Marion Berry Democratic 1996 Incumbent re-elected.
Arkansas 2 EVEN Vic Snyder Democratic 1996 Incumbent re-elected.
Arkansas 3 R+11 John Boozman Republican 2000 Incumbent re-elected.
Arkansas 4 EVEN Mike Ross Democratic 2000 Incumbent re-elected.

California

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
California 1 D+10 Mike Thompson Democratic 1998 Incumbent re-elected.
California 2 R+13 Wally Herger Republican 1988 Incumbent re-elected.
California 3 R+7 Dan Lungren Republican 1978
1988 (retired)
2004
Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Dan Lungren (Republican) 59.5%
  • Bill Durston (Democratic) 37.9%
  • Douglas Arthur Tuma (Libertarian) 1.6%
  • Mike Roskey (Peace and Freedom) 1.0%
California 4 R+11 John Doolittle Republican 1990 Incumbent re-elected.
California 5 D+14 Doris Matsui Democratic 2005 (Special) Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Doris Matsui (Democratic) 70.8%
  • X. Claire Yan (Republican) 23.6%
  • Jeff Kravitz (Green) 4.3%
  • John C. Reiger (Peace and Freedom) 1.3%
California 6 D+21 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 1992 Incumbent re-elected.
California 7 D+19 George Miller Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY George Miller (Democratic) 83.9%
  • Camden McConnell (Libertarian) 16.1%
California 8 D+36 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 1987 (Special) Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Nancy Pelosi (Democratic) 80.4%
  • Mike DeNunzio (Republican) 10.8%
  • Krissy Keefer (Green) 7.4%
  • Philip Berg (Libertarian) 1.4%
California 9 D+38 Barbara Lee Democratic 1998 Incumbent re-elected.
California 10 D+8 Ellen Tauscher Democratic 1996 Incumbent re-elected.
California 11 R+3 Richard Pombo Republican 1992 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
California 12 D+22 Tom Lantos Democratic 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Tom Lantos (Democratic) 76.1%
  • Michael Moloney (Republican) 23.9%
California 13 D+22 Pete Stark Democratic 1972 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Pete Stark (Democratic) 74.9%
  • George Bruno (Republican) 25.1%
California 14 D+18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 1992 Incumbent re-elected.
California 15 D+14 Mike Honda Democratic 2000 Incumbent re-elected.
California 16 D+16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 1994 Incumbent re-elected.
California 17 D+17 Sam Farr Democratic 1992 Incumbent re-elected.
California 18 D+3 Dennis Cardoza Democratic 2002 Incumbent re-elected.
California 19 R+10 George Radanovich Republican 1996 Incumbent re-elected.
California 20 D+5 Jim Costa Democratic 2004 Incumbent re-elected.
California 21 R+13 Devin Nunes Republican 2002 Incumbent re-elected.
California 22 R+16 Bill Thomas Republican 1978 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Republican hold.
California 23 D+9 Lois Capps Democratic 1998 Incumbent re-elected.
California 24 R+5 Elton Gallegly Republican 1986 Incumbent re-elected.
California 25 R+7 Buck McKeon Republican 1992 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Buck McKeon (Republican) 60.1%
  • Robert Rodriguez (Democratic) 35.6%
  • David Erickson (Libertarian) 4.3%
California 26 R+4 David Dreier Republican 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
California 27 D+13 Brad Sherman Democratic 1996 Incumbent re-elected.
California 28 D+25 Howard Berman Democratic 1982 Incumbent re-elected.
California 29 D+12 Adam Schiff Democratic 2000 Incumbent re-elected.
California 30 D+20 Henry Waxman Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
California 31 D+30 Xavier Becerra Democratic 1992 Incumbent re-elected.
California 32 D+17 Hilda Solis Democratic 2000 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Hilda Solis (Democratic) 83.0%
  • Leland Faegre (Libertarian) 17.0%
California 33 D+36 Diane Watson Democratic 2001 (Special) Incumbent re-elected.
California 34 D+23 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 1992 Incumbent re-elected.
California 35 D+33 Maxine Waters Democratic 1990 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Maxine Waters (Democratic) 83.8%
  • Gordon Michael Mego (American Independent) 8.5%
  • Paul Ireland (Libertarian) 7.7%
California 36 D+11 Jane Harman Democratic 1992
1998 (retired)
2000
Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Jane Harman (Democratic) 63.4%
  • Brian Gibson (Republican) 32.0%
  • Jim Smith (Peace and Freedom) 2.7%
  • Michael J. Binkley (Libertarian) 1.9%
California 37 D+27 Juanita Millender-McDonald Democratic 1996 Incumbent re-elected.
California 38 D+20 Grace Napolitano Democratic 1998 Incumbent re-elected.
California 39 D+13 Linda Sánchez Democratic 2002 Incumbent re-elected.
California 40 R+8 Ed Royce Republican 1992 Incumbent re-elected.
California 41 R+9 Jerry Lewis Republican 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
California 42 R+10 Gary Miller Republican 1998 Incumbent re-elected.
California 43 D+13 Joe Baca Democratic 1999 (Special) Incumbent re-elected.
California 44 R+6 Ken Calvert Republican 1992 Incumbent re-elected.
California 45 R+3 Mary Bono Republican 1998 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Mary Bono (Republican) 60.7%
  • David Roth (Democratic) 39.3%
California 46 R+6 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 1988 Incumbent re-elected.
California 47 D+5 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 1996 Incumbent re-elected.
California 48 R+8 John B. T. Campbell III Republican 2005 (Special) Incumbent re-elected.
California 49 R+10 Darrell Issa Republican 2000 Incumbent re-elected.
California 50 R+5 Brian Bilbray Republican 1994
2000 (defeated)
2006 (Special)
Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Brian Bilbray (Republican) 53.2%
  • Francine Busby (Democratic) 43.5%
  • Paul King (Libertarian) 1.8%
  • Miriam E. Clark (Peace and Freedom) 1.5%
California 51 D+7 Bob Filner Democratic 1992 Incumbent re-elected.
California 52 R+9 Duncan L. Hunter Republican 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
California 53 D+12 Susan Davis Democratic 2000 Incumbent re-elected.

Colorado

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
Colorado 1 D+18 Diana DeGette Democratic 1996 Incumbent re-elected.
Colorado 2 D+8 Mark Udall Democratic 1998 Incumbent re-elected.
Colorado 3 R+6 John Salazar Democratic 2004 Incumbent re-elected.
Colorado 4 R+9 Marilyn Musgrave Republican 2002 Incumbent re-elected.
Colorado 5 R+16 Joel Hefley Republican 1986 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Republican hold.
Colorado 6 R+10 Tom Tancredo Republican 1998 Incumbent re-elected.
Colorado 7 D+2 Bob Beauprez Republican 2002 Incumbent retired to run for Governor.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.

Connecticut

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
Connecticut 1 D+14 John B. Larson Democratic 1998 Incumbent re-elected.
Connecticut 2 D+8 Rob Simmons Republican 2000 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
Connecticut 3 D+12 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 1990 Incumbent re-elected.
Connecticut 4 D+5 Chris Shays Republican 1987 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
Connecticut 5 D+4 Nancy Johnson Republican 1982 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.

Delaware

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
Delaware at-large D+7 Mike Castle Republican 1992 Incumbent re-elected.

Florida

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
Florida 1 R+19 Jeff Miller Republican 2001 (Special) Incumbent re-elected.
Florida 2 R+2 Allen Boyd Democratic 1996 Incumbent re-elected.
Florida 3 D+17 Corrine Brown Democratic 1992 Incumbent re-elected.
Florida 4 R+16 Ander Crenshaw Republican 2000 Incumbent re-elected.
Florida 5 R+5 Ginny Brown-Waite Republican 2002 Incumbent re-elected.
Florida 6 R+8 Cliff Stearns Republican 1988 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Cliff Stearns (Republican) 59.9%
  • Dave Bruderly (Democratic) 40.1%
Florida 7 R+3 John Mica Republican 1992 Incumbent re-elected.
Florida 8 R+3 Ric Keller Republican 2000 Incumbent re-elected.
Florida 9 R+4 Michael Bilirakis Republican 1982 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Republican hold.
Florida 10 D+1 Bill Young Republican 1970 Incumbent re-elected.
Florida 11 D+11 Jim Davis Democratic 1996 Incumbent retired to run for Governor.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.
Florida 12 R+5 Adam Putnam Republican 2000 Incumbent re-elected.
Florida 13 R+4 Katherine Harris Republican 2002 Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator.
New member elected.
Republican hold.
Florida 14 R+10 Connie Mack IV Republican 2004 Incumbent re-elected.
Florida 15 R+4 Dave Weldon Republican 1994 Incumbent re-elected.
Florida 16 R+2VacantIncumbent Mark Foley (Republican) resigned September 29, 2006.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
Florida 17 D+35 Kendrick Meek Democratic 2002 Incumbent re-elected.
Florida 18 R+4 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 1989 (Special) Incumbent re-elected.
Florida 19 D+21 Robert Wexler Democratic 1996 Incumbent re-elected.
Florida 20 D+18 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 2004 Incumbent re-elected.
Florida 21 R+6 Lincoln Díaz-Balart Republican 1992 Incumbent re-elected.
Florida 22 D+4 Clay Shaw Republican 1980 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
Florida 23 D+29 Alcee Hastings Democratic 1992 Incumbent re-elected.
Florida 24 R+3 Tom Feeney Republican 2002 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Tom Feeney (Republican) 57.9%
  • Clint Curtis (Democratic) 42.1%
Florida 25 R+4 Mario Díaz-Balart Republican 2002 Incumbent re-elected.

Georgia

Georgia's delegation was redistricted in 2005.[ citation needed ]

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
Georgia 1 R+14 Jack Kingston Republican 1992 Incumbent re-elected.
Georgia 2 D+2 Sanford Bishop Democratic 1992 Incumbent re-elected.
Georgia 3 R+19 Lynn Westmoreland
Redistricted from the 8th district
Republican 2004 Incumbent re-elected.
Georgia 4 D+22 Cynthia McKinney Democratic 1992
2002 (lost renomination)
2004
Incumbent lost renomination.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.
  • Green check.svgY Hank Johnson (Democratic) 75.4%
  • Catherine Davis (Republican) 24.6%
Georgia 5 D+25 John Lewis Democratic 1986 Incumbent re-elected.
Georgia 6 R+19 Tom Price Republican 2004 Incumbent re-elected.
Georgia 7 R+19 John Linder Republican 1992 Incumbent re-elected.
Georgia 8 R+8 Jim Marshall
Redistricted from the 3rd district
Democratic 2002 Incumbent re-elected.
Georgia 9 R+24 Nathan Deal
Redistricted from the 10th district
Republican 1992 [lower-alpha 2] Incumbent re-elected.
Georgia 10 R+14 Charlie Norwood
Redistricted from the 9th district
Republican 1994 Incumbent re-elected.
Georgia 11 R+18 Phil Gingrey Republican 2002 Incumbent re-elected.
Georgia 12 D+2 John Barrow Democratic 2004 Incumbent re-elected.
Georgia 13 D+10 David Scott Democratic 2002 Incumbent re-elected.

Hawaii

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
Hawaii 1 D+7 Neil Abercrombie Democratic 1986 (special)
1988 (lost renomination)
1990
Incumbent re-elected.
Hawaii 2 D+10 Ed Case Democratic 2002 (special) Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.

Idaho

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
Idaho 1 R+19 Butch Otter Republican 2000 Incumbent retired to run for Governor.
New member elected.
Republican hold.
Idaho 2 R+23 Mike Simpson Republican 1998 Incumbent re-elected.

Illinois

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
Illinois 1 D+35 Bobby Rush Democratic 1992 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 2 D+35 Jesse Jackson Jr. Democratic 1995 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 3 D+10 Dan Lipinski Democratic 2004 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 4 D+31 Luis Gutiérrez Democratic 1992 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 5 D+18 Rahm Emanuel Democratic 2002 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 6 R+3 Henry Hyde Republican 1974 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Republican hold.
Illinois 7 D+35 Danny K. Davis Democratic 1996 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Danny K. Davis (Democratic) 86.7%
  • Charles Hutchinson (Republican) 13.3%
Illinois 8 R+5 Melissa Bean Democratic 2004 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 9 D+20 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 1998 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 10 D+4 Mark Kirk Republican 2000 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 11 R+1 Jerry Weller Republican 1994 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 12 D+5 Jerry Costello Democratic 1988 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 13 R+5 Judy Biggert Republican 1998 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 14 R+5 Dennis Hastert Republican 1986 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 15 R+6 Tim Johnson Republican 2000 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 16 R+4 Don Manzullo Republican 1992 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 17 D+5 Lane Evans Democratic 1982 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.
Illinois 18 R+5 Ray LaHood Republican 1994 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 19 R+8 John Shimkus Republican 1996 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY John Shimkus (Republican) 60.3%
  • Dan Stover (Democratic) 39.7%

Indiana

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
Indiana 1 D+8 Pete Visclosky Democratic 1984 Incumbent re-elected.
Indiana 2 R+4 Chris Chocola Republican 2002 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
Indiana 3 R+16 Mark Souder Republican 1994 Incumbent re-elected.
Indiana 4 R+17 Steve Buyer Republican 1992 Incumbent re-elected.
Indiana 5 R+20 Dan Burton Republican 1982 Incumbent re-elected.
Indiana 6 R+11 Mike Pence Republican 2000 Incumbent re-elected.
Indiana 7 D+9 Julia Carson Democratic 1996 Incumbent re-elected.
Indiana 8 R+9 John Hostettler Republican 1994 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
Indiana 9 R+7 Mike Sodrel Republican 2004 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.

Iowa

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
Iowa 1 D+5 Jim Nussle Republican 1990 Incumbent retired to run for Governor.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
Iowa 2 D+7 Jim Leach Republican 1976 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
Iowa 3 D+1 Leonard Boswell Democratic 1996 Incumbent re-elected.
Iowa 4 EVEN Tom Latham Republican 1994 Incumbent re-elected.
Iowa 5 R+8 Steve King Republican 2002 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Steve King (Republican) 58.4%
  • Joyce Schulte (Democratic) 35.7%
  • Roy Nielsen (Independent) 4.5%
  • Cheryl Broderson (Independent) 1.4%

Kansas

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
Kansas 1 R+20 Jerry Moran Republican 1996 Incumbent re-elected.
Kansas 2 R+7 Jim Ryun Republican 1996 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
  • Green check.svgY Nancy Boyda (Democratic) 50.6%
  • Jim Ryun (Republican) 47.1%
  • Roger Tucker (Reform) 2.3%
Kansas 3 R+4 Dennis Moore Democratic 1998 Incumbent re-elected.
Kansas 4 R+12 Todd Tiahrt Republican 1994 Incumbent re-elected.

Kentucky

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
Kentucky 1 R+10 Ed Whitfield Republican 1994 Incumbent re-elected.
Kentucky 2 R+13 Ron Lewis Republican 1994 Incumbent re-elected.
Kentucky 3 D+2 Anne Northup Republican 1996 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
Others
  • Donna Walker Mancini (Libertarian) 0.9%
  • Ed Parker (Constitution) 0.3%
Kentucky 4 R+12 Geoff Davis Republican 2004 Incumbent re-elected.
Kentucky 5 R+8 Hal Rogers Republican 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
Kentucky 6 R+7 Ben Chandler Democratic 2004 Incumbent re-elected.

Louisiana

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
Louisiana 1 R+18 Bobby Jindal Republican 2004 Incumbent re-elected.
Louisiana 2 D+28 William J. Jefferson Democratic 1990 Incumbent re-elected in runoff. [22]
Louisiana 3 R+5 Charlie Melançon Democratic 2004 Incumbent re-elected.
Louisiana 4 R+7 Jim McCrery Republican 1988 Incumbent re-elected.
Louisiana 5 R+10 Rodney Alexander Republican 2002 [lower-alpha 3] Incumbent re-elected.
Louisiana 6 R+7 Richard Baker Republican 1986 Incumbent re-elected.
Louisiana 7 R+7 Charles Boustany Republican 2004 Incumbent re-elected.

Maine

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
Maine 1 D+6 Tom Allen Democratic 1996 Incumbent re-elected.
Maine 2 D+4 Mike Michaud Democratic 2002 Incumbent re-elected.

Maryland

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
Maryland 1 R+10 Wayne Gilchrest Republican 1990 Incumbent re-elected.
Maryland 2 D+8 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 2002 Incumbent re-elected.
Maryland 3 D+7 Ben Cardin Democratic 1986 Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.
Maryland 4 D+30 Albert Wynn Democratic 1992 Incumbent re-elected.
Maryland 5 D+9 Steny Hoyer Democratic 1981 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Steny Hoyer (Democratic) 82.7%
  • Steve Warner (Green) 16.5%
Maryland 6 R+13 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 1992 Incumbent re-elected.
Maryland 7 D+25 Elijah Cummings Democratic 1996 Incumbent re-elected.
Maryland 8 D+20 Chris Van Hollen Democratic 2002 Incumbent re-elected.

Massachusetts

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
Massachusetts 1 D+15 John Olver Democratic 1991 (Special) Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY John Olver (Democratic) 76.5%
  • Bill Szych (Independent) 23.5%
Massachusetts 2 D+11 Richard Neal Democratic 1988 Incumbent re-elected.
Massachusetts 3 D+11 Jim McGovern Democratic 1996 Incumbent re-elected.
Massachusetts 4 D+17 Barney Frank Democratic 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
Massachusetts 5 D+9 Marty Meehan Democratic 1992 Incumbent re-elected.
Massachusetts 6 D+10 John F. Tierney Democratic 1996 Incumbent re-elected.
Massachusetts 7 D+18 Ed Markey Democratic 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
Massachusetts 8 D+31 Mike Capuano Democratic 1998 Incumbent re-elected.
Massachusetts 9 D+15 Stephen F. Lynch Democratic 2001 Incumbent re-elected.
Massachusetts 10 D+8 Bill Delahunt Democratic 1996 Incumbent re-elected.

Michigan

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
Michigan 1 R+2 Bart Stupak Democratic 1992 Incumbent re-elected.
Others
  • Joshua Warren (US Taxpayers) 0.9%
  • David Newland (Green) 0.9%
  • Ken Proctor (Libertarian) 0.8%
Michigan 2 R+9 Pete Hoekstra Republican 1992 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Pete Hoekstra (Republican) 66.4%
  • Kimon Kotos (Democratic) 31.6%
  • Ronald Graeser (US Taxpayers) 1.0%
  • Steven Van Til (Libertarian) 1.0%
Michigan 3 R+9 Vern Ehlers Republican 1993 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Vern Ehlers (Republican) 63.1%
  • Jim Rinck (Democratic) 34.6%
  • Jeff Steinport (Libertarian) 1.4%
  • Rodger Gurk (Green) 0.9%
Michigan 4 R+3 Dave Camp Republican 1990 Incumbent re-elected.
Others
  • John Emerick (US Taxpayers) 0.8%
  • Allitta Hren (Libertarian) 0.7%
Michigan 5 D+12 Dale Kildee Democratic 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Dale Kildee (Democratic) 72.9%
  • Eric Klammer (Republican) 25.2%
  • Ken Mathenia (Green) 1.0%
  • Steve Samoranksi (Libertarian) 0.9%
Michigan 6 R+2 Fred Upton Republican 1986 Incumbent re-elected.
Michigan 7 R+2 Joe Schwarz Republican 2004 Incumbent lost renomination.
New member elected.
Republican hold.
Michigan 8 R+2 Mike Rogers Republican 2000 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Mike Rogers (Republican) 55.3%
  • Jim Marcinkowski (Democratic) 42.9%
  • Dick Gach (Libertarian) 1.0%
  • Aaron Stuttman (Green) 0.8%
Michigan 9 EVEN Joe Knollenberg Republican 1992 Incumbent re-elected.
Michigan 10 R+4 Candice S. Miller Republican 2002 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Candice S. Miller (Republican) 66.2%
  • Robert Denison (Democratic) 31.3%
  • Mark Byrne (Libertarian) 1.1%
Others
  • Candace Caveny (Green) 0.7%
  • Richard Gualdoni (US Taxpayers) 0.7%
Michigan 11 R+1 Thad McCotter Republican 2002 Incumbent re-elected.
Michigan 12 D+13 Sander Levin Democratic 1982 Incumbent re-elected.
Others
  • Les Townsend (US Taxpayers) 0.9%
  • Jerome S. White (Independent) 0.8%
  • Art Mayatt (Green) 0.7%
Michigan 13 D+32 Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick Democratic 1996 Incumbent re-elected.
Michigan 14 D+33 John Conyers Democratic 1964 Incumbent re-elected.
Michigan 15 D+13 John Dingell Democratic 1955 (Special) Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY John Dingell (Democratic) 87.9%
  • Aimee Smith (Green) 4.6%
  • Gregory Stempfle (Libertarian) 4.1%
  • Robert Czak (US Taxpayers) 3.4%

Minnesota

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
Minnesota 1 R+1 Gil Gutknecht Republican 1994 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
DFL gain.
Minnesota 2 R+3 John Kline Republican 2002 Incumbent re-elected.
Minnesota 3 R+1 Jim Ramstad Republican 1990 Incumbent re-elected.
Minnesota 4 D+13 Betty McCollum DFL 2000 Incumbent re-elected.
Minnesota 5 D+21 Martin Olav Sabo DFL 1978 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
DFL hold.
Minnesota 6 R+5 Mark Kennedy Republican 2000 Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator.
New member elected.
Republican hold.
Minnesota 7 R+6 Collin Peterson DFL 1990 Incumbent re-elected.
Minnesota 8 D+4 Jim Oberstar DFL 1974 Incumbent re-elected.

Mississippi

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
Mississippi 1 R+10 Roger Wicker Republican 1994 Incumbent re-elected.
Mississippi 2 D+10 Bennie Thompson Democratic 1993 Incumbent re-elected.
Mississippi 3 R+13 Chip Pickering Republican 1996 Incumbent re-elected.
Mississippi 4 R+16 Gene Taylor Democratic 1989 Incumbent re-elected.

Missouri

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
Missouri 1 D+26 Lacy Clay Democratic 2000 Incumbent re-elected.
Missouri 2 R+9 Todd Akin Republican 2000 Incumbent re-elected.
Missouri 3 D+8 Russ Carnahan Democratic 2004 Incumbent re-elected.
Missouri 4 R+11 Ike Skelton Democratic 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
Missouri 5 D+12 Emanuel Cleaver Democratic 2004 Incumbent re-elected.
Missouri 6 R+5 Sam Graves Republican 2000 Incumbent re-elected.
Missouri 7 R+14 Roy Blunt Republican 1996 Incumbent re-elected.
Missouri 8 R+11 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 1996 Incumbent re-elected.
Missouri 9 R+7 Kenny Hulshof Republican 1996 Incumbent re-elected.

Montana

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
Montana at-large R+11 Denny Rehberg Republican 2000 Incumbent re-elected.

Nebraska

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
Nebraska 1 R+11 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 2004 Incumbent re-elected.
Nebraska 2 R+9 Lee Terry Republican 1998 Incumbent re-elected.
Nebraska 3 R+24 Tom Osborne Republican 2000 Incumbent retired to run for Governor.
New member elected.
Republican hold.

Nevada

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
Nevada 1 D+9 Shelley Berkley Democratic 1998 Incumbent re-elected.
Nevada 2 R+8 Jim Gibbons Republican 1996 Incumbent retired to run for Governor.
New member elected.
Republican hold.
  • Green check.svgY Dean Heller (Republican) 50.4%
  • Jill Derby (Democratic) 44.9%
  • Daniel Rosen (Independent) 2.4%
  • James Kroshus (Independent American) 2.3%
Nevada 3 D+1 Jon Porter Republican 2002 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Jon Porter (Republican) 48.5%
  • Tessa Hafen (Democratic) 46.6%
  • Joshua Hansen (Independent American) 2.5%
  • Joseph Silvestri (Libertarian) 2.4%

New Hampshire

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
New Hampshire 1 EVEN Jeb Bradley Republican 2002 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
New Hampshire 2 D+3 Charles Bass Republican 1994 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.

New Jersey

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
New Jersey 1 D+14 Rob Andrews Democratic 1990 Incumbent re-elected.
New Jersey 2 D+4 Frank LoBiondo Republican 1994 Incumbent re-elected.
Others
  • Lynn Merle (Independent) 0.5%
  • Thomas Fanslau (Independent) 0.3%
  • Willie Norwood (Socialist) 0.2%
New Jersey 3 D+3 Jim Saxton Republican 1984 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Jim Saxton (Republican) 58.4%
  • Rich Sexton (Democratic) 41.0%
  • Ken Feduniewicz (Independent) 0.6%
New Jersey 4 R+1 Chris Smith Republican 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
Others
  • Jay Edgar (Libertarian) 0.8%
  • Louis Wary (Independent) 0.3%
New Jersey 5 R+4 Scott Garrett Republican 2002 Incumbent re-elected.
New Jersey 6 D+12 Frank Pallone Democratic 1988 Incumbent re-elected.
New Jersey 7 R+1 Mike Ferguson Republican 2000 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Mike Ferguson (Republican) 49.4%
  • Linda Stender (Democratic) 47.9%
  • Thomas Abrams (Independent) 1.6%
  • Darren Young (Libertarian) 1.0%
New Jersey 8 D+12 Bill Pascrell Democratic 1996 Incumbent re-elected.
New Jersey 9 D+13 Steve Rothman Democratic 1996 Incumbent re-elected.
New Jersey 10 D+34 Donald M. Payne Democratic 1988 Incumbent re-elected.
New Jersey 11 R+6 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 1994 Incumbent re-elected.
Others
  • Richard Roth (Libertarian) 0.9%
  • John Mele (Constitution) 0.4%
New Jersey 12 D+8 Rush Holt Jr. Democratic 1998 Incumbent re-elected.
New Jersey 13 D+23Vacant Bob Menendez (D) resigned January 16, 2006 after being appointed to the U.S. Senate.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.
Others
  • Dick Hester (Independent) 0.6%
  • Esmat Zaklama (Independent) 0.5%

New Mexico

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
New Mexico 1 D+2 Heather Wilson Republican 1998 Incumbent re-elected.
New Mexico 2 R+6 Steve Pearce Republican 2002 Incumbent re-elected.
New Mexico 3 D+6 Tom Udall Democratic 1998 Incumbent re-elected.

New York

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
New York 1 D+3 Tim Bishop Democratic 2002 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 2 D+7 Steve Israel Democratic 2000 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 3 D+2 Peter T. King Republican 1992 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Peter T. King (Republican) 56.0%
  • David Mejias (Democratic) 44.0%
New York 4 D+9 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 1996 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 5 D+18 Gary Ackerman Democratic 1983 (Special) Incumbent re-elected.
New York 6 D+38 Gregory Meeks Democratic 1998 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 7 D+28 Joseph Crowley Democratic 1998 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Joseph Crowley (Democratic) 84.0%
  • Kevin Brawley (Republican) 16.0%
New York 8 D+28 Jerrold Nadler Democratic 1992 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 9 D+14 Anthony Weiner Democratic 1998 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 10 D+41 Edolphus Towns Democratic 1982 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 11 D+40 Major Owens Democratic 1982 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.
New York 12 D+34 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 1992 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 13 D+1 Vito Fossella Republican 1997 (Special) Incumbent re-elected.
New York 14 D+26 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 1992 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 15 D+43 Charles B. Rangel Democratic 1970 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 16 D+43 José E. Serrano Democratic 1990 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 17 D+21 Eliot Engel Democratic 1988 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 18 D+10 Nita Lowey Democratic 1988 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Nita Lowey (Democratic) 70.7%
  • Richard A. Hoffman (Republican) 29.3%
New York 19 R+1 Sue W. Kelly Republican 1994 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
New York 20 R+3 John E. Sweeney Republican 1998 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
New York 21 D+9 Michael R. McNulty Democratic 1988 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 22 D+6 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 1992 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 23 EVEN John M. McHugh Republican 1992 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 24 R+1 Sherwood Boehlert Republican 1982 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
New York 25 D+3 James T. Walsh Republican 1988 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 26 R+3 Thomas M. Reynolds Republican 1998 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 27 D+7 Brian Higgins Democratic 2004 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 28 D+15 Louise Slaughter Democratic 1986 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 29 R+5 Randy Kuhl Republican 2004 Incumbent re-elected.

North Carolina

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
North Carolina 1 D+9 G. K. Butterfield Democratic 2004 Incumbent re-elected.
North Carolina 2 R+3 Bob Etheridge Democratic 1996 Incumbent re-elected.
North Carolina 3 R+15 Walter B. Jones Jr. Republican 1994 Incumbent re-elected.
North Carolina 4 D+6 David Price Democratic 1986
1994 (defeated)
1996
Incumbent re-elected.
North Carolina 5 R+15 Virginia Foxx Republican 2004 Incumbent re-elected.
North Carolina 6 R+17 Howard Coble Republican 1984 Incumbent re-elected.
North Carolina 7 R+3 Mike McIntyre Democratic 1996 Incumbent re-elected.
North Carolina 8 R+3 Robin Hayes Republican 1998 Incumbent re-elected.
North Carolina 9 R+12 Sue Myrick Republican 1994 Incumbent re-elected.
North Carolina 10 R+15 Patrick McHenry Republican 2004 Incumbent re-elected.
North Carolina 11 R+7 Charles Taylor Republican 1990 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
North Carolina 12 D+11 Mel Watt Democratic 1992 Incumbent re-elected.
North Carolina 13 D+2 Brad Miller Democratic 2002 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Brad Miller (Democratic) 63.7%
  • Vernon Robinson (Republican) 36.3%

North Dakota

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
North Dakota at-large R+13 Earl Pomeroy Democratic-NPL 1992 Incumbent re-elected.

Ohio

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
Ohio 1 R+1 Steve Chabot Republican 1994 Incumbent re-elected.
Ohio 2 R+13 Jean Schmidt Republican 2005 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
Ohio 3 R+3 Mike Turner Republican 2002 Incumbent re-elected.
Ohio 4 R+14 Mike Oxley Republican 1981 (special) Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Republican hold.
Ohio 5 R+10 Paul Gillmor Republican 1988 Incumbent re-elected.
Ohio 6 EVEN Ted Strickland Democratic 1992
1994 (defeated)
1996
Incumbent retired to run for Governor.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.
Ohio 7 R+6 Dave Hobson Republican 1990 Incumbent re-elected.
Ohio 8 R+12 John Boehner Republican 1990 Incumbent re-elected.
Ohio 9 D+9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 1982 Incumbent re-elected.
Ohio 10 D+6 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 1996 Incumbent re-elected.
Ohio 11 D+33 Stephanie Tubbs Jones Democratic 1998 Incumbent re-elected.
Ohio 12 R+1 Pat Tiberi Republican 2000 Incumbent re-elected.
Ohio 13 D+6 Sherrod Brown Democratic 1992 Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.
Ohio 14 R+2 Steve LaTourette Republican 1994 Incumbent re-elected.
Ohio 15 R+1 Deborah Pryce Republican 1992 Incumbent re-elected.
Ohio 16 R+4 Ralph Regula Republican 1972 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Ralph Regula (Republican) 58.3%
  • Tom Shaw (Democratic) 41.7%
Ohio 17 D+14 Tim Ryan Democratic 2002 Incumbent re-elected.
Ohio 18 R+6VacantRep. Bob Ney (R) resigned November 3, 2006.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.

Oklahoma

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
Oklahoma 1 R+13 John Sullivan Republican 2002 Incumbent re-elected.
Oklahoma 2 R+5 Dan Boren Democratic 2004 Incumbent re-elected.
Oklahoma 3 R+18 Frank Lucas Republican 1994 Incumbent re-elected.
Oklahoma 4 R+13 Tom Cole Republican 2002 Incumbent re-elected.
Oklahoma 5 R+12 Ernest Istook Republican 1992 Incumbent retired to run for Governor.
New member elected.
Republican hold.

Oregon

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
Oregon 1 D+6 David Wu Democratic 1998 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY David Wu (Democratic) 62.8%
  • Derrick Kitts (Republican) 33.7%
  • Drake Davis (Libertarian) 1.7%
  • Dean Wolf (Constitution) 1.6%
Oregon 2 R+11 Greg Walden Republican 1998 Incumbent re-elected.
Oregon 3 D+18 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 1996 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Earl Blumenauer (Democratic) 73.5%
  • Bruce Broussard (Republican) 23.5%
  • David Brownlow (Constitution) 2.8%
Oregon 4 EVEN Peter DeFazio Democratic 1986 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Peter DeFazio (Democratic) 62.3%
  • Jim Feldkamp (Republican) 37.6%
Oregon 5 D+1 Darlene Hooley Democratic 1996 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Darlene Hooley (Democratic) 54.0%
  • Mike Erickson (Republican) 42.8%
  • Paul Aranas (Pacific Green) 1.5%
  • Doug Patterson (Constitution) 1.5%

Pennsylvania

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
Pennsylvania 1 D+36 Bob Brady Democratic 1998 Incumbent re-elected.
Pennsylvania 2 D+39 Chaka Fattah Democratic 1994 Incumbent re-elected.
Pennsylvania 3 R+2 Phil English Republican 1994 Incumbent re-elected.
Pennsylvania 4 R+3 Melissa Hart Republican 2000 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
Pennsylvania 5 R+10 John E. Peterson Republican 1996 Incumbent re-elected.
Pennsylvania 6 D+2 Jim Gerlach Republican 2002 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Jim Gerlach (Republican) 50.7%
  • Lois Murphy (Democratic) 49.3%
Pennsylvania 7 D+4 Curt Weldon Republican 1986 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
Pennsylvania 8 D+3 Mike Fitzpatrick Republican 2004 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
Pennsylvania 9 R+15 Bill Shuster Republican 2001 Incumbent re-elected.
Pennsylvania 10 R+8 Don Sherwood Republican 1998 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
Pennsylvania 11 D+5 Paul Kanjorski Democratic 1984 Incumbent re-elected.
Pennsylvania 12 D+5 John Murtha Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
Pennsylvania 13 D+8 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 2004 Incumbent re-elected.
Pennsylvania 14 D+22 Michael F. Doyle Democratic 1994 Incumbent re-elected.
Pennsylvania 15 D+2 Charlie Dent Republican 2004 Incumbent re-elected.
Pennsylvania 16 R+11 Joe Pitts Republican 1996 Incumbent re-elected.
Pennsylvania 17 R+7 Tim Holden Democratic 1992 Incumbent re-elected.
Pennsylvania 18 R+2 Tim Murphy Republican 2002 Incumbent re-elected.
Pennsylvania 19 R+12 Todd Platts Republican 2000 Incumbent re-elected.

Rhode Island

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
Rhode Island 1 D+16 Patrick J. Kennedy Democratic 1994 Incumbent re-elected.
Rhode Island 2 D+13 Jim Langevin Democratic 2000 Incumbent re-elected.

South Carolina

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
South Carolina 1 R+10 Henry Brown Republican 2000 Incumbent re-elected.
South Carolina 2 R+9 Joe Wilson Republican 2001 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
South Carolina 3 R+14 Gresham Barrett Republican 2002 Incumbent re-elected.
South Carolina 4 R+15 Bob Inglis Republican 1992
1998 (retired)
2004
Incumbent re-elected.
South Carolina 5 R+6 John Spratt Democratic 1982 Incumbent re-elected.
South Carolina 6 D+11 Jim Clyburn Democratic 1992 Incumbent re-elected.

South Dakota

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
South Dakota at-large R+10 Stephanie Herseth Democratic 2004 Incumbent re-elected.

Tennessee

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
Tennessee 1 R+14 Bill Jenkins Republican 1996 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Republican hold.
  • Green check.svgY David Davis (Republican) 61.1%
  • Rick Trent (Democratic) 36.9%
Others
  • Bob Smith (Green) 0.6%
  • James Reeves (Independent) 0.6%
  • Michael Peavler (Independent) 0.5%
  • Michael Sabri (Independent) 0.2%
Tennessee 2 R+11 Jimmy Duncan Republican 1998 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Jimmy Duncan (Republican) 77.7%
  • John Greene (Democratic) 22.3%
Tennessee 3 R+8 Zach Wamp Republican 1994 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Zach Wamp (Republican) 65.7%
  • Brent Benedict (Democratic) 34.3%
Tennessee 4 R+3 Lincoln Davis Democratic 2002 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Lincoln Davis (Democratic) 67.5%
  • Kenneth Martin (Republican) 32.5%
Tennessee 5 D+6 Jim Cooper Democratic 1982
1994 (retired)
2002
Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Jim Cooper (Democratic) 68.9%
  • Tom Kovach (Republican) 28.0%
  • Virginia Welsch (Independent) 2.1%
  • Scott Knapp (Independent) 1.0%
Tennessee 6 R+4 Bart Gordon Democratic 1984 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Bart Gordon (Democratic) 67.1%
  • Randy Stamps (Republican) 31.4%
  • Robert Garrison (Independent) 1.1%
  • Norman Saliba (Independent) 0.5%
Tennessee 7 R+12 Marsha Blackburn Republican 2002 Incumbent re-elected.
Others
  • Katey Culver (Green) 0.8%
  • James White (Independent) 0.4%
  • William Smith (Independent) 0.4%
  • John L. Rimer (Independent) 0.3%
  • Gayl Pratt (Independent) 0.3%
Tennessee 8 EVEN John Tanner Democratic 1988 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY John Tanner (Democratic) 73.2%
  • John Farmer (Republican) 26.8%
Tennessee 9 D+18 Harold Ford Jr. Democratic 1996 Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.

Texas

Texas's 22nd district was held by Tom DeLay who had resigned. The Democratic Party sued to prevent the Republican Party from replacing Tom DeLay (who was determined to be the candidate in March 2006) with another candidate. The courts agreed with the Democratic Party and the Supreme Court has refused to hear the appeal. On August 8, 2006, Tom DeLay officially withdrew his name as the Republican candidate. (The court decision did not allow the Republican Party from changing its candidate, however it did not prevent Tom DeLay from withdrawing altogether.) [23]

Texas's 23rd district was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States, which ordered the district re-drawn. This affected the 15th, 21st, 23rd, 25th, and 28th districts, which had a blanket primary on Election Day, followed by a runoff on December 6 in District 23, where no candidate got a majority of the vote.

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
Texas 1 R+17 Louie Gohmert Republican 2004 Incumbent re-elected.
Texas 2 R+12 Ted Poe Republican 2004 Incumbent re-elected.
Texas 3 R+17 Sam Johnson Republican 1991 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
Texas 4 R+17 Ralph Hall Republican 1980 [lower-alpha 4] Incumbent re-elected.
Texas 5 R+16 Jeb Hensarling Republican 2002 Incumbent re-elected.
Texas 6 R+15 Joe Barton Republican 1984 Incumbent re-elected.
Texas 7 R+16 John Culberson Republican 2000 Incumbent re-elected.
Texas 8 R+20 Kevin Brady Republican 1996 Incumbent re-elected.
Texas 9 D+21 Al Green Democratic 2004 Incumbent re-elected.
Texas 10 R+13 Michael McCaul Republican 2004 Incumbent re-elected.
Texas 11 R+25 Mike Conaway Republican 2004 Incumbent re-elected.
Texas 12 R+14 Kay Granger Republican 1996 Incumbent re-elected.
Texas 13 R+18 Mac Thornberry Republican 1994 Incumbent re-elected.
Texas 14 R+14 Ron Paul Republican 1976 (special)
1976 (defeated)
1978
1984 (retired)
1996
Incumbent re-elected.
Texas 15 D+3 Rubén Hinojosa Democratic 1996 Incumbent re-elected.
Texas 16 D+9 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 1996 Incumbent re-elected.
Texas 17 R+18 Chet Edwards Democratic 1990 Incumbent re-elected.
Texas 18 D+23 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 1994 Incumbent re-elected.
Texas 19 R+25 Randy Neugebauer Republican 2002 Incumbent re-elected.
Texas 20 D+8 Charlie González Democratic 1998 Incumbent re-elected.
Texas 21 R+13 Lamar S. Smith Republican 1986 Incumbent re-elected.
Texas 22 R+15VacantRep. Tom DeLay (R) resigned June 9, 2006.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
Winner was not elected to fill expired term, see above.
Texas 23 R+4 Henry Bonilla Republican 1992

Incumbent lost re-election in run-off (district
was declared unconstitutional by
Supreme Court in August 2006
and redrawn).
New member elected.
Democratic gain.

Texas 24 R+15 Kenny Marchant Republican 2004 Incumbent re-elected.
Texas 25 D+1 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 1994 Incumbent re-elected.
Texas 26 R+12 Michael C. Burgess Republican 2002 Incumbent re-elected.
Texas 27 R+1 Solomon P. Ortiz Democratic 1982 Incumbent re-elected.
Texas 28 R+1 Henry Cuellar Democratic 2004 Incumbent re-elected.
Texas 29 D+8 Gene Green Democratic 1992 Incumbent re-elected.
Texas 30 D+26 Eddie Bernice Johnson Democratic 1992 Incumbent re-elected.
Texas 31 R+15 John Carter Republican 2002 Incumbent re-elected.
Texas 32 R+11 Pete Sessions Republican 1996 Incumbent re-elected.

Utah

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
Utah 1 R+26 Rob Bishop Republican 2002 Incumbent re-elected.
Utah 2 R+17 Jim Matheson Democratic 2000 Incumbent re-elected.
Utah 3 R+22 Chris Cannon Republican 1996 Incumbent re-elected.

Vermont

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
Vermont at-large D+8 Bernie Sanders Independent 1990 Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
Others

Virginia

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
Virginia 1 R+9 Jo Ann Davis Republican 2000 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Jo Ann Davis (Republican) 63.0%
  • Shawn O'Donnell (Democratic) 35.5%
  • Marvin Pixton III (Independent) 1.4%
Virginia 2 R+6 Thelma Drake Republican 2004 Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 3 D+18 Robert C. Scott Democratic 1992 Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 4 R+5 Randy Forbes Republican 2001 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Randy Forbes (Republican) 76.1%
  • Albert Burckard (Ind. Green) 23.4%
Virginia 5 R+6 Virgil Goode Republican 1996 [lower-alpha 5] Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 6 R+11 Bob Goodlatte Republican 1992 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Bob Goodlatte (Republican) 75.1%
  • Barbara Jean Pryor (Independent) 12.3%
  • Andre Peery (Independent) 12.1%
Virginia 7 R+11 Eric Cantor Republican 2000 Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 8 D+14 Jim Moran Democratic 1990 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Jim Moran (Democratic) 66.4%
  • Thomas O'Donoghue (Republican) 30.6%
  • Jim Hurysz (Independent) 2.8%
Virginia 9 R+7 Rick Boucher Democratic 1982 Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 10 R+5 Frank Wolf Republican 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
Others
  • Bill Wood (Libertarian) 0.9%
  • Neeraj Nigam (Independent) 0.8%
Virginia 11 R+1 Thomas M. Davis Republican 1994 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Thomas M. Davis (Republican) 55.5%
  • Andrew Hurst (Democratic) 43.6%
  • Fernando Greco (Ind. Green) 0.9%

Washington

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
Washington 1 D+7 Jay Inslee Democratic 1992
1994 (defeated)
1998
Incumbent re-elected.
Washington 2 D+3 Rick Larsen Democratic 2000 Incumbent re-elected.
Washington 3 EVEN Brian Baird Democratic 1998 Incumbent re-elected.
Washington 4 R+13 Doc Hastings Republican 1994 Incumbent re-elected.
Washington 5 R+7 Cathy McMorris Republican 2004 Incumbent re-elected.
Washington 6 D+6 Norm Dicks Democratic 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
Washington 7 D+30 Jim McDermott Democratic 1988 Incumbent re-elected.
Washington 8 D+2 Dave Reichert Republican 2004 Incumbent re-elected.
Washington 9 D+6 Adam Smith Democratic 1996 Incumbent re-elected.

West Virginia

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
West Virginia 1 R+6 Alan Mollohan Democratic 1982 Incumbent re-elected.
West Virginia 2 R+5 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 2000 Incumbent re-elected.
West Virginia 3 EVEN Nick Rahall Democratic 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Nick Rahall (Democratic) 69.4%
  • Kim Wolfe (Republican) 30.6%

Wisconsin

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
Wisconsin 1 R+2 Paul Ryan Republican 1998 Incumbent re-elected.
Wisconsin 2 D+13 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 1998 Incumbent re-elected.
Wisconsin 3 D+3 Ron Kind Democratic 1996 Incumbent re-elected.
Wisconsin 4 D+20 Gwen Moore Democratic 2004 Incumbent re-elected.
Wisconsin 5 R+12 Jim Sensenbrenner Republican 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
Wisconsin 6 R+5 Tom Petri Republican 1979 Incumbent re-elected.
Wisconsin 7 D+2 Dave Obey Democratic 1969 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Dave Obey (Democratic) 62.2%
  • Nick Reid (Republican) 35.0%
  • Mike Miles (Green) 2.8%
Wisconsin 8 EVEN Mark Andrew Green Republican 1998 Incumbent retired to run for Governor.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.

Wyoming

DistrictIncumbentResultsCandidates
District2004 CPVIRepresentativePartyFirst
elected
Wyoming at-large R+19 Barbara Cubin Republican 1994 Incumbent re-elected.

Non-voting delegates

DistrictIncumbentPartyFirst
elected
ResultsCandidates
American Samoa at-large Eni Faleomavaega Democratic 1988 Incumbent re-elected.
District of Columbia at-large Eleanor Holmes Norton Democratic 1990 Incumbent re-elected.
Guam at-large Madeleine Bordallo Democratic 2002 Incumbent re-elected.
U.S. Virgin Islands at-large Donna Christian-Christensen Democratic 1996 Incumbent re-elected.

See also

Notes

  1. In addition, four of the five non-voting delegates in the U.S. House of Representatives were elected.
  2. Deal was originally elected as a Democrat. He switched parties in April 1995.
  3. Alexander was first elected as a Democrat. He became a Republican in August 2004.
  4. Hall was first elected as a Democrat. He became a Republican in January 2004.
  5. Goode was elected as Democrat. He left the party in January 2000 and became a Republican in August 2002.

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