1982 United States House of Representatives elections

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1982 United States House of Representatives elections
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  1980 November 2, 1982 1984  

All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives
218 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
  Tip O'Neill 1978 (retouched).jpg Robert H. Michel--95th Congress.png
Leader Tip O'Neill Bob Michel
Party Democratic Republican
Leader sinceJanuary 4, 1977January 3, 1981
Leader's seat Massachusetts 8th Illinois 18th
Last election243 seats191 seats
Seats won269165
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 26Decrease2.svg 26
Popular vote35,284,47327,625,593
Percentage55.2%43.4%
SwingIncrease2.svg 4.7%Decrease2.svg 4.4%

 Third party
 
Party Conservative
Last election1 [lower-alpha 1]
Seats won1 [lower-alpha 1]
Seat changeSteady2.svg
Popular vote140,404
Percentage0.2%
SwingIncrease2.svg 0.1%

The 1982 House Elections in the United States (wiki colors).png
Results:
     Democratic hold     Democratic gain
     Republican hold     Republican gain
     Conservative hold

Speaker before election

Tip O'Neill
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Tip O'Neill
Democratic

The 1982 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives held on November 2, 1982, to elect members to serve in the 98th United States Congress. They occurred in the middle of President Ronald Reagan's first term, whose popularity was sinking due to economic conditions under the 1982 recession. The President's Republican Party lost seats in the House, which could be viewed as a response to the President's approval at the time. Unlike most midterm election cycles, the number of seats lost—26 seats to the Democratic Party—was a comparatively large swap. It included most of the seats that had been gained the previous election, cementing the Democratic majority. [1] Coincidentally, the number of seats the Democrats picked up (26), was the exact amount the Republicans would have needed to win the House majority. It was the first election held after the 1980 United States redistricting cycle.

Contents

In the previous election of 1980 Republicans gained many seats as the result of President Ronald Reagan's coattails. In 1982, 14 freshman representatives who ran for re-election lost their seats.

To date, this election marks the last time the Democrats picked up a House seat in West Virginia. It was also the last time the party holding the White House won independent voters in a congressional midterm election until 2022. [2]

Overall results

2691165
DemocraticCRepublican
PartiesSeatsPopular vote
1980 1982+/-StrengthVote %Change
Democratic Party 243269Increase2.svg 2661.8%35,284,47355.2%Increase2.svg 4.7%
Republican Party 191165Decrease2.svg 2638.0%27,625,59343.4%Decrease2.svg 4.4%
Libertarian Party 00Steady2.svg0.0%462,7670.7%Steady2.svg
Conservative Party 11Steady2.svg0.2%140,4040.2%Increase2.svg 0.1%
Independent 00Steady2.svg0.0%120,4760.2%Decrease2.svg 0.1%
Right to Life Party 00Steady2.svg0.0%45,8190.1%Steady2.svg
Milton Street Party 00Steady2.svg0.0%35,2050.1%Increase2.svg 0.1%
Peace and Freedom Party 00Steady2.svg0.0%34,4220.1%Steady2.svg
Others00Steady2.svg0.0%131,6850.2%Steady2.svg
Total4354350100.0%63,880,844100.0%Steady2.svg
Source: Election Statistics – Office of the Clerk
Popular vote
Democratic
55.23%
Republican
43.37%
Libertarian
0.72%
Conservative
0.22%
Others
0.46%
House seats
Democratic
61.84%
Republican
37.93%
Conservative
0.23%
House seats by party holding plurality in state
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80+% Democratic
80+% Republican
60+ to 80% Democratic
60+ to 80% Republican
Up to 60% Democratic
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House seats by party holding plurality in state
  80+% Democratic
  80+% Republican
  60+ to 80% Democratic
  60+ to 80% Republican
  Up to 60% Democratic
  Up to 60% Republican
Change in seats
6+ Democratic gain
6+ Republican gain
3-5 Democratic gain
3-5 Republican gain
1-2 Democratic gain
1-2 Republican gain
no net change 98 us house changes.png
Change in seats
  6+ Democratic gain
  6+ Republican gain
  3–5 Democratic gain
  3–5 Republican gain
  1–2 Democratic gain
  1–2 Republican gain
  no net change

Retiring incumbents

Thirty-nine representatives retired. Thirty-one of those seats were held by the same party, eight seats changed party.

Democrats

Eighteen Democrats retired. Eleven of those seats were held by Democrats, four were won by Republicans, and three seats were eliminated in redistricting.

Democratic held

  1. California 5 : John L. Burton, was succeeded by Barbara Boxer (with district being renumbered as California 6).
  2. Georgia 1 : Ronald 'Bo' Ginn, to run for Governor of Georgia, was succeeded by Lindsay Thomas.
  3. Michigan 17 : William M. Brodhead, was succeeded by Sander Levin.
  4. Missouri 5 : Richard Bolling, was succeeded by Alan Wheat.
  5. New York 12 : Shirley Chisholm, was succeeded by Major Owens.
  6. North Carolina 2 : Lawrence H. Fountain, was succeeded by Tim Valentine.
  7. South Carolina 5 : Kenneth Lamar Holland, was succeeded by John Spratt.
  8. Texas 5 : Jim Mattox, to run for Attorney General of Texas, was succeeded by John Wiley Bryant.
  9. Texas 16 : Richard C. White, was succeeded by Ronald D. Coleman.
  10. West Virginia 1 : Bob Mollohan, was succeeded by Alan Mollohan.
  11. Wisconsin 5 : Henry Reuss, was succeeded by Jim Moody.

Republican gain

  1. Connecticut 6 : Toby Moffett, to run for U.S. senator, was succeeded by Nancy Johnson.
  2. Mississippi 2 : David R. Bowen, was succeeded by Webb Franklin.
  3. Nevada at-large : James David Santini, to run for U.S. senator, was succeeded by Barbara Vucanovich (with district being renumbered as Nevada 2).
  4. Pennsylvania 17 : Allen E. Ertel, to run for Governor of Pennsylvania, was succeeded by George Gekas.

Seat eliminated in redistricting

  1. Indiana 2 : Floyd Fithian who ran for U.S. senator.
  2. Michigan 18 : James J. Blanchard who ran for Governor of Michigan.
  3. New York 22 : Jonathan Brewster Bingham.

Republicans

Twenty-one Republicans retired. Eleven of those seats were held by Republicans, four were won by Democrats, and six seats were eliminated in redistricting.

Republican held

  1. Arizona 1 : John Jacob Rhodes, was succeeded by John McCain.
  2. California 12 : Pete McCloskey, to run for U.S. senator, was succeeded by Ed Zschau.
  3. California 43 : Clair Burgener, was succeeded by Ron Packard.
  4. Florida 10 : Louis A. Bafalis, to run for Governor of Florida, was succeeded by Tom Lewis (with district being renumbered as Florida 12).
  5. Maine 1 : David F. Emery, to run for U.S. senator, was succeeded by John R. McKernan Jr.
  6. New York 31 : Donald J. Mitchell, was succeeded by Sherwood Boehlert (with district being renumbered as New York 25).
  7. Ohio 7 : Bud Brown, to run for Governor of Ohio, was succeeded by Mike DeWine.
  8. Pennsylvania 24 : Marc L. Marks, was succeeded by Tom Ridge (with district being renumbered as Pennsylvania 21).
  9. Tennessee 6 : Robin Beard, to run for U.S. senator, was succeeded by Don Sundquist (with district being renumbered as Tennessee 7).
  10. Texas 3 : James M. Collins, to run for U.S. senator, was succeeded by Steve Bartlett.
  11. Virginia 1 : Paul S. Trible Jr., to run for U.S. senator, was succeeded by Herbert H. Bateman.

Democratic gain

  1. California 27 : Bob Dornan, to run for U.S. senator, was succeeded by Mel Levine.
  2. Kansas 2 : James Edmund Jeffries, was succeeded by Jim Slattery.
  3. West Virginia 2 : Cleve Benedict, to run for U.S. senator, was succeeded by Harley O. Staggers Jr.
  4. Virginia 6 : M. Caldwell Butler, was succeeded by Jim Olin.

Seat eliminated in redistricting

  1. California 20 : Barry Goldwater Jr., who ran for U.S. senator.
  2. Illinois 13 : Robert McClory.
  3. New Jersey 5 : Millicent Fenwick, who ran for U.S. senator.
  4. New York 3 : Gregory W. Carman.
  5. Ohio 11 : J. William Stanton.
  6. Ohio 17 : Jean Spencer Ashbrook.

Defeated incumbents

As a result of redistricting, many incumbents were forced to compete against each other in the same district, which resulted in a larger number of incumbents being defeated in primaries.

In primary elections

Ten representatives lost renomination: Six lost in redistricting battles pitting incumbents against each other, and four lost nomination to non-incumbent challengers.

Democrats

Six Democrats lost renomination: three in redistricting races and three to a non-incumbent challenger. All the seats were held by Democrats.

  1. Georgia 8 : Billy Lee Evans lost to challenger J. Roy Rowland.
  2. Illinois 5 : John G. Fary lost to challenger Bill Lipinski.
  3. Indiana 11 : David W. Evans lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent Andrew Jacobs Jr.
  4. Ohio 19 : Ronald M. Mottl lost to challenger Ed Feighan.
  5. Pennsylvania 1 : Joseph F. Smith lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent Thomas M. Foglietta.
  6. Pennsylvania 12 : Donald A. Bailey lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent John Murtha.

Republicans

Four Republicans lost renomination: three in redistricting races and one to a non-incumbent challenger.

Seat held by a Republican

These primary winners later won the general election.

  1. California 33 : Wayne R. Grisham lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent David Dreier.
  2. Illinois 4 : Ed Derwinski lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent George M. O'Brien.
  3. New York 27 : Gary A. Lee lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent George C. Wortley.
Seat lost to a Democrat
  1. Illinois 17 : Tom Railsback lost to challenger Kenneth G. McMillan, who later lost the general election to Lane Evans.

In the general election

Democrats

Three incumbent Democrats lost re-election; two lost to Republican incumbents and one to a non-incumbent challenger.

Seat lost to a Republican incumbent
  1. New York 14 : Leo C. Zeferetti lost a redistricting race to Guy V. Molinari.
  2. New York 22 : Peter A. Peyser lost a redistricting race to Benjamin A. Gilman.
Seat lost to a Republican challenger
  1. Ohio 12 : Bob Shamansky lost to John Kasich.

Republicans

Twenty-six incumbent Republicans lost re-election; five loss to Democratic incumbents while twenty-one loss to non-incumbent challengers, ten of whom were first elected in 1980.

Seat lost to a Democratic incumbent
  1. California 30 : John H. Rousselot lost a redistricting race to Matthew G. Martinez.
  2. Massachusetts 4 : Margaret Heckler lost a redistricting race to Barney Frank.
  3. Missouri 4 : Wendell Bailey lost a redistricting race to Ike Skelton.
  4. New York 3 : John LeBoutillier lost a redistricting race to Robert J. Mrazek.
  5. South Dakota at-large : Clint Roberts lost a redistricting race to Tom Daschle.
Seat lost to a Democratic challenger
  1. Alabama 6 : Albert L. Smith Jr. lost to Ben Erdreich.
  2. California 1 : Donald H. Clausen lost to Douglas H. Bosco.
  3. Connecticut 3 : Lawrence J. DeNardis lost to Bruce A. Morrison.
  4. Delaware at-large : Tom Evans lost to Thomas R. Carper.
  5. Illinois 20 : Paul Findley lost to Dick Durbin.
  6. Indiana 8 : H. Joel Deckard lost to Frank McCloskey.
  7. Michigan 6 : James Whitney Dunn lost to Milton Robert Carr.
  8. Minnesota 1 : Tom Hagedorn lost to Tim Penny.
  9. Minnesota 6 : Arlen Erdahl lost to Gerry Sikorski.
  10. New Jersey 9 : Harold C. Hollenbeck lost to Robert Torricelli.
  11. North Carolina 6 : Walter E. Johnston, III lost to Charles Robin Britt.
  12. North Carolina 11 : Bill Hendon lost to James M. Clarke.
  13. Ohio 9 : Ed Weber lost to Marcy Kaptur.
  14. Pennsylvania 3 : Charles F. Dougherty lost to Robert A. Borski, Jr.
  15. Pennsylvania 4 : Eugene Atkinson lost to Joseph P. Kolter.
  16. Pennsylvania 8 : James K. Coyne, III lost to Peter H. Kostmayer.
  17. Pennsylvania 11 : James L. Nelligan lost to Frank Harrison.
  18. South Carolina 6 : John Light Napier lost to Robin Tallon.
  19. Virginia 4 : Robert Daniel lost to Norman Sisisky.
  20. Virginia 9 : William C. Wampler lost to Rick Boucher.
  21. West Virginia 3 : Mick Staton lost to Bob Wise.

Special elections

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
Connecticut 1 William Cotter Democratic 1970 Incumbent died September 8, 1981.
New member elected January 11, 1982.
Democratic hold.
Winner was subsequently re-elected in November.
Ohio 17 John M. Ashbrook Republican 1960 Incumbent died April 24, 1982.
New member elected June 19, 1982.
Republican hold.
Winner did not seek re-election in November.
California 30 George Danielson Democratic 1970 Incumbent resigned March 9, 1982 to become Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeals.
New member elected July 13, 1982.
Democratic hold.
Winner was subsequently re-elected in November.
Indiana 1 Adam Benjamin Jr. Democratic 1976 Incumbent died September 7, 1982.
New member elected November 2, 1982.
Democratic hold.
Successor was also elected the same day to the next term; see below.

Alabama

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
Alabama 1 Jack Edwards Republican 1964 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Jack Edwards (Republican) 61.0%
  • Steve Gudac (Democratic) 37.7%
  • William Springer (Libertarian) 1.3%
Alabama 2 William Louis Dickinson Republican 1964 Incumbent re-elected.
Alabama 3 William Flynt Nichols Democratic 1966 Incumbent re-elected.
Alabama 4 Tom Bevill Democratic 1966 Incumbent re-elected.
Alabama 5 Ronnie Flippo Democratic 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Ronnie Flippo (Democratic) 80.7%
  • Leo Yambrek (Republican) 18.2%
  • Kenneth Ament (Libertarian) 1.1%
Alabama 6 Albert L. Smith Jr. Republican 1980 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
Alabama 7 Richard Shelby Democratic 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Richard Shelby (Democratic) 96.8%
  • James Jones (Libertarian) 3.2%

Alaska

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
Alaska at-large Don Young Republican 1973 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Don Young (Republican) 70.8%
  • Dave Carlson (Democratic) 28.7%

Arizona

Arizona received an additional seat at reapportionment and added a 5th district in the southeast of the state. [3]

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
Arizona 1 John Jacob Rhodes Republican 1952 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Republican hold.
  • Green check.svgY John McCain (Republican) 65.9%
  • Bill Hegarty (Democratic) 30.5%
  • Richard K. Dodge (Libertarian) 3.6%
Arizona 2 Mo Udall Democratic 1961 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Mo Udall (Democratic) 70.9%
  • Roy B. Laos (Republican) 27.4%
  • Jessica Sampson (Socialist Labor) 1.7%
Arizona 3 Bob Stump Democratic 1976 Incumbent re-elected as a Republican.
Republican gain.
  • Green check.svgY Bob Stump (Republican) 63.3%
  • Pat Bosch (Democratic) 36.7%
Arizona 4 Eldon Rudd Republican 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Eldon Rudd (Republican) 65.7%
  • Wayne O. Earley (Democratic) 30.4%
  • Dick Stauffer (Libertarian) 3.9%
Arizona 5 None (district created)New seat.
Democratic gain.
  • Green check.svgY Jim McNulty (Democratic) 49.7%
  • Jim Kolbe (Republican) 48.3%
  • Richard D. Auster (Libertarian) 2.0%

Arkansas

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
Arkansas 1 Bill Alexander Democratic 1968 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Bill Alexander (Democratic) 64.8%
  • Chuck Banks (Republican) 35.2%
Arkansas 2 Ed Bethune Republican 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Ed Bethune (Republican) 53.9%
  • Charles L. George (Democratic) 46.1%
Arkansas 3 John Paul Hammerschmidt Republican 1966 Incumbent re-elected.
Arkansas 4 Beryl Anthony Jr. Democratic 1978 Incumbent re-elected.

California

The delegation increased from 43 to 45 seats. To create the two-seat net gain, five seats with no incumbent were added.

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
California 1 Donald H. Clausen
Redistricted from the 2nd district
Republican 1963 (special) Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
California 2 Eugene A. Chappie
Redistricted from the 1st district
Republican 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Eugene A. Chappie (Republican) 57.9%
  • John Newmeyer (Democratic) 40.5%
  • Howard Fegarsky (Peace and Freedom) 1.6%
California 3 Bob Matsui Democratic 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Bob Matsui (Democratic) 89.6%
  • Bruce A. Daniel (Libertarian) 7.5%
  • John C. Reiger (Peace and Freedom) 2.9%
California 4 Vic Fazio Democratic 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Vic Fazio (Democratic) 63.9%
  • Roger B. Canfield (Republican) 36.1%
California 5 Phillip Burton
Redistricted from the 6th district
Democratic 1964 Incumbent re-elected.
California 6 John L. Burton
Redistricted from the 5th district
Democratic 1974 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.
  • Green check.svgY Barbara Boxer (Democratic) 52.4%
  • Dennis McQuaid (Republican) 44.6%
  • Howard C. Creighton (Libertarian) 1.7%
  • Timothy-Allen Albertson (Peace and Freedom) 1.3%
California 7 George Miller Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY George Miller (Democratic) 67.2%
  • Paul E. Vallely (Republican) 30.2%
  • Rich Newell (Libertarian) 1.5%
  • Terry L. Wells (American Independent) 1.2%
California 8 Ron Dellums Democratic 1970 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Ron Dellums (Democratic) 55.9%
  • Claude B. Hutchison Jr. (Republican) 44.1%
California 9 Pete Stark Democratic 1972 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Pete Stark (Democratic) 60.7%
  • Bill Kennedy (Republican) 39.3%
California 10 Don Edwards Democratic 1962 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Don Edwards (Democratic) 62.7%
  • Bob Herriott (Republican) 33.7%
  • Dale Burrow (Libertarian) 1.9%
  • Edmon V. Kaiser (American Independent) 1.7%
California 11 Tom Lantos Democratic 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Tom Lantos (Democratic) 57.1%
  • William Royer (Republican) 39.7%
  • Chuck Olson (Libertarian) 1.5%
  • Wilson Branch (Peace and Freedom) 1.0%
  • Nicholas Kudrovzeff (American Independent) 0.6%
California 12 Pete McCloskey Republican 1967 (special) Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator.
New member elected.
Republican hold.
  • Green check.svgY Ed Zschau (Republican) 63.0%
  • Emmett Lynch (Democratic) 33.5%
  • Bill White (Libertarian) 3.5%
California 13 Norman Mineta Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Norman Mineta (Democratic) 65.9%
  • Tom Kelly (Republican) 31.4%
  • Al Hinkle (Libertarian) 2.7%
California 14 Norman D. Shumway Republican 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
California 15 Tony Coelho Democratic 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Tony Coelho (Democratic) 63.7%
  • Ed Bates (Republican) 34.0%
  • Stephen L. Gerringer (Libertarian) 2.3%
California 16 Leon Panetta Democratic 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Leon Panetta (Democratic) 85.5%
  • G. Richard Arnold (Republican) 14.3%
California 17 Chip Pashayan Republican 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Chip Pashayan (Republican) 54.0%
  • Gene Tackett (Democratic) 46.0%
California 18 None (district created)New seat.
Democratic gain.
  • Green check.svgY Richard H. Lehman (Democratic) 59.5%
  • Adrian C. Fondse (Republican) 38.3%
  • Marshall William Fritz (Libertarian) 2.2%
California 19 Bob Lagomarsino Republican 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Bob Lagomarsino (Republican) 61.1%
  • Frank Frost (Democratic) 35.8%
  • R. C. Gordon-McCutchan (Libertarian) 2.3%
  • Charles J. Zekan (Peace and Freedom) 0.8%
California 20 Bill Thomas
Redistricted from the 18th district
Republican 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Bill Thomas (Republican) 68.1%
  • Robert J. Bethea (Democratic) 31.9%
California 21 Bobbi Fiedler Republican 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Bobbi Fiedler (Republican) 71.8%
  • George Henry Margolis (Democratic) 24.1%
  • Daniel Wiener (Libertarian) 4.1%
Barry Goldwater Jr.
Redistricted from the 20th district
Republican 1969 (special) Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator.
Republican loss.
California 22 Carlos Moorhead Republican 1972 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Carlos Moorhead (Republican) 73.6%
  • Harvey L. Goldhammer (Democratic) 23.5%
  • Robert T. Gerringer (Libertarian) 3.0%
California 23 Anthony Beilenson Democratic 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
California 24 Henry Waxman Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Henry Waxman (Democratic) 65.1%
  • Jerry Zerg (Republican) 31.0%
  • Jeff Mandel (Libertarian) 4.0%
California 25 Edward R. Roybal Democratic 1962 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Edward R. Roybal (Democratic) 85.5%
  • Daniel John Gorham (Libertarian) 14.5%
California 26 None (district created)New district.
Democratic gain.
  • Green check.svgY Howard Berman (Democratic) 59.6%
  • Hal Phillips (Republican) 40.4%
California 27 Bob Dornan Republican 1976 Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
  • Green check.svgY Mel Levine (Democratic) 59.5%
  • Bart W. Christensen (Republican) 37.0%
  • Zack Richardson (Libertarian) 3.5%
California 28 Julian Dixon Democratic 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Julian Dixon (Democratic) 78.9%
  • David Goerz (Republican) 18.7%
  • David W. Meleney (Libertarian) 2.4%
California 29 Augustus Hawkins Democratic 1962 Incumbent re-elected.
California 30 Matthew G. Martínez Democratic 1982 Incumbent re-elected.
John H. Rousselot
Redistricted from the 26th district
Republican 1960
1962 (defeated)
1970 (special)
Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican loss.
California 31 Mervyn Dymally Democratic 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Mervyn Dymally (Democratic) 72.4%
  • Henry C. Minturn (Republican) 27.6%
California 32 Glenn M. Anderson Democratic 1968 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Glenn M. Anderson (Democratic) 58.0%
  • Brian Lungren (Republican) 39.6%
  • Eugene E. Ruyle (Peace and Freedom) 2.4%
California 33 Wayne R. Grisham Republican 1978 Incumbent lost renomination.
Republican loss.
  • Green check.svgY David Dreier (Republican) 65.2%
  • Paul Servelle (Democratic) 32.2%
  • Phillips B. Franklin (Libertarian) 1.3%
  • Mike Noonan (Peace and Freedom) 1.3%
David Dreier
Redistricted from the 35th district
Republican 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
California 34 None (district created)New seat.
Democratic gain.
  • Green check.svgY Esteban Torres (Democratic) 57.2%
  • Paul R. Jackson (Republican) 42.8%
California 35 Jerry Lewis
Redistricted from the 37th district
Republican 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Jerry Lewis (Republican) 68.3%
  • Robert E. Erwin (Democratic) 31.7%
California 36 George Brown Jr. Democratic 1962
1970 (retired)
1972
Incumbent re-elected.
California 37 None (district created)New seat.
Republican gain.
  • Green check.svgY Al McCandless (Republican) 59.1%
  • Sam Cross (Democratic) 38.5%
  • Marc R. Wruble (Libertarian) 2.4%
California 38 Jerry M. Patterson Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
California 39 Bill Dannemeyer Republican 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Bill Dannemeyer (Republican) 72.2%
  • Frank G. Verges (Democratic) 26.0%
  • Frank Boeheim (Peace and Freedom) 1.8%
California 40 Robert Badham Republican 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Robert Badham (Republican) 71.5%
  • Paul Haseman (Democratic) 26.1%
  • Maxine Bell Quirk (Peace and Freedom) 2.4%
California 41 Bill Lowery Republican 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Bill Lowery (Republican) 68.9%
  • Tony Brandenburg (Democratic) 28.8%
  • Everett Hale (Libertarian) 2.3%
California 42 Dan Lungren
Redistricted from the 34th district
Republican 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Dan Lungren (Republican) 69.0%
  • James P. Spellman (Democratic) 28.3%
  • John S. Donohue (Peace and Freedom) 2.7%
California 43 Clair Burgener Republican 1972 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Republican hold.
  • Green check.svgY Ron Packard (Republican) 36.8%
  • Pat Archer (Democratic) 32.1%
  • Johnnie R. Crean (Republican) 31.1%
California 44 None (district created)New seat.
Democratic gain.
  • Green check.svgY Jim Bates (Democratic) 64.9%
  • Shirley M. Gissendanner (Republican) 31.8%
  • Jim Conole (Libertarian) 3.2%
California 45 Duncan L. Hunter
Redistricted from the 42nd district
Republican 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Duncan L. Hunter (Republican) 68.6%
  • Richard Hill (Democratic) 29.2%
  • Jack R. Sanders (Republican) 2.2%

Colorado

Colorado added a sixth seat in reapportionment, adding the new district near Denver. [3]

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
Colorado 1 Pat Schroeder Democratic 1972 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Pat Schroeder (Democratic) 60.3%
  • Arch Decker (Republican) 37.4%
  • Robin White (Libertarian) 2.3%
Colorado 2 Tim Wirth Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
Colorado 3 Ray Kogovsek Democratic 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Ray Kogovsek (Democratic) 53.4%
  • Tom Wiens (Republican) 44.8%
  • Stormy Mohn (Libertarian) 1.4%
  • Henry John Olshaw (Independent) 0.4%
Colorado 4 Hank Brown Republican 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Hank Brown (Republican) 69.8%
  • Bud Bishopp (Democratic) 30.2%
Colorado 5 Ken Kramer Republican 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Ken Kramer (Republican) 59.5%
  • Tom Cronin (Democratic) 40.5%
Colorado 6 None (district created)New seat.
Republican gain.

Connecticut

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
Connecticut 1 Barbara B. Kennelly Democratic 1982 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Barbara B. Kennelly (Democratic) 68.1%
  • Herschel A. Klein (Republican) 31.2%
  • Daniel M. Landerfin (Libertarian) 0.7%
Connecticut 2 Sam Gejdenson Democratic 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Sam Gejdenson (Democratic) 55.8%
  • Tony Guglielmo (Republican) 43.5%
  • Donald W. Wood (Libertarian) 0.7%
Connecticut 3 Larry DeNardis Republican 1980 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
Others
  • Michael R. Cohen (Libertarian) 0.6%
  • Joelle R. Fishman (Communist) 0.4%
Connecticut 4 Stewart McKinney Republican 1970 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Stewart McKinney (Republican) 56.5%
  • John A. Phillips (Democratic) 42.9%
  • Lothar Frank (Libertarian) 0.7%
Connecticut 5 William R. Ratchford Democratic 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY William R. Ratchford (Democratic) 58.5%
  • Neal B. Hanlon (Republican) 40.8%
  • Jerry Brennan (Libertarian) 0.7%
Connecticut 6 Toby Moffett Democratic 1974 Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator.
New member elected.
Republican gain.
  • Green check.svgY Nancy Johnson (Republican) 51.7%
  • William E. Curry Jr. (Democratic) 47.8%
  • Monte Dunn (Libertarian) 0.6%

Delaware

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
Delaware at-large Tom Evans Republican 1976 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
Others
  • Mary D. Gies (American) 0.6%
  • Richard A. Cohen (Libertarian) 0.4%
  • David A. Nuttall (Citizens) 0.3%

Florida

Florida added 4 new districts, going from 15 to 19 seats, adding a new district near Miami and 3 more in central and southwestern Florida. [3]

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
Florida 1 Earl Hutto Democratic 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Earl Hutto (Democratic) 74.4%
  • J. Terryl Bechtol (Republican) 25.6%
Florida 2 Don Fuqua Democratic 1962 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Don Fuqua (Democratic) 61.7%
  • Ron McNeil (Republican) 38.3%
Florida 3 Charles E. Bennett Democratic 1948 Incumbent re-elected.
Florida 4 Bill Chappell Democratic 1968 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Bill Chappell (Democratic) 66.9%
  • Larry Gaudet (Republican) 33.1%
Florida 5 Bill McCollum Republican 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Bill McCollum (Republican) 58.8%
  • Dick Batchelor (Democratic) 41.2%
Florida 6 None (district created)New seat.
Democratic gain.
  • Green check.svgY Buddy MacKay (Democratic) 61.4%
  • Ed Havill (Republican) 38.6%
Florida 7 Sam Gibbons Democratic 1962 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Sam Gibbons (Democratic) 74.2%
  • Ken Ayers (Republican) 25.8%
Florida 8 Bill Young
Redistricted from the 6th district
Republican 1970 Incumbent re-elected.
Florida 9 None (district created)New seat.
Republican gain.
Florida 10 Andy Ireland
Redistricted from the 8th district
Democratic 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
Florida 11 Bill Nelson
Redistricted from the 9th district
Democratic 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Bill Nelson (Democratic) 70.6%
  • Joel Robinson (Republican) 29.4%
Florida 12 Skip Bafalis
Redistricted from the 10th district
Republican 1972 Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Florida.
New member elected.
Republican hold.
  • Green check.svgY Tom Lewis (Republican) 52.6%
  • Brad Culverhouse (Democratic) 47.4%
Florida 13 None (district created)New seat.
Republican gain.
  • Green check.svgY Connie Mack III (Republican) 65.1%
  • Dana N. Stevens (Democratic) 34.9%
Florida 14 Dan Mica
Redistricted from the 11th district
Democratic 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Dan Mica (Democratic) 73.0%
  • Steve Mitchell (Republican) 27.0%
Florida 15 Clay Shaw
Redistricted from the 12th district
Republican 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
Florida 16 None (district created)New seat.
Democratic gain.
  • Green check.svgY Larry Smith (Democratic) 67.9%
  • Maurice Berkowitz (Republican) 32.1%
Florida 17 William Lehman
Redistricted from the 13th district
Democratic 1972 Incumbent re-elected.
Florida 18 Claude Pepper
Redistricted from the 14th district
Democratic 1962 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Claude Pepper (Democratic) 71.2%
  • Ricardo Nunez (Republican) 28.8%
Florida 19 Dante Fascell
Redistricted from the 15th district
Democratic 1954 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Dante Fascell (Democratic) 58.8%
  • Glenn Rinker (Republican) 41.2%

Georgia

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
Georgia 1 Bo Ginn Democratic 1972 Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Georgia.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.
  • Green check.svgY Lindsay Thomas (Democratic) 64.1%
  • Herb Jones (Republican) 35.9%
Georgia 2 Charles Hatcher Democratic 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
Georgia 3 Jack Brinkley Democratic 1966 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.
  • Green check.svgY Richard Ray (Democratic) 71.0%
  • Tyron Elliott (Republican) 29.0%
Georgia 4 Elliott H. Levitas Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
Georgia 5 Wyche Fowler Democratic 1977 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
Georgia 6 Newt Gingrich Republican 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Newt Gingrich (Republican) 55.3%
  • Jim Wood (Democratic) 44.7%
Georgia 7 Larry McDonald Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Larry McDonald (Democratic) 61.1%
  • Dave Sellers (Republican) 38.9%
Georgia 8 Billy Lee Evans Democratic 1976 Incumbent lost renomination.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.
Georgia 9 Ed Jenkins Democratic 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Ed Jenkins (Democratic) 77.0%
  • Charles Sherwood (Republican) 23.0%
Georgia 10 Doug Barnard Jr. Democratic 1976 Incumbent re-elected.

Hawaii

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
Hawaii 1 Cecil Heftel Democratic 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Cecil Heftel (Democratic) 89.9%
  • Rockne H. Johnson (Libertarian) 10.1%
Hawaii 2 Daniel Akaka Democratic 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Daniel Akaka (Democratic) 89.2%
  • Gregory B. Mills (Independent) 6.1%
  • Amelia Lew Fritts (Libertarian) 4.6%

Idaho

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
Idaho 1 Larry Craig Republican 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
Idaho 2 George V. Hansen Republican 1964
1968 (retired)
1974
Incumbent re-elected.

Illinois

Illinois lost two seats at reapportionment, removing two districts with Republican incumbents, and at the same time two other Republican incumbents lost re-election in altered districts.

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
Illinois 1 Harold Washington Democratic 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Harold Washington (Democratic) 97.3%
  • Charles Allen Taliaferro (Republican) 2.7%
Illinois 2 Gus Savage Democratic 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Gus Savage (Democratic) 87.2%
  • Kevin Walker Sparks (Republican) 12.8%
Illinois 3 Marty Russo Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Marty Russo (Democratic) 74.0%
  • Richard D. Murphy (Republican) 26.0%
Illinois 4 Ed Derwinski Republican 1958 Incumbent lost renomination.
Republican loss.
George M. O'Brien
Redistricted from the 17th district
Republican 1972 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 5 John G. Fary Democratic 1975 (special) Incumbent lost renomination.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.
  • Green check.svgY Bill Lipinski (Democratic) 75.4%
  • Daniel J. Partyka (Republican) 24.6%
Illinois 6 Henry Hyde Republican 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Henry Hyde (Republican) 68.4%
  • LeRoy E. Kennel (Democratic) 31.6%
Illinois 7 Cardiss Collins Democratic 1973 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 8 Dan Rostenkowski Democratic 1958 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 9 Sidney R. Yates Democratic 1948
1962 (retired)
1964
Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Sidney R. Yates (Democratic) 66.5%
  • Catherine Bertini (Republican) 32.0%
  • Sheila Jones (Anti-Drug) 1.5%
Illinois 10 John Porter Republican 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
Robert McClory
Redistricted from the 13th district
Republican 1962 Incumbent retired.
Republican loss.
Illinois 11 Frank Annunzio Democratic 1964 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Frank Annunzio (Democratic) 72.6%
  • James F. Moynihan (Republican) 27.4%
Illinois 12 Phil Crane Republican 1969 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Phil Crane (Republican) 66.2%
  • Daniel G. DeFosse (Democratic) 30.7%
  • Joan T. Jarosz (Libertarian) 3.1%
Illinois 13 John N. Erlenborn
Redistricted from the 14th district
Republican 1964 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 14 Tom Corcoran
Redistricted from the 15th district
Republican 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Tom Corcoran (Republican) 64.6%
  • Dan McGrath (Democratic) 35.4%
Illinois 15 Ed Madigan
Redistricted from the 21st district
Republican 1972 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 16 Lynn M. Martin Republican 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Lynn M. Martin (Republican) 57.2%
  • Skip Schwerdtfeger (Democratic) 42.8%
Illinois 17 Tom Railsback
Redistricted from the 19th district
Republican 1966 Incumbent lost renomination.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
Illinois 18 Robert H. Michel Republican 1956 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Robert H. Michel (Republican) 51.6%
  • G. Douglas Stephens (Democratic) 48.4%
Illinois 19 Dan Crane
Redistricted from the 22nd district
Republican 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Dan Crane (Republican) 52.1%
  • John Gwinn (Democratic) 47.9%
Illinois 20 Paul Findley Republican 1960 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
Illinois 21 Melvin Price
Redistricted from the 23rd district
Democratic 1944 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Melvin Price (Democratic) 63.7%
  • Robert H. Gaffner (Republican) 33.3%
  • Sandra L. Climaco (Good Government) 3.1%
Illinois 22 Paul Simon
Redistricted from the 24th district
Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Paul Simon (Democratic) 66.2%
  • Peter G. Prineas (Republican) 33.8%

Indiana

Indiana lost one seat at reapportionment; Republicans in the legislature deleted two Democratic districts and added a new Republican district, although this strategy was offset by the unexpected defeat of incumbent H. Joel Deckard.

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
Indiana 1 Adam Benjamin Jr. Democratic 1976 Incumbent died.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.
  • Green check.svgY Katie Hall (Democratic) 56.3%
  • Thomas H. Krieger (Republican) 43.1%
  • Jesse Smith (Socialist Workers) 0.5%
Indiana 2 Philip R. Sharp
Redistricted from the 10th district
Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Philip R. Sharp (Democratic) 56.2%
  • Ralph VanNatta (Republican) 43.8%
Indiana 3 John P. Hiler Republican 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY John P. Hiler (Republican) 51.2%
  • Richard Clay Bodine (Democratic) 48.8%
Indiana 4 Dan Coats Republican 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Dan Coats (Republican) 64.3%
  • Roger M. Miller (Democratic) 35.1%
  • John B. Cameron (American) 0.6%
Indiana 5 Elwood Hillis Republican 1970 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Elwood Hillis (Republican) 61.1%
  • Allen B. Maxwell (Democratic) 38.9%
Indiana 6 None (district created)New seat.
Republican gain.
  • Green check.svgY Dan Burton (Republican) 64.9%
  • George Grabianowski (Democratic) 35.1%
Indiana 7 John T. Myers Republican 1966 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY John T. Myers (Republican) 62.3%
  • Stephen S. Bonney (Democratic) 37.7%
Floyd Fithian
Redistricted from the 2nd district
Democratic 1974 Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Democratic loss.
Indiana 8 H. Joel Deckard Republican 1978 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
Indiana 9 Lee Hamilton Democratic 1964 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Lee Hamilton (Democratic) 67.1%
  • Floyd Coates (Republican) 32.4%
  • Stephen Arnold (Citizens) 0.5%
Indiana 10 Andrew Jacobs Jr.
Redistricted from the 11th district
Democratic 1964
1972 (defeated)
1974
Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Andrew Jacobs Jr. (Democratic) 66.7%
  • Michael A. Carroll (Republican) 33.2%
  • David W. Ellis (Socialist Workers) 0.1%
David W. Evans
Redistricted from the 6th district
Democratic 1974 Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic loss.

Iowa

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
Iowa 1 Jim Leach Republican 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Jim Leach (Republican) 59.2%
  • William E. Gluba (Democratic) 40.8%
Iowa 2 Tom Tauke Republican 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Tom Tauke (Republican) 58.9%
  • Brent Appel (Democratic) 41.1%
Iowa 3 T. Cooper Evans Republican 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY T. Cooper Evans (Republican) 55.5%
  • Lynn G. Cutler (Democratic) 44.5%
Iowa 4 Neal Smith Democratic 1958 Incumbent re-elected.
Iowa 5 Tom Harkin Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
Iowa 6 Berkley Bedell Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected.

Kansas

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
Kansas 1 Pat Roberts Republican 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Pat Roberts (Republican) 68.4%
  • Kent Roth (Democratic) 30.2%
  • Kent Earnest (Libertarian) 1.4%
Kansas 2 James Edmund Jeffries Republican 1978 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
Kansas 3 Larry Winn Republican 1966 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Larry Winn (Republican) 59.2%
  • William L. Kostar (Democratic) 38.3%
  • Gene R. Blair (Libertarian) 2.5%
Kansas 4 Dan Glickman Democratic 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Dan Glickman (Democratic) 73.9%
  • Jerry Caywood (Republican) 24.4%
  • Karl Peterjohn (Libertarian) 1.6%
Kansas 5 Bob Whittaker Republican 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Bob Whittaker (Republican) 67.6%
  • Lee Rowe (Democratic) 31.1%
  • John L. Conger (Libertarian) 1.2%

Kentucky

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
Kentucky 1 Carroll Hubbard Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
Kentucky 2 William Natcher Democratic 1953 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
Kentucky 3 Romano Mazzoli Democratic 1970 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Romano Mazzoli (Democratic) 65.1%
  • Carl Brown (Republican) 32.2%
  • Norbert D. Leveronne (Independent) 2.0%
Others
  • Dan Murray (Libertarian) 0.4%
  • Craig Honts (Socialist Workers) 0.3%
Kentucky 4 Gene Snyder Republican 1962
1964 (defeated)
1966
Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Gene Snyder (Republican) 54.2%
  • Terry L. Mann (Democratic) 45.3%
  • Paul Thiel (Libertarian) 0.5%
Kentucky 5 Hal Rogers Republican 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Hal Rogers (Republican) 65.2%
  • Doye Davenport (Democratic) 34.8%
Kentucky 6 Larry J. Hopkins Republican 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
Others
  • Ken Ashby (Libertarian) 1.0%
  • Don B. Pratt (Independent) 0.8%
Kentucky 7 Carl D. Perkins Democratic 1948 Incumbent re-elected.

Louisiana

All eight incumbents were re-elected by receiving more than 50% of the vote in the September 11 non-partisan blanket primaries.

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
Louisiana 1 Bob Livingston Republican 1977 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Bob Livingston (Republican) 85.8%
  • Murphy O. Greene (Independent) 7.5%
  • Suzanne Weiss (Independent) 6.7%
Louisiana 2 Lindy Boggs Democratic 1973 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Lindy Boggs (Democratic) 77.0%
  • Roger C. Johnson (Democratic) 23.0%
Louisiana 3 Billy Tauzin Democratic 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
Louisiana 4 Buddy Roemer Democratic 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
Louisiana 5 Jerry Huckaby Democratic 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Jerry Huckaby (Democratic) 83.7%
  • Donald M. Greene (Democratic) 7.1%
  • L. D. Knox (Independent) 5.6%
  • Ronnie King (Democratic) 3.6%
Louisiana 6 Henson Moore Republican 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Henson Moore (Republican) 77.1%
  • James D. Agnew (Independent) 22.9%
Louisiana 7 John Breaux Democratic 1972 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY John Breaux (Democratic) 79.0%
  • Johnny Myers (Democratic) 21.0%
Louisiana 8 Gillis William Long Democratic 1962
1964 (lost renomination)
1972
Re-elected in primary

Maine

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
Maine 1 David F. Emery Republican 1974 Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator.
New member elected.
Republican hold.
  • Green check.svgY Jock McKernan (Republican) 50.4%
  • John M. Kerry (Democratic) 47.9%
  • Gregory J. Fleming (Libertarian) 1.7%
Maine 2 Olympia Snowe Republican 1978 Incumbent re-elected.

Maryland

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
Maryland 1 Roy Dyson Democratic 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Roy Dyson (Democratic) 69.3%
  • C. A. Porter Hopkins (Republican) 30.7%
Maryland 2 Clarence Long Democratic 1962 Incumbent re-elected.
Maryland 3 Barbara Mikulski Democratic 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
Maryland 4 Marjorie Holt Republican 1972 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Marjorie Holt (Republican) 61.2%
  • Patricia O'Brien Aiken (Democratic) 38.8%
Maryland 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 1981 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Steny Hoyer (Democratic) 79.6%
  • William P. Guthrie (Republican) 20.4%
Maryland 6 Beverly Byron Democratic 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
Maryland 7 Parren Mitchell Democratic 1970 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Parren Mitchell (Democratic) 87.9%
  • M. Leonora Jones (Republican) 12.1%
Maryland 8 Michael D. Barnes Democratic 1978 Incumbent re-elected.

Massachusetts

Massachusetts lost one seat at reapportionment, combining the districts of Barney Frank and Margaret Heckler. [3]

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
Massachusetts 1 Silvio O. Conte Republican 1958 Incumbent re-elected.
Massachusetts 2 Edward Boland Democratic 1952 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Edward Boland (Democratic) 72.6%
  • Thomas P. Swank (Republican) 27.4%
Massachusetts 3 Joseph D. Early Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
Massachusetts 4 Barney Frank Democratic 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
Margaret Heckler
Redistricted from the 10th district
Republican 1966 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican loss.
Massachusetts 5 James Shannon Democratic 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY James Shannon (Democratic) 84.7%
  • Angelo Louis Laudani (Republican) 15.3%
Massachusetts 6 Nicholas Mavroules Democratic 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
Massachusetts 7 Ed Markey Democratic 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Ed Markey (Democratic) 77.8%
  • David M. Basile (Republican) 22.2%
Massachusetts 8 Tip O'Neill Democratic 1952 Incumbent re-elected.
Massachusetts 9 Joe Moakley Democratic 1972 Incumbent re-elected.
Massachusetts 10 Gerry Studds
Redistricted from the 12th district
Democratic 1972 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Gerry Studds (Democratic) 68.7%
  • John E. Conway (Republican) 31.3%
Massachusetts 11 Brian J. Donnelly Democratic 1978 Incumbent re-elected.

Michigan

Michigan lost one seat at reapportionment.

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
Michigan 1 John Conyers Democratic 1964 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY John Conyers (Democratic) 96.7%
  • William B. Krebaum (Libertarian) 2.5%
  • Eddie Benjamin (Workers League) 0.9%
Michigan 2 Carl Pursell Republican 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Carl Pursell (Republican) 65.5%
  • George Wahl Sallade (Democratic) 32.5%
  • Barbara J. McKenna (Libertarian) 2.1%
Michigan 3 Howard Wolpe Democratic 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Howard Wolpe (Democratic) 56.3%
  • Richard L. Milliman (Republican) 42.6%
Others
  • Robert S. Holderbaum (Libertarian) 0.6%
  • Lizzie M. Hudson (American Independent) 0.4%
Michigan 4 Mark D. Siljander Republican 1981 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Mark D. Siljander (Republican) 59.7%
  • David A. Masiokas (Democratic) 38.8%
  • Robert Wagner (Libertarian) 1.1%
  • Robert Drenkhahn (American Independent) 0.5%
Michigan 5 Harold S. Sawyer Republican 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
Michigan 6 James Whitney Dunn Republican 1980 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
  • Green check.svgY Bob Carr (Democratic) 51.4%
  • Jim Dunn (Republican) 47.5%
  • James E. Hurrell (Libertarian) 1.1%
Michigan 7 Dale Kildee Democratic 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Dale Kildee (Democratic) 75.4%
  • George R. Darrah (Republican) 23.1%
  • Dennis L. Berry (Libertarian) 1.2%
  • David Freund (Workers League) 0.4%
Michigan 8 J. Bob Traxler Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY J. Bob Traxler (Democratic) 91.0%
  • Sheila M. Hart (Libertarian) 9.0%
Michigan 9 Guy Vander Jagt Republican 1966 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Guy Vander Jagt (Republican) 64.9%
  • Gerald D. Warner (Democratic) 35.1%
Michigan 10 Donald J. Albosta Democratic 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
Michigan 11 Robert William Davis Republican 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
Michigan 12 David Bonior Democratic 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY David Bonior (Democratic) 65.9%
  • Ray Contesti (Republican) 33.2%
  • Keith P. Edwards (Libertarian) 1.0%
Michigan 13 George Crockett Jr. Democratic 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY George Crockett Jr. (Democratic) 88.0%
  • Letty Gupta (Republican) 11.1%
  • Eddie Benjamin (Workers League) 0.9%
Michigan 14 Dennis Hertel Democratic 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Dennis Hertel (Democratic) 95.0%
  • Harold H. Dunn (Libertarian) 5.0%
Michigan 15 William D. Ford Democratic 1964 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY William D. Ford (Democratic) 72.8%
  • Mitchell Moran (Republican) 26.0%
  • Guy R. Collins (American Independent) 1.2%
Michigan 16 John Dingell Democratic 1955 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY John Dingell (Democratic) 73.7%
  • David K. Haskins (Republican) 25.3%
Others
  • Susan Apstein (Socialist Workers) 0.7%
  • Paul Scherrer (Workers League) 0.3%
Michigan 17 William M. Brodhead Democratic 1974 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.
  • Green check.svgY Sander Levin (Democratic) 66.6%
  • Gerald E. Rosen (Republican) 31.7%
  • Virginia L. Cropsey (Libertarian) 1.7%
James J. Blanchard
Redistricted from the 18th district
Democratic 1974 Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Michigan.
Democratic loss.
Michigan 18 William Broomfield
Redistricted from the 19th district
Republican 1956 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY William Broomfield (Republican) 73.3%
  • Allen J. SIpher (Democratic) 25.7%
  • Joseph Cote (Libertarian) 1.0%

Minnesota

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
Minnesota 1 Tom Hagedorn
Redistricted from the 2nd district
Independent-
Republican
1974 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
DFL gain.
Minnesota 2 Vin Weber
Redistricted from the 6th district
Independent-
Republican
1980 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Vin Weber (Ind.-Republican) 54.5%
  • Jim Nichols (DFL) 45.5%
Minnesota 3 Bill Frenzel Independent-
Republican
1970 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Bill Frenzel (Ind.-Republican) 72.2%
  • Joel A. Saliterman (DFL) 26.4%
  • Richard Laybourn (Citizens) 1.5%
Minnesota 4 Bruce Vento DFL 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Bruce Vento (DFL) 73.2%
  • Bill James (Ind.-Republican) 26.8%
Minnesota 5 Martin Olav Sabo DFL 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Martin Olav Sabo (DFL) 65.5%
  • Keith W. Johnson (Ind.-Republican) 29.4%
  • Kathryn Anderson (Citizens) 3.9%
  • Thomas Wicklund (Libertarian) 1.2%
Minnesota 6 Arlen Erdahl
Redistricted from the 1st district
Independent-
Republican
1978 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
DFL gain.
Minnesota 7 Arlan Stangeland Independent-
Republican
1977 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
Minnesota 8 Jim Oberstar DFL 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Jim Oberstar (DFL) 76.7%
  • Marnie Luce (Ind.-Republican) 23.3%

Mississippi

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
Mississippi 1 Jamie Whitten Democratic 1941 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Jamie Whitten (Democratic) 70.9%
  • Fran Fawcett (Republican) 29.1%
Mississippi 2 David R. Bowen Democratic 1972 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Republican gain.
  • Green check.svgY Webb Franklin (Republican) 50.3%
  • Robert G. Clark (Democratic) 48.4%
  • William V. Harris (Independent) 1.3%
Mississippi 3 Sonny Montgomery Democratic 1966 Incumbent re-elected.
Mississippi 4 Wayne Dowdy Democratic 1981 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Wayne Dowdy (Democratic) 52.5%
  • Liles Williams (Republican) 45.6%
  • Eddie L. McBride (Independent) 1.8%
Mississippi 5 Trent Lott Republican 1972 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Trent Lott (Republican) 78.5%
  • Blackie Coate (Democratic) 21.5%

Missouri

Missouri lost one seat at reapportionment.

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
Missouri 1 Bill Clay Democratic 1968 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Bill Clay (Democratic) 66.1%
  • Bill White (Republican) 33.9%
Missouri 2 Robert A. Young Democratic 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Robert A. Young (Democratic) 56.5%
  • Harold L. Dielmann (Republican) 43.5%
Missouri 3 Dick Gephardt Democratic 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Dick Gephardt (Democratic) 77.9%
  • Richard Foristel (Republican) 22.1%
Missouri 4 Ike Skelton Democratic 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
Wendell Bailey
Redistricted from the 8th district
Republican 1980 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican loss.
Missouri 5 Richard Bolling Democratic 1948 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.
  • Green check.svgY Alan Wheat (Democratic) 57.9%
  • John A. Sharp (Republican) 40.2%
  • Alan H. Deright (Independent) 1.3%
  • Kathie A. Fitzgerald (Socialist Workers) 0.7%
Missouri 6 Tom Coleman Republican 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Tom Coleman (Republican) 55.3%
  • Jim Russell (Democratic) 44.7%
Missouri 7 Gene Taylor Republican 1972 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Gene Taylor (Republican) 50.5%
  • David A. Geisler (Democratic) 49.5%
Missouri 8 Bill Emerson
Redistricted from the 10th district
Republican 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Bill Emerson (Republican) 53.1%
  • Jerry Ford (Democratic) 46.9%
Missouri 9 Harold Volkmer Democratic 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Harold Volkmer (Democratic) 60.8%
  • Larry E. Mead (Republican) 39.2%

Montana

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
Montana 1 Pat Williams Democratic 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Pat Williams (Democratic) 59.7%
  • Bob Davies (Republican) 37.2%
  • Don Doig (Libertarian) 3.1%
Montana 2 Ron Marlenee Republican 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Ron Marlenee (Republican) 53.7%
  • Howard F. Lyman (Democratic) 44.2%
  • Westley F. Deitchler (Libertarian) 2.1%

Nebraska

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
Nebraska 1 Doug Bereuter Republican 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Doug Bereuter (Republican) 75.1%
  • Curt Donaldson (Democratic) 24.9%
Nebraska 2 Hal Daub Republican 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Hal Daub (Republican) 56.8%
  • Richard M. Fellman (Democratic) 43.2%
Nebraska 3 Virginia Smith Republican 1974 Incumbent re-elected.

Nevada

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
Nevada 1 None (district created)New seat.
Democratic gain.
  • Green check.svgY Harry Reid (Democratic) 57.5%
  • Peggy Cavnar (Republican) 42.5%
Nevada 2 James David Santini
Redistricted from the at-large district
Democratic 1974 Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator.
New member elected.
Republican gain.
  • Green check.svgY Barbara Vucanovich (Republican) 55.5%
  • Mary Gojack (Democratic) 41.3%
  • Teresa Vuceta (Libertarian) 3.2%

New Hampshire

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
New Hampshire 1 Norman D'Amours Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
New Hampshire 2 Judd Gregg Republican 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Judd Gregg (Republican) 70.8%
  • Robert L. Dupay (Democratic) 29.2%

New Jersey

New Jersey lost one seat at reapportionment.

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
New Jersey 1 James Florio Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY James Florio (Democratic) 73.3%
  • John A. Dramesi (Republican) 26.2%
Others
  • Jerry Zeldin (Libertarian) 0.3%
  • Patrick J. McCann (Socialist) 0.2%
New Jersey 2 William J. Hughes Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY William J. Hughes (Democratic) 68.0%
  • John J. Mahoney (Republican) 31.1%
  • Bruce Powers (Libertarian) 0.8%
New Jersey 3 James J. Howard Democratic 1964 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY James J. Howard (Democratic) 62.3%
  • Marie Sheehan Muhler (Republican) 36.2%
Others
  • John Kinnevy III (Citizens) 0.5%
  • Lee A. Gesner Jr. (Libertarian) 0.4%
  • Joseph B. Hawley (Independent) 0.3%
  • Lawrence D. Erickson (Socialist Labor) 0.3%
New Jersey 4 Chris Smith Republican 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
Others
  • Bill Harris (Libertarian) 0.4%
  • Paul B. Rizzo (Independent) 0.2%
  • Eugene Allen Creech (Independent) 0.1%
New Jersey 5 Marge Roukema
Redistricted from the 7th district
Republican 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Marge Roukema (Republican) 65.3%
  • Fritz Cammerzell (Democratic) 33.5%
  • William J. Zelko Jr. (Libertarian) 1.2%
New Jersey 6 Bernard J. Dwyer
Redistricted from the 15th district
Democratic 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Bernard J. Dwyer (Democratic) 68.1%
  • Bertram L. Buckler (Republican) 31.3%
  • Charles M. Hart (Libertarian) 0.6%
New Jersey 7 Matt Rinaldo
Redistricted from the 12th district
Republican 1972 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Matt Rinaldo (Republican) 56.0%
  • Adam K. Levin (Democratic) 43.3%
  • Donald B. Siano (Libertarian) 0.8%
New Jersey 8 Robert A. Roe Democratic 1970 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Robert A. Roe (Democratic) 70.7%
  • Norm Robertson (Republican) 28.5%
  • Sidney J. Pope (Libertarian) 0.8%
New Jersey 9 Harold C. Hollenbeck Republican 1976 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
New Jersey 10 Peter W. Rodino Democratic 1948 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Peter W. Rodino (Democratic) 82.6%
  • Timothy Lee Jr. (Republican) 15.7%
Others
  • Katharine Florentine (Libertarian) 1.0%
  • Christine Keno (Independent) 0.7%
New Jersey 11 Joseph Minish Democratic 1962 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Joseph Minish (Democratic) 64.3%
  • Rey Redington (Republican) 34.8%
  • Richard S. Roth (Libertarian) 0.9%
New Jersey 12 Jim Courter
Redistricted from the 13th district
Republican 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Jim Courter (Republican) 66.8%
  • Jeff Connor (Democratic) 32.3%
  • Harold F. Leiendecker (Libertarian) 0.9%
Millicent Fenwick
Redistricted from the 5th district
Republican 1974 Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Republican loss.
New Jersey 13 Edwin B. Forsythe
Redistricted from the 6th district
Republican 1970 Incumbent re-elected.
Others
  • Paula Volpe (Citizens) 0.6%
  • Leonard T. Flynn (Libertarian) 0.5%
  • Donald L. Smith (Constitution) 0.4%
New Jersey 14 Frank Joseph Guarini Democratic 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Frank Joseph Guarini (Democratic) 74.3%
  • Charles J. Catrillo (Republican) 22.3%
  • Jack Murphy (Independent) 1.3%
Others
  • Herbert H. Shaw (Independent) 1.0%
  • Kenneth Famularo (Independent) 0.7%
  • Louis J. Sicilia (Libertarian) 0.4%

New Mexico

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
New Mexico 1 Manuel Lujan Jr. Republican 1968 Incumbent re-elected.
New Mexico 2 Joe Skeen Republican 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Joe Skeen (Republican) 58.4%
  • Caleb J. Chandler (Democratic) 41.6%
New Mexico 3 None (district created)New seat.
Democratic gain.

New York

New York lost five seats at reapportionment.

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
New York 1 William Carney Conservative 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY William Carney (Conservative/Rep.) 63.9%
  • Ethan C. Eldon (Democratic) 36.1%
New York 2 Thomas Downey Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Thomas Downey (Democratic) 63.9%
  • Paul G. Costello (Republican) 33.8%
  • Louis VanDenEssen (Right to Life) 2.3%
New York 3 Gregory W. Carman Republican 1980 Incumbent retired.
Republican loss.
John LeBoutillier
Redistricted from the 6th district
Republican 1980 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
New York 4 Norman F. Lent Republican 1970 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Norman F. Lent (Republican) 60.4%
  • Robert P. Zimmerman (Democratic) 36.4%
  • John J. Dunkle (Right to Life) 3.3%
New York 5 Ray McGrath Republican 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Ray McGrath (Republican) 58.1%
  • Arnold J. Miller (Democratic) 38.8%
  • Thomas J. Boyle (Right to Life) 2.8%
  • Richard Horan (Libertarian) 0.3%
New York 6 Joseph P. Addabbo
Redistricted from the 7th district
Democratic 1960 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 7 Benjamin S. Rosenthal
Redistricted from the 8th district
Democratic 1962 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 8 James H. Scheuer
Redistricted from the 11th district
Democratic 1964
1972 (defeated)
1974
Incumbent re-elected.
New York 9 Geraldine Ferraro Democratic 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Geraldine Ferraro (Democratic) 73.2%
  • John J. Weigandt (Republican) 19.8%
  • Ralph G. Groves (Conservative) 5.8%
  • Patricia A. Salargo (Liberal) 1.1%
New York 10 Chuck Schumer
Redistricted from the 16th district
Democratic 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Chuck Schumer (Democratic) 79.2%
  • Stephen Marks (Republican) 19.2%
  • Alice J. Bertolotti (Right to Life) 1.7%
New York 11 Fred Richmond
Redistricted from the 14th district
Democratic 1974 Incumbent resigned.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.
  • Green check.svgY Edolphus Towns (Democratic) 83.7%
  • James W. Smith (Republican) 9.5%
  • Patrick W. Giagnacova (Liberal) 3.2%
  • Joseph N. O. Caesar (Conservative) 2.9%
  • Susan C. Zarate (Socialist Workers) 0.8%
New York 12 Shirley Chisholm Democratic 1968 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.
  • Green check.svgY Major Owens (Democratic) 90.5%
  • David Katan Sr. (Republican) 6.5%
  • David E. Rosenstroch (Conservative) 2.0%
  • Jahn-Clymer Francis (Right to Life) 0.9%
New York 13 Stephen Solarz Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Stephen Solarz (Democratic) 80.5%
  • Leon F. Nadrowski (Republican) 16.7%
  • James M. Gay (Conservative) 2.7%
New York 14 Guy Molinari
Redistricted from the 17th district
Republican 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
Leo C. Zeferetti
Redistricted from the 15th district
Democratic 1974 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic loss.
New York 15 Bill Green
Redistricted from the 18th district
Republican 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Bill Green (Republican) 53.6%
  • Betty G. Lall (Democratic) 44.9%
  • Henry Van Rossem (Conservative) 1.6%
New York 16 Charles Rangel
Redistricted from the 19th district
Democratic 1970 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Charles Rangel (Democratic) 97.5%
  • Michael T. Berns (Conservative) 1.6%
  • Veronica Cruz (Socialist Workers) 0.9%
New York 17 Ted Weiss
Redistricted from the 20th district
Democratic 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Ted Weiss (Democratic) 85.0%
  • Louis S. Antonelli (Republican) 15.0%
Jonathan Brewster Bingham
Redistricted from the 22nd district
Democratic 1964 Incumbent retired.
Democratic loss.
New York 18 Robert Garcia
Redistricted from the 21st district
Democratic 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Robert Garcia (Democratic) 98.9%
  • Loidis R. Cordero (Popular) 1.1%
New York 19 Mario Biaggi
Redistricted from the 10th district
Democratic 1968 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Mario Biaggi (Democratic) 93.7%
  • Michael J. McSherry (Conservative) 5.9%
  • Eva Chertov (Socialist Workers) 0.5%
New York 20 Richard Ottinger
Redistricted from the 24th district
Democratic 1964
1970 (retired)
1974
Incumbent re-elected.
New York 21 Hamilton Fish IV
Redistricted from the 25th district
Republican 1968 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 22 Benjamin Gilman
Redistricted from the 26th district
Republican 1972 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Benjamin Gilman (Republican) 52.9%
  • Peter A. Peyser (Democratic) 42.0%
  • Charles C. Beck (Conservative) 2.8%
  • Richard Bruno (Right to Life) 2.3%
Peter A. Peyser
Redistricted from the 23rd district
Democratic 1970
1976 (retired)
1978
Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic loss.
New York 23 Samuel S. Stratton
Redistricted from the 28th district
Democratic 1958 Incumbent re-elected.
Others
  • Mark A. Dunlea (Citizens) 0.5%
  • Patricia Mayberry (Socialist Workers) 0.3%
New York 24 Gerald Solomon
Redistricted from the 29th district
Republican 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Gerald Solomon (Republican) 73.9%
  • Roy Esiason (Democratic) 26.1%
New York 25 Donald J. Mitchell
Redistricted from the 31st district
Republican 1972 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Republican hold.
  • Green check.svgY Sherwood Boehlert (Republican) 55.8%
  • Anita Maxwell (Democratic) 42.4%
  • Donald J. Thomas (Right to Life) 1.8%
New York 26 David O'Brien Martin
Redistricted from the 30th district
Republican 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 27 George C. Wortley
Redistricted from the 32nd district
Republican 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY George C. Wortley (Republican) 53.2%
  • Elaine Lytel (Democratic) 44.2%
  • Thomas M. Hunter (Conservative) 1.6%
  • George Hyrcza (Right to Life) 1.1%
Gary A. Lee
Redistricted from the 33rd district
Republican 1978 Incumbent lost renomination.
Republican loss.
New York 28 Matt McHugh
Redistricted from the 27th district
Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Matt McHugh (Democratic) 56.3%
  • David F. Crowley (Republican) 42.5%
  • Mark R. Masterson (Right to Life) 1.1%
New York 29 Frank Horton
Redistricted from the 34th district
Republican 1962 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Frank Horton (Republican) 66.4%
  • William C. Larsen (Democratic) 30.2%
  • Edwin Lundberg (Conservative) 3.4%
New York 30 Barber Conable
Redistricted from the 35th district
Republican 1964 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Barber Conable (Republican) 68.2%
  • Bill Benet (Democratic) 27.9%
  • Richard G. Baxter (Conservative) 2.2%
  • David J. Valone (Right to Life) 1.7%
New York 31 Jack Kemp
Redistricted from the 38th district
Republican 1970 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Jack Kemp (Republican) 75.3%
  • James A. Martin (Democratic) 24.7%
New York 32 John LaFalce
Redistricted from the 36th district
Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY John LaFalce (Democratic) 91.4%
  • Raymond R. Walker (Conservative) 6.8%
  • Timothy J. Hubbard (Right to Life) 1.9%
New York 33 Henry J. Nowak
Redistricted from the 37th district
Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Henry J. Nowak (Democratic) 84.1%
  • Walter J. Pillich (Republican) 13.2%
  • James F. Gallagher (Right to Life) 2.7%
New York 34 Stan Lundine
Redistricted from the 39th district
Democratic 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Stan Lundine (Democratic) 60.2%
  • James J. Snyder (Republican) 38.7%
  • Genevieve F. Ronan (Right to Life) 1.1%

North Carolina

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
North Carolina 1 Walter B. Jones Sr. Democratic 1966 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Walter B. Jones Sr. (Democratic) 81.3%
  • James F. McIntyre III (Republican) 17.8%
  • Bobby Yates Emory (Libertarian) 0.9%
North Carolina 2 Lawrence H. Fountain Democratic 1952 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.
  • Green check.svgY Tim Valentine (Democratic) 53.6%
  • John W. Marin (Republican) 30.8%
  • H. M. Michaux Jr. (Write-in) 14.4%
  • Sue Lamm (Libertarian) 1.3%
North Carolina 3 Charles Orville Whitley Democratic 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
North Carolina 4 Ike Franklin Andrews Democratic 1972 Incumbent re-elected.
North Carolina 5 Stephen L. Neal Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
Others
  • Naudeen Beek (Libertarian) 0.4%
  • Meryl Lynn Farber (Socialist Workers) 0.1%
North Carolina 6 Gene Johnston Republican 1980 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
North Carolina 7 Charlie Rose Democratic 1972 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Charlie Rose (Democratic) 71.0%
  • Edward Johnson (Republican) 28.0%
  • Richard Hollembeak (Libertarian) 1.0%
North Carolina 8 Bill Hefner Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Bill Hefner (Democratic) 57.4%
  • Harris D. Blake (Republican) 42.0%
  • Don Scoggins (Libertarian) 0.7%
North Carolina 9 James G. Martin Republican 1972 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY James G. Martin (Republican) 57.0%
  • Preston Cornelius (Democratic) 41.9%
  • Dave Braatz (Libertarian) 1.1%
North Carolina 10 Jim Broyhill Republican 1962 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Jim Broyhill (Republican) 92.7%
  • John Rankin (Libertarian) 7.3%
North Carolina 11 Bill Hendon Republican 1980 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.

North Dakota

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
North Dakota at-large Byron Dorgan Democratic-NPL 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Byron Dorgan (Democratic-NPL) 71.6%
  • Kent Jones (Republican) 27.7%
  • Don J. Klingensmith (Prohibition) 0.7%

Ohio

Ohio lost two seats at reapportionment.

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
Ohio 1 Tom Luken
Redistricted from the 2nd district
Democratic 1974 (special)
1974 (lost)
1976
Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Tom Luken (Democratic) 63.5%
  • John E. Held (Republican) 33.7%
  • James A. Berns (Libertarian) 2.8%
Ohio 2 Bill Gradison
Redistricted from the 1st district
Republican 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Bill Gradison (Republican) 62.7%
  • William J. Luttmer (Democratic) 34.2%
  • Charles K. Shrout Jr. (Libertarian) 1.9%
  • Joseph I. Lombardo (Independent) 1.2%
Ohio 3 Tony P. Hall Democratic 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Tony P. Hall (Democratic) 87.7%
  • Kathryn E. Brown (Libertarian) 12.3%
Ohio 4 Mike Oxley Republican 1972 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Mike Oxley (Republican) 64.6%
  • Bob Moon (Democratic) 35.4%
Ohio 5 Del Latta Republican 1958 Incumbent re-elected.
Ohio 6 Bob McEwen Republican 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Bob McEwen (Republican) 59.2%
  • Lynn Alan Grimshaw (Democratic) 40.8%
Ohio 7 Bud Brown Republican1965Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Ohio.
New member elected.
Republican hold.
  • Green check.svgY Mike DeWine (Republican) 56.3%
  • Roger D. Tackett (Democratic) 42.0%
  • John B. Winer (Libertarian) 1.8%
Ohio 8 Tom Kindness Republican 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
Ohio 9 Ed Weber Republican 1980 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
  • Green check.svgY Marcy Kaptur (Democratic) 57.9%
  • Ed Weber (Republican) 39.3%
  • Susan A. Skinner (Independent) 1.1%
Others
  • James J. Somers (Independent) 1.0%
  • David Muir (Libertarian) 0.7%
Ohio 10 Clarence E. Miller Republican 1966 Incumbent re-elected.
Jean Spencer Ashbrook
Redistricted from the 17th district
Republican 1982 Incumbent retired.
Republican loss.
Ohio 11 J. William Stanton Republican 1964 Incumbent retired.
Republican loss.
  • Green check.svgY Dennis E. Eckart (Democratic) 60.9%
  • Glen W. Warner (Republican) 36.9%
  • Jim Russell (Libertarian) 2.2%
Dennis E. Eckart
Redistricted from the 22nd district
Democratic 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
Ohio 12 Bob Shamansky Democratic 1980 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Republican gain.
Ohio 13 Don Pease Democratic 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Don Pease (Democratic) 61.2%
  • Timothy Paul Martin (Republican) 35.4%
  • James S. Patton (Independent) 3.4%
Ohio 14 John F. Seiberling Democratic 1970 Incumbent re-elected.
Ohio 15 Chalmers Wylie Republican 1966 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Chalmers Wylie (Republican) 66.3%
  • Greg Kostelac (Democratic) 29.8%
  • Steve Kender (Libertarian) 3.9%
Ohio 16 Ralph Regula Republican 1972 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Ralph Regula (Republican) 65.8%
  • Jeffrey R. Orenstein (Democratic) 34.2%
Ohio 17 Lyle Williams
Redistricted from the 19th district
Republican 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Lyle Williams (Republican) 55.1%
  • George D. Tablack (Democratic) 44.9%
Ohio 18 Douglas Applegate Democratic 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
Ohio 19 Ronald M. Mottl
Redistricted from the 23rd district
Democratic 1974 Incumbent lost renomination.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.
  • Green check.svgY Ed Feighan (Democratic) 58.8%
  • Richard G. Anter II (Republican) 38.3%
  • Thomas Pekarek (Libertarian) 1.6%
  • Kevin G. Killeeen (Independent) 1.2%
Ohio 20 Mary Rose Oakar Democratic 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Mary Rose Oakar (Democratic) 85.6%
  • Paris T. LeJeune (Republican) 11.3%
  • Milton R. Norris (Libertarian) 1.8%
  • Louise Haberbush (Independent) 1.2%
Ohio 21 Louis Stokes Democratic 1968 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Louis Stokes (Democratic) 86.1%
  • Alan G. Shatteen (Republican) 13.9%

Oklahoma

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
Oklahoma 1 James R. Jones Democratic 1972 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY James R. Jones (Democratic) 54.1%
  • Dick Freeman (Republican) 45.9%
Oklahoma 2 Mike Synar Democratic 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Mike Synar (Democratic) 72.6%
  • Lou Striegel (Republican) 27.4%
Oklahoma 3 Wes Watkins Democratic 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Wes Watkins (Democratic) 82.2%
  • Patrick K. Miller (Republican) 17.8%
Oklahoma 4 Dave McCurdy Democratic 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Dave McCurdy (Democratic) 65.0%
  • Howard Rutledge (Republican) 34.2%
Others
  • Charles T. Emerson (Independent) 0.4%
  • Marshall A. Luse Jr. (Independent) 0.3%
Oklahoma 5 Mickey Edwards Republican 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Mickey Edwards (Republican) 67.2%
  • Dan Lane (Democratic) 28.8%
  • Paul E. Trent (Independent) 3.9%
Oklahoma 6 Glenn English Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Glenn English (Democratic) 75.4%
  • Ed Moore (Republican) 24.6%

Oregon

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
Oregon 1 Les AuCoin Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Les AuCoin (Democratic) 53.8%
  • Bill Moshofsky (Republican) 46.2%
Oregon 2 None (district created)New seat.
Republican gain.
  • Green check.svgY Bob Smith (Republican) 55.6%
  • Larryann Willis (Democratic) 44.4%
Oregon 3 Ron Wyden Democratic 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Ron Wyden (Democratic) 78.3%
  • Thomas H. Phelan (Republican) 21.7%
Oregon 4 Jim Weaver Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Jim Weaver (Democratic) 59.1%
  • Ross Anthony (Republican) 40.9%
Oregon 5 Denny Smith
Redistricted from the 2nd district
Republican 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Denny Smith (Republican) 51.2%
  • Ruth McFarland (Democratic) 48.8%

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania lost two seats at reapportionment.

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
Pennsylvania 1 Thomas M. Foglietta Democratic 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
Others
  • Lisa Brannan (Consumer) 0.7%
  • Ralph Mullinger (Libertarian) 0.4%
Joseph F. Smith
Redistricted from the 3rd district
Democratic 1981 (special) Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic loss.
Pennsylvania 2 William H. Gray III Democratic 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
Pennsylvania 3 Charles F. Dougherty
Redistricted from the 4th district
Republican 1978 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
Others
  • Carolyn Berger (Consumer) 0.5%
  • Mike Finley (Socialist Workers) 0.5%
  • Bruce Bishkin (Libertarian) 0.2%
Pennsylvania 4 Eugene Atkinson
Redistricted from the 25th district
Republican 1978 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
Pennsylvania 5 Dick Schulze Republican 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Dick Schulze (Republican) 67.2%
  • Bob Burger (Democratic) 32.8%
Pennsylvania 6 Gus Yatron Democratic 1968 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Gus Yatron (Democratic) 72.0%
  • Harry B. Martin (Republican) 28.0%
Pennsylvania 7 Bob Edgar Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Bob Edgar (Democratic) 55.4%
  • Steve Joachim (Republican) 44.6%
Pennsylvania 8 James K. Coyne III Republican 1980 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
Others
  • Albert H. Reef (Independent) 0.5%
  • Hans Schroeder (Libertarian) 0.3%
Pennsylvania 9 Bud Shuster Republican 1972 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Bud Shuster (Republican) 65.1%
  • Eugene J. Duncan (Democratic) 34.9%
Pennsylvania 10 Joseph M. McDade Republican 1962 Incumbent re-elected.
Pennsylvania 11 Jim Nelligan Republican 1980 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
Pennsylvania 12 John Murtha Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY John Murtha (Democratic) 61.1%
  • William N. Tuscano (Republican) 34.4%
  • Joseph E. Krill (Independent) 4.5%
Donald A. Bailey
Redistricted from the 21st district
Democratic 1978 Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic loss.
Pennsylvania 13 Lawrence Coughlin Republican 1968 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Lawrence Coughlin (Republican) 64.3%
  • Martin J. Cunningham (Democratic) 35.2%
  • Nicholas Kydonieus (Libertarian) 0.5%
Pennsylvania 14 William J. Coyne Democratic 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY William J. Coyne (Democratic) 74.9%
  • John Robert Clark (Republican) 20.3%
  • Richard Edward Caligiuri (Libertarian) 3.4%
  • William R. Kalman (Socialist Workers) 1.5%
Pennsylvania 15 Don Ritter Republican 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Don Ritter (Republican) 57.8%
  • Richard J. Orloski (Democratic) 42.2%
Pennsylvania 16 Bob Walker Republican 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Bob Walker (Republican) 71.3%
  • Jean D. Mowery (Democratic) 28.7%
Pennsylvania 17 Allen E. Ertel Democratic 1976 Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Pennsylvania.
New member elected.
Republican gain.
  • Green check.svgY George Gekas (Republican) 57.6%
  • Larry Hochendoner (Democratic) 42.4%
Pennsylvania 18 Doug Walgren Democratic 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Doug Walgren (Democratic) 54.2%
  • Ted Jacob (Republican) 45.0%
  • William A. Lewis Jr. (Libertarian) 0.8%
Pennsylvania 19 Bill Goodling Republican 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Bill Goodling (Republican) 70.8%
  • Larry Becker (Democratic) 29.2%
Pennsylvania 20 Joseph M. Gaydos Democratic 1968 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Joseph M. Gaydos (Democratic) 76.0%
  • Terry T. Ray (Republican) 22.8%
  • David L. Travis (Libertarian) 1.2%
Pennsylvania 21 Marc L. Marks
Redistricted from the 24th district
Republican 1976 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Republican hold.
  • Green check.svgY Tom Ridge (Republican) 50.2%
  • Anthony Andrezeski (Democratic) 49.8%
Pennsylvania 22 Austin Murphy Democratic 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Austin Murphy (Democratic) 78.7%
  • Frank J. Paterra (Republican) 20.5%
  • Deann Rathbun (Socialist Workers) 0.8%
Pennsylvania 23 William Clinger Republican 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY William Clinger (Republican) 65.2%
  • Joseph J. Calla Jr. (Democratic) 34.8%

Rhode Island

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
Rhode Island 1 Fernand St Germain Democratic 1960 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Fernand St Germain (Democratic) 60.7%
  • Burton Stallwood (Republican) 38.3%
  • Gertrude M. Jayne Fowler (Independent) 1.0%
Rhode Island 2 Claudine Schneider Republican 1980 Incumbent re-elected.

South Carolina

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
South Carolina 1 Tommy Hartnett Republican 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Tommy Hartnett (Republican) 54.3%
  • W. Mullins McLeod (Democratic) 44.9%
  • Walter E. Smith (Libertarian) 0.8%
South Carolina 2 Floyd Spence Republican 1970 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Floyd Spence (Republican) 58.5%
  • Ken Mosely (Democratic) 41.5%
South Carolina 3 Butler Derrick Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Butler Derrick (Democratic) 90.4%
  • Gordon T. Davis (Libertarian) 9.6%
South Carolina 4 Carroll A. Campbell Jr. Republican 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
South Carolina 5 Kenneth Lamar Holland Democratic 1974 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.
  • Green check.svgY John Spratt (Democratic) 67.6%
  • John S. Wilkerson (Republican) 32.4%
South Carolina 6 John Light Napier Republican 1980 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.

South Dakota

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
South Dakota at-large Tom Daschle
Redistricted from the 1st district
Democratic 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
Clint Roberts
Redistricted from the 2nd district
Republican 1980 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican loss.

Tennessee

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
Tennessee 1 Jimmy Quillen Republican 1962 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Jimmy Quillen (Republican) 74.1%
  • Jessie J. Cable (Democratic) 22.8%
  • James B. Fields (Independent) 3.1%
Tennessee 2 John Duncan Sr. Republican 1964 Incumbent re-elected.
Tennessee 3 Marilyn Lloyd Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Marilyn Lloyd (Democratic) 61.8%
  • Glen Byers (Republican) 36.3%
  • Henry Ford Brock (Independent) 1.9%
Tennessee 4 None (district created)New seat.
Democratic gain.
  • Green check.svgY Jim Cooper (Democratic) 66.1%
  • Cissy Baker (Republican) 33.9%
Tennessee 5 Bill Boner Democratic 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Bill Boner (Democratic) 80.2%
  • Laurel Steinhice (Republican) 19.8%
Tennessee 6 Al Gore
Redistricted from the 4th district
Democratic 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
Tennessee 7 Robin Beard
Redistricted from the 6th district
Republican 1972 Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator.
New member elected.
Republican hold.
Tennessee 8 Ed Jones
Redistricted from the 7th district
Democratic 1969 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Ed Jones (Democratic) 74.9%
  • Bruce Benson (Republican) 25.1%
Tennessee 9 Harold Ford Sr.
Redistricted from the 8th district
Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Harold Ford Sr. (Democratic) 72.4%
  • Joe Crawford (Republican) 26.4%
  • Isaac Richmond (Independent) 1.2%

Texas

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
Texas 1 Sam B. Hall Jr. Democratic 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
Texas 2 Charlie Wilson Democratic 1972 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Charlie Wilson (Democratic) 94.3%
  • Ed Richbourg (Libertarian) 5.7%
Texas 3 James M. Collins Republican 1968 Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator.
New member elected.
Republican hold.
  • Green check.svgY Steve Bartlett (Republican) 77.1%
  • Jim McNees (Democratic) 21.8%
  • Jerry R. Williamson (Libertarian) 1.1%
Texas 4 Ralph Hall Democratic 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Ralph Hall (Democratic) 73.8%
  • Pete Collumb (Republican) 25.3%
  • Bruce Iiams (Libertarian) 0.9%
Texas 5 Jim Mattox Democratic 1976 Incumbent retired to run for Attorney General
Democratic hold.
  • Green check.svgY John Bryant (Democratic) 64.8%
  • Joe Devany (Republican) 33.7%
Others
  • Richard Squire (Libertarian) 0.9%
  • John Richard Bridges (Citizens) 0.6%
Texas 6 Phil Gramm Democratic 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Phil Gramm (Democratic) 94.5%
  • Ron Hard (Libertarian) 5.5%
Texas 7 Bill Archer Republican 1970 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Bill Archer (Republican) 85.0%
  • Dennis G. Scoggins (Democratic) 14.0%
  • Bill Ware (Libertarian) 1.0%
Texas 8 Jack Fields Republican 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Jack Fields (Republican) 56.7%
  • Henry E. Allee (Democratic) 42.6%
  • Mike Angwin (Libertarian) 0.6%
Texas 9 Jack Brooks Democratic 1952 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Jack Brooks (Democratic) 67.6%
  • John W. Lewis (Republican) 30.3%
  • Dean Allen (Libertarian) 2.1%
Texas 10 J. J. Pickle Democratic 1963 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY J. J. Pickle (Democratic) 90.1%
  • William G. Kelsey (Libertarian) 6.5%
  • Bradley Louis Rockwell (Citizens) 3.4%
Texas 11 Marvin Leath Democratic 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Marvin Leath (Democratic) 96.4%
  • Thomas B. Kilbride (Libertarian) 3.6%
Texas 12 Jim Wright Democratic 1954 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Jim Wright (Democratic) 68.9%
  • Jim Ryan (Republican) 30.5%
  • Edward Olson (Libertarian) 0.6%
Texas 13 Jack Hightower Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Jack Hightower (Democratic) 63.6%
  • Ron Slover (Republican) 35.3%
  • Rod Collier (Libertarian) 1.2%
Texas 14 Bill Patman Democratic 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Bill Patman (Democratic) 60.7%
  • Joe Wyatt Jr. (Republican) 38.6%
  • Glenn Rasmussen (Libertarian) 0.7%
Texas 15 Kika de la Garza Democratic 1964 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Kika de la Garza (Democratic) 95.7%
  • Frank L. Jones III (Libertarian) 4.3%
Texas 16 Richard Crawford White Democratic 1964 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.
  • Green check.svgY Ron Coleman (Democratic) 53.9%
  • Pat Haggerty (Republican) 44.2%
  • Catherine A. McDivitt (Libertarian) 1.9%
Texas 17 Charles Stenholm Democratic 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Charles Stenholm (Democratic) 97.1%
  • James A. Cooley II (Libertarian) 2.9%
Texas 18 Mickey Leland Democratic 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Mickey Leland (Democratic) 82.6%
  • C. Leon Pickett (Republican) 14.7%
  • Thomas P. Bernhardt (Libertarian) 2.7%
Texas 19 Kent Hance Democratic 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Kent Hance (Democratic) 81.6%
  • E. L. Hicks (Republican) 17.3%
  • Mike Read (Libertarian) 1.1%
Texas 20 Henry B. González Democratic 1961 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Henry B. González (Democratic) 91.5%
  • Roger V. Gary (Libertarian) 5.6%
  • Benedict D. LaRosa (Independent) 3.0%
Texas 21 Tom Loeffler Republican 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Tom Loeffler (Republican) 74.6%
  • Charles S. Stough (Democratic) 24.6%
  • Jeffrey J. Brown (Libertarian) 0.9%
Texas 22 Ron Paul Republican 1976 (special)
1976 (defeated)
1978
Incumbent re-elected.
Texas 23 Chick Kazen Democratic 1966 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Chick Kazen (Democratic) 55.3%
  • Jeff Wentworth (Republican) 44.2%
  • Parker Abell (Libertarian) 0.5%
Texas 24 Martin Frost Democratic 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Martin Frost (Democratic) 72.9%
  • Lucy Patterson (Republican) 26.0%
  • David Guier (Libertarian) 1.1%
Texas 25 None (district created)New seat.
Democratic gain.
Others
  • Barbara Coldiron (Citizens) 0.9%
  • Jeff Calvert (Libertarian) 0.8%
Texas 26 None (district created)New seat.
Democratic gain.
Texas 27 None (district created)New seat.
Democratic gain.
  • Green check.svgY Solomon Ortiz (Democratic) 64.0%
  • Jason Luby (Republican) 33.8%
  • Steven R. Roberts (Libertarian) 2.1%

Utah

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
Utah 1 Jim Hansen Republican 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Jim Hansen (Republican) 62.8%
  • A. Stephen Dirks (Democratic) 37.2%
Utah 2 David Daniel Marriott Republican 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
Utah 3 None (district created)New seat.
Republican gain.

Vermont

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
Vermont at-large Jim Jeffords Republican 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Jim Jeffords (Republican) 69.3%
  • Mark A. Kaplan (Democratic) 23.2%
  • Robin Lloyd (Citizens) 3.9%
  • Peter Diamondstone (Liberty Union) 1.7%
  • Morris Earle (Independent) 1.1%
  • George E. Trask (Libertarian) 0.9%

Virginia

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
Virginia 1 Paul Trible Republican 1976 Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator.
New member elected.
Republican hold.
Virginia 2 G. William Whitehurst Republican 1968 Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 3 Thomas J. Bliley Jr. Republican 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 4 Robert Daniel Republican 1972 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
Virginia 5 Dan Daniel Democratic 1968 Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 6 M. Caldwell Butler Republican 1972 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
  • Green check.svgY Jim Olin (Democratic) 49.7%
  • Kevin G. Miller (Republican) 48.5%
  • Robert L. Fariss (Independent) 1.7%
Virginia 7 J. Kenneth Robinson Republican 1970 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY J. Kenneth Robinson (Republican) 59.9%
  • Lindsay G. Dorrier Jr. (Democratic) 36.3%
  • David J. Toscano (Independent) 3.9%
Virginia 8 Stanford Parris Republican 1972
1974 (defeated)
1980
Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 9 William C. Wampler Republican 1952
1954 (defeated)
1966
Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
Virginia 10 Frank Wolf Republican 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Frank Wolf (Republican) 52.7%
  • Ira M. Lechner (Democratic) 45.9%
  • Scott R. Bowden (Independent) 1.3%

Washington

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
Washington 1 Joel Pritchard Republican 1972 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Joel Pritchard (Republican) 67.6%
  • Brian Long (Democratic) 32.4%
Washington 2 Al Swift Democratic 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Al Swift (Democratic) 59.6%
  • Joan Houchen (Republican) 40.4%
Washington 3 Don Bonker Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Don Bonker (Democratic) 60.1%
  • J. T. Quigg (Republican) 36.8%
  • O'Dean Williamson (Independent) 3.1%
Washington 4 Sid Morrison Republican 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Sid Morrison (Republican) 69.8%
  • Charles D. Kilbury (Democratic) 28.6%
  • Michael Leroy Burns (Independent) 1.6%
Washington 5 Tom Foley Democratic 1964 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Tom Foley (Democratic) 64.3%
  • John Sonneland (Republican) 35.7%
Washington 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Norm Dicks (Democratic) 62.5%
  • Ted Haley (Republican) 33.2%
  • Jayne H. Anderson (Independent) 4.3%
Washington 7 Mike Lowry Democratic 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Mike Lowry (Democratic) 70.9%
  • Bob Dorse (Republican) 29.1%
Washington 8 None (district created)New seat.
Republican gain.
  • Green check.svgY Rod Chandler (Republican) 57.0%
  • Beth Bland (Democratic) 43.0%

West Virginia

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
West Virginia 1 Bob Mollohan Democratic 1952
1956 (retired)
1968
Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.
  • Green check.svgY Alan Mollohan (Democratic) 53.2%
  • John F. McCuskey (Republican) 46.8%
West Virginia 2 Cleve Benedict Republican 1980 Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
  • Green check.svgY Buckey Staggers (Democratic) 64.0%
  • J. D. Hinkle Jr. (Republican) 36.0%
West Virginia 3 Mick Staton Republican 1980 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
  • Green check.svgY Bob Wise (Democratic) 57.9%
  • Mick Staton (Republican) 41.6%
  • Adrienne Benjamin (Socialist Workers) 0.5%
West Virginia 4 Nick Rahall Democratic 1976 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Nick Rahall (Democratic) 80.5%
  • Homer L. Harris (Republican) 19.5%

Wisconsin

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
Wisconsin 1 Les Aspin Democratic 1970 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Les Aspin (Democratic) 61.0%
  • Peter Jansson (Republican) 38.1%
  • Arthur Jackson (Libertarian) 0.9%
Wisconsin 2 Robert Kastenmeier Democratic 1958 Incumbent re-elected.
Wisconsin 3 Steve Gunderson Republican 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
Wisconsin 4 Clement J. Zablocki Democratic 1948 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Clement J. Zablocki (Democratic) 94.6%
  • Nicholas P. Youngers (Libertarian) 3.0%
  • John F. Baumgartner (Independent) 1.8%
  • John Gudenschwager (Constitution) 0.7%
Wisconsin 5 Henry Reuss Democratic 1954 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.
Others
  • William McCuen Jr. (Libertarian) 1.0%
  • Walter Beach (Independent) 0.3%
  • Cheryll Hidalgo (Independent) 0.2%
Wisconsin 6 Tom Petri Republican 1979 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
Wisconsin 7 Dave Obey Democratic 1969 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
Wisconsin 8 Toby Roth Republican 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Toby Roth (Republican) 57.2%
  • Ruth Clusen (Democratic) 42.0%
  • Anthony Theisen (Libertarian) 0.8%
Wisconsin 9 Jim Sensenbrenner Republican 1978 Incumbent re-elected.

Wyoming

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
Wyoming at-large Dick Cheney Republican 1978 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Dick Cheney (Republican) 71.1%
  • Ted Hommel (Democratic) 28.9%

Non-voting delegates

DistrictIncumbentThis race
DelegatePartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
American Samoa at-large Fofō Iosefa Fiti Sunia Democratic 1980 Incumbent re-elected.
District of Columbia at-large Walter Fauntroy Democratic 1970 Incumbent re-elected.
Guam at-large Antonio Borja Won Pat Democratic 1972 Incumbent re-elected.
U.S. Virgin Islands at-large Ron de Lugo Democratic 1972
1978 (retired)
1980
Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Ron de Lugo (Democratic) 82.8%
  • Frank Prince (Republican) 14.6%
  • Eric A. Smalls (Independent) 2.6%

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 The lone Conservative, William Carney of New York caucused with Republicans.
  2. Swigert died from bone cancer on December 27, 1982, before taking office.

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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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2011 United States elections</span>

The 2011 United States elections were held on Tuesday, November 8. This was an off-year election, in which the only seats up for election in the United States Congress were special elections. There were also four gubernatorial races, including a special election in West Virginia. There were also state legislative elections in four states and judicial elections in three states; as well as numerous citizen initiatives, mayoral races, and a variety of other local offices on the ballot.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2012 United States House of Representatives elections</span> House elections for the 113th U.S. Congress

The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 6, 2012. It coincided with the reelection of President Barack Obama. Elections were held for all 435 seats representing the 50 U.S. states and also for the delegates from the District of Columbia and five major U.S. territories. The winners of this election cycle served in the 113th United States Congress. This was the first congressional election using districts drawn up based on the 2010 United States census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Redistricting in Pennsylvania</span> Overview about redistricting in Pennsylvania

Redistricting in Pennsylvania refers to the decennial process of redrawing state legislative and federal congressional districts in Pennsylvania.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida</span>

The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 to elect the twenty-seven congressional representatives from the state, one from each of the state's twenty-seven congressional districts, a two-seat increase due to the 2010 United States census. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election, and a U.S. Senate election. The primary elections were held August 14, 2012.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1984 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas</span>

The 1984 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas occurred on November 6, 1984, to elect the members of the state of Texas's delegation to the United States House of Representatives. Texas had twenty-seven seats in the House, apportioned according to the 1980 United States census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2017 United States elections</span>

The 2017 United States elections were held, in large part, on Tuesday, November 7, 2017. This off-year election featured gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey, as well as state legislative elections in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature and in the Virginia House of Delegates. Numerous citizen initiatives, mayoral races, and a variety of other local elections also occurred. Special elections were also held for one seat of the U.S. Senate, representing Alabama, and six seats of the U.S. House of Representatives. The Democrats picked up the governorship in New Jersey and the Alabama Senate seat that was up for a special election. The governorship in Virginia and the six House seats that were up for special elections did not change party hands.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2016 United States House of Representatives elections</span> House elections for the 115th U.S. Congress

The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 8, 2016, to elect representatives for all 435 congressional districts across each of the 50 U.S. states to the 115th United States Congress. Non-voting members for the District of Columbia and territories of the United States were also elected. These elections coincided with the election of President Donald Trump, although his party lost seats in both chambers of Congress. The winners of this election served in the 115th Congress, with seats apportioned among the states based on the 2010 United States census. In October 2015, the House elected a new Speaker, Republican Paul Ryan, who was re-elected in the new term. Democrat Nancy Pelosi continued to lead her party as Minority Leader. Elections were also held on the same day for the U.S. Senate, many governors, and other state and local elections.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2018 United States House of Representatives elections</span> House elections for the 116th U.S. Congress

The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 6, 2018, as part of the 2018 midterm elections during President Donald Trump's term, with early voting taking place in some states in the weeks preceding that date. Voters chose representatives from all 435 congressional districts across each of the 50 U.S. states to serve in the 116th United States Congress. Non-voting delegates from the District of Columbia and four of the five inhabited U.S. territories were also elected. On Election Day, Republicans had held a House majority since January 2011.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 United States House of Representatives elections</span> House election for the 118th U.S. Congress

The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 8, 2022, as part of the 2022 United States elections during incumbent president Joe Biden's term. Representatives were elected from all 435 U.S. congressional districts across each of the 50 states to serve in the 118th United States Congress, as well as 5 non-voting members of the U.S. House of Representatives from the District of Columbia and four of the five inhabited insular areas. Numerous other federal, state, and local elections, including the 2022 U.S. Senate elections and the 2022 U.S. gubernatorial elections, were also held simultaneously. This was the first election after the 2020 redistricting cycle.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2021 United States elections</span>

The 2021 United States elections were held in large part on Tuesday, November 2, 2021. This off-year election included the regular gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia. In addition, state legislative elections were held for the New Jersey Legislature and Virginia House of Delegates, along with numerous state legislative special elections, citizen initiatives, mayoral races, and a variety of other local elections. Six special elections to the United States House of Representatives also took place on November 2 or earlier as a result of either deaths or vacancies. The first of these was held on March 20.

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