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1986 United States House of Representatives elections

The 1986 United States House of Representatives elections was held on November 4, 1986, to elect U.S. Representatives to serve in the 100th United States Congress. They occurred in the middle of President Ronald Reagan's second term in office, while he was still relatively popular with the American public. As in most mid-term elections, the president's party — in this case, the Republican Party — lost seats, with the Democratic Party gaining a net of five seats and cementing its majority. These results were not as dramatic as those in the Senate, where the Republicans lost control of the chamber to the Democrats.

Overall results

Source: Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk

Retiring incumbents

A total of 40 representatives (19 Democrats and 21 Republicans) retired, 22 of whom (12 Democrats and 10 Republicans) retired to run for other offices.

Democrats

Nineteen incumbent Democrats retired.

  1. Alabama 7: Richard Shelby: retired to run for U.S. Senate.
  2. Colorado 2: Tim Wirth: retired to run for U.S. Senate.
  3. Florida 2: Don Fuqua retired.
  4. Georgia 5: Wyche Fowler: retired to run for U.S. Senate.
  5. Iowa 6: Berkley Bedell retired.
  6. Louisiana 7: John Breaux: retired to run for U.S. Senate.
  7. Louisiana 8: Catherine Small Long retired.
  8. Maryland 3: Barbara Mikulski: retired to run for U.S. Senate.
  9. Maryland 7: Parren Mitchell retired.
  10. Maryland 8: Michael D. Barnes: retired to run for U.S. Senate.
  11. Massachusetts 8: Tip O'Neill retired.
  12. Nevada 1: Harry Reid: retired to run for U.S. Senate.
  13. New York 34: Stan Lundine: retired to run for Lieutenant Governor of New York.
  14. North Carolina 3: Charles Whitley retired.
  15. Ohio 14: John F. Seiberling retired.
  16. Oklahoma 1: James R. Jones: retired to run for U.S. Senate.
  17. Oregon 4: Jim Weaver: retired to run for U.S. Senate.
  18. Pennsylvania 7: Bob Edgar: retired to run for U.S. Senate.
  19. South Dakota at-large: Tom Daschle: retired to run for U.S. Senate.

Republicans

Twenty-one incumbent Republicans retired.

  1. Arizona 1: John McCain: retired to run for U.S. Senate.
  2. Arizona 4: Eldon Rudd retired.
  3. California 2: Eugene A. Chappie retired.
  4. California 12: Ed Zschau: retired to run for U.S. Senate.
  5. California 21: Bobbi Fiedler: retired to run for U.S. Senate.
  6. Colorado 5: Ken Kramer: retired to run for U.S. Senate.
  7. Illinois 4: George M. O'Brien retired.
  8. Illinois 14: John E. Grotberg retired.
  9. Indiana 5: Elwood Hillis retired.
  10. Iowa 3: T. Cooper Evans retired.
  11. Kentucky 4: Gene Snyder retired.
  12. Louisiana 6: Henson Moore: retired to run for U.S. Senate.
  13. Maine 1: John R. McKernan Jr.: retired to run for Governor of Maine.
  14. Maryland 4: Marjorie Holt retired.
  15. New York 1: William Carney retired.
  16. Ohio 8: Tom Kindness: retired to run for U.S. Senate.
  17. South Carolina 1: Thomas F. Hartnett: retired to run for Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina.
  18. South Carolina 4: Carroll A. Campbell Jr.: retired to run for Governor of South Carolina.
  19. Texas 21: Tom Loeffler: retired to run for Governor of Texas.
  20. Utah 2: David Smith Monson retired.
  21. Virginia 2: G. William Whitehurst retired.

Resignations and deaths

Democrats

One Democrat died in office and one Democrat resigned.

  1. New York 6: Joseph P. Addabbo died April 10, 1986.
  2. Hawaii 1: Cecil Heftel resigned July 11, 1986, to campaign for Governor of Hawaii.

Incumbents Defeated

In Primary Elections

Democrats

Two Democrats lost renomination.

  1. Hawaii 1: Neil Abercrombie lost renomination to Mufi Hannemann, who lost the general election to Pat Saiki.
  2. New York 6: Alton Waldon lost renomination to Floyd Flake, who won the general election.

Republican

One Republican lost renomination

  1. Michigan 4: Mark D. Siljander lost renomination to Fred Upton, who won the general election.

In General Elections

Democrats

Two Democrats lost re-election to Republicans

  1. Missouri 2: Robert A. Young lost re-election to Jack Buechner.
  2. Rhode Island 2: Fernand St Germain lost re-election to Ronald Machtley.

Republicans

5 Republicans lost re-election to Democrats

  1. Colorado 3: Michael L. Strang lost re-election to Ben Nighthorse Campbell.
  2. Mississippi 2: Webb Franklin lost re-election to Mike Espy.
  3. New York 30: Fred J. Eckert lost re-election to Louise Slaughter.
  4. North Carolina 4: Bill Cobey lost re-election to David Price.
  5. North Carolina 11: Bill Hendon lost re-election to James M. Clarke.


Open seats that changed parties

Republican seats won by Democrats

Eight Republican seats were won by Democrats:

  1. Indiana 5: won by Jim Jontz.
  2. Iowa 3: won by David R. Nagle.
  3. Maine 1: won by Joseph E. Brennan.
  4. Maryland 2: won by Tom McMillen.
  5. New York 1: won by George J. Hochbrueckner.
  6. South Carolina 4: won by Liz J. Patterson.
  7. Utah 2: won by Wayne Owens.
  8. Virginia 2: won by Owen B. Pickett.

Democratic seats won by Republicans

Seven Democratic seat was won by a Republican:

  1. Hawaii 1: won by Pat Saiki.
  2. Iowa 6: won by Fred Grandy.
  3. Louisiana 8: won by Clyde C. Holloway.
  4. Maryland 8: won by Connie Morella.
  5. New York 34: won by Amo Houghton.
  6. Oklahoma 1: won by Jim Inhofe.
  7. Pennsylvania 7: won by Curt Weldon.

Open seats that parties held

Special elections

Sorted by election date

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

Non-voting delegates

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Stump was originally elected as a Democrat. He switched parties in 1982 and was re-elected as such that year.
  2. ^ Carney was elected as a Conservative who was nominated by the New York Republican Party and switched to the latter in October 1985.

References

  1. ^ "FEDERAL ELECTIONS 86" (PDF). fec.gov. Retrieved 2 January 2024.

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