1984_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Pennsylvania

1984 United States House of Representatives elections

1984 United States House of Representatives elections

House elections for the 99th U.S. Congress


The 1984 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives on November 6, 1984, to elect members to serve in the 99th United States Congress.[1] They coincided with the re-election of President Ronald Reagan in a landslide. This victory also yielded gains for Reagan's Republican Party in the House, where they picked up a net of sixteen seats from the Democratic Party. Despite Reagan's extremely large electoral victory, the Democrats nonetheless retained a commanding majority in the House and actually gained seats in the Senate. These elections were the last until 2020 when a member of a political party other than the Democrats, Republicans, or an independent had one or more seats in the chamber.

Quick Facts All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives 218 seats needed for a majority, Majority party ...

This would be the last time for eight years that the Democrats experienced a net loss of seats in the House.

Overall results

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Retiring incumbents

Twenty-two representatives retired. Sixteen of those seats were held by the same party, six seats changed party.

Democrats

Nine Democrats retired. Four of those seats were held by Democrats and five were won by Republicans.

Republicans

Twelve Republicans retired. Eleven of those seats were held by Republicans and one was won by a Democrat.

Republican held

  1. Alabama 1: Jack Edwards. Was succeeded by Sonny Callahan.
  2. Illinois 13: John N. Erlenborn. Was succeeded by Harris Fawell.
  3. Illinois 14: Tom Corcoran: to run for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded by John E. Grotberg.
  4. Kansas 3: Larry Winn. Was succeeded by Jan Meyers.
  5. Michigan 5: Harold S. Sawyer. Was succeeded by Paul B. Henry.
  6. New York 30: Barber Conable. Was succeeded by Fred J. Eckert.
  7. North Carolina 9: James G. Martin: to run for Governor of North Carolina. Was succeeded by Alex McMillan.
  8. Texas 6: Phil Gramm: to run for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded by Joe Barton.
  9. Texas 22: Ron Paul: to run for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded by Tom DeLay.
  10. Utah 2: David Daniel Marriott: to run for Governor of Utah. Was succeeded by David Smith Monson.
  11. Virginia 7: J. Kenneth Robinson. Was succeeded by D. French Slaughter Jr.
  12. Washington 1: Joel Pritchard. Was succeeded by John Miller.

Democratic gain

  1. Arkansas 2: Ed Bethune: to run for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded by Tommy F. Robinson.

Defeated incumbents

In primary election

Democrats

Three Democrats lost renomination.

  1. Indiana 1: Katie Hall lost to challenger Pete Visclosky.
  2. Pennsylvania 11: Frank Harrison lost to challenger Paul Kanjorski.
  3. Texas 23: Abraham Kazen lost to challenger Albert Bustamante.

In the general election

Special elections

There were three special elections to the 98th Congress in 1984, two of which were held on the same day as the general election for the next term.

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Notes

  1. Caucused with Republicans.
  2. Stump was originally elected as a Democrat. He switched parties in 1982 and was re-elected as such that year.
  3. Gramm was first elected as a Democrat. He resigned from his seat in 1983 to run as a Republican.

References

  1. "United States presidential election of 1984". Britannica. Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 3 November 2023.

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