1990_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia

1990 United States House of Representatives elections

House elections for the 102nd U.S. Congress

The 1990 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives on November 6, 1990, to elect members to serve in the 102nd United States Congress. They occurred in the middle of President George H. W. Bush's term. As in most midterm elections, the President's Republican Party lost seats to the Democratic Party, slightly increasing the Democratic majority in the chamber. It was a rare instance, however, in which both major parties lost votes to third parties such as the Libertarian Party as well as independent candidates.

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

1990 United States House of Representatives elections

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November 6, 1990

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All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives
218 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Tom Foley	Bob Michel
Party	Democratic	Republican
Leader since	June 6, 1989	January 3, 1981
Leader's seat	Washington 5th	Illinois 18th
Last election	260 seats	175 seats
Seats won	267	167
Seat change	7	8
Popular vote	32,463,372	27,596,256
Percentage	52.1%	44.3%
Swing	1.2%	1.3%

	Third party

Party	Independent
Last election	0 seats
Seats won	1
Seat change	1
Popular vote	367,603
Percentage	0.6%

Results:
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Republican gain
     Independent gain

Speaker before election

Tom Foley
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Tom Foley
Democratic

As of 2024^[update], this was the last time a party held 60 percent of the seats in the House.

Election summaries

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267	1	167
Democratic	^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Republican

More information Party, Seats ...

Party		Seats	Change	Share	Vote percentage	Popular vote
	Democratic Party	267	7	61.4%	52.1%	32,463,372
	Republican Party	167	8	38.4%	44.3%	27,596,256
	Libertarian Party	0		0.0%	0.6%	396,131
	Independent	1	1	0.2%	0.6%	367,603
	Peace and Freedom Party	0		0.0%	0.2%	127,924
	Conservative Party	0		0.0%	0.1%	105,294
	Populist Party	0		0.0%	0.1%	51,894
	Right to Life Party	0		0.0%	0.1%	50,769
	Solidarity Party	0		0.0%	0.1%	34,636
	Others	0		0.0%	1.9%	1,160,974
Totals		435		100.0%	100.0%	62,354,853

Source: Election Statistics – Office of the Clerk

More information Popular vote ...

Popular vote

Democratic			52.06%
Republican			44.26%
Libertarian			0.64%
Others			3.04%

More information House seats ...

House seats

Democratic			61.38%
Republican			38.39%
Independent			0.23%

More information House seats by party holding plurality in state, Net gains ...

Retirements

There were a total of 27 Representatives and one delegate not seeking re-election: 11 Democrats and 17 Republicans.

Democrats

Alabama 5: Ronnie Flippo retired to run for Governor of Alabama.
California 29: Augustus Hawkins retired.
Connecticut 3: Bruce Morrison retired to run for Governor of Connecticut.
District of Columbia at-large: Walter Fauntroy retired to run for mayor of Washington D.C.
Florida 11: Bill Nelson retired to run for Governor of Florida.
Louisiana 2: Lindy Boggs retired.
Maine 1: Joseph E. Brennan retired to run for Governor of Maine.
Michigan 13: George Crockett Jr. retired.
Ohio 1: Tom Luken retired
Oklahoma 3: Wes Watkins retired to run for Governor of Oklahoma.
Texas 11: Marvin Leath retired.

Republicans

Arkansas 2: Tommy F. Robinson retired to run for Governor of Arkansas.
California 14: Norman D. Shumway retired.
Colorado 4: Hank Brown retired to run for U.S. Senate.
Connecticut 5: John G. Rowland retired to run for Governor of Connecticut.
Hawaii 1: Pat Saiki retired to run for U.S. Senate.
Idaho 1: Larry Craig retired to run for U.S. Senate.
Illinois 16: Lynn Morley Martin retired to run for U.S. Senate.
Iowa 2: Tom Tauke retired to run for U.S. Senate.
Kansas 5: Bob Whittaker retired.
Michigan 10: Bill Schuette retired to run for U.S. Senate.
Minnesota 3: Bill Frenzel retired.
Nebraska 3: Virginia D. Smith retired.
New Hampshire 1: Bob Smith retired to run for U.S. Senate.
New Jersey 12: Jim Courter retired
Ohio 7: Mike DeWine retired to run for Lieutenant Governor of Ohio.
Rhode Island 2: Claudine Schneider retired to run for U.S. Senate.
Utah 3: Howard C. Nielson retired

Resignations

Four incumbents resigned in 1990, three Democrats and one Republican, with no special elections to fill the vacant seats before the November election.

Democrats

New York 18: Robert Garcia resigned January 7, 1990 following trial over links to involvement in Wedtech scandal.
New Jersey 1: James Florio resigned January 16, 1990, to become Governor of New Jersey.
Hawaii 2: Daniel Akaka resigned January 16, 1990, to become a U.S. Senator.

Republican

New York 14: Guy Molinari Incumbent resigned December 31, 1989.

Incumbents defeated

In primary elections

One Member of Congress lost renomination.

Republican

Ohio 8: Buz Lukens lost renomination to John Boehner, who won the general election.

In general elections

Democrats

Six Democrats lost re-election to Republicans

California 1: Douglas H. Bosco (first elected in 1982) lost re-election to Frank Riggs
California 44: Jim Bates (first elected in 1982) lost re-election to Duke Cunningham
Maryland 1: Roy Dyson (first elected in 1980) lost re-election to Wayne Gilchrest
North Carolina 11: James M. Clarke (first elected in 1982, and then re-elected in 1986 after losing in 1984) lost re-election to Charles H. Taylor
Pennsylvania 18: Doug Walgren (first elected in 1976) lost re-election to Rick Santorum
Wisconsin 2: Robert Kastenmeier (first elected in 1958) lost re-election to Scott Klug

Republicans

Eight Republicans lost re-election to Democrats

California 17: Chip Pashayan (first elected in 1978) lost re-election to Cal Dooley
Florida 2: James W. Grant (first elected in 1986) lost re-election to Pete Peterson
Indiana 3: John P. Hiler (first elected in 1980) lost re-election to Tim Roemer
Minnesota 7: Arlan Stangeland (first elected in 1977) lost re-election to Collin Peterson
Missouri 2: Jack Buechner (first elected in 1986) lost re-election to Joan Kelly Horn
New Hampshire 2: Charles Douglas III (first elected in 1988) lost re-election to Richard Swett
Oregon 5: Denny Smith (first elected in 1980) lost re-election to Michael J. Kopetski
Virginia 8: Stanford Parris (first elected in 1972, and then re-elected in 1980 after losing in 1974) lost re-election Jim Moran

One Republican lost re-election to an Independent

Vermont at-large: Peter Plympton Smith (first elected in 1988) lost re-election to Bernie Sanders

Open seats that changed parties

Republican seats won by Democrats

Six Republican seats were won by Democrats

Arkansas 2: Won by Ray Thornton
Hawaii 1: Won by Neil Abercrombie
Idaho 1: Won by Larry LaRocco
Illinois 16: Won by John W. Cox Jr.
Rhode Island 2: Won by Jack Reed
Utah 3: Won by Bill Orton

Democratic seats won by Republicans

There were no Democratic seats won by Republicans

Open seats that parties held

Democratic seats held by Democrats

Democrats held thirteen of their open seats

California 14: Won by Anna Eshoo
California 29: Won by Maxine Waters
District of Columbia at-large: Won by Eleanor Holmes Norton
Connecticut 3: Won by Rosa DeLauro
Florida 11: Won by Jim Bacchus
Hawaii 2: Won by Patsy Mink who also won the district's special election, see below
Louisiana 2: Won by William Jefferson
Maine 1: Won by Thomas Andrews
Michigan 13: Won by Barbara-Rose Collins
New Jersey 1: Won by Rob Andrews who also won the district's special election, see below
Ohio 1: Won by Charlie Luken
Oklahoma 3: Won by Bill Brewster
Texas 11: Won by Chet Edwards

Republican seats held by Republicans

Republicans held twelve of their open seats

California 14: Won by John Doolittle
Colorado 4: Won by Wayne Allard
Connecticut 5: Won by Gary Franks
Iowa 2: Won by Jim Nussle
Kansas 5: Won by Dick Nichols
Michigan 10: Won by Dave Camp
Minnesota 3: Won by Jim Ramstad
Nebraska 3: Won by Bill Barrett
New Hampshire 1: Won by Bill Zeliff
New Jersey 12: Won by Dick Zimmer
Ohio 7: Won by Dave Hobson
Ohio 8: Won by John Boehner