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1992 United States House of Representatives elections

1992 United States House of Representatives elections

House elections for the 103rd U.S. Congress


The 1992 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 3, 1992, to elect U.S. Representatives to serve in the 103rd United States Congress. They coincided with the 1992 presidential election, in which Democrat Bill Clinton was elected as President, defeating Republican incumbent President George H. W. Bush.

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

Despite this, however, the Democrats lost a net of nine seats in the House to the Republicans, in part due to redistricting following the 1990 census. This election was the first to use districts drawn up during the 1990 United States redistricting cycle on the basis of the 1990 census. The redrawn districts were notable for the increase in majority-minority districts, drawn as mandated by the Voting Rights Act. The 1980 census resulted in 17 majority-black districts and 10 majority-Hispanic districts, but 32 and 19 such districts, respectively, were drawn after 1990.[1]

This was the first time ever that the victorious presidential party lost seats in the House in two consecutive elections. As of 2022, this is the last congressional election in which Republicans won a House seat in Rhode Island, and the last time the Democrats won the House for more than two consecutive elections.

Overall results

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Margin of victory in each congressional district

Retiring incumbents

65 members did not seek re-election: 41 Democrats and 24 Republicans.

Democrats

  1. Alabama 7: Claude Harris Jr. retired.
  2. California 6: Barbara Boxer retired to run for U.S. Senator.
  3. California 30: Edward R. Roybal retired.
  4. California 36: Mel Levine retired to run for U.S. Senator.
  5. California 37: Mervyn Dymally retired.
  6. California 38: Glenn M. Anderson retired.
  7. Colorado 3: Ben Nighthorse Campbell retired to run for U.S. Senator.
  8. Delaware at-large: Tom Carper retired to run for governor.
  9. Florida 3: Charles E. Bennett retired.
  10. Florida 16: Lawrence J. Smith retired.
  11. Florida 17: William Lehman retired.
  12. Florida 19: Dante Fascell retired.
  13. Georgia 1: Lindsay Thomas retired.
  14. Georgia 9: Ed Jenkins retired.
  15. Georgia 10: Doug Barnard Jr. retired.
  16. Idaho 2: Richard H. Stallings retired to run for U.S. Senator.
  17. Illinois 5: Frank Annunzio retired.
  18. Kentucky 7: Chris Perkins retired.
  19. Massachusetts 9: Brian J. Donnelly retired.
  20. Michigan 5: J. Bob Traxler retired.
  21. Michigan 8: Howard Wolpe retired.
  22. Michigan 12: Dennis Hertel retired.
  23. New Jersey 6: Bernard J. Dwyer retired.
  24. New Jersey 8: Robert A. Roe retired
  25. New Jersey 14: Frank J. Guarini retired.
  26. New York 3: Robert J. Mrazek retired to run for U.S. Senator.
  27. New York 8: James H. Scheuer retired.
  28. New York 28: Matthew F. McHugh retired.
  29. New York 33: Henry J. Nowak retired.
  30. North Dakota at-large: Byron Dorgan retired to run for U.S. Senator.
  31. Ohio 1: Charlie Luken retired.
  32. Ohio 11: Dennis E. Eckart retired.
  33. Ohio 13: Don Pease retired.
  34. Ohio 19: Ed Feighan retired.
  35. Oregon 1: Les AuCoin retired to run for U.S. Senator.
  36. Pennsylvania 6: Gus Yatron retired.
  37. Pennsylvania 20: Joseph M. Gaydos retired.
  38. South Carolina 6: Robin Tallon retired.
  39. Utah 2: Wayne Owens retired. to run for U.S. Senator.
  40. Virginia 6: Jim Olin retired.
  41. Wisconsin 5: Jim Moody retired to run for U.S. Senator.

Republicans

  1. Alabama 2: William L. Dickinson retired.
  2. Arkansas 3: John Paul Hammerschmidt retired.
  3. California 14: Tom Campbell retired to run for U.S. Senator.
  4. California 39: William Dannemeyer retired to run for U.S. Senator.
  5. California 41: Bill Lowery retired.
  6. Florida 4: Craig James retired.
  7. Florida 10: Andy Ireland retired.
  8. Kentucky 6: Larry J. Hopkins retired.
  9. Michigan 1: Bob Davis retired.
  10. Michigan 7: Carl Pursell retired.
  11. Michigan 11: William Broomfield retired.
  12. Minnesota 2: Vin Weber retired.
  13. New Jersey 7: Matthew J. Rinaldo retired.
  14. New York 4: Norman F. Lent retired.
  15. New York 5: Raymond J. McGrath retired.
  16. New York 26: David O'Brien Martin retired.
  17. New York 29: Frank Horton retired.
  18. Ohio 15: Chalmers Wylie retired.
  19. Pennsylvania 5: Dick Schulze retired.
  20. Pennsylvania 13: Lawrence Coughlin retired.
  21. Virginia 7: George Allen retired to run Governor of Virginia.
  22. Washington 1: John Miller retired.
  23. Washington 4: Sid Morrison retired to run for Governor of Washington.
  24. Washington 8: Rod Chandler retired to run for U.S. Senator.

Resignation and deaths

Three seats were left vacant on the day of the general election due to resignations or death in 1992, two of which were not filled until the next Congress.

Democrats

Two Democrats died in office

One popular democrat resigned before the end of their term.

Incumbents defeated

In primary elections

Democrats

Fourteen Democrats lost renomination.

Republicans

Five Republicans lost renomination.

In the general election

Democrats

Sixteen Democrats lost re-election to Republicans.

Republicans

Eight Republicans lost re-election to Democrats.

One Republican lost re-election to a Republican.

One Popular Democrat lost re-election to a New Progressive.

Reapportionment

The 1990 United States census determined how many of the 435 congressional districts each state receives for the 1990 redistricting cycle. Due to population shifts, New York lost three seats; Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania lost two seats; Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Montana, New Jersey, and West Virginia lost one seat; Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, Washington gained one seat; Texas gained three seats; Florida gained four seats; California gained seven seats.[2]

Seats with multiple incumbents running

The following districts had multiple incumbent representatives running, a product of multiple districts merging in redistricting.

  1. Illinois 3: Bill Lipinski (D) defeated Marty Russo (D).
  2. Illinois 19: Glenn Poshard (D) defeated Terry L. Bruce (D).
  3. Iowa 2: Jim Nussle (R) defeated David R. Nagle (D).
  4. Louisiana 5: Richard Baker (R) defeated Clyde C. Holloway (R).
  5. Maryland 1: Wayne Gilchrest (R) defeated Tom McMillen (D).
  6. Montana at-large: Ron Marlenee (R) defeated Pat Williams (D).

Open seats that changed parties

Open seats that parties held

Of the 435 districts created in the 2020 redistricting, twenty-seven had no incumbent representative.

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Alabama

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Alaska

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Arizona

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Arkansas

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California

The delegation increased from 45 to 52 seats. To create the seven-seat net gain, eight seats were added, designated as: the 10th, 11th, 25th, 33rd, 41st, 43rd, 49th, and 50th districts, and one seat was lost through the merger of two seats: the former 41st and 44th districts merged into the redesignated 51st district, in an election contest.

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Colorado

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Connecticut

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Delaware

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Florida

Four seats were added by reapportionment.

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Georgia

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Hawaii

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Idaho

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Illinois

Illinois lost two seats due to reapportionment.

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Indiana

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Iowa

One seat was lost due to reapportionment.

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Kansas

One seat was lost due to reapportionment.

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Kentucky

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Louisiana

One seat lost to reapportionment. Four Incumbents were squeezed into two districts and one new district was created.

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Maine

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Maryland

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts lost one seat due to reapportionment.

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Michigan

Michigan lost two seats to reapportionment.

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Minnesota

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Mississippi

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Missouri

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Montana

One seat was lost in reapportionment.

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Nebraska

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Nevada

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New Hampshire

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New Jersey

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New Mexico

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New York

New York lost three seats in reapportionment.

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North Carolina

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North Dakota

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Ohio

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Oklahoma

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Oregon

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Pennsylvania

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Rhode Island

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South Carolina

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South Dakota

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Tennessee

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Texas

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Utah

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Vermont

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Virginia

One seat gained in reapportionment.

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Washington

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West Virginia

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Wisconsin

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Wyoming

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See also

Notes

  1. There was one Independent.
  2. Stump was originally elected as a Democrat. He switched parties in 1982 and was re-elected as such that year.

References

  1. Pear, Robert (August 3, 1992). "THE 1992 CAMPAIGN: Congressional Districts; Redistricting Expected to Bring Surge in Minority Lawmakers". The New York Times. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
  2. "1990 Apportionment Results". US Census Bureau. Retrieved October 26, 2016.

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