List_of_members_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives_who_lost_re-election_in_a_primary
List of members of the United States House of Representatives who lost re-election in a primary
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Elections for the United States House of Representatives are preceded by primary elections, in which the party's nominee for each congressional district is chosen by popular vote. Incumbent representatives often win renomination, although there are some instances of incumbents who lose to a primary challenge. In cases of redistricting, incumbents may run against each other in the same district.
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Main article: 1972 United States House of Representatives elections
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Main article: 1974 United States House of Representatives elections
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| Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Robert Davis | Republican | Wisconsin 9th | 1964 | Bob Kasten | |
| John William Davis | Democratic | Georgia 7th | 1960 | Larry McDonald | |
| Orval H. Hansen | Republican | Idaho 2nd | 1968 | George V. Hansen | |
| John Rarick | Democratic | Louisiana 6th | 1966 | Jeff La Caze | Challenger lost general election |
| Bertram L. Podell | Democratic | New York 13th | 1968 | Stephen Solarz | |
| Frank Stubblefield | Democratic | Kentucky 1st | 1958 | Carroll Hubbard | |
| Robert Tiernan | Democratic | Rhode Island 2nd | 1967 | Edward Beard | |
| Lawrence G. Williams | Republican | Pennsylvania 7th | 1966 | Stephen J. McEwen Jr. | Challenger lost general election |
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Main article: 1976 United States House of Representatives elections
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| Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew J. Hinshaw | Republican | California 40th | 1972 | Robert Badham |
| Ray Madden | Democratic | Indiana 1st | 1942 | Adam Benjamin Jr. |
| Otto Passman | Democratic | Louisiana 5th | 1946 | Jerry Huckaby |
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Main article: 1978 United States House of Representatives elections
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| Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John B. Breckinridge | Democratic | Kentucky 6th | 1972 | Charles T. Easterly | Challenger lost general election |
| Dale Milford | Democratic | Texas 24th | 1972 | Martin Frost | |
| Robert N. C. Nix Sr. | Democratic | Pennsylvania 2nd | 1958 | William H. Gray III | |
| Ted Risenhoover | Democratic | Oklahoma 2nd | 1974 | Mike Synar | |
| John Andrew Young | Democratic | Texas 14th | 1956 | Joseph P. Wyatt Jr. |
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Main article: 1980 United States House of Representatives elections
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| Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Hall Buchanan Jr. | Republican | Alabama 6th | 1964 | Albert L. Smith Jr. | |
| Robert B. Duncan | Democratic | Oregon 3rd | 1974 | Ron Wyden | |
| Richard Kelly | Republican | Florida 5th | 1974 | Bill McCollum | |
| Edward J. Stack | Democratic | Florida 12th | 1978 | Alan S. Becker | Challenger lost general election |
| Bennett Stewart | Democratic | Illinois 1st | 1978 | Harold Washington | |
| Charles H. Wilson | Democratic | California 31st | 1962 | Mervyn Dymally |
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Main article: 1982 United States House of Representatives elections
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| Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Derwinski | Republican | Illinois 4th | 1958 | George M. O'Brien | Lost to fellow incumbent |
| Billy Lee Evans | Democratic | Georgia 8th | 1976 | J. Roy Rowland | |
| David W. Evans | Democratic | Indiana 6th | 1974 | Andrew Jacobs Jr. | Redistricted to the 11th district; lost to fellow incumbent |
| John G. Fary | Democratic | Illinois 5th | 1975 | Bill Lipinski | |
| Wayne R. Grisham | Republican | California 33rd | 1978 | David Dreier | Lost to fellow incumbent |
| Gary A. Lee | Republican | New York 33rd | 1978 | George C. Wortley | Redistricted to the 27th district; lost to fellow incumbent |
| Ronald M. Mottl | Democratic | Ohio 23rd | 1974 | Ed Feighan | Redistricted to the 19th district |
| Tom Railsback | Republican | Illinois 19th | 1966 | Kenneth G. McMillan | Redistricted to the 17th district; challenger lost general election |
| Joseph F. Smith | Democratic | Pennsylvania 3rd | 1981 | Thomas M. Foglietta | Redistricted to the 1st district; lost to fellow incumbent |
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Main article: 1984 United States House of Representatives elections
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| Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katie Hall | Democratic | Indiana 1st | 1982 | Pete Visclosky |
| Frank Harrison | Democratic | Pennsylvania 11th | 1982 | Paul Kanjorski |
| Abraham Kazen | Democratic | Texas 23rd | 1966 | Albert Bustamante |
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Main article: 1986 United States House of Representatives elections
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| Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neil Abercrombie | Democratic | Hawaii 1st | 1986 | Mufi Hannemann | Challenger lost general election |
| Mark D. Siljander | Republican | Michigan 4th | 1981 | Fred Upton | |
| Alton Waldon | Democratic | New York 6th | 1986 | Floyd Flake |
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Main article: 1988 United States House of Representatives elections
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| Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Konnyu | Republican | California 12th | 1986 | Tom Campbell |
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Main article: 1990 United States House of Representatives elections
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| Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald "Buz" Lukens | Republican | Ohio 8th | 1986 | John Boehner | Resigned |
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Main article: 1992 United States House of Representatives elections
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Main article: 1994 United States House of Representatives elections
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| Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucien Blackwell | Democratic | Pennsylvania 2nd | 1991 | Chaka Fattah | |
| David A. Levy | Republican | New York 4th | 1992 | Dan Frisa | |
| Mike Synar | Democratic | Oklahoma 2nd | 1978 | Virgil Cooper | Challenger lost general election |
| Craig Washington | Democratic | Texas 18th | 1989 | Sheila Jackson Lee |
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Main article: 1996 United States House of Representatives elections
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| Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara-Rose Collins | Democratic | Michigan 15th | 1990 | Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick |
| Greg Laughlin | Republican | Texas 14th | 1988 | Ron Paul |
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Main article: 1998 United States House of Representatives elections
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| Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Kim | Republican | California 41st | 1992 | Gary Miller |
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Main article: 2000 United States House of Representatives elections
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| Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merrill Cook | Republican | Utah 2nd | 1996 | Derek Smith | Challenger lost general election |
| Matthew G. Martínez | Democratic | California 31st | 1982 | Hilda Solis | Later defected to the Republican Party |
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Main article: 2002 United States House of Representatives elections
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| Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Barr | Republican | Georgia 7th | 1994 | John Linder | Lost to fellow incumbent |
| Gary Condit | Democratic | California 18th | 1989 | Dennis Cardoza | |
| Earl Hilliard | Democratic | Alabama 7th | 1992 | Artur Davis | |
| Brian Kerns | Republican | Indiana 7th | 2000 | Steve Buyer | Redistricted to the 4th district; lost to fellow incumbent |
| Frank Mascara | Democratic | Pennsylvania 20th | 1994 | John Murtha | Redistricted to the 12th district; lost to fellow incumbent |
| Cynthia McKinney | Democratic | Georgia 4th | 1992 | Denise Majette | |
| Lynn Rivers | Democratic | Michigan 13th | 1994 | John Dingell | Redistricted to the 15th district; lost to fellow incumbent |
| Tom Sawyer | Democratic | Ohio 14th | 1986 | Tim Ryan |
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Main article: 2004 United States House of Representatives elections
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| Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Bell | Democratic | Texas 25th | 2002 | Al Green | Redistricted to the 9th district |
| Ciro Rodriguez | Democratic | Texas 28th | 1997 | Henry Cuellar |
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Main article: 2006 United States House of Representatives elections
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| Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cynthia McKinney | Democratic | Georgia 4th | 2004 | Hank Johnson | |
| Joe Schwarz | Republican | Michigan 7th | 2004 | Tim Walberg | Lost general election as a write-in |
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Main article: 2008 United States House of Representatives elections
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| Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Cannon | Republican | Utah 3rd | 1996 | Jason Chaffetz | |
| David Davis | Republican | Tennessee 1st | 2006 | Phil Roe | |
| Wayne Gilchrest | Republican | Maryland 1st | 1990 | Andy Harris | Challenger lost general election |
| Albert Wynn | Democratic | Maryland 4th | 1992 | Donna Edwards | Resigned; challenger elected to finish term |
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Main article: 2010 United States House of Representatives elections
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| Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parker Griffith | Republican | Alabama 5th | 2008 | Mo Brooks | Elected as a Democrat and switched parties in 2009 |
| Bob Inglis | Republican | South Carolina 4th | 2004 | Trey Gowdy | |
| Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick | Democratic | Michigan 13th | 1996 | Hansen Clarke | |
| Alan Mollohan | Democratic | West Virginia 1st | 1982 | Mike Oliverio | Challenger lost general election |
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Main article: 2012 United States House of Representatives elections
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| Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger | Notes |
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| Sandy Adams | Republican | Florida 24th | 2010 | John Mica | Redistricted to the 7th district; lost to fellow incumbent |
| Jason Altmire | Democratic | Pennsylvania 4th | 2006 | Mark Critz | Redistricted to the 12th district; lost to fellow incumbent; challenger lost general election |
| Russ Carnahan | Democratic | Missouri 3rd | 2004 | Lacy Clay | Redistricted to the 1st district; lost to fellow incumbent |
| Hansen Clarke | Democratic | Michigan 13th | 2010 | Gary Peters | Redistricted to the 14th district; lost to fellow incumbent |
| Tim Holden | Democratic | Pennsylvania 17th | 1992 | Matt Cartwright | |
| Dennis Kucinich | Democratic | Ohio 10th | 1996 | Marcy Kaptur | Redistricted to the 9th district; lost to fellow incumbent |
| Don Manzullo | Republican | Illinois 16th | 1992 | Adam Kinzinger | Lost to fellow incumbent |
| Ben Quayle | Republican | Arizona 3rd | 2010 | David Schweikert | Redistricted to the 6th district; lost to fellow incumbent |
| Silvestre Reyes | Democratic | Texas 16th | 1996 | Beto O'Rourke | |
| Steve Rothman | Democratic | New Jersey 9th | 1996 | Bill Pascrell | Lost to fellow incumbent |
| Jean Schmidt | Republican | Ohio 2nd | 2005 | Brad Wenstrup | |
| Cliff Stearns | Republican | Florida 6th | 1988 | Ted Yoho | Redistricted to the 3rd district |
| John Sullivan | Republican | Oklahoma 1st | 2002 | Jim Bridenstine |
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Main article: 2014 United States House of Representatives elections
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| Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerry Bentivolio | Republican | Michigan 11th | 2012 | Dave Trott | |
| Eric Cantor | Republican | Virginia 7th | 2000 | Dave Brat | Resigned; challenger elected to finish term |
| Ralph Hall | Republican | Texas 4th | 1980 | John Ratcliffe | |
| Vance McAllister | Republican | Louisiana 5th | 2013 | Ralph Abraham | Lost in blanket primary |
| John F. Tierney | Democratic | Massachusetts 6th | 1996 | Seth Moulton |
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Main article: 2016 United States House of Representatives elections
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| Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corrine Brown | Democratic | Florida 5th | 1992 | Al Lawson | |
| Renee Ellmers | Republican | North Carolina 2nd | 2010 | George Holding | Lost to fellow incumbent |
| Chaka Fattah | Democratic | Pennsylvania 2nd | 1994 | Dwight Evans | Resigned; challenger elected to finish term |
| Randy Forbes | Republican | Virginia 4th | 2001 | Scott Taylor | Redistricted to the 2nd district |
| Tim Huelskamp | Republican | Kansas 1st | 2010 | Roger Marshall |
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Main article: 2018 United States House of Representatives elections
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| Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger | Notes | Ref |
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| Madeleine Bordallo | Democratic | Guam at-large | 2002 | Michael San Nicolas | [1] | |
| Mike Capuano | Democratic | Massachusetts 7th | 2012 | Ayanna Pressley | [2] | |
| Joe Crowley | Democratic | New York 14th | 1998 | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Lost general election under new party | [2] |
| Robert Pittenger | Republican | North Carolina 9th | 2012 | Mark Harris | General election voided | [3] |
| Mark Sanford | Republican | South Carolina 1st | 2013 | Katie Arrington | Challenger lost general election | [4] |
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Main article: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections
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| Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lacy Clay | Democratic | Missouri 1st | 2000 | Cori Bush | [5] | |
| Eliot Engel | Democratic | New York 16th | 1988 | Jamaal Bowman | [6] | |
| Steve King | Republican | Iowa 4th | 2002 | Randy Feenstra | [7] | |
| Dan Lipinski | Democratic | Illinois 3rd | 2004 | Marie Newman | [8] | |
| Denver Riggleman | Republican | Virginia 5th | 2018 | Bob Good | Lost in party convention | [9] |
| Ross Spano | Republican | Florida 15th | 2018 | Scott Franklin | [10] | |
| Scott Tipton | Republican | Colorado 3rd | 2010 | Lauren Boebert | [11] | |
| Steve Watkins | Republican | Kansas 2nd | 2018 | Jake LaTurner | [12] |
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Main article: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections
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Main article: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections
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| Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Carl | Republican | Alabama 1st | 2020 | Barry Moore | Lost to fellow incumbent | [27] |
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