1982 general · November 2, 1982

1982 U.S. House election results

Every U.S. House race in the 1982 general election, state by state: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races435
Changed party0
Unopposed6%27 races

Alabama

D 5 · R 2

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
AL-1Jack Edwards (R)23.3
AL-2William Dickinson (R)0.8
AL-3Bill Nichols (D)92.5
AL-4Tom Bevill (D)Unopposed
AL-5Ronnie Flippo (D)62.4
AL-6Ben Erdreich (D)6.8
AL-7Richard C. Shelby (D)93.7
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
AK-ALDon Young (R)42.1

Arizona

D 2 · R 3

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
AZ-1John McCain (R)35.4
AZ-2Morris Udall (D)43.5
AZ-3Robert Stump (R)26.6
AZ-4Eldon Rudd (R)35.4
AZ-5Jim McNulty (D)1.4

Arkansas

D 2 · R 2

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
AR-1William Alexander (D)29.6
AR-2Ed Bethune (R)7.7
AR-3John Hammerschmidt (R)31.9
AR-4Berly Anthony Jr. (D)31.1

California

D 28 · R 16 · Uncalled 1

Colorado

D 3 · R 3

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
CO-1Patricia Schroeder (D)22.8
CO-2Timothy Wirth (D)25.4
CO-3Ray Kogovsek (D)8.7
CO-4Hank Brown (R)39.5
CO-5Ken Kramer (R)19.1
CO-6Jack Swigert (R)26.6

Connecticut

D 4 · R 2

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
DE-ALThomas R. Carper (D)6.1

Florida

D 13 · R 6

Georgia

D 9 · R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
GA-1Lindsay Thomas (D)28.1
GA-2Charles Hatcher (D)Unopposed
GA-3Richard Ray (D)41.9
GA-4Elliott H. Levitas (D)31.0
GA-5Wyche Fowler (D)67.0
GA-6Newton Gingrich (R)10.5
GA-7Larry P. McDonald (D)22.2
GA-8James Rowland (D)Unopposed
GA-9Edgar Jenkins (D)53.9
GA-10Doug Barnard Jr. (D)Unopposed
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HI-1Cec Heftel (D)79.8
HI-2Daniel K. Akaka (D)83.1
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
ID-1Larry Craig (R)7.4
ID-2George Hansen (R)4.5

Illinois

D 12 · R 10

Indiana

D 5 · R 5

Iowa

D 3 · R 3

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
IA-1James Leach (R)18.4
IA-2Thomas Tauke (R)17.7
IA-3Cooper Evans (R)10.9
IA-4Neal Smith (D)32.4
IA-5Tom Harkin (D)17.7
IA-6Berkley Bedell (D)28.6

Kansas

D 2 · R 3

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
KS-1Pat Roberts (R)38.2
KS-2James Slattery (D)14.9
KS-3Larry Winn Jr. (R)20.9
KS-4Daniel Glickman (D)49.5
KS-5Robert Whittaker (R)36.5

Kentucky

D 4 · R 3

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
KY-1Carroll Hubbard (D)Unopposed
KY-2William Natcher (D)47.7
KY-3Romano Mazzoli (D)32.9
KY-4Gene Snyder (R)8.9
KY-5Hal Rogers (R)30.3
KY-6Larry Hopkins (R)15.4
KY-7Carl Perkins (D)58.7

Louisiana

D 6 · R 2

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LA-1Robert Livingston (R)Unopposed
LA-2Lindy "mrs Hale" Boggs (D)Unopposed
LA-3William Tauzin (D)Unopposed
LA-4Buddy Roemer (D)Unopposed
LA-5Jerry Huckaby (D)Unopposed
LA-6W. Henson Moore (R)Unopposed
LA-7John Breaux (D)Unopposed
LA-8Gillis W. Long (D)Unopposed
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
ME-1John R. McKernan Jr. (R)2.4
ME-2Olympia J. Snowe (R)33.3

Maryland

D 7 · R 1

Massachusetts

D 10 · R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
MA-1Silvio Conte (R)Unopposed
MA-2Edward P. Boland (D)45.3
MA-3Joseph Early (D)Unopposed
MA-4Barney Frank (D)19.1
MA-5James M. Shannon (D)69.4
MA-6Nicholas Mavroules (D)15.7
MA-7Ed Markey (D)55.7
MA-8Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. (D)49.8
MA-9John Moakley (D)29.7
MA-10Gerry Studds (D)37.4
MA-11Brian Donnelly (D)Unopposed

Michigan

D 12 · R 6

Minnesota

D 5 · R 3

Mississippi

D 3 · R 2

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
MS-1Jamie Whitten (D)41.8
MS-2Webb Franklin (R)2.0
MS-3Gillespie Montgomery (D)86.2
MS-4Wayne Dowdy (D)6.9
MS-5Trent Lott (R)57.1

Missouri

D 6 · R 3

Montana

D 1 · R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
MT-1Pat Williams (D)22.5
MT-2Ron Marienee (R)9.5
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
NE-1Douglas Bereuter (R)50.2
NE-2Hal Daub (R)13.6
NE-3Virginia Smith (R)Unopposed

Nevada

D 1 · R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
NV-1Harry Reid (D)15.1
NV-2Barbara Vucanovich (R)14.2

New Hampshire

D 1 · R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
NH-1Norman E. D'Amours (D)10.4
NH-2Judd Gregg (R)41.7

New Jersey

D 9 · R 5

New Mexico

D 1 · R 2

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
NM-1Manuel Lujan Jr. (R)4.9
NM-2Joseph Skeen (R)16.8
NM-3William Richardson (D)29.1

New York

D 20 · R 14

North Carolina

D 9 · R 2

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
ND-ALByron Dorgan (D)43.9

Ohio

D 10 · R 11

Oklahoma

D 5 · R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
OK-1James R. Jones (D)8.3
OK-2Michael Synar (D)45.1
OK-3Wes Watkins (D)64.4
OK-4David McCurdy (D)30.8
OK-5Mickey Edwards (R)38.4
OK-6Glenn English (D)50.8

Oregon

D 3 · R 2

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
OR-1Les AuCoin (D)7.7
OR-2Robert Smith (R)11.1
OR-3Ron Wyden (D)56.6
OR-4Jim Weaver (D)18.1
OR-5Denny Smith (R)2.4

Pennsylvania

D 13 · R 10

Rhode Island

D 1 · R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
RI-1Fernand J. St Germain (D)22.5
RI-2Claudine Schneider (R)11.3

South Carolina

D 3 · R 3

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-ALThomas Daschle (D)3.1

Tennessee

D 6 · R 3

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
TN-1James Quillen (R)51.2
TN-2John J. Duncan, Jr. (R)Unopposed
TN-3Marilyn Lloyd Bouquard (D)25.5
TN-4Jim Cooper (D)32.3
TN-5Bill Boner (D)60.3
TN-6Albert Gore (D)Unopposed
TN-7Donald Sundquist (R)1.0
TN-8Ed Jones (D)49.7
TN-9Harold Ford (D)46.1

Texas

D 22 · R 5

Utah

R 3

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
UT-1James Hansen (R)25.6
UT-2Dan Marriott (R)7.7
UT-3Howard Nielson (R)53.7
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
VT-ALJames Jeffords (R)46.0

Virginia

D 4 · R 6

Washington

D 5 · R 3

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
WV-1Alan Mollohan (D)6.3
WV-2Harley Staggers (D)28.0
WV-3Robert Wise (D)16.3
WV-4Nick J. Rahall II (D)61.0

Wisconsin

D 5 · R 4

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
WY-ALDick Cheney (R)42.2

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab