1996 general · November 5, 1996

1996 U.S. House election results

Every U.S. House race in the 1996 general election, state by state: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races435
Changed party41
Unopposed3%14 races

Alabama

D 2 · R 5

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
AL-1Sonny Callahan (R)30.5
AL-2Terry Everett (R)27.8
AL-3Bob Riley (R)3.1Flipped
AL-4Robert Aderholt (R)1.7Flipped
AL-5Robert Cramer (D)13.5
AL-6Spencer Bachus (R)43.6
AL-7Earl Hilliard (D)44.0
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
AK-ALDon Young (R)23.0

Arizona

D 1 · R 5

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
AZ-1Matt Salmon (R)20.4
AZ-2Ed Pastor (D)34.3
AZ-3Robert Stump (R)33.0
AZ-4John Shadegg (R)33.6
AZ-5James Kolbe (R)42.8
AZ-6J. D. Hayworth (R)1.0

Arkansas

D 2 · R 2

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
AR-1Marion Berry (D)8.4
AR-2Victor Snyder (D)4.7
AR-3Asa Hutchinson (R)13.9
AR-4Jay Dickey (R)27.0

California

D 29 · R 23

Colorado

D 2 · R 4

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
CO-1Diana DeGette (D)16.7
CO-2David Skaggs (D)18.8
CO-3Scott McInnis (R)37.7
CO-4Bob Schaffer (R)18.1
CO-5Joel Hefley (R)43.9
CO-6Daniel Schaefer (R)24.5

Connecticut

D 4 · R 2

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
CT-1Barbara Kennelly (D)48.6
CT-2Sam Gejdenson (D)6.6
CT-3Rosa DeLauro (D)43.3
CT-4Christopher Shays (R)22.8
CT-5James Maloney (D)6.1Flipped
CT-6Nancy Johnson (R)0.7
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
DE-ALMichael Castle (R)42.1

Florida

D 8 · R 15

Georgia

D 3 · R 8

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
GA-1Jack Kingston (R)36.4
GA-2Sanford Bishop (D)7.9
GA-3Michael Collins (R)22.2
GA-4Cynthia McKinney (D)15.5Flipped
GA-5John Lewis (D)Unopposed
GA-6Newton Gingrich (R)15.6
GA-7Bob Barr (R)15.6
GA-8Saxby Chambliss (R)5.1
GA-9Nathan Deal (R)31.1Flipped
GA-10Charles Norwood (R)4.7
GA-11John Linder (R)28.6Flipped
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HI-1Neil Abercrombie (D)3.9
HI-2Patsy Mink (D)29.5
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
ID-1Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R)2.4
ID-2Mike Crapo (R)39.3

Illinois

D 10 · R 10

Indiana

D 4 · R 6

Iowa

D 1 · R 4

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
IA-1James Leach (R)7.2
IA-2James Nussle (R)7.6
IA-3Leonard L. Boswell (D)1.7Flipped
IA-4Greg Ganske (R)5.3
IA-5Tom Latham (R)31.8
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
KS-1Jerry Moran (R)49.0
KS-2Jim Ryun (R)6.7
KS-3Vincent Snowbarger (R)4.4
KS-4Todd Tiahrt (R)3.5

Kentucky

D 1 · R 5

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
KY-1Ed Whitfield (R)7.1
KY-2Ron Lewis (R)16.2
KY-3Anne Northup (R)0.5Flipped
KY-4Jim Bunning (R)36.8
KY-5Hal Rogers (R)Unopposed
KY-6Scotty Baesler (D)11.4

Louisiana

D 2 · R 5

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LA-1Robert Livingston (R)Unopposed
LA-2William Jefferson (D)Unopposed
LA-3William Tauzin (R)UnopposedFlipped
LA-4James McCrery (R)UnopposedFlipped
LA-5John Cooksey (R)16.6
LA-6Richard Baker (R)Unopposed
LA-7Christopher John (D)6.2
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
ME-1Thomas Allen (D)10.6Flipped
ME-2John Baldacci (D)47.1

Maryland

D 4 · R 4

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
MA-1John W. Olver (D)5.5
MA-2Richard Neal (D)49.7
MA-3Jim McGovern (D)7.6Flipped
MA-4Barney Frank (D)43.3
MA-5Martin Meehan (D)Unopposed
MA-6John F. Tierney (D)0.1Flipped
MA-7Ed Markey (D)39.7
MA-8Joseph Kennedy (D)68.6
MA-9John Moakley (D)44.5
MA-10William Delahunt (D)12.6

Michigan

D 10 · R 6

Minnesota

D 6 · R 2

Mississippi

D 2 · R 3

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
MS-1Roger F. Wicker (R)37.0
MS-2Bennie Thompson (D)21.7
MS-3Charles Pickering (R)24.9Flipped
MS-4Michael Parker (R)24.8Flipped
MS-5Gene Taylor (D)18.2

Missouri

D 5 · R 3 · Other 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
MO-1Wm. Lacy Clay (D)42.5
MO-2James Talent (R)24.2
MO-3Richard Gephardt (D)20.2
MO-4Ike Skelton (D)29.9
MO-5Karen McCarthy (D)38.5
MO-6Pat Danner (D)39.4
MO-7Roy Blunt (R)33.2
MO-8Jo Ann Emerson (IND)13.2Flipped
MO-9Kenny Hulshof (R)2.4Flipped
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
MT-ALRick Hill (R)9.3Flipped
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
NE-1Douglas Bereuter (R)40.1
NE-2Jon Christensen (R)16.7
NE-3Bill Barrett (R)54.9
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
NV-1John Ensign (R)6.6
NV-2James Gibbons (R)23.3
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
NH-1John E. Sununu (R)3.4
NH-2Charles F. Bass (R)7.0

New Jersey

D 6 · R 7

New Mexico

D 1 · R 2

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
NM-1Steven Schiff (R)19.5
NM-2Joseph Skeen (R)11.9
NM-3William Richardson (D)36.7

New York

D 18 · R 13

North Carolina

D 6 · R 6

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
ND-ALEarl Pomeroy (D)11.8

Ohio

D 8 · R 11

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
OK-1Steve Largent (R)40.6
OK-2Tom Coburn (R)10.9
OK-3Wes Watkins (R)6.2Flipped
OK-4J.C. Watts (R)17.8
OK-5Ernest Istook (R)42.7
OK-6Frank Lucas (R)27.8

Oregon

D 4 · R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
OR-1Elizabeth Furse (D)6.6
OR-2Robert Smith (R)25.1
OR-3Earl Blumenauer (D)40.6
OR-4Peter A. DeFazio (D)37.3
OR-5Darlene Hooley (D)5.2Flipped

Pennsylvania

D 11 · R 10

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
RI-1Patrick Kennedy (D)41.4
RI-2Robert Weygand (D)32.8

South Carolina

D 2 · R 4

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SC-1Mark Sanford (R)92.9
SC-2Floyd Spence (R)79.9
SC-3Lindsey Graham (R)21.6
SC-4Bob Inglis (R)43.1
SC-5John Spratt (D)8.8
SC-6Jim Clyburn (D)39.4
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-ALJohn Thune (R)20.7Flipped

Tennessee

D 4 · R 5

Texas

D 16 · R 14

Utah

R 3

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
UT-1James Hansen (R)38.3
UT-2Merrill Cook (R)12.6
UT-3Christopher Cannon (R)3.9Flipped

Vermont

Other 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
VT-ALBernard Sanders (IND)22.6

Virginia

D 6 · R 5

Washington

D 3 · R 6

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
WV-1Alan Mollohan (D)Unopposed
WV-2Robert Wise (D)37.8
WV-3Nick J. Rahall II (D)Unopposed

Wisconsin

D 5 · R 4

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
WY-ALBarbara Cubin (R)14.4

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