1998 general · November 3, 1998

1998 U.S. House election results

Every U.S. House race in the 1998 general election, state by state: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races435
Changed party17
Unopposed11%47 races

Alabama

D 2 · R 5

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
AL-1Sonny Callahan (R)Unopposed
AL-2Terry Everett (R)38.6
AL-3Bob Riley (R)16.2
AL-4Robert Aderholt (R)12.9
AL-5Robert Cramer (D)39.4
AL-6Spencer Bachus (R)43.7
AL-7Earl Hilliard (D)Unopposed
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
AK-ALDon Young (R)28.0

Arizona

D 1 · R 5

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
AZ-1Matt Salmon (R)29.2
AZ-2Ed Pastor (D)39.8
AZ-3Robert Stump (R)34.5
AZ-4John Shadegg (R)33.5
AZ-5James Kolbe (R)6.4
AZ-6J. D. Hayworth (R)9.4

Arkansas

D 2 · R 2

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
AR-1Marion Berry (D)Unopposed
AR-2Victor Snyder (D)15.9
AR-3Asa Hutchinson (R)61.5
AR-4Jay Dickey (R)15.0

California

D 28 · R 24

Colorado

D 2 · R 4

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
CO-1Diana DeGette (D)36.8
CO-2Mark Udall (D)2.4
CO-3Scott McInnis (R)34.7
CO-4Bob Schaffer (R)18.7
CO-5Joel Hefley (R)46.8
CO-6Thomas Tancredo (R)14.4

Connecticut

D 4 · R 2

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
DE-ALMichael Castle (R)34.5

Florida

D 8 · R 15

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
FL-1Joe Scarborough (R)Unopposed
FL-2Allen Boyd (D)Unopposed
FL-3Corrine Brown (D)10.9
FL-4Tillie Fowler (R)Unopposed
FL-5Karen Thurman (D)32.6
FL-6Cliff Stearns (R)Unopposed
FL-7John L. Mica (R)Unopposed
FL-8Bill McCollum (R)31.6
FL-9Gus Bilirakis (R)Unopposed
FL-10C. W. Bill Young (R)Unopposed
FL-11James Davis (D)29.7
FL-12Charles Canady (R)Unopposed
FL-13Dan Miller (R)Unopposed
FL-14Porter Goss (R)Unopposed
FL-15David Weldon (R)26.2
FL-16Mark Foley (R)Unopposed
FL-17Carrie Meek (D)Unopposed
FL-18Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R)Unopposed
FL-19Robert Wexler (D)Unopposed
FL-20Peter Deutsch (D)Unopposed
FL-21Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R)49.5
FL-22E. Clay Shaw Jr. (R)Unopposed
FL-23Alcee L. Hastings (D)Unopposed

Georgia

D 3 · R 8

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
GA-1Jack Kingston (R)Unopposed
GA-2Sanford Bishop (D)13.6
GA-3Michael Collins (R)Unopposed
GA-4Cynthia McKinney (D)22.1
GA-5John Lewis (D)57.0
GA-6Newton Gingrich (R)41.4
GA-7Bob Barr (R)10.7
GA-8Saxby Chambliss (R)24.7
GA-9Nathan Deal (R)Unopposed
GA-10Charles Norwood (R)19.2
GA-11John Linder (R)38.6
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HI-1Neil Abercrombie (D)25.2
HI-2Patsy Mink (D)45.1
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
ID-1Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R)10.5
ID-2Mike Simpson (R)7.8

Illinois

D 10 · R 10

Indiana

D 4 · R 6

Iowa

D 1 · R 4

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
IA-1James Leach (R)14.3
IA-2James Nussle (R)11.2
IA-3Leonard L. Boswell (D)15.8
IA-4Greg Ganske (R)31.3
IA-5Tom Latham (R)Unopposed

Kansas

D 1 · R 3

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
KS-1Jerry Moran (R)61.3
KS-2Jim Ryan (R)21.9
KS-3Dennis Moore (D)4.8Flipped
KS-4Todd Tiahrt (R)19.7

Kentucky

D 1 · R 5

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
KY-1Ed Whitfield (R)10.4
KY-2Ron Lewis (R)28.3
KY-3Anne Northup (R)4.0
KY-4Kenneth Lucas (D)6.8Flipped
KY-5Hal Rogers (R)56.5
KY-6Ernie Fletcher (R)7.2Flipped

Louisiana

D 2 · R 5

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LA-1Robert Livingston (R)Unopposed
LA-2William Jefferson (D)76.9
LA-3William Tauzin (R)Unopposed
LA-4James McCrery (R)Unopposed
LA-5John Cooksey (R)Unopposed
LA-6Richard Baker (R)1.5
LA-7Cristopher John (D)Unopposed
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
ME-1Thomas Allen (D)24.8
ME-2John Baldacci (D)52.4

Maryland

D 4 · R 4

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
MA-1John W. Olver (D)43.4
MA-2Richard Neal (D)Unopposed
MA-3Jim McGovern (D)15.4
MA-4Barney Frank (D)Unopposed
MA-5Martin Meehan (D)41.4
MA-6John F. Tierney (D)12.2
MA-7Ed Markey (D)41.3
MA-8Michael E. Capuano (D)70.1
MA-9John Moakley (D)Unopposed
MA-10William Delahunt (D)40.1

Michigan

D 10 · R 6

Minnesota

D 6 · R 2

Mississippi

D 3 · R 2

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
MS-1Roger F. Wicker (R)36.5
MS-2Bennie Thompson (D)42.3
MS-3Charles Pickering (R)69.1
MS-4Ronnie Shows (D)8.5Flipped
MS-5Gene Taylor (D)58.7

Missouri

D 5 · R 4

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
MO-1Wm. Lacy Clay (D)48.1
MO-2James Talent (R)41.7
MO-3Richard Gephardt (D)13.8
MO-4Ike Skelton (D)43.8
MO-5Karen McCarthy (D)35.0
MO-6Pat Danner (D)44.1
MO-7Roy Blunt (R)48.3
MO-8Jo Ann Emerson (R)26.9Flipped
MO-9Kenny Hulshof (R)26.7
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
MT-ALRick Hill (R)8.6
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
NE-1Douglas Bereuter (R)47.1
NE-2Lee Terry (R)31.3
NE-3Bill Barrett (R)69.0

Nevada

D 1 · R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
NV-1Shelley Berkley (D)3.6Flipped
NV-2James Gibbons (R)72.7
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
NH-1John E. Sununu (R)33.7
NH-2Charles F. Bass (R)8.4

New Jersey

D 7 · R 6

New Mexico

D 1 · R 2

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
NM-1Heather Wilson (R)6.6
NM-2Joseph Skeen (R)15.9
NM-3Tom Udall (D)9.9

New York

D 18 · R 13

North Carolina

D 5 · R 7

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
ND-ALEarl Pomeroy (D)15.1

Ohio

D 8 · R 11

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
OK-1Steve Largent (R)23.6
OK-2Tom Coburn (R)17.9
OK-3Wes Watkins (R)23.9
OK-4J.C. Watts (R)23.0
OK-5Ernest Istook (R)36.4
OK-6Frank Lucas (R)31.8

Oregon

D 4 · R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
OR-1David Wu (D)3.0
OR-2Greg Walden (R)26.7
OR-3Earl Blumenauer (D)74.7
OR-4Peter A. DeFazio (D)41.6
OR-5Darlene Hooley (D)14.4

Pennsylvania

D 11 · R 10

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
PA-1Robert A. Brady (D)64.6
PA-2Chaka Fattah (D)73.1
PA-3Robert Borski (D)Unopposed
PA-4Ron Klink (D)27.6
PA-5John Peterson (R)69.7
PA-6Tim Holden (D)22.0
PA-7Curt Weldon (R)43.6
PA-8James Greenwood (R)30.6
PA-9Bud Shuster (R)Unopposed
PA-10Donald Sherwood (R)0.3
PA-11Paul Kanjorski (D)33.7
PA-12John Murtha (D)37.0
PA-13Joseph Hoeffel (D)5.0Flipped
PA-14William Coyne (D)22.2
PA-15Patrick J. Toomey (R)10.0Flipped
PA-16Joseph R. Pitts (R)41.1
PA-17George Gekas (R)Unopposed
PA-18Michael F. Doyle (D)35.4
PA-19William Goodling (R)39.0
PA-20Frank Mascara (D)Unopposed
PA-21Philip English (R)26.8
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
RI-1Patrick Kennedy (D)39.1
RI-2Robert Weygand (D)47.2

South Carolina

D 2 · R 4

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SC-1Mark Sanford (R)82.1
SC-2Floyd Spence (R)16.8
SC-3Lindsey Graham (R)Unopposed
SC-4Jim DeMint (R)17.5
SC-5John Spratt (D)17.8
SC-6Jim Clyburn (D)46.8
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-ALJohn Thune (R)50.2

Tennessee

D 4 · R 5

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
TN-1William Jenkins (R)38.3
TN-2John J. Duncan, Jr. (R)84.4
TN-3Zach Wamp (R)33.4
TN-4Van Hilleary (R)19.2
TN-5Robert Clement (D)76.0
TN-6Barton Gordon (D)9.3
TN-7Ed Bryant (R)Unopposed
TN-8John Tanner (D)Unopposed
TN-9Harold Ford (D)59.9

Texas

D 17 · R 13

Utah

R 3

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
UT-1James Hansen (R)37.3
UT-2Merrill Cook (R)9.3
UT-3Christopher Cannon (R)61.1

Vermont

Other 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
VT-ALBernard Sanders (IND)30.5

Virginia

D 6 · R 5

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
VA-1Herbert Bateman (R)63.2
VA-2Owen Pickett (D)Unopposed
VA-3Bobby Scott (D)53.2
VA-4Norman Sisisky (D)Unopposed
VA-5Virgil Goode (D)Unopposed
VA-6Bob Goodlatte (R)38.6
VA-7Tom Bliley (R)58.0
VA-8James P. Moran (D)33.6
VA-9Frederick Boucher (D)21.8
VA-10Frank R. Wolf (R)46.4
VA-11Thomas Davis (R)64.9

Washington

D 5 · R 4

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
WA-1Jay Inslee (D)5.7Flipped
WA-2Jack Metcalf (R)10.4
WA-3Brian Baird (D)9.3Flipped
WA-4Doc Hastings (R)44.7
WA-5George Nethercutt (R)18.9
WA-6Norman D. Dicks (D)36.7
WA-7Jim McDermott (D)78.8
WA-8Jennifer Dunn (R)19.5
WA-9Adam Smith (D)29.4
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
WV-1Alan Mollohan (D)69.4
WV-2Robert Wise (D)51.6
WV-3Nick J. Rahall II (D)73.2

Wisconsin

D 5 · R 4

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
WY-ALBarbara Cubin (R)19.1

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