The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 8, 2016, to elect representatives for all 435 congressional districts across each of the 50 U.S. states. Non-voting members for the District of Columbia and Territories of the United States were also elected. These elections coincided with the election of President Donald Trump, although his party lost seats in both chambers of Congress. The winners of this election serve in the 115th Congress, with seats apportioned among the states based on the 2010 United States Census. In October 2015, the House elected a new Speaker, Republican Paul Ryan, who was re-elected in the new term. Democrat Nancy Pelosi continued to lead her party as Minority Leader.

Elections were also held on the same day for the U.S. Senate, many governors, and other state and local elections.

Notable freshmen included future U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen, former Representative Carol Shea-Porter, and former Florida Governor Charlie Crist.

Results summary [ edit ]

Source: "Election Statistics – Office of the Clerk". Note: does not include blank and over/under votes

↓ 241 194 Republican Democratic

Popular vote Republican 49.11% Democratic 48.03% Libertarian 1.29% Green 0.38% Other 1.19%

House seats Republican 55.40% Democratic 44.60%

Incumbents not seeking re-election [ edit ]



Democratic

100%

80-99%

70-79%

60-69%

51-59%

50% Republican

100%

80-99%

70-79%

60-69%

51-59%

50% House votes by party holding plurality in state



Democratic-held seats: Retiring Not retiring

Republican-held seats: Retiring Not retiring Open seats highlighted by party.

Forty-three Representatives declined to seek re-election in 2016.

Democrats [ edit ]

Eighteen Democrats Retired.

Republicans [ edit ]

Twenty-five Republicans Retired.

Incumbents defeated [ edit ]

In primary elections [ edit ]

Democrats [ edit ]

Republicans [ edit ]

In the general election [ edit ]

The Democrats had a net gain of five seats, taken from Republicans.

Democrats [ edit ]

One Democrat lost re-election to a fellow Democrat:

One Democrat lost re-election to a Republican:

Republicans [ edit ]

Six Republicans lost re-election to Democrats:

Open seats that changed parties [ edit ]

Democrats had a net gain of one seat in which the incumbent was not on the ballot.

Democratic seats [ edit ]

One open seat was lost:

Florida 18 Patrick Murphy (D) retired to run for Senate. Seat won by Brian Mast (R).

One open seat was lost as a result of redistricting:

Republican seats [ edit ]

One open seat was lost:

Nevada 3 Joe Heck (R) retired to run for Senate. Seat won by Jacky Rosen (D).

Two open seats were lost as a result of redistricting:

Close races [ edit ]

Red denotes House races won by Republicans while Blue denotes those won by Democrats. Italics denote a seat that flipped parties.

Seats where the margin of victory was under 1%:

California 49th, 0.6% Minnesota 8th, 0.6% Minnesota 1st, 0.7%

Seats where the margin of victory was between 1% and 5%:

Nebraska 2nd, 1.2% Nevada 3rd, 1.2% New Hampshire 1st, 1.3% Texas 23rd, 1.3% Minnesota 2nd, 1.8% California 7th, 2.4% Florida 7th, 3.0% California 10th, 3.4% Florida 13th, 3.8% Nevada 4th, 4.0% New Jersey 5th, 4.4% New Hampshire 2nd, 4.5%

Seats where the margin of victory was between 5% and 10%:

Minnesota 7th, 5.1% Illinois 10th, 5.2% New York 22nd, 5.5% New York 3rd, 5.6% Virginia 10th, 5.8% California 25th, 6.2% California 24th, 6.8% Arizona 1st, 7.3% Iowa 2nd, 7.4% Iowa 1st, 7.6% Pennsylvania 17th, 7.6% Alabama 2nd, 8.3% Colorado 6th, 8.3% New York 19th, 8.5% Pennsylvania 8th, 8.8% Maine 2nd, 9.6% Florida 27th, 9.8%

Competitive districts [ edit ]

The following were the predictions for House districts where at least one out of the Cook Political Report, Daily Kos Elections, the Rothenberg Political Report, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and RealClearPolitics did not agree that the district was "safe Democratic" or "safe Republican" (59 races total as of October 27). Incumbents not running for re-election have parentheses around their names, while incumbents with a caret (^) sought re-election, but were defeated in the primary election. Note that safeness of a district is not necessarily a prediction as to outcome.

Special elections [ edit ]

These elections were for the remainder of the term ending January 3, 2017. Sorted by date, then by state, then by district.

This table shows the primary dates for regularly-scheduled elections. It also shows the type of primary. In an "open" primary, any registered voter can vote in any party's primary. In a "closed" primary, only voters registered with a specific party can vote in that party's primary. In a "top-two" primary, all candidates run against each other regardless of party affiliation, and the top two candidates advance to the second round of voting (in Louisiana, a candidate can win the election by winning a majority of the vote in the first round). All of the various other primary types are classified as "hybrid." Alaska in 2008 provides one example of a hybrid primary: the Democratic Party allowed unaffiliated voters to vote in its primary, while the Republican Party only allowed party members to vote in its primary.[59]

RIndicates a state that requires primary run-off elections under certain conditions.

Alabama [ edit ]

Alaska [ edit ]

Arizona [ edit ]

Arkansas [ edit ]

California [ edit ]

Colorado [ edit ]

Connecticut [ edit ]

Delaware [ edit ]

Florida [ edit ]

Georgia [ edit ]

Hawaii [ edit ]

Idaho [ edit ]

Illinois [ edit ]

Indiana [ edit ]

Iowa [ edit ]

Kansas [ edit ]

Kentucky [ edit ]

Louisiana [ edit ]

Maine [ edit ]

Maryland [ edit ]

Massachusetts [ edit ]

Michigan [ edit ]

Minnesota [ edit ]

Mississippi [ edit ]

Missouri [ edit ]

Montana [ edit ]

Nebraska [ edit ]

Nevada [ edit ]

New Hampshire [ edit ]

New Jersey [ edit ]

New Mexico [ edit ]

New York [ edit ]

North Carolina [ edit ]

North Dakota [ edit ]

Ohio [ edit ]

Oklahoma [ edit ]

Oregon [ edit ]

Pennsylvania [ edit ]

Rhode Island [ edit ]

South Carolina [ edit ]

South Dakota [ edit ]

Tennessee [ edit ]

Texas [ edit ]

Utah [ edit ]

Vermont [ edit ]

Virginia [ edit ]

Washington [ edit ]

West Virginia [ edit ]

Wisconsin [ edit ]

Wyoming [ edit ]

Non-voting delegates [ edit ]

See also [ edit ]

Notes [ edit ]