1992 United States House of Representatives elections

Overall results

Retiring incumbents

Democrats

1. : Claude Harris Jr. retired.
2. : Barbara Boxer retired to run for U.S. Senator.
3. : Edward R. Roybal retired.
4. : Mel Levine retired to run for U.S. Senator.
5. : Mervyn Dymally retired.
6. : Glenn M. Anderson retired.
7. : Ben Nighthorse Campbell retired to run for U.S. Senator.
8. : Tom Carper retired to run for governor.
9. : Charles E. Bennett retired.
10. : Lawrence J. Smith retired.
11. : William Lehman retired.
12. : Dante Fascell retired.
13. : Lindsay Thomas retired.
14. : Ed Jenkins retired.
15. : Doug Barnard Jr. retired.
16. : Richard H. Stallings retired to run for U.S. Senator.
17. : Frank Annunzio retired.
18. : Chris Perkins retired.
19. : Brian J. Donnelly retired.
20. : J. Bob Traxler retired.
21. : Howard Wolpe retired.
22. : Dennis Hertel retired.
23. : Bernard J. Dwyer retired.
24. : Robert A. Roe retired
25. : Frank J. Guarini retired.
26. : Robert J. Mrazek retired to run for U.S. Senator.
27. : James H. Scheuer retired.
28. : Matthew F. McHugh retired.
29. : Henry J. Nowak retired.
30. : Byron Dorgan retired to run for U.S. Senator.
31. : Charlie Luken retired.
32. : Dennis E. Eckart retired.
33. : Don Pease retired.
34. : Ed Feighan retired.
35. : Les AuCoin retired to run for U.S. Senator.
36. : Gus Yatron retired.
37. : Joseph M. Gaydos retired.
38. : Robin Tallon retired.
39. : Wayne Owens retired to run for U.S. Senator.
40. : Jim Olin retired.
41. : Jim Moody retired to run for U.S. Senator.

Republicans

1. : William L. Dickinson retired.
2. : John Paul Hammerschmidt retired.
3. : Tom Campbell retired to run for U.S. Senator.
4. : William Dannemeyer retired to run for U.S. Senator.
5. : Bill Lowery retired.
6. : Craig James retired.
7. : Andy Ireland retired.
8. : Larry J. Hopkins retired.
9. : Bob Davis retired.
10. : Carl Pursell retired.
11. : William Broomfield retired.
12. : Vin Weber retired.
13. : Matthew J. Rinaldo retired.
14. : Norman F. Lent retired.
15. : Raymond J. McGrath retired.
16. : David O'Brien Martin retired.
17. : Frank Horton retired.
18. : Chalmers Wylie retired.
19. : Dick Schulze retired.
20. : Lawrence Coughlin retired.
21. : George Allen retired to run Governor of Virginia.
22. : John Miller retired.
23. : Sid Morrison retired to run for Governor of Washington.
24. : Rod Chandler retired to run for U.S. Senator.

Resignation and deaths

Democrats

• : Ted Weiss died on September 14, 1992.
• : Walter B. Jones Sr. died on September 15, 1992.

Popular Democrats

• : Jaime Fuster resigned March 4, 1992 to become Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico.

Incumbents defeated

In primary elections

Democrats

• . Bill Alexander lost renomination to Blanche Lincoln, who won the general election.
• . Beryl Anthony Jr. lost renomination to Bill McCuen, who lost the general election to Jay Dickey.
• . Charles Hatcher lost renomination to Sanford Bishop, who won the general election.
• . Ben Jones lost renomination to Don Johnson Jr., who won the general election.
• . Charles Hayes lost renomination to Bobby Rush, who won the general election.
• . Gus Savage lost renomination to Mel Reynolds, who won the general election.
• . Marty Russo lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent Bill Lipinski, who won the general election.
• . Terry L. Bruce lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent Glenn Poshard, who won the general election.
• . Carroll Hubbard lost renomination to Thomas Barlow, who won the general election.
• . Beverly Byron lost renomination to Thomas Hattery, who lost the general election to Roscoe Bartlett.
• . Chester G. Atkins lost renomination to Marty Meehan, who won the general election.
• . Stephen Solarz lost renomination to Nydia Velázquez, who won the general election.
• . Joseph P. Kolter lost renomination to Ron Klink, who won the general election.
• . Harley O. Staggers Jr. lost a redistricting race to Alan Mollohan, who won the general election.

Republicans

• . Robert Lagomarsino lost renomination to Michael Huffington, who won the general election.
• . Dick Nichols lost renomination to Eric R. Yost, who lost the general election to Dan Glickman.
• . Guy Vander Jagt lost renomination to Pete Hoekstra, who won the general election.
• . Clarence E. Miller lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent Bob McEwen, who lost the general election to Ted Strickland.
• . Mickey Edwards lost renomination to Ernest Istook, who won the general election.

In the general election

Democrats

• . Ben Erdreich lost re-election to Spencer Bachus.
• . Richard Ray lost re-election to Mac Collins.
• . John W. Cox Jr. lost re-election to Dan Manzullo.
• . Jim Jontz lost re-election to Steve Buyer.
• . David R. Nagle lost a redistricting race to Jim Nussle.
• . Jerry Huckaby lost a redistricting race to Jim McCrery.
• . Tom McMillen lost a redistricting race to Wayne Gilchrest.
• . Joseph D. Early lost re-election to Peter Blute.
• . Nicholas Mavroules lost re-election to Peter G. Torkildsen.
• . Gerry Sikorski lost re-election to Rod Grams.
• . Joan Kelly Horn lost re-election to Jim Talent.
• . Thomas Downey lost re-election to Rick Lazio.
• . Mary Rose Oakar lost re-election to Martin Hoke.
• . Peter H. Kostmayer lost re-election to Jim Greenwood.
• . Liz J. Patterson lost re-election to Bob Inglis.
• . Albert Bustamante lost re-election to Henry Bonilla.

Republicans

• . Jay Rhodes lost re-election to Sam Coppersmith.
• . Frank Riggs lost re-election to Daniel Hamburg.
• . Ben Blaz lost re-election to Robert A. Underwood.
• . Tom Coleman lost re-election to Pat Danner.
• . Ron Marlenee lost a redistricting race to Pat Williams.
• . Bill Green lost re-election to Carolyn Maloney.
• . Bob McEwen lost a redistricting race to Ted Strickland.
• . Donald L. Ritter lost re-election to Paul McHale.

• . Clyde C. Holloway lost a redistricting race to Richard Baker.

Popular Democrats

• . Antonio Colorado lost re-election to Carlos Romero Barceló.

Reapportionment

New seats

Seats eliminated

Seats with multiple incumbents running

1. : Bill Lipinski defeated Marty Russo.
2. : Glenn Poshard defeated Terry L. Bruce.
3. : Jim Nussle defeated David R. Nagle.
4. : Richard Baker defeated Clyde C. Holloway.
5. : Wayne Gilchrest defeated Tom McMillen.
6. : Ron Marlenee defeated Pat Williams.

Open seats that changed parties

Republican seats won by Democrats

1. : Won by Anna Eshoo
2. : Won by Scotty Baesler
3. : Won by Bart Stupak
4. : Won by David Minge
5. : Won by Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky
6. : Won by Maria Cantwell
7. : Won by Jay Inslee

Democratic seats won by Republicans

1. : Won by Steve Horn
2. : Won by Scott McInnis
3. : Won by Mike Castle
4. : Won by Jack Kingston
5. : Won by Mike Crapo
6. : Won by Jack Quinn
7. : Won by Bob Goodlatte

Open seats that parties held

Democratic holds

1. : Won by Earl Hilliard
2. : Won by Blanche Lincoln
3. : Won by Lynn Woolsey
4. : Won by Xavier Becerra
5. : Won by Jane Harman
6. : Won by Walter R. Tucker III
7. : Won by Carrie Meek
8. : Won by Peter Deutsch
9. : Won by Sanford Bishop
10. : Won by Nathan Deal
11. : Won by Don Johnson Jr.
12. : Won by Bobby Rush
13. : Won by Mel Reynolds
14. : Won by Thomas Barlow
15. : Won by Marty Meehan
16. : Won by Don Johnson Jr.
17. : Won by James Barcia
18. : Won by Herb Klein
19. : Won by Bob Menendez
20. : Won by Jerry Nadler
21. : Won by Nydia Velázquez
22. : Won by Maurice Hinchey
23. : Won by Eva Clayton, who also won the district's special election, [|see below]
24. : Won by David S. Mann
25. : Won by Sherrod Brown
26. : Won by Eric Fingerhut
27. : Won by Elizabeth Furse
28. : Won by Ron Klink
29. : Won by Tim Holden
30. : Won by Jim Clyburn
31. : Won by Karen Shepherd
32. : Won by Tom Barrett

Republican holds

1. : Won by Terry Everett
2. : Won by Tim Hutchinson
3. : Won by Michael Huffington
4. : Won by Ed Royce
5. : Won by Tillie Fowler
6. : Won by Charles Canady
7. : Won by Pete Hoekstra
8. : Won by Nick Smith
9. : Won by Joe Knollenberg
10. : Won by Bob Franks
11. : Won by Peter T. King
12. : Won by David A. Levy
13. : Won by John M. McHugh
14. : Won by Deborah Pryce
15. : Won by Ernest Istook
16. : Won by Jennifer Dunn

Democratic gain

1. : Won by Karan English
2. : Won by Lucille Roybal-Allard
3. : Won by Lynn Schenk
4. : Won by Bob Filner
5. : Won by Corrine Brown
6. : Won by Karen Thurman
7. : Won by Alcee Hastings
8. : Won by Cynthia McKinney
9. : Won by Luis Gutiérrez
10. : Won by Cleo Fields
11. : Won by Albert Wynn
12. : Won by Mel Watt
13. : Won by Frank Tejeda
14. : Won by Gene Green
15. : Won by Eddie Bernice Johnson
16. : Won by Bobby Scott
17. : Won by Leslie Byrne
18. : Won by Mike Kreidler

Republican gain

1. : Won by Bill Baker
2. : Won by Richard Pombo
3. : Won by Buck McKeon
4. : Won by Jay Kim
5. : Won by Ken Calvert
6. : Won by John Mica
7. : Won by Dan Miller
8. : Won by Lincoln Díaz-Balart
9. : Won by John Linder

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