1972 United States House of Representatives elections

1972 United States House of Representatives elections

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All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives 218 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Carl Albert Gerald Ford Party Democratic Republican Leader since January 21, 1971 January 3, 1965 Leader's seat Oklahoma 3rd Michigan 5th Last election 255 seats 180 seats Seats won 242 192 Seat change 13 12 Popular vote 37,071,352 33,119,664 Percentage 52.1% 46.5% Swing 1.5% 1.6%   Third party   Party Independent Democratic Last election 0 seats Seats won 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 137,664 Percentage 0.2% Swing
Results:      Democratic hold      Democratic gain      Republican hold      Republican gain      Independent gain
Speaker before election Carl Albert Democratic Elected Speaker Carl Albert Democratic

The 1972 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 7, 1972, to elect U.S. Representatives to serve in the 93rd United States Congress. This was the first election held after the 1970 United States redistricting cycle. It coincided with the landslide reelection victory of President Richard M. Nixon. Nixon's Republican Party managed to gain a net of twelve House of Representatives seats from the Democratic Party, although the Democrats retained a majority.

This was the first election in which citizens at least 18 years of age (instead of 21 and older) could vote, due to the recent passage of the 26th Amendment. This was the last time until 2022 that a Democrat would win a House seat in Alaska,^[1] and the first time since 1888 that a Republican won a House seat in Louisiana.^[2]

Six special elections were also held throughout the year, six before November and one concurrent with the November general election.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Vermont at-large	Robert Stafford	Republican	1960	Incumbent resigned September 16, 1971 when appointed U.S. Senator. New member elected January 7, 1972. Republican hold. Winner was re-elected in November.	Y Richard W. Mallary (Republican) 55.80% J. William O'Brien (Democratic) 37.60% Doris Lake (Liberty Union) 4.70% Anthony N. Doria (Independent) 1.89%
Alabama 3	George W. Andrews	Democratic	1944 (Special)	Incumbent died December 25, 1971. New member elected April 4, 1972. Democratic hold. Winner did not run for re-election in November.	Y Elizabeth B. Andrews (Democratic) Unopposed (See Widow's succession)
Illinois 15	Charlotte Thompson Reid	Republican	1962	Incumbent resigned October 7, 1971 to become Commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission. New member elected April 4, 1972. Republican hold. Winner was re-elected in November.	Y Cliffard D. Carlson (Republican) 54.79% Tim Lee Hall (Democratic) 45.21%[3]
Pennsylvania 27	James G. Fulton	Republican	1944	Incumbent died October 6, 1971. New member elected April 25, 1972. Republican hold. Winner was not renominated in primary for election to full term in November (see below).	Y William Sheldrick Conover (Republican) 51.05% Doug Walgren (Democratic) 46.25% Willard Holt (Constitution) 2.70%[4]
Louisiana 7	Edwin Edwards	Democratic	1965 (Special)	Incumbent resigned May 9, 1972 when elected Governor of Louisiana. New member elected September 30, 1972. Democratic hold. Winner was re-elected in November.	Y John Breaux (Democratic) Unopposed[5]
Virginia 6	Richard Harding Poff	Republican	1952	Incumbent resigned August 29, 1972 to become judge of the Supreme Court of Virginia. New member elected November 7, 1972. Republican hold. Winner was also elected the same day to the next term.	Y M. Caldwell Butler (Republican) 51.8%[6] Willis M. Anderson (Democratic) 39.8% Roy R. White (Independent) 8.4%

392 incumbent members sought reelection, but 13 were defeated in primaries and 13 defeated in the general election for a total of 366 incumbents winning.^[7]

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242	1	192
Democratic	[b]	Republican

Parties		Seats				Popular vote
		1970	1972	+/-	Strength	Vote	%	Change
	Democratic Party	255	242	13	55.6%	37,071,352	52.1%	1.5%
	Republican Party	180	192	12	44.2%	33,119,664	46.5%	1.6%
	American Independent Party	0	0		0.0%	233,967	0.3%	0.1%
	Conservative Party	0	0		0.0%	218,143	0.3%	0.1%
	Liberal Party	0	0		0.0%	148,951	0.2%	0.1%
	Independent Democratic	0	1	1	0.2%	137,664	0.2%
	Peace and Freedom Party	0	0		0.0%	63,894	0.1%
	Socialist Workers Party	0	0		0.0%	51,815	0.1%	0.1%
	National Democratic Party	0	0		0.0%	37,618	0.1%
	Taxpayer's Party	0	0		0.0%	28,079	<0.1%
	Action Party	0	0		0.0%	12,075	<0.1%
	Prohibition Party	0	0		0.0%	10,902	<0.1%
	Socialist Labor Party	0	0		0.0%	10,835	<0.1%
	Constitution Party	0	0		0.0%	5,860	<0.1%	0.1%
	Concerned and Capable Party	0	0		0.0%	5,188	<0.1%
	American Independent Conservative Party	0	0		0.0%	3,077	<0.1%
	Communist Party	0	0		0.0%	2,076	<0.1%
	Libertarian Party	0	0		0.0%	2,028	<0.1%
	Less Federal Taxes Party	0	0		0.0%	1,920	<0.1%
	La Raza Unida Party	0	0		0.0%	1,629	<0.1%
	Protest, Progress, Dignity Party	0	0		0.0%	1,556	<0.1%
	People's Party	0	0		0.0%	1,215	<0.1%
	Independent for Congress Party	0	0		0.0%	1,147	<0.1%
	People Over Politics Party	0	0		0.0%	847	<0.1%
	Taxation With Representation Party	0	0		0.0%	408	<0.1%
	Socialist Party	0	0		0.0%	221	<0.1%
	Others	0	0		0.0%	16,274	<0.1%	0.1%
Total		435	435		100.0%	71,188,405	100.0%

Source: "Election Statistics". Office of the Clerk.

Popular vote Democratic   52.07% Republican   46.52% Others   1.41%

House seats Democratic   55.63% Republican   44.14% Others   0.23%

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (December 2008)

• Georgia 5: Fletcher Thompson (R) retired to run for U.S. senator, succeeded by Andrew Young (D)
• New York 6: Seymour Halpern (R), retired, succeeded by Lester L. Wolff (D), who was redistricted
• Oklahoma 1: Page Belcher (R), retired, succeeded by James R. Jones (D)

• Arkansas 4: David Pryor (D), retired to run for U.S. senator, succeeded by Ray Thornton (D)
• Illinois 11: Roman C. Pucinski (D), retired, succeeded by Frank Annunzio (D), who was redistricted
• Kentucky 6: William P. Curlin Jr. (D), retired, succeeded by John B. Breckinridge (D)
• Louisiana 8: Speedy Long (D), redistricted and retired, succeeded by Gillis William Long (D), who previously held the seat in the 88th Congress
• Maryland 3: Edward Garmatz (D), redistricted and retired, succeeded by Paul Sarbanes (D)
• Mississippi 2: Thomas Abernethy (D), redistricted and retired, succeeded by David R. Bowen (D)
• Missouri 6: William Raleigh Hull Jr. (D), retired, succeeded by Jerry Litton (D)
• North Carolina 4: Nick Galifianakis (D), retired to run for U.S. senator, succeeded by Ike Franklin Andrews (D)
• North Carolina 7: Alton Lennon (D), retired, succeeded by Charlie Rose (D)
• North Dakota 2: Arthur A. Link (D), redistricted retired to run for Governor, succeeded by Mark Andrews (R), who was redistricted
• Oklahoma 2: Ed Edmondson (D), retired to run for U.S. senator, succeeded by Clem McSpadden (D)
• Tennessee 7: Ray Blanton (D), retired to run for U.S. senator, succeeded by Ed Jones (D), who was redistricted
• Texas 2: John Dowdy (D), retired, succeeded by Charles Wilson (D)

• Alabama 2: Elizabeth B. Andrews (D), redistricted and retired, succeeded by William Louis Dickinson (R)
• Illinois 11: Roman C. Pucinski (D), retired, succeeded by Frank Annunzio (D), who was redistricted
• Louisiana 3: Patrick T. Caffery (D), retired, succeeded by Dave Treen (R)
• Maine 2: William Hathaway (D), retired to run for U.S. senator, succeeded by William Cohen (R)
• Mississippi 4: Charles H. Griffin (D), redistricted and retired, succeeded by Thad Cochran (R)
• Mississippi 5: William M. Colmer (D), retired, succeeded by Trent Lott (R)
• South Dakota 2: James Abourezk (D), retired to run for U.S. senator, succeeded by James Abdnor (R)
• Virginia 4: Watkins Moorman Abbitt (D), retired, succeeded by Robert Daniel (R)

• California 20: H. Allen Smith (R), retired, succeeded by Carlos Moorhead (R)
• Idaho 1: James A. McClure (R), retired to run for U.S. senator, succeeded by Steve Symms (R)
• Illinois 15: Cliffard D. Carlson (R), retired, succeeded by Leslie C. Arends (R), who was redistricted
• Illinois 21: William L. Springer (R), retired, succeeded by Edward Rell Madigan (R)
• Missouri 7: Durward Gorham Hall (R), retired, succeeded by Gene Taylor (R)
• New Jersey 12: Florence P. Dwyer (R), retired, succeeded by Matthew John Rinaldo (R)
• New York 31: Alexander Pirnie (R), redistricted and retired, succeeded by Donald J. Mitchell (R)
• New York 33: John H. Terry (R), redistricted and retired, succeeded by William F. Walsh (R)
• North Carolina 9: Charles R. Jonas (R), retired, succeeded by James G. Martin (R)
• Ohio 4: William Moore McCulloch (R), retired, succeeded by Tennyson Guyer (R)
• Ohio 8: Jackson Edward Betts (R), retired, succeeded by Walter E. Powell (R), who was redistricted
• Ohio 16: Frank T. Bow (R), retired, succeeded by Ralph Regula (R)
• Pennsylvania 2: J. Irving Whalley (R), retired, succeeded by John P. Saylor (R), who was redistricted
• Virginia 8: William L. Scott (R), retired to run for U.S. senator, succeeded by Stanford Parris (R)
• Washington 1: Thomas Pelly (R), retired, succeeded by Joel Pritchard (R)
• Wisconsin 8: John W. Byrnes (R), retired, succeeded by Harold Vernon Froehlich (R)

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1. California 8: George P. Miller (D)
2. California 39: John G. Schmitz (R)
3. Colorado 4: Wayne Aspinall (D)
4. Georgia 1: George Elliott Hagan (D)
5. Michigan 19: Jack H. McDonald (R)
6. Nevada at-large: Walter S. Baring Jr. (D)
7. New Jersey 13: Cornelius Edward Gallagher (D)
8. New York 18: Emanuel Celler (D)
9. New York 22: James H. Scheuer (D)
10. Pennsylvania 3: James A. Byrne (D)
11. Pennsylvania 22: William Sheldrick Conover (R)
12. South Carolina 6: John L. McMillan (D)
13. West Virginia 4: James Kee (D)

1. Colorado 1: Mike McKevitt (R)
2. Connecticut 5: John S. Monagan (D)
3. Illinois 10: Abner J. Mikva (D)
4. Indiana 11: Andrew Jacobs Jr. (D)
5. Iowa 1: Fred Schwengel (R)
6. Iowa 4: John Henry Kyl (R)
7. Massachusetts 9: Louise Day Hicks (D)
8. New York 26: John G. Dow (D)
9. Tennessee 6: William Anderson (D)
10. Texas 5: Earle Cabell (D)
11. Texas 13: Graham B. Purcell Jr. (D)
12. Utah 2: Sherman P. Lloyd (R)
13. Wisconsin 7: Alvin E. O'Konski (R)

Alabama was reapportioned from 8 to 7 seats and eliminated the old 3rd district, dividing it between the old 2nd and 4th and making compensating boundary changes elsewhere.^[8]

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Alabama 1	Jack Edwards	Republican	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Jack Edwards (Republican) 76.5% O. W. "Bill" McCrory (Democratic) 17.8% Thomas McAboy Jr. (National Democratic Party of Alabama) 5.7%
Alabama 2	William Louis Dickinson	Republican	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	Y William Louis Dickinson (Republican) 54.9% Ben C. Reeves (Democratic) 41.5% Richard Boone (National Democratic Party of Alabama) 3.4% Llewellyn B. Garth (Conservative) 0.3%
	Elizabeth B. Andrews Redistricted from the 3rd district	Democratic	1972 (Special)	Incumbent retired. Democratic loss.
Alabama 3	Bill Nichols Redistricted from the 4th district	Democratic	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Bill Nichols (Democratic) 75.6% Robert M. Kerr (Republican) 20.6% John Ford (National Democratic Party of Alabama) 2.6% James R. Connell (Prohibition) 1.3%
Alabama 4	Tom Bevill Redistricted from the 7th district	Democratic	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Tom Bevill (Democratic) 69.6% Ed Nelson (Republican) 30.0% Daisy Williams (Prohibition) 0.5%
Alabama 5	Robert E. Jones Jr. Redistricted from the 8th district	Democratic	1947 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Robert E. Jones Jr. (Democratic) 74.2% Dieter J. Schrader (Republican) 24.4% Shirley Irwin (National Democratic Party of Alabama) 1.4%
Alabama 6	John Hall Buchanan Jr.	Republican	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John Hall Buchanan Jr. (Republican) 59.8% Ben Erdreich (Democratic) 35.6% Al Thomas (National Democratic Party of Alabama) 2.5% Edna L. Bowling (Prohibition) 1.2% Dan Scott (Conservative) 0.9%
Alabama 7	Walter Flowers Redistricted from the 5th district	Democratic	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Walter Flowers (Democratic) 84.8% Lewis Black (National Democratic Party of Alabama) 14.0% Hal Radue (Conservative) 1.1%

Incumbent Nick Begich won re-election three weeks after having disappeared in a plane crash October 16; challenger Don Young would later win a March special election after Begich was declared dead on December 29.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Alaska at-large	Nick Begich	Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected posthumously.	Y Nick Begich (Democratic) 56.2% Don Young (Republican) 43.8%

Arizona was reapportioned from 3 seats to 4 and carved a new district in the Phoenix suburbs and the northeast from parts of the existing districts.^[8]

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Arizona 1	John Jacob Rhodes	Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John Jacob Rhodes (Republican) 57.3% Gerald A. Pollock (Democratic) 42.7%
Arizona 2	Mo Udall	Democratic	1961 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Mo Udall (Democratic) 63.5% Gene Savoie (Republican) 36.5%
Arizona 3	Sam Steiger	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Sam Steiger (Republican) 63.0% Ted Wyckoff (Democratic) 37.0%
Arizona 4	None (district created)			New seat. Republican gain.	Y John Bertrand Conlan (Republican) 53.0% Jack E. Brown (Democratic) 47.0%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Arkansas 1	William Vollie Alexander Jr.	Democratic	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	Y William Vollie Alexander Jr. (Democratic) Unopposed
Arkansas 2	Wilbur Mills	Democratic	1938	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Wilbur Mills (Democratic) Unopposed
Arkansas 3	John Paul Hammerschmidt	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John Paul Hammerschmidt (Republican) 77.3% Guy W. Hatfield (Democratic) 22.7%
Arkansas 4	David Pryor	Democratic	1966	Retired to run for U.S. Senator. Democratic hold.	Y Ray Thornton (Democratic) 83% John Norman Warnock (American Independent) 17%

California was reapportioned from 38 to 43 seats, adding one seat in the Bay Area, one in the Central Valley, and 3 in southern California;^[8] three went to Democrats, two to Republicans. Despite a retirement and two lost renominations, both parties held their seats in this election, bringing the Democrats up from 20 seats to 23 and the Republicans up from 18 seats to 20.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
California 1	Donald H. Clausen	Republican	1963	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Donald H. Clausen (Republican) 62.2% William Nighswonger (Democratic) 34.1% Jonathan T. Ames (Peace and Freedom) 3.7%
California 2	Harold T. Johnson	Democratic	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Harold T. Johnson (Democratic) 68.3% Francis X. Callahan (Republican) 28.6% Dorothy D. Paradis (American) 3.1%
California 3	John E. Moss	Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John E. Moss (Democratic) 69.9% John Rakus (Republican) 30.1%
California 4	Robert L. Leggett	Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Robert L. Leggett (Democratic) 67.4% Benjamin Chang (Republican) 32.6%
California 5	Phillip Burton	Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Phillip Burton (Democratic) 81.8% Edlo E. Powell (Republican) 18.2%
California 6	William S. Mailliard	Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	Y William S. Mailliard (Republican) 52.0% Roger Boas (Democratic) 48.0%
California 7	Ron Dellums	Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Ron Dellums (Democratic) 56.0% Peter Hannaford (Republican) 38.0% Frank V. Cortese (American) 6.0%
California 8	George P. Miller	Democratic	1944	Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold.	Y Pete Stark (Democratic) 52.9% Lew M. Warden Jr. (Republican) 47.1%
California 9	Don Edwards	Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Don Edwards (Democratic) 72.3% Herb Smith (Republican) 25.2% Edmon V. Kaiser (American) 2.6%
California 10	Charles S. Gubser	Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Charles S. Gubser (Republican) 64.6% B. Frank Gillette (Democratic) 35.4%
California 11	None (district created)			New seat. Democratic gain.	Y Leo Ryan (Democratic) 60.4% Charles E. Chase (Republican) 37.0% Nicholas W. Kudrovzeff (American) 2.6%
California 12	Burt L. Talcott	Republican	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Burt L. Talcott (Republican) 54.0% Julian Camacho (Democratic) 43.1% Stanley K. Monteith (American) 2.9%
California 13	Charles M. Teague	Republican	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Charles M. Teague (Republican) 73.9% Lester Dean Cleveland (Democratic) 26.1%
California 14	Jerome Waldie	Democratic	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Jerome Waldie (Democratic) 77.6% Floyd E. Sims (Republican) 22.4%
California 15	John J. McFall	Democratic	1956	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John J. McFall (Democratic) Unopposed
California 16	B. F. Sisk	Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	Y B. F. Sisk (Democratic) 79.1% Carol O. Harner (Republican) 20.9%
California 17	Pete McCloskey Redistricted from the 11th district	Republican	1967	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Pete McCloskey (Republican) 60.2% James Stewart (Democratic) 39.8%
California 18	Bob Mathias	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Bob Mathias (Republican) 66.5% Vincent J. Lavery (Democratic) 33.5%
California 19	Chet Holifield	Democratic	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Chet Holifield (Democratic) 67.2% Kenneth M. Fisher (Republican) 27.9% Joe Harris (Peace and Freedom) 4.9%
California 20	H. Allen Smith	Republican	1956	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	Y Carlos Moorhead (Republican) 57.4% John Binkley (Democratic) 42.6%
California 21	Augustus Hawkins	Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Augustus Hawkins (Democratic) 82.9% Rayfield Lundy (Republican) 17.1%
California 22	James C. Corman	Democratic	1960	Incumbent re-elected.	Y James C. Corman (Democratic) 67.6% Bruce P. Wolfe (Republican) 29.3% Ralph L. Shroyer (Peace and Freedom) 3.1%
California 23	Del M. Clawson	Republican	1963	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Del M. Clawson (Republican) 61.4% Conrad G. Tuohey (Democratic) 38.6%
California 24	John H. Rousselot	Republican	1960 1962 (defeated) 1970 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John H. Rousselot (Republican) 70.1% Luther Mandell (Democratic) 29.9%
California 25	Charles E. Wiggins	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Charles E. Wiggins (Republican) 64.9% Leslie W. Craven (Democratic) 31.9% Alfred Romirez (American) 3.1%
California 26	Thomas M. Rees	Democratic	1965	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Thomas M. Rees (Democratic) 68.6% Philip Robert Rutta (Republican) 27.9% Mike Timko (Peace and Freedom) 3.5%
California 27	Barry Goldwater Jr.	Republican	1969	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Barry Goldwater Jr. (Republican) 57.4% Mark S. Novak (Democratic) 42.6%
California 28	Alphonzo E. Bell Jr.	Republican	1960	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Alphonzo E. Bell Jr. (Republican) 60.7% Michael Shapiro (Democratic) 37.5% Jack Hampton (Peace and Freedom) 1.8%
California 29	George E. Danielson	Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Y George E. Danielson (Democratic) 62.8% Richard E. Ferraro Jr. (Republican) 33.5% John W. Blaine (Peace and Freedom) 3.7%
California 30	Edward R. Roybal	Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Edward R. Roybal (Democratic) 68.4% Bill Brophy (Republican) 28.6% Lewis B. McCammon (Peace and Freedom) 3.0%
California 31	Charles H. Wilson	Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Charles H. Wilson (Democratic) 52.3% Ben Valentine (Republican) 42.5% Roberta Lynn Wood (Peace and Freedom) 5.2%
California 32	Craig Hosmer	Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Craig Hosmer (Republican) 65.9% Dennis Murray (Democratic) 32.0% John S. Donohue (Peace and Freedom) 2.2%
California 33	Jerry Pettis	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Jerry Pettis (Republican) 75.1% Ken Thompson (Democratic) 24.9%
California 34	Richard T. Hanna	Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Richard T. Hanna (Democratic) 67.2% John D. Ratterree (Republican) 28.9% Lee R. Rayburn (American Independent) 3.9%
California 35	Glenn M. Anderson Redistricted from the 17th district	Democratic	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Glenn M. Anderson (Democratic) 74.8% Vernon E. Brown (Republican) 25.2%
California 36	None (district created)			New seat. Republican gain.	Y William M. Ketchum (Republican) 52.7% Timothy Lemucchi (Democratic) 43.5% Bill Armour (American) 3.8%
California 37	None (district created)			New seat. Democratic gain.	Y Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (Democratic) 73.2% Gregg Tria (Republican) 24.7% John Haag (Peace and Freedom) 2.1%
California 38	None (district created)			New seat. Democratic gain.	Y George Brown Jr. (Democratic) 56.3% Howard J. Snider (Republican) 43.7%
California 39	John G. Schmitz Redistricted from the 35th district	Republican	1970	Incumbent lost renomination. Republican hold.	Y Andrew J. Hinshaw (Republican) 65.7% John Woodland Black (Democratic) 34.3%
California 40	Bob Wilson Redistricted from the 36th district	Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Bob Wilson (Republican) 67.8% Frank Caprio (Democratic) 30.3% Fritjof Thygeson (Peace and Freedom) 1.9%
California 41	Lionel Van Deerlin Redistricted from the 37th district	Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Lionel Van Deerlin (Democratic) 74.1% D. Richard Kau (Republican) 25.9%
California 42	None (district created)			New seat. Republican gain.	Y Clair Burgener (Republican) 67.4% Bob Lowe (Democratic) 29.2% Armin R. Moths (American) 3.4%
California 43	Victor Veysey Redistricted from the 38th district	Republican	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Victor Veysey (Republican) 62.7% Ernest Z. Robles (Democratic) 37.3%

Colorado was reapportioned from 4 to 5 seats, constructing a new 5th district east and south of Denver.^[8]

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Colorado 1	Mike McKevitt	Republican	1970	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	Y Pat Schroeder (Democratic) 51.6% Mike McKevitt (Republican) 47.5% Marie Pauline Serna (La Raza Unida) 0.8% Fern Gapin (Socialist Workers) 0.2%
Colorado 2	Donald G. Brotzman	Republican	1962 1964 (defeated) 1966	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Donald G. Brotzman (Republican) 66.3% Francis W. Brush (Democratic) 33.4% Joel Houtman (Socialist Workers) 0.3%
Colorado 3	Frank Evans	Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Frank Evans (Democratic) 66.3% Chuck Brady (Republican) 33.7%
Colorado 4	Wayne N. Aspinall	Democratic	1948	Incumbent lost renomination. Republican gain.	Y James Paul Johnson (Republican) 51.0% Alan Merson (Democratic) 49.0%
Colorado 5	None (district created)			New seat. Republican gain.	Y William L. Armstrong (Republican) 62.3% Byron L. Johnson (Democratic) 36.5% Pipp M. Boyls (Libertarian) 1.2%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Connecticut 1	William R. Cotter	Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Y William R. Cotter (Democratic) 56.9% Richard M. Rittenband (Republican) 41.9% Charlie A. Burke (American Independent) 1.2%
Connecticut 2	Robert H. Steele	Republican	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Robert H. Steele (Republican) 65.9% Roger Hilsman (Democratic) 34.1%
Connecticut 3	Robert Giaimo	Democratic	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Robert Giaimo (Democratic) 53.3% Henry A. Povinelli (Republican) 46.7%
Connecticut 4	Stewart McKinney	Republican	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Stewart McKinney (Republican) 63.1% James P. McLoughlin (Democratic) 36.9%
Connecticut 5	John S. Monagan	Democratic	1958	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	Y Ronald A. Sarasin (Republican) 51.2% John S. Monagan (Democratic) 48.8%
Connecticut 6	Ella Grasso	Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Ella Grasso (Democratic) 60.2% John F. Walsh (Republican) 39.8%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Delaware at-large	Pete du Pont	Republican	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Pete du Pont (Republican) 62.5% Norma Handloff (Democratic) 36.9% Robert G. LoPresti (American) 0.5% Rachel Dickerson (Prohibition) 0.1%

Florida was reapportioned from 12 to 15 seats, adding a seat in central and two in south Florida.^[8]

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Florida 1	Bob Sikes	Democratic	1940 1944 (resigned) 1974	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Bob Sikes (Democratic) Unopposed
Florida 2	Don Fuqua	Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Don Fuqua (Democratic) Unopposed
Florida 3	Charles E. Bennett	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Charles E. Bennett (Democratic) 82.0% John F. Bowen (Republican) 18.0%
Florida 4	Bill Chappell	Democratic	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Bill Chappell (Democratic) 55.9% Bud Fleuchaus (Republican) 44.1%
Florida 5	None (district created)			New seat. Democratic gain.	Y Bill Gunter (Democratic) 55.5% Jack P. Insco (Republican) 44.5%
Florida 6	Bill Young Redistricted from the 8th district	Republican	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Bill Young (Republican) 76.0% Michael O. Plunkett (Democratic) 24.0%
Florida 7	Sam Gibbons Redistricted from the 6th district	Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Sam Gibbons (Democratic) 68.0% Robert A. Carter (Republican) 32.0%
Florida 8	James A. Haley Redistricted from the 7th district	Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	Y James A. Haley (Democratic) 57.8% Roy Thompson Jr. (Republican) 42.2%
Florida 9	Louis Frey Jr. Redistricted from the 5th district	Republican	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Louis Frey Jr. (Republican) Unopposed
Florida 10	None (district created)			New seat. Republican gain.	Y Skip Bafalis (Republican) 62.0% Bill Sikes (Democratic) 38.0%
Florida 11	Paul Rogers Redistricted from the 9th district	Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Paul Rogers (Democratic) 60.2% Joel Karl Gustafson (Republican) 39.8%
Florida 12	J. Herbert Burke Redistricted from the 10th district	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	Y J. Herbert Burke (Republican) 62.8% James T. Stephanis (Democratic) 37.2%
Florida 13	None (district created)			New seat. Democratic gain.	Y William Lehman (Democratic) 61.6% Paul D. Bethel (Republican) 38.4%
Florida 14	Claude Pepper Redistricted from the 11th district	Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Claude Pepper (Democratic) 67.6% Evelio S. Estrella (Republican) 32.4%
Florida 15	Dante Fascell Redistricted from the 12th district	Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Dante Fascell (Democratic) 56.8% Ellis B. Rubin (Republican) 43.2%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Georgia 1	George Elliott Hagan	Democratic	1960	Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold.	Y Ronald "Bo" Ginn (Democratic) Unopposed
Georgia 2	Dawson Mathis	Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Dawson Mathis (Democratic) Unopposed
Georgia 3	Jack Brinkley	Democratic	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Jack Brinkley (Democratic) Unopposed
Georgia 4	Benjamin B. Blackburn	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Benjamin B. Blackburn (Republican) 75.9% F. Odell Welborn (Democratic) 24.1%
Georgia 5	Fletcher Thompson	Republican	1966	Retired to run for U.S. Senator. Democratic gain.	Y Andrew Young (Democratic) 52.8% Rodney Mims Cook Sr. (Republican) 47.2%
Georgia 6	John Flynt	Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John Flynt (Democratic) Unopposed
Georgia 7	John William Davis	Democratic	1960	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John William Davis (Democratic) 58.3% Charlie Sherrill (Republican) 41.7%
Georgia 8	W. S. Stuckey Jr.	Democratic	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	Y W. S. Stuckey Jr. (Democratic) 62.4% Ronnie Thompson (Republican) 37.6%
Georgia 9	Phillip M. Landrum	Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Phillip M. Landrum (Democratic) Unopposed
Georgia 10	Robert Grier Stephens Jr.	Democratic	1960	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Robert Grier Stephens Jr. (Democratic) Unopposed

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Hawaii 1	Spark Matsunaga	Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Spark Matsunaga (Democratic) 54.7% Fred W. Rohlfing (Republican) 45.3%
Hawaii 2	Patsy Mink	Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Patsy Mink (Democratic) 57.1% Diana Hansen (Republican) 42.9%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Idaho 1	James A. McClure	Republican	1966	Retired to run for U.S. Senator. Republican hold.	Y Steve Symms (Republican) 55.6% Ed Williams (Democratic) 44.4%
Idaho 2	Orval H. Hansen	Republican	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Orval H. Hansen (Republican) 69.2% Willis H. Ludlow (Democratic) 27.0% John L. Thiebert (American) 3.8%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Illinois 1	Ralph Metcalfe	Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Ralph Metcalfe (Democratic) 91.4% Louis Coggs (Republican) 8.6%
Illinois 2	Morgan F. Murphy Redistricted from the 3rd district	Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Morgan F. Murphy (Democratic) 75.0% James E. Doyle (Republican) 25.0%
Illinois 3	None (district created)			New seat. Republican gain.	Y Robert P. Hanrahan (Republican) 62.3% Daniel P. Coman (Democratic) 37.7%
Illinois 4	Ed Derwinski	Republican	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Ed Derwinski (Republican) 70.5% C. F. 'Bob' Dore (Democratic) 29.5%
Illinois 5	John C. Kluczynski	Democratic	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John C. Kluczynski (Democratic) 72.8% Leonard C. Jarzab (Republican) 27.2%
Illinois 6	Harold R. Collier Redistricted from the 10th district	Republican	1956	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Harold R. Collier (Republican) 61.2% Michael R. Galasso (Democratic) 38.8%
Illinois 7	George W. Collins Redistricted from the 6th district	Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Y George W. Collins (Democratic) 82.8% Thomas J. Lento (Republican) 17.2%
Illinois 8	Dan Rostenkowski	Democratic	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Dan Rostenkowski (Democratic) 74.0% Edward Stepnowski (Republican) 26.0%
Illinois 9	Sidney R. Yates	Democratic	1948 1962 (retired) 1964	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Sidney R. Yates (Democratic) 68.3% Clark W. Fetridge (Republican) 31.7%
Illinois 10	Abner Mikva Redistricted from the 2nd district	Democratic	1968	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	Y Samuel H. Young (Republican) 51.6% Abner Mikva (Democratic) 48.4%
Illinois 11	Roman Pucinski	Democratic	1958	Retired to run for U.S. Senator. Democratic loss.	Y Frank Annunzio (Democratic) 53.3% John J. Hoellen Jr. (Republican) 46.7%
	Frank Annunzio Redistricted from the 7th district	Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 12	Phil Crane Redistricted from the 13th district	Republican	1969	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Phil Crane (Republican) 74.2% Edwin L. Frank (Democratic) 25.8%
Illinois 13	Robert McClory Redistricted from the 12th district	Republican	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Robert McClory (Republican) 61.5% Stanley W. Beetham (Democratic) 38.5%
Illinois 14	John N. Erlenborn	Republican	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John N. Erlenborn (Republican) 72.8% James M. Wall (Democratic) 27.2%
Illinois 15	Cliffard D. Carlson	Republican	1972 (Special)	Incumbent retired. Republican loss.	Y Leslie C. Arends (Republican) 57.2% Tim Lee Hall (Democratic) 42.8%
	Leslie C. Arends Redistricted from the 17th district	Republican	1934	Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 16	John B. Anderson	Republican	1960	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John B. Anderson (Republican) 71.9% John E. Devine Jr. (Democratic) 28.1%
Illinois 17	None (district created)			New seat. Republican gain.	Y George M. O'Brien (Republican) 55.6% John J. Houlihan (Democratic) 44.4%
Illinois 18	Robert H. Michel	Republican	1956	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Robert H. Michel (Republican) 64.8% Steven L. Nordvall (Democratic) 35.2%
Illinois 19	Tom Railsback	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Tom Railsback (Republican) Unopposed
Illinois 20	Paul Findley	Republican	1960	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Paul Findley (Republican) 68.8% Robert S. O'Shea (Democratic) 31.2%
Illinois 21	William L. Springer Redistricted from the 22nd district	Republican	1950	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	Y Edward Rell Madigan (Republican) 54.8% Lawrence E. Johnson (Democratic) 45.2%
Illinois 22	George E. Shipley Redistricted from the 23rd district	Democratic	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	Y George E. Shipley (Democratic) 56.5% Robert B. Lamkin (Republican) 41.0% Cleo A. Duzan (Independent) 2.4%
Illinois 23	Melvin Price Redistricted from the 24th district	Democratic	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Melvin Price (Democratic) 75.1% Robert Mays (Republican) 24.9%
Illinois 24	Kenneth J. Gray Redistricted from the 21st district	Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Kenneth J. Gray (Democratic) 93.7% Hugh Muldoon (Independent) 6.3%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Indiana 1	Ray Madden	Democratic	1942	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Ray Madden (Democratic) 56.9% Bruce R. Haller (Republican) 43.1%
Indiana 2	Earl Landgrebe	Republican	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Earl Landgrebe (Republican) 54.7% Floyd Fithian (Democratic) 45.3%
Indiana 3	John Brademas	Democratic	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John Brademas (Democratic) 55.2% Don M. Newman (Republican) 43.2% Helen Calvin (American) 1.5%
Indiana 4	J. Edward Roush	Democratic	1958 1968 (defeated) 1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Y J. Edward Roush (Democratic) 51.5% Allan E. Bloom (Republican) 48.5%
Indiana 5	Elwood Hillis	Republican	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Elwood Hillis (Republican) 64.1% Kathleen Z. Williams (Democratic) 35.9%
Indiana 6	William G. Bray	Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	Y William G. Bray (Republican) 64.8% David W. Evans (Democratic) 35.2%
Indiana 7	John T. Myers	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John T. Myers (Republican) 61.6% Warren P. Henegar (Democratic) 38.4%
Indiana 8	Roger H. Zion	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Roger H. Zion (Republican) 63.4% Richard L. Deen (Democratic) 36.6%
Indiana 9	Lee H. Hamilton	Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Lee H. Hamilton (Democratic) 62.9% William A. Johnson (Republican) 37.1%
Indiana 10	David W. Dennis	Republican	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	Y David W. Dennis (Republican) 57.2% Philip Sharp (Democratic) 42.8%
Indiana 11	Andrew Jacobs Jr.	Democratic	1964	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	Y William H. Hudnut III (Republican) 51.2% Andrew Jacobs Jr. (Democratic) 48.8%

Iowa was reapportioned from 7 seats to 6, dividing the old 5th district around Des Moines between its neighbors. Its incumbent, Neal Smith, won again in the south-central Iowa 4th district.^[8]

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Iowa 1	Fred Schwengel	Republican	1954 1964 (defeated) 1966	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	Y Edward Mezvinsky (Democratic) 53.4% Fred Schwengel (Republican) 45.7% Lee E. Foster (American Independent) 1.0%
Iowa 2	John C. Culver	Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John C. Culver (Democratic) 59.2% Theodore R. Ellsworth (Republican) 40.8%
Iowa 3	H. R. Gross	Republican	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	Y H. R. Gross (Republican) 55.7% Lyle D. Taylor (Democratic) 44.3%
Iowa 4	John Henry Kyl	Republican	1959 (special) 1964 (defeated) 1966	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican loss.	Y Neal Smith (Democratic) 59.2% John Henry Kyl (Republican) 40.8%
	Neal Smith Redistricted from the 5th district	Democratic	1958	Incumbent re-elected.
Iowa 5	William J. Scherle Redistricted from the 7th district	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	Y William J. Scherle (Republican) 55.3% Tom Harkin (Democratic) 44.7%
Iowa 6	Wiley Mayne	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Wiley Mayne (Republican) 52.5% Berkley Bedell (Democratic) 47.5%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Kansas 1	Keith Sebelius	Republican	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Keith Sebelius (Republican) 77.2% Morris Coover (Democratic) 21.6% Daniel Scoggin (Prohibition) 1.2%
Kansas 2	William R. Roy	Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Y William R. Roy (Democratic) 60.6% Charles D. McAtee (Republican) 37.1% Bert Falley (Conservative) 1.8% David Scoggin (Prohibition) 0.5%
Kansas 3	Larry Winn	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Larry Winn (Republican) 71.0% Charles Barsotti (Democratic) 25.4% Warren E. Redding (Conservative) 3.6%
Kansas 4	Garner E. Shriver	Republican	1960	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Garner E. Shriver (Republican) 73.2% John S. Stevens (Democratic) 24.8% Wayne Nobbs Jr. (Prohibition) 2.0%
Kansas 5	Joe Skubitz	Republican	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Joe Skubitz (Republican) 72.3% Lloyd L. Kitch Jr. (Democratic) 27.7%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Kentucky 1	Frank Stubblefield	Democratic	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Frank Stubblefield (Democratic) 64.8% Charles Thurman Banken Jr. (Republican) 33.7% John M. Katterjohn (Independent) 1.5%
Kentucky 2	William Natcher	Democratic	1953 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Y William Natcher (Democratic) 61.5% J. C. Carter (Republican) 38.5%
Kentucky 3	Romano Mazzoli	Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Romano Mazzoli (Democratic) 62.2% Phil Kaelin Jr. (Republican) 37.0% William P. Chambers (American) 0.9%
Kentucky 4	Gene Snyder	Republican	1962 1964 (defeated) 1966	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Gene Snyder (Republican) 73.8% James W. Rogers (Democratic) 26.2%
Kentucky 5	Tim Lee Carter	Republican	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Tim Lee Carter (Republican) 73.5% Lyle L. Willis (Democratic) 26.5%
Kentucky 6	William P. Curlin Jr.	Democratic	1971 (Special)	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	Y John B. Breckinridge (Democratic) 52.4% Laban P. Jackson (Republican) 46.8% Thomas F. Lundeen (Peoples) 0.8%
Kentucky 7	Carl D. Perkins	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Carl D. Perkins (Democratic) 61.9% Robert Holcomb (Republican) 38.1%

Louisiana stayed at eight house seats following the 1970 census, but the Eighth District's boundaries were radically altered. New governor Edwin W. Edwards ordered the district to take in territory far to the south and east of its traditional base of Alexandria, which included many African-American and progressive white voters. The change was largely regarded as an election deal between Edwards and former Rep. Gillis Long, who finished third in the Democratic Primary in the 1971 Louisiana Governor's Election behind Edwards and J. Bennett Johnston. Long easily won back the Eighth District seat he lost in 1964 to cousin Speedy Long. Speedy Long retired when his home of LaSalle Parish was shifted to the Fifth District, where incumbent Otto Passman was entrenched.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Louisiana 1	F. Edward Hébert	Democratic	1940	Incumbent re-elected.	Y F. Edward Hébert (Democratic) Unopposed
Louisiana 2	Hale Boggs	Democratic	1940 1942 (lost renomination) 1946	Incumbent re-elected posthumously.	Y Hale Boggs (Democratic) Unopposed
Louisiana 3	Patrick T. Caffery	Democratic	1968	Incumbent retired. Republican gain.	Y Dave Treen (Republican) 54.0% J. Louis Watkins Jr. (Democratic) 46.0%
Louisiana 4	Joe Waggonner	Democratic	1961	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Joe Waggonner (Democratic) Unopposed
Louisiana 5	Otto Passman	Democratic	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Otto Passman (Democratic) Unopposed
Louisiana 6	John Rarick	Democratic	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John Rarick (Democratic) Unopposed
Louisiana 7	John Breaux	Democratic	1972 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John Breaux (Democratic) Unopposed
Louisiana 8	Speedy Long	Democratic	1964	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	Y Gillis William Long (Democratic) 68.5% S. R. Abramson (American) 16.8% Roy C. Strickland (Republican) 14.6%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Maine 1	Peter Kyros	Democratic	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Peter Kyros (Democratic) 59.4% L. Robert Porteous Jr. (Republican) 40.6%
Maine 2	William Hathaway	Democratic	1964	Retired to run for U.S. Senator. Republican gain.	Y William Cohen (Republican) 54.4% Elmer H. Violette (Democratic) 45.6%

Maryland's redistricting eliminated a seat in Baltimore in favor of an additional seat in the DC suburbs.^[8]

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Maryland 1	William Oswald Mills	Republican	1971 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Y William Oswald Mills (Republican) 70.5% John R. Hargreaves (Democratic) 29.5%
Maryland 2	Clarence Long	Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Clarence Long (Democratic) 65.8% John J. Bishop Jr. (Republican) 34.2%
Maryland 3	Edward Garmatz	Democratic	1947 (Special)	Incumbent retired. Democratic loss.	Y Paul Sarbanes (Democratic) 69.7% Robert D. Morrow (Republican) 30.3%
	Paul Sarbanes Redistricted from the 4th district	Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.
Maryland 4	None (district created)			New seat. Republican gain.	Y Marjorie Holt (Republican) 59.4% Werner Fornos (Democratic) 40.6%
Maryland 5	Lawrence Hogan	Republican	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Lawrence Hogan (Republican) 62.9% Edward T. Conroy (Democratic) 37.1%
Maryland 6	Goodloe Byron	Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Goodloe Byron (Democratic) 64.8% Edward J. Mason (Republican) 35.2%
Maryland 7	Parren Mitchell	Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Parren Mitchell (Democratic) 80.0% Verdell Adair (Republican) 20.0%
Maryland 8	Gilbert Gude	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Gilbert Gude (Republican) 63.9% Joseph G. Anastasi (Democratic) 36.1%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Massachusetts 1	Silvio O. Conte	Republican	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Silvio O. Conte (Republican) Unopposed
Massachusetts 2	Edward Boland	Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Edward Boland (Democratic) Unopposed
Massachusetts 3	Harold Donohue Redistricted from the 4th district	Democratic	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Harold Donohue (Democratic) Unopposed
Massachusetts 4	Robert Drinan Redistricted from the 3rd district	Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Robert Drinan (Democratic) 68.9% Martin A. Linsky (Republican) 23.4% John Collins (Ind Con) 7.7%
Massachusetts 5	F. Bradford Morse	Republican	1960	Resigned when appointed to United Nations Republican hold.	Y Paul W. Cronin (Republican) 53.4% John Kerry (Democratic) 44.7% Roger Durkin (Independent) 1.8%
Massachusetts 6	Michael J. Harrington	Democratic	1969 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Michael J. Harrington (Democratic) 64.1% James Brady Moseley (Republican) 35.9%
Massachusetts 7	Torbert Macdonald	Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Torbert Macdonald (Democratic) 67.7% Joan M. Aliberti (Republican) 32.3%
Massachusetts 8	Tip O'Neill	Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Tip O'Neill (Democratic) 88.7% John Powers (Socialist Workers) 11.3%
Massachusetts 9	Louise Day Hicks	Democratic	1970	Incumbent lost re-election. Independent Democratic gain.[a]	Y Joe Moakley (Independent Democratic) 43.2%[a] Louise Day Hicks (Democratic) 41.1% Howard M. Miller (Republican) 14.2% Jeanne Lafferty (Independent) 1.5%
Massachusetts 10	Margaret Heckler	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Margaret Heckler (Republican) Unopposed
Massachusetts 11	James A. Burke	Democratic	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	Y James A. Burke (Democratic) Unopposed
Massachusetts 12	Hastings Keith	Republican	1958	Incumbent retired. Democratic gain.	Y Gerry Studds (Democratic) 50.3% William D. Weeks (Republican) 49.7%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Michigan 1	John Conyers Jr.	Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John Conyers Jr. (Democratic) 88.4% Walter F. Girardot (Republican) 10.8% Nina J. Hubbard (American Independent) 0.5% Maceo Carl Dixon (Socialist Workers) 0.2%
Michigan 2	Marvin L. Esch	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Marvin L. Esch (Republican) 56.0% Marvin R. Stempien (Democratic) 43.3% Henry W. Kroes Jr. (American Independent) 0.7%
Michigan 3	Garry E. Brown	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Garry E. Brown (Republican) 59.2% James T. Brignall (Democratic) 39.9% Marvin P. Lightvoet (American Independent) 0.9%
Michigan 4	J. Edward Hutchinson	Republican	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	Y J. Edward Hutchinson (Republican) 67.3% Charles Jameson (Democratic) 32.7%
Michigan 5	Gerald Ford	Republican	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Gerald Ford (Republican) 61.1% Jean McKee (Democratic) 37.7% Dwight W. Johnson (American Independent) 1.1% Frank Girard (Soc-Lab) 0.1% Alan Lee Maki (Communist) 0.07%
Michigan 6	Charles E. Chamberlain	Republican	1956	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Charles E. Chamberlain (Republican) 50.6% Milton Robert Carr (Democratic) 49.4%
Michigan 7	Donald Riegle	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Donald Riegle (Republican) 70.1% Eugene L. Mattison (Democratic) 29.9%
Michigan 8	R. James Harvey	Republican	1960	Incumbent re-elected.	Y R. James Harvey (Republican) 59.3% Jerome T. Hart (Democratic) 39.4% John B. Lipinski (American Independent) 1.3%
Michigan 9	Guy Vander Jagt	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Guy Vander Jagt (Republican) 69.4% Lawrence H. Olson (Democratic) 29.5% DeLoyd G. Hesselink (American Independent) 1.1%
Michigan 10	Elford Albin Cederberg	Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Elford Albin Cederberg (Republican) 66.7% Benjamin D. Graves (Democratic) 30.9% Richard Friske (American Independent) 2.4%
Michigan 11	Philip Ruppe	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Philip Ruppe (Republican) 69.4% James E. McNamara (Democratic) 29.8% James P. Hoy (American Independent) 0.8%
Michigan 12	James G. O'Hara	Democratic	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	Y James G. O'Hara (Democratic) 50.8% David M. Serotkin (Republican) 49.2%
Michigan 13	Charles Diggs	Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Charles Diggs (Democratic) 85.6% Leonard T. Edwards (Republican) 13.3% Raymond D. Moon (American Independent) 0.6% Nanci Kinker (Socialist Workers) 0.4%
Michigan 14	Lucien Nedzi	Democratic	1961 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Lucien Nedzi (Democratic) 54.9% Robert V. McGrath (Republican) 45.1%
Michigan 15	William D. Ford	Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	Y William D. Ford (Democratic) 65.8% Ernest C. Fackler (Republican) 32.9% Aldi C. Fuhrmann (American Independent) 1.3%
Michigan 16	John D. Dingell Jr.	Democratic	1955 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John D. Dingell Jr. (Democratic) 68.1% William E. Rostron (Republican) 29.8% Peter P. Gayner (American Independent) 2.2%
Michigan 17	Martha W. Griffiths	Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Martha W. Griffiths (Democratic) 66.4% Ralph E. Judd (Republican) 32.5% Hector M. McGregor (American Independent) 0.8% Christy L. Wallace (Socialist Workers) 0.3%
Michigan 18	None (district created)			New seat. Republican gain.	Y Robert J. Huber (Republican) 52.6% Daniel S. Cooper (Democratic) 47.4%
Michigan 19	Jack H. McDonald	Republican	1966	Incumbent lost renomination. Republican loss.	Y William Broomfield (Republican) 70.4% George Montgomery (Democratic) 28.6% Henry Lloyd George (American Independent) 1.0%
	William Broomfield Redistricted from the 18th district	Republican	1956	Incumbent re-elected.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Minnesota 1	Al Quie	Republican	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Al Quie (Republican) 70.7% Charles S. Thompson (Democratic (DFL)) 29.3%
Minnesota 2	Ancher Nelsen	Republican	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Ancher Nelsen (Republican) 57.1% Charlie Turnbull (Democratic (DFL)) 42.9%
Minnesota 3	Bill Frenzel	Republican	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Bill Frenzel (Republican) 62.9% Jim Bell (Democratic (DFL)) 31.3% Donald H. Wright (Taxpayers) 5.8%
Minnesota 4	Joseph Karth	Democratic (DFL)	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Joseph Karth (Democratic (DFL)) 72.4% Steve Thompson (Republican) 27.6%
Minnesota 5	Donald M. Fraser	Democratic (DFL)	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Donald M. Fraser (Democratic (DFL)) 65.8% Allan Davisson (Republican) 24.4% Norm Selby (Taxpayers) 7.7% William E. Peterson (Socialist Workers) 2.1%
Minnesota 6	John M. Zwach	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John M. Zwach (Republican) 51.0% Rick Nolan (Democratic (DFL)) 49.0%
Minnesota 7	Robert Bergland	Democratic (DFL)	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Robert Bergland (Democratic (DFL)) 59.0% Jon O. Haaven (Republican) 41.0%
Minnesota 8	John Blatnik	Democratic (DFL)	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John Blatnik (Democratic (DFL)) 75.9% Edward Johnson (Republican) 24.1%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Mississippi 1	Jamie Whitten Redistricted from the 2nd district	Democratic	1941 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Jamie Whitten (Democratic) Unopposed
Mississippi 2	Thomas Abernethy Redistricted from the 1st district	Democratic	1942	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	Y David R. Bowen (Democratic) 61.9% Carl Butler (Republican) 34.7% Robert J. Coleman (Independent) 2.5% Norman Smith (Independent) 0.9%
Mississippi 3	Sonny Montgomery Redistricted from the 4th district	Democratic	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Sonny Montgomery (Democratic) Unopposed
Mississippi 4	Charles H. Griffin Redistricted from the 3rd district	Democratic	1968	Incumbent retired. Republican gain.	Y Thad Cochran (Republican) 47.9% Ellis B. Bodron (Democratic) 44.0% Eddie L. McBride (Independent) 8.2%
Mississippi 5	William M. Colmer	Democratic	1932	Incumbent retired. Republican gain.	Y Trent Lott (Republican) 55.3% Ben Stone (Democratic) 44.2% Earnest J. Creel (Independent) 0.5%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Missouri 1	Bill Clay	Democratic	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Bill Clay (Democratic) 64.0% Richard O. Funsch (Republican) 36.0%
Missouri 2	James W. Symington	Democratic	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	Y James W. Symington (Democratic) 63.5% John W. 'Jack' Cooper Jr. (Republican) 36.5%
Missouri 3	Leonor Sullivan	Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Leonor Sullivan (Democratic) 69.3% Albert Holst (Republican) 30.4% Charles H. Byford (Independent) 0.3%
Missouri 4	William J. Randall	Democratic	1959 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Y William J. Randall (Democratic) 57.4% Raymond E. Barrows (Republican) 42.6%
Missouri 5	Richard Walker Bolling	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Richard Walker Bolling (Democratic) 62.8% Vernon E. Rice (Republican) 35.6% Stella Sollars (Independent) 1.6%
Missouri 6	William Raleigh Hull Jr.	Democratic	1954	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	Y Jerry Litton (Democratic) 54.6% Russell Sloan (Republican) 45.4%
Missouri 7	Durward Gorham Hall	Republican	1960	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	Y Gene Taylor (Republican) 63.7% Bill Thomas (Democratic) 36.3%
Missouri 8	Richard Howard Ichord Jr.	Democratic	1960	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Richard Howard Ichord Jr. (Democratic) 62.1% David R. Countie (Republican) 37.9%
Missouri 9	William L. Hungate	Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	Y William L. Hungate (Democratic) 66.5% Robert L. Prange (Republican) 33.5%
Missouri 10	Bill Burlison	Democratic	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Bill Burlison (Democratic) 64.3% Marion Francis Svendrowski (Republican) 35.7%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Montana 1	Richard G. Shoup	Republican	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Richard G. Shoup (Republican) 53.7% Arnold Olsen (Democratic) 46.3%
Montana 2	John Melcher	Democratic	1969 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John Melcher (Democratic) 76.1% Dick Forester (Republican) 23.9%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Nebraska 1	Charles Thone	Republican	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Charles Thone (Republican) 64.2% Darrel E. Berg (Democratic) 35.8%
Nebraska 2	John Y. McCollister	Republican	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John Y. McCollister (Republican) 63.9% Patrick L. Cooney (Democratic) 36.1%
Nebraska 3	David Martin	Republican	1960	Incumbent re-elected.	Y David Martin (Republican) 69.6% Warren Fitzgerald (Democratic) 30.4%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Nevada at-large	Walter S. Baring Jr.	Democratic	1948 1952 (defeated) 1956	Incumbent lost renomination. Republican gain.	Y David Towell (Republican) 52.2% James Bilbray (Democratic) 47.8%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
New Hampshire 1	Louis C. Wyman	Republican	1962 1964 (defeated) 1966	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Louis C. Wyman (Republican) 72.9% Chester Earl Merrow (Democratic) 27.1%
New Hampshire 2	James Colgate Cleveland	Republican	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	Y James Colgate Cleveland (Republican) 67.9% Charles B. Officer (Democratic) 32.1%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
New Jersey 1	John E. Hunt	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John E. Hunt (Republican) 52.5% James Florio (Democratic) 47.0% Raymond V. S. Miller (Independent) 0.2% Dominic W. Doganiero (Soc-Lab) 0.1% Gerrit Hoogenrad (Socialist) 0.1%
New Jersey 2	Charles W. Sandman Jr.	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Charles W. Sandman Jr. (Republican) 65.7% John D. Rose (Democratic) 34.3%
New Jersey 3	James J. Howard	Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	Y James J. Howard (Democratic) 53.0% William F. Dowd (Republican) 47.0%
New Jersey 4	Frank Thompson	Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Frank Thompson (Democratic) 58.0% Peter P. Garibaldi (Republican) 42.0%
New Jersey 5	Peter Frelinghuysen Jr.	Republican	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Peter Frelinghuysen Jr. (Republican) 62.0% Frederick M. Bohen (Democratic) 38.0%
New Jersey 6	Edwin B. Forsythe	Republican	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Edwin B. Forsythe (Republican) 62.8% Francis P. Brennan (Democratic) 36.1% Ida C. Ebert (Independent) 0.6% Bernardo S. Doganiero (Soc-Lab) 0.5%
New Jersey 7	William B. Widnall	Republican	1950	Incumbent re-elected.	Y William B. Widnall (Republican) 57.9% Arthur J. Lesemann (Democratic) 39.9% Martin E. Wendelken (Independent) 2.1%
New Jersey 8	Robert A. Roe	Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Robert A. Roe (Democratic) 63.1% Walter E. Johnson (Republican) 36.9%
New Jersey 9	Henry Helstoski	Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Henry Helstoski (Democratic) 55.8% Alfred D. Schiaffo (Republican) 44.2%
New Jersey 10	Peter W. Rodino	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Peter W. Rodino (Democratic) 79.7% Kenneth C. Miller (Republican) 20.3%
New Jersey 11	Joseph Minish	Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Joseph Minish (Democratic) 57.5% Milton A. Waldor (Republican) 39.7% Philip R. Nicolaus (Independent) 1.5% James R. Klimaski (Peoples) 1.3%
New Jersey 12	Florence P. Dwyer	Republican	1956	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	Y Matthew John Rinaldo (Republican) 63.5% Jerry Fitzgerald English (Democratic) 36.2% Stanley Bogus (Independent) 0.4%
New Jersey 13	None (district created)			New seat. Republican gain.	Y Joseph J. Maraziti (Republican) 55.7% Helen Stevenson Meyner (Democratic) 42.9% Samuel Golub (Independent) 1.4%
New Jersey 14	Dominick V. Daniels	Democratic	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Dominick V. Daniels (Democratic) 61.2% Richard T. Bozzone (Republican) 34.3% Edward F. Zampella (Independent) 3.1% Perfecto Oyola (Independent) 0.9% Vincent J. Carrino (Independent) 0.5%
	Cornelius Gallagher Redistricted from the 13th district	Democratic	1958	Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic loss.
New Jersey 15	Edward J. Patten	Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Edward J. Patten (Democratic) 52.3% Fuller H. Brooks (Republican) 47.7%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
New Mexico 1	Manuel Lujan Jr.