1982 United States House of Representatives elections

1982 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 Tip O'Neill Bob Michel Party Democratic Republican Leader since January 4, 1977 January 3, 1981 Leader's seat Massachusetts 8th Illinois 18th Last election 243 seats 191 seats Seats won 269 165 Seat change 26 26 Popular vote 35,284,473 27,625,593 Percentage 55.2% 43.4% Swing 4.7% 4.4%   Third party   Party Conservative Last election 1[a] Seats won 1[a] Seat change Popular vote 140,404 Percentage 0.2% Swing 0.1%
Results:      Democratic hold      Democratic gain      Republican hold      Republican gain      Conservative hold
Speaker before election Tip O'Neill Democratic Elected Speaker Tip O'Neill Democratic

The 1982 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives held on November 2, 1982, to elect members to serve in the 98th United States Congress. They occurred in the middle of President Ronald Reagan's first term, whose popularity was sinking due to economic conditions under the 1982 recession. The President's Republican Party lost seats in the House, which could be viewed as a response to the President's approval at the time. Unlike most midterm election cycles, the number of seats lost—26 seats to the Democratic Party—was a comparatively large swap. It included most of the seats that had been gained the previous election, cementing the Democratic majority.^[1] Coincidentally, the number of seats the Democrats picked up (26), was the exact amount the Republicans would have needed to win the House majority. It was the first election held after the 1980 United States redistricting cycle.

In the previous election of 1980 Republicans gained many seats as the result of President Ronald Reagan's coattails. In 1982, 14 freshman representatives who ran for re-election lost their seats.

To date, this election marks the last time the Democrats picked up a House seat in West Virginia. It was also the last time the party holding the White House won independent voters in a congressional midterm election until 2022.^[2]

393 incumbent members sought reelection, but 10 were defeated in primaries and 29 defeated in the general election for a total of 354 incumbents winning.^[3]

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269	1	165
Democratic	C	Republican

Parties		Seats				Popular vote
		1980	1982	+/-	Strength	Vote	%	Change
	Democratic Party	243	269	26	61.8%	35,284,473	55.2%	4.7%
	Republican Party	191	165	26	38.0%	27,625,593	43.4%	4.4%
	Libertarian Party	0	0		0.0%	462,767	0.7%
	Conservative Party	1	1		0.2%	140,404	0.2%	0.1%
	Independent	0	0		0.0%	120,476	0.2%	0.1%
	Right to Life Party	0	0		0.0%	45,819	0.1%
	Milton Street Party	0	0		0.0%	35,205	0.1%	0.1%
	Peace and Freedom Party	0	0		0.0%	34,422	0.1%
	Others	0	0		0.0%	131,685	0.2%
Total		435	435	0	100.0%	63,880,844	100.0%
Source: Election Statistics – Office of the Clerk

Popular vote Democratic   55.23% Republican   43.37% Libertarian   0.72% Conservative   0.22% Others   0.46%

House seats Democratic   61.84% Republican   37.93% Conservative   0.23%

39 representatives retired. 31 of those seats were held by the same party; 8 seats changed parties.

18 Democrats retired. 11 of those seats were held by Democrats, 4 were won by Republicans, and 3 seats were eliminated in redistricting.

1. California 5: John L. Burton, was succeeded by Barbara Boxer (with district being renumbered as California 6).
2. Georgia 1: Ronald 'Bo' Ginn, to run for Governor of Georgia, was succeeded by Lindsay Thomas.
3. Michigan 17: William M. Brodhead, was succeeded by Sander Levin.
4. Missouri 5: Richard Bolling, was succeeded by Alan Wheat.
5. New York 12: Shirley Chisholm, was succeeded by Major Owens.
6. North Carolina 2: Lawrence H. Fountain, was succeeded by Tim Valentine.
7. South Carolina 5: Kenneth Lamar Holland, was succeeded by John Spratt.
8. Texas 5: Jim Mattox, to run for Attorney General of Texas, was succeeded by John Wiley Bryant.
9. Texas 16: Richard C. White, was succeeded by Ronald D. Coleman.
10. West Virginia 1: Bob Mollohan, was succeeded by Alan Mollohan.
11. Wisconsin 5: Henry Reuss, was succeeded by Jim Moody.

1. Connecticut 6: Toby Moffett, to run for U.S. senator, was succeeded by Nancy Johnson.
2. Mississippi 2: David R. Bowen, was succeeded by Webb Franklin.
3. Nevada at-large: James David Santini, to run for U.S. senator, was succeeded by Barbara Vucanovich (with district being renumbered as Nevada 2).
4. Pennsylvania 17: Allen E. Ertel, to run for Governor of Pennsylvania, was succeeded by George Gekas.

1. Indiana 2: Floyd Fithian who ran for U.S. senator.
2. Michigan 18: James J. Blanchard who ran for Governor of Michigan.
3. New York 22: Jonathan Brewster Bingham.

21 Republicans retired. 11 of those seats were held by Republicans, 4 were won by Democrats, and 6 seats were eliminated in redistricting.

1. Arizona 1: John Jacob Rhodes, was succeeded by John McCain.
2. California 12: Pete McCloskey, to run for U.S. senator, was succeeded by Ed Zschau.
3. California 43: Clair Burgener, was succeeded by Ron Packard.
4. Florida 10: Louis A. Bafalis, to run for Governor of Florida, was succeeded by Tom Lewis (with district being renumbered as Florida 12).
5. Maine 1: David F. Emery, to run for U.S. senator, was succeeded by John R. McKernan Jr.
6. New York 31: Donald J. Mitchell, was succeeded by Sherwood Boehlert (with district being renumbered as New York 25).
7. Ohio 7: Bud Brown, to run for Governor of Ohio, was succeeded by Mike DeWine.
8. Pennsylvania 24: Marc L. Marks, was succeeded by Tom Ridge (with district being renumbered as Pennsylvania 21).
9. Tennessee 6: Robin Beard, to run for U.S. senator, was succeeded by Don Sundquist (with district being renumbered as Tennessee 7).
10. Texas 3: James M. Collins, to run for U.S. senator, was succeeded by Steve Bartlett.
11. Virginia 1: Paul S. Trible Jr., to run for U.S. senator, was succeeded by Herbert H. Bateman.

1. California 27: Bob Dornan, to run for U.S. senator, was succeeded by Mel Levine.
2. Kansas 2: James Edmund Jeffries, was succeeded by Jim Slattery.
3. West Virginia 2: Cleve Benedict, to run for U.S. senator, was succeeded by Harley O. Staggers Jr.
4. Virginia 6: M. Caldwell Butler, was succeeded by Jim Olin.

1. California 20: Barry Goldwater Jr., who ran for U.S. senator.
2. Illinois 13: Robert McClory.
3. New Jersey 5: Millicent Fenwick, who ran for U.S. senator.
4. New York 3: Gregory W. Carman.
5. Ohio 11: J. William Stanton.
6. Ohio 17: Jean Spencer Ashbrook.

As a result of redistricting, many incumbents were forced to compete against each other in the same district, which resulted in a larger number of incumbents being defeated in primaries.

10 representatives lost renomination: 6 lost in redistricting battles pitting incumbents against each other, and 4 lost nomination to non-incumbent challengers.

6 Democrats lost renomination: 3 in redistricting races and 3 to a non-incumbent challenger. All the seats were held by Democrats.

1. Georgia 8: Billy Lee Evans lost to challenger J. Roy Rowland.
2. Illinois 5: John G. Fary lost to challenger Bill Lipinski.
3. Indiana 11: David W. Evans lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent Andrew Jacobs Jr.
4. Ohio 19: Ronald M. Mottl lost to challenger Ed Feighan.
5. Pennsylvania 1: Joseph F. Smith lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent Thomas M. Foglietta.
6. Pennsylvania 12: Donald A. Bailey lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent John Murtha.

4 Republicans lost renomination: 3 in redistricting races and 1 to a non-incumbent challenger.

These primary winners later won the general election.

1. California 33: Wayne R. Grisham lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent David Dreier.
2. Illinois 4: Ed Derwinski lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent George M. O'Brien.
3. New York 27: Gary A. Lee lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent George C. Wortley.

1. Illinois 17: Tom Railsback lost to challenger Kenneth G. McMillan, who later lost the general election to Lane Evans.

Three incumbent Democrats lost re-election; two lost to Republican incumbents and one to a non-incumbent challenger.

1. New York 14: Leo C. Zeferetti lost a redistricting race to Guy V. Molinari.
2. New York 22: Peter A. Peyser lost a redistricting race to Benjamin A. Gilman.

1. Ohio 12: Bob Shamansky lost to John Kasich.

Twenty-six incumbent Republicans lost re-election; five loss to Democratic incumbents while twenty-one loss to non-incumbent challengers, ten of whom were first elected in 1980.

1. California 30: John H. Rousselot lost a redistricting race to Matthew G. Martinez.
2. Massachusetts 4: Margaret Heckler lost a redistricting race to Barney Frank.
3. Missouri 4: Wendell Bailey lost a redistricting race to Ike Skelton.
4. New York 3: John LeBoutillier lost a redistricting race to Robert J. Mrazek.
5. South Dakota at-large: Clint Roberts lost a redistricting race to Tom Daschle.

1. Alabama 6: Albert L. Smith Jr. lost to Ben Erdreich.
2. California 1: Donald H. Clausen lost to Douglas H. Bosco.
3. Connecticut 3: Lawrence J. DeNardis lost to Bruce A. Morrison.
4. Delaware at-large: Tom Evans lost to Thomas R. Carper.
5. Illinois 20: Paul Findley lost to Dick Durbin.
6. Indiana 8: H. Joel Deckard lost to Frank McCloskey.
7. Michigan 6: James Whitney Dunn lost to Milton Robert Carr.
8. Minnesota 1: Tom Hagedorn lost to Tim Penny.
9. Minnesota 6: Arlen Erdahl lost to Gerry Sikorski.
10. New Jersey 9: Harold C. Hollenbeck lost to Robert Torricelli.
11. North Carolina 6: Walter E. Johnston, III lost to Charles Robin Britt.
12. North Carolina 11: Bill Hendon lost to James M. Clarke.
13. Ohio 9: Ed Weber lost to Marcy Kaptur.
14. Pennsylvania 3: Charles F. Dougherty lost to Robert A. Borski, Jr.
15. Pennsylvania 4: Eugene Atkinson lost to Joseph P. Kolter.
16. Pennsylvania 8: James K. Coyne, III lost to Peter H. Kostmayer.
17. Pennsylvania 11: James L. Nelligan lost to Frank Harrison.
18. South Carolina 6: John Light Napier lost to Robin Tallon.
19. Virginia 4: Robert Daniel lost to Norman Sisisky.
20. Virginia 9: William C. Wampler lost to Rick Boucher.
21. West Virginia 3: Mick Staton lost to Bob Wise.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Connecticut 1	William Cotter	Democratic	1970	Incumbent died September 8, 1981. New member elected January 11, 1982. Democratic hold. Winner was subsequently re-elected in November.	▌Y Barbara Kennelly (Democratic) 58.8% ▌Antonina P. Uccello (Republican) 41.2%
Ohio 17	John M. Ashbrook	Republican	1960	Incumbent died April 24, 1982. New member elected June 19, 1982. Republican hold. Winner did not seek re-election in November.	▌Y Jean Spencer Ashbrook (Republican) 73.9% ▌Jack Koelbl (Democratic) 26.1%
California 30	George Danielson	Democratic	1970	Incumbent resigned March 9, 1982 to become Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeals. New member elected July 13, 1982. Democratic hold. Winner was subsequently re-elected in November.	▌Y Matthew G. Martinez (Democratic) 51% ▌Ralph R. Ramirez (Republican) 49%
Indiana 1	Adam Benjamin Jr.	Democratic	1976	Incumbent died September 7, 1982. New member elected November 2, 1982. Democratic hold. Successor was also elected the same day to the next term; see below.	▌Y Katie Hall (Democratic) [data missing]

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Alabama 1	Jack Edwards	Republican	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jack Edwards (Republican) 61.0% ▌Steve Gudac (Democratic) 37.7% ▌William Springer (Libertarian) 1.3%
Alabama 2	William Louis Dickinson	Republican	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William Louis Dickinson (Republican) 50.4% ▌Billy Joe Camp (Democratic) 49.6%
Alabama 3	William Flynt Nichols	Democratic	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William Flynt Nichols (Democratic) 96.3% ▌Richard David Landers (Libertarian) 3.7%
Alabama 4	Tom Bevill	Democratic	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Tom Bevill (Democratic) Uncontested
Alabama 5	Ronnie Flippo	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ronnie Flippo (Democratic) 80.7% ▌Leo Yambrek (Republican) 18.2% ▌Kenneth Ament (Libertarian) 1.1%
Alabama 6	Albert L. Smith Jr.	Republican	1980	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y Ben Erdreich (Democratic) 53.2% ▌Albert L. Smith Jr. (Republican) 46.4% ▌Charles Ewing (Libertarian) 0.4%
Alabama 7	Richard Shelby	Democratic	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Richard Shelby (Democratic) 96.8% ▌James Jones (Libertarian) 3.2%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Alaska at-large	Don Young	Republican	1973 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Don Young (Republican) 70.8% ▌Dave Carlson (Democratic) 28.7%

Arizona received an additional seat at reapportionment and added a 5th district in the southeast of the state.^[4]

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Arizona 1	John Jacob Rhodes	Republican	1952	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y John McCain (Republican) 65.9% ▌Bill Hegarty (Democratic) 30.5% ▌Richard K. Dodge (Libertarian) 3.6%
Arizona 2	Mo Udall	Democratic	1961 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Mo Udall (Democratic) 70.9% ▌Roy B. Laos (Republican) 27.4% ▌Jessica Sampson (Socialist Labor) 1.7%
Arizona 3	Bob Stump	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected as a Republican. Republican gain.	▌Y Bob Stump (Republican) 63.3% ▌Pat Bosch (Democratic) 36.7%
Arizona 4	Eldon Rudd	Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Eldon Rudd (Republican) 65.7% ▌Wayne O. Earley (Democratic) 30.4% ▌Dick Stauffer (Libertarian) 3.9%
Arizona 5	None (district created)			New seat. Democratic gain.	▌Y Jim McNulty (Democratic) 49.7% ▌Jim Kolbe (Republican) 48.3% ▌Richard D. Auster (Libertarian) 2.0%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Arkansas 1	Bill Alexander	Democratic	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bill Alexander (Democratic) 64.8% ▌Chuck Banks (Republican) 35.2%
Arkansas 2	Ed Bethune	Republican	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ed Bethune (Republican) 53.9% ▌Charles L. George (Democratic) 46.1%
Arkansas 3	John Paul Hammerschmidt	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Paul Hammerschmidt (Republican) 66.0% ▌Jim McDougal (Democratic) 34.0%
Arkansas 4	Beryl Anthony Jr.	Democratic	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Beryl Anthony Jr. (Democratic) 65.6% ▌Bob Leslie (Republican) 34.4%

The delegation increased from 43 to 45 seats. To create the two-seat net gain, five seats with no incumbent were added.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
California 1	Donald H. Clausen Redistricted from the 2nd district	Republican	1963 (special)	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y Douglas H. Bosco (Democratic) 49.8% ▌Donald H. Clausen (Republican) 47.2% ▌David Redick (Libertarian) 2.9%
California 2	Eugene A. Chappie Redistricted from the 1st district	Republican	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Eugene A. Chappie (Republican) 57.9% ▌John Newmeyer (Democratic) 40.5% ▌Howard Fegarsky (Peace and Freedom) 1.6%
California 3	Bob Matsui	Democratic	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bob Matsui (Democratic) 89.6% ▌Bruce A. Daniel (Libertarian) 7.5% ▌John C. Reiger (Peace and Freedom) 2.9%
California 4	Vic Fazio	Democratic	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Vic Fazio (Democratic) 63.9% ▌Roger B. Canfield (Republican) 36.1%
California 5	Phillip Burton Redistricted from the 6th district	Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Phillip Burton (Democratic) 57.9% ▌Milton Marks (Republican) 40.5% ▌Justin Raimondo (Libertarian) 1.6%
California 6	John L. Burton Redistricted from the 5th district	Democratic	1974	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y Barbara Boxer (Democratic) 52.4% ▌Dennis McQuaid (Republican) 44.6% ▌Howard C. Creighton (Libertarian) 1.7% ▌Timothy-Allen Albertson (Peace and Freedom) 1.3%
California 7	George Miller	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y George Miller (Democratic) 67.2% ▌Paul E. Vallely (Republican) 30.2% ▌Rich Newell (Libertarian) 1.5% ▌Terry L. Wells (American Independent) 1.2%
California 8	Ron Dellums	Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ron Dellums (Democratic) 55.9% ▌Claude B. Hutchison Jr. (Republican) 44.1%
California 9	Pete Stark	Democratic	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Pete Stark (Democratic) 60.7% ▌Bill Kennedy (Republican) 39.3%
California 10	Don Edwards	Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Don Edwards (Democratic) 62.7% ▌Bob Herriott (Republican) 33.7% ▌Dale Burrow (Libertarian) 1.9% ▌Edmon V. Kaiser (American Independent) 1.7%
California 11	Tom Lantos	Democratic	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Tom Lantos (Democratic) 57.1% ▌William Royer (Republican) 39.7% ▌Chuck Olson (Libertarian) 1.5% ▌Wilson Branch (Peace and Freedom) 1.0% ▌Nicholas Kudrovzeff (American Independent) 0.6%
California 12	Pete McCloskey	Republican	1967 (special)	Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. Republican hold.	▌Y Ed Zschau (Republican) 63.0% ▌Emmett Lynch (Democratic) 33.5% ▌Bill White (Libertarian) 3.5%
California 13	Norman Mineta	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Norman Mineta (Democratic) 65.9% ▌Tom Kelly (Republican) 31.4% ▌Al Hinkle (Libertarian) 2.7%
California 14	Norman D. Shumway	Republican	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Norman D. Shumway (Republican) 63.4% ▌Baron Reed (Democratic) 36.6%
California 15	Tony Coelho	Democratic	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Tony Coelho (Democratic) 63.7% ▌Ed Bates (Republican) 34.0% ▌Stephen L. Gerringer (Libertarian) 2.3%
California 16	Leon Panetta	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Leon Panetta (Democratic) 85.5% ▌G. Richard Arnold (Republican) 14.3%
California 17	Chip Pashayan	Republican	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Chip Pashayan (Republican) 54.0% ▌Gene Tackett (Democratic) 46.0%
California 18	None (district created)			New seat. Democratic gain.	▌Y Richard H. Lehman (Democratic) 59.5% ▌Adrian C. Fondse (Republican) 38.3% ▌Marshall William Fritz (Libertarian) 2.2%
California 19	Bob Lagomarsino	Republican	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bob Lagomarsino (Republican) 61.1% ▌Frank Frost (Democratic) 35.8% ▌R. C. Gordon-McCutchan (Libertarian) 2.3% ▌Charles J. Zekan (Peace and Freedom) 0.8%
California 20	Bill Thomas Redistricted from the 18th district	Republican	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bill Thomas (Republican) 68.1% ▌Robert J. Bethea (Democratic) 31.9%
California 21	Bobbi Fiedler	Republican	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bobbi Fiedler (Republican) 71.8% ▌George Henry Margolis (Democratic) 24.1% ▌Daniel Wiener (Libertarian) 4.1%
	Barry Goldwater Jr. Redistricted from the 20th district	Republican	1969 (special)	Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. Republican loss.
California 22	Carlos Moorhead	Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Carlos Moorhead (Republican) 73.6% ▌Harvey L. Goldhammer (Democratic) 23.5% ▌Robert T. Gerringer (Libertarian) 3.0%
California 23	Anthony Beilenson	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Anthony Beilenson (Democratic) 59.6% ▌David Armor (Republican) 40.4%
California 24	Henry Waxman	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Henry Waxman (Democratic) 65.1% ▌Jerry Zerg (Republican) 31.0% ▌Jeff Mandel (Libertarian) 4.0%
California 25	Edward R. Roybal	Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Edward R. Roybal (Democratic) 85.5% ▌Daniel John Gorham (Libertarian) 14.5%
California 26	None (district created)			New district. Democratic gain.	▌Y Howard Berman (Democratic) 59.6% ▌Hal Phillips (Republican) 40.4%
California 27	Bob Dornan	Republican	1976	Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. Democratic gain.	▌Y Mel Levine (Democratic) 59.5% ▌Bart W. Christensen (Republican) 37.0% ▌Zack Richardson (Libertarian) 3.5%
California 28	Julian Dixon	Democratic	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Julian Dixon (Democratic) 78.9% ▌David Goerz (Republican) 18.7% ▌David W. Meleney (Libertarian) 2.4%
California 29	Augustus Hawkins	Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Augustus Hawkins (Democratic) 79.8% ▌Milton R. Mackaig (Republican) 20.2%
California 30	Matthew G. Martínez	Democratic	1982	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Matthew G. Martínez (Democratic) 53.9% ▌John H. Rousselot (Republican) 46.1%
	John H. Rousselot Redistricted from the 26th district	Republican	1960 1962 (defeated) 1970 (special)	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican loss.
California 31	Mervyn Dymally	Democratic	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Mervyn Dymally (Democratic) 72.4% ▌Henry C. Minturn (Republican) 27.6%
California 32	Glenn M. Anderson	Democratic	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Glenn M. Anderson (Democratic) 58.0% ▌Brian Lungren (Republican) 39.6% ▌Eugene E. Ruyle (Peace and Freedom) 2.4%
California 33	Wayne R. Grisham	Republican	1978	Incumbent lost renomination. Republican loss.	▌Y David Dreier (Republican) 65.2% ▌Paul Servelle (Democratic) 32.2% ▌Phillips B. Franklin (Libertarian) 1.3% ▌Mike Noonan (Peace and Freedom) 1.3%
	David Dreier Redistricted from the 35th district	Republican	1980	Incumbent re-elected.
California 34	None (district created)			New seat. Democratic gain.	▌Y Esteban Torres (Democratic) 57.2% ▌Paul R. Jackson (Republican) 42.8%
California 35	Jerry Lewis Redistricted from the 37th district	Republican	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jerry Lewis (Republican) 68.3% ▌Robert E. Erwin (Democratic) 31.7%
California 36	George Brown Jr.	Democratic	1962 1970 (retired) 1972	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y George Brown Jr. (Democratic) 54.3% ▌John Paul Stark (Republican) 45.7%
California 37	None (district created)			New seat. Republican gain.	▌Y Al McCandless (Republican) 59.1% ▌Sam Cross (Democratic) 38.5% ▌Marc R. Wruble (Libertarian) 2.4%
California 38	Jerry M. Patterson	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jerry M. Patterson (Democratic) 52.4% ▌Bill Dohr (Republican) 43.4% ▌Anita K. Barr (Libertarian) 4.2%
California 39	Bill Dannemeyer	Republican	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bill Dannemeyer (Republican) 72.2% ▌Frank G. Verges (Democratic) 26.0% ▌Frank Boeheim (Peace and Freedom) 1.8%
California 40	Robert Badham	Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Robert Badham (Republican) 71.5% ▌Paul Haseman (Democratic) 26.1% ▌Maxine Bell Quirk (Peace and Freedom) 2.4%
California 41	Bill Lowery	Republican	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bill Lowery (Republican) 68.9% ▌Tony Brandenburg (Democratic) 28.8% ▌Everett Hale (Libertarian) 2.3%
California 42	Dan Lungren Redistricted from the 34th district	Republican	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Dan Lungren (Republican) 69.0% ▌James P. Spellman (Democratic) 28.3% ▌John S. Donohue (Peace and Freedom) 2.7%
California 43	Clair Burgener	Republican	1972	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y Ron Packard (Republican) 36.8% ▌Pat Archer (Democratic) 32.1% ▌Johnnie R. Crean (Republican) 31.1%
California 44	None (district created)			New seat. Democratic gain.	▌Y Jim Bates (Democratic) 64.9% ▌Shirley M. Gissendanner (Republican) 31.8% ▌Jim Conole (Libertarian) 3.2%
California 45	Duncan L. Hunter Redistricted from the 42nd district	Republican	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Duncan L. Hunter (Republican) 68.6% ▌Richard Hill (Democratic) 29.2% ▌Jack R. Sanders (Republican) 2.2%

Colorado added a sixth seat in reapportionment, adding the new district near Denver.^[4]

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Colorado 1	Pat Schroeder	Democratic	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Pat Schroeder (Democratic) 60.3% ▌Arch Decker (Republican) 37.4% ▌Robin White (Libertarian) 2.3%
Colorado 2	Tim Wirth	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Tim Wirth (Democratic) 61.8% ▌John C. Buechner (Republican) 36.4% ▌Charles Jackson (Libertarian) 1.7%
Colorado 3	Ray Kogovsek	Democratic	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ray Kogovsek (Democratic) 53.4% ▌Tom Wiens (Republican) 44.8% ▌Stormy Mohn (Libertarian) 1.4% ▌Henry John Olshaw (Independent) 0.4%
Colorado 4	Hank Brown	Republican	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Hank Brown (Republican) 69.8% ▌Bud Bishopp (Democratic) 30.2%
Colorado 5	Ken Kramer	Republican	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ken Kramer (Republican) 59.5% ▌Tom Cronin (Democratic) 40.5%
Colorado 6	None (district created)			New seat. Republican gain.	▌Y Jack Swigert (Republican) 62.2%[b] ▌Steve Hogan (Democratic) 35.6% ▌J. Craig Green (Libertarian) 2.3%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Connecticut 1	Barbara B. Kennelly	Democratic	1982	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Barbara B. Kennelly (Democratic) 68.1% ▌Herschel A. Klein (Republican) 31.2% ▌Daniel M. Landerfin (Libertarian) 0.7%
Connecticut 2	Sam Gejdenson	Democratic	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Sam Gejdenson (Democratic) 55.8% ▌Tony Guglielmo (Republican) 43.5% ▌Donald W. Wood (Libertarian) 0.7%
Connecticut 3	Larry DeNardis	Republican	1980	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y Bruce A. Morrison (Democratic) 50.0% ▌Larry DeNardis (Republican) 49.0% Others ▌Michael R. Cohen (Libertarian) 0.6% ▌Joelle R. Fishman (Communist) 0.4%
Connecticut 4	Stewart McKinney	Republican	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Stewart McKinney (Republican) 56.5% ▌John A. Phillips (Democratic) 42.9% ▌Lothar Frank (Libertarian) 0.7%
Connecticut 5	William R. Ratchford	Democratic	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William R. Ratchford (Democratic) 58.5% ▌Neal B. Hanlon (Republican) 40.8% ▌Jerry Brennan (Libertarian) 0.7%
Connecticut 6	Toby Moffett	Democratic	1974	Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. Republican gain.	▌Y Nancy Johnson (Republican) 51.7% ▌William E. Curry Jr. (Democratic) 47.8% ▌Monte Dunn (Libertarian) 0.6%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Delaware at-large	Tom Evans	Republican	1976	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y Tom Carper (Democratic) 52.4% ▌Tom Evans (Republican) 46.3% Others ▌Mary D. Gies (American) 0.6% ▌Richard A. Cohen (Libertarian) 0.4% ▌David A. Nuttall (Citizens) 0.3%

Florida added 4 new districts, going from 15 to 19 seats, adding a new district near Miami and 3 more in central and southwestern Florida.^[4]

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Florida 1	Earl Hutto	Democratic	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Earl Hutto (Democratic) 74.4% ▌J. Terryl Bechtol (Republican) 25.6%
Florida 2	Don Fuqua	Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Don Fuqua (Democratic) 61.7% ▌Ron McNeil (Republican) 38.3%
Florida 3	Charles E. Bennett	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Charles E. Bennett (Democratic) 84.1% ▌George Grimsley (Republican) 15.9%
Florida 4	Bill Chappell	Democratic	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bill Chappell (Democratic) 66.9% ▌Larry Gaudet (Republican) 33.1%
Florida 5	Bill McCollum	Republican	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bill McCollum (Republican) 58.8% ▌Dick Batchelor (Democratic) 41.2%
Florida 6	None (district created)			New seat. Democratic gain.	▌Y Buddy MacKay (Democratic) 61.4% ▌Ed Havill (Republican) 38.6%
Florida 7	Sam Gibbons	Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Sam Gibbons (Democratic) 74.2% ▌Ken Ayers (Republican) 25.8%
Florida 8	Bill Young Redistricted from the 6th district	Republican	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bill Young (Republican) Uncontested
Florida 9	None (district created)			New seat. Republican gain.	▌Y Michael Bilirakis (Republican) 51.2% ▌George H. Sheldon (Democratic) 48.8%
Florida 10	Andy Ireland Redistricted from the 8th district	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Andy Ireland (Democratic) Uncontested
Florida 11	Bill Nelson Redistricted from the 9th district	Democratic	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bill Nelson (Democratic) 70.6% ▌Joel Robinson (Republican) 29.4%
Florida 12	Skip Bafalis Redistricted from the 10th district	Republican	1972	Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Florida. Republican hold.	▌Y Tom Lewis (Republican) 52.6% ▌Brad Culverhouse (Democratic) 47.4%
Florida 13	None (district created)			New seat. Republican gain.	▌Y Connie Mack III (Republican) 65.1% ▌Dana N. Stevens (Democratic) 34.9%
Florida 14	Dan Mica Redistricted from the 11th district	Democratic	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Dan Mica (Democratic) 73.0% ▌Steve Mitchell (Republican) 27.0%
Florida 15	Clay Shaw Redistricted from the 12th district	Republican	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Clay Shaw (Republican) 57.1% ▌Ed Stack (Democratic) 42.9%
Florida 16	None (district created)			New seat. Democratic gain.	▌Y Larry Smith (Democratic) 67.9% ▌Maurice Berkowitz (Republican) 32.1%
Florida 17	William Lehman Redistricted from the 13th district	Democratic	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William Lehman (Democratic) Uncontested
Florida 18	Claude Pepper Redistricted from the 14th district	Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Claude Pepper (Democratic) 71.2% ▌Ricardo Nunez (Republican) 28.8%
Florida 19	Dante Fascell Redistricted from the 15th district	Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Dante Fascell (Democratic) 58.8% ▌Glenn Rinker (Republican) 41.2%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Georgia 1	Bo Ginn	Democratic	1972	Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Georgia. Democratic hold.	▌Y Lindsay Thomas (Democratic) 64.1% ▌Herb Jones (Republican) 35.9%
Georgia 2	Charles Hatcher	Democratic	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Charles Hatcher (Democratic) 100%
Georgia 3	Jack Brinkley	Democratic	1966	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y Richard Ray (Democratic) 71.0% ▌Tyron Elliott (Republican) 29.0%
Georgia 4	Elliott H. Levitas	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Elliott H. Levitas (Democratic) 65.5% ▌Dick Winder (Republican) 34.5%
Georgia 5	Wyche Fowler	Democratic	1977 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Wyche Fowler (Democratic) 80.8% ▌Billy McKinney (Independent) 13.7% ▌Paul Jones (Republican) 5.5%
Georgia 6	Newt Gingrich	Republican	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Newt Gingrich (Republican) 55.3% ▌Jim Wood (Democratic) 44.7%
Georgia 7	Larry McDonald	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Larry McDonald (Democratic) 61.1% ▌Dave Sellers (Republican) 38.9%
Georgia 8	Billy Lee Evans	Democratic	1976	Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold.	▌Y J. Roy Rowland (Democratic) 100%
Georgia 9	Ed Jenkins	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ed Jenkins (Democratic) 77.0% ▌Charles Sherwood (Republican) 23.0%
Georgia 10	Doug Barnard Jr.	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Doug Barnard Jr. (Democratic) 100%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Hawaii 1	Cecil Heftel	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Cecil Heftel (Democratic) 89.9% ▌Rockne H. Johnson (Libertarian) 10.1%
Hawaii 2	Daniel Akaka	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Daniel Akaka (Democratic) 89.2% ▌Gregory B. Mills (Independent) 6.1% ▌Amelia Lew Fritts (Libertarian) 4.6%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Idaho 1	Larry Craig	Republican	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Larry Craig (Republican) 53.7% ▌Larry LaRocco (Democratic) 46.3%
Idaho 2	George V. Hansen	Republican	1964 1968 (retired) 1974	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y George V. Hansen (Republican) 52.3% ▌Richard H. Stallings (Democratic) 47.7%

Illinois lost two seats at reapportionment, removing two districts with Republican incumbents, and at the same time two other Republican incumbents lost re-election in altered districts.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Illinois 1	Harold Washington	Democratic	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Harold Washington (Democratic) 97.3% ▌Charles Allen Taliaferro (Republican) 2.7%
Illinois 2	Gus Savage	Democratic	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Gus Savage (Democratic) 87.2% ▌Kevin Walker Sparks (Republican) 12.8%
Illinois 3	Marty Russo	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Marty Russo (Democratic) 74.0% ▌Richard D. Murphy (Republican) 26.0%
Illinois 4	Ed Derwinski	Republican	1958	Incumbent lost renomination. Republican loss.	▌Y George M. O'Brien (Republican) 54.6% ▌Michael A. Murer (Democratic) 45.4%
	George M. O'Brien Redistricted from the 17th district	Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 5	John G. Fary	Democratic	1975 (special)	Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold.	▌Y Bill Lipinski (Democratic) 75.4% ▌Daniel J. Partyka (Republican) 24.6%
Illinois 6	Henry Hyde	Republican	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Henry Hyde (Republican) 68.4% ▌LeRoy E. Kennel (Democratic) 31.6%
Illinois 7	Cardiss Collins	Democratic	1973 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Cardiss Collins (Democratic) 86.5% ▌Dan Cheeks (Republican) 13.5%
Illinois 8	Dan Rostenkowski	Democratic	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Dan Rostenkowski (Democratic) 83.4% ▌Bonnie Hickey (Republican) 16.6%
Illinois 9	Sidney R. Yates	Democratic	1948 1962 (retired) 1964	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Sidney R. Yates (Democratic) 66.5% ▌Catherine Bertini (Republican) 32.0% ▌Sheila Jones (Anti-Drug) 1.5%
Illinois 10	John Porter	Republican	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Porter (Republican) 59.0% ▌Eugenia S. Chapman (Democratic) 41.0%
	Robert McClory Redistricted from the 13th district	Republican	1962	Incumbent retired. Republican loss.
Illinois 11	Frank Annunzio	Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Frank Annunzio (Democratic) 72.6% ▌James F. Moynihan (Republican) 27.4%
Illinois 12	Phil Crane	Republican	1969 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Phil Crane (Republican) 66.2% ▌Daniel G. DeFosse (Democratic) 30.7% ▌Joan T. Jarosz (Libertarian) 3.1%
Illinois 13	John N. Erlenborn Redistricted from the 14th district	Republican	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John N. Erlenborn (Republican) 69.8% ▌Bob Bily (Democratic) 30.2%
Illinois 14	Tom Corcoran Redistricted from the 15th district	Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Tom Corcoran (Republican) 64.6% ▌Dan McGrath (Democratic) 35.4%
Illinois 15	Ed Madigan Redistricted from the 21st district	Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ed Madigan (Republican) 66.3% ▌Tim L. Hall (Democratic) 33.7%
Illinois 16	Lynn M. Martin	Republican	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Lynn M. Martin (Republican) 57.2% ▌Skip Schwerdtfeger (Democratic) 42.8%
Illinois 17	Tom Railsback Redistricted from the 19th district	Republican	1966	Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic gain.	▌Y Lane Evans (Democratic) 52.8% ▌Kenneth G. McMillan (Republican) 47.2%
Illinois 18	Robert H. Michel	Republican	1956	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Robert H. Michel (Republican) 51.6% ▌G. Douglas Stephens (Democratic) 48.4%
Illinois 19	Dan Crane Redistricted from the 22nd district	Republican	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Dan Crane (Republican) 52.1% ▌John Gwinn (Democratic) 47.9%
Illinois 20	Paul Findley	Republican	1960	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y Dick Durbin (Democratic) 50.4% ▌Paul Findley (Republican) 49.6%
Illinois 21	Melvin Price Redistricted from the 23rd district	Democratic	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Melvin Price (Democratic) 63.7% ▌Robert H. Gaffner (Republican) 33.3% ▌Sandra L. Climaco (Good Government) 3.1%
Illinois 22	Paul Simon Redistricted from the 24th district	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Paul Simon (Democratic) 66.2% ▌Peter G. Prineas (Republican) 33.8%

Indiana lost one seat at reapportionment; Republicans in the legislature deleted two Democratic districts and added a new Republican district, although this strategy was offset by the unexpected defeat of incumbent H. Joel Deckard.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Indiana 1	Adam Benjamin Jr.	Democratic	1976	Incumbent died. Democratic hold.	▌Y Katie Hall (Democratic) 56.3% ▌Thomas H. Krieger (Republican) 43.1% ▌Jesse Smith (Socialist Workers) 0.5%
Indiana 2	Philip R. Sharp Redistricted from the 10th district	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Philip R. Sharp (Democratic) 56.2% ▌Ralph VanNatta (Republican) 43.8%
Indiana 3	John P. Hiler	Republican	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John P. Hiler (Republican) 51.2% ▌Richard Clay Bodine (Democratic) 48.8%
Indiana 4	Dan Coats	Republican	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Dan Coats (Republican) 64.3% ▌Roger M. Miller (Democratic) 35.1% ▌John B. Cameron (American) 0.6%
Indiana 5	Elwood Hillis	Republican	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Elwood Hillis (Republican) 61.1% ▌Allen B. Maxwell (Democratic) 38.9%
Indiana 6	None (district created)			New seat. Republican gain.	▌Y Dan Burton (Republican) 64.9% ▌George Grabianowski (Democratic) 35.1%
Indiana 7	John T. Myers	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John T. Myers (Republican) 62.3% ▌Stephen S. Bonney (Democratic) 37.7%
	Floyd Fithian Redistricted from the 2nd district	Democratic	1974	Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. Democratic loss.
Indiana 8	H. Joel Deckard	Republican	1978	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y Frank McCloskey (Democratic) 51.4% ▌H. Joel Deckard (Republican) 48.1% ▌Robert F. Arnove (Citizens) 0.5%
Indiana 9	Lee Hamilton	Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Lee Hamilton (Democratic) 67.1% ▌Floyd Coates (Republican) 32.4% ▌Stephen Arnold (Citizens) 0.5%
Indiana 10	Andrew Jacobs Jr. Redistricted from the 11th district	Democratic	1964 1972 (defeated) 1974	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Andrew Jacobs Jr. (Democratic) 66.7% ▌Michael A. Carroll (Republican) 33.2% ▌David W. Ellis (Socialist Workers) 0.1%
	David W. Evans Redistricted from the 6th district	Democratic	1974	Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic loss.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Iowa 1	Jim Leach	Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jim Leach (Republican) 59.2% ▌William E. Gluba (Democratic) 40.8%
Iowa 2	Tom Tauke	Republican	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Tom Tauke (Republican) 58.9% ▌Brent Appel (Democratic) 41.1%
Iowa 3	T. Cooper Evans	Republican	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y T. Cooper Evans (Republican) 55.5% ▌Lynn G. Cutler (Democratic) 44.5%
Iowa 4	Neal Smith	Democratic	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Neal Smith (Democratic) 66.0% ▌Dave Readinger (Republican) 33.6% ▌Bill Douglas (Socialist) 0.3%
Iowa 5	Tom Harkin	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Tom Harkin (Democratic) 58.9% ▌Arlyn E. Danker (Republican) 41.1%
Iowa 6	Berkley Bedell	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Berkley Bedell (Democratic) 64.3% ▌Al Bremer (Republican) 35.7%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Kansas 1	Pat Roberts	Republican	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Pat Roberts (Republican) 68.4% ▌Kent Roth (Democratic) 30.2% ▌Kent Earnest (Libertarian) 1.4%
Kansas 2	James Edmund Jeffries	Republican	1978	Incumbent retired. Democratic gain.	▌Y Jim Slattery (Democratic) 57.4% ▌Morris Kay (Republican) 42.6%
Kansas 3	Larry Winn	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Larry Winn (Republican) 59.2% ▌William L. Kostar (Democratic) 38.3% ▌Gene R. Blair (Libertarian) 2.5%
Kansas 4	Dan Glickman	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Dan Glickman (Democratic) 73.9% ▌Jerry Caywood (Republican) 24.4% ▌Karl Peterjohn (Libertarian) 1.6%
Kansas 5	Bob Whittaker	Republican	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bob Whittaker (Republican) 67.6% ▌Lee Rowe (Democratic) 31.1% ▌John L. Conger (Libertarian) 1.2%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Kentucky 1	Carroll Hubbard	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Carroll Hubbard (Democratic) 100%
Kentucky 2	William Natcher	Democratic	1953 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William Natcher (Democratic) 73.8% ▌Mark Watson (Republican) 26.2%
Kentucky 3	Romano Mazzoli	Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Romano Mazzoli (Democratic) 65.1% ▌Carl Brown (Republican) 32.2% ▌Norbert D. Leveronne (Independent) 2.0% Others ▌Dan Murray (Libertarian) 0.4% ▌Craig Honts (Socialist Workers) 0.3%
Kentucky 4	Gene Snyder	Republican	1962 1964 (defeated) 1966	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Gene Snyder (Republican) 54.2% ▌Terry L. Mann (Democratic) 45.3% ▌Paul Thiel (Libertarian) 0.5%
Kentucky 5	Hal Rogers	Republican	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Hal Rogers (Republican) 65.2% ▌Doye Davenport (Democratic) 34.8%
Kentucky 6	Larry J. Hopkins	Republican	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Larry J. Hopkins (Republican) 56.8% ▌Don Mills (Democratic) 41.4% Others ▌Ken Ashby (Libertarian) 1.0% ▌Don B. Pratt (Independent) 0.8%
Kentucky 7	Carl D. Perkins	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Carl D. Perkins (Democratic) 79.4% ▌Tom Hamby (Republican) 20.6%

All eight incumbents were re-elected by receiving more than 50% of the vote in the September 11 non-partisan blanket primaries.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Louisiana 1	Bob Livingston	Republican	1977 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bob Livingston (Republican) 85.8% ▌Murphy O. Greene (Independent) 7.5% ▌Suzanne Weiss (Independent) 6.7%
Louisiana 2	Lindy Boggs	Democratic	1973 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Lindy Boggs (Democratic) 77.0% ▌Roger C. Johnson (Democratic) 23.0%
Louisiana 3	Billy Tauzin	Democratic	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Billy Tauzin (Democratic) Uncontested
Louisiana 4	Buddy Roemer	Democratic	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Buddy Roemer (Democratic) Uncontested
Louisiana 5	Jerry Huckaby	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jerry Huckaby (Democratic) 83.7% ▌Donald M. Greene (Democratic) 7.1% ▌L. D. Knox (Independent) 5.6% ▌Ronnie King (Democratic) 3.6%
Louisiana 6	Henson Moore	Republican	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Henson Moore (Republican) 77.1% ▌James D. Agnew (Independent) 22.9%
Louisiana 7	John Breaux	Democratic	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Breaux (Democratic) 79.0% ▌Johnny Myers (Democratic) 21.0%
Louisiana 8	Gillis William Long	Democratic	1962 1964 (lost renomination) 1972	Re-elected in primary	▌Y Gillis William Long (Democratic) 59.6% ▌Ned Randolph (Democratic) 39.1% ▌Rosemary Rummler (Independent) 1.2%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Maine 1	David F. Emery	Republican	1974	Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. Republican hold.	▌Y Jock McKernan (Republican) 50.4% ▌John M. Kerry (Democratic) 47.9% ▌Gregory J. Fleming (Libertarian) 1.7%
Maine 2	Olympia Snowe	Republican	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Olympia Snowe (Republican) 66.7% ▌James P. Dunleavy (Democratic) 33.3%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Maryland 1	Roy Dyson	Democratic	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Roy Dyson (Democratic) 69.3% ▌C. A. Porter Hopkins (Republican) 30.7%
Maryland 2	Clarence Long	Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Clarence Long (Democratic) 52.6% ▌Helen Delich Bentley (Republican) 47.4%
Maryland 3	Barbara Mikulski	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Barbara Mikulski (Democratic) 74.2% ▌H. Robert Scherr (Republican) 25.8%
Maryland 4	Marjorie Holt	Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Marjorie Holt (Republican) 61.2% ▌Patricia O'Brien Aiken (Democratic) 38.8%
Maryland 5	Steny Hoyer	Democratic	1981 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Steny Hoyer (Democratic) 79.6% ▌William P. Guthrie (Republican) 20.4%
Maryland 6	Beverly Byron	Democratic	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Beverly Byron (Democratic) 74.4% ▌Roscoe Bartlett (Republican) 25.6%
Maryland 7	Parren Mitchell	Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Parren Mitchell (Democratic) 87.9% ▌M. Leonora Jones (Republican) 12.1%
Maryland 8	Michael D. Barnes	Democratic	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Michael D. Barnes (Democratic) 71.3% ▌Elizabeth W. Spencer (Republican) 28.7%

Massachusetts lost one seat at reapportionment, combining the districts of Barney Frank and Margaret Heckler.^[4]

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) 99.5%
Massachusetts 2	Edward Boland	Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Edward Boland (Democratic) 72.6% ▌Thomas P. Swank (Republican) 27.4%
Massachusetts 3	Joseph D. Early	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Joseph D. Early (Democratic) 99.9%
Massachusetts 4	Barney Frank	Democratic	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Barney Frank (Democratic) 59.5% ▌Margaret Heckler (Republican) 40.5%
	Margaret Heckler Redistricted from the 10th district	Republican	1966	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican loss.
Massachusetts 5	James Shannon	Democratic	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James Shannon (Democratic) 84.7% ▌Angelo Louis Laudani (Republican) 15.3%
Massachusetts 6	Nicholas Mavroules	Democratic	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Nicholas Mavroules (Democratic) 57.8% ▌Thomas Trimarco (Republican) 42.2%
Massachusetts 7	Ed Markey	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ed Markey (Democratic) 77.8% ▌David M. Basile (Republican) 22.2%
Massachusetts 8	Tip O'Neill	Democratic	1952	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Tip O'Neill (Democratic) 74.9% ▌Frank L. McNamara Jr. (Republican) 25.1%
Massachusetts 9	Joe Moakley	Democratic	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Joe Moakley (Democratic) 64.1% ▌Deborah R. Cochran (Republican) 34.3% ▌Valerie Eckart (Socialist Workers) 1.6%
Massachusetts 10	Gerry Studds Redistricted from the 12th district	Democratic	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Gerry Studds (Democratic) 68.7% ▌John E. Conway (Republican) 31.3%
Massachusetts 11	Brian J. Donnelly	Democratic	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Brian J. Donnelly (Democratic) 100%

Michigan lost one seat at reapportionment.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Michigan 1	John Conyers	Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Conyers (Democratic) 96.7% ▌William B. Krebaum (Libertarian) 2.5% ▌Eddie Benjamin (Workers League) 0.9%
Michigan 2	Carl Pursell	Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Carl Pursell (Republican) 65.5% ▌George Wahl Sallade (Democratic) 32.5% ▌Barbara J. McKenna (Libertarian) 2.1%
Michigan 3	Howard Wolpe	Democratic	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Howard Wolpe (Democratic) 56.3% ▌Richard L. Milliman (Republican) 42.6% Others ▌Robert S. Holderbaum (Libertarian) 0.6% ▌Lizzie M. Hudson (American Independent) 0.4%
Michigan 4	Mark D. Siljander	Republican	1981 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Mark D. Siljander (Republican) 59.7% ▌David A. Masiokas (Democratic) 38.8% ▌Robert Wagner (Libertarian) 1.1% ▌Robert Drenkhahn (American Independent) 0.5%
Michigan 5	Harold S. Sawyer	Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Harold S. Sawyer (Republican) 53.1% ▌Stephen V. Monsma (Democratic) 46.9%
Michigan 6	James Whitney Dunn	Republican	1980	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y Bob Carr (Democratic) 51.4% ▌Jim Dunn (Republican) 47.5% ▌James E. Hurrell (Libertarian) 1.1%
Michigan 7	Dale Kildee	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Dale Kildee (Democratic) 75.4% ▌George R. Darrah (Republican) 23.1% ▌Dennis L. Berry (Libertarian) 1.2% ▌David Freund (Workers League) 0.4%
Michigan 8	J. Bob Traxler	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y J. Bob Traxler (Democratic) 91.0% ▌Sheila M. Hart (Libertarian) 9.0%
Michigan 9	Guy Vander Jagt	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Guy Vander Jagt (Republican) 64.9% ▌Gerald D. Warner (Democratic) 35.1%
Michigan 10	Donald J. Albosta	Democratic	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Don Albosta (Democratic) 60.1% ▌Lawrence W. Reed (Republican) 38.9% ▌William Spiers (Libertarian) 0.9%
Michigan 11	Robert William Davis	Republican	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Robert William Davis (Republican) 60.5% ▌Kent Bourland (Democratic) 39.5%
Michigan 12	David Bonior	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y David Bonior (Democratic) 65.9% ▌Ray Contesti (Republican) 33.2% ▌Keith P. Edwards (Libertarian) 1.0%
Michigan 13	George Crockett Jr.	Democratic	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y George Crockett Jr. (Democratic) 88.0% ▌Letty Gupta (Republican) 11.1% ▌Eddie Benjamin (Workers League) 0.9%
Michigan 14	Dennis Hertel	Democratic	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Dennis Hertel (Democratic) 95.0% ▌Harold H. Dunn (Libertarian) 5.0%
Michigan 15	William D. Ford	Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William D. Ford (Democratic) 72.8% ▌Mitchell Moran (Republican) 26.0% ▌Guy R. Collins (American Independent) 1.2%
Michigan 16	John Dingell	Democratic	1955 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Dingell (Democratic) 73.7% ▌David K. Haskins (Republican) 25.3% Others ▌Susan Apstein (Socialist Workers) 0.7% ▌Paul Scherrer (Workers League) 0.3%
Michigan 17	William M. Brodhead	Democratic	1974	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y Sander Levin (Democratic) 66.6% ▌Gerald E. Rosen (Republican) 31.7% ▌Virginia L. Cropsey (Libertarian) 1.7%
	James J. Blanchard Redistricted from the 18th district	Democratic	1974	Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Michigan. Democratic loss.
Michigan 18	William Broomfield Redistricted from the 19th district	Republican	1956	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William Broomfield (Republican) 73.3% ▌Allen J. SIpher (Democratic) 25.7% ▌Joseph Cote (Libertarian) 1.0%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Minnesota 1	Tom Hagedorn Redistricted from the 2nd district	Independent- Republican	1974	Incumbent lost re-election. DFL gain.	▌Y Tim Penny (DFL) 51.2% ▌Tom Hagedorn (Ind.-Republican) 47.9% ▌Clare H. Jarvis (Libertarian) 0.9%
Minnesota 2	Vin Weber Redistricted from the 6th district	Independent- Republican	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Vin Weber (Ind.-Republican) 54.5% ▌Jim Nichols (DFL) 45.5%
Minnesota 3	Bill Frenzel	Independent- Republican	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bill Frenzel (Ind.-Republican) 72.2% ▌Joel A. Saliterman (DFL) 26.4% ▌Richard Laybourn (Citizens) 1.5%
Minnesota 4	Bruce Vento	DFL	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bruce Vento (DFL) 73.2% ▌Bill James (Ind.-Republican) 26.8%
Minnesota 5	Martin Olav Sabo	DFL	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Martin Olav Sabo (DFL) 65.5% ▌Keith W. Johnson (Ind.-Republican) 29.4% ▌Kathryn Anderson (Citizens) 3.9% ▌Thomas Wicklund (Libertarian) 1.2%
Minnesota 6	Arlen Erdahl Redistricted from the 1st district	Independent- Republican	1978	Incumbent lost re-election. DFL gain.	▌Y Gerry Sikorski (DFL) 50.8% ▌Arlen Erdahl (Ind.-Republican) 49.2%
Minnesota 7	Arlan Stangeland	Independent- Republican	1977 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Arlan Stangeland (Ind.-Republican) 50.3% ▌Gene R. Wenstrom (DFL) 49.7%
Minnesota 8	Jim Oberstar	DFL	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jim Oberstar (DFL) 76.7% ▌Marnie Luce (Ind.-Republican) 23.3%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Mississippi 1	Jamie Whitten	Democratic	1941 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jamie Whitten (Democratic) 70.9% ▌Fran Fawcett (Republican) 29.1%
Mississippi 2	David R. Bowen	Democratic	1972	Incumbent retired. Republican gain.	▌Y Webb Franklin (Republican) 50.3% ▌Robert G. Clark (Democratic) 48.4% ▌William V. Harris (Independent) 1.3%
Mississippi 3	Sonny Montgomery	Democratic	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Sonny Montgomery (Democratic) 93.1% ▌James Bradshaw (Independent) 6.9%
Mississippi 4	Wayne Dowdy	Democratic	1981 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Wayne Dowdy (Democratic) 52.5% ▌Liles Williams (Republican) 45.6% ▌Eddie L. McBride (Independent) 1.8%
Mississippi 5	Trent Lott	Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Trent Lott (Republican) 78.5% ▌Blackie Coate (Democratic) 21.5%

Missouri lost one seat at reapportionment.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Missouri 1	Bill Clay	Democratic	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bill Clay (Democratic) 66.1% ▌Bill White (Republican) 33.9%
Missouri 2	Robert A. Young	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Robert A. Young (Democratic) 56.5% ▌Harold L. Dielmann (Republican) 43.5%
Missouri 3	Dick Gephardt	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Dick Gephardt (Democratic) 77.9% ▌Richard Foristel (Republican) 22.1%
Missouri 4	Ike Skelton	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ike Skelton (Democratic) 54.8% ▌Wendell Bailey (Republican) 45.2%
	Wendell Bailey Redistricted from the 8th district	Republican	1980	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican loss.
Missouri 5	Richard Bolling	Democratic	1948	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y Alan Wheat (Democratic) 57.9% ▌John A. Sharp (Republican) 40.2% ▌Alan H. Deright (Independent) 1.3% ▌Kathie A. Fitzgerald (Socialist Workers) 0.7%
Missouri 6	Tom Coleman	Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Tom Coleman (Republican) 55.3% ▌Jim Russell (Democratic) 44.7%
Missouri 7	Gene Taylor	Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Gene Taylor (Republican) 50.5% ▌David A. Geisler (Democratic) 49.5%
Missouri 8	Bill Emerson Redistricted from the 10th district	Republican	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bill Emerson (Republican) 53.1% ▌Jerry Ford (Democratic) 46.9%
Missouri 9	Harold Volkmer	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Harold Volkmer (Democratic) 60.8% ▌Larry E. Mead (Republican) 39.2%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Montana 1	Pat Williams	Democratic	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Pat Williams (Democratic) 59.7% ▌Bob Davies (Republican) 37.2% ▌Don Doig (Libertarian) 3.1%
Montana 2	Ron Marlenee	Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ron Marlenee (Republican) 53.7% ▌Howard F. Lyman (Democratic) 44.2% ▌Westley F. Deitchler (Libertarian) 2.1%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Nebraska 1	Doug Bereuter	Republican	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Doug Bereuter (Republican) 75.1% ▌Curt Donaldson (Democratic) 24.9%
Nebraska 2	Hal Daub	Republican	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Hal Daub (Republican) 56.8% ▌Richard M. Fellman (Democratic) 43.2%
Nebraska 3	Virginia Smith	Republican	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Virginia Smith (Republican) 99.7%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Nevada 1	None (district created)			New seat. Democratic gain.	▌Y Harry Reid (Democratic) 57.5% ▌Peggy Cavnar (Republican) 42.5%
Nevada 2	James David Santini Redistricted from the at-large district	Democratic	1974	Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. Republican gain.	▌Y Barbara Vucanovich (Republican) 55.5% ▌Mary Gojack (Democratic) 41.3% ▌Teresa Vuceta (Libertarian) 3.2%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
New Hampshire 1	Norman D'Amours	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Norman D'Amours (Democratic) 54.9% ▌Bob Smith (Republican) 44.5% ▌William C. Mackenzie (Independent) 0.5%
New Hampshire 2	Judd Gregg	Republican	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Judd Gregg (Republican) 70.8% ▌Robert L. Dupay (Democratic) 29.2%

New Jersey lost one seat at reapportionment.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
New Jersey 1	James Florio	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James Florio (Democratic) 73.3% ▌John A. Dramesi (Republican) 26.2% Others ▌Jerry Zeldin (Libertarian) 0.3% ▌Patrick J. McCann (Socialist) 0.2%
New Jersey 2	William J. Hughes	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William J. Hughes (Democratic) 68.0% ▌John J. Mahoney (Republican) 31.1% ▌Bruce Powers (Libertarian) 0.8%
New Jersey 3	James J. Howard	Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James J. Howard (Democratic) 62.3% ▌Marie Sheehan Muhler (Republican) 36.2% Others ▌John Kinnevy III (Citizens) 0.5% ▌Lee A. Gesner Jr. (Libertarian) 0.4% ▌Joseph B. Hawley (Independent) 0.3% ▌Lawrence D. Erickson (Socialist Labor) 0.3%
New Jersey 4	Chris Smith	Republican	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Chris Smith (Republican) 52.7% ▌Joseph P. Merlino (Democratic) 46.5% Others ▌Bill Harris (Libertarian) 0.4% ▌Paul B. Rizzo (Independent) 0.2% ▌Eugene Allen Creech (Independent) 0.1%
New Jersey 5	Marge Roukema Redistricted from the 7th district	Republican	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Marge Roukema (Republican) 65.3% ▌Fritz Cammerzell (Democratic) 33.5% ▌William J. Zelko Jr. (Libertarian) 1.2%
New Jersey 6	Bernard J. Dwyer Redistricted from the 15th district	Democratic	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bernard J. Dwyer (Democratic) 68.1% ▌Bertram L. Buckler (Republican) 31.3% ▌Charles M. Hart (Libertarian) 0.6%
New Jersey 7	Matt Rinaldo Redistricted from the 12th district	Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Matt Rinaldo (Republican) 56.0% ▌Adam K. Levin (Democratic) 43.3% ▌Donald B. Siano (Libertarian) 0.8%
New Jersey 8	Robert A. Roe	Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Robert A. Roe (Democratic) 70.7% ▌Norm Robertson (Republican) 28.5% ▌Sidney J. Pope (Libertarian) 0.8%
New Jersey 9	Harold C. Hollenbeck	Republican	1976	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y Robert Torricelli (Democratic) 53.0% ▌Harold C. Hollenbeck (Republican) 46.0% ▌Robert Shapiro (Libertarian) 0.9%
New Jersey 10	Peter W. Rodino	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Peter W. Rodino (Democratic) 82.6% ▌Timothy Lee Jr. (Republican) 15.7% Others ▌Katharine Florentine (Libertarian) 1.0% ▌Christine Keno (Independent) 0.7%
New Jersey 11	Joseph Minish	Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Joseph Minish (Democratic) 64.3% ▌Rey Redington (Republican) 34.8% ▌Richard S. Roth (Libertarian) 0.9%
New Jersey 12	Jim Courter Redistricted from the 13th district	Republican	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jim Courter (Republican) 66.8% ▌Jeff Connor (Democratic) 32.3% ▌Harold F. Leiendecker (Libertarian) 0.9%
	Millicent Fenwick Redistricted from the 5th district	Republican	1974	Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. Republican loss.
New Jersey 13	Edwin B. Forsythe Redistricted from the 6th district	Republican	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Edwin B. Forsythe (Republican) 59.5% ▌George S. Callas (Democratic) 39.1% Others ▌Paula Volpe (Citizens) 0.6% ▌Leonard T. Flynn (Libertarian) 0.5% ▌Donald L. Smith (Constitution) 0.4%
New Jersey 14	Frank Joseph Guarini	Democratic	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Frank Joseph Guarini (Democratic) 74.3% ▌Charles J. Catrillo (Republican) 22.3% ▌Jack Murphy (Independent) 1.3% Others ▌Herbert H. Shaw (Independent) 1.0% ▌Kenneth Famularo (Independent) 0.7% ▌Louis J. Sicilia (Libertarian) 0.4%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
New Mexico 1	Manuel Lujan Jr.	Republican	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Manuel Lujan Jr. (Republican) 52.4% ▌Jan A. Hartke (Democratic) 47.6%
New Mexico 2	Joe Skeen	Republican	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Joe Skeen (Republican) 58.4% ▌Caleb J. Chandler (Democratic) 41.6%
New Mexico 3	None (district created)			New seat. Democratic gain.	▌