1982 United States House of Representatives elections

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. 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.

Retiring incumbents
Thirty-nine representatives retired. Thirty-one of those seats were held by the same party, eight seats changed party.

Democrats
Eighteen Democrats retired. Eleven of those seats were held by Democrats, four were won by Republicans, and three seats were eliminated in redistricting.

Democratic held

 * 1) CA's 5th congressional district: John L. Burton, was succeeded by Barbara Boxer (with district being renumbered as California 6).
 * 2) GA's 1st congressional district: Ronald 'Bo' Ginn, to run for Governor of Georgia, was succeeded by Lindsay Thomas.
 * 3) MI's 17th congressional district: William M. Brodhead, was succeeded by Sander Levin.
 * 4) MO's 5th congressional district: Richard Bolling, was succeeded by Alan Wheat.
 * 5) NY's 12th congressional district: Shirley Chisholm, was succeeded by Major Owens.
 * 6) NC's 2nd congressional district: Lawrence H. Fountain, was succeeded by Tim Valentine.
 * 7) SC's 5th congressional district: Kenneth Lamar Holland, was succeeded by John Spratt.
 * 8) TX's 5th congressional district: Jim Mattox, to run for Attorney General of Texas, was succeeded by John Wiley Bryant.
 * 9) TX's 16th congressional district: Richard C. White, was succeeded by Ronald D. Coleman.
 * 10) WV's 1st congressional district: Bob Mollohan, was succeeded by Alan Mollohan.
 * 11) WI's 5th congressional district: Henry Reuss, was succeeded by Jim Moody.

Republican gain

 * 1) CT's 6th congressional district: Toby Moffett, to run for U.S. senator, was succeeded by Nancy Johnson.
 * 2) MS's 2nd congressional district: David R. Bowen, was succeeded by Webb Franklin.
 * 3) NV At-large: James David Santini, to run for U.S. senator, was succeeded by Barbara Vucanovich (with district being renumbered as Nevada 2).
 * 4) PA's 17th congressional district: Allen E. Ertel, to run for Governor of Pennsylvania, was succeeded by George Gekas.

Seat eliminated in redistricting

 * 1) IN's 2nd congressional district: Floyd Fithian who ran for U.S. senator.
 * 2) MI's 18th congressional district: James J. Blanchard who ran for Governor of Michigan.
 * 3) NY's 22nd congressional district: Jonathan Brewster Bingham.

Republicans
Twenty-one Republicans retired. Eleven of those seats were held by Republicans, four were won by Democrats, and six seats were eliminated in redistricting.

Republican held

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

Democratic gain

 * 1) CA's 27th congressional district: Bob Dornan, to run for U.S. senator, was succeeded by Mel Levine.
 * 2) KS's 2nd congressional district: James Edmund Jeffries, was succeeded by Jim Slattery.
 * 3) WV's 2nd congressional district: Cleve Benedict, to run for U.S. senator, was succeeded by Harley O. Staggers Jr.
 * 4) VA's 6th congressional district: M. Caldwell Butler, was succeeded by Jim Olin.

Seat eliminated in redistricting

 * 1) CA's 20th congressional district: Barry Goldwater Jr., who ran for U.S. senator.
 * 2) IL's 13th congressional district: Robert McClory.
 * 3) NJ's 5th congressional district: Millicent Fenwick, who ran for U.S. senator.
 * 4) NY's 3rd congressional district: Gregory W. Carman.
 * 5) OH's 11th congressional district: J. William Stanton.
 * 6) OH's 17th congressional district: Jean Spencer Ashbrook.

Defeated incumbents
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.

In primary elections
Ten representatives lost renomination: Six lost in redistricting battles pitting incumbents against each other, and four lost nomination to non-incumbent challengers.

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


 * 1) GA's 8th congressional district: Billy Lee Evans lost to challenger J. Roy Rowland.
 * 2) IL's 5th congressional district: John G. Fary lost to challenger Bill Lipinski.
 * 3) IN's 11th congressional district: David W. Evans lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent Andrew Jacobs Jr.
 * 4) OH's 19th congressional district: Ronald M. Mottl lost to challenger Ed Feighan.
 * 5) PA's 1st congressional district: Joseph F. Smith lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent Thomas M. Foglietta.
 * 6) PA's 12th congressional district: Donald A. Bailey lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent John Murtha.

Republicans
Four Republicans lost renomination: three in redistricting races and one to a non-incumbent challenger.

Seat held by a Republican
These primary winners later won the general election.


 * 1) CA's 33rd congressional district: Wayne R. Grisham lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent David Dreier.
 * 2) IL's 4th congressional district: Ed Derwinski lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent George M. O'Brien.
 * 3) NY's 27th congressional district: Gary A. Lee lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent George C. Wortley.

Seat lost to a Democrat

 * 1) IL's 17th congressional district: Tom Railsback lost to challenger Kenneth G. McMillan, who later lost the general election to Lane Evans.

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

Seat lost to a Republican incumbent

 * 1) NY's 14th congressional district: Leo C. Zeferetti lost a redistricting race to Guy V. Molinari.
 * 2) NY's 22nd congressional district: Peter A. Peyser lost a redistricting race to Benjamin A. Gilman.

Seat lost to a Republican challenger

 * 1) OH's 12th congressional district: Bob Shamansky lost to John Kasich.

Republicans
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.

Seat lost to a Democratic incumbent

 * 1) CA's 30th congressional district: John H. Rousselot lost a redistricting race to Matthew G. Martinez.
 * 2) MA's 4th congressional district: Margaret Heckler lost a redistricting race to Barney Frank.
 * 3) MO's 4th congressional district: Wendell Bailey lost a redistricting race to Ike Skelton.
 * 4) NY's 3rd congressional district: John LeBoutillier lost a redistricting race to Robert J. Mrazek.
 * 5) SD At-large: Clint Roberts lost a redistricting race to Tom Daschle.

Seat lost to a Democratic challenger

 * 1) AL's 6th congressional district: Albert L. Smith Jr. lost to Ben Erdreich.
 * 2) CA's 1st congressional district: Donald H. Clausen lost to Douglas H. Bosco.
 * 3) CT's 3rd congressional district: Lawrence J. DeNardis lost to Bruce A. Morrison.
 * 4) DE At-large: Tom Evans lost to Thomas R. Carper.
 * 5) IL's 20th congressional district: Paul Findley lost to Dick Durbin.
 * 6) IN's 8th congressional district: H. Joel Deckard lost to Frank McCloskey.
 * 7) MI's 6th congressional district: James Whitney Dunn lost to Milton Robert Carr.
 * 8) MN's 1st congressional district: Tom Hagedorn lost to Tim Penny.
 * 9) MN's 6th congressional district: Arlen Erdahl lost to Gerry Sikorski.
 * 10) NJ's 9th congressional district: Harold C. Hollenbeck lost to Robert Torricelli.
 * 11) NC's 6th congressional district: Walter E. Johnston, III lost to Charles Robin Britt.
 * 12) NC's 11th congressional district: Bill Hendon lost to James M. Clarke.
 * 13) OH's 9th congressional district: Ed Weber lost to Marcy Kaptur.
 * 14) PA's 3rd congressional district: Charles F. Dougherty lost to Robert A. Borski, Jr.
 * 15) PA's 4th congressional district: Eugene Atkinson lost to Joseph P. Kolter.
 * 16) PA's 8th congressional district: James K. Coyne, III lost to Peter H. Kostmayer.
 * 17) PA's 11th congressional district: James L. Nelligan lost to Frank Harrison.
 * 18) SC's 6th congressional district: John Light Napier lost to Robin Tallon.
 * 19) VA's 4th congressional district: Robert Daniel lost to Norman Sisisky.
 * 20) VA's 9th congressional district: William C. Wampler lost to Rick Boucher.
 * 21) WV's 3rd congressional district: Mick Staton lost to Bob Wise.

Special elections
! Connecticut's 1st congressional district
 * William Cotter
 * | Democratic
 * 1970
 * | Incumbent died September 8, 1981. New member elected January 11, 1982. Democratic hold. Winner was subsequently re-elected in November.
 * nowrap | ✅ Barbara Kennelly (Democratic) 58.8%

Antonina P. Uccello (Republican) 41.2%

! Ohio's 17th congressional district
 * 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.
 * nowrap | ✅ Jean Spencer Ashbrook (Republican) 73.9%

Jack Koelbl (Democratic) 26.1%

! California's 30th congressional district
 * 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.
 * nowrap | ✅ Matthew G. Martinez (Democratic) 51%

Ralph R. Ramirez (Republican) 49%

! IN's 1st congressional district
 * 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.
 * nowrap | ✅ Katie Hall (Democratic)


 * }

Alabama
! Alabama's 1st congressional district
 * Jack Edwards
 * | Republican
 * 1964
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Jack Edwards (Republican) 61.0%

Steve Gudac (Democratic) 37.7%

William Springer (Libertarian) 1.3%

! Alabama's 2nd congressional district
 * William Louis Dickinson
 * | Republican
 * 1964
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ William Louis Dickinson (Republican) 50.4%

Billy Joe Camp (Democratic) 49.6%

! Alabama's 3rd congressional district
 * William Flynt Nichols
 * | Democratic
 * 1966
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ William Flynt Nichols (Democratic) 96.3%

Richard David Landers (Libertarian) 3.7%

! Alabama's 4th congressional district
 * Tom Bevill
 * | Democratic
 * 1966
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Tom Bevill (Democratic) Uncontested

! Alabama's 5th congressional district
 * Ronnie Flippo
 * | Democratic
 * 1976
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Ronnie Flippo (Democratic) 80.7%

Leo Yambrek (Republican) 18.2%

Kenneth Ament (Libertarian) 1.1%

! Alabama's 6th congressional district
 * Albert L. Smith Jr.
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Ben Erdreich (Democratic) 53.2%

Albert L. Smith Jr. (Republican) 46.4%

Charles Ewing (Libertarian) 0.4%

! Alabama's 7th congressional district
 * Richard Shelby
 * | Democratic
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Richard Shelby (Democratic) 96.8%

James Jones (Libertarian) 3.2%


 * }

Alaska
! Alaska At-large
 * Don Young
 * | Republican
 * 1973 (special)
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * ✅ Don Young (Republican) 70.8%

Dave Carlson (Democratic) 28.7%


 * }

Arizona
Arizona received an additional seat at reapportionment and added a AZ's 5th congressional district in the southeast of the state.

! Arizona's 1st congressional district
 * John Jacob Rhodes
 * | Republican
 * 1952
 * | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ John McCain (Republican) 65.9%

Bill Hegarty (Democratic) 30.5%

Richard K. Dodge (Libertarian) 3.6%

! Arizona's 2nd congressional district
 * Mo Udall
 * | Democratic
 * 1961 (special)
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Mo Udall (Democratic) 70.9%

Roy B. Laos (Republican) 27.4%

Jessica Sampson (Socialist Labor) 1.7%

! Arizona's 3rd congressional district
 * Bob Stump
 * | Democratic
 * 1976
 * | Incumbent re-elected as a Republican. Republican gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Bob Stump (Republican) 63.3%

Pat Bosch (Democratic) 36.7%

! Arizona's 4th congressional district
 * Eldon Rudd
 * | Republican
 * 1976
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Eldon Rudd (Republican) 65.7%

Wayne O. Earley (Democratic) 30.4%

Dick Stauffer (Libertarian) 3.9%

! Arizona's 5th congressional district
 * colspan=3 | None (district created)
 * | New seat. Democratic gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Jim McNulty (Democratic) 49.7%

Jim Kolbe (Republican) 48.3%

Richard D. Auster (Libertarian) 2.0%


 * }

Arkansas
! Arkansas's 1st congressional district
 * Bill Alexander
 * | Democratic
 * 1968
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Bill Alexander (Democratic) 64.8%

Chuck Banks (Republican) 35.2%

! Arkansas's 2nd congressional district
 * Ed Bethune
 * | Republican
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Ed Bethune (Republican) 53.9%

Charles L. George (Democratic) 46.1%

! Arkansas's 3rd congressional district
 * John Paul Hammerschmidt
 * | Republican
 * 1966
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ John Paul Hammerschmidt (Republican) 66.0%

Jim McDougal (Democratic) 34.0%

! Arkansas's 4th congressional district
 * Beryl Anthony Jr.
 * | Democratic
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Beryl Anthony Jr. (Democratic) 65.6%

Bob Leslie (Republican) 34.4%


 * }

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

! California's 1st congressional district
 * Donald H. Clausen Redistricted from the CA's 2nd congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1963 (special)
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Douglas H. Bosco (Democratic) 49.8%

Donald H. Clausen (Republican) 47.2%

David Redick (Libertarian) 2.9%

! California's 2nd congressional district
 * Eugene A. Chappie Redistricted from the CA's 1st congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Eugene A. Chappie (Republican) 57.9%

John Newmeyer (Democratic) 40.5%

Howard Fegarsky (Peace and Freedom) 1.6%

! California's 3rd congressional district
 * Bob Matsui
 * | Democratic
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Bob Matsui (Democratic) 89.6%

Bruce A. Daniel (Libertarian) 7.5%

John C. Reiger (Peace and Freedom) 2.9%

! California's 4th congressional district
 * Vic Fazio
 * | Democratic
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Vic Fazio (Democratic) 63.9%

Roger B. Canfield (Republican) 36.1%

! California's 5th congressional district
 * Phillip Burton Redistricted from the CA's 6th congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1964
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Phillip Burton (Democratic) 57.9%

Milton Marks (Republican) 40.5%

Justin Raimondo (Libertarian) 1.6%

! California's 6th congressional district
 * John L. Burton Redistricted from the CA's 5th congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ 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's 7th congressional district
 * George Miller
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ George Miller (Democratic) 67.2%

Paul E. Vallely (Republican) 30.2%

Rich Newell (Libertarian) 1.5%

Terry L. Wells (American Independent) 1.2%

! California's 8th congressional district
 * Ron Dellums
 * | Democratic
 * 1970
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Ron Dellums (Democratic) 55.9%

Claude B. Hutchison Jr. (Republican) 44.1%

! California's 9th congressional district
 * Pete Stark
 * | Democratic
 * 1972
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Pete Stark (Democratic) 60.7%

Bill Kennedy (Republican) 39.3%

! California's 10th congressional district
 * Don Edwards
 * | Democratic
 * 1962
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Don Edwards (Democratic) 62.7%

Bob Herriott (Republican) 33.7%

Dale Burrow (Libertarian) 1.9%

Edmon V. Kaiser (American Independent) 1.7%

! California's 11th congressional district
 * Tom Lantos
 * | Democratic
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ 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's 12th congressional district
 * Pete McCloskey
 * | Republican
 * 1967 (special)
 * | Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. New member elected. Republican hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ Ed Zschau (Republican) 63.0%

Emmett Lynch (Democratic) 33.5%

Bill White (Libertarian) 3.5%

! California's 13th congressional district
 * Norman Mineta
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Norman Mineta (Democratic) 65.9%

Tom Kelly (Republican) 31.4%

Al Hinkle (Libertarian) 2.7%

! California's 14th congressional district
 * Norman D. Shumway
 * | Republican
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Norman D. Shumway (Republican) 63.4%

Baron Reed (Democratic) 36.6%

! California's 15th congressional district
 * Tony Coelho
 * | Democratic
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Tony Coelho (Democratic) 63.7%

Ed Bates (Republican) 34.0%

Stephen L. Gerringer (Libertarian) 2.3%

! California's 16th congressional district
 * Leon Panetta
 * | Democratic
 * 1976
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Leon Panetta (Democratic) 85.5%

G. Richard Arnold (Republican) 14.3%

! California's 17th congressional district
 * Chip Pashayan
 * | Republican
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Chip Pashayan (Republican) 54.0%

Gene Tackett (Democratic) 46.0%

! California's 18th congressional district
 * colspan=3 | None (district created)
 * | New seat. Democratic gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Richard H. Lehman (Democratic) 59.5%

Adrian C. Fondse (Republican) 38.3%

Marshall William Fritz (Libertarian) 2.2%

! California's 19th congressional district
 * Bob Lagomarsino
 * | Republican
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ 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's 20th congressional district
 * Bill Thomas Redistricted from the CA's 18th congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Bill Thomas (Republican) 68.1%

Robert J. Bethea (Democratic) 31.9%

! rowspan=2 | California's 21st congressional district
 * Bobbi Fiedler
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * rowspan=2 nowrap | ✅ Bobbi Fiedler (Republican) 71.8%

George Henry Margolis (Democratic) 24.1%

Daniel Wiener (Libertarian) 4.1%


 * Barry Goldwater Jr. Redistricted from the CA's 20th congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1969 (special)
 * | Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. Republican loss.
 * | Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. Republican loss.

! California's 22nd congressional district
 * Carlos Moorhead
 * | Republican
 * 1972
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Carlos Moorhead (Republican) 73.6%

Harvey L. Goldhammer (Democratic) 23.5%

Robert T. Gerringer (Libertarian) 3.0%

! California's 23rd congressional district
 * Anthony Beilenson
 * | Democratic
 * 1976
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Anthony Beilenson (Democratic) 59.6%

David Armor (Republican) 40.4%

! California's 24th congressional district
 * Henry Waxman
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Henry Waxman (Democratic) 65.1%

Jerry Zerg (Republican) 31.0%

Jeff Mandel (Libertarian) 4.0%

! California's 25th congressional district
 * Edward R. Roybal
 * | Democratic
 * 1962
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Edward R. Roybal (Democratic) 85.5%

Daniel John Gorham (Libertarian) 14.5%

! California's 26th congressional district
 * colspan=3 | None (district created)
 * | New district. Democratic gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Howard Berman (Democratic) 59.6%

Hal Phillips (Republican) 40.4%

! California's 27th congressional district
 * Bob Dornan
 * | Republican
 * 1976
 * | Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. New member elected. Democratic gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Mel Levine (Democratic) 59.5%

Bart W. Christensen (Republican) 37.0%

Zack Richardson (Libertarian) 3.5%

! California's 28th congressional district
 * Julian Dixon
 * | Democratic
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Julian Dixon (Democratic) 78.9%

David Goerz (Republican) 18.7%

David W. Meleney (Libertarian) 2.4%

! California's 29th congressional district
 * Augustus Hawkins
 * | Democratic
 * 1962
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Augustus Hawkins (Democratic) 79.8%

Milton R. Mackaig (Republican) 20.2%

! rowspan=2 | California's 30th congressional district
 * Matthew G. Martínez
 * | Democratic
 * 1982
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * rowspan=2 nowrap | ✅ Matthew G. Martínez (Democratic) 53.9%

John H. Rousselot (Republican) 46.1%


 * John H. Rousselot Redistricted from the CA's 26th congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1960 1962 (defeated) 1970 (special)
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican loss.
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican loss.

! California's 31st congressional district
 * Mervyn Dymally
 * | Democratic
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Mervyn Dymally (Democratic) 72.4%

Henry C. Minturn (Republican) 27.6%

! California's 32nd congressional district
 * Glenn M. Anderson
 * | Democratic
 * 1968
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Glenn M. Anderson (Democratic) 58.0%

Brian Lungren (Republican) 39.6%

Eugene E. Ruyle (Peace and Freedom) 2.4%

! rowspan=2 | California's 33rd congressional district
 * Wayne R. Grisham
 * | Republican
 * 1978
 * | Incumbent lost renomination. Republican loss.
 * rowspan=2 nowrap | ✅ 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 CA's 35th congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * Incumbent re-elected.

! California's 34th congressional district
 * colspan=3 | None (district created)
 * | New seat. Democratic gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Esteban Torres (Democratic) 57.2%

Paul R. Jackson (Republican) 42.8%

! California's 35th congressional district
 * Jerry Lewis Redistricted from the CA's 37th congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Jerry Lewis (Republican) 68.3%

Robert E. Erwin (Democratic) 31.7%

! California's 36th congressional district
 * George Brown Jr.
 * | Democratic
 * 1962 1970 (retired) 1972
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ George Brown Jr. (Democratic) 54.3%

John Paul Stark (Republican) 45.7%

! California's 37th congressional district
 * colspan=3 | None (district created)
 * | New seat. Republican gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Al McCandless (Republican) 59.1%

Sam Cross (Democratic) 38.5%

Marc R. Wruble (Libertarian) 2.4%

! California's 38th congressional district
 * Jerry M. Patterson
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Jerry M. Patterson (Democratic) 52.4%

Bill Dohr (Republican) 43.4%

Anita K. Barr (Libertarian) 4.2%

! California's 39th congressional district
 * Bill Dannemeyer
 * | Republican
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Bill Dannemeyer (Republican) 72.2%

Frank G. Verges (Democratic) 26.0%

Frank Boeheim (Peace and Freedom) 1.8%

! California's 40th congressional district
 * Robert Badham
 * | Republican
 * 1976
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Robert Badham (Republican) 71.5%

Paul Haseman (Democratic) 26.1%

Maxine Bell Quirk (Peace and Freedom) 2.4%

! California's 41st congressional district
 * Bill Lowery
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Bill Lowery (Republican) 68.9%

Tony Brandenburg (Democratic) 28.8%

Everett Hale (Libertarian) 2.3%

! California's 42nd congressional district
 * Dan Lungren Redistricted from the CA's 34th congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Dan Lungren (Republican) 69.0%

James P. Spellman (Democratic) 28.3%

John S. Donohue (Peace and Freedom) 2.7%

! California's 43rd congressional district
 * Clair Burgener
 * | Republican
 * 1972
 * | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ Ron Packard (Republican) 36.8%

Pat Archer (Democratic) 32.1%

Johnnie R. Crean (Republican) 31.1%

! California's 44th congressional district
 * colspan=3 | None (district created)
 * | New seat. Democratic gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Jim Bates (Democratic) 64.9%

Shirley M. Gissendanner (Republican) 31.8%

Jim Conole (Libertarian) 3.2%

! California's 45th congressional district
 * Duncan L. Hunter Redistricted from the CA's 42nd congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Duncan L. Hunter (Republican) 68.6%

Richard Hill (Democratic) 29.2%

Jack R. Sanders (Republican) 2.2%


 * }

Colorado
Colorado added a sixth seat in reapportionment, adding the new district near Denver.

! Colorado's 1st congressional district
 * Pat Schroeder
 * | Democratic
 * 1972
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Pat Schroeder (Democratic) 60.3%

Arch Decker (Republican) 37.4%

Robin White (Libertarian) 2.3%

! Colorado's 2nd congressional district
 * Tim Wirth
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Tim Wirth (Democratic) 61.8%

John C. Buechner (Republican) 36.4%

Charles Jackson (Libertarian) 1.7%

! Colorado's 3rd congressional district
 * Ray Kogovsek
 * | Democratic
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Ray Kogovsek (Democratic) 53.4%

Tom Wiens (Republican) 44.8%

Stormy Mohn (Libertarian) 1.4%

Henry John Olshaw (Independent) 0.4%

! Colorado's 4th congressional district
 * Hank Brown
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Hank Brown (Republican) 69.8%

Bud Bishopp (Democratic) 30.2%

! Colorado's 5th congressional district
 * Ken Kramer
 * | Republican
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Ken Kramer (Republican) 59.5%

Tom Cronin (Democratic) 40.5%

! Colorado's 6th congressional district
 * colspan=3 | None (district created)
 * | New seat. Republican gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Jack Swigert (Republican) 62.2%

Steve Hogan (Democratic) 35.6%

J. Craig Green (Libertarian) 2.3%


 * }

Connecticut
! Connecticut's 1st congressional district
 * Barbara B. Kennelly
 * | Democratic
 * 1982
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Barbara B. Kennelly (Democratic) 68.1%

Herschel A. Klein (Republican) 31.2%

Daniel M. Landerfin (Libertarian) 0.7%

! Connecticut's 2nd congressional district
 * Sam Gejdenson
 * | Democratic
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Sam Gejdenson (Democratic) 55.8%

Tony Guglielmo (Republican) 43.5%

Donald W. Wood (Libertarian) 0.7%

! Connecticut's 3rd congressional district
 * Larry DeNardis
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ 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's 4th congressional district
 * Stewart McKinney
 * | Republican
 * 1970
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Stewart McKinney (Republican) 56.5%

John A. Phillips (Democratic) 42.9%

Lothar Frank (Libertarian) 0.7%

! Connecticut's 5th congressional district
 * William R. Ratchford
 * | Democratic
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ William R. Ratchford (Democratic) 58.5%

Neal B. Hanlon (Republican) 40.8%

Jerry Brennan (Libertarian) 0.7%

! Connecticut's 6th congressional district
 * Toby Moffett
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * | Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. New member elected. Republican gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Nancy Johnson (Republican) 51.7%

William E. Curry Jr. (Democratic) 47.8%

Monte Dunn (Libertarian) 0.6%


 * }

Delaware
! Delaware At-large
 * Tom Evans
 * | Republican
 * 1976
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ 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
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.

! Florida's 1st congressional district
 * Earl Hutto
 * | Democratic
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Earl Hutto (Democratic) 74.4%

J. Terryl Bechtol (Republican) 25.6%

! Florida's 2nd congressional district
 * Don Fuqua
 * | Democratic
 * 1962
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Don Fuqua (Democratic) 61.7%

Ron McNeil (Republican) 38.3%

! Florida's 3rd congressional district
 * Charles E. Bennett
 * | Democratic
 * 1948
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Charles E. Bennett (Democratic) 84.1%

George Grimsley (Republican) 15.9%

! Florida's 4th congressional district
 * Bill Chappell
 * | Democratic
 * 1968
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Bill Chappell (Democratic) 66.9%

Larry Gaudet (Republican) 33.1%

! Florida's 5th congressional district
 * Bill McCollum
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Bill McCollum (Republican) 58.8%

Dick Batchelor (Democratic) 41.2%

! Florida's 6th congressional district
 * colspan=3 | None (district created)
 * | New seat. Democratic gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Buddy MacKay (Democratic) 61.4%

Ed Havill (Republican) 38.6%

! Florida's 7th congressional district
 * Sam Gibbons
 * | Democratic
 * 1962
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Sam Gibbons (Democratic) 74.2%

Ken Ayers (Republican) 25.8%

! Florida's 8th congressional district
 * Bill Young Redistricted from the FL's 6th congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1970
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Bill Young (Republican) Uncontested

! Florida's 9th congressional district
 * colspan=3 | None (district created)
 * | New seat. Republican gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Michael Bilirakis (Republican) 51.2%

George H. Sheldon (Democratic) 48.8%

! Florida's 10th congressional district
 * Andy Ireland Redistricted from the FL's 8th congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1976
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Andy Ireland (Democratic) Uncontested

! Florida's 11th congressional district
 * Bill Nelson Redistricted from the FL's 9th congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Bill Nelson (Democratic) 70.6%

Joel Robinson (Republican) 29.4%

! Florida's 12th congressional district
 * Skip Bafalis Redistricted from the FL's 10th congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1972
 * | Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Florida. New member elected. Republican hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ Tom Lewis (Republican) 52.6%

Brad Culverhouse (Democratic) 47.4%

! Florida's 13th congressional district
 * colspan=3 | None (district created)
 * | New seat. Republican gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Connie Mack III (Republican) 65.1%

Dana N. Stevens (Democratic) 34.9%

! Florida's 14th congressional district
 * Dan Mica Redistricted from the FL's 11th congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Dan Mica (Democratic) 73.0%

Steve Mitchell (Republican) 27.0%

! Florida's 15th congressional district
 * Clay Shaw Redistricted from the FL's 12th congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Clay Shaw (Republican) 57.1%

Ed Stack (Democratic) 42.9%

! Florida's 16th congressional district
 * colspan=3 | None (district created)
 * | New seat. Democratic gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Larry Smith (Democratic) 67.9%

Maurice Berkowitz (Republican) 32.1%

! Florida's 17th congressional district
 * William Lehman Redistricted from the FL's 13th congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1972
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ William Lehman (Democratic) Uncontested

! Florida's 18th congressional district
 * Claude Pepper Redistricted from the FL's 14th congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1962
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Claude Pepper (Democratic) 71.2%

Ricardo Nunez (Republican) 28.8%

! Florida's 19th congressional district
 * Dante Fascell Redistricted from the FL's 15th congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1954
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Dante Fascell (Democratic) 58.8%

Glenn Rinker (Republican) 41.2%


 * }

Georgia
! Georgia's 1st congressional district
 * Bo Ginn
 * | Democratic
 * 1972
 * | Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Georgia. New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ Lindsay Thomas (Democratic) 64.1%

Herb Jones (Republican) 35.9%

! Georgia's 2nd congressional district
 * Charles Hatcher
 * | Democratic
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Charles Hatcher (Democratic) 100%

! Georgia's 3rd congressional district
 * Jack Brinkley
 * | Democratic
 * 1966
 * | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ Richard Ray (Democratic) 71.0%

Tyron Elliott (Republican) 29.0%

! Georgia's 4th congressional district
 * Elliott H. Levitas
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Elliott H. Levitas (Democratic) 65.5%

Dick Winder (Republican) 34.5%

! Georgia's 5th congressional district
 * Wyche Fowler
 * | Democratic
 * 1977 (special)
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Wyche Fowler (Democratic) 80.8%

Billy McKinney (Independent) 13.7%

Paul Jones (Republican) 5.5%

! Georgia's 6th congressional district
 * Newt Gingrich
 * | Republican
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Newt Gingrich (Republican) 55.3%

Jim Wood (Democratic) 44.7%

! Georgia's 7th congressional district
 * Larry McDonald
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Larry McDonald (Democratic) 61.1%

Dave Sellers (Republican) 38.9%

! Georgia's 8th congressional district
 * Billy Lee Evans
 * | Democratic
 * 1976
 * | Incumbent lost renomination. New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ J. Roy Rowland (Democratic) 100%

! Georgia's 9th congressional district
 * Ed Jenkins
 * | Democratic
 * 1976
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Ed Jenkins (Democratic) 77.0%

Charles Sherwood (Republican) 23.0%

! Georgia's 10th congressional district
 * Doug Barnard Jr.
 * | Democratic
 * 1976
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Doug Barnard Jr. (Democratic) 100%


 * }

Hawaii
! Hawaii's 1st congressional district
 * Cecil Heftel
 * | Democratic
 * 1976
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Cecil Heftel (Democratic) 89.9%

Rockne H. Johnson (Libertarian) 10.1%

! Hawaii's 2nd congressional district
 * Daniel Akaka
 * | Democratic
 * 1976
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Daniel Akaka (Democratic) 89.2%

Gregory B. Mills (Independent) 6.1%

Amelia Lew Fritts (Libertarian) 4.6%


 * }

Idaho
! Idaho's 1st congressional district
 * Larry Craig
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Larry Craig (Republican) 53.7%

Larry LaRocco (Democratic) 46.3%

! Idaho's 2nd congressional district 1968 (retired) 1974
 * George V. Hansen
 * | Republican
 * 1964
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ George V. Hansen (Republican) 52.3%

Richard H. Stallings (Democratic) 47.7%


 * }

Illinois
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.

! Illinois's 1st congressional district
 * Harold Washington
 * | Democratic
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Harold Washington (Democratic) 97.3%

Charles Allen Taliaferro (Republican) 2.7%

! Illinois's 2nd congressional district
 * Gus Savage
 * | Democratic
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Gus Savage (Democratic) 87.2%

Kevin Walker Sparks (Republican) 12.8%

! Illinois's 3rd congressional district
 * Marty Russo
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Marty Russo (Democratic) 74.0%

Richard D. Murphy (Republican) 26.0%

! rowspan=2 | Illinois's 4th congressional district
 * Ed Derwinski
 * | Republican
 * 1958
 * | Incumbent lost renomination. Republican loss.
 * rowspan=2 nowrap | ✅ George M. O'Brien (Republican) 54.6%

Michael A. Murer (Democratic) 45.4%


 * George M. O'Brien Redistricted from the IL's 17th congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1972
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * Incumbent re-elected.

! Illinois's 5th congressional district
 * John G. Fary
 * | Democratic
 * 1975 (special)
 * | Incumbent lost renomination. New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ Bill Lipinski (Democratic) 75.4%

Daniel J. Partyka (Republican) 24.6%

! Illinois's 6th congressional district
 * Henry Hyde
 * | Republican
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Henry Hyde (Republican) 68.4%

LeRoy E. Kennel (Democratic) 31.6%

! Illinois's 7th congressional district
 * Cardiss Collins
 * | Democratic
 * 1973 (special)
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Cardiss Collins (Democratic) 86.5%

Dan Cheeks (Republican) 13.5%

! Illinois's 8th congressional district
 * Dan Rostenkowski
 * | Democratic
 * 1958
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Dan Rostenkowski (Democratic) 83.4%

Bonnie Hickey (Republican) 16.6%

! Illinois's 9th congressional district
 * Sidney R. Yates
 * | Democratic
 * 1948 1962 (retired) 1964
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Sidney R. Yates (Democratic) 66.5%

Catherine Bertini (Republican) 32.0%

Sheila Jones (Anti-Drug) 1.5%

! rowspan=2 | Illinois's 10th congressional district
 * John Porter
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * rowspan=2 | ✅ John Porter (Republican) 59.0%

Eugenia S. Chapman (Democratic) 41.0%


 * Robert McClory Redistricted from the IL's 13th congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1962
 * | Incumbent retired. Republican loss.
 * | Incumbent retired. Republican loss.

! Illinois's 11th congressional district
 * Frank Annunzio
 * | Democratic
 * 1964
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Frank Annunzio (Democratic) 72.6%

James F. Moynihan (Republican) 27.4%

! Illinois's 12th congressional district
 * Phil Crane
 * | Republican
 * 1969 (special)
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Phil Crane (Republican) 66.2%

Daniel G. DeFosse (Democratic) 30.7%

Joan T. Jarosz (Libertarian) 3.1%

! Illinois's 13th congressional district
 * John N. Erlenborn Redistricted from the IL's 14th congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1964
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ John N. Erlenborn (Republican) 69.8%

Bob Bily (Democratic) 30.2%

! Illinois's 14th congressional district
 * Tom Corcoran Redistricted from the IL's 15th congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1976
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Tom Corcoran (Republican) 64.6%

Dan McGrath (Democratic) 35.4%

! Illinois's 15th congressional district
 * Ed Madigan Redistricted from the IL's 21st congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1972
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Ed Madigan (Republican) 66.3%

Tim L. Hall (Democratic) 33.7%

! Illinois's 16th congressional district
 * Lynn M. Martin
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Lynn M. Martin (Republican) 57.2%

Skip Schwerdtfeger (Democratic) 42.8%

! Illinois's 17th congressional district
 * Tom Railsback Redistricted from the IL's 19th congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1966
 * | Incumbent lost renomination. New member elected. Democratic gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Lane Evans (Democratic) 52.8%

Kenneth G. McMillan (Republican) 47.2%

! Illinois's 18th congressional district
 * Robert H. Michel
 * | Republican
 * 1956
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Robert H. Michel (Republican) 51.6%

G. Douglas Stephens (Democratic) 48.4%

! Illinois's 19th congressional district
 * Dan Crane Redistricted from the IL's 22nd congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Dan Crane (Republican) 52.1%

John Gwinn (Democratic) 47.9%

! Illinois's 20th congressional district
 * Paul Findley
 * | Republican
 * 1960
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Dick Durbin (Democratic) 50.4%

Paul Findley (Republican) 49.6%

! Illinois's 21st congressional district
 * Melvin Price Redistricted from the IL's 23rd congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1944
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Melvin Price (Democratic) 63.7%

Robert H. Gaffner (Republican) 33.3%

Sandra L. Climaco (Good Government) 3.1%

! Illinois's 22nd congressional district
 * Paul Simon Redistricted from the IL's 24th congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Paul Simon (Democratic) 66.2%

Peter G. Prineas (Republican) 33.8%


 * }

Indiana
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.

! Indiana's 1st congressional district
 * Adam Benjamin Jr.
 * | Democratic
 * 1976
 * | Incumbent died. New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ Katie Hall (Democratic) 56.3%

Thomas H. Krieger (Republican) 43.1%

Jesse Smith (Socialist Workers) 0.5%

! Indiana's 2nd congressional district
 * Philip R. Sharp Redistricted from the IN's 10th congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Philip R. Sharp (Democratic) 56.2%

Ralph VanNatta (Republican) 43.8%

! Indiana's 3rd congressional district
 * John P. Hiler
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ John P. Hiler (Republican) 51.2%

Richard Clay Bodine (Democratic) 48.8%

! Indiana's 4th congressional district
 * Dan Coats
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Dan Coats (Republican) 64.3%

Roger M. Miller (Democratic) 35.1%

John B. Cameron (American) 0.6%

! Indiana's 5th congressional district
 * Elwood Hillis
 * | Republican
 * 1970
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Elwood Hillis (Republican) 61.1%

Allen B. Maxwell (Democratic) 38.9%

! Indiana's 6th congressional district
 * colspan=3 | None (district created)
 * | New seat. Republican gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Dan Burton (Republican) 64.9%

George Grabianowski (Democratic) 35.1%

! rowspan=2 | Indiana's 7th congressional district
 * John T. Myers
 * | Republican
 * 1966
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * rowspan=2 nowrap | ✅ John T. Myers (Republican) 62.3%

Stephen S. Bonney (Democratic) 37.7%


 * Floyd Fithian Redistricted from the IN's 2nd congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * | Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. Democratic loss.
 * | Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. Democratic loss.

! Indiana's 8th congressional district
 * H. Joel Deckard
 * | Republican
 * 1978
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Frank McCloskey (Democratic) 51.4%

H. Joel Deckard (Republican) 48.1%

Robert F. Arnove (Citizens) 0.5%

! Indiana's 9th congressional district
 * Lee Hamilton
 * | Democratic
 * 1964
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Lee Hamilton (Democratic) 67.1%

Floyd Coates (Republican) 32.4%

Stephen Arnold (Citizens) 0.5%

! rowspan=2 | Indiana's 10th congressional district
 * Andrew Jacobs Jr. Redistricted from the IN's 11th congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1964 1972 (defeated) 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * rowspan=2 nowrap | ✅ 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 IN's 6th congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * | Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic loss.
 * | Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic loss.


 * }

Iowa
! Iowa's 1st congressional district
 * Jim Leach
 * | Republican
 * 1976
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Jim Leach (Republican) 59.2%

William E. Gluba (Democratic) 40.8%

! Iowa's 2nd congressional district
 * Tom Tauke
 * | Republican
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Tom Tauke (Republican) 58.9%

Brent Appel (Democratic) 41.1%

! Iowa's 3rd congressional district
 * T. Cooper Evans
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ T. Cooper Evans (Republican) 55.5%

Lynn G. Cutler (Democratic) 44.5%

! Iowa's 4th congressional district
 * Neal Smith
 * | Democratic
 * 1958
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Neal Smith (Democratic) 66.0%

Dave Readinger (Republican) 33.6%

Bill Douglas (Socialist) 0.3%

! Iowa's 5th congressional district
 * Tom Harkin
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Tom Harkin (Democratic) 58.9%

Arlyn E. Danker (Republican) 41.1%

! Iowa's 6th congressional district
 * Berkley Bedell
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Berkley Bedell (Democratic) 64.3%

Al Bremer (Republican) 35.7%


 * }

Kansas
! Kansas's 1st congressional district
 * Pat Roberts
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Pat Roberts (Republican) 68.4%

Kent Roth (Democratic) 30.2%

Kent Earnest (Libertarian) 1.4%

! Kansas's 2nd congressional district
 * James Edmund Jeffries
 * | Republican
 * 1978
 * | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Jim Slattery (Democratic) 57.4%

Morris Kay (Republican) 42.6%

! Kansas's 3rd congressional district
 * Larry Winn
 * | Republican
 * 1966
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Larry Winn (Republican) 59.2%

William L. Kostar (Democratic) 38.3%

Gene R. Blair (Libertarian) 2.5%

! Kansas's 4th congressional district
 * Dan Glickman
 * | Democratic
 * 1976
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Dan Glickman (Democratic) 73.9%

Jerry Caywood (Republican) 24.4%

Karl Peterjohn (Libertarian) 1.6%

! Kansas's 5th congressional district
 * Bob Whittaker
 * | Republican
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Bob Whittaker (Republican) 67.6%

Lee Rowe (Democratic) 31.1%

John L. Conger (Libertarian) 1.2%


 * }

Kentucky
! Kentucky's 1st congressional district
 * Carroll Hubbard
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Carroll Hubbard (Democratic) 100%

! Kentucky's 2nd congressional district
 * William Natcher
 * | Democratic
 * 1953 (special)
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ William Natcher (Democratic) 73.8%

Mark Watson (Republican) 26.2%

! Kentucky's 3rd congressional district
 * Romano Mazzoli
 * | Democratic
 * 1970
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ 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's 4th congressional district 1964 (defeated) 1966
 * Gene Snyder
 * | Republican
 * 1962
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Gene Snyder (Republican) 54.2%

Terry L. Mann (Democratic) 45.3%

Paul Thiel (Libertarian) 0.5%

! Kentucky's 5th congressional district
 * Hal Rogers
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Hal Rogers (Republican) 65.2%

Doye Davenport (Democratic) 34.8%

! Kentucky's 6th congressional district
 * Larry J. Hopkins
 * | Republican
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Larry J. Hopkins (Republican) 56.8%

Don Mills (Democratic) 41.4% Others

Ken Ashby (Libertarian) 1.0%

Don B. Pratt (Independent) 0.8%

! Kentucky's 7th congressional district
 * Carl D. Perkins
 * | Democratic
 * 1948
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Carl D. Perkins (Democratic) 79.4%

Tom Hamby (Republican) 20.6%


 * }

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

! Louisiana's 1st congressional district
 * Bob Livingston
 * | Republican
 * 1977 (special)
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Bob Livingston (Republican) 85.8%

Murphy O. Greene (Independent) 7.5%

Suzanne Weiss (Independent) 6.7%

! Louisiana's 2nd congressional district
 * Lindy Boggs
 * | Democratic
 * 1973 (special)
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Lindy Boggs (Democratic) 77.0%

Roger C. Johnson (Democratic) 23.0%

! Louisiana's 3rd congressional district
 * Billy Tauzin
 * | Democratic
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Billy Tauzin (Democratic) Uncontested

! Louisiana's 4th congressional district
 * Buddy Roemer
 * | Democratic
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Buddy Roemer (Democratic) Uncontested

! Louisiana's 5th congressional district
 * Jerry Huckaby
 * | Democratic
 * 1976
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Jerry Huckaby (Democratic) 83.7%

Donald M. Greene (Democratic) 7.1%

L. D. Knox (Independent) 5.6%

Ronnie King (Democratic) 3.6%

! Louisiana's 6th congressional district
 * Henson Moore
 * | Republican
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Henson Moore (Republican) 77.1%

James D. Agnew (Independent) 22.9%

! Louisiana's 7th congressional district
 * John Breaux
 * | Democratic
 * 1972
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ John Breaux (Democratic) 79.0%

Johnny Myers (Democratic) 21.0%

! Louisiana's 8th congressional district 1964 (lost renomination) 1972
 * Gillis William Long
 * | Democratic
 * 1962
 * Re-elected in primary
 * nowrap | ✅ Gillis William Long (Democratic) 59.6%

Ned Randolph (Democratic) 39.1%

Rosemary Rummler (Independent) 1.2%


 * }

Maine
! Maine's 1st congressional district
 * David F. Emery
 * | Republican
 * 1974
 * | Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. New member elected. Republican hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ Jock McKernan (Republican) 50.4%

John M. Kerry (Democratic) 47.9%

Gregory J. Fleming (Libertarian) 1.7%

! Maine's 2nd congressional district
 * Olympia Snowe
 * | Republican
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Olympia Snowe (Republican) 66.7%

James P. Dunleavy (Democratic) 33.3%


 * }

Maryland
! Maryland's 1st congressional district
 * Roy Dyson
 * | Democratic
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Roy Dyson (Democratic) 69.3%

C. A. Porter Hopkins (Republican) 30.7%

! Maryland's 2nd congressional district
 * Clarence Long
 * | Democratic
 * 1962
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Clarence Long (Democratic) 52.6%

Helen Delich Bentley (Republican) 47.4%

! Maryland's 3rd congressional district
 * Barbara Mikulski
 * | Democratic
 * 1976
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Barbara Mikulski (Democratic) 74.2%

H. Robert Scherr (Republican) 25.8%

! Maryland's 4th congressional district
 * Marjorie Holt
 * | Republican
 * 1972
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Marjorie Holt (Republican) 61.2%

Patricia O'Brien Aiken (Democratic) 38.8%

! Maryland's 5th congressional district
 * Steny Hoyer
 * | Democratic
 * 1981 (special)
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Steny Hoyer (Democratic) 79.6%

William P. Guthrie (Republican) 20.4%

! Maryland's 6th congressional district
 * Beverly Byron
 * | Democratic
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Beverly Byron (Democratic) 74.4%

Roscoe Bartlett (Republican) 25.6%

! Maryland's 7th congressional district
 * Parren Mitchell
 * | Democratic
 * 1970
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Parren Mitchell (Democratic) 87.9%

M. Leonora Jones (Republican) 12.1%

! Maryland's 8th congressional district
 * Michael D. Barnes
 * | Democratic
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Michael D. Barnes (Democratic) 71.3%

Elizabeth W. Spencer (Republican) 28.7%


 * }

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

! Massachusetts's 1st congressional district
 * Silvio O. Conte
 * | Republican
 * 1958
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Silvio O. Conte (Republican) 99.5%

! Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district
 * Edward Boland
 * | Democratic
 * 1952
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Edward Boland (Democratic) 72.6%

Thomas P. Swank (Republican) 27.4%

! Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district
 * Joseph D. Early
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Joseph D. Early (Democratic) 99.9%

! rowspan=2 | Massachusetts's 4th congressional district
 * Barney Frank
 * | Democratic
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * rowspan=2 nowrap | ✅ Barney Frank (Democratic) 59.5%

Margaret Heckler (Republican) 40.5%


 * Margaret Heckler Redistricted from the MA's 10th congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1966
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican loss.
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican loss.

! Massachusetts's 5th congressional district
 * James Shannon
 * | Democratic
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ James Shannon (Democratic) 84.7%

Angelo Louis Laudani (Republican) 15.3%

! Massachusetts's 6th congressional district
 * Nicholas Mavroules
 * | Democratic
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Nicholas Mavroules (Democratic) 57.8%

Thomas Trimarco (Republican) 42.2%

! Massachusetts's 7th congressional district
 * Ed Markey
 * | Democratic
 * 1976
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Ed Markey (Democratic) 77.8%

David M. Basile (Republican) 22.2%

! Massachusetts's 8th congressional district
 * Tip O'Neill
 * | Democratic
 * 1952
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Tip O'Neill (Democratic) 74.9%

Frank L. McNamara Jr. (Republican) 25.1%

! Massachusetts's 9th congressional district
 * Joe Moakley
 * | Democratic
 * 1972
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Joe Moakley (Democratic) 64.1%

Deborah R. Cochran (Republican) 34.3%

Valerie Eckart (Socialist Workers) 1.6%

! Massachusetts's 10th congressional district
 * Gerry Studds Redistricted from the MA's 12th congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1972
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Gerry Studds (Democratic) 68.7%

John E. Conway (Republican) 31.3%

! Massachusetts's 11th congressional district
 * Brian J. Donnelly
 * | Democratic
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Brian J. Donnelly (Democratic) 100%


 * }

Michigan
Michigan lost one seat at reapportionment.

! Michigan's 1st congressional district
 * John Conyers
 * | Democratic
 * 1964
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ John Conyers (Democratic) 96.7%

William B. Krebaum (Libertarian) 2.5%

Eddie Benjamin (Workers League) 0.9%

! Michigan's 2nd congressional district
 * Carl Pursell
 * | Republican
 * 1976
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Carl Pursell (Republican) 65.5%

George Wahl Sallade (Democratic) 32.5%

Barbara J. McKenna (Libertarian) 2.1%

! Michigan's 3rd congressional district
 * Howard Wolpe
 * | Democratic
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ 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's 4th congressional district
 * Mark D. Siljander
 * | Republican
 * 1981 (special)
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Mark D. Siljander (Republican) 59.7%

David A. Masiokas (Democratic) 38.8%

Robert Wagner (Libertarian) 1.1%

Robert Drenkhahn (American Independent) 0.5%

! Michigan's 5th congressional district
 * Harold S. Sawyer
 * | Republican
 * 1976
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Harold S. Sawyer (Republican) 53.1%

Stephen V. Monsma (Democratic) 46.9%

! Michigan's 6th congressional district
 * James Whitney Dunn
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Bob Carr (Democratic) 51.4%

Jim Dunn (Republican) 47.5%

James E. Hurrell (Libertarian) 1.1%

! Michigan's 7th congressional district
 * Dale Kildee
 * | Democratic
 * 1976
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Dale Kildee (Democratic) 75.4%

George R. Darrah (Republican) 23.1%

Dennis L. Berry (Libertarian) 1.2%

David Freund (Workers League) 0.4%

! Michigan's 8th congressional district
 * J. Bob Traxler
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ J. Bob Traxler (Democratic) 91.0%

Sheila M. Hart (Libertarian) 9.0%

! Michigan's 9th congressional district
 * Guy Vander Jagt
 * | Republican
 * 1966
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Guy Vander Jagt (Republican) 64.9%

Gerald D. Warner (Democratic) 35.1%

! Michigan's 10th congressional district
 * Donald J. Albosta
 * | Democratic
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Don Albosta (Democratic) 60.1%

Lawrence W. Reed (Republican) 38.9%

William Spiers (Libertarian) 0.9%

! Michigan's 11th congressional district
 * Robert William Davis
 * | Republican
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Robert William Davis (Republican) 60.5%

Kent Bourland (Democratic) 39.5%

! Michigan's 12th congressional district
 * David Bonior
 * | Democratic
 * 1976
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ David Bonior (Democratic) 65.9%

Ray Contesti (Republican) 33.2%

Keith P. Edwards (Libertarian) 1.0%

! Michigan's 13th congressional district
 * George Crockett Jr.
 * | Democratic
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ George Crockett Jr. (Democratic) 88.0%

Letty Gupta (Republican) 11.1%

Eddie Benjamin (Workers League) 0.9%

! Michigan's 14th congressional district
 * Dennis Hertel
 * | Democratic
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Dennis Hertel (Democratic) 95.0%

Harold H. Dunn (Libertarian) 5.0%

! Michigan's 15th congressional district
 * William D. Ford
 * | Democratic
 * 1964
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ William D. Ford (Democratic) 72.8%

Mitchell Moran (Republican) 26.0%

Guy R. Collins (American Independent) 1.2%

! Michigan's 16th congressional district
 * John Dingell
 * | Democratic
 * 1955 (special)
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ John Dingell (Democratic) 73.7%

David K. Haskins (Republican) 25.3% Others

Susan Apstein (Socialist Workers) 0.7%

Paul Scherrer (Workers League) 0.3%

! rowspan=2 | Michigan's 17th congressional district
 * William M. Brodhead
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * rowspan=2 nowrap | ✅ Sander Levin (Democratic) 66.6%

Gerald E. Rosen (Republican) 31.7%

Virginia L. Cropsey (Libertarian) 1.7%


 * James J. Blanchard Redistricted from the MI's 18th congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * | Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Michigan. Democratic loss.
 * | Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Michigan. Democratic loss.

! Michigan's 18th congressional district
 * William Broomfield Redistricted from the MI's 19th congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1956
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ William Broomfield (Republican) 73.3%

Allen J. SIpher (Democratic) 25.7%

Joseph Cote (Libertarian) 1.0%


 * }

Minnesota
! Minnesota's 1st congressional district
 * Tom Hagedorn Redistricted from the MN's 2nd congressional district
 * | Independent- Republican
 * 1974
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. DFL gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Tim Penny (DFL) 51.2%

Tom Hagedorn (Ind.-Republican) 47.9%

Clare H. Jarvis (Libertarian) 0.9%

! Minnesota's 2nd congressional district
 * Vin Weber Redistricted from the MN's 6th congressional district
 * | Independent- Republican
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Vin Weber (Ind.-Republican) 54.5%

Jim Nichols (DFL) 45.5%

! Minnesota's 3rd congressional district
 * Bill Frenzel
 * | Independent- Republican
 * 1970
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Bill Frenzel (Ind.-Republican) 72.2%

Joel A. Saliterman (DFL) 26.4%

Richard Laybourn (Citizens) 1.5%

! Minnesota's 4th congressional district
 * Bruce Vento
 * | DFL
 * 1976
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Bruce Vento (DFL) 73.2%

Bill James (Ind.-Republican) 26.8%

! Minnesota's 5th congressional district
 * Martin Olav Sabo
 * | DFL
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Martin Olav Sabo (DFL) 65.5%

Keith W. Johnson (Ind.-Republican) 29.4%

Kathryn Anderson (Citizens) 3.9%

Thomas Wicklund (Libertarian) 1.2%

! Minnesota's 6th congressional district
 * Arlen Erdahl Redistricted from the MN's 1st congressional district
 * | Independent- Republican
 * 1978
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. DFL gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Gerry Sikorski (DFL) 50.8%

Arlen Erdahl (Ind.-Republican) 49.2%

! Minnesota's 7th congressional district
 * Arlan Stangeland
 * | Independent- Republican
 * 1977 (special)
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Arlan Stangeland (Ind.-Republican) 50.3%

Gene R. Wenstrom (DFL) 49.7%

! Minnesota's 8th congressional district
 * Jim Oberstar
 * | DFL
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Jim Oberstar (DFL) 76.7%

Marnie Luce (Ind.-Republican) 23.3%


 * }

Mississippi
! Mississippi's 1st congressional district
 * Jamie Whitten
 * | Democratic
 * 1941 (special)
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Jamie Whitten (Democratic) 70.9%

Fran Fawcett (Republican) 29.1%

! Mississippi's 2nd congressional district
 * David R. Bowen
 * | Democratic
 * 1972
 * | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Webb Franklin (Republican) 50.3%

Robert G. Clark (Democratic) 48.4%

William V. Harris (Independent) 1.3%

! Mississippi's 3rd congressional district
 * Sonny Montgomery
 * | Democratic
 * 1966
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Sonny Montgomery (Democratic) 93.1%

James Bradshaw (Independent) 6.9%

! Mississippi's 4th congressional district
 * Wayne Dowdy
 * | Democratic
 * 1981 (special)
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Wayne Dowdy (Democratic) 52.5%

Liles Williams (Republican) 45.6%

Eddie L. McBride (Independent) 1.8%

! Mississippi's 5th congressional district
 * Trent Lott
 * | Republican
 * 1972
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Trent Lott (Republican) 78.5%

Blackie Coate (Democratic) 21.5%


 * }

Missouri
Missouri lost one seat at reapportionment.

! Missouri's 1st congressional district
 * Bill Clay
 * | Democratic
 * 1968
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Bill Clay (Democratic) 66.1%

Bill White (Republican) 33.9%

! Missouri's 2nd congressional district
 * Robert A. Young
 * | Democratic
 * 1976
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Robert A. Young (Democratic) 56.5%

Harold L. Dielmann (Republican) 43.5%

! Missouri's 3rd congressional district
 * Dick Gephardt
 * | Democratic
 * 1976
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Dick Gephardt (Democratic) 77.9%

Richard Foristel (Republican) 22.1%

! rowspan=2 | Missouri's 4th congressional district
 * Ike Skelton
 * | Democratic
 * 1976
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * rowspan=2 nowrap | ✅ Ike Skelton (Democratic) 54.8%

Wendell Bailey (Republican) 45.2%


 * Wendell Bailey Redistricted from the MO's 8th congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican loss.
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican loss.

! Missouri's 5th congressional district
 * Richard Bolling
 * | Democratic
 * 1948
 * | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ 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's 6th congressional district
 * Tom Coleman
 * | Republican
 * 1976
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Tom Coleman (Republican) 55.3%

Jim Russell (Democratic) 44.7%

! Missouri's 7th congressional district
 * Gene Taylor
 * | Republican
 * 1972
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Gene Taylor (Republican) 50.5%

David A. Geisler (Democratic) 49.5%

! Missouri's 8th congressional district
 * Bill Emerson Redistricted from the MO's 10th congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Bill Emerson (Republican) 53.1%

Jerry Ford (Democratic) 46.9%

! Missouri's 9th congressional district
 * Harold Volkmer
 * | Democratic
 * 1976
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Harold Volkmer (Democratic) 60.8%

Larry E. Mead (Republican) 39.2%


 * }

Montana
! Montana's 1st congressional district
 * Pat Williams
 * | Democratic
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Pat Williams (Democratic) 59.7%

Bob Davies (Republican) 37.2%

Don Doig (Libertarian) 3.1%

! Montana's 2nd congressional district
 * Ron Marlenee
 * | Republican
 * 1976
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Ron Marlenee (Republican) 53.7%

Howard F. Lyman (Democratic) 44.2%

Westley F. Deitchler (Libertarian) 2.1%


 * }

Nebraska
! Nebraska's 1st congressional district
 * Doug Bereuter
 * | Republican
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Doug Bereuter (Republican) 75.1%

Curt Donaldson (Democratic) 24.9%

! Nebraska's 2nd congressional district
 * Hal Daub
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Hal Daub (Republican) 56.8%

Richard M. Fellman (Democratic) 43.2%

! Nebraska's 3rd congressional district
 * Virginia Smith
 * | Republican
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Virginia Smith (Republican) 99.7%


 * }

Nevada
! Nevada's 1st congressional district
 * colspan=3 | None (district created)
 * | New seat. Democratic gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Harry Reid (Democratic) 57.5%

Peggy Cavnar (Republican) 42.5%

! Nevada's 2nd congressional district
 * James David Santini Redistricted from the NV's at-large congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * | Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. New member elected. Republican gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Barbara Vucanovich (Republican) 55.5%

Mary Gojack (Democratic) 41.3%

Teresa Vuceta (Libertarian) 3.2%


 * }

New Hampshire
! New Hampshire's 1st congressional district
 * Norman D'Amours
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Norman D'Amours (Democratic) 54.9%

Bob Smith (Republican) 44.5%

William C. Mackenzie (Independent) 0.5%

! New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district
 * Judd Gregg
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Judd Gregg (Republican) 70.8%

Robert L. Dupay (Democratic) 29.2%


 * }

New Jersey
New Jersey lost one seat at reapportionment.

! New Jersey's 1st congressional district
 * James Florio
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ 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's 2nd congressional district
 * William J. Hughes
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ William J. Hughes (Democratic) 68.0%

John J. Mahoney (Republican) 31.1%

Bruce Powers (Libertarian) 0.8%

! New Jersey's 3rd congressional district
 * James J. Howard
 * | Democratic
 * 1964
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ 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's 4th congressional district
 * Chris Smith
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ 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's 5th congressional district
 * Marge Roukema Redistricted from the NJ's 7th congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Marge Roukema (Republican) 65.3%

Fritz Cammerzell (Democratic) 33.5%

William J. Zelko Jr. (Libertarian) 1.2%

! New Jersey's 6th congressional district
 * Bernard J. Dwyer Redistricted from the NJ's 15th congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Bernard J. Dwyer (Democratic) 68.1%

Bertram L. Buckler (Republican) 31.3%

Charles M. Hart (Libertarian) 0.6%

! New Jersey's 7th congressional district
 * Matt Rinaldo Redistricted from the NJ's 12th congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1972
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Matt Rinaldo (Republican) 56.0%

Adam K. Levin (Democratic) 43.3%

Donald B. Siano (Libertarian) 0.8%

! New Jersey's 8th congressional district
 * Robert A. Roe
 * | Democratic
 * 1970
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Robert A. Roe (Democratic) 70.7%

Norm Robertson (Republican) 28.5%

Sidney J. Pope (Libertarian) 0.8%

! New Jersey's 9th congressional district
 * Harold C. Hollenbeck
 * | Republican
 * 1976
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Robert Torricelli (Democratic) 53.0%

Harold C. Hollenbeck (Republican) 46.0%

Robert Shapiro (Libertarian) 0.9%

! New Jersey's 10th congressional district
 * Peter W. Rodino
 * | Democratic
 * 1948
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ 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's 11th congressional district
 * Joseph Minish
 * | Democratic
 * 1962
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Joseph Minish (Democratic) 64.3%

Rey Redington (Republican) 34.8%

Richard S. Roth (Libertarian) 0.9%

! rowspan=2 | New Jersey's 12th congressional district
 * Jim Courter Redistricted from the NJ's 13th congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * rowspan=2 nowrap | ✅ Jim Courter (Republican) 66.8%

Jeff Connor (Democratic) 32.3%

Harold F. Leiendecker (Libertarian) 0.9%


 * Millicent Fenwick Redistricted from the NJ's 5th congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1974
 * | Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. Republican loss.
 * | Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. Republican loss.

! New Jersey's 13th congressional district
 * Edwin B. Forsythe Redistricted from the NJ's 6th congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1970
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ 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's 14th congressional district
 * Frank Joseph Guarini
 * | Democratic
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ 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%


 * }

New Mexico
! New Mexico's 1st congressional district
 * Manuel Lujan Jr.
 * | Republican
 * 1968
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Manuel Lujan Jr. (Republican) 52.4%

Jan A. Hartke (Democratic) 47.6%

! New Mexico's 2nd congressional district
 * Joe Skeen
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Joe Skeen (Republican) 58.4%

Caleb J. Chandler (Democratic) 41.6%

! New Mexico's 3rd congressional district
 * colspan=3 | None (district created)
 * | New seat. Democratic gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Bill Richardson (Democratic) 64.5%

Marjorie Bell Chambers (Republican) 35.4%


 * }

New York
New York lost five seats at reapportionment.

! New York's 1st congressional district
 * William Carney
 * | Conservative
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ William Carney (Conservative/Rep.) 63.9%

Ethan C. Eldon (Democratic) 36.1%

! New York's 2nd congressional district
 * Thomas Downey
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Thomas Downey (Democratic) 63.9%

Paul G. Costello (Republican) 33.8%

Louis VanDenEssen (Right to Life) 2.3%

! rowspan=2 | New York's 3rd congressional district
 * Gregory W. Carman
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * | Incumbent retired. Republican loss.
 * rowspan=2 nowrap | ✅ Robert J. Mrazek (Democratic) 51.8%

John LeBoutillier (Republican) 46.0%

Richard T. Bohner (Right to Life) 2.2%


 * John LeBoutillier Redistricted from the NY's 6th congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.

! New York's 4th congressional district
 * Norman F. Lent
 * | Republican
 * 1970
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Norman F. Lent (Republican) 60.4%

Robert P. Zimmerman (Democratic) 36.4%

John J. Dunkle (Right to Life) 3.3%

! New York's 5th congressional district
 * Ray McGrath
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Ray McGrath (Republican) 58.1%

Arnold J. Miller (Democratic) 38.8%

Thomas J. Boyle (Right to Life) 2.8%

Richard Horan (Libertarian) 0.3%

! New York's 6th congressional district
 * Joseph P. Addabbo Redistricted from the NY's 7th congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1960
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Joseph P. Addabbo (Democratic) 95.9%

Mark E. Scott (Conservative) 4.1%

! New York's 7th congressional district
 * Benjamin S. Rosenthal Redistricted from the NY's 8th congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1962
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Benjamin S. Rosenthal (Democratic) 77.2%

Albert Lemishow (Republican) 22.8%

! New York's 8th congressional district
 * James H. Scheuer Redistricted from the NY's 11th congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1964 1972 (defeated) 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ James H. Scheuer (Democratic) 89.5%

John T. Blume (Conservative) 10.5%

! New York's 9th congressional district
 * Geraldine Ferraro
 * | Democratic
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Geraldine Ferraro (Democratic) 73.2%

John J. Weigandt (Republican) 19.8%

Ralph G. Groves (Conservative) 5.8%

Patricia A. Salargo (Liberal) 1.1%

! New York's 10th congressional district
 * Chuck Schumer Redistricted from the NY's 16th congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Chuck Schumer (Democratic) 79.2%

Stephen Marks (Republican) 19.2%

Alice J. Bertolotti (Right to Life) 1.7%

! New York's 11th congressional district
 * Fred Richmond Redistricted from the NY's 14th congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * | Incumbent resigned. New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ Edolphus Towns (Democratic) 83.7%

James W. Smith (Republican) 9.5%

Patrick W. Giagnacova (Liberal) 3.2%

Joseph N. O. Caesar (Conservative) 2.9%

Susan C. Zarate (Socialist Workers) 0.8%

! New York's 12th congressional district
 * Shirley Chisholm
 * | Democratic
 * 1968
 * | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ Major Owens (Democratic) 90.5%

David Katan Sr. (Republican) 6.5%

David E. Rosenstroch (Conservative) 2.0%

Jahn-Clymer Francis (Right to Life) 0.9%

! New York's 13th congressional district
 * Stephen Solarz
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Stephen Solarz (Democratic) 80.5%

Leon F. Nadrowski (Republican) 16.7%

James M. Gay (Conservative) 2.7%

! rowspan=2 | New York's 14th congressional district
 * Guy Molinari Redistricted from the NY's 17th congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * rowspan=2 nowrap | ✅ Guy Molinari (Republican) 56.1%

Leo C. Zeferetti (Democratic) 42.9%

Carl F. Grillo (Liberal) 1.1%


 * Leo C. Zeferetti Redistricted from the NY's 15th congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic loss.
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic loss.

! New York's 15th congressional district
 * Bill Green Redistricted from the NY's 18th congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Bill Green (Republican) 53.6%

Betty G. Lall (Democratic) 44.9%

Henry Van Rossem (Conservative) 1.6%

! New York's 16th congressional district
 * Charles Rangel Redistricted from the NY's 19th congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1970
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Charles Rangel (Democratic) 97.5%

Michael T. Berns (Conservative) 1.6%

Veronica Cruz (Socialist Workers) 0.9%

! rowspan=2 | New York's 17th congressional district
 * Ted Weiss Redistricted from the NY's 20th congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1976
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * rowspan=2 nowrap | ✅ Ted Weiss (Democratic) 85.0%

Louis S. Antonelli (Republican) 15.0%


 * Jonathan Brewster Bingham Redistricted from the NY's 22nd congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1964
 * | Incumbent retired. Democratic loss.
 * | Incumbent retired. Democratic loss.

! New York's 18th congressional district
 * Robert Garcia Redistricted from the NY's 21st congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Robert Garcia (Democratic) 98.9%

Loidis R. Cordero (Popular) 1.1%

! New York's 19th congressional district
 * Mario Biaggi Redistricted from the NY's 10th congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1968
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Mario Biaggi (Democratic) 93.7%

Michael J. McSherry (Conservative) 5.9%

Eva Chertov (Socialist Workers) 0.5%

! New York's 20th congressional district
 * Richard Ottinger Redistricted from the NY's 24th congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1964 1970 (retired) 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Richard Ottinger (Democratic) 56.5%

Jon S. Fossel (Republican) 41.3%

Florence T. O'Grady (Right to Life) 2.2%

! New York's 21st congressional district
 * Hamilton Fish IV Redistricted from the NY's 25th congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1968
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Hamilton Fish IV (Republican) 75.2%

J. Morgan Strong (Democratic) 24.8%

! rowspan=2 | New York's 22nd congressional district
 * Benjamin Gilman Redistricted from the NY's 26th congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1972
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * rowspan=2 nowrap | ✅ Benjamin Gilman (Republican) 52.9%

Peter A. Peyser (Democratic) 42.0%

Charles C. Beck (Conservative) 2.8%

Richard Bruno (Right to Life) 2.3%


 * Peter A. Peyser Redistricted from the NY's 23rd congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1970 1976 (retired) 1978
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic loss.
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic loss.

! New York's 23rd congressional district
 * Samuel S. Stratton Redistricted from the NY's 28th congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1958
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Samuel S. Stratton (Democratic) 76.1%

Frank Wicks (Republican) 19.2%

John G. Dow (Liberal) 3.9% Others

Mark A. Dunlea (Citizens) 0.5%

Patricia Mayberry (Socialist Workers) 0.3%

! New York's 24th congressional district
 * Gerald Solomon Redistricted from the NY's 29th congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Gerald Solomon (Republican) 73.9%

Roy Esiason (Democratic) 26.1%

! New York's 25th congressional district
 * Donald J. Mitchell Redistricted from the NY's 31st congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1972
 * | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ Sherwood Boehlert (Republican) 55.8%

Anita Maxwell (Democratic) 42.4%

Donald J. Thomas (Right to Life) 1.8%

! New York's 26th congressional district
 * David O'Brien Martin Redistricted from the NY's 30th congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ David O'Brien Martin (Republican) 71.6%

David P. Landy (Democratic) 28.4%

! rowspan=2 | New York's 27th congressional district
 * George C. Wortley Redistricted from the NY's 32nd congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * rowspan=2 nowrap | ✅ George C. Wortley (Republican) 53.2%

Elaine Lytel (Democratic) 44.2%

Thomas M. Hunter (Conservative) 1.6%

George Hyrcza (Right to Life) 1.1%


 * Gary A. Lee Redistricted from the NY's 33rd congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1978
 * | Incumbent lost renomination. Republican loss.
 * | Incumbent lost renomination. Republican loss.

! New York's 28th congressional district
 * Matt McHugh Redistricted from the NY's 27th congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Matt McHugh (Democratic) 56.3%

David F. Crowley (Republican) 42.5%

Mark R. Masterson (Right to Life) 1.1%

! New York's 29th congressional district
 * Frank Horton Redistricted from the NY's 34th congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1962
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Frank Horton (Republican) 66.4%

William C. Larsen (Democratic) 30.2%

Edwin Lundberg (Conservative) 3.4%

! New York's 30th congressional district
 * Barber Conable Redistricted from the NY's 35th congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1964
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Barber Conable (Republican) 68.2%

Bill Benet (Democratic) 27.9%

Richard G. Baxter (Conservative) 2.2%

David J. Valone (Right to Life) 1.7%

! New York's 31st congressional district
 * Jack Kemp Redistricted from the NY's 38th congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1970
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Jack Kemp (Republican) 75.3%

James A. Martin (Democratic) 24.7%

! New York's 32nd congressional district
 * John LaFalce Redistricted from the NY's 36th congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ John LaFalce (Democratic) 91.4%

Raymond R. Walker (Conservative) 6.8%

Timothy J. Hubbard (Right to Life) 1.9%

! New York's 33rd congressional district
 * Henry J. Nowak Redistricted from the NY's 37th congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Henry J. Nowak (Democratic) 84.1%

Walter J. Pillich (Republican) 13.2%

James F. Gallagher (Right to Life) 2.7%

! New York's 34th congressional district
 * Stan Lundine Redistricted from the NY's 39th congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1976
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Stan Lundine (Democratic) 60.2%

James J. Snyder (Republican) 38.7%

Genevieve F. Ronan (Right to Life) 1.1%


 * }

North Carolina
! North Carolina's 1st congressional district
 * Walter B. Jones Sr.
 * | Democratic
 * 1966
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Walter B. Jones Sr. (Democratic) 81.3%

James F. McIntyre III (Republican) 17.8%

Bobby Yates Emory (Libertarian) 0.9%

! North Carolina's 2nd congressional district
 * Lawrence H. Fountain
 * | Democratic
 * 1952
 * | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ Tim Valentine (Democratic) 53.6%

John W. Marin (Republican) 30.8%

H. M. Michaux Jr. (Write-in) 14.4%

Sue Lamm (Libertarian) 1.3%

! North Carolina's 3rd congressional district
 * Charles Orville Whitley
 * | Democratic
 * 1976
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Charles Orville Whitley (Democratic) 63.6%

Eugene McDaniel (Republican) 36.0%

Marshall Sprague (Libertarian) 0.5%

! North Carolina's 4th congressional district
 * Ike Franklin Andrews
 * | Democratic
 * 1972
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Ike Franklin Andrews (Democratic) 51.3%

Bill Cobey (Republican) 47.4%

Fritz Prochnow (Libertarian) 1.3%

! North Carolina's 5th congressional district
 * Stephen L. Neal
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Stephen L. Neal (Democratic) 60.3%

Anne Bagnal (Republican) 39.2% Others

Naudeen Beek (Libertarian) 0.4%

Meryl Lynn Farber (Socialist Workers) 0.1%

! North Carolina's 6th congressional district
 * Gene Johnston
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Charles Robin Britt (Democratic) 53.8%

Gene Johnston (Republican) 45.6%

J. Erik Christensen (Libertarian) 0.5%

! North Carolina's 7th congressional district
 * Charlie Rose
 * | Democratic
 * 1972
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Charlie Rose (Democratic) 71.0%

Edward Johnson (Republican) 28.0%

Richard Hollembeak (Libertarian) 1.0%

! North Carolina's 8th congressional district
 * Bill Hefner
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Bill Hefner (Democratic) 57.4%

Harris D. Blake (Republican) 42.0%

Don Scoggins (Libertarian) 0.7%

! North Carolina's 9th congressional district
 * James G. Martin
 * | Republican
 * 1972
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ James G. Martin (Republican) 57.0%

Preston Cornelius (Democratic) 41.9%

Dave Braatz (Libertarian) 1.1%

! North Carolina's 10th congressional district
 * Jim Broyhill
 * | Republican
 * 1962
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Jim Broyhill (Republican) 92.7%

John Rankin (Libertarian) 7.3%

! North Carolina's 11th congressional district
 * Bill Hendon
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ James M. Clarke (Democratic) 49.9%

Bill Hendon (Republican) 49.2%

Linda Janca (Libertarian) 0.9%


 * }

North Dakota
! North Dakota At-large
 * Byron Dorgan
 * | Democratic-NPL
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Byron Dorgan (Democratic-NPL) 71.6%

Kent Jones (Republican) 27.7%

Don J. Klingensmith (Prohibition) 0.7%


 * }

Ohio
Ohio lost two seats at reapportionment.

! Ohio's 1st congressional district 1974 (lost) 1976
 * Tom Luken Redistricted from the OH's 2nd congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1974 (special)
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Tom Luken (Democratic) 63.5%

John E. Held (Republican) 33.7%

James A. Berns (Libertarian) 2.8%

! Ohio's 2nd congressional district
 * Bill Gradison Redistricted from the OH's 1st congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Bill Gradison (Republican) 62.7%

William J. Luttmer (Democratic) 34.2%

Charles K. Shrout Jr. (Libertarian) 1.9%

Joseph I. Lombardo (Independent) 1.2%

! Ohio's 3rd congressional district
 * Tony P. Hall
 * | Democratic
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Tony P. Hall (Democratic) 87.7%

Kathryn E. Brown (Libertarian) 12.3%

! Ohio's 4th congressional district
 * Mike Oxley
 * | Republican
 * 1972
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Mike Oxley (Republican) 64.6%

Bob Moon (Democratic) 35.4%

! Ohio's 5th congressional district
 * Del Latta
 * | Republican
 * 1958
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Del Latta (Republican) 55.2%

James R. Sherck (Democratic) 44.8%

! Ohio's 6th congressional district
 * Bob McEwen
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Bob McEwen (Republican) 59.2%

Lynn Alan Grimshaw (Democratic) 40.8%

! Ohio's 7th congressional district
 * Bud Brown
 * | Republican
 * 1965
 * | Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Ohio. New member elected. Republican hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ Mike DeWine (Republican) 56.3%

Roger D. Tackett (Democratic) 42.0%

John B. Winer (Libertarian) 1.8%

! Ohio's 8th congressional district
 * Tom Kindness
 * | Republican
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Tom Kindness (Republican) 66.4%

John W. Griffin (Democratic) 33.6%

! Ohio's 9th congressional district
 * Ed Weber
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Marcy Kaptur (Democratic) 57.9%

Ed Weber (Republican) 39.3%

Susan A. Skinner (Independent) 1.1% Others

James J. Somers (Independent) 1.0%

David Muir (Libertarian) 0.7%

! rowspan=2 | Ohio's 10th congressional district
 * Clarence E. Miller
 * | Republican
 * 1966
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * rowspan=2 nowrap | ✅ Clarence E. Miller (Republican) 63.3%

John M. Buchanan (Democratic) 36.7%


 * Jean Spencer Ashbrook Redistricted from the OH's 17th congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1982
 * | Incumbent retired. Republican loss.
 * | Incumbent retired. Republican loss.

! rowspan=2 | Ohio's 11th congressional district
 * J. William Stanton
 * | Republican
 * 1964
 * | Incumbent retired. Republican loss.
 * rowspan=2 nowrap | ✅ Dennis E. Eckart (Democratic) 60.9%

Glen W. Warner (Republican) 36.9%

Jim Russell (Libertarian) 2.2%


 * Dennis E. Eckart Redistricted from the OH's 22nd congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * Incumbent re-elected.

! Ohio's 12th congressional district
 * Bob Shamansky
 * | Democratic
 * 1980
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ John Kasich (Republican) 50.5%

Bob Shamansky (Democratic) 47.3%

Russell A. Lewis (Libertarian) 2.3%

! Ohio's 13th congressional district
 * Don Pease
 * | Democratic
 * 1976
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Don Pease (Democratic) 61.2%

Timothy Paul Martin (Republican) 35.4%

James S. Patton (Independent) 3.4%

! Ohio's 14th congressional district
 * John F. Seiberling
 * | Democratic
 * 1970
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ John F. Seiberling (Democratic) 70.5%

Louis A. Mangels (Republican) 29.5%

! Ohio's 15th congressional district
 * Chalmers Wylie
 * | Republican
 * 1966
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Chalmers Wylie (Republican) 66.3%

Greg Kostelac (Democratic) 29.8%

Steve Kender (Libertarian) 3.9%

! Ohio's 16th congressional district
 * Ralph Regula
 * | Republican
 * 1972
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Ralph Regula (Republican) 65.8%

Jeffrey R. Orenstein (Democratic) 34.2%

! Ohio's 17th congressional district
 * Lyle Williams Redistricted from the OH's 19th congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Lyle Williams (Republican) 55.1%

George D. Tablack (Democratic) 44.9%

! Ohio's 18th congressional district
 * Douglas Applegate
 * | Democratic
 * 1976
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Douglas Applegate (Democratic) 100%

! Ohio's 19th congressional district
 * Ronald M. Mottl Redistricted from the OH's 23rd congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * | Incumbent lost renomination. New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ Ed Feighan (Democratic) 58.8%

Richard G. Anter II (Republican) 38.3%

Thomas Pekarek (Libertarian) 1.6%

Kevin G. Killeeen (Independent) 1.2%

! Ohio's 20th congressional district
 * Mary Rose Oakar
 * | Democratic
 * 1976
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Mary Rose Oakar (Democratic) 85.6%

Paris T. LeJeune (Republican) 11.3%

Milton R. Norris (Libertarian) 1.8%

Louise Haberbush (Independent) 1.2%

! Ohio's 21st congressional district
 * Louis Stokes
 * | Democratic
 * 1968
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Louis Stokes (Democratic) 86.1%

Alan G. Shatteen (Republican) 13.9%


 * }

Oklahoma
! Oklahoma's 1st congressional district
 * James R. Jones
 * | Democratic
 * 1972
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ James R. Jones (Democratic) 54.1%

Dick Freeman (Republican) 45.9%

! Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district
 * Mike Synar
 * | Democratic
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Mike Synar (Democratic) 72.6%

Lou Striegel (Republican) 27.4%

! Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district
 * Wes Watkins
 * | Democratic
 * 1976
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Wes Watkins (Democratic) 82.2%

Patrick K. Miller (Republican) 17.8%

! Oklahoma's 4th congressional district
 * Dave McCurdy
 * | Democratic
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Dave McCurdy (Democratic) 65.0%

Howard Rutledge (Republican) 34.2% Others

Charles T. Emerson (Independent) 0.4%

Marshall A. Luse Jr. (Independent) 0.3%

! Oklahoma's 5th congressional district
 * Mickey Edwards
 * | Republican
 * 1976
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Mickey Edwards (Republican) 67.2%

Dan Lane (Democratic) 28.8%

Paul E. Trent (Independent) 3.9%

! Oklahoma's 6th congressional district
 * Glenn English
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Glenn English (Democratic) 75.4%

Ed Moore (Republican) 24.6%


 * }

Oregon
! Oregon's 1st congressional district
 * Les AuCoin
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Les AuCoin (Democratic) 53.8%

Bill Moshofsky (Republican) 46.2%

! Oregon's 2nd congressional district
 * colspan=3 | None (district created)
 * | New seat. Republican gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Bob Smith (Republican) 55.6%

Larryann Willis (Democratic) 44.4%

! Oregon's 3rd congressional district
 * Ron Wyden
 * | Democratic
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Ron Wyden (Democratic) 78.3%

Thomas H. Phelan (Republican) 21.7%

! Oregon's 4th congressional district
 * Jim Weaver
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Jim Weaver (Democratic) 59.1%

Ross Anthony (Republican) 40.9%

! Oregon's 5th congressional district
 * Denny Smith Redistricted from the OR's 2nd congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Denny Smith (Republican) 51.2%

Ruth McFarland (Democratic) 48.8%


 * }

Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania lost two seats at reapportionment.

! rowspan=2 | Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district
 * Thomas M. Foglietta
 * | Democratic
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * rowspan=2 nowrap | ✅ Thomas M. Foglietta (Democratic) 72.3%

Michael Marino (Republican) 26.6% Others

Lisa Brannan (Consumer) 0.7%

Ralph Mullinger (Libertarian) 0.4%


 * Joseph F. Smith Redistricted from the PA's 3rd congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1981 (special)
 * | Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic loss.
 * | Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic loss.

! Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district
 * William H. Gray III
 * | Democratic
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ William H. Gray III (Democratic) 76.1%

Milton Street (Independent) 22.2%

William C. Saunders (Libertarian) 1.7%

! Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district
 * Charles F. Dougherty Redistricted from the PA's 4th congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1978
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Robert Borski (Democratic) 50.1%

Charles F. Dougherty (Republican) 48.7% Others

Carolyn Berger (Consumer) 0.5%

Mike Finley (Socialist Workers) 0.5%

Bruce Bishkin (Libertarian) 0.2%

! Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district
 * Eugene Atkinson Redistricted from the PA's 25th congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1978
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Joe Kolter (Democratic) 60.1%

Eugene Atkinson (Republican) 38.6%

Sam Blancato (Consumer) 1.2%

! Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district
 * Dick Schulze
 * | Republican
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Dick Schulze (Republican) 67.2%

Bob Burger (Democratic) 32.8%

! Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district
 * Gus Yatron
 * | Democratic
 * 1968
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Gus Yatron (Democratic) 72.0%

Harry B. Martin (Republican) 28.0%

! Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district
 * Bob Edgar
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Bob Edgar (Democratic) 55.4%

Steve Joachim (Republican) 44.6%

! Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district
 * James K. Coyne III
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Peter H. Kostmayer (Democratic) 50.3%

James K. Coyne III (Republican) 48.9% Others

Albert H. Reef (Independent) 0.5%

Hans Schroeder (Libertarian) 0.3%

! Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district
 * Bud Shuster
 * | Republican
 * 1972
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Bud Shuster (Republican) 65.1%

Eugene J. Duncan (Democratic) 34.9%

! Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district
 * Joseph M. McDade
 * | Republican
 * 1962
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Joseph M. McDade (Republican) 67.5%

Robert J. Rafalko (Democratic) 32.5%

! Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district
 * Jim Nelligan
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Frank Harrison (Democratic) 53.5%

Jim Nelligan (Republican) 46.5%

! rowspan=2 | Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district
 * John Murtha
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * rowspan=2 nowrap | ✅ John Murtha (Democratic) 61.1%

William N. Tuscano (Republican) 34.4%

Joseph E. Krill (Independent) 4.5%


 * Donald A. Bailey Redistricted from the PA's 21st congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1978
 * | Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic loss.
 * | Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic loss.

! Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district
 * Lawrence Coughlin
 * | Republican
 * 1968
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Lawrence Coughlin (Republican) 64.3%

Martin J. Cunningham (Democratic) 35.2%

Nicholas Kydonieus (Libertarian) 0.5%

! Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district
 * William J. Coyne
 * | Democratic
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ William J. Coyne (Democratic) 74.9%

John Robert Clark (Republican) 20.3%

Richard Edward Caligiuri (Libertarian) 3.4%

William R. Kalman (Socialist Workers) 1.5%

! Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district
 * Don Ritter
 * | Republican
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Don Ritter (Republican) 57.8%

Richard J. Orloski (Democratic) 42.2%

! Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district
 * Bob Walker
 * | Republican
 * 1976
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Bob Walker (Republican) 71.3%

Jean D. Mowery (Democratic) 28.7%

! Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district
 * Allen E. Ertel
 * | Democratic
 * 1976
 * | Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Pennsylvania. New member elected. Republican gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ George Gekas (Republican) 57.6%

Larry Hochendoner (Democratic) 42.4%

! Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district
 * Doug Walgren
 * | Democratic
 * 1976
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Doug Walgren (Democratic) 54.2%

Ted Jacob (Republican) 45.0%

William A. Lewis Jr. (Libertarian) 0.8%

! Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district
 * Bill Goodling
 * | Republican
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Bill Goodling (Republican) 70.8%

Larry Becker (Democratic) 29.2%

! Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district
 * Joseph M. Gaydos
 * | Democratic
 * 1968
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Joseph M. Gaydos (Democratic) 76.0%

Terry T. Ray (Republican) 22.8%

David L. Travis (Libertarian) 1.2%

! Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district
 * Marc L. Marks Redistricted from the PA's 24th congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1976
 * | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ Tom Ridge (Republican) 50.2%

Anthony Andrezeski (Democratic) 49.8%

! Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district
 * Austin Murphy
 * | Democratic
 * 1976
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Austin Murphy (Democratic) 78.7%

Frank J. Paterra (Republican) 20.5%

Deann Rathbun (Socialist Workers) 0.8%

! Pennsylvania's 23rd congressional district
 * William Clinger
 * | Republican
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ William Clinger (Republican) 65.2%

Joseph J. Calla Jr. (Democratic) 34.8%


 * }

Rhode Island
! Rhode Island's 1st congressional district
 * Fernand St Germain
 * | Democratic
 * 1960
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Fernand St Germain (Democratic) 60.7%

Burton Stallwood (Republican) 38.3%

Gertrude M. Jayne Fowler (Independent) 1.0%

! Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district
 * Claudine Schneider
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Claudine Schneider (Republican) 55.6%

James V. Aukerman (Democratic) 44.4%


 * }

South Carolina
! South Carolina's 1st congressional district
 * Tommy Hartnett
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Tommy Hartnett (Republican) 54.3%

W. Mullins McLeod (Democratic) 44.9%

Walter E. Smith (Libertarian) 0.8%

! South Carolina's 2nd congressional district
 * Floyd Spence
 * | Republican
 * 1970
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Floyd Spence (Republican) 58.5%

Ken Mosely (Democratic) 41.5%

! South Carolina's 3rd congressional district
 * Butler Derrick
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Butler Derrick (Democratic) 90.4%

Gordon T. Davis (Libertarian) 9.6%

! South Carolina's 4th congressional district
 * Carroll A. Campbell Jr.
 * | Republican
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Carroll A. Campbell Jr. (Republican) 63.3%

Marion E. Tyus (Democratic) 36.7%

! South Carolina's 5th congressional district
 * Kenneth Lamar Holland
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ John Spratt (Democratic) 67.6%

John S. Wilkerson (Republican) 32.4%

! South Carolina's 6th congressional district
 * John Light Napier
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Robin Tallon (Democratic) 52.5%

John Light Napier (Republican) 47.5%


 * }

South Dakota
! rowspan=2 | South Dakota At-large
 * Tom Daschle Redistricted from the SD's 1st congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * rowspan=2 nowrap | ✅ Tom Daschle (Democratic) 51.6%

Clint Roberts (Republican) 48.4%


 * Clint Roberts Redistricted from the SD's 2nd congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican loss.
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican loss.


 * }

Tennessee
! Tennessee's 1st congressional district
 * Jimmy Quillen
 * | Republican
 * 1962
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Jimmy Quillen (Republican) 74.1%

Jessie J. Cable (Democratic) 22.8%

James B. Fields (Independent) 3.1%

! Tennessee's 2nd congressional district
 * John Duncan Sr.
 * | Republican
 * 1964
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ John Duncan Sr. (Republican) 100%

! Tennessee's 3rd congressional district
 * Marilyn Lloyd
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Marilyn Lloyd (Democratic) 61.8%

Glen Byers (Republican) 36.3%

Henry Ford Brock (Independent) 1.9%

! Tennessee's 4th congressional district
 * colspan=3 | None (district created)
 * | New seat. Democratic gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Jim Cooper (Democratic) 66.1%

Cissy Baker (Republican) 33.9%

! Tennessee's 5th congressional district
 * Bill Boner
 * | Democratic
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Bill Boner (Democratic) 80.2%

Laurel Steinhice (Republican) 19.8%

! Tennessee's 6th congressional district
 * Al Gore Redistricted from the TN's 4th congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1976
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Al Gore (Democratic) 100%

! Tennessee's 7th congressional district
 * Robin Beard Redistricted from the TN's 6th congressional district
 * | Republican
 * 1972
 * | Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. New member elected. Republican hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ Don Sundquist (Republican) 50.5%

Bob Clement (Democratic) 49.5%

! Tennessee's 8th congressional district
 * Ed Jones Redistricted from the TN's 7th congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1969 (special)
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Ed Jones (Democratic) 74.9%

Bruce Benson (Republican) 25.1%

! Tennessee's 9th congressional district
 * Harold Ford Sr. Redistricted from the TN's 8th congressional district
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Harold Ford Sr. (Democratic) 72.4%

Joe Crawford (Republican) 26.4%

Isaac Richmond (Independent) 1.2%


 * }

Texas
! Texas's 1st congressional district
 * Sam B. Hall Jr.
 * | Democratic
 * 1976
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Sam B. Hall Jr. (Democratic) 97.5%

John Traylor (Libertarian) 2.5%

! Texas's 2nd congressional district
 * Charlie Wilson
 * | Democratic
 * 1972
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Charlie Wilson (Democratic) 94.3%

Ed Richbourg (Libertarian) 5.7%

! Texas's 3rd congressional district
 * James M. Collins
 * | Republican
 * 1968
 * | Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. New member elected. Republican hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ Steve Bartlett (Republican) 77.1%

Jim McNees (Democratic) 21.8%

Jerry R. Williamson (Libertarian) 1.1%

! Texas's 4th congressional district
 * Ralph Hall
 * | Democratic
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Ralph Hall (Democratic) 73.8%

Pete Collumb (Republican) 25.3%

Bruce Iiams (Libertarian) 0.9%

! Texas's 5th congressional district
 * Jim Mattox
 * | Democratic
 * 1976
 * | Incumbent retired to run for Attorney General Democratic hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ John Bryant (Democratic) 64.8%

Joe Devany (Republican) 33.7% Others

Richard Squire (Libertarian) 0.9%

John Richard Bridges (Citizens) 0.6%

! Texas's 6th congressional district
 * Phil Gramm
 * | Democratic
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Phil Gramm (Democratic) 94.5%

Ron Hard (Libertarian) 5.5%

! Texas's 7th congressional district
 * Bill Archer
 * | Republican
 * 1970
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Bill Archer (Republican) 85.0%

Dennis G. Scoggins (Democratic) 14.0%

Bill Ware (Libertarian) 1.0%

! Texas's 8th congressional district
 * Jack Fields
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Jack Fields (Republican) 56.7%

Henry E. Allee (Democratic) 42.6%

Mike Angwin (Libertarian) 0.6%

! Texas's 9th congressional district
 * Jack Brooks
 * | Democratic
 * 1952
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Jack Brooks (Democratic) 67.6%

John W. Lewis (Republican) 30.3%

Dean Allen (Libertarian) 2.1%

! Texas's 10th congressional district
 * J. J. Pickle
 * | Democratic
 * 1963 (special)
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ J. J. Pickle (Democratic) 90.1%

William G. Kelsey (Libertarian) 6.5%

Bradley Louis Rockwell (Citizens) 3.4%

! Texas's 11th congressional district
 * Marvin Leath
 * | Democratic
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Marvin Leath (Democratic) 96.4%

Thomas B. Kilbride (Libertarian) 3.6%

! Texas's 12th congressional district
 * Jim Wright
 * | Democratic
 * 1954
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Jim Wright (Democratic) 68.9%

Jim Ryan (Republican) 30.5%

Edward Olson (Libertarian) 0.6%

! Texas's 13th congressional district
 * Jack Hightower
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Jack Hightower (Democratic) 63.6%

Ron Slover (Republican) 35.3%

Rod Collier (Libertarian) 1.2%

! Texas's 14th congressional district
 * Bill Patman
 * | Democratic
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Bill Patman (Democratic) 60.7%

Joe Wyatt Jr. (Republican) 38.6%

Glenn Rasmussen (Libertarian) 0.7%

! Texas's 15th congressional district
 * Kika de la Garza
 * | Democratic
 * 1964
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Kika de la Garza (Democratic) 95.7%

Frank L. Jones III (Libertarian) 4.3%

! Texas's 16th congressional district
 * Richard Crawford White
 * | Democratic
 * 1964
 * | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ Ron Coleman (Democratic) 53.9%

Pat Haggerty (Republican) 44.2%

Catherine A. McDivitt (Libertarian) 1.9%

! Texas's 17th congressional district
 * Charles Stenholm
 * | Democratic
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Charles Stenholm (Democratic) 97.1%

James A. Cooley II (Libertarian) 2.9%

! Texas's 18th congressional district
 * Mickey Leland
 * | Democratic
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Mickey Leland (Democratic) 82.6%

C. Leon Pickett (Republican) 14.7%

Thomas P. Bernhardt (Libertarian) 2.7%

! Texas's 19th congressional district
 * Kent Hance
 * | Democratic
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Kent Hance (Democratic) 81.6%

E. L. Hicks (Republican) 17.3%

Mike Read (Libertarian) 1.1%

! Texas's 20th congressional district
 * Henry B. González
 * | Democratic
 * 1961 (special)
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Henry B. González (Democratic) 91.5%

Roger V. Gary (Libertarian) 5.6%

Benedict D. LaRosa (Independent) 3.0%

! Texas's 21st congressional district
 * Tom Loeffler
 * | Republican
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Tom Loeffler (Republican) 74.6%

Charles S. Stough (Democratic) 24.6%

Jeffrey J. Brown (Libertarian) 0.9%

! Texas's 22nd congressional district 1976 (defeated) 1978
 * Ron Paul
 * | Republican
 * 1976 (special)
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Ron Paul (Republican) 98.6%

! Texas's 23rd congressional district
 * Chick Kazen
 * | Democratic
 * 1966
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Chick Kazen (Democratic) 55.3%

Jeff Wentworth (Republican) 44.2%

Parker Abell (Libertarian) 0.5%

! Texas's 24th congressional district
 * Martin Frost
 * | Democratic
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Martin Frost (Democratic) 72.9%

Lucy Patterson (Republican) 26.0%

David Guier (Libertarian) 1.1%

! Texas's 25th congressional district
 * colspan=3 | None (district created)
 * | New seat. Democratic gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Michael A. Andrews (Democratic) 60.4%

Mike Faubion (Republican) 37.9% Others

Barbara Coldiron (Citizens) 0.9%

Jeff Calvert (Libertarian) 0.8%

! Texas's 26th congressional district
 * colspan=3 | None (district created)
 * | New seat. Democratic gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Tom Vandergriff (Democratic) 50.1%

Jim Bradshaw (Republican) 49.9%

! Texas's 27th congressional district
 * colspan=3 | None (district created)
 * | New seat. Democratic gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Solomon Ortiz (Democratic) 64.0%

Jason Luby (Republican) 33.8%

Steven R. Roberts (Libertarian) 2.1%


 * }

Utah
! Utah's 1st congressional district
 * Jim Hansen
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Jim Hansen (Republican) 62.8%

A. Stephen Dirks (Democratic) 37.2%

! Utah's 2nd congressional district
 * David Daniel Marriott
 * | Republican
 * 1976
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ David Daniel Marriott (Republican) 53.8%

Frances Farley (Democratic) 46.2%

! Utah's 3rd congressional district
 * colspan=3 | None (district created)
 * | New seat. Republican gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Howard C. Nielson (Republican) 76.9%

Henry A. Huish (Independent) 23.1%


 * }

Vermont
! Vermont At-large
 * Jim Jeffords
 * | Republican
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Jim Jeffords (Republican) 69.3%

Mark A. Kaplan (Democratic) 23.2%

Robin Lloyd (Citizens) 3.9%

Peter Diamondstone (Liberty Union) 1.7%

Morris Earle (Independent) 1.1%

George E. Trask (Libertarian) 0.9%


 * }

Virginia
! Virginia's 1st congressional district
 * Paul Trible
 * | Republican
 * 1976
 * | Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. New member elected. Republican hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ Herbert H. Bateman (Republican) 55.2%

John McGlennon (Democratic) 44.8%

! Virginia's 2nd congressional district
 * G. William Whitehurst
 * | Republican
 * 1968
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ G. William Whitehurst (Republican) 99.9%

! Virginia's 3rd congressional district
 * Thomas J. Bliley Jr.
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Thomas J. Bliley Jr. (Republican) 59.2%

John A. Waldrop Jr. (Democratic) 40.8%

! Virginia's 4th congressional district
 * Robert Daniel
 * | Republican
 * 1972
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Norman Sisisky (Democratic) 54.4%

Robert Daniel (Republican) 45.6%

! Virginia's 5th congressional district
 * Dan Daniel
 * | Democratic
 * 1968
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Dan Daniel (Democratic) 100%

! Virginia's 6th congressional district
 * M. Caldwell Butler
 * | Republican
 * 1972
 * | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Jim Olin (Democratic) 49.7%

Kevin G. Miller (Republican) 48.5%

Robert L. Fariss (Independent) 1.7%

! Virginia's 7th congressional district
 * J. Kenneth Robinson
 * | Republican
 * 1970
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ J. Kenneth Robinson (Republican) 59.9%

Lindsay G. Dorrier Jr. (Democratic) 36.3%

David J. Toscano (Independent) 3.9%

! Virginia's 8th congressional district 1974 (defeated) 1980
 * Stanford Parris
 * | Republican
 * 1972
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Stanford Parris (Republican) 49.7%

Herbert Harris (Democratic) 48.6%

Austin W. Morrill Jr. (Independent) 1.7%

! Virginia's 9th congressional district 1954 (defeated) 1966
 * William C. Wampler
 * | Republican
 * 1952
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Rick Boucher (Democratic) 50.4%

William C. Wampler (Republican) 49.6%

! Virginia's 10th congressional district
 * Frank Wolf
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Frank Wolf (Republican) 52.7%

Ira M. Lechner (Democratic) 45.9%

Scott R. Bowden (Independent) 1.3%


 * }

Washington
! Washington's 1st congressional district
 * Joel Pritchard
 * | Republican
 * 1972
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Joel Pritchard (Republican) 67.6%

Brian Long (Democratic) 32.4%

! Washington's 2nd congressional district
 * Al Swift
 * | Democratic
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Al Swift (Democratic) 59.6%

Joan Houchen (Republican) 40.4%

! Washington's 3rd congressional district
 * Don Bonker
 * | Democratic
 * 1974
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Don Bonker (Democratic) 60.1%

J. T. Quigg (Republican) 36.8%

O'Dean Williamson (Independent) 3.1%

! Washington's 4th congressional district
 * Sid Morrison
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Sid Morrison (Republican) 69.8%

Charles D. Kilbury (Democratic) 28.6%

Michael Leroy Burns (Independent) 1.6%

! Washington's 5th congressional district
 * Tom Foley
 * | Democratic
 * 1964
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Tom Foley (Democratic) 64.3%

John Sonneland (Republican) 35.7%

! Washington's 6th congressional district
 * Norm Dicks
 * | Democratic
 * 1976
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Norm Dicks (Democratic) 62.5%

Ted Haley (Republican) 33.2%

Jayne H. Anderson (Independent) 4.3%

! Washington's 7th congressional district
 * Mike Lowry
 * | Democratic
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Mike Lowry (Democratic) 70.9%

Bob Dorse (Republican) 29.1%

! Washington's 8th congressional district
 * colspan=3 | None (district created)
 * | New seat. Republican gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Rod Chandler (Republican) 57.0%

Beth Bland (Democratic) 43.0%


 * }

West Virginia
! West Virginia's 1st congressional district 1956 (retired) 1968
 * Bob Mollohan
 * | Democratic
 * 1952
 * | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ Alan Mollohan (Democratic) 53.2%

John F. McCuskey (Republican) 46.8%

! West Virginia's 2nd congressional district
 * Cleve Benedict
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * | Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. New member elected. Democratic gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Buckey Staggers (Democratic) 64.0%

J. D. Hinkle Jr. (Republican) 36.0%

! West Virginia's 3rd congressional district
 * Mick Staton
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Bob Wise (Democratic) 57.9%

Mick Staton (Republican) 41.6%

Adrienne Benjamin (Socialist Workers) 0.5%

! West Virginia's 4th congressional district
 * Nick Rahall
 * | Democratic
 * 1976
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Nick Rahall (Democratic) 80.5%

Homer L. Harris (Republican) 19.5%


 * }

Wisconsin
! Wisconsin's 1st congressional district
 * Les Aspin
 * | Democratic
 * 1970
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Les Aspin (Democratic) 61.0%

Peter Jansson (Republican) 38.1%

Arthur Jackson (Libertarian) 0.9%

! Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district
 * Robert Kastenmeier
 * | Democratic
 * 1958
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Robert Kastenmeier (Democratic) 60.6%

Jim Johnson (Republican) 38.7%

David Beito (Libertarian) 0.7%

! Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district
 * Steve Gunderson
 * | Republican
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Steve Gunderson (Republican) 56.6%

Paul Offner (Democratic) 42.8%

Kenneth Van Doren (Libertarian) 0.6%

! Wisconsin's 4th congressional district
 * Clement J. Zablocki
 * | Democratic
 * 1948
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Clement J. Zablocki (Democratic) 94.6%

Nicholas P. Youngers 	 (Libertarian) 3.0%

John F. Baumgartner (Independent) 1.8%

John Gudenschwager (Constitution) 0.7%

! Wisconsin's 5th congressional district
 * Henry Reuss
 * | Democratic
 * 1954
 * | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * nowrap | ✅ Jim Moody (Democratic) 63.5%

Rod Johnston (Republican) 34.9% Others

William McCuen Jr. (Libertarian) 1.0%

Walter Beach (Independent) 0.3%

Cheryll Hidalgo (Independent) 0.2%

! Wisconsin's 6th congressional district
 * Tom Petri
 * | Republican
 * 1979 (special)
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Tom Petri (Republican) 65.0%

Gordon Loehr (Democratic) 35.0%

! Wisconsin's 7th congressional district
 * Dave Obey
 * | Democratic
 * 1969 (special)
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Dave Obey (Democratic) 68.0%

Bernard Zimmermann (Republican) 32.0%

! Wisconsin's 8th congressional district
 * Toby Roth
 * | Republican
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Toby Roth (Republican) 57.2%

Ruth Clusen (Democratic) 42.0%

Anthony Theisen (Libertarian) 0.8%

! Wisconsin's 9th congressional district
 * Jim Sensenbrenner
 * | Republican
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Jim Sensenbrenner (Republican) 99.9%


 * }

Wyoming
! Wyoming At-large
 * Dick Cheney
 * | Republican
 * 1978
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Dick Cheney (Republican) 71.1%

Ted Hommel (Democratic) 28.9%


 * }

Non-voting delegates
! American Samoa at-large
 * Fofō Iosefa Fiti Sunia
 * 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |
 * nowrap |

✅ Fofō Iosefa Fiti Sunia (Democratic) Uncontested

! District of Columbia at-large
 * Walter Fauntroy
 * 1970
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |
 * nowrap |

✅ Walter Fauntroy (Democratic) 83.0%

John West (Republican) 15.3%

! Guam at-large
 * Antonio Borja Won Pat
 * 1972
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |
 * nowrap |

✅ Antonio Borja Won Pat (Democratic) 51.7%

Vicente T. Blaz (Republican) 48.3%

! U.S. Virgin Islands at-large
 * Ron de Lugo
 * 1972 1978 (retired) 1980
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |
 * nowrap |

✅ Ron de Lugo (Democratic) 82.8%

Frank Prince (Republican) 14.6%

Eric A. Smalls (Independent) 2.6%


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