2000 United States House of Representatives elections

2000 United States House of Representatives elections
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All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives; 218 seats needed for a majority
	Results:; Democratic hold Democratic gain; Republican hold Republican gain; Independent hold Independent gain
Speaker before election; Dennis Hastert; Republican	Elected Speaker ; Dennis Hastert; Republican

The 2000 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 7, 2000, to elect U.S. Representatives to serve in the 107th United States Congress. They coincided with the election of George W. Bush as President of the United States. The Republican Party won 221 seats, while the Democratic Party won 212 and independents won two.^[1]

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This marked the first time since 1992 that the victorious presidential party lost seats in the House, and the first since 1988 that they lost seats in both Houses. This resulted in the smallest Republican majority since 1952, which would similarly occur in 2022.

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Parties		Seats				Popular vote
Parties		1998	2000	Net change	Strength	Vote	%	Change
	Republican Party	223	221	2	50.8%	46,992,383	47.6%	-0.8%
	Democratic Party	211	212	1	48.7%	46,582,167	47.1%	-0.2%
	Libertarian Party	-	-	-	-	1,610,292	1.6%	+0.3%
	Independent	1	2	1	0.5%	683,098	0.7%	+0.1%
	Natural Law Party	-	-	-	-	443,896	0.4%	+0.1%
	Green Party	-	-	-	-	260,087	0.3%	+0.2%
	Reform Party	-	-	-	-	176,269	0.2%	-0.2%
	Constitution Party	-	-	-	-	122,936	0.1%	-
	Independence Party	-	-	-	-	95,864	0.1%	+0.1%
	Conservative Party	-	-	-	-	52,335	0.1%	-
	Others	-	-	-	-	1,780,636	1.8%	+0.6%
Totals		435	435	0	100.0%	98,799,963	100.0%	-
Source: Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk

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More information Popular vote ...

Popular vote

Republican			47.56%
Democratic			47.15%
Libertarian			1.63%
Green			0.26%
Others			3.40%

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More information House seats ...

House seats

Republican			50.80%
Democratic			48.74%
Independent			0.46%

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Popular vote and seats total by states
House seats by party holding plurality in state
Summary of party change of U.S. House seats in the 2000 House election

In the November general elections, thirty incumbents did not seek re-election, either to retire or to seek other positions.

Democrats

Seven Democrats did not seek re-election.

Michigan 8: Debbie Stabenow retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Missouri 1: Bill Clay retired.
Missouri 6: Pat Danner retired.
Pennsylvania 4: Ron Klink retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Rhode Island 2: Robert Weygand retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Virginia 2: Owen B. Pickett retired.
West Virginia 2: Bob Wise retired to run for Governor of West Virginia.

Republicans

Twenty-three Republicans did not seek re-election.

Arizona 1: Matt Salmon retired to run for Governor of Arizona.
California 15: Tom Campbell retired to run for U.S. Senator.
California 48: Ron Packard retired.
Florida 4: Tillie Fowler retired.
Florida 8: Bill McCollum retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Florida 12: Charles T. Canady retired.
Idaho 1: Helen Chenoweth retired.
Illinois 10: John Porter retired.
Illinois 15: Thomas W. Ewing retired.
Indiana 2: David M. McIntosh retired to run for Governor of Indiana.
Indiana 7: Edward A. Pease retired.
Missouri 2: Jim Talent retired to run for Governor of Missouri.
Montana at-large: Rick Hill retired.
Nebraska 3: Bill Barrett retired.
New Jersey 7: Bob Franks retired to run for U.S. Senator.
New York 2: Rick Lazio retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Ohio 12: John Kasich retired to run for U.S. President.
Oklahoma 2: Tom Coburn retired.
Pennsylvania 19: William F. Goodling retired.
South Carolina 1: Mark Sanford retired to run for Governor of South Carolina.
Texas 7: Bill Archer retired.
Virginia 7: Thomas J. Bliley Jr. retired.
Washington 2: Jack Metcalf retired.

Two seats opened early due to deaths and were not filled until the November elections.

Democrats

One Democrat died.

Minnesota 4: Bruce Vento died October 10, 2000.

Republicans

One Republican died.

Virginia 1: Herbert H. Bateman died September 11, 2000.

In primary elections

Democrats

Two Democrats lost renomination.

California 31: Matthew G. Martínez lost renomination to Hilda Solis, who then won the general election.
New York 1: Michael Forbes lost to Regina Seltzer who lost the general election to Felix Grucci.
Puerto Rico at-large: Carlos Romero Barceló lost renomination to Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, who then won the general election.

Republicans

One Republican lost renomination.

Utah 2: Merrill Cook lost renomination to Derek Smith, who then lost the general election to Jim Matheson.

In the general election

Democrats

Three Democrats lost re-election to Republicans.

Connecticut 2: Sam Gejdenson lost to Rob Simmons.
Minnesota 2: David Minge lost to Mark Kennedy.

Republicans

Four Republicans lost re-election to Democrats.

Arkansas 4: Jay Dickey lost to Mike Ross.
California 27: James E. Rogan lost to Adam Schiff.
California 36: Steven T. Kuykendall lost to Jane Harman.
California 49: Brian Bilbray lost to Susan Davis.

Democratic seats won by Republicans

Five Democratic seats were won by Republicans.

Michigan 8: Won by Mike Rogers.
Missouri 6: Won by Sam Graves.
Pennsylvania 4: Won by Melissa Hart.
Virginia 2: Won by Ed Schrock.
West Virginia 2: Won by Shelley Moore Capito.

Republican seats won by Democrats

Four Republican seats were won by Democrats.

Democratic seats held by Democrats

Three held five of their open seats.