1998 United States House of Representatives elections

The 1998 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 3, 1998, to elect U.S. Representatives to serve in the 106th United States Congress. They were part of the midterm elections held during President Bill Clinton's second term. They were a major disappointment for the Republicans, who were expecting to gain seats due to the embarrassment Clinton suffered during the Monica Lewinsky scandal and the "six-year itch" effect observed in most second-term midterm elections. However, the Republicans lost five seats to the Democrats, although they retained a narrow majority in the House. A wave of Republican discontent with Speaker Newt Gingrich prompted him to resign shortly after the election; he was replaced by Congressman Dennis Hastert of Illinois.

1998 United States House of Representatives elections

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All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives 218 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Newt Gingrich (resigned) Dick Gephardt Party Republican Democratic Leader since January 3, 1995 January 3, 1995 Leader's seat Georgia 6th Missouri 3rd Last election 227 seats 206 seats Seats won 223 211 Seat change 4 5 Popular vote 32,237,964 31,490,298 Percentage 48.4% 47.3% Swing 0.2pp 0.9pp   Third party   Party Independent Last election 2 seats Seats won 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 372,072 Percentage 0.6%
Results:      Democratic hold      Democratic gain      Republican hold      Republican gain      Independent hold
Speaker before election Newt Gingrich Republican Elected Speaker Dennis Hastert Republican

The campaign was marked by Republican attacks on the morality of President Bill Clinton, with independent counsel Kenneth Starr having released his report on the Lewinsky scandal and House leaders having initiated an inquiry into whether impeachable offenses had occurred. However, exit polls indicated that most voters opposed impeaching Clinton, and predictions of high Republican or low Democratic turnout due to the scandal failed to materialize. Some speculate that the losses reflected a backlash against the Republicans for attacking the popular Clinton. With the Republicans having lost four House seats and failing to gain any seats in the Senate, it was the first time since 1934 that the non-presidential party failed to gain congressional seats in a midterm election; this would happen again in 2002. This was the last election until 2024 where no incumbents who served at least 6 terms (12 years) lost re-nomination or re-election, and also the most recent where no Democratic incumbent lost renomination.

Overall results

Popular vote and seats total by states

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211	1	223
Democratic	I	Republican

Party		Seats			Seat percentage	Vote percentage	Popular vote
		1996	Elected	Net change
	Republican Party	227	223	4	51.3%	48.4%	32,237,964
	Democratic Party	206	211	5	48.5%	47.3%	31,490,298
	Libertarian Party	0	0		0.0%	1.3%	880,024
	Independent	2	1	1	0.2%	0.6%	372,072
	Reform Party	0	0		0.0%	0.4%	239,173
	Natural Law Party	0	0		0.0%	0.3%	195,015
	U.S. Taxpayers' Party	0	0		0.0%	0.1%	73,983
	Green Party	0	0		0.0%	0.1%	70,932
	Conservative Party	0	0		0.0%	0.1%	57,775
	Right to Life Party	0	0		0.0%	0.1%	52,356
	Independent American Party	0	0		0.0%	0.1%	45,206
	Others	0	0		0.0%	1.3%	890,004
Totals		435	435		100.0%	100.0%	66,604,802

Source: Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk

Popular vote Republican   48.40% Democratic   47.28% Libertarian   1.32% Others   3.00%

House seats Republican   51.26% Democratic   48.51% Others   0.23%

House seats by party holding plurality in state   80%+ Democratic   80%+ Republican   60%+ to 80% Democratic   60%+ to 80% Republican   Up to 60% Democratic   Up to 60% Republican   80%+ Independent

6+ Democratic gain   6+ Republican gain   3-5 Democratic gain   3-5 Republican gain   1-2 Democratic gain   1-2 Republican gain   no net change

Incumbent retirements

Democrats California 3: Vic Fazio California 34: Esteban Torres California 36: Jane Harman: To run for Governor Colorado 2: David Skaggs Connecticut 1: Barbara B. Kennelly: To run for Governor Illinois 9: Sidney R. Yates Illinois 19: Glenn Poshard: To run for Governor Indiana 9: Lee Hamilton Kentucky 6: Scotty Baesler: To run for U.S. Senate Massachusetts 8: Joseph P. Kennedy II New York 7: Thomas Manton New York 9: Chuck Schumer: To run for U.S. Senate North Carolina 8: Bill Hefner Ohio 11: Louis Stokes Oregon 1: Elizabeth Furse Pennsylvania 15: Paul McHale Texas 20: Henry B. González

Republicans California 1: Frank Riggs: To run for U.S. Senate Colorado 6: Daniel Schaefer Idaho 2: Mike Crapo: To run for U.S. Senate Illinois 13: Harris Fawell Kentucky 4: Jim Bunning: To run for U.S. Senate Mississippi 4: Michael Parker: To run for Governor Nebraska 2: Jon Christensen: To run for Governor Nevada 1: John Ensign: To run for U.S. Senate New York 22: Gerald Solomon New York 27: Bill Paxon Oregon 2: Bob Smith Pennsylvania 10: Joseph M. McDade South Carolina 4: Bob Inglis: To run for U.S. Senate Washington 3: Linda Smith: To run for U.S. Senate Wisconsin 1: Mark Neumann: To run for U.S. Senate Wisconsin 2: Scott Klug

Incumbents defeated

In primary elections

This remains the most recent election as of 2024 where no Democratic incumbent lost to a Democratic challenger.

Republicans who lost to a Republican challenger

1. California 41: Jay Kim lost to Gary Miller who later won the general election

In the general election

Democrats who lost to a Republican challenger

1. Wisconsin 8: Jay Johnson lost to Mark Green

Republicans who lost to a Democratic challenger

1. Kansas 3: Vince Snowbarger lost to Dennis Moore
2. New Jersey 12: Mike Pappas lost to Rush Holt Jr.
3. New Mexico 3: Bill Redmond lost to Tom Udall
4. Pennsylvania 13: Jon D. Fox lost to Joe Hoeffel
5. Washington 1: Rick White lost to Jay Inslee

Closest races

Forty-three races were decided by 10% or lower.

District	Winner	Margin
Pennsylvania 10th	Republican	0.30%
Louisiana 6th	Republican	1.49%
Connecticut 5th	Democratic	1.49%
California 49th	Republican	2.22%
California 36th	Republican (flip)	2.32%
Colorado 2nd	Democratic	2.43%
North Carolina 8th	Republican (flip)	2.54%
Indiana 9th	Democratic	2.83%
New Jersey 12th	Democratic (flip)	2.87%
Oregon 1st	Democratic	2.99%
Illinois 17th	Democratic	3.12%
Nevada 1st	Democratic (flip)	3.59%
Minnesota 6th	Democratic	3.98%
Kentucky 3rd	Republican	4.00
California 27th	Republican	4.29%
Kansas 3rd	Democratic (flip)	4.78%
Pennsylvania 13th	Democratic	4.98%
Washington 1st	Democratic (flip)	5.66%
Wisconsin 2nd	Democratic (flip)	5.79%
Ohio 1st	Republican	5.97%
New York 4th	Democratic	5.99%
Indiana 8th	Democratic	6.13%
Arizona 5th	Republican	6.41%
New Mexico 1st	Democratic	6.55%
Kentucky 4th	Democratic (flip)	6.82%
Michigan 10th	Democratic	7.10%
Kentucky 6th	Republican (flip)	7.15%
California 3rd	Republican (flip)	7.37%
Idaho 2nd	Republican	7.82%
New Jersey 7th	Republican	8.09%
Texas 17th	Democratic	8.29%
New Hampshire 2nd	Republican	8.38%
Mississippi 4th	Democratic (flip)	8.53%
California 38th	Republican	8.37%
Montana at-large	Republican	8.65%
Wisconsin 8th	Republican (flip)	9.21%
Utah 2nd	Republican	9.30%
Tennessee 6th	Democratic	9.30%
Washington 3rd	Democratic (flip)	9.31%
Arizona 6th	Republican	9.37%
Minnesota 1st	Republican	9.51%
New Mexico 3rd	Democratic (flip)	9.89%
Pennsylvania 15th	Republican (flip)	9.97%

Special elections

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
New York 6	Floyd Flake	Democratic	1986	Incumbent resigned November 17, 1997 to work at his church full-time. New member elected February 3, 1998. Democratic hold. Winner was re-elected in November, see below.	▌Y Gregory Meeks (Democratic) 56.51% ▌Alton Waldon (Conservative) 20.77% ▌Barbara M. Clark (21st Century) 13.13% ▌ (Republican) 8.78%
California 22	Walter Capps	Democratic	1996	Incumbent died October 28, 1997. New member elected March 10, 1998. Democratic hold. Winner was re-elected in November, see below.	▌Y Lois Capps (Democratic) 53.46% ▌Tom J. Bordonaro Jr. (Republican) 44.78% ▌ (Libertarian) 1.76%
California 9	Ron Dellums	Democratic	1970	Incumbent resigned February 6, 1998. New member elected April 7, 1998. Democratic hold. Winner was re-elected in November, see below.	▌Y Barbara Lee (Democratic) 66.81% ▌ (Democratic) 16.05% ▌ (Republican) 12.19% ▌ (Democratic) 4.95%
California 44	Sonny Bono	Republican	1994	Incumbent died January 5, 1998. New member elected April 7, 1998. Republican hold. Winner was re-elected in November, see below.	▌Y Mary Bono (Republican) 63.98% ▌Ralph Waite (Democratic) 28.84% ▌ (Democratic) 2.88% ▌ (Republican) 1.71% ▌ (Republican) 1.47% ▌ (Republican) 1.13%
Pennsylvania 1	Thomas M. Foglietta	Democratic	1980	Incumbent resigned November 11, 1997, to become U.S. Ambassador to Italy. New member elected May 19, 1998. Democratic hold. Winner was re-elected in November, see below.	▌Y Bob Brady (Democratic) 73.63% ▌ (Republican) 12.88% ▌ (Reform) 10.54% ▌ (Libertarian) 2.95%
New Mexico 1	Steven Schiff	Republican	1988	Incumbent died March 25, 1998. New member elected June 23, 1998. Republican hold. Winner was re-elected in November, see below.	▌Y Heather Wilson (Republican) 44.58% ▌Phillip Maloof (Democratic) 39.61% ▌ (Green) 14.72% ▌ (Libertarian) 1.09%

Alabama

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status
Alabama 1	R+12	Sonny Callahan	Republican	1984	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Sonny Callahan (Republican) Uncontested
Alabama 2	R+14	Terry Everett	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Terry Everett (Republican) 69% ▌ (Democratic) 31%
Alabama 3	R+7	Bob Riley	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bob Riley (Republican) 58% ▌Joe Turnham (Democratic) 42%
Alabama 4	R+7	Robert Aderholt	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Robert Aderholt (Republican) 56% ▌ (Democratic) 44%
Alabama 5	R+7	Bud Cramer	Democratic	1990	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bud Cramer (Democratic) 70% ▌ (Republican) 30%
Alabama 6	R+26	Spencer Bachus	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Spencer Bachus (Republican) 72% ▌ (Democratic) 28%
Alabama 7	D+19	Earl Hilliard	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Earl Hilliard (Democratic) Uncontested

Alaska

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status
Alaska at-large	R+14	Don Young	Republican	1973 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Don Young (Republican) 62.6% ▌Jim Duncan (Democratic) 34.6% ▌ (Green) 2.7%

Arizona

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status
Arizona 1	R+6	Matt Salmon	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Matt Salmon (Republican) 64% ▌David Mendoza (Democratic) 36%
Arizona 2	D+13	Ed Pastor	Democratic	1991 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ed Pastor (Democratic) 67.8% ▌ (Republican) 28% ▌Richard Duncan (Libertarian) 3.1% ▌Gregory R. Schultz (Reform) 1.1%
Arizona 3	R+9	Bob Stump	Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bob Stump (Republican) 67% ▌Stuart Starky (Democratic) 33%
Arizona 4	R+8	John Shadegg	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Shadegg (Republican) 64.7% ▌ (Democratic) 31.2% ▌Ernest Hancock (Libertarian) 2.4% ▌Doug Quelland (Independent) 1.7%
Arizona 5	R+2	Jim Kolbe	Republican	1984	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jim Kolbe (Republican) 51.6% ▌Thomas Volgy (Democratic) 45.2% ▌Phillip W. Murphy (Libertarian) 2.5% ▌Robert Connery Sr. (Reform) 0.8%
Arizona 6	R+3	J. D. Hayworth	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y J. D. Hayworth (Republican) 53% ▌Steve Owens (Democratic) 43.7% ▌Robert Anderson (Libertarian) 3.3%

Arkansas

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status
Arkansas 1	D+10	Marion Berry	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Marion Berry (Democratic) Uncontested
Arkansas 2	D+6	Vic Snyder	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Vic Snyder (Democratic) 58% ▌ (Republican) 42%
Arkansas 3	R+5	Asa Hutchinson	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Asa Hutchinson (Republican) 80.7% ▌Ralph Forbes (Reform) 19.3%
Arkansas 4	D+11	Jay Dickey	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jay Dickey (Republican) 57.5% ▌Judy Smith (Democratic) 42.5%

California

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status
California 1	D+4	Frank Riggs	Republican	1990 1992 (defeated) 1994	Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. Democratic gain.	▌Y Mike Thompson (Democratic) 61.9% ▌Mark Luce (Republican) 32.8% ▌Emil Rossi (Libertarian) 2.8% ▌Ernest K. Jones Jr. (Peace and Freedom) 2.5%
California 2	R+11	Wally Herger	Republican	1988	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Wally Herger (Republican) 62.5% ▌Roberts Braden (Democratic) 34.5% ▌Patrice Thiessen (Natural Law) 3%
California 3	R+3	Vic Fazio	Democratic	1978	Incumbent retired. Republican gain.	▌Y Doug Ose (Republican) 52.4% ▌Sandra Dunn (Democratic) 45% ▌Ross Crain (Libertarian) 2.6%
California 4	R+11	John Doolittle	Republican	1990	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Doolittle (Republican) 62.6% ▌David Shapiro (Democratic) 34.4% ▌Dan Winterrowd (Libertarian) 3%
California 5	D+8	Bob Matsui	Democratic	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bob Matsui (Democratic) 71.9% ▌Robert S. Dinsmore (Republican) 26% ▌Douglas Arthur Tuma (Libertarian) 2.1%
California 6	D+13	Lynn Woolsey	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Lynn Woolsey (Democratic) 68% ▌Ken McAuliffe (Republican) 29.7% ▌Alan Roy Barreca (Natural Law) 2.3%
California 7	D+18	George Miller	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y George Miller (Democratic) 77% ▌Norman Reece (Republican) 23%
California 8	D+25	Nancy Pelosi	Democratic	1987	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Nancy Pelosi (Democratic) 85.8% ▌David Martz (Republican) 12% ▌David Smithstein (Natural Law) 2.1%
California 9	D+31	Barbara Lee	Democratic	April 7, 1998 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Barbara Lee (Democratic) 82.8% ▌Claiborne Sanders (Republican) 13.2% ▌Gerald Sanders (Peace and Freedom) 2.8% ▌Walter Kenneth Ruehlig (Natural Law) 1.2%
California 10	R+1	Ellen Tauscher	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ellen Tauscher (Democratic) 53.5% ▌Charles Ball (Republican) 43.4% ▌Valerie Janlois (Natural Law) 1.7% ▌John Place (Reform) 1.4%
California 11	R+4	Richard Pombo	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Richard Pombo (Republican) 61.4% ▌Robert Figueroa (Democratic) 36.3% ▌Jesse Baird (Libertarian) 2.3%
California 12	D+20	Tom Lantos	Democratic	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Tom Lantos (Democratic) 74% ▌Robert Evans (Republican) 21.1% ▌Michael Moloney (Libertarian) 4.9%
California 13	D+15	Pete Stark	Democratic	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Pete Stark (Democratic) 71.2% ▌James Goetz (Republican) 26.7% ▌Karnig Beylikjian (Natural Law) 2.2%
California 14	D+11	Anna Eshoo	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Anna Eshoo (Democratic) 68.6% ▌Chris Haugen (Republican) 28.4% ▌Joseph Dehn III (Libertarian) 1.7%
California 15	D+6	Tom Campbell	Republican	1988 1992 (Defeated) 1995 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Tom Campbell (Republican) 60.5% ▌Dick Lane (Democratic) 37.9% ▌Frank Strutner (Natural Law) 1.5%
California 16	D+13	Zoe Lofgren	Democratic	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Zoe Lofgren (Democratic) 72.8% ▌Horace Gene Thayn (Republican) 23.4% ▌John H. Black (Natural Law) 3.8%
California 17	D+9	Sam Farr	Democratic	1993	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Sam Farr (Democratic) 64.5% ▌Bill McCampbell (Republican) 32.7% ▌Rick Garrett (Libertarian) 1.7% ▌Scott Hartley (Natural Law) 1%
California 18	R+4	Gary Condit	Democratic	1989	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Gary Condit (Democratic) 86.7% ▌Linda De Groat (Libertarian) 13.2%
California 19	R+10	George Radanovich	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y George Radanovich (Republican) 79.4% ▌Jonathan Richter (Libertarian) 20.6%
California 20	D+2	Cal Dooley	Democratic	1990	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Cal Dooley (Democratic) 60.7% ▌Cliff Unruh (Republican) 39.3%
California 21	R+16	Bill Thomas	Republican	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bill Thomas (Republican) 78.9% ▌John Evans (Reform) 21.1%
California 22	R+4	Lois Capps	Democratic	March 10, 1998 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Lois Capps (Democratic) 55.1% ▌Thomas Bordonaro (Republican) 43.0% ▌Robert Bakhaus (Libertarian) 1.3% ▌Richard Dick Porter (Reform) 0.6%
California 23	R+2	Elton Gallegly	Republican	1986	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Elton Gallegly (Republican) 60.1% ▌Daniel Gonzalez (Democratic) 39.9%
California 24	D+5	Brad Sherman	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Brad Sherman (Democratic) 57.3% ▌Randy Hoffman (Republican) 38.5% ▌Catherine Carter (Natural Law) 1.7% ▌Erich D. Miller (Libertarian) 1.5% ▌Ralph L. Shroyer (Peace and Freedom) 1%
California 25	R+8	Buck McKeon	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Buck McKeon (Republican) 74.7% ▌Bruce Acker (Libertarian) 25.3%
California 26	D+17	Howard Berman	Democratic	1982	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Howard Berman (Democratic) 82.5% ▌Juan Carlos Ros (Libertarian) 7.8% ▌Maria Armoudian (Green) 5.8% ▌David Cossak (Natural Law) 3.9%
California 27	Even	James E. Rogan	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James E. Rogan (Republican) 50.7% ▌Barry Gordon (Democratic) 46.4% ▌Bob New (Libertarian) 2.8%
California 28	R+4	David Dreier	Republican	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y David Dreier (Republican) 57.6% ▌Janice Nelson (Democratic) 39.2% ▌Jerry Douglas (Libertarian) 1.3% ▌Walt Contreras Sheasby (Green) 1.2% ▌M. Lawrence Allison (Natural Law) 0.5%
California 29	D+20	Henry Waxman	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Henry Waxman (Democratic) 73.9% ▌Mike Gottlieb (Republican) 22.6% ▌Michael J. Binkley (Libertarian) 2% ▌Karen Blasdell-Wilkinson (Natural Law) 1.5%
California 30	D+22	Xavier Becerra	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Xavier Becerra (Democratic) 81.3% ▌Patricia Parker (Republican) 18.8%
California 31	D+15	Matthew G. Martínez	Democratic	1982	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Matthew G. Martínez (Democratic) 70% ▌Frank Moreno (Republican) 22.6% ▌Krista Lieberg-Wong (Green) 5% ▌Michael Everling (Libertarian) 1.3% ▌Gary Hearne (Natural Law) 1%
California 32	D+32	Julian Dixon	Democratic	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Julian Dixon (Democratic) 86.7% ▌Lawrence Ardito (Republican) 11.3% ▌Velko Milosevich (Libertarian) 2%
California 33	D+28	Lucille Roybal-Allard	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Lucille Roybal-Allard (Democratic) 87.2% ▌Wayne Miller (Republican) 12.8%
California 34	D+14	Esteban Edward Torres	Democratic	1982	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y Grace Napolitano (Democratic) 67.6% ▌Ed Perez (Republican) 28.6% ▌Jason Heath (Libertarian) 1.9% ▌James W. Scott (American Independent) 1.9%
California 35	D+33	Maxine Waters	Democratic	1990	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Maxine Waters (Democratic) 89.3% ▌Gordon Michael Mego (American Independent) 10.7%
California 36	R+1	Jane Harman	Democratic	1992	Incumbent retired to run for Governor. Republican gain.	▌Y Steven T. Kuykendall (Republican) 48.9% ▌Janice Hahn (Democratic) 46.6% ▌Robin Barrett (Green) 2% ▌Kerry Welsh (Libertarian) 1.7% ▌John Konopka (American Independent) 0.9%
California 37	D+31	Juanita Millender-McDonald	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Juanita Millender-McDonald (Democratic) 85.1% ▌Saul Lankster (Republican) 14.9%
California 38	D+5	Steve Horn	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Steve Horn (Republican) 52.9% ▌Peter Mathews (Democratic) 44.3% ▌David Bowers (Libertarian) 2.8%
California 39	R+9	Ed Royce	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ed Royce (Republican) 62.6% ▌Cecy Groom (Democratic) 34% ▌Jack Dean (Libertarian) 2.2% ▌Ron Jevning (Natural Law) 1.3%
California 40	R+10	Jerry Lewis	Republican	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jerry Lewis (Republican) 64.9% ▌Robert Conaway (Democratic) 31.9% ▌Maurice Mayben (Libertarian) 3.2%
California 41	R+7	Jay Kim	Republican	1992	Incumbent lost renomination. Republican hold.	▌Y Gary Miller (Republican) 53.2% ▌Eileen Ansari (Democratic) 40.7% ▌Cynthia Allaire (Green) 2.8% ▌Kenneth E. Valentine (Libertarian) 2% ▌David Kramer (Natural Law) 1.3%
California 42	D+5	George Brown Jr.	Democratic	1962 1970 (Retired) 1972	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y George Brown Jr. (Democratic) 55.3% ▌Eli Pirozzi (Republican) 40.3% ▌Hale McGee (American Independent) 2.7% ▌David Hollist (Libertarian) 1.7%
California 43	R+6	Ken Calvert	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ken Calvert (Republican) 55.7% ▌Mike Rayburn (Democratic) 37.8% ▌Phill Courtney (Green) 3.7% ▌Annie Wallack (Natural Law) 2.8%
California 44	R+4	Mary Bono	Republican	April 7, 1998 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Mary Bono (Republican) 60% ▌Ralph Waite (Democratic) 35.7% ▌Jim Meuer (Natural Law) 4.2%
California 45	R+11	Dana Rohrabacher	Republican	1988	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Dana Rohrabacher (Republican) 56.4% ▌Patricia Neal (Democratic) 37.3% ▌Don Hull (Libertarian) 2.7% ▌William Verkamp (Natural Law) 1.3%
California 46	R+1	Loretta Sanchez	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Loretta Sanchez (Democratic) 56.4% ▌Bob Dornan (Republican) 39.2% ▌Thomas Reimer (Libertarian) 2.7% ▌Larry Engwall (Natural Law) 1.6%
California 47	R+14	Christopher Cox	Republican	1988	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Christopher Cox (Republican) 67.6% ▌Christina Avalos (Democratic) 29.5% ▌Victor A. Wagner Jr. (Libertarian) 1.5% ▌Paul Fisher (Natural Law) 0.7%
California 48	R+16	Ron Packard	Republican	1982	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ron Packard (Republican) 76.9% ▌Sharon Miles (Natural Law) 12.9% ▌Daniel L. Muhe (Democratic) 10.2%
California 49	D+1	Brian Bilbray	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Brian Bilbray (Republican) 48.8% ▌Christine Kehoe (Democratic) 46.6% ▌Ernest Lippe (Libertarian) 1.8% ▌Julia Simon (Natural Law) 1.5% ▌Janice Jordan (Peace and Freedom) 1.3%
California 50	D+10	Bob Filner	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Bob Filner (Democratic) Uncontested
California 51	R+11	Duke Cunningham	Republican	1990	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Duke Cunningham (Republican) 61% ▌Dan Kripke (Democratic) 34.7% ▌Jack C. Anderson (Libertarian) 2.6% ▌Eric Hunter Bourdette (Natural Law) 1.7%
California 52	R+8	Duncan L. Hunter	Republican	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Duncan L. Hunter (Republican) 75.7% ▌Lynn Badler (Libertarian) 14.3% ▌Adrienne Pelton (Natural Law) 10%

Colorado

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status
Colorado 1	D+13	Diana DeGette	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Diana DeGette (Democratic) 66.9% ▌ (Republican) 30.1% ▌ (Libertarian) 3%
Colorado 2	D+2	David Skaggs	Democratic	1986	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y Mark Udall (Democratic) 49.9% ▌Bob Greenlee (Republican) 47.4% ▌ (Natural Law) 2.7%
Colorado 3	R+4	Scott McInnis	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Scott McInnis (Republican) 66.1% ▌ (Democratic) 31.5% ▌ (Libertarian) 2.4%
Colorado 4	R+8	Bob Schaffer	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bob Schaffer (Republican) 59% ▌ (Democratic) 41%
Colorado 5	R+19	Joel Hefley	Republican	1986	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Joel Hefley (Republican) 72.7% ▌ (Democratic) 26% ▌ (Natural Law) 1.3%
Colorado 6	R+7	Daniel Schaefer	Republican	1983	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y Tom Tancredo (Republican) 55.9% ▌ (Democratic) 41.5% ▌George Newman (Natural Law) 2.6%

Connecticut

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status
Connecticut 1	D+11	Barbara B. Kennelly	Democratic	1982	Incumbent retired to run for Governor. Democratic hold.	▌Y John B. Larson (Democratic) 58% ▌Kevin O'Connor (Republican) 41.4% ▌Jay E. Palmieri IV (Term Limits) .5%
Connecticut 2	D+7	Sam Gejdenson	Democratic	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Sam Gejdenson (Democratic) 61% ▌ (Republican) 35.5% ▌Dianne G. Ondusko (Independence) 3.1% ▌Paul W. Cook (Term Limits) 0.4%
Connecticut 3	D+8	Rosa DeLauro	Democratic	1990	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Rosa DeLauro (Democratic) 71.3% ▌ (Republican) 27.4% Others ▌Kristen J. Abbatiello (Term Limits) 0.5% ▌David Cole (Reform) 0.4% ▌Gail J. Dalby (Natural Law) 0.4%
Connecticut 4	Even	Chris Shays	Republican	1987	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Chris Shays (Republican) 69% ▌ (Democratic) 29.9% ▌ (Libertarian) 1.1%
Connecticut 5	R+2	James H. Maloney	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jim Maloney (Democratic) 49.9% ▌Mark Nielsen (Republican) 48.4% ▌Robert Strasdauskas (Concerned Citizens) 1.7%
Connecticut 6	D+2	Nancy Johnson	Republican	1982	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Nancy Johnson (Republican) 58.1% ▌ (Democratic) 39.6% ▌Timothy A. Knibbs (Concerned Citizens) 1.8% ▌Mark J. Polon (Term Limits) 0.4%

Delaware

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status
Delaware at-large	D+3	Mike Castle	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Mike Castle (Republican) 66.4% ▌Dennis E. Williams (Democratic) 31.8% ▌James P. Webster (U.S. Taxpayers) 1.3% ▌Kim Stanley Bemis (Natural Law) 0.5%

Florida

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status
Florida 1	R+20	Joe Scarborough	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Joe Scarborough (Republican) 99.5% Uncontested
Florida 2	R+1	Allen Boyd	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Allen Boyd (Democratic) Uncontested
Florida 3	D+8	Corrine Brown	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Corrine Brown (Democratic) 56% ▌Bill Randall (Republican) 44%
Florida 4	R+16	Tillie Fowler	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Tillie Fowler (Republican) Uncontested
Florida 5	D+2	Karen Thurman	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Karen Thurman (Democratic) 66.3% ▌Jack Gargan (Reform) 33.7%
Florida 6	R+11	Cliff Stearns	Republican	1988	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Cliff Stearns (Republican) Uncontested
Florida 7	R+8	John Mica	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Mica (Republican) Uncontested
Florida 8	R+8	Bill McCollum	Republican	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bill McCollum (Republican) 66% ▌ (Democratic) 34%
Florida 9	R+6	Michael Bilirakis	Republican	1982	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Michael Bilirakis (Republican) Uncontested
Florida 10	D+2	Bill Young	Republican	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bill Young (Republican) Uncontested
Florida 11	D+1	Jim Davis	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jim Davis (Democratic) 65% ▌ (Republican) 35%
Florida 12	R+8	Charles T. Canady	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Charles T. Canady (Republican) Uncontested
Florida 13	R+7	Dan Miller	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Dan Miller (Republican) Uncontested
Florida 14	R+12	Porter Goss	Republican	1988	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Porter Goss (Republican) Uncontested
Florida 15	R+9	Dave Weldon	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Dave Weldon (Republican) 63% ▌ (Democratic) 37%
Florida 16	R+3	Mark Foley	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Mark Foley (Republican) Uncontested
Florida 17	D+31	Carrie Meek	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Carrie Meek (Democratic) Uncontested
Florida 18	R+11	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	Republican	1989	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (Republican) Uncontested
Florida 19	D+14	Robert Wexler	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Robert Wexler (Democratic) Uncontested
Florida 20	D+9	Peter Deutsch	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Peter Deutsch (Democratic) Uncontested
Florida 21	R+10	Lincoln Díaz-Balart	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Lincoln Díaz-Balart (Republican) 75% ▌ (Democratic) 25%
Florida 22	D+3	Clay Shaw	Republican	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Clay Shaw (Republican) Uncontested
Florida 23	D+24	Alcee Hastings	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Alcee Hastings (Democratic) Uncontested

Georgia

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status
Georgia 1	R+6	Jack Kingston	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jack Kingston (Republican) Uncontested
Georgia 2	R+1	Sanford Bishop	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Sanford Bishop (Democratic) 57% ▌Joseph F. McCormick (Republican) 43%
Georgia 3	R+9	Mac Collins	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Mac Collins (Republican) Uncontested
Georgia 4	D+11	Cynthia McKinney	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Cynthia McKinney (Democratic) 61% ▌ (Republican) 39%
Georgia 5	D+22	John Lewis	Democratic	1986	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Lewis (Democratic) 79% ▌ (Republican) 21%
Georgia 6	R+19	Newt Gingrich	Republican	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Newt Gingrich (Republican) 71% ▌ (Democratic) 29%
Georgia 7	R+10	Bob Barr	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bob Barr (Republican) 55% ▌ (Democratic) 45%
Georgia 8	R+2	Saxby Chambliss	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Saxby Chambliss (Republican) 62% ▌ (Democratic) 38%
Georgia 9	R+14	Nathan Deal	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Nathan Deal (Republican) Uncontested
Georgia 10	R+3	Charlie Norwood	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Charlie Norwood (Republican) 59% ▌ (Democratic) 41%
Georgia 11	R+13	John Linder	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Linder (Republican) 69% ▌ (Democratic) 31%

Hawaii

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status
Hawaii 1	D+6	Neil Abercrombie	Democratic	1986 (Special) 1988 (Lost renomination) 1990	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Neil Abercrombie (Democratic) 59.8% ▌Gene Ward (Republican) 35.3% ▌ (Natural Law) 2%
Hawaii 2	D+10	Patsy Mink	Democratic	1964 1976 (Retired) 1990 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Patsy Mink (Democratic) 66.3% ▌ (Republican) 23.2% ▌ (Libertarian) 6.1%

Idaho

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status
Idaho 1	R+13	Helen Chenoweth	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Helen Chenoweth (Republican) 55% ▌ (Democratic) 45%
Idaho 2	R+17	Mike Crapo	Republican	1992	Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. Republican hold.	▌Y Mike Simpson (Republican) 52.5% ▌Richard H. Stallings (Democratic) 44.7% ▌ (Natural Law) 2.8%

Illinois

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status
Illinois 1	D+34	Bobby Rush	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bobby Rush (Democratic) 87.1% ▌ (Republican) 10.6% ▌Marjorie Kohls (Libertarian) 2.3%
Illinois 2	D+33	Jesse Jackson Jr.	Democratic	1995	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jesse Jackson Jr. (Democratic) 89.4% ▌ (Republican) 9.6% ▌Matthew Beauchamp (Libertarian) 1%
Illinois 3	D+3	Bill Lipinski	Democratic	1982	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bill Lipinski (Democratic) 72.5% ▌ (Republican) 27.5%
Illinois 4	D+28	Luis Gutiérrez	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Luis Gutiérrez (Democratic) 81.7% ▌ (Republican) 15.9% ▌William Passmore (Libertarian) 2.4%
Illinois 5	D+12	Rod Blagojevich	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Rod Blagojevich (Democratic) 74% ▌ (Republican) 26%
Illinois 6	R+9	Henry Hyde	Republican	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Henry Hyde (Republican) 67.3% ▌ (Democratic) 30.1% ▌George Meyers (Libertarian) 2.5%
Illinois 7	D+31	Danny K. Davis	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Danny K. Davis (Democratic) 92.9% ▌Dorn Van Cleave (Libertarian) 7.1%
Illinois 8	R+11	Phil Crane	Republican	1969	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Phil Crane (Republican) 68.6% ▌ (Democratic) 31.4%
Illinois 9	D+17	Sidney R. Yates	Democratic	1948 1962 (retired) 1964	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y Jan Schakowsky (Democratic) 74.6% ▌ (Republican) 23.1% ▌Michael Ray (Libertarian) 2.3%
Illinois 10	R+2	John Porter	Republican	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Porter (Republican) Uncontested
Illinois 11	D+2	Jerry Weller	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jerry Weller (Republican) 58.8% ▌ (Democratic) 41.2%
Illinois 12	D+9	Jerry Costello	Democratic	1988	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jerry Costello (Democratic) 60.4% ▌ (Republican) 39.6%
Illinois 13	R+10	Harris W. Fawell	Republican	1984	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y Judy Biggert (Republican) 61% ▌ (Democratic) 39%
Illinois 14	R+9	Dennis Hastert	Republican	1986	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Dennis Hastert (Republican) 69.8% ▌ (Democratic) 30.2%
Illinois 15	R+4	Tom Ewing	Republican	1991	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Tom Ewing (Republican) 61.6% ▌Laurel Lunt Prussing (Democratic) 38.4%
Illinois 16	R+7	Don Manzullo	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Don Manzullo (Republican) Uncontested
Illinois 17	D+3	Lane Evans	Democratic	1982	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Lane Evans (Democratic) 51.6% ▌ (Republican) 48.4%
Illinois 18	R+5	Ray LaHood	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ray LaHood (Republican) Uncontested
Illinois 19	Even	Glenn Poshard	Democratic	1988	Incumbent retired to run for Governor. Democratic hold.	▌Y David Phelps (Democratic) 58.3% ▌ (Republican) 41.7%
Illinois 20	Even	John Shimkus	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Shimkus (Republican) 61.3% ▌ (Democratic) 38.7%

Indiana

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status
Indiana 1	D+10	Pete Visclosky	Democratic	1984	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Pete Visclosky (Democratic) 72.5% ▌ (Republican) 26.2% ▌Michael Crass (Libertarian) 1.3%
Indiana 2	R+7	David McIntosh	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y David McIntosh (Republican) 60.6% ▌ (Democratic) 38% ▌Cliff Federle (Libertarian) 1.4%
Indiana 3	R+6	Tim Roemer	Democratic	1990	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Tim Roemer (Democratic) 58.1% ▌ (Republican) 41.9%
Indiana 4	R+14	Mark Souder	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Mark Souder (Republican) 63.3% ▌ (Democratic) 36.7%
Indiana 5	R+12	Steve Buyer	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Steve Buyer (Republican) 62.6% ▌ (Democratic) 36% ▌Carl D. Waters (Libertarian) 1.4%
Indiana 6	R+24	Dan Burton	Republican	1982	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Dan Burton (Republican) 72% ▌ (Democratic) 16.8% ▌Joe Hauptmann (Libertarian) 11.2%
Indiana 7	R+14	Edward Pease	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Edward Pease (Republican) 68.9% ▌ (Democratic) 28.1% ▌Barbara Bourland (Libertarian) 3%
Indiana 8	R+3	John Hostettler	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Hostettler (Republican) 52.1% ▌Gail Riecken (Democratic) 46% ▌Paul Hager (Libertarian) 1.9%
Indiana 9	R+4	Lee Hamilton	Democratic	1964	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y Baron Hill (Democratic) 50.8% ▌Jean Leising (Republican) 47.9% ▌Diane L. Feeney (Libertarian) 1.3%
Indiana 10	D+4	Julia Carson	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Julia Carson (Democratic) 58.3% ▌ (Republican) 39.4% ▌Na' Ilah Ali (Libertarian) 2.3%

Iowa

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status
Iowa 1	D+5	Jim Leach	Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jim Leach (Republican) 56.5% ▌ (Democratic) 42.3% ▌ (Reform) 0.7% ▌Jeffrey M. Smith (Natural Law) 0.5%
Iowa 2	D+4	Jim Nussle	Republican	1990	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jim Nussle (Republican) 55.2% ▌ (Democratic) 44% ▌ (Natural Law) 0.8%
Iowa 3	D+2	Leonard Boswell	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Leonard Boswell (Democratic) 56.9% ▌Larry McKibben (Republican) 41.1% ▌ (Reform) 1.1% ▌ (Independent) 0.8%
Iowa 4	R+1	Greg Ganske	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Greg Ganske (Republican) 65.2% ▌ (Democratic) 33.9% ▌ (Natural Law) 0.9%
Iowa 5	R+5	Tom Latham	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Tom Latham (Republican) Uncontested

Kansas

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status
Kansas 1	R+21	Jerry Moran	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jerry Moran (Republican) 80.7% ▌ (Democratic) 19.3%
Kansas 2	R+9	Jim Ryun	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jim Ryun (Republican) 61% ▌ (Democratic) 39%
Kansas 3	R+8	Vince Snowbarger	Republican	1996	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y Dennis Moore (Democratic) 52.4% ▌Vince Snowbarger (Republican) 47.6%
Kansas 4	R+14	Todd Tiahrt	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Todd Tiahrt (Republican) 58.2% ▌ (Democratic) 38.6% ▌Craig Newland (U.S. Taxpayers) 3.2%

Kentucky

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status
Kentucky 1	R+2	Ed Whitfield	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ed Whitfield (Republican) 55.2% ▌Tom Barlow (Democratic) 44.8%
Kentucky 2	R+8	Ron Lewis	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ron Lewis (Republican) 63.7% ▌ (Democratic) 35.3% ▌ (Reform) 1%
Kentucky 3	D+3	Anne Northup	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Anne Northup (Republican) 51.5% ▌Chris Gorman (Democratic) 47.5% ▌Patricia Jo Metten (Natural Law) 1%
Kentucky 4	R+9	Jim Bunning	Republican	1986	Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. Democratic gain.	▌Y Ken Lucas (Democratic) 53.4% ▌Gex Williams (Republican) 46.6%
Kentucky 5	R+2	Hal Rogers	Republican	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Hal Rogers (Republican) 78.2% ▌ (Democratic) 21.8%
Kentucky 6	R+4	Scotty Baesler	Democratic	1992	Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. Republican gain.	▌Y Ernie Fletcher (Republican) 53.1% ▌Ernesto Scorsone (Democratic) 46% ▌Wasley Krogdahl (U.S. Taxpayers) 0.9%

Louisiana

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status
Louisiana 1	R+16	Bob Livingston	Republican	1977 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bob Livingston (Republican) Uncontested
Louisiana 2	D+24	William J. Jefferson	Democratic	1990	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William J. Jefferson (Democratic) 86%
Louisiana 3	D+1	Billy Tauzin	Republican	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Billy Tauzin (Republican) Uncontested
Louisiana 4	D+1	Jim McCrery	Republican	1988	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jim McCrery (Republican) Uncontested
Louisiana 5	R+2	John Cooksey	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Cooksey (Republican) Uncontested
Louisiana 6	R+1	Richard Baker	Republican	1986	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Richard Baker (Republican) 51% ▌ (Democratic) 49%
Louisiana 7	D+5	Chris John	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Chris John (Democratic) Uncontested

Maine

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status
Maine 1	D+6	Tom Allen	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Tom Allen (Democratic) 60.3% ▌Ross Connelly (Republican) 35.5% ▌Eric Greiner (U.S. Taxpayers) 4.1%
Maine 2	D+7	John Baldacci	Democratic	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Baldacci (Democratic) 76.2% ▌ (Republican) 23.8%

Maryland

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status
Maryland 1	R+7	Wayne Gilchrest	Republican	1990	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Wayne Gilchrest (Republican) 69% ▌ (Democratic) 31%
Maryland 2	R+10	Bob Ehrlich	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bob Ehrlich (Republican) 69% ▌ (Democratic) 31%
Maryland 3	D+9	Ben Cardin	Democratic	1986	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ben Cardin (Democratic) 78% ▌ (Republican) 22%
Maryland 4	D+28	Albert Wynn	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Albert Wynn (Democratic) 86% ▌John Kimble (Republican) 14%
Maryland 5	Even	Steny Hoyer	Democratic	1981	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Steny Hoyer (Democratic) 66% ▌ (Republican) 34%
Maryland 6	R+12	Roscoe Bartlett	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Roscoe Bartlett (Republican) 63% ▌ (Democratic) 37%
Maryland 7	D+30	Elijah Cummings	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Elijah Cummings (Democratic) 86% ▌ (Republican) 14%
Maryland 8	D+6	Connie Morella	Republican	1986	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Connie Morella (Republican) 60% ▌Ralph Neas (Democratic) 40%

Massachusetts

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status
Massachusetts 1	D+14	John Olver	Democratic	1991	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Olver (Democratic) 71.7% ▌ (Republican) 28.3%
Massachusetts 2	D+13	Richard Neal	Democratic	1988	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Richard Neal (Democratic) 99% Uncontested
Massachusetts 3	D+11	Jim McGovern	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jim McGovern (Democratic) 56.9% ▌Matthew J. Amorello (Republican) 41.5% ▌George Phillies (Libertarian) 1.5%
Massachusetts 4	D+15	Barney Frank	Democratic	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Barney Frank (Democratic) 98.4% Uncontested
Massachusetts 5	D+9	Marty Meehan	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Marty Meehan (Democratic) 70.7% ▌ (Republican) 29.3%
Massachusetts 6	D+9	John F. Tierney	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John F. Tierney (Democratic) 54.6% ▌Peter G. Torkildsen (Republican) 42.4% ▌Randal C. Fritz (Independent) 3%
Massachusetts 7	D+14	Ed Markey	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ed Markey (Democratic) 70.6% ▌ (Republican) 29.3%
Massachusetts 8	D+27	Joseph P. Kennedy II	Democratic	1986	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y Mike Capuano (Democratic) 81.7% ▌ (Republican) 11.5% ▌Andrea Morell (Socialist Workers) 4% ▌Anthony A. Schinella (Independent) 2.8%
Massachusetts 9	D+11	Joe Moakley	Democratic	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Joe Moakley (Democratic) 99.4% Uncontested
Massachusetts 10	D+7	Bill Delahunt	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bill Delahunt (Democratic) 70% ▌ (Republican) 29.9%

Michigan

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status
Michigan 1	R+1	Bart Stupak	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bart Stupak (Democratic) 58.7% ▌Michelle McManus (Republican) 39.5% ▌John W. Loosemore (Libertarian) 1% ▌Wendy Conway (Natural Law) 0.8%
Michigan 2	R+10	Pete Hoekstra	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Pete Hoekstra (Republican) 68.7% ▌ (Democratic) 29.8% ▌Bruce A. Smith (Libertarian) 1% ▌Tom Russell (Natural Law) 0.5%
Michigan 3	R+12	Vern Ehlers	Republican	1993	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Vern Ehlers (Republican) 73% ▌ (Democratic) 24.7% ▌Erwin J. Haas (Libertarian) 1.3% ▌Lucille Wiggins (Natural Law) 1%
Michigan 4	R+2	Dave Camp	Republican	1990	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Dave Camp (Republican) 91.3% ▌Dan Marsh (Libertarian) 6.1% ▌Stuart Goldberg (Natural Law) 2.5%
Michigan 5	D+8	James Barcia	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James Barcia (Democratic) 71.2% ▌ (Republican) 27.1% ▌Clint Foster (Libertarian) 1.1% ▌Brian D. Ellison (Natural Law) 0.6%
Michigan 6	R+4	Fred Upton	Republican	1986	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Fred Upton (Republican) 70.1% ▌ (Democratic) 28.1% ▌Glenn Douglas Whitt Jr. (Libertarian) 1.1% ▌Ken Asmus (Natural Law) 0.7%
Michigan 7	R+3	Nick Smith	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Nick Smith (Republican) 57.4% ▌Jim Berryman (Democratic) 40.1% ▌Ken Proctor (Libertarian) 1.5% ▌Lynnea Ellison (Natural Law) 1%
Michigan 8	Even	Debbie Stabenow	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Debbie Stabenow (Democratic) 57.4% ▌ (Republican) 38.6% ▌John Mangopoulos (Reform) 2.1% ▌Ben Steele III (Libertarian) 1.3% ▌Patricia R. Allen (Natural Law) 0.6%
Michigan 9	R+2	Dale Kildee	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Dale Kildee (Democratic) 55.9% ▌Tom McMillin (Republican) 41.9% ▌Malcolm Johnson (Libertarian) 2.2%
Michigan 10	R+1	David Bonior	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y David Bonior (Democratic) 52.4% ▌ (Republican) 45.3% ▌R. Friend (Libertarian) 1.6% ▌Henry Ogden Clark (Natural Law) 0.6%
Michigan 11	R+6	Joe Knollenberg	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Joe Knollenberg (Republican) 63.9% ▌ (Democratic) 33.7% ▌Dick Gach (Libertarian) 2.4%
Michigan 12	D+1	Sander Levin	Democratic	1982	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Sander Levin (Democratic) 55.9% ▌ (Republican) 42% ▌Albert J. Titran (Libertarian) 1.5% ▌Fred D. Rosenberg (Natural Law) 0.6%
Michigan 13	D+8	Lynn Rivers	Democratic	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Lynn Rivers (Democratic) 58.1% ▌Tom Hickey (Republican) 39.8% ▌Dean Hutyra (Libertarian) 1.7% ▌Samir Roger Makarem (Natural Law) 0.4%
Michigan 14	D+33	John Conyers	Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Conyers (Democratic) 86.9% ▌ (Republican) 11.1% ▌Michael Freyman (Libertarian) 1.2% ▌Richard R. Miller (Natural Law) 0.7%
Michigan 15	D+34	Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (Democratic) 87% ▌ (Republican) 10.3% ▌Linda S. Willey (Libertarian) 1.2% Others ▌Gregory F. Smith (Natural Law) 0.9% ▌Holly Harkness (Independent) 0.6%
Michigan 16	D+5	John Dingell	Democratic	1955	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Dingell (Democratic) 66.6% ▌William Morse (Republican) 31% ▌Edward Hlavac (Libertarian) 1.8% ▌Noha Hamze (Natural Law) 0.6%

Minnesota

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status
Minnesota 1	D+1	Gil Gutknecht	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Gil Gutknecht (Republican) 54.7% ▌Tracy Beckman (DFL) 45.2%
Minnesota 2	R+2	David Minge	DFL	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y David Minge (DFL) 57% ▌Craig W. Duehring (Republican) 38.1% ▌Stan Bentz (Reform) 4.7%
Minnesota 3	R+2	Jim Ramstad	Republican	1990	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jim Ramstad (Republican) 71.9% ▌ (DFL) 23.5% ▌Derek Schramm (Minnesota Taxpayers) 4.5%
Minnesota 4	D+12	Bruce Vento	DFL	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bruce Vento (DFL) 53.7% ▌Dennis Newinski (Republican) 39.8% ▌Dan R. Vacek (Legal Marijuana Now) 2.4% ▌Carol S. Schulstad (Minnesota Taxpayers) 1.9% ▌Michael A. Neitzel (Libertarian) 1.2% ▌Heather Wood (Socialist Workers) 0.9%
Minnesota 5	D+17	Martin Olav Sabo	DFL	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Martin Olav Sabo (DFL) 66.9% ▌ (Republican) 27.6% ▌Kevin Houston (Libertarian) 3.4% ▌Michael Pennock (Socialist Workers) 1.4% ▌Jason Kassel (Anti-Federalist) 0.7%
Minnesota 6	D+3	Bill Luther	DFL	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bill Luther (DFL) 50% ▌John Kline (Republican) 46% ▌Eric M. Johnson (Libertarian) 4%
Minnesota 7	R+2	Collin Peterson	DFL	1990	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Collin Peterson (DFL) 71.7% ▌ (Republican) 28.1%
Minnesota 8	D+9	Jim Oberstar	DFL	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jim Oberstar (DFL) 66% ▌ (Republican) 26.5% ▌Stan Estes (Reform) 5.8% ▌Larry Fuhol (Libertarian) 1.7%

Mississippi

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status
Mississippi 1	R+8	Roger Wicker	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Roger Wicker (Republican) 67.2% ▌ (Democratic) 30.6% ▌John Rouse (Libertarian) 2.2%
Mississippi 2	D+9	Bennie Thompson	Democratic	1993	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bennie Thompson (Democratic) 71.2% ▌Will Chipman (Libertarian) 28.8%
Mississippi 3	R+17	Chip Pickering	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Chip Pickering (Republican) 84.6% ▌Charles Scarborough (Libertarian) 15.4%
Mississippi 4	R+6	Michael Parker	Republican	1988	Incumbent retired to run for Governor. Democratic gain.	▌Y Ronnie Shows (Democratic) 54% ▌Delbert Hosemann (Republican) 46% Others ▌Bill Fausek (Libertarian) 0.7% ▌Vince Thornton (U.S. Taxpayers) 0.6% ▌Kenneth Welch (Reform) 0.5%
Mississippi 5	R+16	Gene Taylor	Democratic	1989	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Gene Taylor (Democratic) 77.8% ▌ (Republican) 19.1% ▌Ray Coffey (Libertarian) 1.5% ▌Robert Claunch (Reform) 1.1% ▌Philip Mayeux (Natural Law) 0.5%

Missouri

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status
Missouri 1	D+24	Bill Clay	Democratic	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bill Clay (Democratic) 72.6% ▌ (Republican) 24.5% ▌ (Libertarian) 2.9%
Missouri 2	R+8	Jim Talent	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jim Talent (Republican) 70% ▌ (Democratic) 28.3% ▌ (Libertarian) 1.6%
Missouri 3	D+2	Dick Gephardt	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Dick Gephardt (Democratic) 55.8% ▌Bill Federer (Republican) 42% ▌ (Libertarian) 1.3% Joseph Keller (U.S. Taxpayers) 0.9%
Missouri 4	R+7	Ike Skelton	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌