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1984 United States House of Representatives elections

House elections for the 99th U.S. Congress

1984 United States House of Representatives elections

← 1982 November 6, 1984 1986 →
All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives 218 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Tip O'Neill Bob Michel Party Democratic Republican Leader since January 4, 1977 January 3, 1981 Leader's seat Massachusetts 8th Illinois 18th Last election 269 seats 165 seats Seats won 253 181 Seat change 16 16 Popular vote 42,973,494 38,642,646 Percentage 52.1% 47.0% Swing 3.1% 3.6%   Third party   Party Conservative Last election 1[a] Seats won 1[a] Seat change Popular vote 117,872 Percentage 0.1% Swing 0.1%
Results:      Democratic hold      Democratic gain      Republican hold      Republican gain      Conservative hold
Speaker before election Tip O'Neill Democratic Elected Speaker Tip O'Neill Democratic

The 1984 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives on November 6, 1984, to elect members to serve in the 99th United States Congress.^[1] They coincided with the re-electionofPresident Ronald Reagan in a landslide. This victory also yielded gains for Reagan's Republican Party in the House, where they picked up a net of sixteen seats from the Democratic Party. Despite Reagan's extremely large electoral victory, the Democrats nonetheless retained a commanding majority in the House and actually gained seats in the Senate. These elections were the last until 2020 when a member of a political party other than the Democrats, Republicans, or an independent had one or more seats in the chamber.

This would be the last time for eight years that the Democrats experienced a net loss of seats in the House.

Overall results[edit]

Party		Seats			Seat percentage	Vote percentage	Popular vote
		Last election (1982)	This election	Net change
	Democratic Party	269	253	16	58.2%	52.1%	42,973,494
	Republican Party	165	181	16	41.6%	47.0%	38,642,646
	Libertarian Party	0	0		0.0%	0.3%	275,865
	Independent	0	0		0.0%	0.2%	121,187
	Conservative Party	1	1		0.2%	0.1%	117,872
	Peace and Freedom Party	0	0		0.0%	0.1%	61,543
	Others	0	0		0.0%	0.3%	229,231
Total		435	435	0	100.0%	100.0%	82,421,838
Source: Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk

Retiring incumbents[edit]

Twenty-two representatives retired. Sixteen of those seats were held by the same party, six seats changed party.

Democrats[edit]

Nine Democrats retired. Four of those seats were held by Democrats and five were won by Republicans.

Republicans[edit]

Twelve Republicans retired. Eleven of those seats were held by Republicans and one was won by a Democrat.

Republican held[edit]

1. Alabama 1: Jack Edwards. Was succeeded by Sonny Callahan.
2. Illinois 13: John N. Erlenborn. Was succeeded by Harris Fawell.
3. Illinois 14: Tom Corcoran: to run for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded by John E. Grotberg.
4. Kansas 3: Larry Winn. Was succeeded by Jan Meyers.
5. Michigan 5: Harold S. Sawyer. Was succeeded by Paul B. Henry.
6. New York 30: Barber Conable. Was succeeded by Fred J. Eckert.
7. North Carolina 9: James G. Martin: to run for Governor of North Carolina. Was succeeded by Alex McMillan.
8. Texas 6: Phil Gramm: to run for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded by Joe Barton.
9. Texas 22: Ron Paul: to run for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded by Tom DeLay.
10. Utah 2: David Daniel Marriott: to run for Governor of Utah. Was succeeded by David Smith Monson.
11. Virginia 7: J. Kenneth Robinson. Was succeeded by D. French Slaughter Jr.
12. Washington 1: Joel Pritchard. Was succeeded by John Miller.

Democratic gain[edit]

1. Arkansas 2: Ed Bethune: to run for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded by Tommy F. Robinson.

Defeated incumbents[edit]

In primary election[edit]

Democrats[edit]

Three Democrats lost renomination.

1. Indiana 1: Katie Hall lost to challenger Pete Visclosky.
2. Pennsylvania 11: Frank Harrison lost to challenger Paul Kanjorski.
3. Texas 23: Abraham Kazen lost to challenger Albert Bustamante.

In the general election[edit]

Special elections[edit]

There were three special elections to the 98th Congress in 1984, two of which were held on the same day as the general election for the next term.

Elections are sorted here by date then district.

Alabama[edit]

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Illinois[edit]

Indiana[edit]