2024 United States House of Representatives elections

*Main article: 2024 United States elections*

The **2024 United States House of Representatives** elections were held on November 5, 2024, to elect representatives from all 24 congressional districts across each of the 8 U.S. states to the 119th United States Congress. In the 2022 United States House of Representatives elections, the Republicans had won 13 seats, compared to 10 seats of the Democrats and 1 seat from an Independent. Leading up to the 2024 elections, 2 Republicans changed their party affiliations to the Democratic Party, and 1 democrat resigned, being replaced by NPC Democrat, leaving the house with a 12D - 11R - 1I balance.

After the elections, the Democratic Party gained control of the chamber despite the outgoing president being a Democrat, Democrats gained 1 seat while Republicans lost 3 seats, aditionally, independent and third party candidates had strong performances, with 1 independent and 3 greens winning seats, all of them caucusing with the Democratic Party.

Aditionally, incumbent Speaker Andrew Reed got defeated in Amarillo 1st by Democrat Finn Merchant, he was suceeded by John Shake as the leader of the Republican Caucus and would became the House Minority Leader.

## Retirements

17 incumbents did not seek re-election either to retire, to seek other positions or to get elected in a different district.

### Republicans

Seven Republicans did not seek re-election.

1. Appalachia 1: Ian Washington retired to run for governor of Appalachia.
2. Appalachia 3: Austin Scott retired.
3. Chesapeake 3: Mehmed Sancar retired.
4. Erie 2: Edward Johnson retired.
5. Erie 3: James Meyer retired.
6. Magnolia 1: Ari Forman retired to run for U.S. senator.
7. Yellowstone 2: John Wilmont retired.

One Republican moved to another district

1. Magnolia 3: Brody Bullen moved to Erie's 3rd district.

### Democrats

Seven Democrats did not seek re-election.

1. Cascade 1: Elizabeth Coin retired to run for U.S. senator.
2. Cascade 3: Eli Goldstein retired to run for U.S. senator.
3. Concord 1: Tobias Valuch retired.
4. Concord 2: Silas Barnegat retired.
5. Concord 3: James Rapp retired.
6. Chesapeake 2: Brandon Bennett retired to run for U.S. senator.
7. Magnolia 2: NPC Democrat retired.

One Democrat moved to another district

1. Yellowstone 3: Phil Reed moved to Yellowstone's 2nd district.

### Independents

One Independent did not seek re-election.

1. Cascade 2: Jiafei retired.

## Election predictions and polling

Several sites and individuals publish predictions of competitive seats. The predictions assign ratings to each state, with the rating indicating the predicted advantage that a party has in winning that seat.

## Race summary

In the general elections, the winners were elected for a two-year term beginning January 3, 2025.

### Amarillo

        *Main article: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Amarillo*

### Appalachia

        *Main article: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Appalachia*

### Cascade

        *Main article: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Cascade*

### Chesapeake

        *Main article: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Chesapeake*

### Concord

        *Main article: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Concord*

### Erie

        *Main article: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Erie*

### Magnolia

        *Main article: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Magnolia*

### Yellowstone

        *Main article: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Yellowstone*

## Notes/References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Running for the seat
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Brandon Tucker was elected to the district in 2022, but resigned.