2022 House of Representatives Elections (To Form A More Perfect Union)

The 2022 House of Representatives elections where held at the same time as Senate and Gubernatorial elections across the United States. The Republican Party won back the House of Representatives for the first time since they lost it to the Democrats in 2018. It also saw the GOP winning three New England seats (one in Maine, New Hampshire, and Connecticut), for the first time since 2018. It also saw Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi retire. It was also the last general election not to have a libertarian win a seat until 2064.

## Elections

Party Abbreviations-

(R)- Republican

(D)- Democratic

(I)- Independent

(L)- Libertarian

(C)- Constitution

(AA)- Aloha Aina

Congressional Leadership
 Leader Party
 Leader Seat
 Seats Before
 Seat Change

**NOTE: As states release new district maps and incumbents announce re-election runs or retirement this page will be updated.**

## Retiring, Primaried, and defeated incumbents

**Retiring**

* Alabama 5th- Mo Brooks (R) retired to run for US Senate.
* Arizona 1st- Tom O’Halleran (D) retired
* Arizona 2nd- Ann Kirkpatrick (D) retired
* California 5th- Mike Thompson (D) retired
* California 12th- Nancy Pelosi (D) retired
* California 13th- Barbara Lee (D) retired
* California 18th- Anna Eshoo (D) retired
* Connecticut 2nd- Joe Courtney (D) retired
* Florida 10th- Val Demings (D) retired to run for the US Senate
* Florida 13th- Charlie Crist (D) retired to run for Governor of Florida
* Georgia 10th- Jody Hice (R) retired to run for GA SecState
* Illinois 17- Cheri Bustos (D) retired
* Iowa 3rd- Cindy Axne (D) retired to run to run for the US Senate
* Iowa 4th- Randy Feenstra (R) retired to run for the US Senate
* Kansas 3rd- Sharice Davids (D) retired to run for the US Senate
* New York 1st- Lee Zeldin (R) retired to run for New York Governor
* New York 14th- Alexandria Oscario-Cortez (D) retired to run for the US Senate
* New York 23rd- Tom Reed (R) retired
* Nevada 2nd- Mark Amodei (R) retired to run for Nevada governor
* North Carolina 13th- Ted Budd (R) retired to run for US Senate
* Ohio 13th- Tim Ryan (D) retired to run for the US Senate
* South Carolina 6th- Jim Clyburn (D) retired
* Texas 8th- Kevin Brady (R) retired
* Texas 30th- Eddie Bernice Johnson (D) retired
* Texas 34th- Filemon Vela (D) retired
* Washington 3rd- Jaime Herrera Beutler (R) retired to run for the US Senate

**Primaried**

* Maryland 5th- Steny Hoyer (D) defeated by Mckayla Wilkes (D) who went onto win the general election
* Massachusetts 1st- Richard Neal (D) defeated by Alex Morse (D) who went onto win the general election
* Illinois 16th- Adam Kinzinger (R) defeated by Catalina Lauf (R) who went onto win the general election
* Ohio 16th- Anthony Gonzalez (R) defeated by Darrell C. Scott (R) who went onto win the general election
* Michigan 3rd- Peter Meijer (R) defeated by Tom Norton (R) who went onto win the general election
* Wyoming At-Large- Liz Cheney (R) defeated by Anthony Bouchard (R) who went on to win the general election.

**Defeated Incumbents**

* Connecticut 5th- Jahana Hayes (D) defeated by TBA (R)
* Georgia 6th- Lucy McBath (D) defeated by Joe Profit (R)
* Georgia 7th- Carolyn Boudreaux (D) defeated by Rich McCormick (R)

## Alaska

Alaska 2022 House Elections
Randy Purtham 10.2%
Julio Perez 6.3%
Shannan Scott Evans 5%

## Delaware

2022 Delaware House Elections
Daniel Short 18.5%
M. Jade Brady (R) 38.7%

## Hawaii

2022 Hawaii House Elections
 2nd
Jonathan Hoomanawanui (AA)
Michelle Tippens (L) 30.9%
Jonathan Hoomanawanui (AA) 1.7%
Tulsi Gabbard (Write-in) 0.2%
Others 0.1%

## Idaho

2022 Idaho House Elections
Staniela Nikolova (D) 26.6%
 2nd
Aaron Swisher (D) 25.4%
Pro-Life (C) 2.1%

## Maine

2022 Maine House Elections
Dale Crafts 27.5%
Bruce Poliquin 23.2%
Peggy Sheriff 17.1%
Michael Sutton 27.7%
Jared Golden (D) 48.8%

## Montana

2022 Montana House elections
 2nd
TBA (D) 44.4%

## New Hampshire

2022 New Hampshire House of Representatives elections
Michael Callis 41.2%
Jeff Denmark 8.2%
 2
William Michael Bryk 28.7%

## Rhode Island

2022 Rhode Island House Elections
 2nd
Robert Lancia (R) 44.6%

## South Dakota

2022 South Dakota House Elections
Erin Healy (D) 35.5%

## Texas

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## Vermont

2022 Vermont House Election
Harvey Smith (R) 28.7%

## Wyoming

2022 Wyoming House Election
Liz Cheney 26.6%
Anthony Bouchard 14.4%
Byran Miller 9.1%
Denton Knapp 7.5%
Darin Smith 5.6%
Marissa Selvig 5.3%
Joe Barbuto 33.5%
Chris Rothfuss (D) 43.6%

Major takeaways:

* The GOP retains control of the US House.
* Longtime California representative and incumbent Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi retired, along with other senior Democrats including Majority Whip Clyburn.
* Many high-level Democrats in the house lost re-nomination such as Richard Neal, Alcee Hastings, and the biggest of all Steny Hoyer of Maryland.
* The GOP’s caucus diversified significantly during the campaign.
* Many moderate Republicans who had opposed Donald Trump lost renomination, including Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois