The 1992 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 3, 1992, to elect U.S. Representatives to serve in the 103rd United States Congress. They coincided with the 1992 presidential election, in which Democrat Bill Clinton was elected president, defeating Republican incumbent President George H. W. Bush.

Despite this, however, the Democrats lost a net of nine seats in the House to the Republicans, in part due to redistricting following the 1990 census. This election was the first to use districts drawn up during the 1990 United States redistricting cycle on the basis of the 1990 census. The redrawn districts were notable for the increase in majority-minority districts, drawn as mandated by the Voting Rights Act. The 1980 census resulted in 17 majority-black districts and 10 majority-Hispanic districts, but 32 and 19 such districts, respectively, were drawn after 1990.

This was the first time ever that the victorious presidential party lost seats in the House in two consecutive elections. , this is the last congressional election in which Republicans won a House seat in Rhode Island, and the last time the Democrats won the House for more than two consecutive elections.

Overall results 368 incumbent members sought reelection, but 20 were defeated in primaries and 23 defeated in the general election for a total of 325 incumbents winning. 46 representatives involved in the House banking scandal had over 100 overdrafts. 12 did not seek reelection, 8 were defeated in primaries, and 5 were defeated in the general election.

+ ↓ 258 1 176 Democratic Republican

Party Seats Share Popular vote Lastelection(1990) Thiselection Netchange Democratic Party 267 258 9 59.3% 50.1% 48,654,189 Republican Party 167 176 9 40.5% 45.1% 43,812,063 Independent 1 1 0.2% 1.3% 1,255,726 Libertarian Party 0 0 0.0% 0.9% 848,614 Peace and Freedom Party 0 0 0.0% 0.3% 267,827 Green Party 0 0 0.0% 0.1% 134,072 Natural Law Party 0 0 0.0% 0.1% 100,782 Right to Life Party 0 0 0.0% 0.1% 93,452 Conservative Party 0 0 0.0% 0.1% 74,387 A Connecticut Party 0 0 0.0% 0.1% 65,701 Others 0 0 0.0% 1.9% 1,891,503 Totals 435 435 100.0% 100.0% 97,198,316 Source: Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk

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Retiring incumbents 65 members did not seek re-election: 41 Democrats and 24 Republicans. This was the most House retirements in a single election cycle in history.

Democrats

: Claude Harris Jr. retired. : Barbara Boxer retired to run for U.S. Senator. : Edward R. Roybal retired. : Mel Levine retired to run for U.S. Senator. : Mervyn Dymally retired. : Glenn M. Anderson retired. : Ben Nighthorse Campbell retired to run for U.S. Senator. : Tom Carper retired to run for governor. : Charles E. Bennett retired. : Lawrence J. Smith retired. : William Lehman retired. : Dante Fascell retired. : Lindsay Thomas retired. : Ed Jenkins retired. : Doug Barnard Jr. retired. : Richard H. Stallings retired to run for U.S. Senator. : Frank Annunzio retired. : Chris Perkins retired. : Brian J. Donnelly retired. : J. Bob Traxler retired. : Howard Wolpe retired. : Dennis Hertel retired. : Bernard J. Dwyer retired. : Robert A. Roe retired : Frank J. Guarini retired. : Robert J. Mrazek retired to run for U.S. Senator. : James H. Scheuer retired. : Matthew F. McHugh retired. : Henry J. Nowak retired. : Byron Dorgan retired to run for U.S. Senator. : Charlie Luken retired. : Dennis E. Eckart retired. : Don Pease retired. : Ed Feighan retired. : Les AuCoin retired to run for U.S. Senator. : Gus Yatron retired. : Joseph M. Gaydos retired. : Robin Tallon retired. : Wayne Owens retired to run for U.S. Senator. : Jim Olin retired. : Jim Moody retired to run for U.S. Senator.

Republicans

: William L. Dickinson retired. : John Paul Hammerschmidt retired. : Tom Campbell retired to run for U.S. Senator. : William Dannemeyer retired to run for U.S. Senator. : Bill Lowery retired. : Craig James retired. : Andy Ireland retired. : Larry J. Hopkins retired. : Bob Davis retired. : Carl Pursell retired. : William Broomfield retired. : Vin Weber retired. : Matthew J. Rinaldo retired. : Norman F. Lent retired. : Raymond J. McGrath retired. : David O'Brien Martin retired. : Frank Horton retired. : Chalmers Wylie retired. : Dick Schulze retired. : Lawrence Coughlin retired. : George Allen retired to run for Governor of Virginia. : John Miller retired. : Sid Morrison retired to run for Governor of Washington. : Rod Chandler retired to run for U.S. Senator.

Resignation and deaths Three seats were left vacant on the day of the general election due to resignations or death in 1992, two of which were not filled until the next Congress. Democrats Two Democrats died in office : Ted Weiss died on September 14, 1992. : Walter B. Jones Sr. died on September 15, 1992.

Popular Democrats One popular democrat resigned before the end of their term. : Jaime Fuster resigned March 4, 1992 to become Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico.

Incumbents defeated In primary elections Democrats Fourteen Democrats lost renomination. . Bill Alexander lost renomination to Blanche Lincoln, who won the general election. . Beryl Anthony Jr. lost renomination to Bill McCuen, who lost the general election to Jay Dickey. . Charles Hatcher lost renomination to Sanford Bishop, who won the general election. . Ben Jones lost renomination to Don Johnson Jr., who won the general election. . Charles Hayes lost renomination to Bobby Rush, who won the general election. . Gus Savage lost renomination to Mel Reynolds, who won the general election. . Marty Russo lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent Bill Lipinski, who won the general election. . Terry L. Bruce lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent Glenn Poshard, who won the general election. . Carroll Hubbard lost renomination to Thomas Barlow, who won the general election. . Beverly Byron lost renomination to Thomas Hattery, who lost the general election to Roscoe Bartlett. . Chester G. Atkins lost renomination to Marty Meehan, who won the general election. . Stephen Solarz lost renomination to Nydia Velázquez, who won the general election. . Joseph P. Kolter lost renomination to Ron Klink, who won the general election. . Harley O. Staggers Jr. lost a redistricting race to Alan Mollohan, who won the general election.

Republicans Five Republicans lost renomination.

. Robert Lagomarsino lost renomination to Michael Huffington, who won the general election. . Dick Nichols lost renomination to Eric R. Yost, who lost the general election to Dan Glickman. . Guy Vander Jagt lost renomination to Pete Hoekstra, who won the general election. . Clarence E. Miller lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent Bob McEwen, who lost the general election to Ted Strickland. . Mickey Edwards lost renomination to Ernest Istook, who won the general election.

In the general election Democrats Sixteen Democrats lost re-election to Republicans.

. Ben Erdreich (first elected in 1982) lost re-election to Spencer Bachus. . Richard Ray (first elected in 1982) lost re-election to Mac Collins. . John W. Cox Jr.(first elected in 1986) lost re-election to Dan Manzullo. . Jim Jontz (first elected in 1986) lost re-election to Steve Buyer. . David R. Nagle (first elected in 1986) lost a redistricting race to Jim Nussle. . Jerry Huckaby (first elected in 1976) lost a redistricting race to Jim McCrery. . Tom McMillen (first elected in 1986) lost a redistricting race to Wayne Gilchrest. . Joseph D. Early (first elected in 1974) lost re-election to Peter Blute. . Nicholas Mavroules (first elected in 1978) lost re-election to Peter G. Torkildsen. . Gerry Sikorski (first elected in 1982) lost re-election to Rod Grams. . Joan Kelly Horn (first elected in 1990) lost re-election to Jim Talent. . Thomas Downey (first elected in 1974) lost re-election to Rick Lazio. . Mary Rose Oakar (first elected in 1976) lost re-election to Martin Hoke. . Peter H. Kostmayer (first elected in 1976, and then re-elected in 1982 after losing in 1980) lost re-election to Jim Greenwood. . Liz J. Patterson (first elected in 1982) lost re-election to Bob Inglis. . Albert Bustamante (first elected in 1984) lost re-election to Henry Bonilla.

Republicans Eight Republicans lost re-election to Democrats.

. Jay Rhodes (first elected in 1986) lost re-election to Sam Coppersmith. . Frank Riggs (first elected in 1990) lost re-election to Daniel Hamburg. . Ben Blaz (first elected in 1986) lost re-election to Robert A. Underwood. . Tom Coleman (first elected in 1976) lost re-election to Pat Danner. . Ron Marlenee (first elected in 1976) lost a redistricting race to Pat Williams. . Bill Green (first elected in 1980) lost re-election to Carolyn Maloney. . Bob McEwen (first elected in 1982) lost a redistricting race to Ted Strickland. . Donald L. Ritter (first elected in 1978) lost re-election to Paul McHale.

One Republican lost re-election to a Republican. . Clyde C. Holloway (first elected in 1986) lost a redistricting race to Richard Baker.

Popular Democrats One Popular Democrat lost re-election to a New Progressive. . Antonio Colorado (first elected in 1992) lost re-election to Carlos Romero Barceló.

Reapportionment

The 1990 United States census determined how many of the 435 congressional districts each state receives for the 1990 redistricting cycle. Due to population shifts, New York lost three seats; Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania lost two seats; Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Montana, New Jersey, and West Virginia lost one seat; Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, Washington gained one seat; Texas gained three seats; Florida gained four seats; California gained seven seats.

New seats Seventeen new districts were created, and three districts were restored after the 1990 redistricting process:

Seats eliminated The following districts were eliminated and became obsolete:

Seats with multiple incumbents running The following districts had multiple incumbent representatives running, a product of multiple districts merging in redistricting. : Bill Lipinski (D) defeated Marty Russo (D). : Glenn Poshard (D) defeated Terry L. Bruce (D). : Jim Nussle (R) defeated David R. Nagle (D). : Richard Baker (R) defeated Clyde C. Holloway (R). : Wayne Gilchrest (R) defeated Tom McMillen (D). : Ron Marlenee (R) defeated Pat Williams (D).

Open seats that changed parties

Republican seats won by Democrats : Won by Anna Eshoo : Won by Scotty Baesler : Won by Bart Stupak : Won by David Minge : Won by Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky : Won by Maria Cantwell : Won by Jay Inslee

Democratic seats won by Republicans : Won by Steve Horn : Won by Scott McInnis : Won by Mike Castle : Won by Jack Kingston : Won by Mike Crapo : Won by Jack Quinn : Won by Bob Goodlatte

Open seats that parties held

Democratic holds : Won by Earl Hilliard : Won by Blanche Lincoln : Won by Lynn Woolsey : Won by Xavier Becerra : Won by Jane Harman : Won by Walter R. Tucker III : Won by Carrie Meek : Won by Peter Deutsch : Won by Sanford Bishop : Won by Nathan Deal : Won by Don Johnson Jr. : Won by Bobby Rush : Won by Mel Reynolds : Won by Thomas Barlow : Won by Marty Meehan : Won by Don Johnson Jr. : Won by James Barcia : Won by Herb Klein : Won by Bob Menendez : Won by Jerry Nadler : Won by Nydia Velázquez : Won by Maurice Hinchey : Won by Eva Clayton, who also won the district's special election, see below : Won by David S. Mann : Won by Sherrod Brown : Won by Eric Fingerhut : Won by Elizabeth Furse : Won by Ron Klink : Won by Tim Holden : Won by Jim Clyburn : Won by Karen Shepherd : Won by Tom Barrett

Republican holds : Won by Terry Everett : Won by Tim Hutchinson : Won by Michael Huffington : Won by Ed Royce : Won by Tillie Fowler : Won by Charles Canady : Won by Pete Hoekstra : Won by Nick Smith