The 2026 United States House of Representatives elections are scheduled to be held on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, as part of the 2026 midterm elections during President Donald Trump's second nonconsecutive term. Voters will elect representatives from all 435 congressional districts across each of the fifty U.S. states, and five of the six non-voting delegates from the District of Columbia and the inhabited U.S. territories.
Special elections are also being held on dates throughout 2026. Numerous other federal, state, and local elections, including elections to the Senate, will be held on this date. The winners of this election will serve in the 120th United States Congress, with seats apportioned among the states based on the 2020 United States census and revised district maps as a result of the 2025–2026 United States redistricting.
Primary elections for all 435 House seats, and five of the six non-voting delegate seats were held starting on March 3, and concluded on September 15, 2026.
Retirements Summary
60 representatives and two non-voting delegates (26 Democrats and 36 Republicans) have announced their retirement, 29 of whom (9 Democrats and 20 Republicans) are retiring to run for other offices. This is the second-most retirements of representatives in a single election cycle in US history next to 1992, which saw 65 total retirements.
Democratic
: Nancy Pelosi is retiring. : Julia Brownley is retiring. : Eleanor Holmes Norton is retiring. : Frederica Wilson is retiring. : Everton Blair is retiring. : Robin Kelly is retiring to run for the U.S. Senate. : Chuy García is retiring. : Danny Davis is retiring. : Raja Krishnamoorthi is retiring to run for the U.S. Senate. : Jan Schakowsky is retiring. : Cleo Fields is retiring to run for Louisiana State Senate due to redistricting. : Jared Golden is retiring. : Steny Hoyer is retiring. : Seth Moulton is retiring to run for the U.S. Senate. : Haley Stevens is retiring to run for the U.S. Senate. : Angie Craig is retiring to run for the U.S. Senate. : Chris Pappas is retiring to run for the U.S. Senate. : Bonnie Watson Coleman is retiring. : Nydia Velázquez is retiring. : Jerry Nadler is retiring. : Dwight Evans is retiring. : Steve Cohen is retiring due to redistricting. : Jasmine Crockett is retiring to run for the U.S. Senate. : Marc Veasey is retiring (previously ran for Tarrant County Judge). : Lloyd Doggett is retiring due to redistricting. : Stacey Plaskett is retiring to run for governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Republican
: Barry Moore is retiring to run for the U.S. Senate. : David Schweikert is retiring to run for governor of Arizona. : Andy Biggs is retiring to run for governor of Arizona. : Darrell Issa is retiring. : Neal Dunn is retiring. : Daniel Webster is retiring. : Vern Buchanan is retiring. : Byron Donalds is retiring to run for governor of Florida. : Buddy Carter is retiring to run for the U.S. Senate. : Mike Collins is retiring to run for the U.S. Senate. : Barry Loudermilk is retiring. : Ashley Hinson is retiring to run for the U.S. Senate. : Randy Feenstra is retiring to run for governor of Iowa. : Andy Barr is retiring to run for the U.S. Senate. : Julia Letlow is retiring to run for the U.S. Senate. : John James is retiring to run for governor of Michigan. : Sam Graves is retiring. : Ryan Zinke is retiring. : Don Bacon is retiring. : Mark Amodei is retiring. : Elise Stefanik is retiring (previously ran for governor of New York). : Kevin Hern is retiring to run for the U.S. Senate. : Nancy Mace is retiring to run for governor of South Carolina. : Ralph Norman is retiring to run for governor of South Carolina and later for the U.S. Senate. : Dusty Johnson is retiring to run for governor of South Dakota. : John Rose is retiring to run for governor of Tennessee. : Morgan Luttrell is retiring. : Michael McCaul is retiring. : Jodey Arrington is retiring. : Chip Roy is retiring to run for attorney general of Texas. : Troy Nehls is retiring. : Wesley Hunt is retiring to run for the U.S. Senate. : Burgess Owens is retiring. : Dan Newhouse is retiring. : Tom Tiffany is retiring to run for governor of Wisconsin. : Harriet Hageman is retiring to run for the U.S. Senate.
Nomination withdrawn One Republican was originally won re-nomination but withdrew after the primary.
Republican : Chuck Edwards won the Republican primary on March 3, 2026, but withdrew on August 5 following a censure.
Resignations Two seats will be left vacant on the day of the general election until the next Congress due to resignations.
Democratic : Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick resigned on April 21, 2026, following money laundering allegations.
Republican : Tony Gonzales resigned on April 14, 2026, after admitting to an affair.
Incumbents defeated In primary elections Democrats Seven Democrats lost renomination. : Diana DeGette lost renomination to Melat Kiros. : John B. Larson lost renomination to Luke Bronin. : Shri Thanedar lost renomination to Donavan McKinney. : Dan Goldman lost renomination to Brad Lander. : Adriano Espaillat lost renomination to Darializa Avila Chevalier. : Al Green lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent Christian Menefee. : Julie Johnson lost renomination to Colin Allred.
Republicans Four Republicans lost renomination. : Cory Mills lost renomination to Ryan Elijah. : Thomas Massie lost renomination to Ed Gallrein. : Andy Ogles lost renomination to Charlie Hatcher. : Dan Crenshaw lost renomination to Steve Toth.
Generic congressional ballot aggregate polls
Source of pollaggregationDatesadministeredDatesupdatedRepublicansDemocratsOther/UndecidedMarginDecision Desk HQJanuary 9, 2025 – October 2, 2026October 5, 202642.5%49.4%8.1%Democrats +6.9%FiftyPlusOneJanuary 9, 2025 – October 2, 2026October 5, 202643.3%51.2%5.5%Democrats +7.9%NBC NewsJanuary 9, 2025 – October 2, 2026October 5, 202643.0%52.0%5.0%Democrats +9.0%RealClearPoliticsSeptember 16 – October 2, 2026October 5, 202642.8%51.1%6.1%Democrats +8.3%Silver BulletinJanuary 9, 2025 – October 2, 2026October 5, 202641.2%50.1%8.7%Democrats +8.9%AverageOctober 5, 202642.6%50.8%6.6%Democrats +8.2%
Crossover seats This is a list of congressional seats that voted for one party in the 2024 presidential election and another in the 2024 House elections.
Democratic There were originally 13 districts which Donald Trump won in 2024 that are represented by Democrats. This table only includes the 11 remaining after mid-decade redistricting. Four of these districts were already won by Trump but were made more Republican-leaning through redistricting.
DistrictIncumbentLocationMemberPartyFirstelected2026 PVITrump margin ofvictory in 2024Incumbent margin ofvictory in 2024Maine 2Jared Golden2018Michigan 8Kristen McDonald Rivet2024Nevada 3Susie Lee2018New Jersey 9Nellie Pou2024New Mexico 2Gabe Vasquez2022New York 3Tom Suozzi20162022 2024 North Carolina 1Don Davis2022Ohio 9Marcy Kaptur1982Texas 28Henry Cuellar2004Texas 34Vicente Gonzalez2016Washington 3Marie Gluesenkamp Perez2022 Mid-decade redistricting in Republican-controlled states created 11 more districts which Trump would have won had they existed in 2024. DistrictIncumbentLocationMemberPartyFirstelectedOriginal2025 PVINew2026 PVITrump margin ofvictory in 2024Incumbent margin ofvictory in 2024Alabama 2Shomari Figures2024Florida 9Darren Soto2016Florida 14Kathy Castor2006Florida 22Lois Frankel2012Florida 25Debbie Wasserman Schultz)2004Louisiana 6Cleo Fields19921996 2024Ohio 1Greg Landsman2022Tennessee 9Steve Cohen2006Texas 9Al Green2004Texas 32Julie Johnson2024Texas 35Greg Casar2022
Republican There were originally three districts which Kamala Harris won in 2024 that are represented by Republicans. DistrictIncumbentLocationMemberPartyFirstelected2026PVIHarris margin ofvictory in 2024Incumbent marginof victory in 2024201620222016 Mid-decade redistricting, primarily due to California Proposition 50, created five more districts which Harris would have won had they existed in 2024. DistrictIncumbentLocationMemberPartyFirstelectedOriginal2025 PVINew2026 PVIHarris margin ofvictory in 2024Incumbent marginof victory in 2024James Gallagher2026 Independent202219922000201820202020
Mid-decade redistricting changes
In the United States, all states with multiple congressional districts are required to revise their district maps following each decennial census to account for population changes. In 2026, most states will use the same districts created in the redistricting cycle following the 2020 census, which were first used in the 2022 elections. Maps have changed or would change in several states, often due to legal challenges made based on partisan or racial gerrymandering.
As of , several states have seen challenges to their congressional district maps that were put in place during the redistricting cycle brought upon by the results of the 2020 census. In Arkansas, a federal court dismissed a case against their congressional map that argued the map did not comply with the Voting Rights Act. The Florida Supreme Court dismissed a challenge regarding the Florida's congressional map, finding a new plurality-Black congressional district would be against federal law.
In Georgia, litigation is still ongoing regarding appeals to the newly drawn congressional map that was used in the 2024 elections. However, it was not resolved before the filing deadline for the 2026 Congressional elections. In Louisiana, litigation remained unresolved. In South Carolina, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that partisan gerrymandering is not in violation of the state's constitution, keeping the maps in place. In Texas, a trial was held in federal court in El Paso to determine whether its congressional map discriminated against Black and Latino voters in violation of the VRA, but the case was paused pending expected new maps in the state.
In Utah, a partisan gerrymander case resulted in a map which creates a safe Democratic district comprising the majority of Salt Lake County following a district court ruling. In Wisconsin, a challenge to the state's current congressional map, arguing it was an unlawful partisan gerrymander, was dismissed by the Wisconsin Supreme Court. A new map was required in Ohio due to the Congressional Redistricting Procedures Amendment to Section XI of the state's constitution, resulting in two districts becoming more Republican leaning. Out-of-cycle partisan redistricting efforts Governor Greg Abbott called a special session of the Texas Legislature to redraw its congressional districts, leading to the Texas Legislature passing new maps resulting in 5 new Republican-leaning districts. On November 18, a panel of the District Court for the Western District of Texas issued a preliminary injunction blocking the new map, putting the former map back in place, but the Supreme Court later placed an administrative stay on the ruling, allowing the new maps to stand. Governor Ron DeSantis has expressed interest in redrawing Florida's congressional map, and the Florida House has created a special redistricting committee. Governor Mike Kehoe of Missouri called a special session on August 29, 2025, which redrew the solid Democratic 5th district to a solid Republican district, allowing the GOP to pick up a seat. However, on September 3, the Missouri Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the referendum on the new maps was sufficient and must be put on the ballot, thus leaving the 2022 maps in place for the 2026 elections. Republican state legislative leaders in North Carolina announced a redraw of the state's congressional districts to make the 1st congressional district more Republican leaning.
Talks and efforts about redistricting occurred in Nebraska, New Hampshire, Indiana, and Kansas, but either failed or did not gain traction.