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United States House of Representatives elections, 2024
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November 5, 2024 |
Elections to the U.S. House of Representatives happened on November 5, 2024. All 435 districts were up for election. All six of the chamber's non-voting members were also up for election.
As a result of the elections, Republicans won 220 districts, maintaining control of the chamber, while Democrats won 215 districts.[1]
Heading into the election, Republicans held a 220-212 majority in the U.S. House with three vacancies. Two vacancies happened because Democratic representatives died and one happened because a Republican representative left office early.
Democrats needed to retain control of the two vacant seats and gain a net of four seats to win a majority. They retained control of both seats and gained a net of one seat. Republicans could only lose a net of three seats—including the vacant seat—and retain control of the chamber.
Eleven U.S. House incumbents lost their re-election campaigns on November 5. These members include four Democrats and seven Republicans.
Five states—Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, New York, and North Carolina—used different congressional maps for the 2024 election than they did in 2022 due to court rulings or legal requirements.
In 2024, 45 seats were open because the incumbent did not run for re-election, and four were open because the incumbent lost in a primary.
Ballotpedia tracked 54 districts (12.4%) as battleground races in 2024. Democrats held 29 of those districts, and Republicans held 25.
This page provides an overview of the 2024 U.S. House election. In the sections below, you will find:
- The pre-election and historical partisan balance of the U.S. House
- A list of districts that changed party hands as a result of the general election
- A list of incumbents who lost re-election
- A list of the open seats that were up for election in 2024
- A list of U.S. House races without major party opposition
- A list of non-voting delegate seats that were up for election in 2024
- A list of 2024 general election rematches in the U.S. House
- A list of U.S. House races in which more than one incumbent ran
- Race ratings by outside election forecasters
- A map of how the 2024 U.S. House districts voted in the 2020 Presidential elections
- A list of districts targeted by national campaign committees
- A list of 2024 battleground races
- Fundraising figures for party campaign committees
- Information on redistricting following the 2020 census
- A list of important dates and deadlines for the 2024 election cycle
- A list of U.S. House incumbents who did not run for re-election in 2024
- A list of battleground primaries
- Ballotpedia's 2018 analysis on wave elections
Click on the map below to find U.S. House elections that took place in your state in 2024
Click here for our Election Day coverage of the November 5, 2024, U.S. House election results.
Click here for our coverage of special elections to the 118th Congress.
Partisan breakdown
Heading into the November 5, 2024, elections, Republicans held a 220-212 advantage in the U.S. House with three vacancies. All 435 seats were up for election.
U.S. House Partisan Breakdown | |||
---|---|---|---|
Party | As of November 5, 2024 | After the 2024 Election | |
Democratic Party | |||
Republican Party | |||
Vacancies | |||
Total | 435 | 435[2] |
The chart below shows historical partisan breakdown information for the U.S. House.
2024 Presidential results
The map below shows how each 2024 U.S. House district voted in the 2024 presidential election. This data can be used as an indicator of expected competitive districts in the 2026 elections. Hover over or click a district to see the presidential vote counts.
Districts that changed party hands
Nineteen districts changed party hands due to the 2024 general election. The table and map below shows which districts changed partisan control after the 2024 general election.
Targeted races
DCCC targets
NRCC targets
Battleground list
- See also: U.S. House battlegrounds, 2024
Ballotpedia identified 52 of the 435 House races (12.4%) as battlegrounds.
These battleground races were selected using the following criteria. For more information on our methodology, click here:
- the 2024 winner's margin of victory,
- the results of the 2020 presidential election in the district,
- whether the incumbent was seeking re-election,
- whether the incumbent was serving his or her first term in Congress, and
- how the Cook Political Report, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and Inside Elections with Nathan Gonzales rated the race.
In addition to the competitiveness data above, a race may have been particularly compelling or meaningful to the balance of power in governments for other reasons. The following map displays the 2024 House battlegrounds shaded by the incumbent's or most recent incumbent's political affiliation. Hover over a district for more information.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) reported the following fundraising amounts for the 2023-24 election cycle:
Reporting month (Dates covered) |
Total receipts | Total disbursements | Cash on hand (end of month) | Debts owed (end of month) | FEC document |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year-End 2024 (November 26-December 31, 2024) |
$3,235,153.13 | $11,451,088.54 | $24,232,592.09 | $20,000,000.00 | Filing |
Post-General 2024 (October 17-November 25, 2024) |
$29,738,261.55 | $37,699,814.29 | $32,448,527.50 | $20,000,000.00 | Filing |
Pre-General 2024 (October 1-16, 2024) |
$26,033,672.58 | $35,494,780.68 | $40,410,080.24 | $10,000,000.00 | Filing |
October 2024 (September 1-30, 2024) |
$30,279,141.81 | $67,688,862.17 | $49,871,188.34 | $0.00 | Filing |
September 2024 (August 1-31, 2024) |
$22,283,763.73 | $26,992,058.73 | $87,280,908.70 | $0.00 | Filing |
August 2024 (July 1-31, 2024) |
$17,574,407.47 | $13,456,189.96 | $91,989,203.70 | $0.00 | Filing |
July 2024 (June 1-30, 2024) |
$19,748,413.29 | $10,727,075.88 | $87,870,986.19 | $0.00 | Filing |
June 2024 (May 1-31, 2024) |
$11,945,736.88 | $9,022,370.02 | $78,849,648.78 | $0.00 | Filing |
May 2024 (April 1-30, 2024) |
$12,390,440.54 | $7,626,729.62 | $75,926,281.92 | $0.00 | Filing |
April 2024 (March 1-31, 2024) |
$21,393,613.04 | $9,440,692.36 | $71,162,571.00 | $0.00 | Filing |
March 2024 (February 1-29, 2024) |
$14,509,601.58 | $7,210,748.88 | $59,209,650.32 | $0.00 | Filing |
February 2024 (January 1-31, 2024) |
$9,540,550.80 | $11,018,453.43 | $51,910,797.62 | $0.00 | Filing |
Year-End 2023 (December 1-31, 2023) |
$12,367,311.84 | $7,738,185.62 | $53,388,700.25 | $0.00 | Filing |
December 2023 (November 1-30, 2023) |
$7,530,679.66 | $6,109,266.66 | $48,759,574.03 | $0.00 | Filing |
November 2023 (October 1-31, 2023) |
$8,121,174.49 | $5,474,150.04 | $47,338,161.03 | $0.00 | Filing |
October 2023 (September 1-30, 2023) |
$11,139,207.88 | $6,507,766.63 | $44,691,136.58 | $0.00 | Filing |
September 2023 (August 1-31, 2023) |
$8,113,421.08 | $5,030,593.16 | $40,059,695.33 | $0.00 | Filing |
August 2023 (July 1-31, 2023) |
$6,856,089.23 | $5,154,019.43 | $36,976,867.41 | $0.00 | Filing |
July 2023 (June 1-30, 2023) |
$12,555,748.94 | $5,295,732.90 | $35,274,797.61 | $0.00 | Filing |
June 2023 (May 1-31, 2023) |
$7,684,294.61 | $4,741,571.94 | $28,014,781.57 | $0.00 | Filing |
May 2023 (April 1-30, 2023) |
$9,103,110.18 | $10,708,173.57 | $25,072,058.90 | $0.00 | Filing |
April 2023 (March 1-31, 2023) |
$16,981,263.61 | $11,639,572.01 | $26,677,122.29 | $6,000,000.00 | Filing |
March 2023 (Feb. 1-28, 2023) |
$12,750,471.14 | $8,633,006.65 | $21,335,430.69 | $12,000,000.00 | Filing |
February 2023 (Jan. 1-31, 2023) |
$8,037,265.56 | $7,049,312.93 | $17,217,966.20 | $16,000,000.00 | Filing |
NRCC
- See also: Party committee fundraising, 2023-2024
Cook Partisan Voting Index
The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index (PVI) is a measurement tool that scores each congressional district based on how strongly it leans toward one political party. The index, developed by Charles Cook of the The Cook Political Report (CPR), compares each congressional district's score to that of the nation as a whole. According to Politico, the PVI is designed to "provide a quick overall assessment of generic partisan strength in a congressional district."[40][41][42]
The data in the report is compiled by POLIDATA, a political data analysis company, with assistance from National Journal and The Cook Political Report.[43][44]
Incumbents who sought other offices
Incumbents who ran for the U.S. Senate
U.S. House members who ran for governor
Ran for governor, 2024 | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Name | Party | Seat | Date announced | |||
Kelly Armstrong | North Dakota's At-Large Congressional District | January 23 2024[94] | ||||
Abigail Spanberger | Virginia's 7th Congressional District | November 13, 2023[95] |
U.S. House members who sought another office
Ran for another office, 2024 | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Name | Party | Seat | Date announced | |||
Dean Phillips | Minnesota's 3rd Congressional District | November 24, 2023[96] | ||||
Jeff Jackson | North Carolina's 14th Congressional District | October 26, 2023[97] | ||||
Dan Bishop | North Carolina's 8th Congressional District | August 3, 2023[98] |
Battleground primaries
- See also: U.S. House battleground primaries, 2024
General elections are often the focal point of election-year media coverage as they determine control of elected offices up and down the ballot. Primary elections, however, can provide insight on future elections as they help dictate the direction each party takes.
Although many of the most competitive primaries take place for open seats or offices that are held by a different party, even high-ranking federal officeholders can lose renomination to primary challengers. In the 2014 primary for Virginia's 7th Congressional District, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R), ranked behind only then-Speaker John Boehner (R) in Republican House leadership, was defeated by economics professor Dave Brat (R).
In this section, you will find a list of noteworthy and notable Republican and Democratic primaries taking place across the country for the U.S. House.
Democratic Party battleground primaries
There were 25 U.S. House Democratic battleground primaries in 2024.
- Alabama's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (April 16 Democratic primary runoff)
- Alabama's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)
- Arizona's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (July 30 Democratic primary)
- Georgia's 13th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 21 Democratic primary)
- Illinois' 4th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 19 Democratic primary)
- Illinois' 7th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 19 Democratic primary)
- Maryland's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (May 14 Democratic primary)
- Maryland's 5th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 14 Democratic primary)
- Maryland's 6th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 14 Democratic primary)
- Michigan's 13th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Democratic primary)
- Missouri's 1st Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Democratic primary)
- New Jersey's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (June 4 Democratic primary)
- New Jersey's 8th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 4 Democratic primary)
- New Jersey's 9th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 4 Democratic primary)
- New York's 16th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 25 Democratic primary)
- New York's 1st Congressional District election, 2024 (June 25 Democratic primary)
- New York's 22nd Congressional District election, 2024 (June 25 Democratic primary)
- Oregon's 5th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 21 Democratic primary)
- Pennsylvania's 10th Congressional District election, 2024 (April 23 Democratic primary)
- Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District election, 2024 (April 23 Democratic primary)
- Texas' 18th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)
- Texas' 32nd Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)
- Texas' 7th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)
- Virginia's 10th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 18 Democratic primary)
- Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (August 13 Democratic primary)
The following map shows each state with a Democratic battleground primary for U.S. House in 2024. Hover over or tap a district to view the incumbent's name.
See also
- United States Congress elections, 2024
- United States Senate elections, 2024
- United States Congress
- United States House of Representatives
- United States Senate
- 118th United States Congress
- Ballotpedia's Candidate Filing Analysis Hub, 2024
- List of congressional challengers in the 2024 elections
- List of congressional candidates in the 2024 elections
- Number of Democratic and Republican candidates on the ballot for federal and state offices, 2024
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Footnotes
- ↑ These figures include the seat of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who resigned on November 13, 2024, after winning re-election.
- ↑ These figures include the seat of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) who resigned after winning re-election.
- ↑ Gray defeated Duarte by 187 votes.
- ↑ Note: Ballotpedia does not consider these seats to be open when calculating congressional competitiveness data.
- ↑ These numbers do not include the U.S. territories or Washington D.C.
- ↑ KUAM News, "NMI Del. Sablan will not seek re-election after 16 years in office," January 18, 2024
- ↑ Associated Press, "Jenniffer González, Puerto Rico’s resident commissioner, to challenge island’s governor in primary," September 27, 2023
- ↑ NBC News, "Alabama Republican becomes the first House incumbent to lose a 2024 primary," March 6, 2024
- ↑ DCCC, "DCCC Announces 2023-2024 Districts In Play," April 3, 2023
- ↑ DCCC, "Districts in Play," accessed October 31, 2024
- ↑ DCCC, "2024 Frontline Members," accessed April 21, 2023
- ↑ DCCC, "DCCC Announces Additions to the 2024 Frontline Program," October 20, 2023
- ↑ NRCC, "NRCC Announces 37 Offensive Pick-Up Opportunities to Grow GOP House Majority," March 13, 2023
- ↑ NRCC, "NRCC Expands Target List of Offensive Opportunities to Grow GOP House Majority," June 3, 2024
- ↑ National Republican Congressional Committee, "NRCC Announces 26 Candidates in First Round of Additions to 2024 Young Guns Program," July 29, 2024
- ↑ National Republican Congressional Committee, "NRCC Announces Addition of 6 Candidates to 2024 Young Guns Program," September 20, 2024
- ↑ Georgia General Assembly, "Legislative and Congressional Reapportionment Office - Proposed Plans," accessed December 11, 2023
- ↑ Twitter, "RedistrictNet," December 7, 2023
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Reuters, "US judge orders new congressional map in Georgia, citing harm to Black voters," October 27, 2023
- ↑ Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Federal judge upholds Georgia’s Republican redistricting plan," December 8, 2023
- ↑ United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, "Case 1:21-cv-05339-SCJ, Document 334" December 28, 2023
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Democracy Docket, "11th Circuit Considers Fate of Georgia Maps in High-Stakes Redistricting Case," January 21, 2025
- ↑ Louisiana Illuminator, "U.S. Supreme Court punts Louisiana redistricting case to next term," June 27, 2025
- ↑ Louisiana Illuminator, "U.S. Supreme Court sets date for Louisiana redistricting case rehearing," August 13, 2025
- ↑ NBC News, "Supreme Court wrestles with Louisiana racial gerrymandering claim," March 24, 2025
- ↑ SCOTUSblog, "Supreme Court will hear case on second majority-Black district in Louisiana redistricting," November 4, 2024
- ↑ The American Redistricting Project, "Louisiana v. Callais," November 4, 2024
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 SCOTUSblog, "Court allows Louisiana to move forward with two majority-Black districts," May 15, 2024
- ↑ Roll Call, "Louisiana Legislature passes new congressional map," January 19, 2024
- ↑ Ballotpedia's Legislation Tracker, "Louisiana SB8," accessed January 25, 2024
- ↑ NPR, "After a court fight, Louisiana's new congressional map boosts Black political power," January 23, 2024
- ↑ Dayton Daily News, "Ohio Redistricting Commission approves new U.S. House map on another party-line vote," March 2, 2022
- ↑ 13ABC, "Ohio Supreme Court makes final judgement on Congressional map challenges," March 18, 2022
- ↑ Deseret News, "Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signs off on controversial congressional map that ‘cracks’ Salt Lake County," November 12, 2021
- ↑ Deseret News, "Utah redistricting: Congressional map splitting Salt Lake County 4 ways heads to Gov. Spencer Cox," November 10, 2021
- ↑ New York Times, "Utah’s Gerrymandered House Map Ignored Voters’ Will, State Supreme Court Says," July 11, 2024
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- ↑ Politico, "Charlie Cook's PVI," April 10, 2009
- ↑ RedState, "New Cook PVIs Show Big Opportunities for Conservatives in the House," October 11, 2012
- ↑ Swing State Project, "Just what is the Partisan Voter Index (PVI)?" November 16, 2008
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- ↑ POLIDATA, "About," accessed July 7, 2017
- ↑ In top-two primaries, all candidates, regardless of party affiliation, are counted. If a convention is the sole means of nomination, only the candidate(s) advancing beyond the convention are counted.
- ↑ This deadline was for the following offices: U.S. Congress, state attorney, public defender, state supreme court, district appeals court, circuit court. The filing deadline for state senator, state representative, county office, and special districts was 6/14/2024.
- ↑ This deadline was for U.S. Congress and state offices. The filing deadline for county offices was 3/22/2024.
- ↑ This filing deadline is for non-incumbents. Incumbents must file by 2/15/2024.
- ↑ This filing deadline is for non-judicial candidates. The filing deadline for judicial candidates was 1/12/2024.
- ↑ This deadline was for candidates seeking pre-primary designation. The filing deadline for all other candidates was 3/12/2024.
- ↑ In Virginia, the Democratic and Republican parties form committees to decide on the method of nomination used for congressional races. These non-primary methods of nomination may take place on a date other than the statewide primary.
- ↑ CBS News, "Louisiana Republican Garret Graves says he won't seek re-election after Supreme Court ruling on redistricting," June 14, 2024
- ↑ Politico, "Florida GOP Rep. Posey abruptly announces retirement," April 26, 2024
- ↑ X, "Jake LaTurner," April 18, 2024
- ↑ X, "Ann McLane Kuster," March 27, 2024
- ↑ The Hill, "Rosendale drops reelection bid, will retire at end of term," March 8, 2024
- ↑ X, "Cathy McMorris Rodgers" February 8, 2024
- ↑ Politico, "Dutch Ruppersberger won't seek reelection to Maryland House seat," January 26, 2023
- ↑ X, "Rep. Jeff Duncan" January 17, 2024
- ↑ X, "Rep. Greg Pence" January 9, 2024
- ↑ AP, "US Rep. Larry Bucshon of Indiana won’t seek reelection to 8th term, will retire from Congress" January 8, 2024
- ↑ CBS, "Colorado Congressman Doug Lamborn to retire, opening up all three state Republican seats" January 5, 2024
- ↑ X, "Representative Blaine Luetkemeyer" January 4, 2024
- ↑ Nickel said he would explore a campaign for U.S. Senate in 2026
- ↑ X, "Rep. Wiley Nickel - My Statement," December 14, 2023
- ↑ X, "Congressman Drew Ferguson" December 14, 2023
- ↑ On Dec. 7, Manning announced that she would not file for re-election in the newly redrawn 6th district, whose boundaries will be in effect for the 2024 general election. Manning said she would run for re-election under different district boundaries.
- ↑ X, "Congresswoman Kathy Manning," December 7, 2023
- ↑ Twitter, "Patrick McHenry" December 5, 2023
- ↑ Roll Call, "Eshoo, longtime Silicon Valley lawmaker, announces plans to retire," November 21, 2023
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, "Tony Cárdenas won’t seek reelection in 2024, setting up race for San Fernando Valley seat," November 16, 2023
- ↑ MLive, "Kildee won’t seek re-election to Congress, says cancer gave him new perspective," November 16, 2023
- ↑ The Hill, "GOP Rep. Burgess won’t seek reelection, leaving third Dallas-area seat open" November 9, 2023
- ↑ Roll Call, "Rep. Brad Wenstrup to retire," November 9, 2023
- ↑ Politico, "Derek Kilmer announced Thursday he would not seek reelection to his House seat in Washington state.," November 9, 2023
- ↑ The Hill, "Longtime Texas Rep. Kay Granger won’t seek reelection," November 1, 2023
- ↑ Politico, "Oregon Rep. Earl Blumenauer says he won’t run for another term," October 31, 2023
- ↑ Maryland Matters, "Sarbanes won’t seek reelection in 2024," October 26, 2023
- ↑ X, "A statement from Congresswoman Debbie Lesko," October 17, 2023
- ↑ X, "Jennifer Wexton - An update on my health and my plans for serving #VA10 in Congress." September 18, 2023
- ↑ CNN, "Grace Napolitano, longtime California congresswoman, announces her retirement" July 8, 2023
- ↑ The Hill, "Rep. John Curtis jumps into Senate race to replace Romney," January 2, 2023
- ↑ NBC, "Andy Kim to run for Senate against indicted NJ Sen. Bob Menendez" September 23, 2023
- ↑ New York Times, "Delaware’s Only House Member Enters Senate Race, Becoming Instant Favorite" June 21, 2023
- ↑ New York Times, "Wealthy Democratic Congressman Enters Maryland Senate Race" May 4, 2023
- ↑ Twitter, "Colin Allred, May 3, 2023" May 3, 2023
- ↑ CNN, "Rep. Elissa Slotkin entering race to succeed retiring Michigan Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow," February 27, 2023
- ↑ Twitter, "Barbara Lee," February 21, 2023
- ↑ Axios, "Anti-Trump stalwart Rep. Adam Schiff enters California Senate race," January 26, 2023
- ↑ The New York Times, "Democrat in Arizona Will Seek Kyrsten Sinema’s Senate Seat," January 23, 2023
- ↑ CNN, "GOP Rep. Jim Banks announces Indiana US Senate campaign," January 17, 2023
- ↑ PBS News House, "Rep. Katie Porter to run for Feinstein’s Senate seat in 2024," January 10, 2023
- ↑ MetroNews, "Mooney announces for Senate, revving up race to take on Manchin" December 13, 2022
- ↑ X, "Juliegrace Brufke," November 13, 2023
- ↑ AP, "Virginia Rep. Abigail Spanberger is running for governor instead of seeking reelection to the House," November 13, 2023
- ↑ X, "INBOX: REP. DEAN PHILLIPS ANNOUNCES HE WON’T SEEK RE-ELECTION TO CONGRESS," November 24, 2023
- ↑ X, "Rep. Jeff Jackson," October 26, 2023
- ↑ Charlotte Observer, "Republican Rep. Dan Bishop announces plans to run for attorney general in NC," January 17, 2023
- ↑ Denotes the party that had more seats in the U.S. House following the election.
- ↑ Lyndon Johnson's (D) first term began in November 1963 after the death of President John F. Kennedy (D), who was first elected in 1960. Before Johnson had his first midterm in 1966, he was re-elected president in 1964.
- ↑ Gerald Ford's (R) first term began in August 1974 following the resignation of President Richard Nixon (R), who was first elected in 1968 and was re-elected in 1972. Because Ford only served for two full months before facing the electorate, this election is classified as Nixon's second midterm.