1998 United States House of Representatives elections

(Redirected from 1998 United States House of Representatives election in American Samoa) House elections for the 106th U.S. Congress

For related races, see 1998 United States elections.

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November 3, 1998

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All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives
218 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Newt Gingrich (resigned)	Dick Gephardt
Party	Republican	Democratic
Leader since	January 3, 1995	January 3, 1995
Leader's seat	Georgia 6th	Missouri 3rd
Last election	227 seats	206 seats
Seats won	223	211
Seat change	4	5
Popular vote	32,237,964	31,490,298
Percentage	48.4%	47.3%
Swing	0.2%	0.9%

	Third party

Party	Independent
Last election	2 seats
Seats won	1
Seat change	1
Popular vote	372,072
Percentage	0.6%

Results:
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Republican gain
     Independent hold

Speaker before election

Newt Gingrich
Republican

Elected Speaker

Dennis Hastert
Republican

The 1998 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 3, 1998, to elect U.S. Representatives to serve in the 106th United States Congress. They were part of the midterm elections held during President Bill Clinton's second term. They were a major disappointment for the Republicans, who were expecting to gain seats due to the embarrassment Clinton suffered during the Monica Lewinsky scandal and the "six-year itch" effect observed in most second-term midterm elections. However, the Republicans lost five seats to the Democrats, although they retained a narrow majority in the House. A wave of Republican discontent with Speaker Newt Gingrich prompted him to resign shortly after the election; he was replaced by Congressman Dennis Hastert of Illinois.

The campaign was marked by Republican attacks on the morality of President Bill Clinton, with independent counsel Kenneth Starr having released his report on the Lewinsky scandal and House leaders having initiated an inquiry into whether impeachable offenses had occurred. However, exit polls indicated that most voters opposed impeaching Clinton, and predictions of high Republican or low Democratic turnout due to the scandal failed to materialize. Some speculate that the losses reflected a backlash against the Republicans for attacking the popular Clinton. With the Republicans having lost four House seats and failing to gain any seats in the Senate, it was the first time since 1934 that the non-presidential party failed to gain congressional seats in a midterm election; this would happen again in 2002. This was the last election until 2024 where no incumbents who served at least 6 terms (12 years) lost re-nomination or re-election, and also the most recent where no Democratic incumbent lost renomination.

Overall results

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211	1	223
Democratic	I	Republican

Party		Seats			Seat percentage	Vote percentage	Popular vote
Party		1996	Elected	Net change	Seat percentage	Vote percentage	Popular vote
	Republican Party	227	223	4	51.3%	48.4%	32,237,964
	Democratic Party	206	211	5	48.5%	47.3%	31,490,298
	Libertarian Party	0	0		0.0%	1.3%	880,024
	Independent	2	1	1	0.2%	0.6%	372,072
	Reform Party	0	0		0.0%	0.4%	239,173
	Natural Law Party	0	0		0.0%	0.3%	195,015
	U.S. Taxpayers' Party	0	0		0.0%	0.1%	73,983
	Green Party	0	0		0.0%	0.1%	70,932
	Conservative Party	0	0		0.0%	0.1%	57,775
	Right to Life Party	0	0		0.0%	0.1%	52,356
	Independent American Party	0	0		0.0%	0.1%	45,206
	Others	0	0		0.0%	1.3%	890,004
Totals		435	435		100.0%	100.0%	66,604,802

Source: Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk

Popular vote

Republican			48.40%
Democratic			47.28%
Libertarian			1.32%
Others			3.00%

House seats

Republican			51.26%
Democratic			48.51%
Others			0.23%

Incumbent retirements

Democrats

California 3: Vic Fazio
California 34: Esteban Torres
California 36: Jane Harman: To run for Governor
Colorado 2: David Skaggs
Connecticut 1: Barbara B. Kennelly: To run for Governor
Illinois 9: Sidney R. Yates
Illinois 19: Glenn Poshard: To run for Governor
Indiana 9: Lee Hamilton
Kentucky 6: Scotty Baesler: To run for U.S. Senate
Massachusetts 8: Joseph P. Kennedy II
New York 7: Thomas Manton
New York 9: Chuck Schumer: To run for U.S. Senate
North Carolina 8: Bill Hefner
Ohio 11: Louis Stokes
Oregon 1: Elizabeth Furse
Pennsylvania 15: Paul McHale
Texas 20: Henry B. González

Republicans

California 1: Frank Riggs: To run for U.S. Senate
Colorado 6: Daniel Schaefer
Idaho 2: Mike Crapo: To run for U.S. Senate
Illinois 13: Harris Fawell
Kentucky 4: Jim Bunning: To run for U.S. Senate
Mississippi 4: Michael Parker: To run for Governor
Nebraska 2: Jon Christensen: To run for Governor
Nevada 1: John Ensign: To run for U.S. Senate
New York 22: Gerald Solomon
New York 27: Bill Paxon
Oregon 2: Bob Smith
Pennsylvania 10: Joseph M. McDade
South Carolina 4: Bob Inglis: To run for U.S. Senate
Washington 3: Linda Smith: To run for U.S. Senate
Wisconsin 1: Mark Neumann: To run for U.S. Senate
Wisconsin 2: Scott Klug

Incumbents defeated

In primary elections

This remains the most recent election as of 2024 where no Democratic incumbent lost to a Democratic challenger.

Republicans who lost to a Republican challenger

California 41: Jay Kim lost to Gary Miller who later won the general election

In the general election

Democrats who lost to a Republican challenger

Wisconsin 8: Jay Johnson lost to Mark Green

Republicans who lost to a Democratic challenger

Kansas 3: Vince Snowbarger lost to Dennis Moore
New Jersey 12: Mike Pappas lost to Rush Holt Jr.
New Mexico 3: Bill Redmond lost to Tom Udall
Pennsylvania 13: Jon D. Fox lost to Joe Hoeffel
Washington 1: Rick White lost to Jay Inslee

Special elections

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
New York 6	Floyd Flake	Democratic	1986	Incumbent resigned November 17, 1997 to work at his church full-time. New member elected February 3, 1998. Democratic hold. Winner was re-elected in November, see below.	▌Y Gregory Meeks (Democratic) 56.51% ▌Alton Waldon (Conservative) 20.77% ▌Barbara M. Clark (21st Century) 13.13% ▌Celestine V. Miller (Republican) 8.78%
California 22	Walter Capps	Democratic	1996	Incumbent died October 28, 1997. New member elected March 10, 1998. Democratic hold. Winner was re-elected in November, see below.	▌Y Lois Capps (Democratic) 53.46% ▌Tom J. Bordonaro Jr. (Republican) 44.78% ▌Robert Bakhaus (Libertarian) 1.76%
California 9	Ron Dellums	Democratic	1970	Incumbent resigned February 6, 1998. New member elected April 7, 1998. Democratic hold. Winner was re-elected in November, see below.	▌Y Barbara Lee (Democratic) 66.81% ▌Greg Harper (Democratic) 16.05% ▌Claiborne Sanders (Republican) 12.19% ▌Randal Stewart (Democratic) 4.95%
California 44	Sonny Bono	Republican	1994	Incumbent died January 5, 1998. New member elected April 7, 1998. Republican hold. Winner was re-elected in November, see below.	▌Y Mary Bono (Republican) 63.98% ▌Ralph Waite (Democratic) 28.84% ▌Anna Nevenic (Democratic) 2.88% ▌John W. J. Overman (Republican) 1.71% ▌Tom Harney (Republican) 1.47% ▌A. J. Mathewson (Republican) 1.13%
Pennsylvania 1	Thomas M. Foglietta	Democratic	1980	Incumbent resigned November 11, 1997, to become U.S. Ambassador to Italy. New member elected May 19, 1998. Democratic hold. Winner was re-elected in November, see below.	▌Y Bob Brady (Democratic) 73.63% ▌William M. Harrison (Republican) 12.88% ▌Juanita Norwood (Reform) 10.54% ▌John J. Featherman (Libertarian) 2.95%
New Mexico 1	Steven Schiff	Republican	1988	Incumbent died March 25, 1998. New member elected June 23, 1998. Republican hold. Winner was re-elected in November, see below.	▌Y Heather Wilson (Republican) 44.58% ▌Phillip Maloof (Democratic) 39.61% ▌Robert L. Anderson (Green) 14.72% ▌Bruce M. Bush (Libertarian) 1.09%

Alabama

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
Alabama 1	R+12	Sonny Callahan	Republican	1984	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Sonny Callahan (Republican) Uncontested
Alabama 2	R+14	Terry Everett	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Terry Everett (Republican) 69% ▌Joe Fondren (Democratic) 31%
Alabama 3	R+7	Bob Riley	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bob Riley (Republican) 58% ▌Joe Turnham (Democratic) 42%
Alabama 4	R+7	Robert Aderholt	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Robert Aderholt (Republican) 56% ▌Don Bevill (Democratic) 44%
Alabama 5	R+7	Bud Cramer	Democratic	1990	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bud Cramer (Democratic) 70% ▌Gil Aust (Republican) 30%
Alabama 6	R+26	Spencer Bachus	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Spencer Bachus (Republican) 72% ▌Donna Wesson Smalley (Democratic) 28%
Alabama 7	D+19	Earl Hilliard	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Earl Hilliard (Democratic) Uncontested

Alaska

Main article: 1998 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska See also: List of United States representatives from Alaska

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
Alaska at-large	R+14	Don Young	Republican	1973 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Don Young (Republican) 62.6% ▌Jim Duncan (Democratic) 34.6% ▌John Grames (Green) 2.7%

Arizona

Main article: 1998 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona See also: List of United States representatives from Arizona

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
Arizona 1	R+6	Matt Salmon	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Matt Salmon (Republican) 64% ▌David Mendoza (Democratic) 36%
Arizona 2	D+13	Ed Pastor	Democratic	1991 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ed Pastor (Democratic) 67.8% ▌Edward Barron (Republican) 28% ▌Richard Duncan (Libertarian) 3.1% ▌Gregory R. Schultz (Reform) 1.1%
Arizona 3	R+9	Bob Stump	Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bob Stump (Republican) 67% ▌Stuart Starky (Democratic) 33%
Arizona 4	R+8	John Shadegg	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Shadegg (Republican) 64.7% ▌Eric Ehst (Democratic) 31.2% ▌Ernest Hancock (Libertarian) 2.4% ▌Doug Quelland (Independent) 1.7%
Arizona 5	R+2	Jim Kolbe	Republican	1984	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jim Kolbe (Republican) 51.6% ▌Thomas Volgy (Democratic) 45.2% ▌Phillip W. Murphy (Libertarian) 2.5% ▌Robert Connery Sr. (Reform) 0.8%
Arizona 6	R+3	J. D. Hayworth	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y J. D. Hayworth (Republican) 53% ▌Steve Owens (Democratic) 43.7% ▌Robert Anderson (Libertarian) 3.3%

Arkansas

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
Arkansas 1	D+10	Marion Berry	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Marion Berry (Democratic) Uncontested
Arkansas 2	D+6	Vic Snyder	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Vic Snyder (Democratic) 58% ▌Phil Wyrick (Republican) 42%
Arkansas 3	R+5	Asa Hutchinson	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Asa Hutchinson (Republican) 80.7% ▌Ralph Forbes (Reform) 19.3%
Arkansas 4	D+11	Jay Dickey	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jay Dickey (Republican) 57.5% ▌Judy Smith (Democratic) 42.5%

California

Main article: 1998 United States House of Representatives elections in California See also: List of United States representatives from California

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
California 1	D+4	Frank Riggs	Republican	1990 1992 (defeated) 1994	Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. Democratic gain.	▌Y Mike Thompson (Democratic) 61.9% ▌Mark Luce (Republican) 32.8% ▌Emil Rossi (Libertarian) 2.8% ▌Ernest K. Jones Jr. (Peace and Freedom) 2.5%
California 2	R+11	Wally Herger	Republican	1988	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Wally Herger (Republican) 62.5% ▌Roberts Braden (Democratic) 34.5% ▌Patrice Thiessen (Natural Law) 3%
California 3	R+3	Vic Fazio	Democratic	1978	Incumbent retired. Republican gain.	▌Y Doug Ose (Republican) 52.4% ▌Sandra Dunn (Democratic) 45% ▌Ross Crain (Libertarian) 2.6%
California 4	R+11	John Doolittle	Republican	1990	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Doolittle (Republican) 62.6% ▌David Shapiro (Democratic) 34.4% ▌Dan Winterrowd (Libertarian) 3%
California 5	D+8	Bob Matsui	Democratic	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bob Matsui (Democratic) 71.9% ▌Robert S. Dinsmore (Republican) 26% ▌Douglas Arthur Tuma (Libertarian) 2.1%
California 6	D+13	Lynn Woolsey	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Lynn Woolsey (Democratic) 68% ▌Ken McAuliffe (Republican) 29.7% ▌Alan Roy Barreca (Natural Law) 2.3%
California 7	D+18	George Miller	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y George Miller (Democratic) 77% ▌Norman Reece (Republican) 23%
California 8	D+25	Nancy Pelosi	Democratic	1987	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Nancy Pelosi (Democratic) 85.8% ▌David Martz (Republican) 12% ▌David Smithstein (Natural Law) 2.1%
California 9	D+31	Barbara Lee	Democratic	April 7, 1998 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Barbara Lee (Democratic) 82.8% ▌Claiborne Sanders (Republican) 13.2% ▌Gerald Sanders (Peace and Freedom) 2.8% ▌Walter Kenneth Ruehlig (Natural Law) 1.2%
California 10	R+1	Ellen Tauscher	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ellen Tauscher (Democratic) 53.5% ▌Charles Ball (Republican) 43.4% ▌Valerie Janlois (Natural Law) 1.7% ▌John Place (Reform) 1.4%
California 11	R+4	Richard Pombo	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Richard Pombo (Republican) 61.4% ▌Robert Figueroa (Democratic) 36.3% ▌Jesse Baird (Libertarian) 2.3%
California 12	D+20	Tom Lantos	Democratic	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Tom Lantos (Democratic) 74% ▌Robert Evans (Republican) 21.1% ▌Michael Moloney (Libertarian) 4.9%
California 13	D+15	Pete Stark	Democratic	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Pete Stark (Democratic) 71.2% ▌James Goetz (Republican) 26.7% ▌Karnig Beylikjian (Natural Law) 2.2%
California 14	D+11	Anna Eshoo	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Anna Eshoo (Democratic) 68.6% ▌Chris Haugen (Republican) 28.4% ▌Joseph Dehn III (Libertarian) 1.7%
California 15	D+6	Tom Campbell	Republican	1988 1992 (Defeated) 1995 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Tom Campbell (Republican) 60.5% ▌Dick Lane (Democratic) 37.9% ▌Frank Strutner (Natural Law) 1.5%
California 16	D+13	Zoe Lofgren	Democratic	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Zoe Lofgren (Democratic) 72.8% ▌Horace Gene Thayn (Republican) 23.4% ▌John H. Black (Natural Law) 3.8%
California 17	D+9	Sam Farr	Democratic	1993	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Sam Farr (Democratic) 64.5% ▌Bill McCampbell (Republican) 32.7% ▌Rick Garrett (Libertarian) 1.7% ▌Scott Hartley (Natural Law) 1%
California 18	R+4	Gary Condit	Democratic	1989	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Gary Condit (Democratic) 86.7% ▌Linda De Groat (Libertarian) 13.2%
California 19	R+10	George Radanovich	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y George Radanovich (Republican) 79.4% ▌Jonathan Richter (Libertarian) 20.6%
California 20	D+2	Cal Dooley	Democratic	1990	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Cal Dooley (Democratic) 60.7% ▌Cliff Unruh (Republican) 39.3%
California 21	R+16	Bill Thomas	Republican	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bill Thomas (Republican) 78.9% ▌John Evans (Reform) 21.1%
California 22	R+4	Lois Capps	Democratic	March 10, 1998 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Lois Capps (Democratic) 55.1% ▌Thomas Bordonaro (Republican) 43.0% ▌Robert Bakhaus (Libertarian) 1.3% ▌Richard Dick Porter (Reform) 0.6%
California 23	R+2	Elton Gallegly	Republican	1986	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Elton Gallegly (Republican) 60.1% ▌Daniel Gonzalez (Democratic) 39.9%
California 24	D+5	Brad Sherman	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Brad Sherman (Democratic) 57.3% ▌Randy Hoffman (Republican) 38.5% ▌Catherine Carter (Natural Law) 1.7% ▌Erich D. Miller (Libertarian) 1.5% ▌Ralph L. Shroyer (Peace and Freedom) 1%
California 25	R+8	Buck McKeon	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Buck McKeon (Republican) 74.7% ▌Bruce Acker (Libertarian) 25.3%
California 26	D+17	Howard Berman	Democratic	1982	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Howard Berman (Democratic) 82.5% ▌Juan Carlos Ros (Libertarian) 7.8% ▌Maria Armoudian (Green) 5.8% ▌David Cossak (Natural Law) 3.9%
California 27	Even	James E. Rogan	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James E. Rogan (Republican) 50.7% ▌Barry Gordon (Democratic) 46.4% ▌Bob New (Libertarian) 2.8%
California 28	R+4	David Dreier	Republican	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y David Dreier (Republican) 57.6% ▌Janice Nelson (Democratic) 39.2% ▌Jerry Douglas (Libertarian) 1.3% ▌Walt Contreras Sheasby (Green) 1.2% ▌M. Lawrence Allison (Natural Law) 0.5%
California 29	D+20	Henry Waxman	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Henry Waxman (Democratic) 73.9% ▌Mike Gottlieb (Republican) 22.6% ▌Michael J. Binkley (Libertarian) 2% ▌Karen Blasdell-Wilkinson (Natural Law) 1.5%
California 30	D+22	Xavier Becerra	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Xavier Becerra (Democratic) 81.3% ▌Patricia Parker (Republican) 18.8%
California 31	D+15	Matthew G. Martínez	Democratic	1982	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Matthew G. Martínez (Democratic) 70% ▌Frank Moreno (Republican) 22.6% ▌Krista Lieberg-Wong (Green) 5% ▌Michael Everling (Libertarian) 1.3% ▌Gary Hearne (Natural Law) 1%
California 32	D+32	Julian Dixon	Democratic	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Julian Dixon (Democratic) 86.7% ▌Lawrence Ardito (Republican) 11.3% ▌Velko Milosevich (Libertarian) 2%
California 33	D+28	Lucille Roybal-Allard	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Lucille Roybal-Allard (Democratic) 87.2% ▌Wayne Miller (Republican) 12.8%
California 34	D+14	Esteban Edward Torres	Democratic	1982	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y Grace Napolitano (Democratic) 67.6% ▌Ed Perez (Republican) 28.6% ▌Jason Heath (Libertarian) 1.9% ▌James W. Scott (American Independent) 1.9%
California 35	D+33	Maxine Waters	Democratic	1990	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Maxine Waters (Democratic) 89.3% ▌Gordon Michael Mego (American Independent) 10.7%
California 36	R+1	Jane Harman	Democratic	1992	Incumbent retired to run for Governor. Republican gain.	▌Y Steven T. Kuykendall (Republican) 48.9% ▌Janice Hahn (Democratic) 46.6% ▌Robin Barrett (Green) 2% ▌Kerry Welsh (Libertarian) 1.7% ▌John Konopka (American Independent) 0.9%
California 37	D+31	Juanita Millender-McDonald	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Juanita Millender-McDonald (Democratic) 85.1% ▌Saul Lankster (Republican) 14.9%
California 38	D+5	Steve Horn	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Steve Horn (Republican) 52.9% ▌Peter Mathews (Democratic) 44.3% ▌David Bowers (Libertarian) 2.8%
California 39	R+9	Ed Royce	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ed Royce (Republican) 62.6% ▌Cecy Groom (Democratic) 34% ▌Jack Dean (Libertarian) 2.2% ▌Ron Jevning (Natural Law) 1.3%
California 40	R+10	Jerry Lewis	Republican	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jerry Lewis (Republican) 64.9% ▌Robert Conaway (Democratic) 31.9% ▌Maurice Mayben (Libertarian) 3.2%
California 41	R+7	Jay Kim	Republican	1992	Incumbent lost renomination. Republican hold.	▌Y Gary Miller (Republican) 53.2% ▌Eileen Ansari (Democratic) 40.7% ▌Cynthia Allaire (Green) 2.8% ▌Kenneth E. Valentine (Libertarian) 2% ▌David Kramer (Natural Law) 1.3%
California 42	D+5	George Brown Jr.	Democratic	1962 1970 (Retired) 1972	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y George Brown Jr. (Democratic) 55.3% ▌Eli Pirozzi (Republican) 40.3% ▌Hale McGee (American Independent) 2.7% ▌David Hollist (Libertarian) 1.7%
California 43	R+6	Ken Calvert	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ken Calvert (Republican) 55.7% ▌Mike Rayburn (Democratic) 37.8% ▌Phill Courtney (Green) 3.7% ▌Annie Wallack (Natural Law) 2.8%
California 44	R+4	Mary Bono	Republican	April 7, 1998 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Mary Bono (Republican) 60% ▌Ralph Waite (Democratic) 35.7% ▌Jim Meuer (Natural Law) 4.2%
California 45	R+11	Dana Rohrabacher	Republican	1988	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Dana Rohrabacher (Republican) 56.4% ▌Patricia Neal (Democratic) 37.3% ▌Don Hull (Libertarian) 2.7% ▌William Verkamp (Natural Law) 1.3%
California 46	R+1	Loretta Sanchez	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Loretta Sanchez (Democratic) 56.4% ▌Bob Dornan (Republican) 39.2% ▌Thomas Reimer (Libertarian) 2.7% ▌Larry Engwall (Natural Law) 1.6%
California 47	R+14	Christopher Cox	Republican	1988	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Christopher Cox (Republican) 67.6% ▌Christina Avalos (Democratic) 29.5% ▌Victor A. Wagner Jr. (Libertarian) 1.5% ▌Paul Fisher (Natural Law) 0.7%
California 48	R+16	Ron Packard	Republican	1982	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ron Packard (Republican) 76.9% ▌Sharon Miles (Natural Law) 12.9% ▌Daniel L. Muhe (Democratic) 10.2%
California 49	D+1	Brian Bilbray	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Brian Bilbray (Republican) 48.8% ▌Christine Kehoe (Democratic) 46.6% ▌Ernest Lippe (Libertarian) 1.8% ▌Julia Simon (Natural Law) 1.5% ▌Janice Jordan (Peace and Freedom) 1.3%
California 50	D+10	Bob Filner	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Bob Filner (Democratic) Uncontested
California 51	R+11	Duke Cunningham	Republican	1990	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Duke Cunningham (Republican) 61% ▌Dan Kripke (Democratic) 34.7% ▌Jack C. Anderson (Libertarian) 2.6% ▌Eric Hunter Bourdette (Natural Law) 1.7%
California 52	R+8	Duncan L. Hunter	Republican	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Duncan L. Hunter (Republican) 75.7% ▌Lynn Badler (Libertarian) 14.3% ▌Adrienne Pelton (Natural Law) 10%

Colorado

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
Colorado 1	D+13	Diana DeGette	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Diana DeGette (Democratic) 66.9% ▌Nancy McClanahan (Republican) 30.1% ▌Richard Combs (Libertarian) 3%
Colorado 2	D+2	David Skaggs	Democratic	1986	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y Mark Udall (Democratic) 49.9% ▌Bob Greenlee (Republican) 47.4% ▌Patrick C. West (Natural Law) 2.7%
Colorado 3	R+4	Scott McInnis	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Scott McInnis (Republican) 66.1% ▌Reed Kelley (Democratic) 31.5% ▌Barry Maggert (Libertarian) 2.4%
Colorado 4	R+8	Bob Schaffer	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bob Schaffer (Republican) 59% ▌Susan Kirkpatrick (Democratic) 41%
Colorado 5	R+19	Joel Hefley	Republican	1986	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Joel Hefley (Republican) 72.7% ▌Ken Alford (Democratic) 26% ▌Mark A. Mellot (Natural Law) 1.3%
Colorado 6	R+7	Daniel Schaefer	Republican	1983	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y Tom Tancredo (Republican) 55.9% ▌Henry Strauss (Democratic) 41.5% ▌George Newman (Natural Law) 2.6%

Connecticut

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
Connecticut 1	D+11	Barbara B. Kennelly	Democratic	1982	Incumbent retired to run for Governor. Democratic hold.	▌Y John B. Larson (Democratic) 58% ▌Kevin O'Connor (Republican) 41.4% ▌Jay E. Palmieri IV (Term Limits) .5%
Connecticut 2	D+7	Sam Gejdenson	Democratic	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Sam Gejdenson (Democratic) 61% ▌Gary Koval (Republican) 35.5% ▌Dianne G. Ondusko (Independence) 3.1% ▌Paul W. Cook (Term Limits) 0.4%
Connecticut 3	D+8	Rosa DeLauro	Democratic	1990	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Rosa DeLauro (Democratic) 71.3% ▌Martin Reust (Republican) 27.4% Others ▌Kristen J. Abbatiello (Term Limits) 0.5% ▌David Cole (Reform) 0.4% ▌Gail J. Dalby (Natural Law) 0.4%
Connecticut 4	Even	Chris Shays	Republican	1987	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Chris Shays (Republican) 69% ▌Jonathan Kantrowitz (Democratic) 29.9% ▌Marshall C. Harrison (Libertarian) 1.1%
Connecticut 5	R+2	James H. Maloney	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jim Maloney (Democratic) 49.9% ▌Mark Nielsen (Republican) 48.4% ▌Robert Strasdauskas (Concerned Citizens) 1.7%
Connecticut 6	D+2	Nancy Johnson	Republican	1982	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Nancy Johnson (Republican) 58.1% ▌Charlotte Koskoff (Democratic) 39.6% ▌Timothy A. Knibbs (Concerned Citizens) 1.8% ▌Mark J. Polon (Term Limits) 0.4%

Delaware

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
Delaware at-large	D+3	Mike Castle	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Mike Castle (Republican) 66.4% ▌Dennis E. Williams (Democratic) 31.8% ▌James P. Webster (U.S. Taxpayers) 1.3% ▌Kim Stanley Bemis (Natural Law) 0.5%

Florida

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
Florida 1	R+20	Joe Scarborough	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Joe Scarborough (Republican) 99.5% Uncontested
Florida 2	R+1	Allen Boyd	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Allen Boyd (Democratic) Uncontested
Florida 3	D+8	Corrine Brown	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Corrine Brown (Democratic) 56% ▌Bill Randall (Republican) 44%
Florida 4	R+16	Tillie Fowler	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Tillie Fowler (Republican) Uncontested
Florida 5	D+2	Karen Thurman	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Karen Thurman (Democratic) 66.3% ▌Jack Gargan (Reform) 33.7%
Florida 6	R+11	Cliff Stearns	Republican	1988	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Cliff Stearns (Republican) Uncontested
Florida 7	R+8	John Mica	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Mica (Republican) Uncontested
Florida 8	R+8	Bill McCollum	Republican	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bill McCollum (Republican) 66% ▌Al Krulick (Democratic) 34%
Florida 9	R+6	Michael Bilirakis	Republican	1982	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Michael Bilirakis (Republican) Uncontested
Florida 10	D+2	Bill Young	Republican	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bill Young (Republican) Uncontested
Florida 11	D+1	Jim Davis	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jim Davis (Democratic) 65% ▌John Chillura (Republican) 35%
Florida 12	R+8	Charles T. Canady	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Charles T. Canady (Republican) Uncontested
Florida 13	R+7	Dan Miller	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Dan Miller (Republican) Uncontested
Florida 14	R+12	Porter Goss	Republican	1988	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Porter Goss (Republican) Uncontested
Florida 15	R+9	Dave Weldon	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Dave Weldon (Republican) 63% ▌David Golding (Democratic) 37%
Florida 16	R+3	Mark Foley	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Mark Foley (Republican) Uncontested
Florida 17	D+31	Carrie Meek	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Carrie Meek (Democratic) Uncontested
Florida 18	R+11	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	Republican	1989	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (Republican) Uncontested
Florida 19	D+14	Robert Wexler	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Robert Wexler (Democratic) Uncontested
Florida 20	D+9	Peter Deutsch	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Peter Deutsch (Democratic) Uncontested
Florida 21	R+10	Lincoln Díaz-Balart	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Lincoln Díaz-Balart (Republican) 75% ▌Patrick Cusack (Democratic) 25%
Florida 22	D+3	Clay Shaw	Republican	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Clay Shaw (Republican) Uncontested
Florida 23	D+24	Alcee Hastings	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Alcee Hastings (Democratic) Uncontested

Georgia

Main article: 1998 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia See also: List of United States representatives from Georgia

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
Georgia 1	R+6	Jack Kingston	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jack Kingston (Republican) Uncontested
Georgia 2	R+1	Sanford Bishop	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Sanford Bishop (Democratic) 57% ▌Joseph F. McCormick (Republican) 43%
Georgia 3	R+9	Mac Collins	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Mac Collins (Republican) Uncontested
Georgia 4	D+11	Cynthia McKinney	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Cynthia McKinney (Democratic) 61% ▌Sunny Warren (Republican) 39%
Georgia 5	D+22	John Lewis	Democratic	1986	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Lewis (Democratic) 79% ▌John Lewis Sr. (Republican) 21%
Georgia 6	R+19	Newt Gingrich	Republican	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Newt Gingrich (Republican) 71% ▌Gary Pelphrey (Democratic) 29%
Georgia 7	R+10	Bob Barr	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bob Barr (Republican) 55% ▌James Williams (Democratic) 45%
Georgia 8	R+2	Saxby Chambliss	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Saxby Chambliss (Republican) 62% ▌Ronald Cain (Democratic) 38%
Georgia 9	R+14	Nathan Deal	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Nathan Deal (Republican) Uncontested
Georgia 10	R+3	Charlie Norwood	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Charlie Norwood (Republican) 59% ▌Marion Freeman (Democratic) 41%
Georgia 11	R+13	John Linder	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Linder (Republican) 69% ▌Vince Littman (Democratic) 31%

Hawaii

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
Hawaii 1	D+6	Neil Abercrombie	Democratic	1986 (Special) 1988 (Lost renomination) 1990	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Neil Abercrombie (Democratic) 59.8% ▌Gene Ward (Republican) 35.3% ▌Nicholas Bedworth (Natural Law) 2%
Hawaii 2	D+10	Patsy Mink	Democratic	1964 1976 (Retired) 1990 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Patsy Mink (Democratic) 66.3% ▌Carol Douglass (Republican) 23.2% ▌Noreen Leilehua Chun (Libertarian) 6.1%

Idaho

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
Idaho 1	R+13	Helen Chenoweth	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Helen Chenoweth (Republican) 55% ▌Dan Williams (Democratic) 45%
Idaho 2	R+17	Mike Crapo	Republican	1992	Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. Republican hold.	▌Y Mike Simpson (Republican) 52.5% ▌Richard H. Stallings (Democratic) 44.7% ▌Jonathan B. Ratner (Natural Law) 2.8%

Illinois

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
Illinois 1	D+34	Bobby Rush	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bobby Rush (Democratic) 87.1% ▌Marlene Ahimaz (Republican) 10.6% ▌Marjorie Kohls (Libertarian) 2.3%
Illinois 2	D+33	Jesse Jackson Jr.	Democratic	1995	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jesse Jackson Jr. (Democratic) 89.4% ▌Robert Gordon (Republican) 9.6% ▌Matthew Beauchamp (Libertarian) 1%
Illinois 3	D+3	Bill Lipinski	Democratic	1982	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bill Lipinski (Democratic) 72.5% ▌Robert Marshall (Republican) 27.5%
Illinois 4	D+28	Luis Gutiérrez	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Luis Gutiérrez (Democratic) 81.7% ▌John Birch (Republican) 15.9% ▌William Passmore (Libertarian) 2.4%
Illinois 5	D+12	Rod Blagojevich	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Rod Blagojevich (Democratic) 74% ▌Alan Spitz (Republican) 26%
Illinois 6	R+9	Henry Hyde	Republican	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Henry Hyde (Republican) 67.3% ▌Thomas Cramer (Democratic) 30.1% ▌George Meyers (Libertarian) 2.5%
Illinois 7	D+31	Danny K. Davis	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Danny K. Davis (Democratic) 92.9% ▌Dorn Van Cleave (Libertarian) 7.1%
Illinois 8	R+11	Phil Crane	Republican	1969	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Phil Crane (Republican) 68.6% ▌Mike Rothman (Democratic) 31.4%
Illinois 9	D+17	Sidney R. Yates	Democratic	1948 1962 (retired) 1964	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y Jan Schakowsky (Democratic) 74.6% ▌Herbert Sohn (Republican) 23.1% ▌Michael Ray (Libertarian) 2.3%
Illinois 10	R+2	John Porter	Republican	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Porter (Republican) Uncontested
Illinois 11	D+2	Jerry Weller	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jerry Weller (Republican) 58.8% ▌Gary Mueller (Democratic) 41.2%
Illinois 12	D+9	Jerry Costello	Democratic	1988	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jerry Costello (Democratic) 60.4% ▌William Price (Republican) 39.6%
Illinois 13	R+10	Harris W. Fawell	Republican	1984	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y Judy Biggert (Republican) 61% ▌Susan Hynes (Democratic) 39%
Illinois 14	R+9	Dennis Hastert	Republican	1986	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Dennis Hastert (Republican) 69.8% ▌Robert Cozzi (Democratic) 30.2%
Illinois 15	R+4	Tom Ewing	Republican	1991	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Tom Ewing (Republican) 61.6% ▌Laurel Lunt Prussing (Democratic) 38.4%
Illinois 16	R+7	Don Manzullo	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Don Manzullo (Republican) Uncontested
Illinois 17	D+3	Lane Evans	Democratic	1982	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Lane Evans (Democratic) 51.6% ▌Mark Baker (Republican) 48.4%
Illinois 18	R+5	Ray LaHood	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ray LaHood (Republican) Uncontested
Illinois 19	Even	Glenn Poshard	Democratic	1988	Incumbent retired to run for Governor. Democratic hold.	▌Y David Phelps (Democratic) 58.3% ▌Brent Winters (Republican) 41.7%
Illinois 20	Even	John Shimkus	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Shimkus (Republican) 61.3% ▌Rick Verticchio (Democratic) 38.7%

Indiana

Main article: 1998 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana See also: List of United States representatives from Indiana

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
Indiana 1	D+10	Pete Visclosky	Democratic	1984	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Pete Visclosky (Democratic) 72.5% ▌Michael Petyo (Republican) 26.2% ▌Michael Crass (Libertarian) 1.3%
Indiana 2	R+7	David McIntosh	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y David McIntosh (Republican) 60.6% ▌Sherman Boles (Democratic) 38% ▌Cliff Federle (Libertarian) 1.4%
Indiana 3	R+6	Tim Roemer	Democratic	1990	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Tim Roemer (Democratic) 58.1% ▌Daniel Holtz (Republican) 41.9%
Indiana 4	R+14	Mark Souder	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Mark Souder (Republican) 63.3% ▌Mark Wehrle (Democratic) 36.7%
Indiana 5	R+12	Steve Buyer	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Steve Buyer (Republican) 62.6% ▌David Steele III (Democratic) 36% ▌Carl D. Waters (Libertarian) 1.4%
Indiana 6	R+24	Dan Burton	Republican	1982	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Dan Burton (Republican) 72% ▌Bob Kern (Democratic) 16.8% ▌Joe Hauptmann (Libertarian) 11.2%
Indiana 7	R+14	Edward Pease	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Edward Pease (Republican) 68.9% ▌Samuel Hillenburg (Democratic) 28.1% ▌Barbara Bourland (Libertarian) 3%
Indiana 8	R+3	John Hostettler	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Hostettler (Republican) 52.1% ▌Gail Riecken (Democratic) 46% ▌Paul Hager (Libertarian) 1.9%
Indiana 9	R+4	Lee Hamilton	Democratic	1964	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y Baron Hill (Democratic) 50.8% ▌Jean Leising (Republican) 47.9% ▌Diane L. Feeney (Libertarian) 1.3%
Indiana 10	D+4	Julia Carson	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Julia Carson (Democratic) 58.3% ▌Gary Hofmeister (Republican) 39.4% ▌Na' Ilah Ali (Libertarian) 2.3%

Iowa

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
Iowa 1	D+5	Jim Leach	Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jim Leach (Republican) 56.5% ▌Bob Rush (Democratic) 42.3% ▌Charles Thurston (Reform) 0.7% ▌Jeffrey M. Smith (Natural Law) 0.5%
Iowa 2	D+4	Jim Nussle	Republican	1990	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jim Nussle (Republican) 55.2% ▌Rob Tully (Democratic) 44% ▌Peter Lamoureux (Natural Law) 0.8%
Iowa 3	D+2	Leonard Boswell	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Leonard Boswell (Democratic) 56.9% ▌Larry McKibben (Republican) 41.1% ▌Charles Connolly (Reform) 1.1% ▌Joe Seehusen (Independent) 0.8%
Iowa 4	R+1	Greg Ganske	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Greg Ganske (Republican) 65.2% ▌Jon Dvorak (Democratic) 33.9% ▌Steven Yellin (Natural Law) 0.9%
Iowa 5	R+5	Tom Latham	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Tom Latham (Republican) Uncontested

Kansas

Main article: 1998 United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas See also: List of United States representatives from Kansas

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
Kansas 1	R+21	Jerry Moran	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jerry Moran (Republican) 80.7% ▌Jim Phillips (Democratic) 19.3%
Kansas 2	R+9	Jim Ryun	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jim Ryun (Republican) 61% ▌Jim Clark (Democratic) 39%
Kansas 3	R+8	Vince Snowbarger	Republican	1996	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y Dennis Moore (Democratic) 52.4% ▌Vince Snowbarger (Republican) 47.6%
Kansas 4	R+14	Todd Tiahrt	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Todd Tiahrt (Republican) 58.2% ▌Jim Lawing (Democratic) 38.6% ▌Craig Newland (U.S. Taxpayers) 3.2%

Kentucky

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
Kentucky 1	R+2	Ed Whitfield	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ed Whitfield (Republican) 55.2% ▌Tom Barlow (Democratic) 44.8%
Kentucky 2	R+8	Ron Lewis	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ron Lewis (Republican) 63.7% ▌Bob Evans (Democratic) 35.3% ▌Jim Ketchel (Reform) 1%
Kentucky 3	D+3	Anne Northup	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Anne Northup (Republican) 51.5% ▌Chris Gorman (Democratic) 47.5% ▌Patricia Jo Metten (Natural Law) 1%
Kentucky 4	R+9	Jim Bunning	Republican	1986	Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. Democratic gain.	▌Y Ken Lucas (Democratic) 53.4% ▌Gex Williams (Republican) 46.6%
Kentucky 5	R+2	Hal Rogers	Republican	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Hal Rogers (Republican) 78.2% ▌Sidney Bailey-Bamer (Democratic) 21.8%
Kentucky 6	R+4	Scotty Baesler	Democratic	1992	Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. Republican gain.	▌Y Ernie Fletcher (Republican) 53.1% ▌Ernesto Scorsone (Democratic) 46% ▌Wasley Krogdahl (U.S. Taxpayers) 0.9%

Louisiana

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
Louisiana 1	R+16	Bob Livingston	Republican	1977 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bob Livingston (Republican) Uncontested
Louisiana 2	D+24	William J. Jefferson	Democratic	1990	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William J. Jefferson (Democratic) 86%
Louisiana 3	D+1	Billy Tauzin	Republican	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Billy Tauzin (Republican) Uncontested
Louisiana 4	D+1	Jim McCrery	Republican	1988	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jim McCrery (Republican) Uncontested
Louisiana 5	R+2	John Cooksey	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Cooksey (Republican) Uncontested
Louisiana 6	R+1	Richard Baker	Republican	1986	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Richard Baker (Republican) 51% ▌Marjorie McKeithen (Democratic) 49%
Louisiana 7	D+5	Chris John	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Chris John (Democratic) Uncontested

Maine

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
Maine 1	D+6	Tom Allen	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Tom Allen (Democratic) 60.3% ▌Ross Connelly (Republican) 35.5% ▌Eric Greiner (U.S. Taxpayers) 4.1%
Maine 2	D+7	John Baldacci	Democratic	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Baldacci (Democratic) 76.2% ▌Johnathan Reisman (Republican) 23.8%

Maryland

Main article: 1998 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland See also: List of United States representatives from Maryland

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
Maryland 1	R+7	Wayne Gilchrest	Republican	1990	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Wayne Gilchrest (Republican) 69% ▌Irving Pinder (Democratic) 31%
Maryland 2	R+10	Bob Ehrlich	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bob Ehrlich (Republican) 69% ▌Kenneth Bosley (Democratic) 31%
Maryland 3	D+9	Ben Cardin	Democratic	1986	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ben Cardin (Democratic) 78% ▌Colin Harby (Republican) 22%
Maryland 4	D+28	Albert Wynn	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Albert Wynn (Democratic) 86% ▌John Kimble (Republican) 14%
Maryland 5	Even	Steny Hoyer	Democratic	1981	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Steny Hoyer (Democratic) 66% ▌Robert Ostrom (Republican) 34%
Maryland 6	R+12	Roscoe Bartlett	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Roscoe Bartlett (Republican) 63% ▌Timothy McCown (Democratic) 37%
Maryland 7	D+30	Elijah Cummings	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Elijah Cummings (Democratic) 86% ▌Kenneth Kondner (Republican) 14%
Maryland 8	D+6	Connie Morella	Republican	1986	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Connie Morella (Republican) 60% ▌Ralph Neas (Democratic) 40%

Massachusetts

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
Massachusetts 1	D+14	John Olver	Democratic	1991	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Olver (Democratic) 71.7% ▌Gregory Morgan (Republican) 28.3%
Massachusetts 2	D+13	Richard Neal	Democratic	1988	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Richard Neal (Democratic) 99% Uncontested
Massachusetts 3	D+11	Jim McGovern	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jim McGovern (Democratic) 56.9% ▌Matthew J. Amorello (Republican) 41.5% ▌George Phillies (Libertarian) 1.5%
Massachusetts 4	D+15	Barney Frank	Democratic	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Barney Frank (Democratic) 98.4% Uncontested
Massachusetts 5	D+9	Marty Meehan	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Marty Meehan (Democratic) 70.7% ▌David Coleman (Republican) 29.3%
Massachusetts 6	D+9	John F. Tierney	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John F. Tierney (Democratic) 54.6% ▌Peter G. Torkildsen (Republican) 42.4% ▌Randal C. Fritz (Independent) 3%
Massachusetts 7	D+14	Ed Markey	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ed Markey (Democratic) 70.6% ▌Patricia Long (Republican) 29.3%
Massachusetts 8	D+27	Joseph P. Kennedy II	Democratic	1986	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y Mike Capuano (Democratic) 81.7% ▌Philip Hyde (Republican) 11.5% ▌Andrea Morell (Socialist Workers) 4% ▌Anthony A. Schinella (Independent) 2.8%
Massachusetts 9	D+11	Joe Moakley	Democratic	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Joe Moakley (Democratic) 99.4% Uncontested
Massachusetts 10	D+7	Bill Delahunt	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bill Delahunt (Democratic) 70% ▌Eric Bleicken (Republican) 29.9%

Michigan

Main article: 1998 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan See also: List of United States representatives from Michigan

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
Michigan 1	R+1	Bart Stupak	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bart Stupak (Democratic) 58.7% ▌Michelle McManus (Republican) 39.5% ▌John W. Loosemore (Libertarian) 1% ▌Wendy Conway (Natural Law) 0.8%
Michigan 2	R+10	Pete Hoekstra	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Pete Hoekstra (Republican) 68.7% ▌Bob Shrauger (Democratic) 29.8% ▌Bruce A. Smith (Libertarian) 1% ▌Tom Russell (Natural Law) 0.5%
Michigan 3	R+12	Vern Ehlers	Republican	1993	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Vern Ehlers (Republican) 73% ▌John Ferguson (Democratic) 24.7% ▌Erwin J. Haas (Libertarian) 1.3% ▌Lucille Wiggins (Natural Law) 1%
Michigan 4	R+2	Dave Camp	Republican	1990	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Dave Camp (Republican) 91.3% ▌Dan Marsh (Libertarian) 6.1% ▌Stuart Goldberg (Natural Law) 2.5%
Michigan 5	D+8	James Barcia	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James Barcia (Democratic) 71.2% ▌Donald Brewster (Republican) 27.1% ▌Clint Foster (Libertarian) 1.1% ▌Brian D. Ellison (Natural Law) 0.6%
Michigan 6	R+4	Fred Upton	Republican	1986	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Fred Upton (Republican) 70.1% ▌Clarence Annen (Democratic) 28.1% ▌Glenn Douglas Whitt Jr. (Libertarian) 1.1% ▌Ken Asmus (Natural Law) 0.7%
Michigan 7	R+3	Nick Smith	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Nick Smith (Republican) 57.4% ▌Jim Berryman (Democratic) 40.1% ▌Ken Proctor (Libertarian) 1.5% ▌Lynnea Ellison (Natural Law) 1%
Michigan 8	Even	Debbie Stabenow	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Debbie Stabenow (Democratic) 57.4% ▌Susan Munsell (Republican) 38.6% ▌John Mangopoulos (Reform) 2.1% ▌Ben Steele III (Libertarian) 1.3% ▌Patricia R. Allen (Natural Law) 0.6%
Michigan 9	R+2	Dale Kildee	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Dale Kildee (Democratic) 55.9% ▌Tom McMillin (Republican) 41.9% ▌Malcolm Johnson (Libertarian) 2.2%
Michigan 10	R+1	David Bonior	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y David Bonior (Democratic) 52.4% ▌Brian Palmer (Republican) 45.3% ▌R. Friend (Libertarian) 1.6% ▌Henry Ogden Clark (Natural Law) 0.6%
Michigan 11	R+6	Joe Knollenberg	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Joe Knollenberg (Republican) 63.9% ▌Travis Reeds (Democratic) 33.7% ▌Dick Gach (Libertarian) 2.4%
Michigan 12	D+1	Sander Levin	Democratic	1982	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Sander Levin (Democratic) 55.9% ▌Leslie Touma (Republican) 42% ▌Albert J. Titran (Libertarian) 1.5% ▌Fred D. Rosenberg (Natural Law) 0.6%
Michigan 13	D+8	Lynn Rivers	Democratic	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Lynn Rivers (Democratic) 58.1% ▌Tom Hickey (Republican) 39.8% ▌Dean Hutyra (Libertarian) 1.7% ▌Samir Roger Makarem (Natural Law) 0.4%
Michigan 14	D+33	John Conyers	Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Conyers (Democratic) 86.9% ▌Vendella Collins (Republican) 11.1% ▌Michael Freyman (Libertarian) 1.2% ▌Richard R. Miller (Natural Law) 0.7%
Michigan 15	D+34	Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (Democratic) 87% ▌Chrysanthea Boyd-Fields (Republican) 10.3% ▌Linda S. Willey (Libertarian) 1.2% Others ▌Gregory F. Smith (Natural Law) 0.9% ▌Holly Harkness (Independent) 0.6%
Michigan 16	D+5	John Dingell	Democratic	1955	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Dingell (Democratic) 66.6% ▌William Morse (Republican) 31% ▌Edward Hlavac (Libertarian) 1.8% ▌Noha Hamze (Natural Law) 0.6%

Minnesota

Main article: 1998 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota See also: List of United States representatives from Minnesota

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
Minnesota 1	D+1	Gil Gutknecht	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Gil Gutknecht (Republican) 54.7% ▌Tracy Beckman (DFL) 45.2%
Minnesota 2	R+2	David Minge	DFL	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y David Minge (DFL) 57% ▌Craig W. Duehring (Republican) 38.1% ▌Stan Bentz (Reform) 4.7%
Minnesota 3	R+2	Jim Ramstad	Republican	1990	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jim Ramstad (Republican) 71.9% ▌Stan Leino (DFL) 23.5% ▌Derek Schramm (Minnesota Taxpayers) 4.5%
Minnesota 4	D+12	Bruce Vento	DFL	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bruce Vento (DFL) 53.7% ▌Dennis Newinski (Republican) 39.8% ▌Dan R. Vacek (Legal Marijuana Now) 2.4% ▌Carol S. Schulstad (Minnesota Taxpayers) 1.9% ▌Michael A. Neitzel (Libertarian) 1.2% ▌Heather Wood (Socialist Workers) 0.9%
Minnesota 5	D+17	Martin Olav Sabo	DFL	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Martin Olav Sabo (DFL) 66.9% ▌Frank Taylor (Republican) 27.6% ▌Kevin Houston (Libertarian) 3.4% ▌Michael Pennock (Socialist Workers) 1.4% ▌Jason Kassel (Anti-Federalist) 0.7%
Minnesota 6	D+3	Bill Luther	DFL	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bill Luther (DFL) 50% ▌John Kline (Republican) 46% ▌Eric M. Johnson (Libertarian) 4%
Minnesota 7	R+2	Collin Peterson	DFL	1990	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Collin Peterson (DFL) 71.7% ▌Jerry Shuster (Republican) 28.1%
Minnesota 8	D+9	Jim Oberstar	DFL	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jim Oberstar (DFL) 66% ▌Jerry Shuster (Republican) 26.5% ▌Stan Estes (Reform) 5.8% ▌Larry Fuhol (Libertarian) 1.7%

Mississippi

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
Mississippi 1	R+8	Roger Wicker	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Roger Wicker (Republican) 67.2% ▌Rex Weathers (Democratic) 30.6% ▌John Rouse (Libertarian) 2.2%
Mississippi 2	D+9	Bennie Thompson	Democratic	1993	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bennie Thompson (Democratic) 71.2% ▌Will Chipman (Libertarian) 28.8%
Mississippi 3	R+17	Chip Pickering	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Chip Pickering (Republican) 84.6% ▌Charles Scarborough (Libertarian) 15.4%
Mississippi 4	R+6	Michael Parker	Republican	1988	Incumbent retired to run for Governor. Democratic gain.	▌Y Ronnie Shows (Democratic) 54% ▌Delbert Hosemann (Republican) 46% Others ▌Bill Fausek (Libertarian) 0.7% ▌Vince Thornton (U.S. Taxpayers) 0.6% ▌Kenneth Welch (Reform) 0.5%
Mississippi 5	R+16	Gene Taylor	Democratic	1989	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Gene Taylor (Democratic) 77.8% ▌Randy McDonnell (Republican) 19.1% ▌Ray Coffey (Libertarian) 1.5% ▌Robert Claunch (Reform) 1.1% ▌Philip Mayeux (Natural Law) 0.5%

Missouri

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
Missouri 1	D+24	Bill Clay	Democratic	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bill Clay (Democratic) 72.6% ▌Richmond Soluade (Republican) 24.5% ▌Richard Illyes (Libertarian) 2.9%
Missouri 2	R+8	Jim Talent	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jim Talent (Republican) 70% ▌John Ross (Democratic) 28.3% ▌Brian Lundy (Libertarian) 1.6%
Missouri 3	D+2	Dick Gephardt	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Dick Gephardt (Democratic) 55.8% ▌Bill Federer (Republican) 42% ▌Michael Crist (Libertarian) 1.3% Joseph Keller (U.S. Taxpayers) 0.9%
Missouri 4	R+7	Ike Skelton	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ike Skelton (Democratic) 71% ▌Cecilia Noland (Republican) 27.2% ▌Edwin Hoag (Libertarian) 1.8%
Missouri 5	D+10	Karen McCarthy	Democratic	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Karen McCarthy (Democratic) 65.9% ▌Penny Bennett (Republican) 31% ▌Grant Stauffer (Libertarian) 1.7% ▌Elizabeth Dulaney (Reform) 1.4%
Missouri 6	R+1	Pat Danner	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Pat Danner (Democratic) 71% ▌Jeff Bailey (Republican) 26.8% ▌Karl Wetzel (Libertarian) 2.2%
Missouri 7	R+12	Roy Blunt	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Roy Blunt (Republican) 72.6% ▌Marc Perkel (Democratic) 24.3% ▌Mike Harman (Libertarian) 3.2%
Missouri 8	R+2	Jo Ann Emerson	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jo Ann Emerson (Republican) 62.6% ▌Anthony Heckemeyer (Democratic) 35.7% ▌John Hendricks (Libertarian) 1.7%
Missouri 9	R+2	Kenny Hulshof	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Kenny Hulshof (Republican) 62.2% ▌Linda Vogt (Democratic) 35.5% ▌Robert Hoffman (Libertarian) 2.3%

Montana

Main article: 1998 United States House of Representatives election in Montana See also: List of United States representatives from Montana

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
Montana at-large	R+5	Rick Hill	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Rick Hill (Republican) 53% ▌Robert Deschamps (Democratic) 44.4% ▌Mike Fellows (Libertarian) 1.7% ▌Webb Sullivan (Reform) 0.9%

Nebraska

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
Nebraska 1	R+11	Doug Bereuter	Republican	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Doug Bereuter (Republican) 73.5% ▌Don Eret (Democratic) 26.4%
Nebraska 2	R+13	Jon Lynn Christensen	Republican	1994	Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Nebraska. Republican hold.	▌Y Lee Terry (Republican) 65.5% ▌Michael Scott (Democratic) 34.2%
Nebraska 3	R+22	Bill Barrett	Republican	1990	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bill Barrett (Republican) 84.3% ▌Jerry Hickman (Libertarian) 15.3%

Nevada

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
Nevada 1	D+4	John Ensign	Republican	1994	Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. Democratic gain.	▌Y Shelley Berkley (Democratic) 49.2% ▌Don Chairez (Republican) 45.7% ▌Jim Burns (Libertarian) 3.3% ▌Jess Howe (Independent American) 1.8%
Nevada 2	R+9	Jim Gibbons	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jim Gibbons (Republican) 81.1% ▌Christopher Horne (Independent American) 8.3% ▌Louis Tomburello (Libertarian) 7.5% ▌Robert Winquist (Natural Law) 3.2%

New Hampshire

Main article: 1998 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire See also: List of United States representatives from New Hampshire

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
New Hampshire 1	R+1	John E. Sununu	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John E. Sununu (Republican) 66.9% ▌Peter Flood (Democratic) 33.1%
New Hampshire 2	D+1	Charlie Bass	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Charlie Bass (Republican) 53.2% ▌Mary Rauh (Democratic) 44.8% ▌Paula Werme (Libertarian) 2%

New Jersey

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
New Jersey 1	D+12	Rob Andrews	Democratic	1990	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Rob Andrews (Democratic) 74% ▌Ronald Richards (Republican) 23%
New Jersey 2	D+2	Frank LoBiondo	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Frank LoBiondo (Republican) 66% ▌Derek Hunsberger (Democratic) 31%
New Jersey 3	D+1	Jim Saxton	Republican	1984	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jim Saxton (Republican) 62% ▌Steven Polansky (Democratic) 36%
New Jersey 4	D+1	Chris Smith	Republican	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Chris Smith (Republican) 63% ▌Larry Schneider (Democratic) 35%
New Jersey 5	R+9	Marge Roukema	Republican	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Marge Roukema (Republican) 64% ▌Mike Schneider (Democratic) 33%
New Jersey 6	D+5	Frank Pallone	Democratic	1988	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Frank Pallone (Democratic) 57% ▌Mike Ferguson (Republican) 41% ▌Carl Mayer (Independent) 1%
New Jersey 7	Even	Bob Franks	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bob Franks (Republican) 53% ▌Maryanne Connelly (Democratic) 45%
New Jersey 8	D+6	Bill Pascrell	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bill Pascrell (Democratic) 62% ▌Matthew Kirnan (Republican) 36%
New Jersey 9	D+9	Steve Rothman	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Steve Rothman (Democratic) 65% ▌Steve Lonegan (Republican) 34%
New Jersey 10	D+30	Donald M. Payne	Democratic	1988	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Donald M. Payne (Democratic) 84% ▌William Wnuck (Republican) 11%
New Jersey 11	R+10	Rodney Frelinghuysen	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Rodney Frelinghuysen (Republican) 68% ▌John Scollo (Democratic) 30%
New Jersey 12	R+2	Mike Pappas	Republican	1996	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y Rush Holt Jr. (Democratic) 51% ▌Mike Pappas (Republican) 48%
New Jersey 13	D+18	Bob Menendez	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bob Menendez (Democratic) 81% ▌Theresa de Leon (Republican) 17%

New Mexico

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
New Mexico 1	R+1	Heather Wilson	Republican	1998 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Heather Wilson (Republican) 48.4% ▌Philip Maloof (Democratic) 41.9% ▌Robert Anderson (Green) 9.6%
New Mexico 2	R+4	Joe Skeen	Republican	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Joe Skeen (Republican) 57.9% ▌Shirley Baca (Democratic) 42.1%
New Mexico 3	D+4	Bill Redmond	Republican	1997 (special)	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y Tom Udall (Democratic) 53.2% ▌Bill Redmond (Republican) 43.2% ▌Carol Miller (Green) 3.6%

New York

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
New York 1	D+2	Michael Forbes	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Michael Forbes (Republican) 64% ▌William Holst (Democratic) 36%
New York 2	D+4	Rick Lazio	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Rick Lazio (Republican) 67% ▌John Bace (Democratic) 30%
New York 3	D+2	Peter King	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Peter King (Republican) 65% ▌Kevin Langberg (Democratic) 35%
New York 4	D+5	Carolyn McCarthy	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Carolyn McCarthy (Democratic) 53% ▌Gregory R. Becker (Republican) 47%
New York 5	D+9	Gary Ackerman	Democratic	1983	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Gary Ackerman (Democratic) 65% ▌David Pinzon (Republican) 34%
New York 6	D+32	Gregory Meeks	Democratic	1998 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Gregory Meeks (Democratic) Uncontested
New York 7	D+17	Thomas J. Manton	Democratic	1984	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y Joe Crowley (Democratic) 68% ▌James Dillon (Republican) 28%
New York 8	D+28	Jerry Nadler	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jerry Nadler (Democratic) 86% ▌Ted Howard (Republican) 14%
New York 9	D+14	Chuck Schumer	Democratic	1980	Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. Democratic hold.	▌Y Anthony Weiner (Democratic) 66% ▌Leslie Telano (Republican) 24%
New York 10	D+37	Edolphus Towns	Democratic	1982	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Edolphus Towns (Democratic) 92% ▌Ernestine Brown (Republican) 7%
New York 11	D+37	Major Owens	Democratic	1982	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Major Owens (Democratic) 89% ▌David Greene (Republican) 10%
New York 12	D+29	Nydia Velázquez	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Nydia Velázquez (Democratic) 83% ▌Rosemarie Markgraf (Republican) 13%
New York 13	R+1	Vito Fossella	Republican	1997	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Vito Fossella (Republican) 66% ▌Eugene Prisco (Democratic) 34%
New York 14	D+21	Carolyn Maloney	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Carolyn Maloney (Democratic) 77% ▌Stephanie Kupferman (Republican) 23%
New York 15	D+39	Charles Rangel	Democratic	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Charles Rangel (Democratic) 94% ▌David Cunningham (Republican) 6%
New York 16	D+39	José E. Serrano	Democratic	1990	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y José E. Serrano (Democratic) 96% ▌Thomas Bayley (Republican) 4%
New York 17	D+32	Eliot Engel	Democratic	1988	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Eliot Engel (Democratic) 88% ▌Peter Fiumefreddo (Republican) 12%
New York 18	D+6	Nita Lowey	Democratic	1988	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Nita Lowey (Democratic) Uncontested
New York 19	R+2	Sue Kelly	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Sue Kelly (Republican) 63% ▌Dick Collins (Democratic) 34%
New York 20	D+3	Benjamin Gilman	Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Benjamin Gilman (Republican) 58% ▌Paul Feiner (Democratic) 40%
New York 21	D+9	Michael McNulty	Democratic	1988	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Michael McNulty (Democratic) 74% ▌Lauren Ayers (Republican) 26%
New York 22	R+3	Gerald Solomon	Republican	1978	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y John E. Sweeney (Republican) 56% ▌Jean Bordewich (Democratic) 43%
New York 23	R+2	Sherwood Boehlert	Republican	1982	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Sherwood Boehlert (Republican) Uncontested
New York 24	D+2	John M. McHugh	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John M. McHugh (Republican) 79% ▌Neil Tallon (Democratic) 21%
New York 25	D+2	James T. Walsh	Republican	1988	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James T. Walsh (Republican) 69% ▌Yvonne Rothenberg (Democratic) 31%
New York 26	D+4	Maurice Hinchey	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Maurice Hinchey (Democratic) 62% ▌William Walker (Republican) 31% ▌Randall Terry (Independent) 7%
New York 27	R+6	Bill Paxon	Republican	1988	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y Thomas M. Reynolds (Republican) 58% ▌Bill Cook (Democratic) 42%
New York 28	D+4	Louise Slaughter	Democratic	1986	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Louise Slaughter (Democratic) 65% ▌Richard Kaplan (Republican) 31%
New York 29	D+4	John LaFalce	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John LaFalce (Democratic) 58% ▌Chris Collins (Republican) 41%
New York 30	D+11	Jack Quinn	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jack Quinn (Republican) 68% ▌Crystal Peoples (Democratic) 32%
New York 31	R+4	Amo Houghton	Republican	1986	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Amo Houghton (Republican) 69% ▌Caleb Rossiter (Democratic) 25%

North Carolina

Main article: 1998 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina See also: List of United States representatives from North Carolina

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
North Carolina 1	D+12	Eva Clayton	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Eva Clayton (Democratic) 63% ▌Ted Tyler (Republican) 37%
North Carolina 2	R+9	Bob Etheridge	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bob Etheridge (Democratic) 58% ▌Dan Page (Republican) 42%
North Carolina 3	R+11	Walter B. Jones Jr.	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Walter B. Jones Jr. (Republican) 62% ▌Jon Williams (Democratic) 38%
North Carolina 4	R+2	David Price	Democratic	1986 1994 (defeated) 1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y David Price (Democratic) 58% ▌Tom Roberg (Republican) 42%
North Carolina 5	R+8	Richard Burr	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Richard Burr (Republican) 68% ▌Mike Robinson (Democratic) 32%
North Carolina 6	R+18	Howard Coble	Republican	1984	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Howard Coble (Republican) 88.6% ▌Jeffrey D. Bentley (Libertarian) 11.4%
North Carolina 7	R+6	Mike McIntyre	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Mike McIntyre (Democratic) 91.3% ▌Paul Meadows (Libertarian) 8.7%
North Carolina 8	R+7	Bill Hefner	Democratic	1974	Incumbent retired. Republican gain.	▌Y Robin Hayes (Republican) 51% ▌Mike Taylor (Democratic) 49%
North Carolina 9	R+14	Sue Myrick	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Sue Myrick (Republican) 69% ▌Rory Blake (Democratic) 30%
North Carolina 10	R+19	Cass Ballenger	Republican	1986	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Cass Ballenger (Republican) 85.6% ▌Deborah Garrett Eddins (Libertarian) 14.4%
North Carolina 11	R+6	Charles Taylor	Republican	1990	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Charles Taylor (Republican) 57% ▌David Young (Democratic) 43%
North Carolina 12	D+18	Mel Watt	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Mel Watt (Democratic) 56% ▌Scott Keadle (Republican) 43%

North Dakota

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
North Dakota at-large	R+9	Earl Pomeroy	Democratic-NPL	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Earl Pomeroy (Democratic-NPL) 56.2% ▌Kevin Cramer (Republican) 41.1% ▌Kenneth R. Loughead (Independent) 2.7%

Ohio

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
Ohio 1	R+2	Steve Chabot	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Steve Chabot (Republican) 53% ▌Roxanne Qualls (Democratic) 47%
Ohio 2	R+18	Rob Portman	Republican	1993	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Rob Portman (Republican) 76% ▌Charles W. Sanders (Democratic) 24%
Ohio 3	R+1	Tony P. Hall	Democratic	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Tony P. Hall (Democratic) 69% ▌John Shondel (Republican) 31%
Ohio 4	R+12	Mike Oxley	Republican	1981	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Mike Oxley (Republican) 64% ▌Paul McClain (Democratic) 36%
Ohio 5	R+7	Paul Gillmor	Republican	1988	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Paul Gillmor (Republican) 67% ▌Susan Darrow (Democratic) 33%
Ohio 6	R+4	Ted Strickland	Democratic	1992 1994 (defeated) 1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ted Strickland (Democratic) 57% ▌Nancy Hollister (Republican) 43%
Ohio 7	R+9	Dave Hobson	Republican	1990	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Dave Hobson (Republican) 68% ▌Donald Minor (Democratic) 28%
Ohio 8	R+14	John Boehner	Republican	1990	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Boehner (Republican) 71% ▌John Griffin (Democratic) 29%
Ohio 9	D+7	Marcy Kaptur	Democratic	1982	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Marcy Kaptur (Democratic) 81% ▌Edward Silvio Emery (Republican) 19%
Ohio 10	D+3	Dennis Kucinich	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Dennis Kucinich (Democratic) 67% ▌Joe Slovenec (Republican) 33%
Ohio 11	D+29	Louis Stokes	Democratic	1968	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y Stephanie Tubbs Jones (Democratic) 80% ▌James Hereford (Republican) 14%
Ohio 12	R+4	John Kasich	Republican	1982	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Kasich (Republican) 67% ▌Edward S. Brown (Democratic) 33%
Ohio 13	R+1	Sherrod Brown	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Sherrod Brown (Democratic) 62% ▌Grace L. Drake (Republican) 38%
Ohio 14	D+7	Tom Sawyer	Democratic	1986	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Tom Sawyer (Democratic) 63% ▌Tom Watkins (Republican) 37%
Ohio 15	R+7	Deborah Pryce	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Deborah Pryce (Republican) 60% ▌Adam Miller (Democratic) 27%
Ohio 16	R+4	Ralph Regula	Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ralph Regula (Republican) 64% ▌Peter Ferguson (Democratic) 36%
Ohio 17	D+13	James Traficant	Democratic	1984	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James Traficant (Democratic) 68% ▌Paul Alberty (Republican) 32%
Ohio 18	D+2	Bob Ney	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bob Ney (Republican) 60% ▌Rob Burch (Democratic) 40%
Ohio 19	Even	Steve LaTourette	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Steve LaTourette (Republican) 66% ▌Elizabeth Kelley (Democratic) 34%

Oklahoma

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
Oklahoma 1	R+15	Steve Largent	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Steve Largent (Republican) 62% ▌Howard Plowman (Democratic) 38%
Oklahoma 2	Even	Tom Coburn	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Tom Coburn (Republican) 58% ▌Kent Pharaoh (Democratic) 40%
Oklahoma 3	Even	Wes Watkins	Republican	1976 1990 (retired) 1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Wes Watkins (Republican) 62% ▌Walt Roberts (Democratic) 38%
Oklahoma 4	R+10	J. C. Watts	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y J. C. Watts (Republican) 62% ▌Ben Odom (Democratic) 38%
Oklahoma 5	R+20	Ernest Istook	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ernest Istook (Republican) 68% ▌Ben Smothermon (Democratic) 32%
Oklahoma 6	R+8	Frank Lucas	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Frank Lucas (Republican) 65% ▌Paul Barby (Democratic) 34%

Oregon

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
Oregon 1	D+2	Elizabeth Furse	Democratic	1992	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y David Wu (Democratic) 50% ▌Molly Bordonaro (Republican) 47%
Oregon 2	R+9	Robert Freeman Smith	Republican	1982 1994 (retired) 1996	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y Greg Walden (Republican) 61% ▌Kevin M. Campbell (Democratic) 35% ▌Lindsay Bradshaw (Libertarian) 2% ▌Rohn Webb (Socialist) 1%
Oregon 3	D+13	Earl Blumenauer	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Earl Blumenauer (Democratic) 84% ▌Bruce Knight (Libertarian) 9% ▌Walt Brown (Socialist) 6%
Oregon 4	R+1	Peter DeFazio	Democratic	1986	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Peter DeFazio (Democratic) 70% ▌Steve J. Webb (Republican) 29%
Oregon 5	R+1	Darlene Hooley	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Darlene Hooley (Democratic) 55% ▌Marylin Shannon (Republican) 40%

Pennsylvania

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
Pennsylvania 1	D+31	Bob Brady	Democratic	1998 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bob Brady (Democratic) 81% ▌William Harrison (Republican) 17%
Pennsylvania 2	D+34	Chaka Fattah	Democratic	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Chaka Fattah (Democratic) 86% ▌Anne Marie Mulligan (Republican) 14%
Pennsylvania 3	D+13	Robert Borski	Democratic	1982	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Robert Borski (Democratic) 60% ▌Charles F. Dougherty (Republican) 40%
Pennsylvania 4	Even	Ron Klink	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ron Klink (Democratic) 64% ▌Mike Turzai (Republican) 36%
Pennsylvania 5	R+8	John Peterson	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Peterson (Republican) 85% ▌William M. Belitskus (Green) 15%
Pennsylvania 6	R+7	Tim Holden	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Tim Holden (Democratic) 61% ▌John Meckley (Republican) 39%
Pennsylvania 7	R+4	Curt Weldon	Republican	1986	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Curt Weldon (Republican) 72% ▌Martin D'Urso (Democratic) 28%
Pennsylvania 8	R+3	Jim Greenwood	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jim Greenwood (Republican) 64% ▌Bill Tuthill (Democratic) 33%
Pennsylvania 9	R+14	Bud Shuster	Republican	1972	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bud Shuster (Republican) Uncontested
Pennsylvania 10	R+4	Joseph M. McDade	Republican	1962	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y Don Sherwood (Republican) 49% ▌Patrick Casey (Democratic) 49%
Pennsylvania 11	D+1	Paul Kanjorski	Democratic	1984	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Paul Kanjorski (Democratic) 67% ▌Stephen Urban (Republican) 33%
Pennsylvania 12	Even	John Murtha	Democratic	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Murtha (Democratic) 68% ▌Timothy Holloway (Republican) 32%
Pennsylvania 13	Even	Jon D. Fox	Republican	1994	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y Joe Hoeffel (Democratic) 52% ▌Jon D. Fox (Republican) 47%
Pennsylvania 14	D+11	William J. Coyne	Democratic	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William J. Coyne (Democratic) 61% ▌Bill Ravotti (Republican) 39%
Pennsylvania 15	R+1	Paul McHale	Democratic	1992	Incumbent retired. Republican gain.	▌Y Pat Toomey (Republican) 55% ▌Roy Afflerbach (Democratic) 45%
Pennsylvania 16	R+13	Joe Pitts	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Joe Pitts (Republican) 71% ▌Robert Yorczyk (Democratic) 29%
Pennsylvania 17	R+14	George Gekas	Republican	1982	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y George Gekas (Republican) Uncontested
Pennsylvania 18	D+4	Mike Doyle	Democratic	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Mike Doyle (Democratic) 68% ▌Dick Walker (Republican) 32%
Pennsylvania 19	R+12	Bill Goodling	Republican	1974	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bill Goodling (Republican) 68% ▌Linda Ropp (Democratic) 29%
Pennsylvania 20	D+4	Frank Mascara	Democratic	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Frank Mascara (Democratic) Uncontested
Pennsylvania 21	D+1	Phil English	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Phil English (Republican) 63% ▌Larry Klemens (Democratic) 37%

Rhode Island

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
Rhode Island 1	D+14	Patrick J. Kennedy	Democratic	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Patrick J. Kennedy (Democratic) 66.8% ▌Joe Santa (Republican) 27.7% ▌James C. Sheehan (Reform) 4.5% ▌Charles Picerno (Independent) 1%
Rhode Island 2	D+12	Robert Weygand	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Robert Weygand (Democratic) 72% ▌John Matson (Republican) 24.8% ▌Timothy L. Miller (Reform) 3.2%

South Carolina

Main article: 1998 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina See also: List of United States representatives from South Carolina

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
South Carolina 1	R+14	Mark Sanford	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Mark Sanford (Republican) 91% ▌Joe Innella (Natural Law) 8.9%
South Carolina 2	R+11	Floyd Spence	Republican	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Floyd Spence (Republican) 58% ▌Jane Frederick (Democratic) 41% ▌Maurice Raiford (Natural Law) 1%
South Carolina 3	R+13	Lindsey Graham	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Lindsey Graham (Republican) Uncontested
South Carolina 4	R+15	Bob Inglis	Republican	1992	Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. Republican hold.	▌Y Jim DeMint (Republican) 57.7% ▌Glenn G. Reese (Democratic) 40.2% ▌C. Faye Walters (Natural Law) 1.1% ▌Peter J. Ashy (Patriot) 0.5%
South Carolina 5	R+5	John Spratt	Democratic	1982	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Spratt (Democratic) 58% ▌Mike Burkhold (Republican) 40.2% ▌Dianne Nevins (Natural Law) 1.7%
South Carolina 6	D+13	Jim Clyburn	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jim Clyburn (Democratic) 72.6% ▌Gary McLeod (Republican) 25.8% ▌George C. Taylor (Natural Law) 1.6%

South Dakota

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
South Dakota at-large	R+6	John Thune	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Thune (Republican) 75.1% ▌Jeff Moser (Democratic) 24.9%

Tennessee

Main article: 1998 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee See also: List of United States representatives from Tennessee

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
Tennessee 1	R+14	Bill Jenkins	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bill Jenkins (Republican) 69% ▌Kay White (Democratic) 31%
Tennessee 2	R+9	Jimmy Duncan	Republican	1988	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jimmy Duncan (Republican) 88.6%
Tennessee 3	R+5	Zach Wamp	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Zach Wamp (Republican) 67% ▌Lewis Lewis (Democratic) 33%
Tennessee 4	R+3	Van Hilleary	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Van Hilleary (Republican) 60% ▌Jerry D. Cooper (Democratic) 40%
Tennessee 5	D+4	Bob Clement	Democratic	1988	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bob Clement (Democratic) 83%
Tennessee 6	R+4	Bart Gordon	Democratic	1984	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bart Gordon (Democratic) 55% ▌Walt Massey (Republican) 45%
Tennessee 7	R+11	Ed Bryant	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ed Bryant (Republican) Uncontested
Tennessee 8	R+1	John Tanner	Democratic	1988	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Tanner (Democratic) Uncontested
Tennessee 9	D+17	Harold Ford Jr.	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Harold Ford Jr. (Democratic) 79% ▌Claude Burdikoff (Republican) 19%

Texas

Main article: 1998 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas See also: List of United States representatives from Texas

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
Texas 1	R+5	Max Sandlin	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Max Sandlin (Democratic) 59.4% ▌Dennis Boerner (Republican) 40.6%
Texas 2	R+3	Jim Turner	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jim Turner (Democratic) 58.4% ▌Brian Babin (Republican) 40.8% ▌Wendell Drye (Libertarian) 0.8%
Texas 3	R+21	Sam Johnson	Republican	1991	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Sam Johnson (Republican) 91.2% ▌Ken Ashby (Libertarian) 8.8%
Texas 4	R+15	Ralph Hall	Democratic	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ralph Hall (Democratic) 57.6% ▌Jim Lohmeyer (Republican) 40.9% ▌Jim Simon (Libertarian) 1.5%
Texas 5	R+7	Pete Sessions	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Pete Sessions (Republican) 55.8% ▌Victor Morales (Democratic) 43.4% ▌Michael Needleman (Libertarian) 0.8%
Texas 6	R+19	Joe Barton	Republican	1984	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Joe Barton (Republican) 72.9% ▌Ben Boothe (Democratic) 25.9% ▌Richard A. Bandlow (Libertarian) 1.2%
Texas 7	R+25	Bill Archer	Republican	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bill Archer (Republican) 93.3% ▌Drew P. Parks (Libertarian) 6.6%
Texas 8	R+26	Kevin Brady	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Kevin Brady (Republican) 92.8% ▌Don Richards (Libertarian) 7.2%
Texas 9	R+2	Nick Lampson	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Nick Lampson (Democratic) 63.7% ▌Tom Cottar (Republican) 36.3%
Texas 10	D+4	Lloyd Doggett	Democratic	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Lloyd Doggett (Democratic) 85.2% ▌Vincent J. May (Libertarian) 14.8%
Texas 11	R+9	Chet Edwards	Democratic	1990	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Chet Edwards (Democratic) 82.4% ▌Vince Hanke (Libertarian) 17.6%
Texas 12	R+4	Kay Granger	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Kay Granger (Republican) 61.9% ▌Tom Hall (Democratic) 36.3% ▌Paul Barthel (Libertarian) 1.8%
Texas 13	R+11	Mac Thornberry	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Mac Thornberry (Republican) 67.9% ▌Mark Harmon (Democratic) 31% ▌Georganne Baker Payne (Libertarian) 1.1%
Texas 14	R+8	Ron Paul	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ron Paul (Republican) 55.3% ▌Loy Sneary (Democratic) 44.5%
Texas 15	D+8	Rubén Hinojosa	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Rubén Hinojosa (Democratic) 58.4% ▌Tom Haughey (Republican) 41.6%
Texas 16	D+10	Silvestre Reyes	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Silvestre Reyes (Democratic) 87.9% ▌Stu Nance (Libertarian) 6.9% ▌Lorenzo Morales (Independent) 5.1%
Texas 17	R+10	Charles Stenholm	Democratic	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Charles Stenholm (Democratic) 53.6% ▌Rudy Izzard (Republican) 45.3% ▌Gordon Mobley (Libertarian) 1.1%
Texas 18	D+21	Sheila Jackson Lee	Democratic	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Sheila Jackson Lee (Democratic) 89.9% ▌James Partsch-Galvan (Libertarian) 10.1%
Texas 19	R+26	Larry Combest	Republican	1984	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Larry Combest (Republican) 83.6% ▌Sidney Blankenship (Democratic) 16.4%
Texas 20	D+8	Henry B. González	Democratic	1961	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y Charlie González (Democratic) 63.2% ▌James Walker (Republican) 35.6% ▌Alex DePeña (Libertarian) 1.3%
Texas 21	R+22	Lamar Smith	Republican	1986	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Lamar Smith (Republican) 91.4% ▌Jeffrey C. Blunt (Libertarian) 8.6%
Texas 22	R+15	Tom DeLay	Republican	1984	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Tom DeLay (Republican) 66% ▌Hill Kemp (Democratic) 34%
Texas 23	R+2	Henry Bonilla	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Henry Bonilla (Republican) 64% ▌Charlie Jones (Democratic) 36%
Texas 24	D+2	Martin Frost	Democratic	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Martin Frost (Democratic) 58% ▌Shawn Terry (Republican) 34.2%
Texas 25	R+1	Ken Bentsen	Democratic	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ken Bentsen (Democratic) 58% ▌John Sanchez (Republican) 42%
Texas 26	R+22	Dick Armey	Republican	1984	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Dick Armey (Republican) 88.1% ▌Joe Turner (Libertarian) 11.9%
Texas 27	D+5	Solomon Ortiz	Democratic	1982	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Solomon Ortiz (Democratic) 64% ▌Erol A. Stone (Republican) 36%
Texas 28	D+11	Ciro Rodriguez	Democratic	1997	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ciro Rodriguez (Democratic) 90.5% ▌Edward Elmer (Libertarian) 9.5%
Texas 29	D+9	Gene Green	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Gene Green (Democratic) 92.8% ▌Lea Sherman (Independent) 4.2% ▌James P. Chudleigh (Libertarian) 3%
Texas 30	D+18	Eddie Bernice Johnson	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Eddie Bernice Johnson (Democratic) 70% ▌Carrie Kelleher (Republican) 30%

Utah

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
Utah 1	R+22	Jim Hansen	Republican	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jim Hansen (Republican) 67.7% ▌Steve Beierlein (Democratic) 30.4% ▌Gerard Arthus (Libertarian) 1.9%
Utah 2	R+9	Merrill Cook	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Merrill Cook (Republican) 52.7% ▌Lily Eskelsen García (Democratic) 43.4% ▌Ken Larsen (Independent) 2.3% Others ▌Brian E. Swim (Libertarian) 0.8% ▌Arly H. Pedersen (U.S. Taxpayers) 0.5% ▌Robert C. Lesh (Natural Law) 0.3%
Utah 3	R+21	Chris Cannon	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Chris Cannon (Republican) 76.9% ▌Will Christensen (U.S. Taxpayers) 15.8% ▌Kitty Burton (Libertarian) 7.3%

Vermont

Main article: 1998 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont See also: List of United States representatives from Vermont

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
Vermont at-large	D+8	Bernie Sanders	Independent	1990	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bernie Sanders (Independent) 63.4% ▌Mark Candon (Republican) 32.9% ▌Matthew Mulligan (Grassroots) 1.6% ▌Peter Diamondstone (Liberty Union) 1% ▌Robert Maynard (Libertarian) 1%

Virginia

Main article: 1998 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia See also: List of United States representatives from Virginia

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
Virginia 1	R+12	Herb Bateman	Republican	1982	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Herb Bateman (Republican) 76.4% ▌Bradford L. Phillips (Independent) 13.2% ▌Josh Billings (Independent) 9.5%
Virginia 2	R+8	Owen B. Pickett	Democratic	1986	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Owen B. Pickett (Democratic) Uncontested
Virginia 3	D+21	Bobby Scott	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bobby Scott (Democratic) 76% ▌Robert S. Barnett (Independent) 22.8%
Virginia 4	R+6	Norman Sisisky	Democratic	1982	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Norman Sisisky (Democratic) Uncontested
Virginia 5	R+7	Virgil Goode	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Virgil Goode (Democratic) Uncontested
Virginia 6	R+10	Bob Goodlatte	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bob Goodlatte (Republican) 69.3% ▌David A. Bowers (Democratic) 30.7%
Virginia 7	R+17	Thomas J. Bliley Jr.	Republican	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Thomas J. Bliley Jr. (Republican) 78.7% ▌Bradley E. Evans (Independent) 20.7%
Virginia 8	D+3	Jim Moran	Democratic	1990	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jim Moran (Democratic) 66.7% ▌Demaris H. Miller (Republican) 33.1%
Virginia 9	R+3	Rick Boucher	Democratic	1982	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Rick Boucher (Democratic) 60.9% ▌J. A. Barta (Republican) 39.1%
Virginia 10	R+13	Frank Wolf	Republican	1980	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Frank Wolf (Republican) 71.6% ▌Cornell W. Brooks (Democratic) 25.2% ▌Robert A. Buchanan (Independent) 3.1%
Virginia 11	R+4	Tom Davis	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Tom Davis (Republican) 81.7% ▌C. W. Levy (Independent) 16.8%

Washington

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
Washington 1	D+3	Rick White	Republican	1994	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y Jay Inslee (Democratic) 49.8% ▌Rick White (Republican) 44.1% ▌Bruce Craswell (American Heritage) 6.1%
Washington 2	Even	Jack Metcalf	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jack Metcalf (Republican) 55.2% ▌Grethe Cammermeyer (Democratic) 44.8%
Washington 3	D+2	Linda Smith	Republican	1994	Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. Democratic gain.	▌Y Brian Baird (Democratic) 54.7% ▌Don Benton (Republican) 45.3%
Washington 4	R+9	Doc Hastings	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Doc Hastings (Republican) 69.1% ▌Gordon Pross (Democratic) 24.4% ▌Peggy S. McKerlie (Reform) 6.5%
Washington 5	R+3	George Nethercutt	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y George Nethercutt (Republican) 56.9% ▌Brad Lyons (Democratic) 38.1% ▌John Beal (American Heritage) 5%
Washington 6	D+4	Norm Dicks	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Norm Dicks (Democratic) 68.4% ▌Bob Lawrence (Republican) 31.6%
Washington 7	D+23	Jim McDermott	Democratic	1988	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jim McDermott (Democratic) 88.2% ▌Stan Lippmann (Reform) 9.4% ▌Jeff Powers (Socialist Workers) 2.4%
Washington 8	R+1	Jennifer Dunn	Republican	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jennifer Dunn (Republican) 59.7% ▌Heidi Behrens-Benedict (Democratic) 40.3%
Washington 9	D+4	Adam Smith	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Adam Smith (Democratic) 64.7% ▌Ron Taber (Republican) 35.3%

West Virginia

Main article: 1998 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia See also: List of United States representatives from West Virginia

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
West Virginia 1	D+2	Alan Mollohan	Democratic	1982	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Alan Mollohan (Democratic) 84.7% ▌Richard Kerr (Libertarian) 15.3%
West Virginia 2	Even	Bob Wise	Democratic	1982	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bob Wise (Democratic) 73% ▌Sally Anne Kay (Republican) 21.4% ▌John Brown (Libertarian) 5.6%
West Virginia 3	D+10	Nick Rahall	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Nick Rahall (Democratic) 86.6% ▌Joe Whelan (Libertarian) 13.4%

Wisconsin

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
Wisconsin 1	D+2	Mark Neumann	Republican	1994	Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. Republican hold.	▌Y Paul Ryan (Republican) 57.1% ▌Lydia Spottswood (Democratic) 42.7%
Wisconsin 2	D+8	Scott L. Klug	Republican	1990	Incumbent retired. Democratic gain.	▌Y Tammy Baldwin (Democratic) 52.5% ▌Josephine Musser (Republican) 47.4%
Wisconsin 3	D+4	Ron Kind	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ron Kind (Democratic) 71.5% ▌Troy Brechler (Republican) 28.4%
Wisconsin 4	Even	Jerry Kleczka	Democratic	1984	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jerry Kleczka (Democratic) 57.9% ▌Thomas G. Reynolds (Republican) 42%
Wisconsin 5	D+13	Tom Barrett	Democratic	1992	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Tom Barrett (Democratic) 78.2% ▌Jack Melvin (Republican) 21.6%
Wisconsin 6	R+4	Tom Petri	Republican	1979 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Tom Petri (Republican) 92.6% ▌Timothy Farness (U.S. Taxpayers) 7.2%
Wisconsin 7	D+3	Dave Obey	Democratic	1969 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Dave Obey (Democratic) 60.6% ▌Scott West (Republican) 39.3%
Wisconsin 8	R+3	Jay Johnson	Democratic	1996	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y Mark Green (Republican) 54.6% ▌Jay Johnson (Democratic) 45.4%
Wisconsin 9	R+14	Jim Sensenbrenner	Republican	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jim Sensenbrenner (Republican) 91.3% ▌Jeffrey Gonyo (Independent) 8.5%

Wyoming

Main article: 1998 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming See also: List of United States representatives from Wyoming

District		Incumbent				Candidates
Location	1997 PVI	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
Wyoming at-large	R+11	Barbara Cubin	Republican	1994	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Barbara Cubin (Republican) 57.8% ▌Scott Farris (Democratic) 38.7% ▌Steve Richardson (Libertarian) 3.5%

Notes

Stump was originally elected as a Democrat. He switched parties in 1982 and was re-elected as such that year.
Deal was originally elected as a Democrat. He switched parties in April 1995.
Tauzin was first elected as a Democrat. He switched to the Republican Party in August 1995.
Parker was originally elected as a Democrat. He switched parties in November 1995.
Watkins was originally elected as a Democrat. After his original retirement in 1990, he became an independent, before returning to the House in 1997 as a Republican.

References

Wattenberg, Martin P. (1999). "The Democrats' Decline in the House during the Clinton Presidency: An Analysis of Partisan Swings". Presidential Studies Quarterly. 29 (3): 685–689. doi:10.1111/j.0268-2141.2003.00057.x.

"Election '98 Lewinsky factor never materialized - November 4, 1998". www.cnn.com.
^ See Singer, Jeff (April 21, 2014). "We Unlucky Few: A Look at the Incumbents Who Lost Their Primaries, 1994-2012". Daily Kos.
"Our Campaigns - NY District 6 Special Race - Feb 03, 1998". www.ourcampaigns.com.
"Our Campaigns - CA District 22 - Special Election Runoff Race - Mar 10, 1998". www.ourcampaigns.com.
"Our Campaigns - CA District 9- Special Election Race - Apr 07, 1998". www.ourcampaigns.com.
"Our Campaigns - CA District 44 - Special Race - Apr 07, 1998". www.ourcampaigns.com.
"Our Campaigns - PA District 1- Special Election Race - May 19, 1998". www.ourcampaigns.com.
"Our Campaigns - NM District 01 - Special Race - Jun 23, 1998". www.ourcampaigns.com.

External links

"Election Results". Office of the Clerk U.S. House of Representatives.

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