1984 United States House of Representatives elections

Overall results

411 incumbent members sought reelection, but 3 were defeated in primaries and 16 defeated in the general election for a total of 392 incumbents winning.

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Retiring incumbents

Twenty-two representatives retired. Sixteen of those seats were held by the same party, six seats changed party.

Democrats

Nine Democrats retired. Four of those seats were held by Democrats and five were won by Republicans.

Democratic held

1. : Paul Simon: to run for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded by Kenneth J. Gray.
2. : James Shannon: to run for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded by Chester G. Atkins.
3. : Geraldine Ferraro: to run for Vice President. Was succeeded by Thomas Manton.
4. : Al Gore: to run for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded by Bart Gordon.

Republican gain

1. : Ray Kogovsek. Was succeeded by Michael L. Strang.
2. : Tom Harkin: to run for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded by Jim Ross Lightfoot.
3. : Norman D'Amours: to run for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded by Bob Smith.
4. : Richard Ottinger. Was succeeded by Joe DioGuardi.
5. : Kent Hance: to run for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded by Larry Combest.

Republicans

Twelve Republicans retired. Eleven of those seats were held by Republicans and one was won by a Democrat.

Republican held

1. : Jack Edwards. Was succeeded by Sonny Callahan.
2. : John N. Erlenborn. Was succeeded by Harris Fawell.
3. : Tom Corcoran: to run for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded by John E. Grotberg.
4. : Larry Winn. Was succeeded by Jan Meyers.
5. : Harold S. Sawyer. Was succeeded by Paul B. Henry.
6. : Barber Conable. Was succeeded by Fred J. Eckert.
7. : James G. Martin: to run for Governor of North Carolina. Was succeeded by Alex McMillan.
8. : Phil Gramm: to run for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded by Joe Barton.
9. : Ron Paul: to run for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded by Tom DeLay.
10. : David Daniel Marriott: to run for Governor of Utah. Was succeeded by David Smith Monson.
11. : J. Kenneth Robinson. Was succeeded by D. French Slaughter Jr.
12. : Joel Pritchard. Was succeeded by John Miller.

Democratic gain

1. : Ed Bethune: to run for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded by Tommy F. Robinson.

Defeated incumbents

In primary election

Democrats

Three Democrats lost renomination.

1. : Katie Hall lost to challenger Pete Visclosky.
2. : Frank Harrison lost to challenger Paul Kanjorski.
3. : Abraham Kazen lost to challenger Albert Bustamante.

In the general election

Democrats

Thirteen Democrats lost re-election.

1. : James F. McNulty Jr. lost to Jim Kolbe.
2. : Jerry M. Patterson lost to Bob Dornan.
3. : William R. Ratchford lost to John G. Rowland.
4. : Elliott H. Levitas lost to Pat Swindall.
5. : Clarence Long lost to Helen Delich Bentley.
6. : Donald J. Albosta lost to Bill Schuette.
7. : Joseph Minish lost to Dean Gallo.
8. : Ike Franklin Andrews lost to Bill Cobey.
9. : Charles Robin Britt lost to Howard Coble.
10. : James M. Clarke lost to Bill Hendon.
11. : Jack Hightower lost to Beau Boulter.
12. : Bill Patman lost to Mac Sweeney.
13. : Tom Vandergriff lost to Dick Armey.

Republicans

Three Republicans lost re-election.

1. : George V. Hansen lost to Richard H. Stallings.
2. : Dan Crane lost to Terry L. Bruce.
3. : Lyle Williams lost to Jim Traficant.

Special elections

There were three special elections to the 98th Congress in 1984, two of which were held on the same day as the general election for the next term.

Elections are sorted here by date then district.

Alabama

Main article: 1984 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama

Alaska

Main article: 1984 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Main article: 1984 United States House of Representatives elections in California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Livingston, Boggs, Moore, Breaux and Long were re-elected when they received more than 50% of the vote in the Sept. 29 jungle primaries. Tauzin, Breaux and Huckaby were automatically re-elected without having to appear on a ballot.

Maine

Maryland

Main article: 1984 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

Main article: 1984 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada

New Hampshire

Main article: 1984 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

Main article: 1984 United States House of Representatives elections in New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

Main article: 1984 United States House of Representatives elections in Rhode Island

South Carolina

Main article: 1984 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Main article: 1984 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas

Utah

Vermont

Main article: 1984 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont

Virginia

Main article: 1984 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

|- ! | Les Aspin | | Democratic | 1970 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

• Les Aspin (Democratic) 56.2%
• Peter Jansson (Republican) 43.8%

|- ! | Robert Kastenmeier | | Democratic | 1958 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

• Robert Kastenmeier (Democratic) 63.7%
• Albert Lee Wiley Jr. (Republican) 36.3%

|- ! | Steve Gunderson | | Republican | 1980 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

• Steve Gunderson (Republican) 68.4%
• Charles F. Dahl (Democratic) 31.6%

|- ! | Jerry Kleczka | | Democratic | 1984 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

• Jerry Kleczka (Democratic) 66.6%
• Robert V. Nolan (Republican) 32.8%
• K. Rick Kissell (Labor) 0.6%

|- ! | Jim Moody | | Democratic | 1982 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

• Jim Moody (Democratic) 98.1%
• William C. Breihan (Socialist Workers) 1.9%

|- ! | Tom Petri | | Republican | 1979 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

• Tom Petri (Republican) 75.8%
• David L. Iaquinta (Democratic) 24.2%

|- ! | Dave Obey | | Democratic | 1969 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

• Dave Obey (Democratic) 61.2%
• Mark G. Michaelsen (Republican) 38.8%

|- ! | Toby Roth | | Republican | 1978 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

• Toby Roth (Republican) 67.9%
• Paul Willems (Democratic) 30.8%
• Gary L. Barnes (Libertarian) 0.8%
• Cornelius D. Van Handel (Labor) 0.4%

|- ! | Jim Sensenbrenner | | Republican | 1978 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

• Jim Sensenbrenner (Republican) 73.4%
• John Krause (Democratic) 26.1%
• Stephen K. Hauser (Constitution) 0.5%

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Wyoming

Main article: 1984 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming

Non-voting delegates

Main article: 1984 United States House of Representatives election in American Samoa, 1984 United States House of Representatives election in the District of Columbia, 1984 United States House of Representatives election in Guam, 1984 United States House of Representatives election in Puerto Rico, 1984 United States House of Representatives election in the United States Virgin Islands

|- ! American Samoa at-large | Fofō Iosefa Fiti Sunia | | 1980 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

• Fofō Iosefa Fiti Sunia (Democratic) 65.2%
• Soli Lumoelogo (Independent) 34.8% |- ! District of Columbia at-large | Walter Fauntroy | | 1970 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
• Walter Fauntroy (Democratic) 95.6% |- ! Guam at-large | Antonio Borja Won Pat | | 1972 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
• Ben Blaz (Republican) 50.3%
• Antonio Borja Won Pat (Democratic) 49.2% |- ! Puerto Rico at-large | Baltasar Corrada del Río | | New Progressive/ Democratic | 1976 | | Incumbent retired to run for mayor of San Juan. New resident commissioner elected. PPD gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
• Jaime Fuster (PPD/Democratic) 48.5%
• Nelson Famadas (PNP/Democratic) 45.4%
• Francisco Catalá (PIP) 3.8%
• Angel Viera Martinez (PRP) 2.3% |- ! U.S. Virgin Islands at-large | Ron de Lugo | | 1972 1978 (retired) 1980 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
• Ron de Lugo (Democratic) 73.6%
• Janet Watlington (Independent) 25.6%

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Notes

References

Works cited

• Federal Elections 84: Election Results for U.S. President, the U.S. Senate, and the U.S. House of Representatives. Washington, D.C.: Federal Election Commission. 1985. pp. 27–118. Archived from the original on November 5, 2021.

References

1. "United States presidential election of 1984". Encyclopedia Britannica.