User:GeicoHen/From 2018 to Beyond Part 2

Retirements

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Thirty-six incumbents did not seek re-election either to retire or to seek other positions.

Democrats

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Nine Democrats did not seek re-election.

  1. California 53: Susan Davis retired.
  2. Hawaii 2: Tulsi Gabbard retired to run for U.S. president.
  3. Indiana 1: Pete Visclosky retired.
  4. Iowa 2: Dave Loebsack retired.
  5. Massachusetts 4: Joe Kennedy III retired to run for U.S. senator.
  6. New Mexico 3: Ben Ray Luján retired to run for U.S. senator.
  7. New York 15: José Serrano retired.
  8. New York 17: Nita Lowey retired.
  9. Washington 10: Denny Heck retired to run for lieutenant governor of Washington.

Libertarians

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One Libertarian did not seek re-election.

  1. Michigan 3: Justin Amash retired.

Republicans

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Twenty-six Republicans did not seek re-election.

Resignations

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Four incumbents have resigned in 2020, all of them Republicans, with no special elections to fill the vacant seats before the November election.

Republicans

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  1. California 50: Duncan Hunter resigned January 13 after pleading guilty to one count of misusing campaign funds. Seat won by Republican Darrell Issa.[1]
  2. Georgia 14: Tom Graves resigned October 4; he had initially planned to retire at the end of the term. Seat won by Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene.[2]
  3. North Carolina 11: Mark Meadows resigned March 30 to become White House Chief of Staff. Seat won by Republican Madison Cawthorn.[3]
  4. Texas 4: John Ratcliffe resigned May 22 to become Director of National Intelligence. Seat won by Republican Pat Fallon.[4]

Incumbents defeated

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House seats by party holding majority in state, as a result of the 2020 elections

In primary elections

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Nine incumbents lost renomination in 2020, the most in a non-redistricting year since 1974.[5]

Democrats

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Three Democrats lost renomination.

  1. Illinois 3: Dan Lipinski lost renomination to Marie Newman, who went on to win the general election.[6]
  2. Missouri 1: Lacy Clay lost renomination to Cori Bush, who went on to win the general election.[7]
  3. New York 16: Eliot Engel lost renomination to Jamaal Bowman, who went on to win the general election.[8]

Republicans

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Six Republicans lost renomination.

  1. Colorado 3: Scott Tipton lost renomination to Lauren Boebert, who went on to win the general election.[9]
  2. Florida 15: Ross Spano lost renomination to Scott Franklin, who went on to win the general election.[10]
  3. Iowa 4: Steve King lost renomination to Randy Feenstra, who went on to win the general election.[11]
  4. Kansas 2: Steve Watkins lost renomination to Jake LaTurner, who went on to win the general election.[12]
  5. New York 11: Dan Donovan lost renomination to Nicole Malliotakis, who went on to win the general election.
  6. Virginia 5: Denver Riggleman lost renomination in a district convention to Bob Good, who went on to win the general election.[13]

In general elections

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Democrats

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Seventeen Democrats lost re-election to Republicans.

  1. California 48: Harley Rouda (first elected in 2018) lost to Michelle Steel.
  2. Florida 26: Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (first elected in 2018) lost to Carlos Giménez.
  3. Florida 27: Donna Shalala (first elected in 2018) lost to Maria Elvira Salazar.
  4. Illinois 12: Brendan Kelly (first elected in 2018) lost to Paul Schimpf.
  5. Iowa 1: Abby Finkenauer (first elected in 2018) lost to Ashley Hinson.
  6. Michigan 6: Matt Longjohn (first elected in 2018) lost to Pauline Wendzel.
  7. Michigan 7: Gretchen Driskell (first elected in 2018) lost to Tom Barrett.
  8. Minnesota 7: Collin Peterson (first elected in 1990) lost to Michelle Fischbach.
  9. Minnesota 8: Joe Radinovich (first elected in 2018) lost to Pete Stauber.
  10. New Jersey 7: Tom Malinowski (first elected in 2018) lost to Tom Kean Jr..
  11. New Mexico 2: Xochitl Torres Small (first elected in 2018) lost to Yvette Herrell.
  12. New York 22: Anthony Brindisi (first elected in 2018) lost to Claudia Tenney.
  13. North Carolina 9: Dan McCready (first elected in 2018) lost to Dan Bishop.
  14. Ohio 1: Aftab Pureval (first elected in 2018) lost to Rocky Boiman.
  15. Pennsylvania 1: Scott Wallace (first elected in 2018) lost to Brian Fitzpatrick.
  16. Texas 24: Jan McDowell (first elected in 2018) lost to Beth Van Duyne.
  17. Washington 3: Carolyn Long (first elected in 2018) lost to Jaime Herrera Beutler.

Republicans

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One Republican lost re-election to a Democrat.

  1. Georgia 6: Karen Handel (first elected in 2017) lost to Lucy McBath.

Open seats that changed parties

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Democratic seats won by Republicans

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One Democratic seat was won by a Republican.

  1. Iowa 2: won by Mariannette Miller-Meeks.

Libertarian seats won by Republicans

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One Libertarian seat was won by a Republican.

  1. Michigan 3: Won by Peter Meijer.

Republican seats won by Democrats

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No Republican seats were won by Democrats.

Open seats that parties held

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Democratic seats held by Democrats

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Democrats held twelve of their open seats.

Republican seats held by Republicans

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Republicans held thirty-two of their open seats.

  1. ^ Dzhanova, Yelena (January 7, 2020). "Rep. Duncan Hunter resigns from the House, weeks after pleading guilty to misusing campaign funds". CNBC.
  2. ^ McPherson, Lindsey (September 11, 2020). "Georgia Rep. Tom Graves to resign, effective October". Roll Call. Washington, D.C. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  3. ^ Lesniewski, Niels (March 30, 2020). "Rep. Mark Meadows resigns to become White House chief of staff". Roll Call.
  4. ^ Gillman, Todd J. (May 21, 2020). "Divided Senate confirms Texas Rep. John Ratcliffe as director of national intelligence". The Dallas Morning News.
  5. ^ Benen, Steve (August 19, 2020). "Yet another House Republican incumbent loses in a primary". MSNBC. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  6. ^ Mutnick, Ally (March 18, 2020). "Rep. Dan Lipinski falls in Democratic primary". Politico.
  7. ^ Fandos, Nicholas (August 5, 2020). "Cori Bush Defeats William Lacy Clay in a Show of Progressive Might". The New York Times.
  8. ^ Hayes, Christal (July 17, 2020). "Powerful House chair Eliot Engel defeated by progressive newcomer Jamaal Bowman in stunning upset". USAToday.
  9. ^ Harsha, Keagan (July 6, 2020). "Colorado primary winner Lauren Boebert meets President Trump, distances herself from QAnon". KDVR.
  10. ^ Irwin Taylor, Janelle (August 18, 2020). "Scott Franklin ousts Ross Spano in CD 15, will take on Alan Cohn in November". Florida Politics.
  11. ^ Sprunt, Barbara (June 3, 2020). "Iowa Rep. Steve King, Known For Racist Comments, Loses Reelection Bid". NPR.
  12. ^ Panetta, Grace. "Embattled Kansas congressman Steve Watkins is ousted by primary challenger Jake LaTurner". Business Insider.
  13. ^ Mutnick, Ally (June 14, 2020). "Rep. Denver Riggleman ousted in Virginia GOP convention". Politico.


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