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Retirements

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Map showing districts of incumbents who did not seek re-election — in dark blue (Democrats) and dark red (Republicans)

In the November general elections, fifty-four incumbents did not seek re-election, either to retire or to seek other positions.

Democrats

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Eighteen Democrats did not seek re-election.

  1. Arizona 9: Kyrsten Sinema retired to run successfully for U.S. Senator.[1]
  2. Colorado 2: Jared Polis retired to run successfully for Governor of Colorado.[1]
  3. Connecticut 5: Elizabeth Esty retired after involvement in sexual harassment allegations against an employee.[1][2]
  4. Hawaii 1: Colleen Hanabusa retired to run for Governor of Hawaii.[1]
  5. Illinois 4: Luis Gutiérrez retired.[1]
  6. Maryland 6: John Delaney retired to run for U.S. President.[1]
  7. Massachusetts 3: Niki Tsongas retired.[1]
  8. Michigan 9: Sander Levin retired.[1]
  9. Minnesota 1: Tim Walz retired to run successfully for Governor of Minnesota.[1]
  10. Minnesota 5: Keith Ellison retired to run successfully for Minnesota Attorney General.[3]
  11. Minnesota 8: Rick Nolan retired.[4][5]
  12. Nevada 3: Jacky Rosen retired to run successfully for U.S. Senator.[1]
  13. Nevada 4: Rubén Kihuen retired due to sexual harassment allegations.[6]
  14. New Hampshire 1: Carol Shea-Porter retired.[1]
  15. New Mexico 1: Michelle Lujan Grisham retired to run successfully for Governor of New Mexico.[1]
  16. Pennsylvania 2: Bob Brady: retired after being redistricted from the 1st district.[1]
  17. Texas 16: Beto O'Rourke retired to run for U.S. Senator.[1]
  18. Texas 29: Gene Green retired.[1]

Republicans

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Thirty-seven Republicans did not seek re-election.

  1. Arizona 2: Martha McSally retired to run for U.S. Senator.[1]
  2. California 39: Ed Royce retired.[1]
  3. California 49: Darrell Issa retired, appointed by President Donald Trump to be the Director of the United States Trade and Development Agency.[1]
  4. Florida 6: Ron DeSantis resigned to run successfully for Governor of Florida.
  5. Florida 15: Dennis Ross retired.[7]
  6. Florida 17: Tom Rooney retired.[8][9]
  7. Florida 27: Ileana Ros-Lehtinen retired.[1]
  8. Idaho 1: Raúl Labrador retired to run for Governor of Idaho.[1]
  9. Indiana 4: Todd Rokita retired to run for U.S. Senator.[1]
  10. Indiana 6: Luke Messer retired to run for U.S. Senator.[1]
  11. Kansas 2: Lynn Jenkins retired.[1]
  12. Michigan 11: Dave Trott retired.[1]
  13. Mississippi 3: Gregg Harper retired.[1]
  14. New Jersey 2: Frank LoBiondo retired "due to the increased political polarization of Congress."[10]
  15. New Jersey 11: Rodney Frelinghuysen retired.[1]
  16. New Mexico 2: Steve Pearce retired to run for Governor of New Mexico.[1]
  17. North Dakota at-large: Kevin Cramer retired to run successfully for U.S. Senator.[11]
  18. Ohio 16: Jim Renacci retired to run for U.S. Senator.[1]
  19. Oklahoma 1: Jim Bridenstine announced his retirement November 10, 2017. He resigned April 23, 2018, after being confirmed as Administrator of NASA; his replacement was seated November 6, 2018.
  20. Pennsylvania 6: Ryan Costello retired due to "family, the political environment and redistricting."[12]
  21. Pennsylvania 9: Lou Barletta, redistricted from the 11th district, retired to run for U.S. Senator.[1]
  22. Pennsylvania 13: Bill Shuster retired when redistricted from the 9th district.[1]
  23. South Carolina 4: Trey Gowdy retired to "return to the justice system."[13]
  24. South Dakota at-large: Kristi Noem retired to run successfully for Governor of South Dakota.[1]
  25. Tennessee 2: Jimmy Duncan retired.[1]
  26. Tennessee 6: Diane Black retired to run for Governor of Tennessee.[1]
  27. Tennessee 7: Marsha Blackburn retired to run successfully for U.S. Senator.[14]
  28. Texas 2: Ted Poe retired.[1]
  29. Texas 3: Sam Johnson retired.[1]
  30. Texas 5: Jeb Hensarling retired.[1]
  31. Texas 6: Joe Barton retired.[1]
  32. Texas 21: Lamar Smith retired.[1]
  33. Virginia 5: Tom Garrett retired due to alcoholism.[15]
  34. Virginia 6: Bob Goodlatte retired.[1]
  35. Washington 8: Dave Reichert retired.[1]
  36. West Virginia 3: Evan Jenkins retired to run for U.S. Senator and then resigned to become State Supreme Court Justice.
  37. Wisconsin 1: Paul Ryan retired.[1]

Resignations and death

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Four seats opened early due to resignations or death and were not filled until the November elections.

Democrats

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One Democrat resigned and one died.

  1. Michigan 13: John Conyers resigned and Brenda Jones won the special election to complete Conyers's term.
  2. New York 25: Louise Slaughter died.

Republicans

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Two Republicans resigned.

  1. Pennsylvania 5: Pat Meehan resigned when redistricted from the 7th district.
  2. Pennsylvania 7: Charlie Dent resigned when redistricted from the 15th district.

Incumbents defeated

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House seats by party holding plurality in state
Net changes to U.S. House seats after the 2018 elections
     +1 Dem House Seat      +2 Dem House Seats
     +3-4 Dem House Seats      +7 Dem House Seats
     Both parties won 2 seats and lost 2 seats, no net change

In primary elections

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Democrats

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Three Democrats (including one non-voting delegate) lost renomination.

  1. Guam at-large: Delegate Madeleine Bordallo lost renomination to Michael San Nicolas, who then won the general election.[16][17]
  2. Massachusetts 7: Mike Capuano lost renomination to Ayanna Pressley, who then won the general election.[18]
  3. New York 14: Joe Crowley lost renomination to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who then won the general election.[18]

Republicans

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Two Republicans lost renomination.[18]

  1. North Carolina 9: Robert Pittenger lost renomination to Mark Harris, who then lost the general election to Dan McCready.[a]
  2. South Carolina 1: Mark Sanford lost renomination to Katie Arrington, who then won the general election.

In the general election

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Democrats

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No Democrats lost re-election to Republicans.[19]

Republicans

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Thirty Republicans lost re-election to Democrats.[19]

  1. California 25: Steve Knight (first elected in 2014) lost to Katie Hill.
  2. California 45: Mimi Walters (first elected in 2014) lost to Katie Porter.
  3. California 48: Dana Rohrabacher (first elected in 1988) lost to Harley Rouda.
  4. Colorado 6: Mike Coffman (first elected in 2008) lost to Jason Crow.
  5. Florida 26: Carlos Curbelo (first elected in 2014) lost to Debbie Mucarsel-Powell.
  6. Georgia 7: Rob Woodall (first elected in 2010) lost to Carolyn Bourdeaux.
  7. Illinois 6: Peter Roskam (first elected in 2006) lost to Sean Casten.
  8. Illinois 12: Mike Bost (first elected in 2014) lost to Brendan Kelly.
  9. Illinois 14: Randy Hultgren (first elected in 2010) lost to Lauren Underwood.
  10. Iowa 1: Rod Blum (first elected in 2014) lost to Abby Finkenauer.
  11. Iowa 3: David Young (first elected in 2014) lost to Cindy Axne.
  12. Kansas 3: Kevin Yoder (first elected in 2010) lost to Sharice Davids.
  13. Michigan 6: Fred Upton (first elected in 1986) lost to Matt Longjohn.
  14. Michigan 7: Tim Walberg (first elected in 2006, lost in 2008, elected again in 2010) lost to Gretchen Driskell.
  15. Michigan 8: Mike Bishop (first elected in 2014) lost to Elissa Slotkin.
  16. Minnesota 2: Jason Lewis (first elected in 2016) lost to Angie Craig.
  17. Minnesota 3: Erik Paulsen (first elected in 2008) lost to Dean Phillips.
  18. Nebraska 2: Don Bacon (first elected in 2016) lost to Kara Eastman.
  19. New Jersey 3: Tom MacArthur (first elected in 2014) lost to Andy Kim.
  20. New Jersey 7: Leonard Lance (first elected in 2008) lost to Tom Malinowski.
  21. New York 19: John Faso (first elected in 2016) lost to Antonio Delgado.
  22. New York 22: Claudia Tenney (first elected in 2016) lost to Anthony Brindisi.[20]
  23. North Carolina 2: George Holding (first elected in 2012) lost to Linda Coleman.
  24. North Carolina 13: Ted Budd (first elected in 2016) lost to Kathy Manning.
  25. Ohio 1: Steve Chabot (first elected in 1994, lost in 2008, elected again in 2010) lost to Aftab Pureval.
  26. Pennsylvania 1: Brian Fitzpatrick (first elected in 2016) lost to Scott Wallace.
  27. Pennsylvania 10: Scott Perry (first elected in 2012) lost to George Scott.
  28. Pennsylvania 17: Keith Rothfus (first elected in 2012) lost a redistricting race to Conor Lamb.
  29. Texas 7: John Culberson (first elected in 2000) lost to Lizzie Fletcher.
  30. Texas 24: Kenny Marchant (first elected in 2004) lost to Jan McDowell.
  31. Texas 32: Pete Sessions (first elected in 1996) lost to Colin Allred.
  32. Virginia 2: Scott Taylor (first elected in 2016) lost to Elaine Luria.
  33. Virginia 7: Dave Brat (first elected in 2014) lost to Abigail Spanberger.
  34. Virginia 10: Barbara Comstock (first elected in 2014) lost to Jennifer Wexton.
  35. Washington 3: Jaime Herrera Beutler (first elected in 2010) lost to Carolyn Long.

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. Pennsylvania 14: Conor Lamb instead ran in the 17th district. Won by Guy Reschenthaler.[21]

Republican seats won by Democrats

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Thirteen Republican seats were won by Democrats.

  1. Arizona 2: Won by Ann Kirkpatrick.
  2. California 49: Won by Mike Levin.
  3. Florida 27: Won by Donna Shalala.
  4. Michigan 11: Won by Haley Stevens.
  5. New Jersey 2: Won by Jeff Van Drew, who became a Republican on December 19, 2019.[22]
  6. New Jersey 11: Won by Mikie Sherrill.
  7. New Mexico 2: Won by Xochitl Torres Small.
  8. North Carolina 9: Won by Dan McCready.
  9. Pennsylvania 5: Won by Mary Gay Scanlon.
  10. Pennsylvania 6: Won by Chrissy Houlahan.
  11. Pennsylvania 7: Won by Susan Wild.
  12. Washington 8: Won by Kim Schrier.

Open seats that parties held

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Democratic seats held by Democrats

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Democrats held nineteen of their open seats.

  1. Arizona 9: Won by Greg Stanton.
  2. Colorado 2: Won by Joe Neguse.
  3. Connecticut 5: Won by Jahana Hayes.
  4. Hawaii 1: Won by Ed Case.
  5. Illinois 4: Won by Chuy García.
  6. Maryland 6: Won by David Trone.
  7. Massachusetts 3: Won by Lori Trahan.
  8. Michigan 9: Won by Andy Levin.
  9. Michigan 13: Won by Rashida Tlaib.
  10. Minnesota 1: Won by Dan Feehan.
  11. Minnesota 5: Won by Ilhan Omar.
  12. Minnesota 8: Won by Joe Radinovich.
  13. Nevada 3: Won by Susie Lee.
  14. Nevada 4: Won by Steven Horsford.
  15. New Hampshire 1: Won by Chris Pappas.
  16. New Mexico 1: Won by Deb Haaland.
  17. New York 25: Won by Joe Morelle.
  18. Pennsylvania 2: Bob Brady retired. Won By Brendan Boyle.
  19. Pennsylvania 4: Brendan Boyle ran in Pennsylvania 2. Won by Madeleine Dean.
  20. Texas 16: Won by Veronica Escobar.
  21. Texas 29: Won by Sylvia Garcia.

Republican seats held by Republicans

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Republicans held twenty-eight of their open seats.

  1. California 39: Won by Young Kim.
  2. Florida 6: Won by Michael Waltz.
  3. Florida 15: Won by Ross Spano.
  4. Florida 17: Won by Greg Steube.
  5. Idaho 1: Won by Russ Fulcher.
  6. Indiana 4: Won by Jim Baird.
  7. Indiana 6: Won by Greg Pence.
  8. Kansas 2: Won by Steve Watkins.
  9. Mississippi 3: Won by Michael Guest.
  10. North Dakota at-large: Won by Kelly Armstrong.
  11. Ohio 16: Won by Anthony Gonzalez.
  12. Oklahoma 1: Won by Kevin Hern.
  13. Pennsylvania 9: Won by Dan Meuser.
  14. Pennsylvania 13: Won by John Joyce.
  15. South Carolina 1: Won by Katie Arrington.
  16. South Carolina 4: Won by William Timmons.
  17. South Dakota at-large: Won by Dusty Johnson.
  18. Tennessee 2: Won by Tim Burchett.
  19. Tennessee 6: Won by John Rose.
  20. Tennessee 7: Won by Mark Green.
  21. Texas 2: Won by Dan Crenshaw.
  22. Texas 3: Won by Van Taylor.
  23. Texas 5: Won by Lance Gooden.
  24. Texas 6: Won by Ron Wright.
  25. Texas 21: Won by Chip Roy.
  26. Virginia 5: Won by Denver Riggleman.
  27. Virginia 6: Won by Ben Cline.
  28. West Virginia 3: Won by Carol Miller.
  29. Wisconsin 1: Won by Bryan Steil.
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