2000 United States House of Representatives elections

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All 435 seats in theUnited States House of Representatives 218 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Dennis Hastert Dick Gephardt Party Republican Democratic Leader since January 3, 1999 January 3, 1995 Leader's seat Illinois 14th Missouri 3rd Last election 223 seats, 48.4% 211 seats, 47.3% Seats won 221 212 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 46,992,383 46,582,167 Percentage 47.6% 47.1% Swing 0.8pp 0.2pp   Third party   Party Independent Last election 1 seat Seats won 2 Seat change 1 Popular vote 683,098 Percentage 0.7% Swing 0.1pp
Results:      Democratic hold     Democratic gain      Republican hold     Republican gain      Independent hold     Independent gain
Speaker before election Dennis Hastert Republican ElectedSpeaker Dennis Hastert Republican

The2000 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 7, 2000, to electU.S. Representatives to serve in the107th United States Congress. They coincided with the election ofGeorge W. Bush asPresident of the United States. TheRepublican Party won 221 seats, while theDemocratic Party won 212 and independents won two.^[1]

This marked the first time since 1992 that the victorious presidential party lost seats in the House, and the first since 1988 that they lost seats in both Houses. This resulted in the smallest Republican majority since1952, which would similarly occur in2022 and2024.

Parties		Seats				Popular vote
		1998	2000	Net change	Strength	Vote	%	Change
	Republican Party	223	221	2	50.8%	46,992,383	47.6%	-0.8%
	Democratic Party	211	212	1	48.7%	46,582,167	47.1%	-0.2%
	Libertarian Party	-	-	-	-	1,610,292	1.6%	+0.3%
	Independent	1	2	1	0.5%	683,098	0.7%	+0.1%
	Natural Law Party	-	-	-	-	443,896	0.4%	+0.1%
	Green Party	-	-	-	-	260,087	0.3%	+0.2%
	Reform Party	-	-	-	-	176,269	0.2%	-0.2%
	Constitution Party	-	-	-	-	122,936	0.1%	-
	Independence Party	-	-	-	-	95,864	0.1%	+0.1%
	Conservative Party	-	-	-	-	52,335	0.1%	-
	Others	-	-	-	-	1,780,636	1.8%	+0.6%
Totals		435	435	0	100.0%	98,799,963	100.0%	-
Source:Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk

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  Popular vote and seats total by states
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  House seats by party holding plurality in state

    80+% to 100% Democratic

    80+% to 100% Republican

    60+% to 80% Democratic

    60+% to 80% Republican

    Up to 60% Democratic

    Up to 60% Republican

    100% Independent
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  Summary of party change of U.S. House seats in the 2000 House election

    6+ Democratic gain

    6+ Republican gain

    3–5 Democratic gain

    3–5 Republican gain

    1–2 Democratic gain

    1–2 Republican gain

    no net change

    1–2 Independent gain

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

Seven Democrats did not seek re-election.

1. Michigan 8:Debbie Stabenow retired torun for U.S. Senator.
2. Missouri 1:Bill Clay retired.
3. Missouri 6:Pat Danner retired.
4. Pennsylvania 4:Ron Klink retired torun for U.S. Senator.
5. Rhode Island 2:Robert Weygand retired torun for U.S. Senator.
6. Virginia 2:Owen B. Pickett retired.
7. West Virginia 2:Bob Wise retired torun for Governor of West Virginia.

Twenty-three Republicans did not seek re-election.

1. Arizona 1:Matt Salmon retired torun for Governor of Arizona.
2. California 15:Tom Campbell retired torun for U.S. Senator.
3. California 48:Ron Packard retired.
4. Florida 4:Tillie Fowler retired.
5. Florida 8:Bill McCollum retired torun for U.S. Senator.
6. Florida 12:Charles T. Canady retired.
7. Idaho 1:Helen Chenoweth retired.
8. Illinois 10:John Porter retired.
9. Illinois 15:Thomas W. Ewing retired.
10. Indiana 2:David M. McIntosh retired torun for Governor of Indiana.
11. Indiana 7:Edward A. Pease retired.
12. Missouri 2:Jim Talent retired torun for Governor of Missouri.
13. Montana at-large:Rick Hill retired.
14. Nebraska 3:Bill Barrett retired.
15. New Jersey 7:Bob Franks retired torun for U.S. Senator.
16. New York 2:Rick Lazio retired torun for U.S. Senator.
17. Ohio 12:John Kasich retired torun for U.S. President.
18. Oklahoma 2:Tom Coburn retired.
19. Pennsylvania 19:William F. Goodling retired.
20. South Carolina 1:Mark Sanford retired torun for Governor of South Carolina.
21. Texas 7:Bill Archer retired.
22. Virginia 7:Thomas J. Bliley Jr. retired.
23. Washington 2:Jack Metcalf retired.

Two seats opened early due to deaths and were not filled until the November elections.

One Democrat died.

1. Minnesota 4:Bruce Vento died October 10, 2000.

One Republican died.

1. Virginia 1:Herbert H. Bateman died September 11, 2000.

Two Democrats lost renomination.

1. California 31:Matthew G. Martínez lost renomination toHilda Solis, who then won the general election.
2. New York 1:Michael Forbes lost toRegina Seltzer who lost the general election toFelix Grucci.
3. Puerto Rico at-large:Carlos Romero Barceló lost renomination toAníbal Acevedo Vilá, who then won the general election.

One Republican lost renomination.

1. Utah 2:Merrill Cook lost renomination to Derek Smith, who then lost the general election toJim Matheson.

Three Democrats lost re-election to Republicans.

1. Connecticut 2:Sam Gejdenson lost toRob Simmons.
2. Minnesota 2:David Minge lost toMark Kennedy.

Four Republicans lost re-election to Democrats.

1. Arkansas 4:Jay Dickey lost toMike Ross.
2. California 27:James E. Rogan lost toAdam Schiff.
3. California 36:Steven T. Kuykendall lost toJane Harman.
4. California 49:Brian Bilbray lost toSusan Davis.

Five Democratic seats were won by Republicans.

1. Michigan 8: Won byMike Rogers.
2. Missouri 6: Won bySam Graves.
3. Pennsylvania 4: Won byMelissa Hart.
4. Virginia 2: Won byEd Schrock.
5. West Virginia 2: Won byShelley Moore Capito.

Four Republican seats were won by Democrats.

1. California 15: Won byMike Honda.
2. New York 2: Won bySteve Israel.
3. Oklahoma 2: Won byBrad Carson.
4. Washington 2: Won byRick Larsen.

Three held five of their open seats.

1. Minnesota 4: Won byBetty McCollum.
2. Missouri 1: Won byLacy Clay.
3. Rhode Island 2: Won byJames Langevin.

Twenty held fourteen of their open seats.

1. Arizona 1: Won byJeff Flake.
2. California 48: Won byDarrell Issa.
3. Florida 4: Won byAnder Crenshaw.
4. Florida 8: Won byRic Keller.
5. Florida 12: Won byAdam Putnam.
6. Idaho 1: Won byButch Otter.
7. Illinois 10: Won byMark Kirk.
8. Illinois 15: Won byTim Johnson.
9. Indiana 2: Won byMike Pence.
10. Indiana 7: Won byBrian Kerns.
11. Missouri 2: Won byTodd Akin.
12. Montana at-large: Won byDenny Rehberg.
13. Nebraska 3: Won byTom Osborne.
14. New Jersey 7: Won byMike Ferguson.
15. Ohio 12: Won byPat Tiberi.
16. Pennsylvania 19: Won byTodd Russell Platts.
17. South Carolina 1: Won byHenry E. Brown Jr.
18. Texas 7: Won byJohn Culberson.
19. Virginia 1: Won byJo Ann Davis.
20. Virginia 7: Won byEric Cantor.

Forty-two races were decided by 10% or lower.