Ballotpedia is tracking U.S. House races without a Democratic or Republican candidate in 2026. As of March 10, 2026, three races have no Democrat, while 35 have no Republican.
The races without a Democratic candidate are New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District, Rhode Island’s 1st Congressional District, and Wyoming’s At-Large Congressional District. Thirteen states have races without a Republican candidate. New York leads with seven of its 26 districts without a Republican candidate, followed by Massachusetts, where five of its nine districts have no Republican candidate.
At the same point in the 2024 election cycle, Ballotpedia identified 40 races without a Democratic candidate and 28 without a Republican. By comparison, at this stage in 2022, 97 races had no Democratic candidate, and 66 had no Republican. By the time of the 2024 general election, Ballotpedia had identified 20 races without a Democratic candidate and 18 without a Republican.
All 435 U.S. House districts are up for election in 2026. As of March 5, 2026, 54 incumbents — 21 Democrats and 33 Republicans — are not running for re-election.