Tag: U.S. House

  • After switching parties, Van Drew (R) wins re-election in NJ-02

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    Incumbent Jeff Van Drew (R) defeated Amy Kennedy (D) in the general election for New Jersey’s 2nd Congressional District.  Van Drew was first elected in 2018 as a Democrat after defeating Seth Grossman (R) 53% to 45%. Van Drew succeeded Frank LoBiondo (R), who held the seat from 1995 until his retirement in 2019. In…

  • Jared Golden wins re-election in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District

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    Incumbent Jared Golden (D) defeated Dale Crafts (R) and write-in candidates Daniel Fowler (D) and Timothy Hernandez (D) in the general election for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District. Golden was first elected in 2018, defeating incumbent Bruce Poliquin (R) 50.6% to 49.4%. The election was the first U.S. House election to be decided via ranked-choice voting…

  • Rep. Chip Roy wins re-election in Texas’ 21st Congressional District

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    Rep. Chip Roy (R) defeated Wendy Davis (D), Thomas Wakely (G), and Arthur DiBianca (L) in the general election for Texas’ 21st Congressional District. Roy was first elected in 2018, defeating Joseph Kopser (D) 50% to 48%. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee placed the district on its list of targets, while the National Republican Congressional…

  • Elissa Slotkin wins a second term in Michigan’s 8th Congressional District

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    Incumbent Elissa Slotkin (D) defeated Paul Junge (R) and Joe Hartman (L) in Michigan’s 8th Congressional District.  Slotkin was first elected in 2018 after defeating incumbent Mike Bishop (R) 51% to 47%. The 8th District is one of 30 House districts represented by a Democrat in 2020 that Donald Trump (R) won in 2016. In…

  • Fred Upton wins re-election in Michigan’s 6th Congressional District

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    Incumbent Fred Upton (R) defeated Jon Hoadley (D), John Lawrence (G), and Jeff DePoy (L) in Michigan’s 6th Congressional District. Based on unofficial returns, Upton received 59 percent of the vote and Hoadley received 38 percent. Upton was first elected in 1986.  In 2018, Upton defeated Matt Longjohn (D) 50.2% to 45.7%. That was Upton’s…

  • Incumbent Lucy McBath wins re-election in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District

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    Incumbent Rep. Lucy McBath (D) defeated Karen Handel (R) in the general election to represent Georgia’s 6th Congressional District. The election was one of 56 rematch U.S. House elections where the same two candidates who ran in 2018 were on the ballot again. McBath was first elected in 2018 after defeating then-incumbent Handel 50.5% to…

  • Nancy Mace defeats incumbent Joe Cunningham in South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District

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    Nancy Mace (R) defeated Rep. Joe Cunningham (D) in the general election for South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District.  Cunningham was first elected in 2018 after defeating Katie Arrington (R) 51% to 49%. Republicans had represented the 1st District from 1981-2019. Mace worked in public relations, in marketing, and as a coalitions director on Donald Trump’s…

  • Bob Good wins election to Virginia’s 5th Congressional District

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    Bob Good (R) defeated Cameron Webb (D) in the election for Virginia’s 5th Congressional District. Good, a former Campbell County supervisor, was nominated over Rep. Denver Riggleman (R) at the Republican convention this year, becoming one of five Republicans to defeat an incumbent U.S. representative in a primary or convention this year. Both parties’ national…

  • Steve Chabot wins re-election to the U.S. House

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    Incumbent Steve Chabot (R) defeated Kate Schroder (D) and Kevin Kahn (L) in the general election for Ohio’s 1st Congressional District. Chabot was first elected in 1994 and won re-election in every year since, other than 2008. He last won election in 2018, defeating Aftab Pureval 51.3% to 46.9%. Both parties’ Hill committees targeted the…

  • Yvette Herrell defeats incumbent Xochitl Torres Small in New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District

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    Yvette Herrell (R) defeated incumbent Xochitl Torres Small (D) and Steve Jones (I) in New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District. The race was one of 56 U.S. House rematches ongoing this year; Herrell and Small ran for the then-open seat in 2018, as incumbent Steve Pearce (R) sought the governorship. That year, Torres Small defeated Herrell…