United States House of Representatives elections, 1990

Infobox Election
election_name = United States House of Representatives elections, 1990
country = United States
type = legislative
ongoing = no
previous_election = United States House of Representatives elections, 1988
previous_year = 1988
next_election = United States House of Representatives elections, 1992
next_year = 1992
seats_for_election = All 435 seats to the United States House of Representatives
election_date = November 6, 1990


leader1 = Tom Foley
party1 = Democratic Party (United States)
leaders_seat1 = Washington-5th
last_election1 = 260 seats
seats1 = 267
seat_change1 = +7
popular_vote1 =
percentage1 = 52.0%
swing1 = -1.2%


leader2 = Bob Michel
party2 = Republican Party (United States)
leaders_seat2 = Illinois-18th
last_election2 = 175 seats
seats2 = 167
seat_change2 = -8
popular_vote2 =
percentage2 = 44.8%
swing2 = -1.4%
title = Speaker
before_election = Tom Foley
before_party = Democratic Party (United States)
after_election = Tom Foley
after_party = Democratic Party (United States)

The U.S. House election, 1990 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1990 which occurred in the middle of President George H. W. Bush's term. As in most midterm elections, the President's Republican Party lost seats to the Democratic Party, slightly increasing the Democratic majority in the chamber.

Notable freshmen included Bernie Sanders of Vermont, the first independent Representative elected since 1950 and future House Republican Leader John Boehner.

Overall results

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Sitting members defeated

* Jim Bates (D-CA 44)
* Douglas H. Bosco (D-CA 1)
* Jack Buechner (R-MO-2)
* Chuck Douglas (R-NH-2)
* Roy Dyson (D-MD-1)
* Bill Grant (R-FL 2)
* John Hiler (R-IN-3)
* Robert W. Kastenmeier (D-WI-2)
* James McClure Clarke (D-NC-11)
* Stan Parris (R-VA-8)
* Charles Pashayan Jr. (R-CA 17)
* Denny Smith (R-OR-5)
* Peter Smith (R-VT-AL)
* Arlan Stangeland (IR-MN-7)
* Doug Walgren (D-PA-18)

Voting members

Key to party abbreviations: AI=American Independent, C=Constitution, D=Democrat, G=Green, I=Independent, IP=Independence Party, L=Libertarian, PF=Peace & Freedom, R=Republican.

Key to color code: Blue=Democratic pickup; Red=Republican pickup.

Alabama

Arkansas

Connecticut

Georgia

Illinois

Kansas

Maine

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Nevada

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Wyoming

ee also

*102nd United States Congress
*United States Senate elections, 1990sequence
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