1972 United States House of Representatives elections

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The 1972 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 7, 1972, to elect U.S. Representatives to serve in the 93rd United States Congress. This was the first election held after the 1970 United States redistricting cycle. It coincided with the landslide reelection victory of President Richard M. Nixon. Nixon's Republican Party managed to gain a net of twelve House of Representatives seats from the Democratic Party, although the Democrats retained a majority. This was the first election in which citizens at least 18 years of age (instead of 21 and older) could vote, due to the recent passage of the 26th Amendment. This was the last time until 2022 that a Democrat would win a House seat in Alaska, and the first time since 1888 that a Republican won a House seat in Louisiana.

Special elections

Six special elections were also held throughout the year, six before November and one concurrent with the November general election. ! Vermont At-largeRichard W. Mallary (Republican) 55.80% J. William O'Brien (Democratic) 37.60% Doris Lake (Liberty Union) 4.70% Anthony N. Doria (Independent) 1.89% ! AL's 3rd congressional district ✅ Elizabeth B. Andrews (Democratic) Unopposed (See Widow's succession) ! Illinois's 15th congressional district ✅ Cliffard D. Carlson (Republican) 54.79% Tim Lee Hall (Democratic) 45.21% ! Pennsylvania's 27th congressional district ✅ William Sheldrick Conover (Republican) 51.05% Doug Walgren (Democratic) 46.25% Willard Holt (Constitution) 2.70% ! Louisiana's 7th congressional district ✅ John Breaux (Democratic) Unopposed ! VA's 6th congressional district ✅ M. Caldwell Butler (Republican) 51.8% Willis M. Anderson (Democratic) 39.8% Roy R. White (Independent) 8.4%

Summary of results

392 incumbent members sought reelection, but 13 were defeated in primaries and 13 defeated in the general election for a total of 366 incumbents winning. Source:

Incumbents retiring

Democratic gains

Democratic holds

Republican gains

Republican holds

Incumbents defeated

Incumbents defeated in primary

Incumbents defeated in general election

Alabama

Alabama was reapportioned from 8 to 7 seats and eliminated the old AL's 3rd congressional district, dividing it between the old 2nd and 4th and making compensating boundary changes elsewhere. ! Alabama's 1st congressional district ✅ Jack Edwards (Republican) 76.5% O. W. "Bill" McCrory (Democratic) 17.8% Thomas McAboy Jr. (National Democratic Party of Alabama) 5.7% ! rowspan=2 | Alabama's 2nd congressional district ✅ William Louis Dickinson (Republican) 54.9% Ben C. Reeves (Democratic) 41.5% Richard Boone (National Democratic Party of Alabama) 3.4% Llewellyn B. Garth (Conservative) 0.3% ! Alabama's 3rd congressional district ✅ Bill Nichols (Democratic) 75.6% Robert M. Kerr (Republican) 20.6% John Ford (National Democratic Party of Alabama) 2.6% James R. Connell (Prohibition) 1.3% ! Alabama's 4th congressional district ✅ Tom Bevill (Democratic) 69.6% Ed Nelson (Republican) 30.0% Daisy Williams (Prohibition) 0.5% ! Alabama's 5th congressional district ✅ Robert E. Jones Jr. (Democratic) 74.2% Dieter J. Schrader (Republican) 24.4% Shirley Irwin (National Democratic Party of Alabama) 1.4% ! Alabama's 6th congressional district ✅ John Hall Buchanan Jr. (Republican) 59.8% Ben Erdreich (Democratic) 35.6% Al Thomas (National Democratic Party of Alabama) 2.5% Edna L. Bowling (Prohibition) 1.2% Dan Scott (Conservative) 0.9% ! Alabama's 7th congressional district ✅ Walter Flowers (Democratic) 84.8% Lewis Black (National Democratic Party of Alabama) 14.0% Hal Radue (Conservative) 1.1%

Alaska

Incumbent Nick Begich won re-election three weeks after having disappeared in a plane crash October 16; challenger Don Young would later win a March special election after Begich was declared dead on December 29. ! Alaska At-largeNick Begich (Democratic) 56.2% Don Young (Republican) 43.8%

Arizona

Arizona was reapportioned from 3 seats to 4 and carved a new district in the Phoenix suburbs and the northeast from parts of the existing districts. ! Arizona's 1st congressional district ✅ John Jacob Rhodes (Republican) 57.3% Gerald A. Pollock (Democratic) 42.7% ! Arizona's 2nd congressional district ✅ Mo Udall (Democratic) 63.5% Gene Savoie (Republican) 36.5% ! Arizona's 3rd congressional district ✅ Sam Steiger (Republican) 63.0% Ted Wyckoff (Democratic) 37.0% ! Arizona's 4th congressional district ✅ John Bertrand Conlan (Republican) 53.0% Jack E. Brown (Democratic) 47.0%

Arkansas

! Arkansas's 1st congressional district ✅ William Vollie Alexander Jr. (Democratic) Unopposed ! Arkansas's 2nd congressional district ✅ Wilbur Mills (Democratic) Unopposed ! Arkansas's 3rd congressional district ✅ John Paul Hammerschmidt (Republican) 77.3% Guy W. Hatfield (Democratic) 22.7% ! Arkansas's 4th congressional district ✅ Ray Thornton (Democratic) 83% John Norman Warnock (American Independent) 17%

California

California was reapportioned from 38 to 43 seats, adding one seat in the Bay Area, one in the Central Valley, and 3 in southern California; three went to Democrats, two to Republicans. Despite a retirement and two lost renominations, both parties held their seats in this election, bringing the Democrats up from 20 seats to 23 and the Republicans up from 18 seats to 20. ! California's 1st congressional district ✅ Donald H. Clausen (Republican) 62.2% William Nighswonger (Democratic) 34.1% Jonathan T. Ames (Peace and Freedom) 3.7% ! California's 2nd congressional district ✅ Harold T. Johnson (Democratic) 68.3% Francis X. Callahan (Republican) 28.6% Dorothy D. Paradis (American) 3.1% ! California's 3rd congressional district ✅ John E. Moss (Democratic) 69.9% John Rakus (Republican) 30.1% ! California's 4th congressional district ✅ Robert L. Leggett (Democratic) 67.4% Benjamin Chang (Republican) 32.6% ! California's 5th congressional district ✅ Phillip Burton (Democratic) 81.8% Edlo E. Powell (Republican) 18.2% ! California's 6th congressional district ✅ William S. Mailliard (Republican) 52.0% Roger Boas (Democratic) 48.0% ! California's 7th congressional district ✅ Ron Dellums (Democratic) 56.0% Peter Hannaford (Republican) 38.0% Frank V. Cortese (American) 6.0% ! California's 8th congressional district ✅ Pete Stark (Democratic) 52.9% Lew M. Warden Jr. (Republican) 47.1% ! California's 9th congressional district ✅ Don Edwards (Democratic) 72.3% Herb Smith (Republican) 25.2% Edmon V. Kaiser (American) 2.6% ! California's 10th congressional district ✅ Charles S. Gubser (Republican) 64.6% B. Frank Gillette (Democratic) 35.4% ! California's 11th congressional district ✅ Leo Ryan (Democratic) 60.4% Charles E. Chase (Republican) 37.0% Nicholas W. Kudrovzeff (American) 2.6% ! California's 12th congressional district ✅ Burt L. Talcott (Republican) 54.0% Julian Camacho (Democratic) 43.1% Stanley K. Monteith (American) 2.9% ! California's 13th congressional district ✅ Charles M. Teague (Republican) 73.9% Lester Dean Cleveland (Democratic) 26.1% ! California's 14th congressional district ✅ Jerome Waldie (Democratic) 77.6% Floyd E. Sims (Republican) 22.4% ! California's 15th congressional district ✅ John J. McFall (Democratic) Unopposed ! California's 16th congressional district ✅ B. F. Sisk (Democratic) 79.1% Carol O. Harner (Republican) 20.9% ! California's 17th congressional district ✅ Pete McCloskey (Republican) 60.2% James Stewart (Democratic) 39.8% ! California's 18th congressional district ✅ Bob Mathias (Republican) 66.5% Vincent J. Lavery (Democratic) 33.5% ! California's 19th congressional district ✅ Chet Holifield (Democratic) 67.2% Kenneth M. Fisher (Republican) 27.9% Joe Harris (Peace and Freedom) 4.9% ! California's 20th congressional district ✅ Carlos Moorhead (Republican) 57.4% John Binkley (Democratic) 42.6% ! California's 21st congressional district ✅ Augustus Hawkins (Democratic) 82.9% Rayfield Lundy (Republican) 17.1% ! California's 22nd congressional district ✅ James C. Corman (Democratic) 67.6% Bruce P. Wolfe (Republican) 29.3% Ralph L. Shroyer (Peace and Freedom) 3.1% ! California's 23rd congressional district ✅ Del M. Clawson (Republican) 61.4% Conrad G. Tuohey (Democratic) 38.6% ! California's 24th congressional district ✅ John H. Rousselot (Republican) 70.1% Luther Mandell (Democratic) 29.9% ! California's 25th congressional district ✅ Charles E. Wiggins (Republican) 64.9% Leslie W. Craven (Democratic) 31.9% Alfred Romirez (American) 3.1% ! California's 26th congressional district ✅ Thomas M. Rees (Democratic) 68.6% Philip Robert Rutta (Republican) 27.9% Mike Timko (Peace and Freedom) 3.5% ! California's 27th congressional district ✅ Barry Goldwater Jr. (Republican) 57.4% Mark S. Novak (Democratic) 42.6% ! California's 28th congressional district ✅ Alphonzo E. Bell Jr. (Republican) 60.7% Michael Shapiro (Democratic) 37.5% Jack Hampton (Peace and Freedom) 1.8% ! California's 29th congressional district ✅ George E. Danielson (Democratic) 62.8% Richard E. Ferraro Jr. (Republican) 33.5% John W. Blaine (Peace and Freedom) 3.7% ! California's 30th congressional district ✅ Edward R. Roybal (Democratic) 68.4% Bill Brophy (Republican) 28.6% Lewis B. McCammon (Peace and Freedom) 3.0% ! California's 31st congressional district ✅ Charles H. Wilson (Democratic) 52.3% Ben Valentine (Republican) 42.5% Roberta Lynn Wood (Peace and Freedom) 5.2% ! California's 32nd congressional district ✅ Craig Hosmer (Republican) 65.9% Dennis Murray (Democratic) 32.0% John S. Donohue (Peace and Freedom) 2.2% ! California's 33rd congressional district ✅ Jerry Pettis (Republican) 75.1% Ken Thompson (Democratic) 24.9% ! California's 34th congressional district ✅ Richard T. Hanna (Democratic) 67.2% John D. Ratterree (Republican) 28.9% Lee R. Rayburn (American Independent) 3.9% ! California's 35th congressional district ✅ Glenn M. Anderson (Democratic) 74.8% Vernon E. Brown (Republican) 25.2% ! California's 36th congressional district ✅ William M. Ketchum (Republican) 52.7% Timothy Lemucchi (Democratic) 43.5% Bill Armour (American) 3.8% ! California's 37th congressional district ✅ Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (Democratic) 73.2% Gregg Tria (Republican) 24.7% John Haag (Peace and Freedom) 2.1% ! California's 38th congressional district ✅ George Brown Jr. (Democratic) 56.3% Howard J. Snider (Republican) 43.7% ! California's 39th congressional district ✅ Andrew J. Hinshaw (Republican) 65.7% John Woodland Black (Democratic) 34.3% ! California's 40th congressional district ✅ Bob Wilson (Republican) 67.8% Frank Caprio (Democratic) 30.3% Fritjof Thygeson (Peace and Freedom) 1.9% ! California's 41st congressional district ✅ Lionel Van Deerlin (Democratic) 74.1% D. Richard Kau (Republican) 25.9% ! California's 42nd congressional district ✅ Clair Burgener (Republican) 67.4% Bob Lowe (Democratic) 29.2% Armin R. Moths (American) 3.4% ! California's 43rd congressional district ✅ Victor Veysey (Republican) 62.7% Ernest Z. Robles (Democratic) 37.3%

Colorado

Colorado was reapportioned from 4 to 5 seats, constructing a new CO's 5th congressional district east and south of Denver. ! Colorado's 1st congressional district ✅ Pat Schroeder (Democratic) 51.6% Mike McKevitt (Republican) 47.5% Marie Pauline Serna (La Raza Unida) 0.8% Fern Gapin (Socialist Workers) 0.2% ! Colorado's 2nd congressional district ✅ Donald G. Brotzman (Republican) 66.3% Francis W. Brush (Democratic) 33.4% Joel Houtman (Socialist Workers) 0.3% ! Colorado's 3rd congressional district ✅ Frank Evans (Democratic) 66.3% Chuck Brady (Republican) 33.7% ! Colorado's 4th congressional district ✅ James Paul Johnson (Republican) 51.0% Alan Merson (Democratic) 49.0% ! Colorado's 5th congressional district ✅ William L. Armstrong (Republican) 62.3% Byron L. Johnson (Democratic) 36.5% Pipp M. Boyls (Libertarian) 1.2%

Connecticut

! Connecticut's 1st congressional district ✅ William R. Cotter (Democratic) 56.9% Richard M. Rittenband (Republican) 41.9% Charlie A. Burke (American Independent) 1.2% ! Connecticut's 2nd congressional district ✅ Robert H. Steele (Republican) 65.9% Roger Hilsman (Democratic) 34.1% ! Connecticut's 3rd congressional district ✅ Robert Giaimo (Democratic) 53.3% Henry A. Povinelli (Republican) 46.7% ! Connecticut's 4th congressional district ✅ Stewart McKinney (Republican) 63.1% James P. McLoughlin (Democratic) 36.9% ! Connecticut's 5th congressional district ✅ Ronald A. Sarasin (Republican) 51.2% John S. Monagan (Democratic) 48.8% ! Connecticut's 6th congressional district ✅ Ella Grasso (Democratic) 60.2% John F. Walsh (Republican) 39.8%

Delaware

! Delaware At-largePete du Pont (Republican) 62.5% Norma Handloff (Democratic) 36.9% Robert G. LoPresti (American) 0.5% Rachel Dickerson (Prohibition) 0.1%

Florida

Florida was reapportioned from 12 to 15 seats, adding a seat in central and two in south Florida. ! Florida's 1st congressional district ✅ Bob Sikes (Democratic) Unopposed ! Florida's 2nd congressional district ✅ Don Fuqua (Democratic) Unopposed ! Florida's 3rd congressional district ✅ Charles E. Bennett (Democratic) 82.0% John F. Bowen (Republican) 18.0% ! Florida's 4th congressional district ✅ Bill Chappell (Democratic) 55.9% Bud Fleuchaus (Republican) 44.1% ! Florida's 5th congressional district ✅ Bill Gunter (Democratic) 55.5% Jack P. Insco (Republican) 44.5% ! Florida's 6th congressional district ✅ Bill Young (Republican) 76.0% Michael O. Plunkett (Democratic) 24.0% ! Florida's 7th congressional district ✅ Sam Gibbons (Democratic) 68.0% Robert A. Carter (Republican) 32.0% ! Florida's 8th congressional district ✅ James A. Haley (Democratic) 57.8% Roy Thompson Jr. (Republican) 42.2% ! Florida's 9th congressional district ✅ Louis Frey Jr. (Republican) Unopposed ! Florida's 10th congressional district ✅ Skip Bafalis (Republican) 62.0% Bill Sikes (Democratic) 38.0% ! Florida's 11th congressional district ✅ Paul Rogers (Democratic) 60.2% Joel Karl Gustafson (Republican) 39.8% ! Florida's 12th congressional district ✅ J. Herbert Burke (Republican) 62.8% James T. Stephanis (Democratic) 37.2% ! Florida's 13th congressional district ✅ William Lehman (Democratic) 61.6% Paul D. Bethel (Republican) 38.4% ! Florida's 14th congressional district ✅ Claude Pepper (Democratic) 67.6% Evelio S. Estrella (Republican) 32.4% ! Florida's 15th congressional district ✅ Dante Fascell (Democratic) 56.8% Ellis B. Rubin (Republican) 43.2%

Georgia

! Georgia's 1st congressional district ✅ Ronald "Bo" Ginn (Democratic) Unopposed ! Georgia's 2nd congressional district ✅ Dawson Mathis (Democratic) Unopposed ! Georgia's 3rd congressional district ✅ Jack Brinkley (Democratic) Unopposed ! Georgia's 4th congressional district ✅ Benjamin B. Blackburn (Republican) 75.9% F. Odell Welborn (Democratic) 24.1% ! Georgia's 5th congressional district ✅ Andrew Young (Democratic) 52.8% Rodney Mims Cook Sr. (Republican) 47.2% ! Georgia's 6th congressional district ✅ John Flynt (Democratic) Unopposed ! Georgia's 7th congressional district ✅ John William Davis (Democratic) 58.3% Charlie Sherrill (Republican) 41.7% ! Georgia's 8th congressional district ✅ W. S. Stuckey Jr. (Democratic) 62.4% Ronnie Thompson (Republican) 37.6% ! Georgia's 9th congressional district ✅ Phillip M. Landrum (Democratic) Unopposed ! Georgia's 10th congressional district ✅ Robert Grier Stephens Jr. (Democratic) Unopposed

Hawaii

! Hawaii's 1st congressional district ✅ Spark Matsunaga (Democratic) 54.7% Fred W. Rohlfing (Republican) 45.3% ! Hawaii's 2nd congressional district ✅ Patsy Mink (Democratic) 57.1% Diana Hansen (Republican) 42.9%

Idaho

! Idaho's 1st congressional district ✅ Steve Symms (Republican) 55.6% Ed Williams (Democratic) 44.4% ! Idaho's 2nd congressional district ✅ Orval H. Hansen (Republican) 69.2% Willis H. Ludlow (Democratic) 27.0% John L. Thiebert (American) 3.8%

Illinois

! Illinois's 1st congressional district ✅ Ralph Metcalfe (Democratic) 91.4% Louis Coggs (Republican) 8.6% ! Illinois's 2nd congressional district ✅ Morgan F. Murphy (Democratic) 75.0% James E. Doyle (Republican) 25.0% ! Illinois's 3rd congressional district ✅ Robert P. Hanrahan (Republican) 62.3% Daniel P. Coman (Democratic) 37.7% ! Illinois's 4th congressional district ✅ Ed Derwinski (Republican) 70.5% C. F. 'Bob' Dore (Democratic) 29.5% ! Illinois's 5th congressional district ✅ John C. Kluczynski (Democratic) 72.8% Leonard C. Jarzab (Republican) 27.2% ! Illinois's 6th congressional district ✅ Harold R. Collier (Republican) 61.2% Michael R. Galasso (Democratic) 38.8% ! Illinois's 7th congressional district ✅ George W. Collins (Democratic) 82.8% Thomas J. Lento (Republican) 17.2% ! Illinois's 8th congressional district ✅ Dan Rostenkowski (Democratic) 74.0% Edward Stepnowski (Republican) 26.0% ! Illinois's 9th congressional district ✅ Sidney R. Yates (Democratic) 68.3% Clark W. Fetridge (Republican) 31.7% ! Illinois's 10th congressional district ✅ Samuel H. Young (Republican) 51.6% Abner Mikva (Democratic) 48.4% ! rowspan=2 | Illinois's 11th congressional district ✅ Frank Annunzio (Democratic) 53.3% John J. Hoellen Jr. (Republican) 46.7% ! Illinois's 12th congressional district ✅ Phil Crane (Republican) 74.2% Edwin L. Frank (Democratic) 25.8% ! Illinois's 13th congressional district ✅ Robert McClory (Republican) 61.5% Stanley W. Beetham (Democratic) 38.5% ! Illinois's 14th congressional district ✅ John N. Erlenborn (Republican) 72.8% James M. Wall (Democratic) 27.2% ! rowspan=2 | Illinois's 15th congressional district ✅ Leslie C. Arends (Republican) 57.2% Tim Lee Hall (Democratic) 42.8% ! Illinois's 16th congressional district ✅ John B. Anderson (Republican) 71.9% John E. Devine Jr. (Democratic) 28.1% ! Illinois's 17th congressional district ✅ George M. O'Brien (Republican) 55.6% John J. Houlihan (Democratic) 44.4% ! Illinois's 18th congressional district ✅ Robert H. Michel (Republican) 64.8% Steven L. Nordvall (Democratic) 35.2% ! Illinois's 19th congressional district ✅ Tom Railsback (Republican) Unopposed ! Illinois's 20th congressional district ✅ Paul Findley (Republican) 68.8% Robert S. O'Shea (Democratic) 31.2% ! Illinois's 21st congressional district ✅ Edward Rell Madigan (Republican) 54.8% Lawrence E. Johnson (Democratic) 45.2% ! Illinois's 22nd congressional district ✅ George E. Shipley (Democratic) 56.5% Robert B. Lamkin (Republican) 41.0% Cleo A. Duzan (Independent) 2.4% ! Illinois's 23rd congressional district ✅ Melvin Price (Democratic) 75.1% Robert Mays (Republican) 24.9% ! Illinois's 24th congressional district ✅ Kenneth J. Gray (Democratic) 93.7% Hugh Muldoon (Independent) 6.3%

Indiana

! Indiana's 1st congressional district ✅ Ray Madden (Democratic) 56.9% Bruce R. Haller (Republican) 43.1% ! Indiana's 2nd congressional district ✅ Earl Landgrebe (Republican) 54.7% Floyd Fithian (Democratic) 45.3% ! Indiana's 3rd congressional district ✅ John Brademas (Democratic) 55.2% Don M. Newman (Republican) 43.2% Helen Calvin (American) 1.5% ! Indiana's 4th congressional district ✅ J. Edward Roush (Democratic) 51.5% Allan E. Bloom (Republican) 48.5% ! Indiana's 5th congressional district ✅ Elwood Hillis (Republican) 64.1% Kathleen Z. Williams (Democratic) 35.9% ! Indiana's 6th congressional district ✅ William G. Bray (Republican) 64.8% David W. Evans (Democratic) 35.2% ! Indiana's 7th congressional district ✅ John T. Myers (Republican) 61.6% Warren P. Henegar (Democratic) 38.4% ! Indiana's 8th congressional district ✅ Roger H. Zion (Republican) 63.4% Richard L. Deen (Democratic) 36.6% ! Indiana's 9th congressional district ✅ Lee H. Hamilton (Democratic) 62.9% William A. Johnson (Republican) 37.1% ! Indiana's 10th congressional district ✅ David W. Dennis (Republican) 57.2% Philip Sharp (Democratic) 42.8% ! Indiana's 11th congressional district ✅ William H. Hudnut III (Republican) 51.2% Andrew Jacobs Jr. (Democratic) 48.8%

Iowa

Iowa was reapportioned from 7 seats to 6, dividing the old IA's 5th congressional district around Des Moines between its neighbors. Its incumbent, Neal Smith, won again in the south-central Iowa IA's 4th congressional district. ! Iowa's 1st congressional district ✅ Edward Mezvinsky (Democratic) 53.4% Fred Schwengel (Republican) 45.7% Lee E. Foster (American Independent) 1.0% ! Iowa's 2nd congressional district ✅ John C. Culver (Democratic) 59.2% Theodore R. Ellsworth (Republican) 40.8% ! Iowa's 3rd congressional district ✅ H. R. Gross (Republican) 55.7% Lyle D. Taylor (Democratic) 44.3% ! rowspan=2 | Iowa's 4th congressional district ✅ Neal Smith (Democratic) 59.2% John Henry Kyl (Republican) 40.8% ! Iowa's 5th congressional district ✅ William J. Scherle (Republican) 55.3% Tom Harkin (Democratic) 44.7% ! Iowa's 6th congressional district ✅ Wiley Mayne (Republican) 52.5% Berkley Bedell (Democratic) 47.5%

Kansas

! Kansas's 1st congressional district ✅ Keith Sebelius (Republican) 77.2% Morris Coover (Democratic) 21.6% Daniel Scoggin (Prohibition) 1.2% ! Kansas's 2nd congressional district ✅ William R. Roy (Democratic) 60.6% Charles D. McAtee (Republican) 37.1% Bert Falley (Conservative) 1.8% David Scoggin (Prohibition) 0.5% ! Kansas's 3rd congressional district ✅ Larry Winn (Republican) 71.0% Charles Barsotti (Democratic) 25.4% Warren E. Redding (Conservative) 3.6% ! Kansas's 4th congressional district ✅ Garner E. Shriver (Republican) 73.2% John S. Stevens (Democratic) 24.8% Wayne Nobbs Jr. (Prohibition) 2.0% ! Kansas's 5th congressional district ✅ Joe Skubitz (Republican) 72.3% Lloyd L. Kitch Jr. (Democratic) 27.7%

Kentucky

! Kentucky's 1st congressional district ✅ Frank Stubblefield (Democratic) 64.8% Charles Thurman Banken Jr. (Republican) 33.7% John M. Katterjohn (Independent) 1.5% ! Kentucky's 2nd congressional district ✅ William Natcher (Democratic) 61.5% J. C. Carter (Republican) 38.5% ! Kentucky's 3rd congressional district ✅ Romano Mazzoli (Democratic) 62.2% Phil Kaelin Jr. (Republican) 37.0% William P. Chambers (American) 0.9% ! Kentucky's 4th congressional district 1964 (defeated) 1966Gene Snyder (Republican) 73.8% James W. Rogers (Democratic) 26.2% ! Kentucky's 5th congressional district ✅ Tim Lee Carter (Republican) 73.5% Lyle L. Willis (Democratic) 26.5% ! Kentucky's 6th congressional district ✅ John B. Breckinridge (Democratic) 52.4% Laban P. Jackson (Republican) 46.8% Thomas F. Lundeen (Peoples) 0.8% ! Kentucky's 7th congressional district ✅ Carl D. Perkins (Democratic) 61.9% Robert Holcomb (Republican) 38.1%

Louisiana

Louisiana stayed at eight house seats following the 1970 census, but the Eighth District's boundaries were radically altered. New governor Edwin W. Edwards ordered the district to take in territory far to the south and east of its traditional base of Alexandria, which included many African-American and progressive white voters. The change was largely regarded as an election deal between Edwards and former Rep. Gillis Long, who finished third in the Democratic Primary in the 1971 Louisiana Governor's Election behind Edwards and J. Bennett Johnston. Long easily won back the Eighth District seat he lost in 1964 to cousin Speedy Long. Speedy Long retired when his home of LaSalle Parish was shifted to the Fifth District, where incumbent Otto Passman was entrenched. ! Louisiana's 1st congressional district ✅ F. Edward Hébert (Democratic) Unopposed ! Louisiana's 2nd congressional district ✅ Hale Boggs (Democratic) Unopposed ! Louisiana's 3rd congressional district ✅ Dave Treen (Republican) 54.0% J. Louis Watkins Jr. (Democratic) 46.0% ! Louisiana's 4th congressional district ✅ Joe Waggonner (Democratic) Unopposed ! Louisiana's 5th congressional district ✅ Otto Passman (Democratic) Unopposed ! Louisiana's 6th congressional district ✅ John Rarick (Democratic) Unopposed ! Louisiana's 7th congressional district ✅ John Breaux (Democratic) Unopposed ! Louisiana's 8th congressional district ✅ Gillis William Long (Democratic) 68.5% S. R. Abramson (American) 16.8% Roy C. Strickland (Republican) 14.6%

Maine

! Maine's 1st congressional district ✅ Peter Kyros (Democratic) 59.4% L. Robert Porteous Jr. (Republican) 40.6% ! Maine's 2nd congressional district ✅ William Cohen (Republican) 54.4% Elmer H. Violette (Democratic) 45.6%

Maryland

Maryland's redistricting eliminated a seat in Baltimore in favor of an additional seat in the DC suburbs. ! Maryland's 1st congressional district ✅ William Oswald Mills (Republican) 70.5% John R. Hargreaves (Democratic) 29.5% ! Maryland's 2nd congressional district ✅ Clarence Long (Democratic) 65.8% John J. Bishop Jr. (Republican) 34.2% ! rowspan=2 | Maryland's 3rd congressional district ✅ Paul Sarbanes (Democratic) 69.7% Robert D. Morrow (Republican) 30.3% ! Maryland's 4th congressional district ✅ Marjorie Holt (Republican) 59.4% Werner Fornos (Democratic) 40.6% ! Maryland's 5th congressional district ✅ Lawrence Hogan (Republican) 62.9% Edward T. Conroy (Democratic) 37.1% ! Maryland's 6th congressional district ✅ Goodloe Byron (Democratic) 64.8% Edward J. Mason (Republican) 35.2% ! Maryland's 7th congressional district ✅ Parren Mitchell (Democratic) 80.0% Verdell Adair (Republican) 20.0% ! Maryland's 8th congressional district ✅ Gilbert Gude (Republican) 63.9% Joseph G. Anastasi (Democratic) 36.1%

Massachusetts

! Massachusetts's 1st congressional district ✅ Silvio O. Conte (Republican) Unopposed ! Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district ✅ Edward Boland (Democratic) Unopposed ! Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district ✅ Harold Donohue (Democratic) Unopposed ! Massachusetts's 4th congressional district ✅ Robert Drinan (Democratic) 68.9% Martin A. Linsky (Republican) 23.4% John Collins (Ind Con) 7.7% ! Massachusetts's 5th congressional district ✅ Paul W. Cronin (Republican) 53.4% John Kerry (Democratic) 44.7% Roger Durkin (Independent) 1.8% ! Massachusetts's 6th congressional district ✅ Michael J. Harrington (Democratic) 64.1% James Brady Moseley (Republican) 35.9% ! Massachusetts's 7th congressional district ✅ Torbert Macdonald (Democratic) 67.7% Joan M. Aliberti (Republican) 32.3% ! Massachusetts's 8th congressional district ✅ Tip O'Neill (Democratic) 88.7% John Powers (Socialist Workers) 11.3% ! Massachusetts's 9th congressional district ✅ Joe Moakley (Independent Democratic) 43.2% Louise Day Hicks (Democratic) 41.1% Howard M. Miller (Republican) 14.2% Jeanne Lafferty (Independent) 1.5% ! Massachusetts's 10th congressional district ✅ Margaret Heckler (Republican) Unopposed ! Massachusetts's 11th congressional district ✅ James A. Burke (Democratic) Unopposed ! Massachusetts's 12th congressional district ✅ Gerry Studds (Democratic) 50.3% William D. Weeks (Republican) 49.7%

Michigan

! Michigan's 1st congressional district ✅ John Conyers Jr. (Democratic) 88.4% Walter F. Girardot (Republican) 10.8% Nina J. Hubbard (American Independent) 0.5% Maceo Carl Dixon (Socialist Workers) 0.2% ! Michigan's 2nd congressional district ✅ Marvin L. Esch (Republican) 56.0% Marvin R. Stempien (Democratic) 43.3% Henry W. Kroes Jr. (American Independent) 0.7% ! Michigan's 3rd congressional district ✅ Garry E. Brown (Republican) 59.2% James T. Brignall (Democratic) 39.9% Marvin P. Lightvoet (American Independent) 0.9% ! Michigan's 4th congressional district ✅ J. Edward Hutchinson (Republican) 67.3% Charles Jameson (Democratic) 32.7% ! Michigan's 5th congressional district ✅ Gerald Ford (Republican) 61.1% Jean McKee (Democratic) 37.7% Dwight W. Johnson (American Independent) 1.1% Frank Girard (Soc-Lab) 0.1% Alan Lee Maki (Communist) 0.07% ! Michigan's 6th congressional district ✅ Charles E. Chamberlain (Republican) 50.6% Milton Robert Carr (Democratic) 49.4% ! Michigan's 7th congressional district ✅ Donald Riegle (Republican) 70.1% Eugene L. Mattison (Democratic) 29.9% ! Michigan's 8th congressional district ✅ R. James Harvey (Republican) 59.3% Jerome T. Hart (Democratic) 39.4% John B. Lipinski (American Independent) 1.3% ! Michigan's 9th congressional district ✅ Guy Vander Jagt (Republican) 69.4% Lawrence H. Olson (Democratic) 29.5% DeLoyd G. Hesselink (American Independent) 1.1% ! Michigan's 10th congressional district ✅ Elford Albin Cederberg (Republican) 66.7% Benjamin D. Graves (Democratic) 30.9% Richard Friske (American Independent) 2.4% ! Michigan's 11th congressional district ✅ Philip Ruppe (Republican) 69.4% James E. McNamara (Democratic) 29.8% James P. Hoy (American Independent) 0.8% ! Michigan's 12th congressional district ✅ James G. O'Hara (Democratic) 50.8% David M. Serotkin (Republican) 49.2% ! Michigan's 13th congressional district ✅ Charles Diggs (Democratic) 85.6% Leonard T. Edwards (Republican) 13.3% Raymond D. Moon (American Independent) 0.6% Nanci Kinker (Socialist Workers) 0.4% ! Michigan's 14th congressional district ✅ Lucien Nedzi (Democratic) 54.9% Robert V. McGrath (Republican) 45.1% ! Michigan's 15th congressional district ✅ William D. Ford (Democratic) 65.8% Ernest C. Fackler (Republican) 32.9% Aldi C. Fuhrmann (American Independent) 1.3% ! Michigan's 16th congressional district ✅ John D. Dingell Jr. (Democratic) 68.1% William E. Rostron (Republican) 29.8% Peter P. Gayner (American Independent) 2.2% ! Michigan's 17th congressional district ✅ Martha W. Griffiths (Democratic) 66.4% Ralph E. Judd (Republican) 32.5% Hector M. McGregor (American Independent) 0.8% Christy L. Wallace (Socialist Workers) 0.3% ! Michigan's 18th congressional district ✅ Robert J. Huber (Republican) 52.6% Daniel S. Cooper (Democratic) 47.4% ! rowspan=2 | Michigan's 19th congressional district ✅ William Broomfield (Republican) 70.4% George Montgomery (Democratic) 28.6% Henry Lloyd George (American Independent) 1.0%

Minnesota

! Minnesota's 1st congressional district ✅ Al Quie (Republican) 70.7% Charles S. Thompson (Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party) 29.3% ! Minnesota's 2nd congressional district ✅ Ancher Nelsen (Republican) 57.1% Charlie Turnbull (Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party) 42.9% ! Minnesota's 3rd congressional district ✅ Bill Frenzel (Republican) 62.9% Jim Bell (Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party) 31.3% Donald H. Wright (Taxpayers) 5.8% ! Minnesota's 4th congressional district ✅ Joseph Karth (Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party) 72.4% Steve Thompson (Republican) 27.6% ! Minnesota's 5th congressional district ✅ Donald M. Fraser (Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party) 65.8% Allan Davisson (Republican) 24.4% Norm Selby (Taxpayers) 7.7% William E. Peterson (Socialist Workers) 2.1% ! Minnesota's 6th congressional district ✅ John M. Zwach (Republican) 51.0% Rick Nolan (Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party) 49.0% ! Minnesota's 7th congressional district ✅ Robert Bergland (Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party) 59.0% Jon O. Haaven (Republican) 41.0% ! Minnesota's 8th congressional district ✅ John Blatnik (Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party) 75.9% Edward Johnson (Republican) 24.1%

Mississippi

! Mississippi's 1st congressional district ✅ Jamie Whitten (Democratic) Unopposed ! Mississippi's 2nd congressional district ✅ David R. Bowen (Democratic) 61.9% Carl Butler (Republican) 34.7% Robert J. Coleman (Independent) 2.5% Norman Smith (Independent) 0.9% ! Mississippi's 3rd congressional district ✅ Sonny Montgomery (Democratic) Unopposed ! Mississippi's 4th congressional district ✅ Thad Cochran (Republican) 47.9% Ellis B. Bodron (Democratic) 44.0% Eddie L. McBride (Independent) 8.2% ! Mississippi's 5th congressional district ✅ Trent Lott (Republican) 55.3% Ben Stone (Democratic) 44.2% Earnest J. Creel (Independent) 0.5%

Missouri

! Missouri's 1st congressional district ✅ Bill Clay (Democratic) 64.0% Richard O. Funsch (Republican) 36.0% ! Missouri's 2nd congressional district ✅ James W. Symington (Democratic) 63.5% John W. 'Jack' Cooper Jr. (Republican) 36.5% ! Missouri's 3rd congressional district ✅ Leonor Sullivan (Democratic) 69.3% Albert Holst (Republican) 30.4% Charles H. Byford (Independent) 0.3% ! Missouri's 4th congressional district ✅ William J. Randall (Democratic) 57.4% Raymond E. Barrows (Republican) 42.6% ! Missouri's 5th congressional district ✅ Richard Walker Bolling (Democratic) 62.8% Vernon E. Rice (Republican) 35.6% Stella Sollars (Independent) 1.6% ! Missouri's 6th congressional district ✅ Jerry Litton (Democratic) 54.6% Russell Sloan (Republican) 45.4% ! Missouri's 7th congressional district ✅ Gene Taylor (Republican) 63.7% Bill Thomas (Democratic) 36.3% ! Missouri's 8th congressional district ✅ Richard Howard Ichord Jr. (Democratic) 62.1% David R. Countie (Republican) 37.9% ! Missouri's 9th congressional district ✅ William L. Hungate (Democratic) 66.5% Robert L. Prange (Republican) 33.5% ! Missouri's 10th congressional district ✅ Bill Burlison (Democratic) 64.3% Marion Francis Svendrowski (Republican) 35.7%

Montana

! Montana's 1st congressional district ✅ Richard G. Shoup (Republican) 53.7% Arnold Olsen (Democratic) 46.3% ! Montana's 2nd congressional district ✅ John Melcher (Democratic) 76.1% Dick Forester (Republican) 23.9%

Nebraska

! Nebraska's 1st congressional district ✅ Charles Thone (Republican) 64.2% Darrel E. Berg (Democratic) 35.8% ! Nebraska's 2nd congressional district ✅ John Y. McCollister (Republican) 63.9% Patrick L. Cooney (Democratic) 36.1% ! Nebraska's 3rd congressional district ✅ David Martin (Republican) 69.6% Warren Fitzgerald (Democratic) 30.4%

Nevada

! Nevada At-largeDavid Towell (Republican) 52.2% James Bilbray (Democratic) 47.8%

New Hampshire

! New Hampshire's 1st congressional district ✅ Louis C. Wyman (Republican) 72.9% Chester Earl Merrow (Democratic) 27.1% ! New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district ✅ James Colgate Cleveland (Republican) 67.9% Charles B. Officer (Democratic) 32.1%

New Jersey

! New Jersey's 1st congressional district ✅ John E. Hunt (Republican) 52.5% James Florio (Democratic) 47.0% Raymond V. S. Miller (Independent) 0.2% Dominic W. Doganiero (Soc-Lab) 0.1% Gerrit Hoogenrad (Socialist) 0.1% ! New Jersey's 2nd congressional district ✅ Charles W. Sandman Jr. (Republican) 65.7% John D. Rose (Democratic) 34.3% ! New Jersey's 3rd congressional district ✅ James J. Howard (Democratic) 53.0% William F. Dowd (Republican) 47.0% ! New Jersey's 4th congressional district ✅ Frank Thompson (Democratic) 58.0% Peter P. Garibaldi (Republican) 42.0% ! New Jersey's 5th congressional district ✅ Peter Frelinghuysen Jr. (Republican) 62.0% Frederick M. Bohen (Democratic) 38.0% ! New Jersey's 6th congressional district ✅ Edwin B. Forsythe (Republican) 62.8% Francis P. Brennan (Democratic) 36.1% Ida C. Ebert (Independent) 0.6% Bernardo S. Doganiero (Soc-Lab) 0.5% ! New Jersey's 7th congressional district ✅ William B. Widnall (Republican) 57.9% Arthur J. Lesemann (Democratic) 39.9% Martin E. Wendelken (Independent) 2.1% ! New Jersey's 8th congressional district ✅ Robert A. Roe (Democratic) 63.1% Walter E. Johnson (Republican) 36.9% ! New Jersey's 9th congressional district ✅ Henry Helstoski (Democratic) 55.8% Alfred D. Schiaffo (Republican) 44.2% ! New Jersey's 10th congressional district ✅ Peter W. Rodino (Democratic) 79.7% Kenneth C. Miller (Republican) 20.3% ! New Jersey's 11th congressional district ✅ Joseph Minish (Democratic) 57.5% Milton A. Waldor (Republican) 39.7% Philip R. Nicolaus (Independent) 1.5% James R. Klimaski (Peoples) 1.3% ! New Jersey's 12th congressional district ✅ Matthew John Rinaldo (Republican) 63.5% Jerry Fitzgerald English (Democratic) 36.2% Stanley Bogus (Independent) 0.4% ! New Jersey's 13th congressional district ✅ Joseph J. Maraziti (Republican) 55.7% Helen Stevenson Meyner (Democratic) 42.9% Samuel Golub (Independent) 1.4% ! rowspan=2 | New Jersey's 14th congressional district ✅ Dominick V. Daniels (Democratic) 61.2% Richard T. Bozzone (Republican) 34.3% Edward F. Zampella (Independent) 3.1% Perfecto Oyola (Independent) 0.9% Vincent J. Carrino (Independent) 0.5% ! New Jersey's 15th congressional district ✅ Edward J. Patten (Democratic) 52.3% Fuller H. Brooks (Republican) 47.7%

New Mexico

! New Mexico's 1st congressional district ✅ Manuel Lujan Jr. (Republican) 55.7% Eugene Gallegos (Democratic) 44.3% ! New Mexico's 2nd congressional district ✅ Harold L. Runnels (Democratic) 72.2% George E. Presson (Republican) 27.8%

New York

! New York's 1st congressional district ✅ Otis G. Pike (Democratic) 52.5% Joseph H. Boyd Jr. (Republican) 36.9% Robert D. L. Gardiner (Conservative) 9.5% Robert P. Samek (Liberal) 1.1% ! New York's 2nd congressional district ✅ James R. Grover Jr. (Republican) 65.8% Fern Coste Dennison (Democratic) 32.7% Robert Atlas (Liberal) 1.5% ! New York's 3rd congressional district ✅ Angelo D. Roncallo (Republican) 53.1% Carter F. Bales (Democratic) 37.6% Lawrence P. Russo (Conservative) 7.6% Leo E. James (Liberal) 1.7% ! New York's 4th congressional district ✅ Norman F. Lent (Republican) 62.4% Elaine B. Horowitz (Democratic) 36.0% Aaron M. Schein (Liberal) 1.7% ! New York's 5th congressional district ✅ John W. Wydler (Republican) 62.4% Ferne M. Steckler (Democratic) 31.7% Vincent A. Joy (Conservative) 3.6% Paul F. Harper (Liberal) 1.8% Hedda Garza (Socialist Workers) 0.4% ! rowspan=2 | New York's 6th congressional district ✅ Lester L. Wolff (Democratic) 51.5% John T. Gallagher (Republican) 48.5% ! New York's 7th congressional district ✅ Joseph P. Addabbo (Democratic) 75.0% John E. Hall (Republican) 20.6% Frank O. Wuertz (Conservative) 4.4% ! New York's 8th congressional district ✅ Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal (Democratic) 64.7% Frank LaPina (Republican) 35.3% ! New York's 9th congressional district ✅ James J. Delaney (Democratic) 93.4% Loretta R. Gressey (Liberal) 6.6% ! New York's 10th congressional district ✅ Mario Biaggi (Democratic) 93.9% Michael S. Bank (Liberal) 6.1% ! New York's 11th congressional district ✅ Frank J. Brasco (Democratic) 63.9% Melvin Solomon (Republican) 31.3% Jessie I. Levine (Liberal) 4.8% ! New York's 12th congressional district ✅ Shirley Chisholm (Democratic) 87.9% John Coleman (Republican) 9.7% Martin S. Shepherd Jr. (Conservative) 1.6% John C. Hawkins (Socialist Workers) 0.7% ! New York's 13th congressional district ✅ Bertram L. Podell (Democratic) 65.2% Joseph F. Marcucci (Republican) 25.5% Leonard M. Simon (Liberal) 5.3% Michael P. Gioia (Communist) 4.1% ! New York's 14th congressional district ✅ John J. Rooney (Democratic) 53.9% Allard K. Lowenstein (Liberal) 28.1% Francis J. Voyticky (Republican) 17.5% James Mendietta (Socialist Workers) 0.5% ! New York's 15th congressional district ✅ Hugh Carey (Democratic) 52.2% John F. Gangemi (Republican) 43.0% Franklin C. Jones (Conservative) 3.3% Carl Saks (Liberal) 1.6% ! New York's 16th congressional district ✅ Elizabeth Holtzman (Democratic) 65.6% Nicholas R. Macchio Jr. (Republican) 22.9% Emanuel Celler (Liberal) 7.0% William Sampol (Conservative) 4.6% ! New York's 17th congressional district ✅ John M. Murphy (Democratic) 60.3% Mario D. Belardino (Republican) 39.7% ! New York's 18th congressional district ✅ Ed Koch (Democratic) 69.9% Jane Pickens Langley (Republican) 29.3% Rebecca Finch (Socialist Workers) 0.8% ! New York's 19th congressional district ✅ Charles B. Rangel (Democratic) 96.0% Marshall L. Dodge III (Conservative) 2.3% Bobby R. Washington (Socialist Workers) 0.9% Jose Stevens (Communist) 0.8% ! rowspan=2 | New York's 20th congressional district ✅ Bella Abzug (Democratic) 55.7% Priscilla Ryan (Liberal) 28.0% Annette Flatto Levy (Republican) 11.7% Harvey J. Michelman (Conservative) 4.1% Joanna Misnik (Socialist Workers) 0.4% ! New York's 21st congressional district ✅ Herman Badillo (Democratic) 86.9% Manuel A. Ramos (Republican) 11.4% Lillian Immediato (Conservative) 1.7% ! rowspan=2 | New York's 22nd congressional district ✅ Jonathan Brewster Bingham (Democratic) 76.5% Charles A. Averello (Republican) 23.5% ! New York's 23rd congressional district ✅ Peter A. Peyser (Republican) 50.4% Richard Ottinger (Democratic) 49.6% ! New York's 24th congressional district ✅ Ogden R. Reid (Democratic) 52.2% Carl A. Vergari (Republican) 47.8% ! New York's 25th congressional district ✅ Hamilton Fish IV (Republican) 71.6% John Burns III (Democratic) 26.9% Robert P. Falisey (Liberal) 1.4% ! New York's 26th congressional district ✅ Benjamin A. Gilman (Republican) 47.7% John G. Dow (Democratic) 39.3% Yale Rapkin (Conservative) 12.9% ! New York's 27th congressional district ✅ Howard W. Robison (Republican) 62.2% David H. Blazer (Democratic) 29.8% Patrick M. O'Neil (Conservative) 5.2% William J. Osby (Liberal) 2.9% ! New York's 28th congressional district ✅ Samuel S. Stratton (Democratic) 80.0% John F. Ryan Jr. (Republican) 20.0% ! New York's 29th congressional district ✅ Carleton J. King (Republican) 69.9% Harold B. Gordon (Democratic) 30.1% ! New York's 30th congressional district ✅ Robert C. McEwen (Republican) 66.0% Ernest J. Labaff (Democratic) 34.0% ! New York's 31st congressional district ✅ Donald J. Mitchell (Republican) 51.0% Robert Castle (Democratic) 39.1% Franklin Nichols (Action) 6.2% John T. Buckley (Liberal) 3.7% ! New York's 32nd congressional district ✅ James M. Hanley (Democratic) 57.2% Leonard C. Koldin (Republican) 42.8% ! New York's 33rd congressional district ✅ William F. Walsh (Republican) 71.4% Clarence Kadys (Democratic) 28.6% ! New York's 34th congressional district ✅ Frank Horton (Republican) 72.1% Jack Rubens (Democratic) 23.5% Richard E. Lusink (Conservative) 2.8% Rafael Martinez (Liberal) 1.6% ! New York's 35th congressional district ✅ Barber Conable (Republican) 67.9% Terence J. Spencer (Democratic) 28.4% Terence C. Brennan (Conservative) 2.6% Alicia Burgos (Liberal) 1.1% ! New York's 36th congressional district ✅ Henry P. Smith III (Republican) 57.3% Max McCarthy (Democratic) 42.7% ! New York's 37th congressional district ✅ Thaddeus J. Dulski (Democratic) 72.2% William F. McLaughlin (Republican) 27.8% ! New York's 38th congressional district ✅ Jack Kemp (Republican) 73.2% Anthony P. LoRusso (Democratic) 26.8% ! New York's 39th congressional district ✅ James F. Hastings (Republican) 71.9% Wilbur White Jr. (Democratic) 28.1%

North Carolina

! North Carolina's 1st congressional district ✅ Walter B. Jones Sr. (Democratic) 68.8% J. Jordan Bonner (Republican) 31.2% ! North Carolina's 2nd congressional district ✅ Lawrence H. Fountain (Democratic) 71.6% Erick P. Little (Republican) 28.4% ! North Carolina's 3rd congressional district ✅ David N. Henderson (Democratic) Unopposed ! North Carolina's 4th congressional district ✅ Ike Franklin Andrews (Democratic) 50.4% Jack Hawke (Republican) 49.6% ! North Carolina's 5th congressional district ✅ Wilmer Mizell (Republican) 64.8% Brooks Hays (Democratic) 35.2% ! North Carolina's 6th congressional district ✅ L. Richardson Preyer (Democratic) 93.9% Lynwood Bullock (American) 6.1% ! North Carolina's 7th congressional district ✅ Charlie Rose (Democratic) 60.4% Jerry C. Scott (Republican) 38.7% Alvis H. Ballard (American) 0.9% ! North Carolina's 8th congressional district ✅ Earl B. Ruth (Republican) 60.2% Richard Clark (Democratic) 39.8% ! North Carolina's 9th congressional district ✅ James G. Martin (Republican) 58.9% James Beatty (Democratic) 41.1% ! North Carolina's 10th congressional district ✅ Jim Broyhill (Republican) 72.5% Paul L. Beck (Democratic) 27.5% ! North Carolina's 11th congressional district ✅ Roy A. Taylor (Democratic) 59.6% Jesse I. Ledbetter (Republican) 40.4%

North Dakota

! rowspan=2 | North Dakota At-largeMark Andrews (Republican) 72.7% Richard Ista (Democratic) 27.1% Kenneth C. Gardner (Independent) 0.2%

Ohio

! Ohio's 1st congressional district ✅ William J. Keating (Republican) 70.3% Karl F. Heiser (Democratic) 29.7% ! Ohio's 2nd congressional district ✅ Donald D. Clancy (Republican) 62.8% Penny Manes (Democratic) 37.2% ! Ohio's 3rd congressional district ✅ Charles W. Whalen Jr. (Republican) 76.2% John W. Lelak Jr. (Democratic) 23.8% ! rowspan=2 | Ohio's 4th congressional district ✅ Tennyson Guyer (Republican) 62.7% Dimitri Nicholas (Democratic) 37.3% ! Ohio's 5th congressional district ✅ Del Latta (Republican) 72.7% Bruce Edwards (Democratic) 27.3% ! Ohio's 6th congressional district ✅ Bill Harsha (Republican) Unopposed ! Ohio's 7th congressional district ✅ Clarence J. Brown Jr. (Republican) 73.3% Dorothy Franke (Independent) 26.7% ! Ohio's 8th congressional district ✅ Walter E. Powell (Republican) 52.2% James D. Ruppert (Democratic) 47.8% ! Ohio's 9th congressional district ✅ Thomas L. Ashley (Democratic) 69.1% Joseph C. Richards (Republican) 30.9% ! Ohio's 10th congressional district ✅ Clarence E. Miller (Republican) 73.2% Robert H. Whealey (Democratic) 26.8% ! Ohio's 11th congressional district ✅ J. William Stanton (Republican) 68.2% Dennis M. Callahan (Democratic) 31.8% ! Ohio's 12th congressional district ✅ Samuel L. Devine (Republican) 56.1% James W. Goodrich (Democratic) 43.9% ! Ohio's 13th congressional district ✅ Charles Adams Mosher (Republican) 68.1% John M. Ryan (Democratic) 31.9% ! Ohio's 14th congressional district ✅ John F. Seiberling (Democratic) 74.4% Norman W. Holt (Republican) 25.6% ! Ohio's 15th congressional district ✅ Chalmers P. Wylie (Republican) 65.8% Manley L. McGee (Democrat) 31.4% Edward Price (American Independent) 2.7% ! Ohio's 16th congressional district ✅ Ralph Regula (Republican) 57.3% Virgil L. Musser (Democratic) 42.7% ! Ohio's 17th congressional district ✅ John M. Ashbrook (Republican) 57.4% Raymond C. Beck (Democratic) 38.7% Clifford J. Simpson (American Independent) 3.9% ! Ohio's 18th congressional district ✅ Wayne L. Hays (Democratic) 70.2% Robert Stewart (Republican) 29.8% ! Ohio's 19th congressional district ✅ Charles J. Carney (Democratic) 64.0% Norman M. Parr (Republican) 36.0% ! Ohio's 20th congressional district ✅ James V. Stanton (Democratic) 84.3% Thomas E. Vilt (Republican) 11.9% Richard B. Kay (American Independent) 3.8% ! Ohio's 21st congressional district ✅ Louis Stokes (Democratic) 81.1% James D. Johnson (Republican) 11.3% Joseph Pirincin (Soc-Lab) 4.7% Cecil Lampkins (Independent) 2.9% ! Ohio's 22nd congressional district ✅ Charles Vanik (Democratic) 63.9% Donald W. Gropp (Republican) 32.6% Thomas W. Lippitt (American Independent) 1.8% Caryl A. Loeb (Independent) 1.7% ! Ohio's 23rd congressional district ✅ William Edwin Minshall Jr. (Republican) 49.4% Dennis Kucinich (Democratic) 47.3% John O'Neill (Soc-Lab) 1.8% Frederick D. Lyon (American Independent) 1.5%

Oklahoma

! Oklahoma's 1st congressional district ✅ James R. Jones (Democratic) 55.5% James M. Hewgley Jr. (Republican) 44.5% ! Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district ✅ Clem McSpadden (Democratic) 71.1% Emery H. Toliver (Republican) 28.9% ! Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district ✅ Carl Albert (Democratic) 93.4% Harold J. Marshall (Independent) 6.6% ! Oklahoma's 4th congressional district ✅ Tom Steed (Democratic) 71.3% William E. Crozier (Republican) 28.7% ! Oklahoma's 5th congressional district ✅ John Jarman (Democratic) 60.4% Llewellyn L. Keller II (Republican) 39.6% ! Oklahoma's 6th congressional district ✅ John Newbold Camp (Republican) 72.7% William Patrick Schmitt (Democratic) 27.3%

Oregon

! Oregon's 1st congressional district ✅ Wendell Wyatt (Republican) 68.6% Ralph E. Bunch (Democratic) 31.4% ! Oregon's 2nd congressional district ✅ Albert C. Ullman (Democratic) Unopposed ! Oregon's 3rd congressional district ✅ Edith Green (Democratic) 62.5% Mike Walsh (Republican) 37.5% ! Oregon's 4th congressional district ✅ John R. Dellenback (Republican) 62.6% Charles O. Porter (Democratic) 37.4%

Pennsylvania

! Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district ✅ William A. Barrett (Democratic) 66.1% Gus A. Pedicone (Republican) 33.2% Nancy Streve (Socialist Workers) 0.7% ! Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district ✅ Robert N. C. Nix Sr. (Democratic) 70.1% Frederick D. Bryant (Republican) 29.9% ! rowspan=2 | Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district ✅ William J. Green III (Democratic) 63.3% Alfred Marroletti (Republican) 36.2% Anthony Monteiro (Communist) 0.5% ! Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district ✅ Joshua Eilberg (Democratic) 55.9% William Pfender (Republican) 44.1% ! Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district ✅ John H. Ware III (Republican) 64.7% Brower Yerger (Democratic) 35.3% ! Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district ✅ Gus Yatron (Democratic) 64.5% Eugene W. Hubler (Republican) 34.6% Frank E. Huet (Const) 1.0% ! Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district ✅ Lawrence G. Williams (Republican) 60.6% Stuart S. Bowie (Democratic) 39.4% ! Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district ✅ Edward G. Biester Jr. (Republican) 64.4% Alan Williams (Democratic) 35.6% ! Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district ✅ Bud Shuster (Republican) 61.8% Earl P. Collins (Democratic) 38.2% ! Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district ✅ Joseph M. McDade (Republican) 73.6% Stanley R. Coveleskie (Democratic) 26.4% ! Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district ✅ Daniel J. Flood (Democratic) 68.3% Donald B. Ayers (Republican) 31.7% ! rowspan=2 | Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district ✅ John P. Saylor (Republican) 68.1% Joseph Murphy (Democratic) 31.9% ! Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district ✅ R. Lawrence Coughlin (Republican) 66.6% Katherine L. Camp (Democratic) 33.4% ! Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district ✅ William S. Moorhead (Democratic) 59.3% Roland S. Catarinella (Republican) 40.4% Ronald N. Henderson (Communist) 0.3% ! Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district ✅ Fred B. Rooney (Democratic) 60.8% Wardell F. Steigerwalt (Republican) 39.2% ! Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district ✅ Edwin D. Eshleman (Republican) 73.5% Shirley S. Garrett (Democratic) 26.5% ! Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district ✅ Herman T. Schneebeli (Republican) 72.2% Donald J. Rippon (Democratic) 26.6% Andrew J. Watson (Const) 1.2% ! Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district ✅ H. John Heinz III (Republican) 72.8% Douglas Walgren (Democratic) 27.2% ! Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district ✅ George Atlee Goodling (Republican) 57.5% Richard P. Noll (Democratic) 41.2% Paul H. Leese (Const) 1.2% ! Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district ✅ Joseph M. Gaydos (Democratic) 61.5% William Hunt (Republican) 38.5% ! Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district ✅ John H. Dent (Democratic) 62.0% Thomas H. Young (Republican) 38.0% ! rowspan=2 | Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district ✅ Thomas E. Morgan (Democratic) 60.8% James R. Montgomery (Republican) 39.2% ! Pennsylvania's 23rd congressional district ✅ Albert W. Johnson (Republican) 56.5% Ernest A. Kassab (Democratic) 43.5% ! Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district ✅ Joseph P. Vigorito (Democratic) 68.8% Alvin W. Levenhagen (Republican) 31.2% ! Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district ✅ Frank M. Clark (Democratic) 55.8% Gary A. Myers (Republican) 44.2%

Rhode Island

! Rhode Island's 1st congressional district ✅ Fernand St. Germain (Democratic) 62.4% John M. Feeley (Republican) 34.7% Walter J. Miska (Independent) 3.0% ! Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district ✅ Robert Tiernan (Democratic) 63.1% Donald P. Ryan (Republican) 36.9%

South Carolina

! South Carolina's 1st congressional district ✅ Mendel Jackson Davis (Democratic) 54.5% J. Sidi Limehouse III (Republican) 45.5% ! South Carolina's 2nd congressional district ✅ Floyd Spence (Republican) Unopposed ! South Carolina's 3rd congressional district ✅ William Jennings Bryan Dorn (Democratic) 75.2% Roy Etheridge (Republican) 24.8% ! South Carolina's 4th congressional district ✅ James R. Mann (Democratic) 66.1% Wayne N. Whatley (Republican) 33.9% ! South Carolina's 5th congressional district ✅ Thomas S. Gettys (Democratic) 60.9% Lenard Phillips (Republican) 39.1% ! South Carolina's 6th congressional district ✅ Edward Lunn Young (Republican) 54.4% John Jenrette (Democratic) 45.6%

South Dakota

! South Dakota's 1st congressional district ✅ Frank E. Denholm (Democratic) 60.5% John Vickerman (Republican) 39.5% ! South Dakota's 2nd congressional district ✅ James Abdnor (Republican) 54.9% Pat McKeever (Democratic) 45.1%

Tennessee

! Tennessee's 1st congressional district ✅ Jimmy Quillen (Republican) 79.4% Bernard H. Cantor (Democratic) 20.6% ! Tennessee's 2nd congressional district ✅ John Duncan Sr. (Republican) Unopposed ! Tennessee's 3rd congressional district ✅ LaMar Baker (Republican) 55.2% Howard P. Sompayrac Jr. (Democratic) 41.8% Sarah Delaney (American) 2.9% ! Tennessee's 4th congressional district ✅ Joe L. Evins (Democratic) 81.1% Billy Joe Finney (Republican) 18.9% ! Tennessee's 5th congressional district ✅ Richard Fulton (Democratic) 62.6% Alfred T. Adams Jr. (Republican) 36.8% Scott Douglas III (Independent) 0.4% Lee Galvani (Independent) 0.1% ! rowspan=2 | Tennessee's 6th congressional district ✅ Robin Beard (Republican) 55.3% William Anderson (Democratic) 43.1% William N. Doss (American) 1.6% ! Tennessee's 7th congressional district ✅ Ed Jones (Democratic) 70.5% Stockton Adkins (Republican) 29.5% ! Tennessee's 8th congressional district ✅ Dan Kuykendall (Republican) 55.4% J. O. Patterson Jr. (Democratic) 44.1% Louis L. Porter (Independent) 0.5%

Texas

! Texas's 1st congressional district ✅ Wright Patman (Democratic) Unopposed ! Texas's 2nd congressional district ✅ Charles Wilson (Democratic) 73.8% Charles O. Brightwell (Republican) 26.2% ! Texas's 3rd congressional district ✅ James M. Collins (Republican) 73.3% George A. Hughes Jr. (Democratic) 26.7% ! Texas's 4th congressional district ✅ Ray Roberts (Democratic) 70.2% James Russell (Republican) 29.8% ! Texas's 5th congressional district ✅ Alan Steelman (Republican) 55.7% Earle Cabell (Democratic) 44.3% ! Texas's 6th congressional district ✅ Olin E. Teague (Democratic) 72.6% Carl Nigliazzo (Republican) 27.4% ! Texas's 7th congressional district ✅ William Reynolds Archer Jr. (Republican) 82.3% Jim Brady (Democratic) 17.7% ! Texas's 8th congressional district ✅ Robert C. Eckhardt (Democratic) 64.6% Lewis Emerich (Republican) 34.7% Susan Ellis (Socialist Workers) 0.7% ! Texas's 9th congressional district ✅ Jack Brooks (Democratic) 66.2% Randolph C. Reed (Republican) 33.8% ! Texas's 10th congressional district ✅ J. J. Pickle (Democratic) 91.2% Mellissa Singler (Socialist Workers) 8.8% ! Texas's 11th congressional district ✅ William R. Poage (Democratic) Unopposed ! Texas's 12th congressional district ✅ Jim Wright (Democratic) Unopposed ! rowspan=2 | Texas's 13th congressional district ✅ Robert Price (Republican) 54.8% Graham B. Purcell Jr. (Democratic) 45.2% ! Texas's 14th congressional district ✅ John Andrew Young (Democratic) Unopposed ! Texas's 15th congressional district ✅ Kika de la Garza (Democratic) Unopposed ! Texas's 16th congressional district ✅ Richard Crawford White (Democratic) Unopposed ! Texas's 17th congressional district ✅ Omar Burleson (Democratic) Unopposed ! Texas's 18th congressional district ✅ Barbara Jordan (Democratic) 80.6% Paul Merritt (Republican) 18.2% Emmanuel Barrera (Socialist Workers) 1.2% ! Texas's 19th congressional district ✅ George H. Mahon (Democratic) Unopposed ! Texas's 20th congressional district ✅ Henry B. González (Democratic) 96.9% Steve Wattenmaker (Socialist Workers) 3.1% ! Texas's 21st congressional district ✅ O. C. Fisher (Democratic) 56.8% Doug Harlan (Republican) 43.2% ! Texas's 22nd congressional district ✅ Robert R. Casey (Democratic) 70.2% Jim Griffin (Republican) 29.0% Frank Peto (Independent) 0.8% ! Texas's 23rd congressional district ✅ Abraham Kazen (Democratic) Unopposed ! Texas's 24th congressional district ✅ Dale Milford (Democratic) 65.1% Courtney G. Roberts (Republican) 34.9%

Utah

! Utah's 1st congressional district ✅ K. Gunn McKay (Democratic) 55.4% Robert K. Wolthuis (Republican) 42.0% L. S. Brown (American) 2.6% ! Utah's 2nd congressional district ✅ Douglas W. Owens (Democratic) 48.9% Sherman P. Lloyd (Republican) 39.4% Bruce R. Bangerter (American Independent) 11.7%

Vermont

! Vermont At-largeRichard W. Mallary (Republican) 65.0% William H. Meyer (Democratic) 35.0%

Virginia

! Virginia's 1st congressional district ✅ Thomas N. Downing (Democratic) 78.1% Kenneth D. Wells (Republican) 21.9% ! Virginia's 2nd congressional district ✅ G. William Whitehurst (Republican) 73.4% L. Charles Burlage (Democratic) 26.6% ! Virginia's 3rd congressional district ✅ David E. Satterfield III (Democratic) Unopposed ! Virginia's 4th congressional district ✅ Robert Daniel (Republican) 47.1% Robert E. Gibson (Democratic) 37.5% Robert R. Hardy (Independent) 7.1% Others 5.1% John G. Vonetes (Independent) 3.3% ! Virginia's 5th congressional district ✅ Dan Daniel (Democratic) Unopposed ! Virginia's 6th congressional district ✅ M. Caldwell Butler (Republican) 54.6% Willis M. Anderson (Democratic) 39.2% Roy R. White (Independent) 6.2% ! Virginia's 7th congressional district ✅ J. Kenneth Robinson (Republican) 66.2% Murat Williams (Democratic) 33.8% ! Virginia's 8th congressional district ✅ Stanford Parris (Republican) 44.4% Robert F. Horan (Democratic) 37.8% William R. Durland (Independent) 13.7% Robert E. Harris (Independent) 4.1% ! Virginia's 9th congressional district 1954 (defeated) 1966William C. Wampler (Republican) 71.9% Zane Dale Christian (Democratic) 26.4% Nicholas Ventura (Independent) 1.7% ! Virginia's 10th congressional district ✅ Joel T. Broyhill (Republican) 56.3% Harold O. Miller (Democratic) 43.7%

Washington

! Washington's 1st congressional district ✅ Joel Pritchard (Republican) 50.3% John Hempelmann (Democratic) 49.1% Craig Honts (Socialist Workers) 0.7% ! Washington's 2nd congressional district ✅ Lloyd Meeds (Democratic) 60.4% Bill Reams (Republican) 39.6% ! Washington's 3rd congressional district ✅ Julia Butler Hansen (Democratic) 66.3% R. C. McConkey (Republican) 33.7% ! Washington's 4th congressional district ✅ Mike McCormack (Democratic) 52.1% Steward Bledsoe (Republican) 47.9% ! Washington's 5th congressional district ✅ Tom Foley (Democratic) 81.3% Clarice L. R. Privette (Republican) 18.7% ! Washington's 6th congressional district ✅ Floyd Verne Hicks (Democratic) 72.1% Thomas C. Lowry (Republican) 27.9% ! Washington's 7th congressional district ✅ Brock Adams (Democratic) 87.6% J. J. 'Tiny' Freeman (Republican) 12.4%

West Virginia

! West Virginia's 1st congressional district 1956 (retired) 1968Bob Mollohan (Democratic) 69.4% George E. Kapnicky (Republican) 30.6% ! West Virginia's 2nd congressional district ✅ Harley O. Staggers (Democratic) 70.3% David Dix (Republican) 29.7% ! West Virginia's 3rd congressional district ✅ John M. Slack Jr. (Democratic) 63.7% T. David Higgins (Republican) 36.3% ! rowspan=2 | West Virginia's 4th congressional district ✅ Ken Hechler (Democratic) 61.0% Joe Neal (Republican) 39.0%

Wisconsin

! Wisconsin's 1st congressional district ✅ Les Aspin (Democratic) 64.4% Merrill E. Stalbaum (Republican) 34.9% Charles J. Fortner (American) 0.7% ! Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district ✅ Robert W. Kastenmeier (Democratic) 68.2% J. Michael Kelly (Republican) 31.4% Lavern F. Krohn (American) 0.5% ! Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district ✅ Vernon Wallace Thomson (Republican) 54.7% Walter Thoresen (Democratic) 44.6% Keith Ellison (American) 0.7% ! Wisconsin's 4th congressional district ✅ Clement J. Zablocki (Democratic) 75.7% Phillip D. Mrozinski (Republican) 22.8% Eugene Annell (American) 1.5% ! Wisconsin's 5th congressional district ✅ Henry S. Reuss (Democratic) 77.3% Frederick Van Hecke (Republican) 20.4% George Sprague (American) 1.7% R. Julian Chapman (Independent) 0.6% ! Wisconsin's 6th congressional district ✅ William A. Steiger (Republican) 65.8% James A. Adams (Democratic) 32.0% Valeria M. Sitter (American Independent) 2.1% ! rowspan=2 | Wisconsin's 7th congressional district ✅ Dave Obey (Democratic) 62.8% Alvin E. O'Konski (Republican) 37.2% ! Wisconsin's 8th congressional district ✅ Harold Vernon Froehlich (Republican) 50.4% Robert J. Cornell (Democratic) 48.5% Clyde Bunker (American) 1.1% ! Wisconsin's 9th congressional district ✅ Glenn R. Davis (Republican) 61.4% Ralph A. Fine (Democratic) 36.7% George Reed (American) 1.9%

Wyoming

! Wyoming At-largeTeno Roncalio (Democratic) 51.7% William Kidd (Republican) 48.3%

Non-voting delegates

The non-voting delegate to the House of Representatives from the District of Columbia is elected for two-year terms, as are all other Representatives and Delegates minus the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico, who is elected to a four-year term.

District of Columbia

The election for the Delegate from the District of Columbia featured winner Walter E. Fauntroy (D), who won his first re-election after winning the special election in the previous year. Walter E. Fauntroy, a Democrat, sought re-election for his second term to the United States House of Representatives. Fauntroy was opposed in this election by Republican challenger William Chin-Lee who received 25.12%, and Statehood Party candidate Charles I. Cassell who received 11.92%. This resulted in Fauntroy being elected with 60.64% of the vote.

United States Virgin Islands

Democrat Ron de Lugo was elected as the first delegate from United States Virgin Islands's at-large congressional district defeating Republican Victor Scheider.

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