United States House of Representatives elections, 1982

Retiring Incumbents

Thirty-nine representatives retired. Thirty-one of those seats were held by the same party, eight seats changed party.

Democrats

Eighteen Democrats retired. Eleven of those seats were held by Democrats, four were won by Republicans, and three seats were eliminated in redistricting.

Democratic held

1. California 5: John L. Burton, was succeeded by Barbara Boxer (with district being renumbered as California 6).
2. Georgia 1: Ronald 'Bo' Ginn, to run for Governor of Georgia, was succeeded by Lindsay Thomas.
3. Michigan 17: William M. Brodhead, was succeeded by Sander Levin.
4. Missouri 5: Richard Bolling, was succeeded by Alan Wheat.
5. New York 12: Shirley Chisholm, was succeeded by Major Owens.
6. North Carolina 2: Lawrence H. Fountain, was succeeded by Tim Valentine.
7. South Carolina 5: Kenneth Lamar Holland, was succeeded by John M. Spratt, Jr..
8. Texas 5: Jim Mattox, to run for Attorney General of Texas, was succeeded by John Wiley Bryant.
9. Texas 16: Richard C. White, was succeeded by Ronald D. Coleman.
10. West Virginia 1: Bob Mollohan, was succeeded by Alan Mollohan.
11. Wisconsin 5: Henry Reuss, was succeeded by Jim Moody.

Republican gain

1. Connecticut 6: Toby Moffett, to run for U.S. Senate, was succeeded by Nancy Johnson.
2. Mississippi 2: David R. Bowen, was succeeded by Webb Franklin.
3. Nevada at-large: James David Santini, to run for U.S. Senate, was succeeded by Barbara Vucanovich (with district being renumbered as Nevada 2).
4. Pennsylvania 17: Allen E. Ertel, to run for Governor of Pennsylvania, was succeeded by George Gekas.

Seat Eliminated in Redistricting

1. Indiana 2: Floyd Fithian who ran for U.S. Senate.
2. Michigan 18: James J. Blanchard who ran for Governor of Michigan.
3. New York 22: Jonathan Brewster Bingham.

Republicans

Twenty-one Republicans retired. Eleven of those seats were held by Republicans, four were won by Democrats, and six seats were eliminated in redistricting.

Republican held

1. Arizona 1: John Jacob Rhodes, was succeeded by John McCain.
2. California 12: Pete McCloskey, to run for U.S. Senate, was succeeded by Ed Zschau.
3. California 43: Clair Burgener, was succeeded by Ron Packard.
4. Florida 10: Louis A. Bafalis, to run for Governor of Florida, was succeeded by Tom Lewis (with district being renumbered as Florida 12).
5. Maine 1: David F. Emery, to run for U.S. Senate, was succeeded by John R. McKernan, Jr..
6. New York 31: Donald J. Mitchell, was succeeded by Sherwood Boehlert (with district being renumbered as New York 25).
7. Ohio 7: Clarence J. Brown, Jr., to run for Governor of Ohio, was succeeded by Mike DeWine.
8. Pennsylvania 24: Marc L. Marks, was succeeded by Tom Ridge (with district being renumbered as Pennsylvania 21).
9. Tennessee 6: Robin Beard, to run for U.S. Senate, was succeeded by Don Sundquist (with district being renumbered as Tennessee 7).
10. Texas 3: James M. Collins, to run for U.S. Senate, was succeeded by Steve Bartlett.
11. Virginia 1: Paul S. Trible, Jr., to run for U.S. Senate, was succeeded by Herbert H. Bateman.

Democratic gain

1. California 27: Bob Dornan, to run for U.S. Senate, was succeeded by Mel Levine.
2. Kansas 2: James Edmund Jeffries, was succeeded by Jim Slattery.
3. West Virginia 2: Cleve Benedict, to run for U.S. Senate, was succeeded by Harley O. Staggers, Jr..
4. Virginia 6: M. Caldwell Butler, was succeeded by Jim Olin.

Seat Eliminated in Redistricting

1. California 20: Barry Goldwater, Jr., who ran for U.S. Senate.
2. Illinois 13: Robert McClory.
3. New Jersey 5: Millicent Fenwick, who ran for U.S. Senate.
4. New York 3: Gregory W. Carman.
5. Ohio 11: J. William Stanton.
6. Ohio 17: Jean Spencer Ashbrook.

Incumbents defeated

As a result of redistricting, many incumbents were forced to compete against each other in the same district, which resulted in a larger number of incumbents being defeated in primaries.

In primary elections

Ten representatives lost renomination: Six lost in redistricting battles pitting incumbents against each other, and four lost nomination to non-incumbent challengers.

Democrats

Six Democrats lost renomination: three in redistricting races and three to a non-incumbent challenger. All the seats were held by Democrats.

1. Georgia 8: Billy Lee Evans lost to challenger J. Roy Rowland.
2. Illinois 5: John G. Fary lost to challenger Bill Lipinski.
3. Indiana 11: David W. Evans lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent Andrew Jacobs, Jr..
4. Ohio 19: Ronald M. Mottl lost to challenger Ed Feighan.
5. Pennsylvania 1: Joseph F. Smith lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent Thomas M. Foglietta.
6. Pennsylvania 12: Donald A. Bailey lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent John Murtha.

Republicans

Four Republicans lost renomination: three in redistricting races and one to a non-incumbent challenger.

Seat held by a Republican

These primary winners later won the general election.

1. California 33: Wayne R. Grisham lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent David Dreier.
2. Illinois 4: Ed Derwinski lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent George M. O'Brien.
3. New York 27: Gary A. Lee lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent George C. Wortley.

Seat lost to a Democrat

1. Illinois 17: Tom Railsback lost to challenger Kenneth G. McMillan, who later lost the general election to Lane Evans.

Democrats

Three incumbent Democrats lost re-election; two loss to Republican incumbents and one to a non-incumbent challenger.

Seat lost to a Republican incumbent

1. New York 14: Leo C. Zeferetti lost a redistricting race to Guy V. Molinari.
2. New York 22: Peter A. Peyser lost a redistricting race to Benjamin A. Gilman.

Seat lost to a Republican challenger

1. Ohio 12: Bob Shamansky lost to John Kasich.

Republicans

Twenty-six incumbent Republicans lost re-election; five loss to Democratic incumbents while twenty-one loss to non-incumbent challengers, ten of whom were first elected in 1980.

Seat lost to a Democratic incumbent

1. California 30: John H. Rousselot lost a redistricting race to Matthew G. Martinez.
2. Massachusetts 4: Margaret Heckler lost a redistricting race to Barney Frank.
3. Missouri 4: Wendell Bailey lost a redistricting race to Ike Skelton.
4. New York 3: John LeBoutillier lost a redistricting race to Robert J. Mrazek.
5. South Dakota at-large: Clint Roberts lost a redistricting race to Tom Daschle.

Seat lost to a Democratic challenger

1. Alabama 6: Albert L. Smith, Jr. lost to Ben Erdreich.
2. California 1: Donald H. Clausen lost to Douglas H. Bosco.
3. Connecticut 3: Lawrence J. DeNardis lost to Bruce A. Morrison.
4. Delaware at-large: Thomas B. Evans, Jr. lost to Thomas R. Carper.
5. Illinois 20: Paul Findley lost to Dick Durbin.
6. Indiana 8: H. Joel Deckard lost to Frank McCloskey.
7. Michigan 6: James Whitney Dunn lost to Milton Robert Carr.
8. Minnesota 1: Tom Hagedorn lost to Tim Penny.
9. Minnesota 6: Arlen Erdahl lost to Gerry Sikorski.
10. New Jersey 9: Harold C. Hollenbeck lost to Robert Torricelli.
11. North Carolina 6: Walter E. Johnston, III lost to Charles Robin Britt.
12. North Carolina 11: Bill Hendon lost to James M. Clarke.
13. Ohio 9: Ed Weber lost to Marcy Kaptur.
14. Pennsylvania 3: Charles F. Dougherty lost to Robert A. Borski, Jr..
15. Pennsylvania 4: Eugene Atkinson lost to Joseph P. Kolter.
16. Pennsylvania 8: James K. Coyne, III lost to Peter H. Kostmayer.
17. Pennsylvania 11: James L. Nelligan lost to Frank Harrison.
18. South Carolina 6: John Light Napier lost to Robin Tallon.
19. Virginia 4: Robert Daniel lost to Norman Sisisky.
20. Virginia 9: William C. Wampler lost to Rick Boucher.
21. West Virginia 3: Mick Staton lost to Bob Wise.

Complete list of races

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.

Arizona

Arizona received an additional seat at reapportionment and added a 5th district in the southeast of the state.

California

The delegation increased from 43 to 45 seats. To create the two-seat net gain, five seats with no incumbent were added (the 18th, 26th, 34th, 37th, and 44th districts) and three seats were lost through the merger of pairs of incumbents (Martinez and Rousselot, Grisham and Dreier, and Fiedler and Goldwater) in an election contest. With redistricting controlled by Democrats in the state legislature and governorship, several Republicans faced substantially less favorable districts, with three running for the Senate seat eventually won by San Diego mayor Pete Wilson, and the party balance shifted by a net of five seats to the Democrats.

Colorado

Colorado added a sixth seat in reapportionment, adding the new district near Denver.

Florida

Florida added 4 new districts, going from 15 to 19 seats, adding a new district near Miami and 3 more in central and southwestern Florida.

Illinois

Illinois lost two seats at reapportionment, removing two districts with Republican incumbents, and at the same time two other Republican incumbents lost re-election in altered districts.

Indiana

Indiana lost one seat at reapportionment; Republicans in the legislature deleted two Democratic districts and added a new Republican district, although this strategy was offset by the unexpected defeat of incumbent H. Joel Deckard.

Louisiana

All eight incumbents were re-elected by receiving more than 50% of the vote in the September 11 non-partisan blanket primaries.

Massachusetts

Massachusetts lost one seat at reapportionment, combining the districts of Barney Frank and Margaret Heckler.