2024 United States House Elections (Pear's III)

The 2024 United States House of Representatives took place with Joe Biden's victory in the 2024 United States Presidential Election. All 435 members of the United States House of Representatives were up for re-election, as well as 5 non-voting delegates from each of the federal territories.

Prior to election day, most polls showed Democrats retaking control of the house. This was attributed to Republican's narrow majority, as well as Biden's strong lead against Donald Trump in the Presidential election. Despite Biden's victory, Republicans held on the house, although their already narrow majority narrowed even further to a lead of just a net loss of 3 seats, winning 219 seats, one more than needed for a majority.

The Democrats gained 5 seats from the Republicans, 3 in New York in which Republicans did well in 2022, one in Oregon and one in Arizona. Republicans flipped 2 seats, one in Washington and one in Michigan from Democrats. In total, just 7 seats switched hands in this election cycle, and absurdly low number.

The incumbent House Minority Leader, Democrat Hakeem Jefferies, remained House minority leader. While incumbent speaker Kevin McCarthy had a difficult time retaining his position, due to continued opposition from the House Freedom Caucus. However, he was able to gain enough votes to be re-elected speaker, although he did have to pledge to retire in 2026.

Alaska's At Large
Incumbent Representative Mary Peltola, a Democrat, ran for re-election. Due to Alaska's ranked-choice voting system, Peltola faced 3 challengers, 2 of which were Republican. Despite President Donald Trump carrying the state easily, Peltola easily defeated her opponents, gaining a narrow majority of the vote, preventing the vote from going to a second round in which the Republican vote would likely go into more rounds.

Arizona's 1st
Incumbent Representative Dave Schweikert ran for re-election. Schweikert faced Democrat Jevin Hodge in a rematch of the 2022 elections, which Schweikert narrowly won. The district, covering a part of northern part of Phoenix suburbs, was highly competitive, with President Joe Biden carrying it in 2020 and in 2024. This time, Hodge narrowly defeated Schweikert, becoming the first Democrat to win this since 2008.

Colorado's 3rd
Incumbent Representative Lauren Boebert ran for re-election to another term. Boebert faced Adam Frisch in a rematch of the 2022 race. Due to Boebert's narrow win in 2022, this seat was highly targeted by Democrats. Donald Trump won this district by 4 points in the 2024 Presidential election. Boebert defeated Frisch a second time, narrowly winning a third term and overperforming her 2022 margins.

Colorado 8th
Incumbent United States Representative Yadira Caraveo, a Democrat ran for re-election to a second term. Caraveo defeated Republican Lori Saine, a former State Representative in a narrow race.

Michigan's 3rd
Incumbent Representative Hillary Scholten, first elected in 2022, ran for re-election to a second term. Scholten, a well liked moderated, defeated Republican State Senator Mark Huizenga in a swing district that covers the Grand Rapids area, a growing Democratic area and swing district.

Michigan's 7th
Incumbent Representative Elissa Slotkin, first elected in 2018, did not run for re-election. Slotkin instead successfully ran for the Senate. Republican Ruth Johnson, a state Senator and former Michigan Secretary of State, defeated Democrat businessman William Sherryl by a narrow margin, flipping one of 2 seats for the Republicans in this election cycle.

Michigan 11th
Incumbent Representative Haley Stevens, first elected in 2018, decided to run unsuccessfully for the Senate rather than run for re-election. Former Representative Andy Levin, who lost to Stevens in the Democratic primary in 2022, ran in this district, wining the Democratic primary and the general election.

New Hampshire's 1st
Incumbent Representative Chris Pappas, a Democrat, ran for re-election to a fourth term. Pappas faced former State Representative Tim Baxter, a Republican who ran on a heavy libertarian platform. Despite this, Pappas won re-election by a good margin.