2022 United States House Elections (Pear's Future)

The 2022 House Elections took place in the middle of President Joe Biden's term. Republicans made a narrow gain of 16 seats, taking the majority in the house. The election took place after the 2020 redistricting cycle, causing states to redraw their congressional maps to fit the 2020 census.

Background
Republicans had the upper hand originally, due to Biden's low approval ratings. However by November, Republicans started to do worse, especially in the 2022 Alaska House special election. Republicans also had to defend 20 open seats, compared to Democrat's 30. Additionally, Republicans had to defend 8 seats where the incumbent lost re-nomination, compared to 6 by Democrats.

In 2021, 10 House Republicans voted to impeach Donald Trump. Following the elections, only one, Representative Dan Newhouse from Washington, remained in office. All other representatives who voted to convict President Trump retired or lost their respective primaries.

Alaska at Large
Incumbent Representative Mary Peltola, first elected in the 2022 special house election, ran for re-election to a full term. Peltola defeated former Republican Governor Sarah Palin and Nick Begich III in a rematch of the special election in a rematch. Peltola's popularity helped her win a majority by the second ballet.

California's 27th
Incumbent Representative Mike Garcia ran for re-election a second full term in office. Garcia was challenged by Democrat Christie Smith, who had lost to Garcia twice in 2020. This time, Smith narrowly defeated Garcia.

Michigan's 3rd
Incumbent Representative Peter Meijer ran for re-election to a second term in office, but was narrowly defeated in the primary by Republican John Gibbs. Gibbs later lost to Democratic attorney Hillary Scholten in the general election.