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 4 seats from the Republicans, 3 in New York in which Republicans did well in 2022, and one in Arizona. Republicans flipped just one seat in Washington from Democrats. In total, just 5 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,