List of members of the United States House of Representatives who lost re-election in a primary
Elections for the
redistricting
, incumbents may run against each other in the same district.
1972
Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wayne N. Aspinall | Democratic | Colorado 4th | 1948
|
Alan Merson | Challenger lost general election |
Walter S. Baring Jr. | Democratic | Nevada at-large | 1956
|
James Bilbray | Challenger lost general election |
James A. Byrne | Democratic | Pennsylvania 3rd | 1952
|
William J. Green III | Lost to fellow incumbent |
Emanuel Celler | Democratic | New York 10th | 1922
|
Elizabeth Holtzman | Redistricted to the 16th district; lost general election under new party |
William Sheldrick Conover | Republican | Pennsylvania 27th | 1972
|
James R. Montgomery | Redistricted to the 22nd district; challenger lost general election |
Cornelius Gallagher
|
Democratic | New Jersey 13th | 1958
|
Dominick V. Daniels | Redistricted to the 14th district; lost to fellow incumbent |
George Elliott Hagan
|
Democratic | Georgia 1st | 1960
|
Ronald 'Bo' Ginn
|
|
James Kee | Democratic | West Virginia 5th | 1964
|
Ken Hechler | Redistricted to the 4th district; lost to fellow incumbent |
Jack H. McDonald | Republican | Michigan 19th | 1966
|
William Broomfield | Lost to fellow incumbent |
John L. McMillan | Democratic | South Carolina 6th | 1938 | John Jenrette | Challenger lost general election |
George P. Miller | Democratic | California 8th | 1944 | Pete Stark | |
James H. Scheuer | Democratic | New York 22nd | 1964
|
Jonathan Brewster Bingham
|
Lost to fellow incumbent |
John G. Schmitz | Republican | California 35th | 1970
|
Andrew J. Hinshaw | Redistricted to the 39th district |
1974
Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Glenn Robert Davis | Republican | Wisconsin 9th | 1964
|
Bob Kasten | |
John William Davis | Democratic | Georgia 7th | 1960
|
Larry McDonald | |
Orval H. Hansen | Republican | Idaho 2nd | 1968
|
George V. Hansen | |
John Rarick | Democratic | Louisiana 6th | 1966
|
Jeff La Caze | Challenger lost general election |
Bertram L. Podell | Democratic | New York 13th | 1968
|
Stephen Solarz | |
Frank Stubblefield | Democratic | Kentucky 1st | 1958
|
Carroll Hubbard | |
Robert Tiernan | Democratic | Rhode Island 2nd | 1967
|
Edward Beard | |
Lawrence G. Williams | Republican | Pennsylvania 7th | 1966
|
Stephen J. McEwen Jr. | Challenger lost general election |
1976
Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger |
---|---|---|---|---|
Andrew J. Hinshaw | Republican | California 40th | 1972 | Robert Badham |
Ray Madden | Democratic | Indiana 1st | 1942
|
Adam Benjamin Jr. |
Otto Passman | Democratic | Louisiana 5th | 1946
|
Jerry Huckaby |
1978
Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John B. Breckinridge | Democratic | Kentucky 6th | 1972
|
Charles T. Easterly | Challenger lost general election |
Dale Milford | Democratic | Texas 24th | 1972 | Martin Frost | |
Robert N. C. Nix Sr. | Democratic | Pennsylvania 2nd | 1958
|
William H. Gray III | |
Ted Risenhoover | Democratic | Oklahoma 2nd | 1974
|
Mike Synar | |
John Andrew Young | Democratic | Texas 14th | 1956
|
Joseph P. Wyatt Jr. |
1980
Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Hall Buchanan Jr.
|
Republican | Alabama 6th | 1964
|
Albert L. Smith Jr. | |
Robert B. Duncan | Democratic | Oregon 3rd | 1974
|
Ron Wyden | |
Richard Kelly | Republican | Florida 5th | 1974
|
Bill McCollum | |
Edward J. Stack | Democratic | Florida 12th | 1978
|
Alan S. Becker | Challenger lost general election |
Bennett Stewart | Democratic | Illinois 1st | 1978
|
Harold Washington | |
Charles H. Wilson | Democratic | California 31st | 1962 | Mervyn Dymally |
1982
Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ed Derwinski | Republican | Illinois 4th | 1958
|
George M. O'Brien | Lost to fellow incumbent |
Billy Lee Evans | Democratic | Georgia 8th | 1976
|
J. Roy Rowland | |
David W. Evans | Democratic | Indiana 6th | 1974
|
Andrew Jacobs Jr. | Redistricted to the 11th district; lost to fellow incumbent |
John G. Fary | Democratic | Illinois 5th | 1975
|
Bill Lipinski | |
Wayne R. Grisham | Republican | California 33rd | 1978 | David Dreier | Lost to fellow incumbent |
Gary A. Lee | Republican | New York 33rd | 1978
|
George C. Wortley | Redistricted to the 27th district; lost to fellow incumbent |
Ronald M. Mottl | Democratic | Ohio 23rd | 1974
|
Ed Feighan | Redistricted to the 19th district |
Tom Railsback | Republican | Illinois 19th | 1966
|
Kenneth G. McMillan | Redistricted to the 17th district; challenger lost general election |
Joseph F. Smith | Democratic | Pennsylvania 3rd | 1981
|
Thomas M. Foglietta | Redistricted to the 1st district; lost to fellow incumbent |
1984
Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger |
---|---|---|---|---|
Katie Hall | Democratic | Indiana 1st | 1982
|
Pete Visclosky |
Frank Harrison | Democratic | Pennsylvania 11th | 1982
|
Paul Kanjorski |
Abraham Kazen | Democratic | Texas 23rd | 1966
|
Albert Bustamante |
1986
Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Neil Abercrombie | Democratic | Hawaii 1st | 1986
|
Mufi Hannemann | Challenger lost general election |
Mark D. Siljander | Republican | Michigan 4th | 1981
|
Fred Upton | |
Alton Waldon | Democratic | New York 6th | 1986
|
Floyd Flake |
1988
Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ernie Konnyu | Republican | California 12th | 1986 | Tom Campbell |
1990
Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Donald "Buz" Lukens
|
Republican | Ohio 8th | 1986
|
John Boehner | Resigned |
1992
Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
William Vollie Alexander Jr.
|
Democratic | Arkansas 1st | 1968
|
Blanche Lincoln | |
Beryl Anthony Jr. | Democratic | Arkansas 4th | 1978
|
Bill McCuen | Challenger lost general election |
Chester G. Atkins | Democratic | Massachusetts 5th | 1984
|
Marty Meehan | |
Terry L. Bruce | Democratic | Illinois 19th | 1984
|
Glenn Poshard | |
Beverly Byron | Democratic | Maryland 6th | 1978
|
Thomas Hattery | Challenger lost general election |
Mickey Edwards | Republican | Oklahoma 5th | 1976
|
Ernest Istook | |
Charles Floyd Hatcher
|
Democratic | Georgia 2nd | 1980
|
Sanford Bishop | |
Charles Hayes | Democratic | Illinois 1st | 1983
|
Bobby Rush | |
Carroll Hubbard | Democratic | Kentucky 1st | 1974
|
Thomas Barlow | |
Ben Jones | Democratic | Georgia 4th | 1988
|
Don Johnson Jr. | Redistricted to the 10th district |
Joseph P. Kolter | Democratic | Pennsylvania 4th | 1982
|
Ron Klink | |
Robert J. Lagomarsino
|
Republican | California 19th | 1974
|
Michael Huffington | Redistricted to the 22nd district |
Clarence E. Miller | Republican | Ohio 10th | 1966
|
Bob McEwen | Redistricted to the 6th district; lost to fellow incumbent; challenger lost general election |
Dick Nichols | Republican | Kansas 5th | 1990
|
Eric Yost | Redistricted to the 4th district; challenger lost general election |
Marty Russo | Democratic | Illinois 3rd | 1974
|
Bill Lipinski | Lost to fellow incumbent |
Gus Savage | Democratic | Illinois 2nd | 1980
|
Mel Reynolds | |
Stephen Solarz | Democratic | New York 13th | 1974
|
Nydia Velázquez | Redistricted to the 12th district |
Harley O. Staggers Jr. | Democratic | West Virginia 2nd | 1982
|
Alan Mollohan | Redistricted to the 1st district; lost to fellow incumbent |
Guy Vander Jagt | Republican | Michigan 9th | 1966
|
Pete Hoekstra | Redistricted to the 2nd district |
1994
Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lucien Blackwell | Democratic | Pennsylvania 2nd | 1991
|
Chaka Fattah | |
David A. Levy | Republican | New York 4th | 1992
|
Dan Frisa | |
Mike Synar | Democratic | Oklahoma 2nd | 1978
|
Virgil Cooper | Challenger lost general election |
Craig Washington | Democratic | Texas 18th | 1989
|
Sheila Jackson Lee |
1996
Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger |
---|---|---|---|---|
Barbara-Rose Collins | Democratic | Michigan 15th | 1990
|
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick |
Greg Laughlin | Republican | Texas 14th | 1988 | Ron Paul |
1998
Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jay Kim | Republican | California 41st | 1992 | Gary Miller |
2000
Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Merrill Cook | Republican | Utah 2nd | 1996
|
Derek Smith | Challenger lost general election |
Matthew G. Martínez | Democratic | California 31st | 1982
|
Hilda Solis | Later defected to the Republican Party |
2002
Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Barr | Republican | Georgia 7th | 1994 | John Linder | Lost to fellow incumbent |
Gary Condit | Democratic | California 18th | 1989
|
Dennis Cardoza | |
Earl Hilliard
|
Democratic | Alabama 7th | 1992
|
Artur Davis | |
Brian Kerns | Republican | Indiana 7th | 2000 | Steve Buyer | Redistricted to the 4th district; lost to fellow incumbent |
Frank Mascara | Democratic | Pennsylvania 20th | 1994
|
John Murtha | Redistricted to the 12th district; lost to fellow incumbent |
Cynthia McKinney | Democratic | Georgia 4th | 1992 | Denise Majette | |
Lynn Rivers | Democratic | Michigan 13th | 1994
|
John Dingell | Redistricted to the 15th district; lost to fellow incumbent |
Tom Sawyer | Democratic | Ohio 14th | 1986
|
Tim Ryan |
2004
Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chris Bell | Democratic | Texas 25th | 2002 | Al Green | Redistricted to the 9th district |
Ciro Rodriguez | Democratic | Texas 28th | 1997 | Henry Cuellar |
2006
Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cynthia McKinney | Democratic | Georgia 4th | 2004 | Hank Johnson | |
Joe Schwarz | Republican | Michigan 7th | 2004 | Tim Walberg | Lost general election as a write-in |
2008
Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chris Cannon | Republican | Utah 3rd | 1996
|
Jason Chaffetz | |
David Davis | Republican | Tennessee 1st | 2006 | Phil Roe | |
Wayne Gilchrest | Republican | Maryland 1st | 1990
|
Andy Harris | Challenger lost general election |
Albert Wynn | Democratic | Maryland 4th | 1992
|
Donna Edwards | Resigned; challenger elected to finish term |
2010
Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Parker Griffith | Republican | Alabama 5th | 2008 | Mo Brooks | Elected as a Democrat and switched parties in 2009 |
Bob Inglis | Republican | South Carolina 4th | 2004 | Trey Gowdy | |
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick | Democratic | Michigan 13th | 1996
|
Hansen Clarke | |
Alan Mollohan | Democratic | West Virginia 1st | 1982
|
Mike Oliverio | Challenger lost general election |
2012
Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sandy Adams | Republican | Florida 24th | 2010 | John Mica | Redistricted to the 7th district; lost to fellow incumbent |
Jason Altmire | Democratic | Pennsylvania 4th | 2006 | Mark Critz | Redistricted to the 12th district; lost to fellow incumbent; challenger lost general election |
Russ Carnahan | Democratic | Missouri 3rd | 2004 | Lacy Clay | Redistricted to the 1st district; lost to fellow incumbent |
Hansen Clarke | Democratic | Michigan 13th | 2010 | Gary Peters | Redistricted to the 14th district; lost to fellow incumbent |
Tim Holden | Democratic | Pennsylvania 17th | 1992
|
Matt Cartwright | |
Dennis Kucinich | Democratic | Ohio 10th | 1996
|
Marcy Kaptur | Redistricted to the 9th district; lost to fellow incumbent |
Don Manzullo | Republican | Illinois 16th | 1992
|
Adam Kinzinger | Lost to fellow incumbent |
Ben Quayle | Republican | Arizona 3rd | 2010 | David Schweikert | Redistricted to the 6th district; lost to fellow incumbent |
Silvestre Reyes | Democratic | Texas 16th | 1996 | Beto O'Rourke | |
Steve Rothman | Democratic | New Jersey 9th | 1996
|
Bill Pascrell | Lost to fellow incumbent |
Jean Schmidt | Republican | Ohio 2nd | 2005 | Brad Wenstrup | |
Cliff Stearns | Republican | Florida 6th | 1988
|
Ted Yoho | Redistricted to the 3rd district |
John Sullivan | Republican | Oklahoma 1st | 2002 | Jim Bridenstine |
2014
Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kerry Bentivolio | Republican | Michigan 11th | 2012 | Dave Trott | |
Eric Cantor | Republican | Virginia 7th | 2000 | Dave Brat | Resigned; challenger elected to finish term
|
Ralph Hall | Republican | Texas 4th | 1980 | John Ratcliffe | |
Vance McAllister | Republican | Louisiana 5th | 2013 | Ralph Abraham | Lost in blanket primary |
John F. Tierney | Democratic | Massachusetts 6th | 1996
|
Seth Moulton |
2016
Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Corrine Brown | Democratic | Florida 5th | 1992
|
Al Lawson | |
Renee Ellmers | Republican | North Carolina 2nd | 2010 | George Holding | Lost to fellow incumbent |
Chaka Fattah | Democratic | Pennsylvania 2nd | 1994
|
Dwight Evans | Resigned; challenger elected to finish term
|
Randy Forbes | Republican | Virginia 4th | 2001
|
Scott Taylor | Redistricted to the 2nd district |
Tim Huelskamp | Republican | Kansas 1st | 2010 | Roger Marshall
|
2018
Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Madeleine Bordallo | Democratic | Guam at-large | 2002 | Michael San Nicolas | [1] | |
Mike Capuano | Democratic | Massachusetts 7th | 2012 | Ayanna Pressley | [2] | |
Joe Crowley | Democratic | New York 14th | 1998 | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Lost general election under new party | [2] |
Robert Pittenger | Republican | North Carolina 9th | 2012 | Mark Harris | General election voided | [3] |
Mark Sanford | Republican | South Carolina 1st | 2013 | Katie Arrington | Challenger lost general election | [4] |
2020
Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lacy Clay | Democratic | Missouri 1st | 2000 | Cori Bush | [5] | |
Eliot Engel | Democratic | New York 16th | 1988
|
Jamaal Bowman | [6] | |
Steve King | Republican | Iowa 4th | 2002
|
Randy Feenstra | [7] | |
Dan Lipinski | Democratic | Illinois 3rd | 2004 | Marie Newman | [8] | |
Denver Riggleman | Republican | Virginia 5th | 2018 | Bob Good | Lost in party convention | [9] |
Ross Spano | Republican | Florida 15th | 2018 | Scott Franklin | [10] | |
Scott Tipton | Republican | Colorado 3rd | 2010 | Lauren Boebert | [11] | |
Steve Watkins | Republican | Kansas 2nd | 2018 | Jake LaTurner | [12] |
2022
2024
Member | Party | District | First elected |
Challenger | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jerry Carl | Republican | Alabama 1st | 2020 | Barry Moore | Lost to fellow incumbent | [27] |
See also
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- ^ a b Akin, Stephanie; Bowman, Bridget; Akin, Stephanie; Bowman, Bridget (September 6, 2018). "6 Takeaways From the 2018 Primary Season, So Far" – via RollCall.
- Charlotte Observer, Jim Morrill, May 8, 2018. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
- ^ Voorhees, Josh. "Mark Sanford Survived the "Appalachian Trail." He Couldn't Survive Trump". Slate. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
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- ^ Hayes, Christal (July 17, 2020). "Powerful House chair Eliot Engel defeated by progressive newcomer Jamaal Bowman in stunning upset". USAToday.
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