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1982 U.S. House election results

Results of all 62 House races in 1982 (seats won: Democratic 37, Republican 25); 4 changed party. Winners, margins and every candidate.

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  • Democratic 37
  • Republican 25

Results for 1982 are incomplete in the source.

Alabama: Democratic 5, Republican 2Alaska: Republican 1Arizona: Republican 3, Democratic 2Arkansas: Democratic 2, Republican 2California: Democratic 28, Republican 17ColoradoConnecticutDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaFloridaGeorgiaHawaiiIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOhioOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUtahVermontVirginiaWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsinWyomingVermontNew HampshireMassachusettsRhode IslandConnecticutNew JerseyDelawareMarylandDistrict of Columbia
Each state coloured by the party that won most of its seats; darker means a more one-sided delegation.

Votes cast for House candidates in the races in this data: Democratic 51.4%, Republican 46.7%, Libertarian 1.5%. Unopposed races with no vote count are not included.

Seats that changed party

All races

StateSeatWinnerPartyMarginBefore
Alabama District 1 Jack Edwards Republican 23.3 Republican
Alabama District 2 William Louis Dickinson Republican 0.8 Republican
Alabama District 3 Bill Nichols Democratic 92.5 Democratic
Alabama District 4 Tom Bevill Democratic — Democratic
Alabama District 5 Ronnie G. Flippo Democratic 62.4 Democratic
Alabama District 6 Benjamin Erdreich Democratic 6.8 Republican flip
Alabama District 7 Richard C. Shelby Democratic 93.7 Democratic
Alaska District 1 Don Young Republican 42.1 Republican
Arizona District 1 John McCain Republican 35.4 Republican
Arizona District 2 Morris K. Udall Democratic 43.5 Democratic
Arizona District 3 Robert Lee Stump Republican 26.6 Democratic flip
Arizona District 4 Eldon Rudd Republican 35.4 Republican
Arizona District 5 Jim McNulty Democratic 1.4 Vacant
Arkansas District 1 William Vollie Alexander Democratic 29.6 Democratic
Arkansas District 2 Edwin R. Bethune Republican 7.7 Republican
Arkansas District 3 John Paul Hammerschmidt Republican 31.9 Republican
Arkansas District 4 Beryl Anthony Democratic 31.2 Democratic
California District 1 Douglas H. Bosco Democratic 2.6 Republican flip
California District 2 Eugene A. Chappie Republican 17.4 Republican
California District 3 Robert T. Matsui Democratic 82.2 Democratic
California District 4 Vic Fazio Democratic 27.7 Democratic
California District 5 Phillip Burton Democratic 17.5 Democratic
California District 6 Barbara Boxer Democratic 7.7 Democratic
California District 7 George Miller Democratic 37.1 Democratic
California District 8 Ronald V. Dellums Democratic 11.9 Democratic
California District 9 Fortney H. Stark Democratic 21.3 Democratic
California District 10 Don Edwards Democratic 29.0 Democratic
California District 11 Tom Lantos Democratic 17.3 Democratic
California District 12 Edwin Van Wyck Zschau Republican 29.5 Republican
California District 13 Norman Y. Mineta Democratic 34.5 Democratic
California District 14 Norman D. Shumway Republican 26.9 Republican
California District 15 Tony Coelho Democratic 29.7 Democratic
California District 16 Leon E. Panetta Democratic 70.7 Democratic
California District 17 Charles Pashayan Republican 8.0 Republican
California District 18 Richard H. Lehman Democratic 21.2 Vacant
California District 19 Robert J. Lagomarsino Republican 25.2 Republican
California District 20 William M. Thomas Republican 36.2 Republican
California District 21 Roberta Frances Fiedler Republican 47.8 Republican
California District 22 Carlos J. Moorhead Republican 50.1 Republican
California District 23 Anthony C. Beilenson Democratic 19.1 Democratic
California District 24 Henry A. Waxman Democratic 34.1 Democratic
California District 25 Edward R. Roybal Democratic 71.0 Democratic
California District 26 Howard L. Berman Democratic 19.2 Vacant
California District 27 Meldon Levine Democratic 22.4 Republican flip
California District 28 Julian C. Dixon Democratic 60.2 Democratic
California District 29 Augustus F. Hawkins Democratic 59.6 Democratic
California District 30 Matthew G. Martinez Democratic 7.7 Democratic
California District 31 Mervyn M. Dymally Democratic 44.8 Democratic
California District 32 Glenn M. Anderson Democratic 18.4 Democratic
California District 33 David T. Dreier Republican 33.0 Republican
California District 34 Esteban Edward Torres Democratic 14.5 Vacant
California District 35 Jerry Lewis Republican 36.6 Republican
California District 36 George E. Brown Democratic 8.7 Democratic
California District 37 Al McCandless Republican 20.6 Vacant
California District 38 Jerry M. Patterson Democratic 9.0 Democratic
California District 39 William E. Dannemeyer Republican 46.2 Republican
California District 40 Robert E. Badham Republican 45.5 Republican
California District 41 Bill Lowery Republican 40.0 Republican
California District 42 Dan Lungren Republican 40.6 Republican
California District 43 Ronald C. Packard Republican 4.7 Republican
California District 44 Jim Bates Democratic 33.1 Vacant
California District 45 Duncan Hunter Republican 39.4 Republican

By state

Source: FiveThirtyEight election-results; each race page links the official source it was compiled from.