United States House of Representatives elections, 1986

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The U.S. House election, 1986 was an election for the United States House of Representatives held on November 4, 1986, in the middle of President Ronald Reagan's second term in office. As in most midterm elections, the President's party -- in this case, the Republican Party -- lost seats, with the Democratic Party gaining a net of five seats and cementing its majority. These results were not as dramatic as those in the Senate, where the Republicans lost control of the chamber to the Democrats.

Notable freshmen included future Speakers Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.), and Nancy Pelosi (D-Ca.).

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[edit] Overall results

Party Total Seats (change) Seat percentage Popular Vote
Democratic Party 258 +5 59.3% 50.1%
Republican Party 177 -5 40.6% 47.6%
Totals 435 +0 100.0% 100.0%


       80.1-100% Republican      80.1-100% Democratic        60.1-80% Republican      60.1-80% Democratic                 House seats by party holding plurality in state
     80.1-100% Republican      80.1-100% Democratic
     60.1-80% Republican      60.1-80% Democratic
           
House seats by party holding plurality in state
       6+ Republican gain      6+ Democratic gain        3-5 Republican gain      3-5 Democratic gain        1-2 Republican gain      1-2 Democratic gain        no net change
     6+ Republican gain      6+ Democratic gain
     3-5 Republican gain      3-5 Democratic gain
     1-2 Republican gain      1-2 Democratic gain
     no net change


[edit] Voting members

Key to party abbreviations: AI=American Independent, C=Constitution, D=Democrat, G=Green, I=Independent, IP=Independence Party, L=Libertarian, PF=Peace and Freedom, R=Republican.

Key to color code: Blue=Democratic pickup; Red=Republican pickup.

[edit] California

District Incumbent Party Elected Status Opponent
California 1 Douglas H. Bosco Democratic 1982 Running Douglas H. Bosco (D) 67.5%
Floyd G. Sampson (R) 26.6%
Elden McFarland (PF) 5.9%
California 2 Eugene A. Chappie Republican 1980 Retiring Wally Herger (R) 58.3%
Stephen C. "Steve" Swendiman (D) 39.6%
Harry Hugh "Doc" Pendery (L) 2.2%
California 3 Bob Matsui Democratic 1978 Running Bob Matsui (D) 75.9%
Lowell Patrick Landowski (R) 24.1%
California 4 Vic Fazio Democratic 1978 Running Vic Fazio (D) 70.2%
Jack D. Hite (R) 29.8%
California 5 Sala Burton Democratic 1983 Running Sala Burton (D) 75.2%
Mike Garza (R) 22.1%
Samuel K. "Sam" Grove (L) 1.5%
Theodore Adrian "Ted" Zuur (PF) 1.3%
California 6 Barbara Boxer Democratic 1982 Running Barbara Boxer (D) 73.9%
Franklin "Harry" Ernst III (R) 26.1%
California 7 George Miller Democratic 1974 Running George Miller (D) 66.6%
Rosemary Thakar (R) 33.4%
California 8 Ron Dellums Democratic 1970 Running Ron Dellums (D) 60%
Steven Eigenberg (R) 37.9%
Lawrence R. Manuel (PF) 2.1%
California 9 Pete Stark Democratic 1972 Running Pete Stark (D) 69.7%
David M. "Dave" Williams (R) 30.3%
California 10 Don Edwards Democratic 1972 Running Don Edwards (D) 70.5%
Michael R. La Crone (R) 26.6%
Perr Cardestam (L) 1.5%
Bradley L. Mayer (PF) 1.4%
California 11 Tom Lantos Democratic 1980 Running Tom Lantos (D) 74.1%
Bill Quraishi (R) 25.9%
California 12 Ed Zschau Republican 1982 Running for Senate Ernie Konnyu (R) 59.5%
Lance T. Weil (D) 37.2%
William C. "Bill" White (L) 3.3%
California 13 Norman Mineta Democratic 1974 Running Norman Mineta (D) 69.7%
Bob Nash (R) 30.3%
California 14 Norman D. Shumway Republican 1978 Running Norman D. Shumway (R) 71.6%
Bill Steele (D) 26.1%
Bruce A. Daniel (L) 2.3%
California 15 Tony Coelho Democratic 1978 Running Tony Coelho (D) 71%
Carol Harner (R) 27.2%
Richard M. Harris (L) 1.8%
California 16 Leon Panetta Democratic 1976 Running Leon Panetta (D) 78.4%
Louis Darrigo (R) 19.2%
Bill Anderson (L) 1.2%
Ron Wright (PF) 1.2%
California 17 Charles (Chip) Pashayan Republican 1978 Running Charles (Chip) Pashayan (R) 60.2%
John Hartnett (D) 39.8%
California 18 Richard H. Lehman Democratic 1982 Running Richard H. Lehman (D) 71.3%
David C. Crevelt (R) 28.7%
California 19 Bob Lagomarsino Republican 1974 Running Bob Lagomarsino (R) 71.9%
Wayne B. Norris (D) 26.8%
George Hasara (L) 1.4%
California 20 Bill Thomas Republican 1978 Running Bill Thomas (R) 72.6%
Jules H. Moquin (D) 27.4%
California 21 Bobbi Fiedler Republican 1980 Running for Senate Elton Gallegly (R) 68.4%
Gilbert R. Saldana (D) 28.2%
Daniel Wiener (L) 3.4%
California 22 Carlos Moorhead Republican 1972 Running Carlos Moorhead (R) 73.8%
John G. Simmons (D) 23%
Jona Joy Bergland (L) 1.6%
Joel Lorimer (PF) 1.5%
California 23 Anthony C. Beilenson Democratic 1976 Running Anthony C. Beilenson (D) 65.7%
George Woolverton (R) 31.8%
Tom Hopke (PF) 1.4%
Taylor Rhodes (L) 1.1%
California 24 Henry Waxman Democratic 1974 Running Henry Waxman (D) 87.9%
George Abrahams (L) 7.5%
James Green (PF) 4.6%
California 25 Edward R. Roybal Democratic 1962 Running Edward R. Roybal (D) 76.1%
Gregory L. Hardy (R) 21.3%
Ted Brown (L) 2.6%
California 26 Howard Berman Democratic 1982 Running Howard Berman (D) 65.1%
Robert M. Kerns (R) 34.9%
California 27 Mel Levine Democratic 1982 Running Mel Levine (D) 63.7%
Rob Scribner (R) 34.3%
Thomas L. O'Connor Jr. (PF) 1.2%
Larry Leathers (L) 0.8%
California 28 Julian C. Dixon Democratic 1978 Running Julian C. Dixon (D) 76.3%
George Zaldivar Adams (R) 21.3%
Howard Johnson (L) 2.3%
California 29 Augustus F. Hawkins Democratic 1962 Running Augustus F. Hawkins (D) 84.5%
John Van de Brooke (R) 14.5%
Waheed R. Boctor (L) 0.9%
California 30 Matthew G. Martinez Democratic 1982 Running Matthew G. Martinez (D) 62.5%
John W. Almquist (R) 35.5%
Kim J. Goldsworthy (L) 2%
California 31 Mervyn M. Dymally Democratic 1982 Running Mervyn M. Dymally (D) 70.3%
Jack McMurray (R) 27.6%
B. Kwaku Duren (PF) 2.1%
California 32 Glenn M. Anderson Democratic 1968 Running Glenn M. Anderson (D) 68.5%
Joyce M. Robertson (R) 29.4%
John S. Donohue (PF) 2.1%
California 33 David Dreier Republican 1980 Running David Dreier (R) 71.7%
Monty Hempel (D) 26.8%
James Michael "Mike" Noonan (PF) 1.5%
California 34 Ed Torres Democratic 1982 Running Ed Torres (D) 60.3%
Charles M. House (R) 39.7%
California 35 Jerry Lewis Republican 1978 Running Jerry Lewis (R) 76.9%
Robert J. "Sarge" Hall (D) 23.1%
California 36 George Brown, Jr. Democratic 1962/1972 Running George Brown, Jr. (D) 57.1%
Robert L. "Bob" Henley (R) 42.9%
California 37 Al McCandless Republican 1982 Running Al McCandless (R) 63.7%
David E. "Dave" Skinner (D) 36.3%
California 38 Bob Dornan Republican 1976/1984 Running Bob Dornan (R) 55.3%
Richard H. Robinson (D) 42.4%
Lee Connelly (L) 2.3%
California 39 William E. Dannemeyer Republican 1978 Running William E. Dannemeyer (R) 74.5%
David D. Vest (D) 24%
Frank Boeheim (PF) 1.6%
California 40 Robert Badham Republican 1976 Running Robert Badham (R) 59.8%
Bruce W. Sumner (D) 37.7%
Steve Sears (PF) 2.5%
California 41 Bill Lowery Republican 1980 Running Bill Lowery (R) 67.8%
Daniel F. "Dan" Kripke (D) 30.4%
Richard "Dick" Rider (L) 1.8%
California 42 Dan Lungren Republican 1978 Running Dan Lungren (R) 72.8%
Michael P. Blackburn (D) 24.7%
Kate McClatchy (PF) 2.5%
California 43 Ron Packard Republican 1982 Running Ron Packard (R) 73.1%
Joseph Chirra (D) 24%
Phyllis Avery (L) 2.9%
California 44 Jim Bates Democratic 1982 Running Jim Bates (D) 64.2%
Bill Mitchell (R) 33.1%
Shirley Rachel Isaacson (PF) 1.5%
Dennis Thompson (L) 1.1%
California 45 Duncan Hunter Republican 1980 Running Duncan Hunter (R) 76.9%
Hewitt Fitts Ryan (D) 21.2%
Lee Schwartz (L) 1.9%

[edit] See also

Preceded by
1984
U.S. House elections Succeeded by
1988