United States House of Representatives elections, 1990

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The U.S. House election, 1990 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1990 which occurred in the middle of President George H. W. Bush's term. As in most midterm elections, the President's Republican Party lost seats to the Democratic Party, slightly increasing the Democratic majority in the chamber.

Notable freshmen included Bernie Sanders of Vermont, the first independent Representative elected since 1950 and future House Republican Leader John Boehner.

1 Overall results
2 Sitting members defeated
3 Voting members
- 3.1 California
- 3.2 Wisconsin
4 See also

[edit] Overall results

Party	Total Seats (change)		Seat percentage	Popular Vote
Democratic Party	267	+7	61.3%	52.0%
Independents	1	+1	0.2%	0.6%
Republican Party	167	-8	38.3%	43.9%
Totals	435	+0	100.0%	100.0%

80.1-100% Republican	80.1-100% Democratic
60.1-80% Republican	60.1-80% Democratic
50.1-60% Republican	50.1-60% Democratic
	80.1-100% Independent
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	1-2 Independent gain

[edit] Sitting members defeated

[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 & 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	Frank Riggs (R) 43.3% Douglas H. Bosco (D) 41.9% Darlene G. Comingore (PF) 14.8%
California 2	Wally Herger	Republican	1986	Running	Wally Herger (R) 63.7% Erwin E. "Bill" Rush (D) 31.2% Ross Crain (L) 5.1%
California 3	Bob Matsui	Democratic	1978	Running	Bob Matsui (D) 60.3% Lowell Patrick Landowski (R) 34.8% David M. McCann (L) 4.9%
California 4	Vic Fazio	Democratic	1978	Running	Vic Fazio (D) 54.7% Mark R. Baughman (R) 39.3% Bryce Bigwood (L) 6%
California 5	Nancy Pelosi	Democratic	1987	Running	Nancy Pelosi (D) 77.2% Alan Nichols (R) 22.8%
California 6	Barbara Boxer	Democratic	1982	Running	Barbara Boxer (D) 68.1% Bill Boerum (R) 31.9%
California 7	George Miller	Democratic	1974	Running	George Miller (D) 60.5% Roger A. Payton (R) 39.5%
California 8	Ron Dellums	Democratic	1970	Running	Ron Dellums (D) 61.3% Barbara Galewski (R) 38.7%
California 9	Pete Stark	Democratic	1972	Running	Pete Stark (D) 58.4% Victor Romero (R) 41.6%
California 10	Don Edwards	Democratic	1972	Running	Don Edwards (D) 62.7% Mark Patrosso (R) 37.3%
California 11	Tom Lantos	Democratic	1980	Running	Tom Lantos (D) 65.9% Bill Quarishi (R) 28.8% June R. Genis (L) 5.3%
California 12	Tom Campbell	Republican	1988	Running	Tom Campbell (R) 60.8% Bob Palmer (D) 33.7% Chuck Olson (L) 5.5%
California 13	Norman Mineta	Democratic	1974	Running	Norman Mineta (D) 58% David E. Smith (R) 35.7% John H. Webster (L) 6.3%
California 14	Norman D. Shumway	Republican	1978	Retiring	John Doolittle (R) 51.5% Patricia Malberg (D) 48.5%
California 15	Gary Condit	Democratic	1989	Running	Gary Condit (D) 66.2% Cliff Burris (R) 33.8%
California 16	Leon Panetta	Democratic	1976	Running	Leon Panetta (D) 74.2% Jerry M. Reiss (R) 22% Brian H. Tucker (L) 3.8%
California 17	Charles (Chip) Pashayan	Republican	1978	Running	Cal Dooley (D) 54.5% Charles (Chip) Pashayan (R) 45.5%
California 18	Richard H. Lehman	Democratic	1982	Running	Richard H. Lehman (D) unopposed
California 19	Bob Lagomarsino	Republican	1974	Running	Bob Lagomarsino (R) 54.6% Anita Perez Ferguson (D) 44.4% Write-in 1.0%
California 20	Bill Thomas	Republican	1978	Running	Bill Thomas (R) 59.9% Michael A. Thomas (D) 34.5% William Howard Dilbeck (L) 5.6%
California 21	Elton Gallegly	Republican	1986	Running	Elton Gallegly (R) 58.4% Richard D. Freiman (D) 34% Peggy L. Christensen (L) 7.6%
California 22	Carlos Moorhead	Republican	1972	Running	Carlos Moorhead (R) 60% David Bayer (D) 34.1% William H. Wilson (L) 3.7% Jan B. Tucker (PF) 2.2%
California 23	Anthony C. Beilenson	Democratic	1976	Running	Anthony C. Beilenson (D) 61.7% Jim Salomon (R) 34.2% John Honigsfeld (PF) 4.1%
California 24	Henry Waxman	Democratic	1974	Running	Henry Waxman (D) 68.9% John N. Cowles (R) 25.6% Maggie Phair (PF) 5.5%
California 25	Edward R. Roybal	Democratic	1962	Running	Edward R. Roybal (R) 70% Steven J. Renshaw (D) 24.8% Robert H. Scott (L) 5.2%
California 26	Howard Berman	Democratic	1982	Running	Howard Berman (D) 61.1% Roy Dahlson (D) 34.8% Bernard Zimring (L) 4.1%
California 27	Mel Levine	Democratic	1982	Running	Mel Levine (D) 58.2% David Barrett Cohen (R) 37.2% Edward E. Ferrer (PF) 4.5%
California 28	Julian C. Dixon	Democratic	1978	Running	Julian C. Dixon (D) 72.7% George Zaldivar Adams (R) 22.2% Robert G. "Bob" Weber Jr. (L) 2.2% William R. Williams (II) (PF) 2.8%
California 29	Augustus F. Hawkins	Democratic	1962	Retiring	Maxine Waters (D) 95.4% Waheed R. Boctor (L) 2.4% Bill DeWitt (R) 2.2%
California 30	Matthew G. Martinez	Democratic	1982	Running	Matthew G. Martinez (D) 58.2% Reuben D. Franco (R) 37% George Curtis Feger (L) 4.8%
California 31	Mervyn M. Dymally	Democratic	1982	Running	Mervyn M. Dymally (D) 67.1% Eunice N. Sato (R) 32.9%
California 32	Glenn M. Anderson	Democratic	1968	Running	Glenn M. Anderson (D) 61.5% Sanford W. Kahn (R) 38.5%
California 33	David Dreier	Republican	1980	Running	David Dreier (R) 63.7% Georgia Houston Webb (D) 31.4% Gail Lightfoot (L) 4.9%
California 34	Ed Torres	Democratic	1982	Running	Ed Torres (D) 60.7% John Eastman (R) 39.3%
California 35	Jerry Lewis	Republican	1978	Running	Jerry Lewis (R) 60.6% Barry Norton (D) 32.9% Jerry Johnson (L) 6.5%
California 36	George Brown, Jr.	Democratic	1962/1972	Running	George Brown, Jr. (D) 52.7% Bob Hammock (R) 47.3%
California 37	Al McCandless	Republican	1982	Running	Al McCandless (R) 49.8% Ralph Waite (D) 44.8% Gary R. Odom (AI) 2.8% Bonnie Flickinger (L) 2.7%
California 38	Bob Dornan	Republican	1976/1984	Running	Bob Dornan (R) 58.1% Barbara Jackson (D) 41.9%
California 39	William E. Dannemeyer	Republican	1978	Running	William E. Dannemeyer (R) 65.3% Francis X. "Frank" Hoffman (D) 30.8% Maxine Bell Quirk (PF) 3.9%
California 40	Chris Cox	Republican	1988	Running	Chris Cox (R) 67.6% Eugene Gratz (D) 32.4%
California 41	Bill Lowery	Republican	1980	Running	Bill Lowery (R) 49.2% Daniel F. "Dan" Kripke (D) 43.6% Karen S.R. Works (PF) 7.2%
California 42	Dana Rohrabacher	Republican	1988	Running	Dana Rohrabacher (R) 59.3% Guy C. Kimbrough (D) 36.5% Richard Gibb Martin (L) 4.2%
California 43	Ron Packard	Republican	1982	Running	Ron Packard (R) 68% Doug Hansen (PF) 18.1% Richard L. "Rick" Arnold (L) 13.8%
California 44	Jim Bates	Democratic	1982	Running	Duke Cunningham (R) 46.3% Jim Bates (D) 44.8% Donna White (PF) 4.8% John Wallner (L) 4%
California 45	Duncan Hunter	Republican	1980	Running	Duncan Hunter (R) 72.8% Joe Shea (L) 27.2%

[edit] Wisconsin

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
Wisconsin 1	Les Aspin	Democrat	1970	Running	Les Aspin (D) unopposed
Wisconsin 2	Robert Kastenmeier	Democrat	1958	Running	Scott Klug (R) 53% Robert Kastenmeier (D) 47%
Wisconsin 3	Steve Gunderson	Republican	1980	Running	Steve Gunderson (R) 61% James Ziegeweid (D) 39%
Wisconsin 4	Jerry Kleczka	Democrat	1984	Running	Jerry Kleczka (D) 69% Joseph Cook (R) 31%
Wisconsin 5	Jim Moody	Democrat	1982	Running	Jim Moody (D) 68% Donalda Hammersmith (R) 27% Nathaniel Stampley (I) 4%
Wisconsin 6	Tom Petri	Republican	1979	Running	Tom Petri (R) unopposed
Wisconsin 7	Dave Obey	Democrat	1969	Running	Dave Obey (D) 62% John McEwen (R) 38%
Wisconsin 8	Toby Roth	Republican	1978	Running	Toby Roth (R) 54% Jerome Van Sistine (D) 46%
Wisconsin 9	James Sensenbrenner	Republican	1979	Running	James Sensenbrenner (R) unopposed