United States House of Representatives elections, 1972

United States House of Representatives elections, 1972

November 7, 1972

All 435 seats to the United States House of Representatives 218 seats were needed for a majority   Majority party Minority party   Leader Carl Albert Gerald Ford Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat Oklahoma-3rd Michigan-5th Last election 255 seats 180 seats Seats won 242 192 Seat change 13 12 Popular vote 37,071,352 33,119,664 Percentage 52.1% 46.5% Swing 1.5% 1.6%

Speaker before election Carl Albert Democratic Elected Speaker Carl Albert Democratic

The U.S. House election, 1972 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1972 which coincided with the landslide reelection victory of President Richard M. Nixon. Nixon's Republican Party managed to gain a net of twelve seats from the Democratic Party, although the Democrats retained a majority. This was the first election that citizens at least 18 years of age (instead of 21 and older) could vote due to the recent passage of the 26th Amendment.

Summary of results

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242	1	192
Democratic	I	Republican

Parties		Seats				Popular Vote
		1970	1972	+/-	Strength	Vote	%	Change
	Democratic Party	255	242	13	55.6%	37,071,352	52.1%	1.5%
	Republican Party	180	192	12	44.2%	33,119,664	46.5%	1.6%
	American Independent Party	0	0		0.0%	233,967	0.3%	0.1%
	Conservative Party	0	0		0.0%	218,143	0.3%	0.1%
	Liberal Party	0	0		0.0%	148,951	0.2%	0.1%
	Independents	0	1	1	0.2%	137,664	0.2%
	Peace and Freedom Party	0	0		0.0%	63,894	0.1%
	Socialist Workers Party	0	0		0.0%	51,815	0.1%	0.1%
	National Democratic Party	0	0		0.0%	37,618	0.1%
	Taxpayer's Party	0	0		0.0%	28,079	<0.1%
	Action Party	0	0		0.0%	12,075	<0.1%
	Prohibition Party	0	0		0.0%	10,902	<0.1%
	Socialist Labor Party	0	0		0.0%	10,835	<0.1%
	Constitution Party	0	0		0.0%	5,860	<0.1%	0.1%
	Concerned and Capable Party	0	0		0.0%	5,188	<0.1%
	American Independent Conservative Party	0	0		0.0%	3,077	<0.1%
	Communist Party	0	0		0.0%	2,076	<0.1%
	Libertarian Party	0	0		0.0%	2,028	<0.1%
	Less Federal Taxes Party	0	0		0.0%	1,920	<0.1%
	La Raza Unida Party	0	0		0.0%	1,629	<0.1%
	Protest, Progress, Dignity Party	0	0		0.0%	1,556	<0.1%
	People's Party	0	0		0.0%	1,215	<0.1%
	Independent for Congress Party	0	0		0.0%	1,147	<0.1%
	People Over Politics Party	0	0		0.0%	847	<0.1%
	Taxation With Representation Party	0	0		0.0%	408	<0.1%
	Socialist Party	0	0		0.0%	221	<0.1%
	Others	0	0		0.0%	16,274	<0.1%	0.1%
Total		435	435		100.0%	71,188,405	100.0%

Source: "Election Statistics". Office of the Clerk. 

[[Image:93 us house membership.png|thumb|450px| House seats by party holding plurality in state   80.1-100% Democratic   80.1-100% Republican   60.1-80% Democratic   60.1-80% Republican   up to 60% Democratic   up to 60% Republican ]]

[[Image:93 us house changes.png|thumb|450px| Change in seats   6+ Democratic gain   6+ Republican gain   3-5 Democratic gain   3-5 Republican gain   1-2 Democratic gain   1-2 Republican gain   no net change ]]

Incumbents retiring

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Democratic gains

• Georgia's 5th congressional district: Fletcher Thompson (R) retired to run for U.S. Senate, succeeded by Andrew Young (D)
• New York's 6th congressional district: Seymour Halpern (R), retired, succeeded by Lester L. Wolff (D), who was redistricted
• Oklahoma's 1st congressional district: Page Belcher (R), retired, succeeded by James Robert Jones (D)

Democratic holds

• Arkansas's 4th congressional district: David Pryor (D), retired to run for U.S. Senate, succeeded by Ray Thornton (D)
• Illinois's 11th congressional district: Roman C. Pucinski (D), retired, succeeded by Frank Annunzio (D), who was redistricted
• Kentucky's 6th congressional district: William P. Curlin, Jr. (D), retired, succeeded by John B. Breckinridge (D)
• Louisiana's 8th congressional district: Speedy Long (D), retired, succeeded by Gillis William Long (D)
• Maryland's 3rd congressional district: Edward Garmatz (D), redistricted and retired, succeeded by Paul Sarbanes (D)
• Mississippi's 2nd congressional district: Thomas Abernethy (D), redistricted and retired, succeeded by David R. Bowen (D)
• Missouri's 6th congressional district: William Raleigh Hull, Jr. (D), retired, succeeded by Jerry Litton (D)
• North Carolina's 4th congressional district: Nick Galifianakis (D), retired to run for U.S. Senate, succeeded by Ike Franklin Andrews (D)
• North Carolina's 7th congressional district: Alton Lennon (D), retired, succeeded by Charlie Rose (D)
• North Dakota's 2nd congressional district: Arthur A. Link (D), redistricted retired to run for Governor, succeeded by Mark Andrews (D), who was redistricted
• Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district: Ed Edmondson (D), retired to run for U.S. Senate, succeeded by Clem McSpadden (D)
• Tennessee's 7th congressional district: Ray Blanton (D), retired to run for U.S. Senate, succeeded by Ed Jones (D), who was redistricted
• Texas's 2nd congressional district: John Dowdy (D), retired, succeeded by Charles Wilson (D)

Republican gains

• Alabama's 2nd congressional district: Elizabeth B. Andrews (D), redistricted and retired, succeeded by William Louis Dickinson (R)
• Illinois's 11th congressional district: Roman C. Pucinski (D), retired, succeeded by Frank Annunzio (D), who was redistricted
• Louisiana's 3rd congressional district: Patrick T. Caffery (D), retired, succeeded by Dave Treen (R)
• Maine's 2nd congressional district: William Hathaway (D), retired to run for U.S. Senate, succeeded by William Cohen (R)
• Mississippi's 4th congressional district: Charles H. Griffin (D), redistricted and retired, succeeded by Thad Cochran (R)
• Mississippi's 5th congressional district: William M. Colmer (D), retired, succeeded by Trent Lott (R)
• South Dakota's 2nd congressional district: James Abourezk (D), retired to run for U.S. Senate, succeeded by James Abdnor (R)
• Virginia's 4th congressional district: Watkins Moorman Abbitt (D), retired, succeeded by Robert Daniel (R)

Republican holds

• California's 20th congressional district: H. Allen Smith (R), retired, succeeded by Carlos Moorhead (R)
• Idaho's 1st congressional district: James A. McClure (R), retired to run for U.S. Senate, succeeded by Steve Symms (R)
• Illinois's 15th congressional district: Cliffard D. Carlson (R), retired, succeeded by Leslie C. Arends (R), who was redistricted
• Illinois's 21st congressional district: William L. Springer (R), retired, succeeded by Edward Rell Madigan (R)
• Missouri's 7th congressional district: Durward Gorham Hall (R), retired, succeeded by Gene Taylor (R)
• New Jersey's 12th congressional district: Florence P. Dwyer (R), retired, succeeded by Matthew John Rinaldo (R)
• New York's 31st congressional district: Alexander Pirnie (R), redistricted and retired, succeeded by Donald J. Mitchell (R)
• New York's 33rd congressional district: John H. Terry (R), redistricted and retired, succeeded by William F. Walsh (R)
• North Carolina's 9th congressional district: Charles R. Jonas (R), retired, succeeded by James G. Martin (R)
• Ohio's 4th congressional district: William Moore McCulloch (R), retired, succeeded by Tennyson Guyer (R)
• Ohio's 8th congressional district: Jackson Edward Betts (R), retired, succeeded by Walter E. Powell (R), who was redistricted
• Ohio's 16th congressional district: Frank T. Bow (R), retired, succeeded by Ralph Regula (R)
• Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district: J. Irving Whalley (R), retired, succeeded by John P. Saylor (R), who was redistricted
• Virginia's 8th congressional district: William L. Scott (R), retired to run for U.S. Senate, succeeded by Stanford Parris (R)
• Washington's 1st congressional district: Thomas Pelly (R), retired, succeeded by Joel Pritchard (R)
• Wisconsin's 8th congressional district: John W. Byrnes (R), retired, succeeded by Harold Vernon Froehlich (R)

Incumbents defeated

Incumbents defeated in primary

1. California's 8th congressional district: George P. Miller (D)
2. California's 39th congressional district: John G. Schmitz (R)
3. Colorado's 4th congressional district: Wayne Aspinall (D)
4. Georgia's 1st congressional district: George Elliott Hagan (D)
5. Michigan's 19th congressional district: Jack H. McDonald (R)
6. Nevada's at-large congressional district: Walter S. Baring, Jr. (D)
7. New Jersey's 13th congressional district: Cornelius Edward Gallagher (D)
8. New York's 18th congressional district: Emanuel Celler (D)
9. New York's 22nd congressional district: James H. Scheuer (D)
10. Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district: James A. Byrne (D)
11. Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district: William Sheldrick Conover (R)
12. South Carolina's 6th congressional district: John L. McMillan (D)
13. West Virginia's 4th congressional district: James Kee (D)

Incumbents defeated in general election

1. Colorado's 1st congressional district: Mike McKevitt (R)
2. Connecticut's 5th congressional district: John S. Monagan (D)
3. Illinois's 10th congressional district: Abner J. Mikva (D)
4. Indiana's 11th congressional district: Andrew Jacobs, Jr. (D)
5. Iowa's 1st congressional district: Fred Schwengel (R)
6. Iowa's 4th congressional district: John Henry Kyl (R)
7. Massachusetts's 9th congressional district: Louise Day Hicks (D)
8. New York's 26th congressional district: John G. Dow (D)
9. Tennessee's 6th congressional district: William Anderson (D)
10. Texas's 5th congressional district: Earle Cabell (D)
11. Texas's 13th congressional district: Graham B. Purcell, Jr. (D)
12. Utah's 2nd congressional district: Sherman P. Lloyd (R)
13. Wisconsin's 7th congressional district: Alvin E. O'Konski (R)

Separate elections

Some special elections were held on days other than the November election.

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Date	District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Reason and Results	Candidates
January 7, 1972	Vermont At-large	Robert Stafford	Republican	1960	Resigned September 16, 1971 when appointed to the U.S. Senate Republican Hold Winner was re-elected in November.	Richard W. Mallary (R) 55.80% J. William O'Brien (D) 37.60% Doris Lake (LU) 4.70% Anthony N. Doria (I) 1.89%
April 4, 1972	Alabama 3rd	George W. Andrews	Democratic	March 14, 1944 (Special)	Died December 25, 1971 Democratic hold Winner did not run for re-election in November.	Elizabeth B. Andrews (D) Unopposed (See Widow's succession)
April 4, 1972	Illinois 15	Charlotte T. Reid	Republican	1962	Resigned October 7, 1971 to become Commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission Republican Hold Winner was re-elected in November.	Cliffard D. Carlson (R) 54.79% Tim L. Hall (D) 45.21%[1]
April 25, 1972	Pennsylvania 27	James G. Fulton	Republican	1944	Died October 6, 1971 Republican Hold Winner was re-elected in November.	William S. Conover (R) 51.05% Douglas Walgren (D) 46.25% Willard Holt (C) 2.70%[2]
September 30, 1972	Louisiana 7	Edwin Edwards	Democratic	October 2, 1965 (Special)	Resigned May 9, 1972 when elected Governor of Louisiana Democratic Hold Winner was re-elected in November.	John Breaux (D) Unopposed[3]

November elections

Alabama

Alabama was reapportioned from 8 to 7 seats and eliminated the old 3rd district, dividing it between the old 2nd and 4th and making compensating boundary changes elsewhere.^[4]

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Alabama 1	Jack Edwards	Republican	1964	Re-elected	Jack Edwards (R) 76.5% O. W. "Bill" McCrory (D) 17.8% Thomas McAboy, Jr. (Nat Dem) 5.7%
Alabama 2	William Louis Dickinson	Republican	1964	Re-elected	William Louis Dickinson (R) 54.9% Ben C. Reeves (D) 41.5% Richard Boone (Nat Dem) 3.4% Llewellyn B. Garth (Con) 0.3%
	Elizabeth B. Andrews Redistricted from 3rd	Democratic	April 4, 1972 (Special)	Retired Democratic loss
Alabama 3	William Flynt Nichols Redistricted from 4th	Democratic	1966	Re-elected	William Flynt Nichols (D) 75.6% Bob Kerr (R) 20.6% John Ford (Nat Dem) 2.6% James R. Connell (Proh) 1.3%
Alabama 4	Tom Bevill Redistricted from 7th	Democratic	1966	Re-elected	Tom Bevill (D) 69.6% Ed Nelson (R) 30.0% Daisy Williams (Proh) 0.5%
Alabama 5	Robert E. Jones, Jr. Redistricted from the now-obsolete 8th district	Democratic	1947	Re-elected	Robert E. Jones, Jr. (D) 74.2% Dieter J. Schrader (R) 24.4% Shirley Irwin (Nat Dem) 1.4%
Alabama 6	John Hall Buchanan, Jr.	Republican	1964	Re-elected	John Hall Buchanan, Jr. (R) 59.8% Ben Erdreich (D) 35.6% Al Thomas (Nat Dem) 2.5% Edna L. Bowling (Proh) 1.2% Dan Scott (Con) 0.9%
Alabama 7	Walter Flowers Redistricted from 5th	Democratic	1968	Re-elected	Walter Flowers (D) 84.8% Lewis Black (Nat Dem) 14.0% Hal Radue (Con) 1.1%

Alaska

Incumbent Nick Begich won re-election three weeks after having disappeared in a plane crash October 16; challenger Don Young would later win a March special election after Begich was declared dead on December 29.

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Alaska At-large	Nick Begich	Democratic	1970	Re-elected	Nick Begich (D) 56.2% Don Young (R) 43.8%

Arizona

Arizona was reapportioned from 3 seats to 4 and carved a new district in the Phoenix suburbs and the northeast from parts of the existing districts.^[4]

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Arizona 1	John Jacob Rhodes	Republican	1952	Re-elected	John Jacob Rhodes (R) 57.3% Gerald A. Pollock (D) 42.7%
Arizona 2	Mo Udall	Democratic	1961	Re-elected	Mo Udall (D) 63.5% Gene Savoie (R) 36.5%
Arizona 3	Sam Steiger	Republican	1966	Re-elected	Sam Steiger (R) 63.0% Ted Wyckoff (D) 37.0%
Arizona 4	None (District created)			New seat Republican gain	John Bertrand Conlan (R) 53.0% Jack E. Brown (D) 47.0%

Arkansas

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Arkansas 1	William Vollie Alexander, Jr.	Democratic	1968	Re-elected	William Vollie Alexander, Jr. (D) Unopposed
Arkansas 2	Wilbur Mills	Democratic	1938	Re-elected	Wilbur Mills (D) Unopposed
Arkansas 3	John P. Hammerschmidt	Republican	1966	Re-elected	John P. Hammerschmidt (R) 77.3% Guy W. Hatfield (D) 22.7%
Arkansas 4	David Pryor	Democratic	1966	Retired to run for U.S. Senate Democratic hold	Ray Thornton (D) Unopposed

California

California was reapportioned from 38 to 43 seats, adding one seat in the Bay Area, one in the Central Valley, and 3 in southern California;^[4] three went to Democrats, two to Republicans. Despite a retirement and two lost renominations, both parties held their seats in this election, bringing the Democrats up from 20 seats to 23 and the Republicans up from 18 seats to 20.

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
California 1	Donald H. Clausen	Republican	1963	Re-elected	Donald H. Clausen (R) 62.2% William Nighswonger (D) 34.1% Jonathan T. Ames (PF) 3.7%
California 2	Harold T. Johnson	Democratic	1958	Re-elected	Harold T. Johnson (D) 68.3% Francis X. Callahan (R) 28.6% Dorothy D. Paradis (American) 3.1%
California 3	John E. Moss	Democratic	1952	Re-elected	John E. Moss (D) 69.9% John Rakus (R) 30.1%
California 4	Robert L. Leggett	Democratic	1962	Re-elected	Robert L. Leggett (D) 67.4% Benjamin Chang (R) 32.6%
California 5	Phillip Burton	Democratic	1964	Re-elected	Phillip Burton (D) 81.8% Edlo E. Powell (R) 18.2%
California 6	William S. Mailliard	Republican	1952	Re-elected	William S. Mailliard (R) 52.0% Roger Boas (D) 48.0%
California 7	Ron Dellums	Democratic	1970	Re-elected	Ron Dellums (D) 56.0% Peter Hannaford (R) 38.0% Frank V. Cortese (American) 6.0%
California 8	George Paul Miller	Democratic	1944	Lost renomination Democratic hold	Pete Stark (D) 52.9% Lew M. Warden, Jr. (R) 47.1%
California 9	Don Edwards	Democratic	1962	Re-elected	Don Edwards (D) 72.3% Herb Smith (R) 25.2% Edmon V. Kaiser (American) 2.6%
California 10	Charles S. Gubser	Republican	1952	Re-elected	Charles S. Gubser (R) 64.6% B. Frank Gillette (D) 35.4%
California 11	None (District created)			New seat Democratic gain	Leo Ryan (D) 60.4% Charles E. Chase (R) 37.0% Nicholas W. Kudrovzeff (American) 2.6%
California 12	Burt L. Talcott	Republican	1962	Re-elected	Burt L. Talcott (R) 54.0% Julian Camacho (D) 43.1% Stanley K. Monteith (American) 2.9%
California 13	Charles M. Teague	Republican	1954	Re-elected	Charles M. Teague (R) 73.9% Lester Dean Cleveland (D) 26.1%
California 14	Jerome R. Waldie	Democratic	1966	Re-elected	Jerome R. Waldie (D) 77.6% Floyd E. Sims (R) 22.4%
California 15	John J. McFall	Democratic	1956	Re-elected	John J. McFall (D) Unopposed
California 16	Bernice F. Sisk	Democratic	1954	Re-elected	Bernice F. Sisk (D) 79.1% Carol O. Harner (R) 20.9%
California 17	Pete McCloskey Redistricted from 11th	Republican	1967	Re-elected	Pete McCloskey (R) 60.2% James Stewart (D) 39.8%
California 18	Bob Mathias	Republican	1966	Re-elected	Bob Mathias (R) 66.5% Vincent J. Lavery (D) 33.5%
California 19	Chet Holifield	Democratic	1942	Re-elected	Chet Holifield (D) 67.2% Kenneth M. Fisher (R) 27.9% Joe Harris (PF) 4.9%
California 20	H. Allen Smith	Republican	1956	Retired Republican hold	Carlos Moorhead (R) 57.4% John Binkley (D) 42.6%
California 21	Augustus F. Hawkins	Democratic	1962	Re-elected	Augustus F. Hawkins (D) 82.9% Rayfield Lundy (R) 17.1%
California 22	James C. Corman	Democratic	1960	Re-elected	James C. Corman (D) 67.6% Bruce P. Wolfe (R) 29.3% Ralph L. Shroyer (PF) 3.1%
California 23	Del M. Clawson	Republican	1963	Re-elected	Del M. Clawson (R) 61.4% Conrad G. Tuohey (D) 38.6%
California 24	John H. Rousselot	Republican	1960/1970	Re-elected	John H. Rousselot (R) 70.1% Luther Mandell (D) 29.9%
California 25	Charles E. Wiggins	Republican	1966	Re-elected	Charles E. Wiggins (R) 64.9% Leslie W. Craven (D) 31.9% Alfred Romirez (American) 3.1%
California 26	Thomas M. Rees	Democratic	1965	Re-elected	Thomas M. Rees (D) 68.6% Philip Robert Rutta (R) 27.9% Mike Timko (PF) 3.5%
California 27	Barry Goldwater, Jr.	Republican	1969	Re-elected	Barry Goldwater, Jr. (R) 57.4% Mark S. Novak (D) 42.6%
California 28	Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr.	Republican	1960	Re-elected	Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr. (R) 60.7% Michael Shapiro (D) 37.5% Jack Hampton (PF) 1.8%
California 29	George E. Danielson	Democratic	1970	Re-elected	George E. Danielson (D) 62.8% Richard E. Ferraro (R) 33.5% John W. Blaine (PF) 3.7%
California 30	Edward R. Roybal	Democratic	1962	Re-elected	Edward R. Roybal (D) 68.4% Bill Brophy (R) 28.6% Lewis McCammon (PF) 3.0%
California 31	Charles H. Wilson	Democratic	1962	Re-elected	Charles H. Wilson (D) 52.3% Ben Valentine (R) 42.5% Roberta Lynn Wood (PF) 5.2%
California 32	Craig Hosmer	Republican	1952	Re-elected	Craig Hosmer (R) 65.9% Dennis Murray (D) 32.0% John S. Donohue (PF) 2.2%
California 33	Jerry Pettis	Republican	1966	Re-elected	Jerry Pettis (R) 75.1% Ken Thompson (D) 24.9%
California 34	Richard T. Hanna	Democratic	1962	Re-elected	Richard T. Hanna (D) 67.2% John D. Ratterree (R) 28.9% Lee R. Rayburn (AI) 3.9%
California 35	Glenn M. Anderson Redistricted from 17th	Democratic	1968	Re-elected	Glenn M. Anderson (D) 74.8% Vernon E. Brown (R) 25.2%
California 36	None (District created)			New seat Republican gain	William M. Ketchum (R) 52.7% Timothy Lemucchi (D) 43.5% Bill Armour (American) 3.8%
California 37	None (District created)			New seat Democratic gain	Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (D) 73.2% Gregg Tria (R) 24.7% John Haag (PF) 2.1%
California 38	None (District created)			New seat Democratic gain	George Brown, Jr. (D) 56.3% Howard J. Snider (R) 43.7%
California 39	John G. Schmitz Redistricted from 35th	Republican	1970	Lost renomination Republican hold	Andrew J. Hinshaw (R) 65.7% John Woodland Black (D) 34.3%
California 40	Bob Wilson Redistricted from 36th	Republican	1952	Re-elected	Bob Wilson (R) 67.8% Frank Caprio (D) 30.3% Fritjof Thygeson (PF) 1.9%
California 41	Lionel Van Deerlin Redistricted from 37th	Democratic	1962	Re-elected	Lionel Van Deerlin (D) 74.1% D. Richard Kau (R) 25.9%
California 42	None (District created)			New seat Republican gain	Clair W. Burgener (R) 67.4% Bob Lowe (D) 29.2% Armin R. Moths (American) 3.4%
California 43	Victor Veysey Redistricted from 38th	Republican	1970	Re-elected	Victor Veysey (R) 62.7% Ernest Z. Robles (D) 37.3%

Colorado

Colorado was reapportioned from 4 to 5 seats, constructing a new 5th district east and south of Denver.^[4]

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Colorado 1	Mike McKevitt	Republican	1970	Lost re-election Democratic gain	Patricia Schroeder (D) 51.6% Mike McKevitt (R) 47.5% Marie Pauline Serna (La Raza Unida) 0.8% Fern Gapin (Socialist Workers) 0.2%
Colorado 2	Donald G. Brotzman	Republican	1966	Re-elected	Donald G. Brotzman (R) 66.3% Francis W. Brush (D) 33.4% Joel Houtman (Socialist Workers) 0.3%
Colorado 3	Frank Evans	Democratic	1964	Re-elected	Frank Evans (D) 66.3% Chuck Brady (R) 33.7%
Colorado 4	Wayne N. Aspinall	Democratic	1948	Lost renomination Republican gain	James Paul Johnson (R) 51.0% Alan Merson (D) 49.0%
Colorado 5	None (District created)			New seat Republican gain	William L. Armstrong (R) 62.3% Byron L. Johnson (D) 36.5% Pipp M. Boyls (L) 1.2%

Connecticut

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Connecticut 1	William R. Cotter	Democratic	1970	Re-elected	William R. Cotter (D) 56.9% Richard M. Rittenband (R) 41.9% Charlie A. Burke (AI) 1.2%
Connecticut 2	Robert H. Steele	Republican	1970	Re-elected	Robert H. Steele (R) 65.9% Roger Hilsman, Jr. (D) 34.1%
Connecticut 3	Robert Giaimo	Democratic	1958	Re-elected	Robert Giaimo (D) 53.3% Henry A. Povinelli (R) 46.7%
Connecticut 4	Stewart McKinney	Republican	1970	Re-elected	Stewart McKinney (R) 63.1% James P. McLoughlin (D) 36.9%
Connecticut 5	John S. Monagan	Democratic	1958	Lost re-election Republican gain	Ronald A. Sarasin (R) 51.2% John S. Monagan (D) 48.8%
Connecticut 6	Ella T. Grasso	Democratic	1970	Re-elected	Ella T. Grasso (D) 60.2% John F. Walsh (R) 39.8%

Delaware

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Delaware At-large	Pierre S. du Pont IV	Republican	1970	Re-elected	Pierre S. du Pont IV (R) 62.5% Norma Handloff (D) 36.9% Robert G. LoPresti (American) 0.5% Rachel Dickerson (Proh) 0.1%

Florida

Florida was reapportioned from 12 to 15 seats, adding a seat in central and two in south Florida.^[4]

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Florida 1	Robert L. F. Sikes	Democratic	1940	Re-elected	Robert L. F. Sikes (D) Unopposed
Florida 2	Don Fuqua	Democratic	1962	Re-elected	Don Fuqua (D) Unopposed
Florida 3	Charles Edward Bennett	Democratic	1948	Re-elected	Charles Edward Bennett (D) 82.0% John F. Bowen (R) 18.0%
Florida 4	William V. Chappell, Jr.	Democratic	1968	Re-elected	William V. Chappell, Jr. (D) 55.9% P. T. 'Bud' Fleuchaus (R) 44.1%
Florida 5	None (District created)			New seat Democratic gain	Bill Gunter (D) 55.5% Jack P. Insco (R) 44.5%
Florida 6	Bill Young Redistricted from the 8th district	Republican	1970	Re-elected	Bill Young (R) 76.0% Michael O. Plunkett (D) 24.0%
Florida 7	Sam M. Gibbons Redistricted from the 6th district	Democratic	1962	Re-elected	Sam M. Gibbons (D) 68.0% Robert A. Carter (R) 32.0%
Florida 8	James A. Haley Redistricted from the 7th district	Democratic	1952	Re-elected	James A. Haley (D) 57.8% Roy Thomnpson, Jr. (R) 42.2%
Florida 9	Louis Frey, Jr. Redistricted from the 5th district	Republican	1968	Re-elected	Louis Frey, Jr. (R) Unopposed
Florida 10	None (District created)			New seat Republican gain	Louis A. Bafalis (R) 62.0% Bill Sikes (D) 38.0%
Florida 11	Paul Rogers Redistricted from the 9th district	Democratic	1954	Re-elected	Paul Rogers (D) 60.2% Joel Karl Gustafson (R) 39.8%
Florida 12	J. Herbert Burke Redistricted from the 10th district	Republican	1966	Re-elected	J. Herbert Burke (R) 62.8% James T. Stephanis (D) 37.2%
Florida 13	None (District created)			New seat Democratic gain	William Lehman (D) 61.6% Paul D. Bethel (R) 38.4%
Florida 14	Claude Pepper Redistricted from the 11th district	Democratic	1962	Re-elected	Claude Pepper (D) 67.6% Evelio S, Estrella (R) 32.4%
Florida 15	Dante Fascell Redistricted from the 12th district	Democratic	1954	Re-elected	Dante Fascell (D) 56.8% Ellis B. Rubin (R) 43.2%

Georgia

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Georgia 1	George Elliott Hagan	Democratic	1960	Lost renomination Democratic hold	Ronald 'Bo' Ginn (D) Unopposed
Georgia 2	Dawson Mathis	Democratic	1970	Re-elected	Dawson Mathis (D) Unopposed
Georgia 3	Jack Thomas Brinkley	Democratic	1966	Re-elected	Jack Thomas Brinkley (D) Unopposed
Georgia 4	Benjamin B. Blackburn	Republican	1966	Re-elected	Benjamin B. Blackburn (R) 75.9% F. Odell Welborn (D) 24.1%
Georgia 5	Fletcher Thompson	Republican	1966	Retired to run for U.S. Senate Democratic gain	Andrew Young (D) 52.8% Rodney M. Cook (R) 47.2%
Georgia 6	John James Flynt, Jr.	Democratic	1954	Re-elected	John James Flynt, Jr. (D) Unopposed
Georgia 7	John W. Davis	Democratic	1960	Re-elected	John W. Davis (D) 58.3% Charlie Sherrill (R) 41.7%
Georgia 8	W. S. Stuckey, Jr.	Democratic	1966	Re-elected	W. S. Stuckey, Jr. (D) 62.4% Ronnie Thompson (R) 37.6%
Georgia 9	Phillip M. Landrum	Democratic	1952	Re-elected	Phillip M. Landrum (D) Unopposed
Georgia 10	Robert Grier Stephens, Jr.	Democratic	1960	Re-elected	Robert Grier Stephens, Jr. (D) Unopposed

Hawaii

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Hawaii 1	Spark Matsunaga	Democratic	1962	Re-elected	Spark Matsunaga (D) 54.7% Fred W. Rohlfing (R) 45.3%
Hawaii 2	Patsy Mink	Democratic	1964	Re-elected	Patsy Mink (D) 57.1% Diana Hansen (R) 42.9%

Idaho

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Idaho 1	James A. McClure	Republican	1966	Retired to run for U.S. Senate Republican hold	Steve Symms (R) 55.6% Ed Williams (D) 44.4%
Idaho 2	Orval H. Hansen	Republican	1968	Re-elected	Orval H. Hansen (R) 69.2% Willis H. Ludlow (D) 27.0% John L. Thiebert (American) 3.8%

Illinois

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Illinois 1	Ralph H. Metcalfe	Democratic	1970	Re-elected	Ralph H. Metcalfe (D) 91.4% Louis Coggs (R) 8.6%
Illinois 2	Morgan F. Murphy Redistricted from the 3rd district	Democratic	1970	Re-elected	Morgan F. Murphy (D) 75.0% James E. Doyle (R) 25.0%
Illinois 3	None (District created)			New seat Republican gain	Robert P. Hanrahan (R) 62.3% Daniel P. Coman (D) 37.7%
Illinois 4	Ed Derwinski	Republican	1958	Re-elected	Ed Derwinski (R) 70.5% C. F. 'Bob' Dore (D) 29.5%
Illinois 5	John C. Kluczynski	Democratic	1950	Re-elected	John C. Kluczynski (D) 72.8% Leonard C. Jarzab (R) 27.2%
Illinois 6	Harold R. Collier Redistricted from the 10th district	Republican	1956	Re-elected	Harold R. Collier (R) 61.2% Michael R. Galasso (D) 38.8%
Illinois 7	George W. Collins Redistricted from the 6th district	Democratic	1970	Re-elected	George W. Collins (D) 82.8% Thomas J. Lento (R) 17.2%
Illinois 8	Dan Rostenkowski	Democratic	1958	Re-elected	Dan Rostenkowski (D) 74.0% Edward Stepnowski (R) 26.0%
Illinois 9	Sidney R. Yates	Democratic	1964	Re-elected	Sidney R. Yates (D) 68.3% Clark W. Fetridge (R) 31.7%
Illinois 10	Abner J. Mikva Redistricted from the 2nd district	Democratic	1968	Lost re-election Republican gain	Samuel H. Young (R) 51.6% Abner J. Mikva (D) 48.4%
Illinois 11	Frank Annunzio Redistricted from the 7th district	Democratic	1964	Re-elected	Frank Annunzio (D) 53.3% John J. Hoellen (R) 46.7%
	Roman C. Pucinski	Democratic	1958	Retired to run for U.S. Senate Democratic loss
Illinois 12	Phil Crane Redistricted from the 13th district	Republican	1969	Re-elected	Phil Crane (R) 74.2% Edwin L. Frank (D) 25.8%
Illinois 13	Robert McClory Redistricted from the 12th district	Republican	1962	Re-elected	Robert McClory (R) 61.5% Stanley W. Beetham (D) 38.5%
Illinois 14	John N. Erlenborn	Republican	1964	Re-elected	John N. Erlenborn (R) 72.8% James M. Wall (D) 27.2%
Illinois 15	Leslie C. Arends Redistricted from the 17th district	Republican	1934	Re-elected	Leslie C. Arends (R) 57.2% Tim L. Hall (D) 42.8%
	Cliffard D. Carlson	Republican	April 4, 1972 (Special)	Retired Republican loss
Illinois 16	John B. Anderson	Republican	1960	Re-elected	John B. Anderson (R) 71.9% John E. Devine, Jr. (D) 28.1%
Illinois 17	None (District created)			New seat Republican gain	George M. O'Brien (R) 55.6% John J. Houlihan (D) 44.4%
Illinois 18	Robert H. Michel	Republican	1956	Re-elected	Robert H. Michel (R) 64.8% Steven L. Nordvall (D) 35.2%
Illinois 19	Tom Railsback	Republican	1966	Re-elected	Tom Railsback (R) Unopposed
Illinois 20	Paul Findley	Republican	1960	Re-elected	Paul Findley (R) 68.8% Robert S. O'Shea (D) 31.2%
Illinois 21	William L. Springer Redistricted from the 22nd district	Republican	1950	Retired Republican hold	Edward Rell Madigan (R) 54.8% Lawrence E. Johnson (D) 45.2%
Illinois 22	George E. Shipley Redistricted from the 23rd district	Democratic	1958	Re-elected	George E. Shipley (D) 56.5% Robert B. Lamkin (R) 41.0% Cleo A. Duzan (I) 2.4%
Illinois 23	Melvin Price Redistricted from the 24th district	Democratic	1944	Re-elected	Melvin Price (D) 75.1% Robert Mays (R) 24.9%
Illinois 24	Kenneth J. Gray Redistricted from the 21st district	Democratic	1954	Re-elected	Kenneth J. Gray (D) 93.7% Hugh Muldoon (I) 6.3%

Indiana

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Indiana 1	Ray J. Madden	Democratic	1942	Re-elected	Ray J. Madden (D) 56.9% Bruce R. Haller (R) 43.1%
Indiana 2	Earl F. Landgrebe	Republican	1968	Re-elected	Earl F. Landgrebe (R) 54.7% Floyd Fithian (D) 45.3%
Indiana 3	John Brademas	Democratic	1958	Re-elected	John Brademas (D) 55.2% Don M. Newman (R) 43.2% Helen Calvin (American) 1.5%
Indiana 4	J. Edward Roush	Democratic	1970	Re-elected	J. Edward Roush (D) 51.5% Allan E. Bloom (R) 48.5%
Indiana 5	Elwood Hillis	Republican	1970	Re-elected	Elwood Hillis (R) 64.1% Kathleen Z. Williams (D) 35.9%
Indiana 6	William G. Bray	Republican	1950	Re-elected	William G. Bray (R) 64.8% David W. Evans (D) 35.2%
Indiana 7	John T. Myers	Republican	1966	Re-elected	John T. Myers (R) 61.6% Warren P. Henegar (D) 38.4%
Indiana 8	Roger H. Zion	Republican	1966	Re-elected	Roger H. Zion (R) 63.4% Richard L. Deen (D) 36.6%
Indiana 9	Lee H. Hamilton	Democratic	1964	Re-elected	Lee H. Hamilton (D) 62.9% William A. Johnson (R) 37.1%
Indiana 10	David W. Dennis	Republican	1968	Re-elected	David W. Dennis (R) 57.2% Philip R. Sharp (D) 42.8%
Indiana 11	Andrew Jacobs, Jr.	Democratic	1964	Lost re-election Republican gain	William H. Hudnut III (R) 51.2% Andrew Jacobs, Jr. (D) 48.8%

Iowa

Iowa was reapportioned from 7 seats to 6, dividing the old 5th district around Des Moines between its neighbors. Its incumbent, Neal Smith, won again in the south-central Iowa 4th district.^[4]

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Iowa 1	Fred Schwengel	Republican	1966	Lost re-election Democratic gain	Edward Mezvinsky (D) 53.4% Fred Schwengel (R) 45.7% Lee E. Foster (AI) 1.0%
Iowa 2	John C. Culver	Democratic	1964	Re-elected	John C. Culver (D) 59.2% Theodore R. Ellsworth (R) 40.8%
Iowa 3	H. R. Gross	Republican	1948	Re-elected	H. R. Gross (R) 55.7% Lyle D. Taylor (D) 44.3%
Iowa 4	Neal Smith Redistricted from the 5th district	Democratic	1958	Re-elected	Neal Smith (D) 59.2% John Henry Kyl (R) 40.8%
	John Henry Kyl	Republican	1966	Lost re-election Republican loss
Iowa 5	William J. Scherle Redistricted from the 7th district	Republican	1966	Re-elected	William J. Scherle (R) 55.3% Tom Harkin (D) 44.7%
Iowa 6	Wiley Mayne	Republican	1966	Re-elected	Wiley Mayne (R) 52.5% Berkley Bedell (D) 47.5%

Kansas

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Kansas 1	Keith Sebelius	Republican	1968	Re-elected	Keith Sebelius (R) 77.2% Morris Coover (D) 21.6% Daniel Scoggin (Proh) 1.2%
Kansas 2	William R. Roy	Democratic	1970	Re-elected	William R. Roy (D) 60.6% Charles D. McAtee (R) 37.1% Bert Falley (Con) 1.8% David Scoggin (Proh) 0.5%
Kansas 3	Larry Winn	Republican	1966	Re-elected	Larry Winn (R) 71.0% Charles Barsotti (D) 25.4% Warren E. Redding (Con) 3.6%
Kansas 4	Garner E. Shriver	Republican	1960	Re-elected	Garner E. Shriver (R) 73.2% John S. Stevens (D) 24.8% Wayne Nobbs, Jr. (Proh) 2.0%
Kansas 5	Joe Skubitz	Republican	1962	Re-elected	Joe Skubitz (R) 72.3% Lloyd L. Kitch, Jr. (D) 27.7%

Kentucky

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Kentucky 1	Frank Stubblefield	Democratic	1958	Re-elected	Frank Stubblefield (D) 64.8% Charles Thurman Banken, Jr. (R) 33.7% John M. Katterjohn (I) 1.5%
Kentucky 2	William Huston Natcher	Democratic	1953	Re-elected	William Huston Natcher (D) 61.5% J. C. Carter (R) 38.5%
Kentucky 3	Romano L. Mazzoli	Democratic	1970	Re-elected	Romano L. Mazzoli (D) 62.2% Phil Kaelin, Jr. (R) 37.0% William P. Chambers (American) 0.9%
Kentucky 4	Gene Snyder	Republican	1966	Re-elected	Gene Snyder (R) 73.8% James W. Rogers (D) 26.2%
Kentucky 5	Tim Lee Carter	Republican	1964	Re-elected	Tim Lee Carter (R) 73.5% Lyle L. Willis (D) 26.5%
Kentucky 6	William P. Curlin, Jr.	Democratic	1971	Retired Democratic hold	John B. Breckinridge (D) 52.4% Laban P. Jackson (R) 46.8% Thomas F. Lundeen (Peoples) 0.8%
Kentucky 7	Carl D. Perkins	Democratic	1948	Re-elected	Carl D. Perkins (D) 61.9% Robert Holcomb (R) 38.1%

Louisiana

Louisiana stayed at eight house seats following the 1970 census, but the Eighth District's boundaries were radically altered. New governor Edwin W. Edwards ordered the district to take in territory far to the south and east of its traditional base of Alexandria which included many African-American and progressive white voters. The change was largely regarded as an election deal between Edwards and former Rep. Gillis Long, who finished third in the Democratic Primary in the 1971 Louisiana Governor's Election. Long easily won back the Eighth District seat he lost in 1964.

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Louisiana 1	F. Edward Hebert	Democratic	1940	Re-elected	F. Edward Hebert (D) Unopposed
Louisiana 2	Hale Boggs	Democratic	1946	Re-elected	Hale Boggs (D) Unopposed
Louisiana 3	Patrick T. Caffery	Democratic	1968	Retired Republican gain	Dave Treen (R) 54.0% J. Louis Watkins, Jr. (D) 46.0%
Louisiana 4	Joe Waggonner	Democratic	1961	Re-elected	Joe Waggonner (D) Unopposed
Louisiana 5	Otto Passman	Democratic	1946	Re-elected	Otto Passman (D) Unopposed
Louisiana 6	John Rarick	Democratic	1966	Re-elected	John Rarick (D) Unopposed
Louisiana 7	John Breaux	Democratic	September 30, 1972 (Special)	Re-elected	John Breaux (D) Unopposed
Louisiana 8	Speedy Long	Democratic	1964	Retired Democratic hold	Gillis William Long (D) 68.5% S. R. Abramson (American) 16.8% Roy C. Strickland (R) 14.6%

Maine

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Maine 1	Peter N. Kyros	Democratic	1966	Re-elected	Peter N. Kyros (D) 59.4% L. Robert Porteous, Jr. (R) 40.6%
Maine 2	William Hathaway	Democratic	1964	Retired to run for U.S. Senate Republican gain	William Cohen (R) 54.4% Elmer H. Violette (D) 45.6%

Maryland

Maryland’s redistricting eliminated a seat in Baltimore in favor of an additional seat in the DC suburbs.^[4]

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Maryland 1	William Oswald Mills	Republican	1971	Re-elected	William Oswald Mills (R) 70.5% John R. Hargreaves (D) 29.5%
Maryland 2	Clarence Long	Democratic	1962	Re-elected	Clarence Long (D) 65.8% John J. Bishop, Jr. (R) 34.2%
Maryland 3	Paul Sarbanes Redistricted from the 4th district	Democratic	1970	Re-elected	Paul Sarbanes (D) 69.7% Robert D. Morrow (R) 30.3%
	Edward Garmatz	Democratic	1947	Retired Democratic loss
Maryland 4	None (District created)			New seat Republican gain	Marjorie Holt (R) 59.4% Werner Fornos (D) 40.6%
Maryland 5	Lawrence Hogan	Republican	1968	Re-elected	Lawrence Hogan (R) 62.9% Edward T. Conroy (D) 37.1%
Maryland 6	Goodloe Byron	Democratic	1970	Re-elected	Goodloe Byron (D) 64.8% Edward J. Mason (R) 35.2%
Maryland 7	Parren Mitchell	Democratic	1970	Re-elected	Parren Mitchell (D) 80.0% Verdell Adair (R) 20.0%
Maryland 8	Gilbert Gude	Republican	1966	Re-elected	Gilbert Gude (R) 63.9% Joseph G. Anastasi (D) 36.1%

Massachusetts

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Massachusetts 1	Silvio Conte	Republican	1958	Re-elected	Silvio Conte (R) Unopposed
Massachusetts 2	Edward Boland	Democratic	1952	Re-elected	Edward Boland (D) Unopposed
Massachusetts 3	Harold Donohue Redistricted from the 4th district	Democratic	1946	Re-elected	Harold Donohue (D) Unopposed
Massachusetts 4	Robert Drinan Redistricted from the 3rd district	Democratic	1970	Re-elected	Robert Drinan (D) 68.9% Martin A. Linsky (R) 23.4% John Collins (Ind Con) 7.7%
Massachusetts 5	Frank B. Morse	Republican	1960	Resigned when appointed to United Nations Republican hold	Paul W. Cronin (R) 53.4% John Kerry (D) 44.7% Roger Durkin (I) 1.8%
Massachusetts 6	Michael J. Harrington	Democratic	1969	Re-elected	Michael J. Harrington (D) 64.1% James Brady Moseley (R) 35.9%
Massachusetts 7	Torbert H. MacDonald	Democratic	1954	Re-elected	Torbert H. MacDonald (D) 67.7% Joan M. Aliberti (R) 32.3%
Massachusetts 8	Tip O'Neill	Democratic	1952	Re-elected	Tip O'Neill (D) 88.7% John Powers (Socialist Workers) 11.3%
Massachusetts 9	Louise Day Hicks	Democratic	1970	Lost re-election Challenger joined Democratic caucus	Joe Moakley (Ind Con) 43.2% Louise Day Hicks (D) 41.1% Howard M. Miller (R) 14.2% Jeanne Lafferty (I) 1.5%
Massachusetts 10	Margaret Heckler	Republican	1966	Re-elected	Margaret Heckler (R) Unopposed
Massachusetts 11	James A. Burke	Democratic	1958	Re-elected	James A. Burke (D) Unopposed
Massachusetts 12	Hastings Keith	Republican	1958	Retired Democratic gain	Gerry E. Studds (D) 50.3% William D. Weeks (R) 49.7%

Michigan

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Michigan 1	John Conyers	Democratic	1964	Re-elected	John Conyers (D) 88.4% Walter F. Girardot (R) 10.8% Nina J. Hubbard (AI) 0.5% Maceo Carl Dixon (Socialist Workers) 0.2%
Michigan 2	Marvin L. Esch	Republican	1966	Re-elected	Marvin L. Esch (R) 56.0% Marvin R. Stempien (D) 43.3% Henry W. Kroes, Jr. (AI) 0.7%
Michigan 3	Garry E. Brown	Republican	1966	Re-elected	Garry E. Brown (R) 59.2% James T. Brignall (D) 39.9% Marvin P. Lightvoet (AI) 0.9%
Michigan 4	J. Edward Hutchinson	Republican	1962	Re-elected	J. Edward Hutchinson (R) 67.3% Charles Jameson (D) 32.7%
Michigan 5	Gerald Ford	Republican	1948	Re-elected	Gerald Ford (R) 61.1% Jean McKee (D) 37.7% Dwight W. Johnson (AI) 1.1% Frank Girard (Soc-Lab) 0.1% Alan Lee Maki (C) 0.07%
Michigan 6	Charles E. Chamberlain	Republican	1956	Re-elected	Charles E. Chamberlain (R) 50.6% Robert Carr (D) 49.4%
Michigan 7	Donald Riegle, Jr.	Republican	1966	Re-elected	Donald Riegle, Jr. (R) 70.1% Eugene L. Mattison (D) 29.9%
Michigan 8	R. James Harvey	Republican	1960	Re-elected	R. James Harvey (R) 59.3% Jerome T. Hart (D) 39.4% John B. Lipinski (AI) 1.3%
Michigan 9	Guy Vander Jagt	Republican	1966	Re-elected	Guy Vander Jagt (R) 69.4% Lawrence H. Olson (D) 29.5% De Loyd Glenn Hesselink (AI) 1.1%
Michigan 10	Elford Albin Cederberg	Republican	1952	Re-elected	Elford Albin Cederberg (R) 66.7% Benjamin D. Graves (D) 30.9% Richard Friske (AI) 2.4%
Michigan 11	Philip Ruppe	Republican	1966	Re-elected	Philip Ruppe (R) 69.4% James E. McNamara (D) 29.8% James P. Hoy (AI) 0.8%
Michigan 12	James G. O'Hara	Democratic	1958	Re-elected	James G. O'Hara (D) 50.8% David Serotkin (R) 49.2%
Michigan 13	Charles Diggs	Democratic	1954	Re-elected	Charles Diggs (D) 85.6% Leonard T. Edwards (R) 13.3% Raymond D. Moon (AI) 0.6% Nanci Kinker (Socialist Workers) 0.4%
Michigan 14	Lucien N. Nedzi	Democratic	1961	Re-elected	Lucien N. Nedzi (D) 54.9% Robert V. McGrath (R) 45.1%
Michigan 15	William D. Ford	Democratic	1964	Re-elected	William D. Ford (D) 65.8% Ernest C. Fackler (R) 32.9% Aldi C. Fuhrmann (AI) 1.3%
Michigan 16	John D. Dingell, Jr.	Democratic	1955	Re-elected	John D. Dingell, Jr. (D) 68.1% William Rostrom (R) 29.8% Peter P. Gayner (AI) 2.2%
Michigan 17	Martha W. Griffiths	Democratic	1954	Re-elected	Martha W. Griffiths (D) 66.4% Ralph E. Judd (R) 32.5% Hector M. McGregor (AI) 0.8% Christy L. Wallace (Socialist Workers) 0.3%
Michigan 18	None (District created)			New seat Republican gain	Robert J. Huber (R) 52.6% Daniel S. Cooper (D) 47.4%
Michigan 19	William Broomfield Redistricted from the 18th district	Republican	1956	Re-elected	William Broomfield (R) 70.4% George Montgomery (D) 28.6% Henry Lloyd George (AI) 1.0%
	Jack H. McDonald	Republican	1966	Lost renomination Republican loss

Minnesota

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Minnesota 1	Al Quie	Republican	1958	Re-elected	Al Quie (R) 70.7% Charles S. Thompson (DFL) 29.3%
Minnesota 2	Ancher Nelsen	Republican	1958	Re-elected	Ancher Nelsen (R) 57.1% Charlie Turnbull (DFL) 42.9%
Minnesota 3	Bill Frenzel	Republican	1970	Re-elected	Bill Frenzel (R) 62.9% Jim Bell (DFL) 31.3% Donald H. Wright (Taxpayers) 5.8%
Minnesota 4	Joseph Karth	Democratic	1958	Re-elected	Joseph Karth (DFL) 72.4% Steve Thompson (R) 27.6%
Minnesota 5	Donald M. Fraser	Democratic	1962	Re-elected	Donald M. Fraser (DFL) 65.8% Allan Davisson (R) 24.4% Norm Selby (Taxpayers) 7.7% William E. Peterson (Socialist Workers) 2.1%
Minnesota 6	John Zwach	Republican	1966	Re-elected	John Zwach (R) 51.0% Richard M. Nolan (DFL) 49.0%
Minnesota 7	Bob Bergland	Democratic	1970	Re-elected	Bob Bergland (DFL) 59.0% Jon O. Haaven (R) 41.0%
Minnesota 8	John Blatnik	Democratic	1946	Re-elected	John Blatnik (DFL) 75.9% Edward Johnson (R) 24.1%

Mississippi

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Mississippi 1	Jamie L. Whitten Redistricted from the 2nd district	Democratic	1941	Re-elected	Jamie L. Whitten (D) Unopposed
Mississippi 2	Thomas Abernethy Redistricted from the 1st district	Democratic	1942	Retired Democratic hold	David R. Bowen (D) 61.9% Carl Butler (R) 34.7% Robert J. Coleman (I) 2.5% Norman Smith (I) 0.9%
Mississippi 3	Gillespie V. Montgomery Redistricted from the 4th district	Democratic	1966	Re-elected	Gillespie V. Montgomery (D) Unopposed
Mississippi 4	Charles H. Griffin Redistricted from the 3rd district	Democratic	1968	Retired Republican gain	Thad Cochran (R) 47.9% Ellis B. Bodron (D) 44.0% Eddie L. McBride (I) 8.2%
Mississippi 5	William M. Colmer	Democratic	1932	Retired Republican gain	Trent Lott (R) 55.3% Ben Stone (D) 44.2% Earnest J. Creel (I) 0.5%

Missouri

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Missouri 1	Bill Clay	Democratic	1968	Re-elected	Bill Clay (D) 64.0% Richard O. Funsch (R) 36.0%
Missouri 2	James W. Symington	Democratic	1968	Re-elected	James W. Symington (D) 63.5% John W. 'Jack' Cooper, Jr. (R) 36.5%
Missouri 3	Leonor Sullivan	Democratic	1952	Re-elected	Leonor Sullivan (D) 69.3% Albert Holst (R) 30.4% Charles H. Byford (I) 0.3%
Missouri 4	William J. Randall	Democratic	1959	Re-elected	William J. Randall (D) 57.4% Raymond E. Barrows (R) 42.6%
Missouri 5	Richard Bolling	Democratic	1948	Re-elected	Richard Bolling (D) 62.8% Vernon E. Rice (R) 35.6% Stella Sollars (I) 1.6%
Missouri 6	William Raleigh Hull, Jr.	Democratic	1954	Retired Democratic hold	Jerry Litton (D) 54.6% Russell Sloan (R) 45.4%
Missouri 7	Durward Gorham Hall	Republican	1960	Retired Republican hold	Gene Taylor (R) 63.7% Bill Thomas (D) 36.3%
Missouri 8	Richard Howard Ichord, Jr.	Democratic	1960	Re-elected	Richard Howard Ichord, Jr. (D) 62.1% David R. Countie (R) 37.9%
Missouri 9	William L. Hungate	Democratic	1964	Re-elected	William L. Hungate (D) 66.5% Robert L. Prange (R) 33.5%
Missouri 10	Bill Burlison	Democratic	1968	Re-elected	Bill Burlison (D) 64.3% Marion Francis Svendrowski (R) 35.7%

Montana

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Montana 1	Richard G. Shoup	Republican	1970	Re-elected	Richard G. Shoup (R) 53.7% Arnold Olsen (D) 46.3%
Montana 2	John Melcher	Democratic	1969	Re-elected	John Melcher (D) 76.1% Dick Forester (R) 23.9%

Nebraska

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Nebraska 1	Charles Thone	Republican	1970	Re-elected	Charles Thone (R) 64.2% Darrel E. Berg (D) 35.8%
Nebraska 2	John Y. McCollister	Republican	1970	Re-elected	John Y. McCollister (R) 63.9% Patrick L. Cooney (D) 36.1%
Nebraska 3	David T. Martin	Republican	1960	Re-elected	David T. Martin (R) 69.6% Warren Fitzgerald (D) 30.4%

Nevada

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Nevada At-large	Walter S. Baring, Jr.	Democratic	1956	Lost renomination Republican gain	David Towell (R) 52.2% James Bilbray (D) 47.8%

New Hampshire

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
New Hampshire 1	Louis C. Wyman	Republican	1966	Re-elected	Louis C. Wyman (R) 72.9% Chester E. Merrow (D) 27.1%
New Hampshire 2	James Colgate Cleveland	Republican	1962	Re-elected	James Colgate Cleveland (R) 67.9% Charles B. Officer (D) 32.1%

New Jersey

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
New Jersey 1	John E. Hunt	Republican	1966	Re-elected	John E. Hunt (R) 52.5% James J. Florio (D) 47.0% Raymond V. S. Miller (I) 0.2% Dominic W. Doganiero (Soc-Lab) 0.1% Gerrit Hoogenrad (S) 0.1%
New Jersey 2	Charles W. Sandman, Jr.	Republican	1966	Re-elected	Charles W. Sandman, Jr. (R) 65.7% John D. Rose (D) 34.3%
New Jersey 3	James J. Howard	Democratic	1964	Re-elected	James J. Howard (D) 53.0% William F. Dowd (R) 47.0%
New Jersey 4	Frank Thompson	Democratic	1954	Re-elected	Frank Thompson (D) 58.0% Peter P. Garibaldi (R) 42.0%
New Jersey 5	Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr.	Republican	1952	Re-elected	Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr. (R) 62.0% Frederick M. Bohen (D) 38.0%
New Jersey 6	Edwin B. Forsythe	Republican	1970	Re-elected	Edwin B. Forsythe (R) 62.8% Francis P. Brennan (D) 36.1% Ida C. Ebert (I) 0.6% Bernardo S. Doganiero (Soc-Lab) 0.5%
New Jersey 7	William B. Widnall	Republican	1950	Re-elected	William B. Widnall (R) 57.9% Arthur J. Lesemann (D) 39.9% Martin E. Wendelken (I) 2.1%
New Jersey 8	Robert A. Roe	Democratic	1970	Re-elected	Robert A. Roe (D) 63.1% Walter E. Johnson (R) 36.9%
New Jersey 9	Henry Helstoski	Democratic	1964	Re-elected	Henry Helstoski (D) 55.8% Alfred D. Schiaffo (R) 44.2%
New Jersey 10	Peter W. Rodino, Jr.	Democratic	1948	Re-elected	Peter W. Rodino, Jr. (D) 79.7% Kenneth C. Miller (R) 20.3%
New Jersey 11	Joseph G. Minish	Democratic	1962	Re-elected	Joseph G. Minish (D) 57.5% Milton A. Waldor (R) 39.7% Philip R. Nicolaus (I) 1.5% James R. Klimaski (Peoples) 1.3%
New Jersey 12	Florence P. Dwyer	Republican	1956	Retired Republican hold	Matthew John Rinaldo (R) 63.5% Jerry Fitzgerald English (D) 36.2% Stanley Bogus (I) 0.4%
New Jersey 13	Cornelius Edward Gallagher	Democratic	1958	Lost renomination Republican gain	Joseph J. Maraziti (R) 55.7% Helen Meyner (D) 42.9% Samuel Golub (I) 1.4%
New Jersey 14	Dominick V. Daniels	Democratic	1958	Re-elected	Dominick V. Daniels (D) 61.2% Richard T. Bozzone (R) 34.3% Edward F. Zampella (I) 3.1% Perfecto Oyola (I) 0.9% Vincent J. Carrino (I) 0.5%
New Jersey 15	Edward J. Patten	Democratic	1962	Re-elected	Edward J. Patten (D) 52.3% Fuller H. Brooks (R) 47.7%

New Mexico

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
New Mexico 1	Manuel Lujan, Jr.	Republican	1968	Re-elected	Manuel Lujan, Jr. (R) 55.7% Eugene Gallegos (D) 44.3%
New Mexico 2	Harold L. Runnels	Democratic	1970	Re-elected	Harold L. Runnels (D) 72.2% George E. Presson (R) 27.8%

New York

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
New York 1	Otis G. Pike	Democratic	1960	Re-elected	Otis G. Pike (D) 52.5% Joseph H. Boyd, Jr. (R) 36.9% Robert D. L. Gardiner (Con) 9.5% Robert P. Samek (Lib) 1.1%
New York 2	James R. Grover, Jr.	Republican	1962	Re-elected	James R. Grover, Jr. (R) 65.8% Fern Coste Dennison (D) 32.7% Robert Atlas (Lib) 1.5%
New York 3	None (District created)			New seat Republican gain	Angelo D. Roncallo (R) 53.1% Carter F. Bales (D) 37.6% Lawrence P. Russo (Con) 7.6% Leo E. James (Lib) 1.7%
New York 4	Norman F. Lent Redistricted from the 5th district	Republican	1970	Re-elected	Norman F. Lent (R) 62.4% Elaine B. Horowitz (D) 36.0% Aaron Schein (Lib) 1.7%
New York 5	John W. Wydler Redistricted from the 4th district	Republican	1962	Re-elected	John W. Wydler (R) 62.4% Ferne M. Steckler (D) 31.7% Vincent A. Joy (Con) 3.6% Paul F. Harper (Lib) 1.8% Hedda Garza (Socialist Workers) 0.4%
New York 6	Lester L. Wolff Redistricted from the 3rd district	Democratic	1964	Re-elected	Lester L. Wolff (D) 51.5% John T. Gallagher (R) 48.5%
	Seymour Halpern	Republican	1958	Retired Republican loss
New York 7	Joseph P. Addabbo	Democratic	1960	Re-elected	Joseph P. Addabbo (D) 75.0% John E. Hall (R) 20.6% Frank O. Wuertz (Con) 4.4%
New York 8	Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal	Democratic	1962	Re-elected	Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal (D) 64.7% Frank LaPina (R) 35.3%
New York 9	James J. Delaney	Democratic	1948	Re-elected	James J. Delaney (D) 93.4% Loretta R. Gressey (Lib) 6.6%
New York 10	Mario Biaggi Redistricted from the 24th district	Democratic	1968	Re-elected	Mario Biaggi (D) 93.9% Michael S. Bank (Lib) 6.1%
New York 11	Frank J. Brasco	Democratic	1966	Re-elected	Frank J. Brasco (D) 63.9% Melvin Solomon (R) 31.3% Jessie I. Levine (Lib) 4.8%
New York 12	Shirley Chisholm	Democratic	1968	Re-elected	Shirley Chisholm (D) 87.9% John Coleman (R) 9.7% Martin S. Shepherd, Jr. (Con) 1.6% John C. Hawkins (Socialist Workers) 0.7%
New York 13	Bertram L. Podell	Democratic	1968	Re-elected	Bertram L. Podell (D) 65.2% Joseph F. Marcucci (R) 25.5% Leonard M. Simon (Lib) 5.3% Michael P. Gioia (C) 4.1%
New York 14	John J. Rooney	Democratic	1944	Re-elected	John J. Rooney (D) 53.9% Allard K. Lowenstein (Lib) 28.1% Francis S. Voyticky (R) 17.5% James Mendietta (Socialist Workers) 0.5%
New York 15	Hugh L. Carey	Democratic	1960	Re-elected	Hugh L. Carey (D) 52.2% John F. Gangemi (R) 43.0% Franklin C. Jones (Con) 3.3% Carl Saks (Lib) 1.6%
New York 16	Emanuel Celler Redistricted from the 10th district	Democratic	1922	Lost renomination Defeated as Liberal Democratic hold	Elizabeth Holtzman (D) 65.6% Nicholas R. Macchio, Jr. (R) 22.9% Emanuel Celler (Lib) 7.0% William Sampol (Con) 4.6%
New York 17	John M. Murphy Redistricted from the 16th district	Democratic	1962	Re-elected	John M. Murphy (D) 60.3% Mario D. Belardino (R) 39.7%
New York 18	Ed Koch Redistricted from the 17th district	Democratic	1968	Re-elected	Ed Koch (D) 69.9% Jane Pickens Langley (R) 29.3% Rebecca Finch (Socialist Workers) 0.8%
New York 19	Charles B. Rangel Redistricted from the 18th district	Democratic	1970	Re-elected	Charles B. Rangel (D) 96.0% Marshall L. Dodge III (Con) 2.3% Bobby R. Washington (Socialist Workers) 0.9% Jose Stevens (C) 0.8%
New York 20	Bella Abzug Redistricted from the 19th district	Democratic	1970	Re-elected	Bella Abzug (D) 55.7% Priscilla Ryan (Lib) 28.0% Annette Flatto Levy (R) 11.7% Harvey J. Michelman (Con) 4.1% Joanna Misnik (Socialist Workers) 0.4%
	William Fitts Ryan	Democratic	1960	Died in office Democratic loss
New York 21	Herman Badillo	Democratic	1970	Re-elected	Herman Badillo (D) 86.9% Manuel A. Ramos (R) 11.4% Lillian Immediato (Con) 1.7%
New York 22	Jonathan Brewster Bingham Redistricted from the 23rd district	Democratic	1964	Re-elected	Jonathan Brewster Bingham (D) 76.5% Charles A. Averello (R) 23.5%
	James H. Scheuer	Democratic	1964	Lost renomination Democratic loss
New York 23	Peter A. Peyser Redistricted from the 25th district	Republican	1970	Re-elected	Peter A. Peyser (R) 50.4% Richard Ottinger (D) 49.6%
New York 24	Ogden R. Reid Redistricted from the 26th district	Democratic	1962	Re-elected	Ogden R. Reid (D) 52.2% Carl A. Vergari (R) 47.8%
New York 25	Hamilton Fish IV Redistricted from the 28th district	Republican	1968	Re-elected	Hamilton Fish IV (R) 71.6% John Burns III (D) 26.9% Robert P. Falisey (Lib) 1.4%
New York 26	John G. Dow Redistricted from the 27th district	Democratic	1970	Lost re-election Republican gain	Benjamin A. Gilman (R) 47.7% John G. Dow (D) 39.3% Yale Rapkin (C) 12.9%
New York 27	Howard W. Robison Redistricted from the 33rd district	Republican	1958	Re-elected	Howard W. Robison (R) 62.2% David H. Blazer (D) 29.8% Patrick M. O'Neil (Con) 5.2% William J. Osby (Lib) 2.9%
New York 28	Samuel S. Stratton Redistricted from the 29th district	Democratic	1958	Re-elected	Samuel S. Stratton (D) 80.0% John F. Ryan, Jr. (R) 20.0%
New York 29	Carleton J. King Redistricted from the 30th district	Republican	1960	Re-elected	Carleton J. King (R) 69.9% Harold B. Gordon (D) 30.1%
New York 30	Robert C. McEwen Redistricted from the 31st district	Republican	1964	Re-elected	Robert C. McEwen (R) 66.0% Ernest J. Labaff (D) 34.0%
New York 31	Alexander Pirnie Redistricted from the 32nd district	Republican	1958	Retired Republican hold	Donald J. Mitchell (R) 51.0% Robert Castle (D) 39.1% Franklin Nichols (Action) 6.2% John T. Buckley (Lib) 3.7%
New York 32	James M. Hanley Redistricted from the 35th district	Democratic	1964	Re-elected	James M. Hanley (D) 57.2% Leonard C. Koldin (R) 42.8%
New York 33	John H. Terry Redistricted from the 34th district	Republican	1970	Retired Republican hold	William F. Walsh (R) 71.4% Clarence Kadys (D) 28.6%
New York 34	Frank Horton Redistricted from the 36th district	Republican	1962	Re-elected	Frank Horton (R) 72.1% Jack Rubens (D) 23.5% Richard E. Lusink (Con) 2.8% Rafael Martinez (Lib) 1.6%
New York 35	Barber Conable Redistricted from the 37th district	Republican	1964	Re-elected	Barber Conable (R) 67.9% Terence J. Spencer (D) 28.4% Terence C. Brennan (Con) 2.6% Alicia Burgos (Lib) 1.1%
New York 36	Henry P. Smith III Redistricted from the 40th district	Republican	1964	Re-elected	Henry P. Smith III (R) 57.3% Max McCarthy (D) 42.7%
New York 37	Thaddeus J. Dulski Redistricted from the 41st district	Democratic	1958	Re-elected	Thaddeus J. Dulski (D) 72.2% William F. McLaughlin (R) 27.8%
New York 38	Jack Kemp Redistricted from the 39th district	Republican	1970	Re-elected	Jack Kemp (R) 73.2% Anthony P. LoRusso (D) 26.8%
New York 39	James F. Hastings Redistricted from the 38th district	Republican	1968	Re-elected	James F. Hastings (R) 71.9% Wilbur White, Jr. (D) 28.1%

North Carolina

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
North Carolina 1	Walter B. Jones, Sr.	Democratic	1966	Re-elected	Walter B. Jones, Sr. (D) 68.8% J. Jordan Bonner (R) 31.2%
North Carolina 2	Lawrence H. Fountain	Democratic	1952	Re-elected	Lawrence H. Fountain (D) 71.6% Erick P. Little (R) 28.4%
North Carolina 3	David N. Henderson	Democratic	1960	Re-elected	David N. Henderson (D) Unopposed
North Carolina 4	Nick Galifianakis	Democratic	1966	Retired to run for U.S. Senate Democratic hold	Ike Franklin Andrews (D) 50.4% Jack Hawke (R) 49.6%
North Carolina 5	Wilmer Mizell	Republican	1968	Re-elected	Wilmer Mizell (R) 64.8% Brooks Hays (D) 35.2%
North Carolina 6	L. Richardson Preyer	Democratic	1968	Re-elected	L. Richardson Preyer (D) 93.9% Lynwood Bullock (American) 6.1%
North Carolina 7	Alton Lennon	Democratic	1956	Retired Democratic hold	Charlie Rose (D) 60.4% Jerry C. Scott (R) 38.7% Alvis H. Ballard (American) 0.9%
North Carolina 8	Earl B. Ruth	Republican	1968	Re-elected	Earl B. Ruth (R) 60.2% Richard Clark (D) 39.8%
North Carolina 9	Charles R. Jonas	Republican	1952	Retired Republican hold	James G. Martin (R) 58.9% James Beatty (D) 41.1%
North Carolina 10	James T. Broyhill	Republican	1962	Re-elected	James T. Broyhill (R) 72.5% Paul L. Beck (D) 27.5%
North Carolina 11	Roy A. Taylor	Democratic	1960	Re-elected	Roy A. Taylor (D) 59.6% Jesse I. Ledbetter (R) 40.4%

North Dakota

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
North Dakota At-large	Mark Andrews Redistricted from the 1st district	Republican	1963	Re-elected	Mark Andrews (R) 72.7% Richard Ista (D) 27.1% Kenneth C. Gardner (I) 0.2%
	Arthur A. Link Redistricted from the 2nd district	Democratic	1970	Retired to run for Governor Democratic loss

Ohio

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Ohio 1	William J. Keating	Republican	1970	Re-elected	William J. Keating (R) 70.3% Karl F. Heiser (D) 29.7%
Ohio 2	Donald D. Clancy	Republican	1960	Re-elected	Donald D. Clancy (R) 62.8% Penny Manes (D) 37.2%
Ohio 3	Charles W. Whalen, Jr.	Republican	1966	Re-elected	Charles W. Whalen, Jr. (R) 76.2% John W. Lelak, Jr. (D) 23.8%
Ohio 4	William Moore McCulloch	Republican	1947	Retired Republican hold	Tennyson Guyer (R) 62.7% Dimitri Nicholas (D) 37.3%
Ohio 5	Del Latta	Republican	1958	Re-elected	Del Latta (R) 72.7% Bruce Edwards (D) 27.3%
Ohio 6	Bill Harsha	Republican	1960	Re-elected	Bill Harsha (R) Unopposed
Ohio 7	Clarence J. Brown Jr.	Republican	1965	Re-elected	Clarence J. Brown Jr. (R) 73.3% Dorothy Frank (I) 26.7%
Ohio 8	Walter E. Powell Redistricted from the 24th district	Republican	1970	Re-elected	Walter E. Powell (R) 52.2% James D. Ruppert (D) 47.8%
	Jackson Edward Betts	Republican	1950	Retired Republican loss
Ohio 9	Thomas L. Ashley	Democratic	1954	Re-elected	Thomas L. Ashley (D) 69.1% Joseph C. Richards (R) 30.9%
Ohio 10	Clarence E. Miller	Republican	1966	Re-elected	Clarence E. Miller (R) 73.2% Robert H. Whealey (D) 26.8%
Ohio 11	J. William Stanton	Republican	1964	Re-elected	J. William Stanton (R) 68.2% Dennis M. Callahan (D) 31.8%
Ohio 12	Samuel L. Devine	Republican	1958	Re-elected	Samuel L. Devine (R) 56.1% James W. Goodrich (D) 43.9%
Ohio 13	Charles Adams Mosher	Republican	1960	Re-elected	Charles Adams Mosher (R) 68.1% John M. Ryan (D) 31.9%
Ohio 14	John F. Seiberling	Democratic	1970	Re-elected	John F. Seiberling (D) 74.4% Norman W. Holt (R) 25.6%
Ohio 15	Chalmers P. Wylie	Republican	1966	Re-elected	Chalmers P. Wylie (R) 65.8% Manley L. McGee (R) 31.4% Edward Price (AI) 2.7%
Ohio 16	Frank T. Bow	Republican	1950	Retired Republican hold	Ralph Regula (R) 57.3% Virgil L. Musser (D) 42.7%
Ohio 17	John M. Ashbrook	Republican	1960	Re-elected	John M. Ashbrook (R) 57.4% Raymond C. Beck (D) 38.7% Clifford J. Simpson (AI) 3.9%
Ohio 18	Wayne L. Hays	Democratic	1948	Re-elected	Wayne L. Hays (D) 70.2% Robert Stewart (R) 29.8%
Ohio 19	Charles J. Carney	Democratic	1970	Re-elected	Charles J. Carney (D) 64.0% Norman M. Parr (R) 36.0%
Ohio 20	James V. Stanton	Democratic	1970	Re-elected	James V. Stanton (D) 84.3% Thomas E. Vilt (R) 11.9% Richard B. Kay (AI) 3.8%
Ohio 21	Louis Stokes	Democratic	1968	Re-elected	Louis Stokes (D) 81.1% James D. Johnson (R) 11.3% Joseph Pirincin (Soc-Lab) 4.7% Cecil Lampkins (I) 2.9%
Ohio 22	Charles Vanik	Democratic	1954	Re-elected	Charles Vanik (D) 63.9% Donald W. Gropp (R) 32.6% Thomas W. Lippitt (AI) 1.8% Caryl A. Loeb (I) 1.7%
Ohio 23	William Edwin Minshall, Jr.	Republican	1954	Re-elected	William Edwin Minshall, Jr. (R) 49.4% Dennis Kucinich (D) 47.3% John O'Neill (Soc-Lab) 1.8% Frederick D. Lyon (AI) 1.5%

Oklahoma

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Oklahoma 1	Page Belcher	Republican	1950	Retired Democratic gain	James Robert Jones (D) 55.5% J. M. Hewgley (R) 44.5%
Oklahoma 2	Ed Edmondson	Democratic	1952	Retired to run for U.S. Senate Democratic hold	Clem McSpadden (D) 71.1% Emery H. Toliver (R) 28.9%
Oklahoma 3	Carl Albert	Democratic	1946	Re-elected	Carl Albert (D) 93.4% Harold J. Marshall (I) 6.6%
Oklahoma 4	Tom Steed	Democratic	1948	Re-elected	Tom Steed (D) 71.3% William E. Crozier (R) 28.7%
Oklahoma 5	John Jarman	Democratic	1950	Re-elected	John Jarman (D) 60.4% Llewellyn L. Keller II (R) 39.6%
Oklahoma 6	John Newbold Camp	Republican	1968	Re-elected	John Newbold Camp (R) 72.7% William Patrick Schmitt (D) 27.3%

Oregon

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Oregon 1	Wendell Wyatt	Republican	1964	Re-elected	Wendell Wyatt (R) 68.6% Ralph E. Bunch (D) 31.4%
Oregon 2	Albert C. Ullman	Democratic	1956	Re-elected	Albert C. Ullman (D) Unopposed
Oregon 3	Edith Green	Democratic	1954	Re-elected	Edith Green (D) 62.5% Mike Walsh (R) 37.5%
Oregon 4	John R. Dellenback	Republican	1966	Re-elected	John R. Dellenback (R) 62.6% Charles O. Porter (D) 37.4%

Pennsylvania

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Pennsylvania 1	William A. Barrett	Democratic	1948	Re-elected	William A. Barrett (D) 66.1% Gus A. Pedicone (R) 33.2% Nancy Streve (Socialist Workers) 0.7%
Pennsylvania 2	Robert N. C. Nix, Sr.	Democratic	1958	Re-elected	Robert N. C. Nix, Sr. (D) 70.1% Frederick D. Bryant (R) 29.9%
Pennsylvania 3	William J. Green, III Redistricted from the 5th district	Democratic	1964	Re-elected	William J. Green, III (D) 63.3% Alfred Marroletti (R) 36.2% Anthony Monteiro (C) 0.5%
	James A. Byrne	Democratic	1952	Lost renomination Democratic loss
Pennsylvania 4	Joshua Eilberg	Democratic	1966	Re-elected	Joshua Eilberg (D) 55.9% William Pfender (R) 44.1%
Pennsylvania 5	John H. Ware III Redistricted from the 9th district	Republican	1970	Re-elected	John H. Ware III (R) 64.7% Brower Yerger (D) 35.3%
Pennsylvania 6	Gus Yatron	Democratic	1968	Re-elected	Gus Yatron (D) 64.5% Eugene W. Hubler (R) 34.6% Frank E. Huet (Const) 1.0%
Pennsylvania 7	Lawrence G. Williams	Republican	1966	Re-elected	Lawrence G. Williams (R) 60.6% Stuart S. Bowie (D) 39.4%
Pennsylvania 8	Edward G. Biester, Jr.	Republican	1966	Re-elected	Edward G. Biester, Jr. (R) 64.4% Alan Williams (D) 35.6%
Pennsylvania 9	None (District created)			New seat Republican gain	Bud Shuster (R) 61.8% Earl P. Collins (D) 38.2%
Pennsylvania 10	Joseph M. McDade	Republican	1962	Re-elected	Joseph M. McDade (R) 73.6% Stanley R. Coveleskie (D) 26.4%
Pennsylvania 11	Daniel J. Flood	Democratic	1954	Re-elected	Daniel J. Flood (D) 68.3% Donald B. Ayers (R) 31.7%
Pennsylvania 12	John P. Saylor Redistricted from the 22nd district	Republican	1949	Re-elected	John P. Saylor (R) 68.1% Joseph Murphy (D) 31.9%
	J. Irving Whalley	Republican	1960	Retired Republican loss
Pennsylvania 13	R. Lawrence Coughlin	Republican	1968	Re-elected	R. Lawrence Coughlin (R) 66.6% Katherine L. Camp (D) 33.4%
Pennsylvania 14	William S. Moorhead	Democratic	1958	Re-elected	William S. Moorhead (D) 59.3% Roland S. Catarinella (R) 40.4% Ronald N. Henderson (C) 0.3%
Pennsylvania 15	Fred B. Rooney	Democratic	1963	Re-elected	Fred B. Rooney (D) 60.8% Wardell F. Steigerwalt (R) 39.2%
Pennsylvania 16	Edwin D. Eshleman	Republican	1966	Re-elected	Edwin D. Eshleman (R) 73.5% Shirley S. Garrett (D) 26.5%
Pennsylvania 17	Herman T. Schneebeli	Republican	1960	Re-elected	Herman T. Schneebeli (R) 72.2% Donald J. Rippon (D) 26.6% Andrew J. Watson (Const) 1.2%
Pennsylvania 18	H. John Heinz III	Republican	1971	Re-elected	H. John Heinz III (R) 72.8% Douglas Walgren (D) 27.2%
Pennsylvania 19	George Atlee Goodling	Republican	1966	Re-elected	George Atlee Goodling (R) 57.5% Richard P. Noll (D) 41.2% Paul H. Leese (Const) 1.2%
Pennsylvania 20	Joseph M. Gaydos	Democratic	1968	Re-elected	Joseph M. Gaydos (D) 61.5% William Hunt (R) 38.5%
Pennsylvania 21	John H. Dent	Democratic	1958	Re-elected	John H. Dent (D) 62.0% Thomas H. Young (R) 38.0%
Pennsylvania 22	Thomas E. Morgan Redistricted from the 26th district	Democratic	1944	Re-elected	Thomas E. Morgan (D) 60.8% James R. Montgomery (R) 39.2%
	William Sheldrick Conover Redistricted from the 27th district	Republican	April 25, 1972 (Special)	Lost renomination Republican loss
Pennsylvania 23	Albert W. Johnson	Republican	1963	Re-elected	Albert W. Johnson (R) 56.5% Ernest A. Kassab (D) 43.5%
Pennsylvania 24	Joseph P. Vigorito	Democratic	1964	Re-elected	Joseph P. Vigorito (D) 68.8% Alvin W. Levenhagen (R) 31.2%
Pennsylvania 25	Frank M. Clark	Democratic	1954	Re-elected	Frank M. Clark (D) 55.8% Gary A. Myers (R) 44.2%

Rhode Island

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Rhode Island 1	Fernand St. Germain	Democratic	1960	Re-elected	Fernand St. Germain (D) 62.4% John M. Feeley (R) 34.7% Walter J. Miska (I) 3.0%
Rhode Island 2	Robert Tiernan	Democratic	1967	Re-elected	Robert Tiernan (D) 63.1% Donald P. Ryan (R) 36.9%

South Carolina

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
South Carolina 1	Mendel Jackson Davis	Democratic	1971	Re-elected	Mendel Jackson Davis (D) 54.5% J. Sidi Limehouse III (R) 45.5%
South Carolina 2	Floyd Spence	Republican	1970	Re-elected	Floyd Spence (R) Unopposed
South Carolina 3	William Jennings Bryan Dorn	Democratic	1950	Re-elected	William Jennings Bryan Dorn (D) 75.2% Roy Etheridge (R) 24.8%
South Carolina 4	James R. Mann	Democratic	1968	Re-elected	James R. Mann (D) 66.1% Wayne N. Whatley (R) 33.9%
South Carolina 5	Thomas S. Gettys	Democratic	1964	Re-elected	Thomas S. Gettys (D) 60.9% Lenard Phillips (R) 39.1%
South Carolina 6	John L. McMillan	Democratic	1938	Lost renomination Republican gain	Edward Lunn Young (R) 54.4% John Jenrette (D) 45.6%

South Dakota

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
South Dakota 1	Frank E. Denholm	Democratic	1970	Re-elected	Frank E. Denholm (D) 60.5% John Vickerman (R) 39.5%
South Dakota 2	James Abourezk	Democratic	1970	Retired to run for U.S. Senate Republican gain	James Abdnor (R) 54.9% Pat McKeever (D) 45.1%

Tennessee

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Tennessee 1	Jimmy Quillen	Republican	1962	Re-elected	Jimmy Quillen (R) 79.4% Bernard H. Cantor (D) 20.6%
Tennessee 2	John Duncan, Sr.	Republican	1964	Re-elected	John Duncan, Sr. (R) Unopposed
Tennessee 3	LaMar Baker	Republican	1970	Re-elected	LaMar Baker (R) 55.2% Howard P. Sompayrac, Jr. (D) 41.8% Sarah Delaney (American) 2.9%
Tennessee 4	Joe L. Evins	Democratic	1946	Re-elected	Joe L. Evins (D) 81.1% Billy Joe Finney (R) 18.9%
Tennessee 5	Richard Fulton	Democratic	1962	Re-elected	Richard Fulton (D) 62.6% Alfred T. Adams, Jr. (R) 36.8% Scott Douglas III (I) 0.4% Lee Galvani (I) 0.1%
Tennessee 6	William Anderson	Democratic	1964	Lost re-election Republican gain	Robin Beard (R) 55.3% William Anderson (D) 43.1% William N. Doss (American) 1.6%
Tennessee 7	Ed Jones Redistricted from the 8th district	Democratic	1969	Re-elected	Ed Jones (D) 70.5% Stockton Adkins (R) 29.5%
	Ray Blanton	Democratic	1966	Retired to run for U.S. Senate Democratic loss
Tennessee 8	Dan Kuykendall Redistricted from the 9th district	Republican	1966	Re-elected	Dan Kuykendall (R) 55.4% J. O. Patterson, Jr. (D) 44.1% Louis L. Porter (I) 0.5%

Texas

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Texas 1	Wright Patman	Democratic	1928	Re-elected	Wright Patman (D) Unopposed
Texas 2	John Dowdy	Democratic	1952	Retired Democratic hold	Charles Wilson (D) 73.8% Charles O. Brightwell (R) 26.2%
Texas 3	James M. Collins	Republican	1968	Re-elected	James M. Collins (R) 73.3% George A. Hughes, Jr. (D) 26.7%
Texas 4	Ray Roberts	Democratic	1962	Re-elected	Ray Roberts (D) 70.2% James Russell (R) 29.8%
Texas 5	Earle Cabell	Democratic	1964	Lost re-election Republican gain	Alan Steelman (R) 55.7% Earle Cabell (D) 44.3%
Texas 6	Olin E. Teague	Democratic	1946	Re-elected	Olin E. Teague (D) 72.6% Carl Nigliazzo (R) 27.4%
Texas 7	William Reynolds Archer, Jr.	Republican	1970	Re-elected	William Reynolds Archer, Jr. (R) 82.3% Jim Brady (D) 17.7%
Texas 8	Robert C. Eckhardt	Democratic	1966	Re-elected	Robert C. Eckhardt (D) 64.6% Lewis Emerich (R) 34.7% Susan Ellis (Socialist Workers) 0.7%
Texas 9	Jack Brooks	Democratic	1952	Re-elected	Jack Brooks (D) 66.2% Randolph C. Reed (D) 33.8%
Texas 10	J. J. Pickle	Democratic	1963	Re-elected	J. J. Pickle (D) 91.2% Mellissa Singler (Socialist Workers) 8.8%
Texas 11	William R. Poage	Democratic	1936	Re-elected	William R. Poage (D) Unopposed
Texas 12	Jim Wright	Democratic	1954	Re-elected	Jim Wright (D) Unopposed
Texas 13	Bob Price Redistricted from the 18th district	Republican	1966	Re-elected	Bob Price (R) 54.8% Graham B. Purcell, Jr. (D) 45.2%
	Graham B. Purcell, Jr.	Democratic	1962	Lost re-election Democratic loss
Texas 14	John Andrew Young	Democratic	1956	Re-elected	John Andrew Young (D) Unopposed
Texas 15	Kika de la Garza	Democratic	1964	Re-elected	Kika de la Garza (D) Unopposed
Texas 16	Richard C. White	Democratic	1964	Re-elected	Richard C. White (D) Unopposed
Texas 17	Omar Burleson	Democratic	1946	Re-elected	Omar Burleson (D) Unopposed
Texas 18	None (District created)			New seat Democratic gain	Barbara Jordan (D) 80.6% Paul Merritt (R) 18.2% Emmanuel Barrera (Socialist Workers) 1.2%
Texas 19	George H. Mahon	Democratic	1934	Re-elected	George H. Mahon (D) Unopposed
Texas 20	Henry B. Gonzalez	Democratic	1961	Re-elected	Henry B. Gonzalez (D) 96.9% Steve Wattenmaker (Socialist Workers) 3.1%
Texas 21	O. C. Fisher	Democratic	1942	Re-elected	O. C. Fisher (D) 56.8% Doug Harlan (R) 43.2%
Texas 22	Robert R. Casey	Democratic	1958	Re-elected	Robert R. Casey (D) 70.2% Jim Griffin (R) 29.0% Frank Peto (I) 0.8%
Texas 23	Abraham Kazen, Jr.	Democratic	1966	Re-elected	Abraham Kazen, Jr. (D) Unopposed
Texas 24	None (District created)			New seat Democratic gain	Dale Milford (D) 65.1% Courtney G. Roberts (R) 34.9%

Utah

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Utah 1	K. Gunn McKay	Democratic	1970	Re-elected	K. Gunn McKay (D) 55.4% Robert K. Wolthuis (R) 42.0% L. S. Brown (American) 2.6%
Utah 2	Sherman P. Lloyd	Republican	1966	Lost re-election Democratic gain	Douglas W. Owens (D) 48.9% Sherman P. Lloyd (R) 39.4% Bruce R. Bangerter (AI) 11.7%

Vermont

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Vermont At-large	Richard W. Mallary	Republican	January 7, 1972 (Special)	Re-elected	Richard W. Mallary (R) 65.0% William H. Meyer (D) 35.0%

Virginia

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Virginia 1	Thomas N. Downing	Democratic	1958	Re-elected	Thomas N. Downing (D) 78.1% Kenneth D. Wells (R) 21.9%
Virginia 2	G. William Whitehurst	Republican	1968	Re-elected	G. William Whitehurst (R) 73.4% L. Charles Burlage (D) 26.6%
Virginia 3	David E. Satterfield III	Democratic	1964	Re-elected	David E. Satterfield III (D) Unopposed
Virginia 4	Watkins Moorman Abbitt	Democratic	1948	Retired Republican gain	Robert Daniel (R) 47.1% Robert E. Gibson (D) 37.5% Robert R. Hardy (I) 7.1% Others 5.1% John G. Vonetes (I) 3.3%
Virginia 5	Dan Daniel	Democratic	1968	Re-elected	Dan Daniel (D) Unopposed
Virginia 6	Richard Harding Poff	Republican	1952	Resigned to become justice of Supreme Court of Virginia Republican hold	M. Caldwell Butler (R) 54.6% Willis M. Anderson (D) 39.2% Roy R. White (I) 6.2%
Virginia 7	J. Kenneth Robinson	Republican	1970	Re-elected	J. Kenneth Robinson (R) 66.2% Murat Williams (D) 33.8%
Virginia 8	William L. Scott	Republican	1966	Retired to run for U.S. Senate Republican hold	Stanford Parris (R) 44.4% Robert F. Horan (D) 37.8% William R. Durland (I) 13.7% Robert E. Harris (I) 4.1%
Virginia 9	William C. Wampler	Republican	1966	Re-elected	William C. Wampler (R) 71.9% Zane Dale Christian (D) 26.4% Nicholas Ventura (I) 1.7%
Virginia 10	Joel T. Broyhill	Republican	1952	Re-elected	Joel T. Broyhill (R) 56.3% Harold O. Miller (D) 43.7%

Washington

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Washington 1	Thomas Pelly	Republican	1952	Retired Republican hold	Joel Pritchard (R) 50.3% John Hempelmann (D) 49.1% Craig Honts (Socialist Workers) 0.7%
Washington 2	Lloyd Meeds	Democratic	1964	Re-elected	Lloyd Meeds (D) 60.4% Bill Reams (R) 39.6%
Washington 3	Julia Butler Hansen	Democratic	1960	Re-elected	Julia Butler Hansen (D) 66.3% R. C. McConkey (R) 33.7%
Washington 4	Mike McCormack	Democratic	1970	Re-elected	Mike McCormack (D) 52.1% Steward Bledsoe (R) 47.9%
Washington 5	Tom Foley	Democratic	1964	Re-elected	Tom Foley (D) 81.3% Clarice L. R. Privette (R) 18.7%
Washington 6	Floyd Verne Hicks	Democratic	1964	Re-elected	Floyd Verne Hicks (D) 72.1% Thomas C. Lowry (R) 27.9%
Washington 7	Brock Adams	Democratic	1964	Re-elected	Brock Adams (D) 87.6% J. J. 'Tiny' Freeman (R) 12.4%

West Virginia

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
West Virginia 1	Bob Mollohan	Democratic	1968	Re-elected	Bob Mollohan (D) 69.4% George E. Kapnicky (R) 30.6%
West Virginia 2	Harley O. Staggers	Democratic	1948	Re-elected	Harley O. Staggers (D) 70.3% David Dix (R) 29.7%
West Virginia 3	John M. Slack, Jr.	Democratic	1958	Re-elected	John M. Slack, Jr. (D) 63.7% T. David Higgins (R) 36.3%
West Virginia 4	Ken Hechler	Democratic	1958	Re-elected	Ken Hechler (D) 61.0% Joe Neal (R) 39.0%
	James Kee Redistricted from the 5th district	Democratic	1964	Lost renomination Democratic loss

Wisconsin

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Wisconsin 1	Les Aspin	Democratic	1970	Re-elected	Les Aspin (D) 64.4% Merrill E. Stalbaum (R) 34.9% Charles J. Fortner (American) 0.7%
Wisconsin 2	Robert W. Kastenmeier	Democratic	1958	Re-elected	Robert W. Kastenmeier (D) 68.2% J. Michael Kelly (R) 31.4% Lavern F. Krohn (American) 0.5%
Wisconsin 3	Vernon Wallace Thomson	Republican	1960	Re-elected	Vernon Wallace Thomson (R) 54.7% Walter Thoresen (D) 44.6% Keith Ellison (American) 0.7%
Wisconsin 4	Clement J. Zablocki	Democratic	1948	Re-elected	Clement J. Zablocki (D) 75.7% Phillip D. Mrozinski (R) 22.8% Eugene Annell (American) 1.5%
Wisconsin 5	Henry S. Reuss	Democratic	1954	Re-elected	Henry S. Reuss (D) 77.3% Frederick Van Hecke (R) 20.4% George Sprague (American) 1.7% R. Julian Chapman (I) 0.6%
Wisconsin 6	William A. Steiger	Republican	1966	Re-elected	William A. Steiger (R) 65.8% James A. Adams (D) 32.0% Valeria M. Sitter (AI) 2.1%
Wisconsin 7	Dave Obey	Democratic	1969	Re-elected	Dave Obey (D) 62.8% Alvin E. O'Konski (R) 37.2%
	Alvin E. O'Konski Redistricted from the 10th district	Republican	1942	Lost re-election Republican loss
Wisconsin 8	John W. Byrnes	Republican	1944	Retired Republican hold	Harold Vernon Froehlich (R) 50.4% Robert J. Cornell (D) 48.5% Clyde Bunker (American) 1.1%
Wisconsin 9	Glenn R. Davis	Republican	1964	Re-elected	Glenn R. Davis (R) 61.4% Ralph A. Fine (D) 36.7% George Reed (American) 1.9%

Wyoming

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Wyoming At-large	Teno Roncalio	Democratic	1970	Re-elected	Teno Roncalio (D) 51.7% William Kidd (R) 48.3%

References

See also

• 93rd United States Congress
• United States Senate elections, 1972
• United States presidential election, 1972

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