Despite this, however, the Democrats lost a net of nine seats in the House to the Republicans, in part due to redistricting following the 1990 census. This election was the first to use districts drawn up during the 1990 United States redistricting cycle on the basis of the 1990 census. The redrawn districts were notable for the increase in majority-minority districts, drawn as mandated by the Voting Rights Act. The 1980 census resulted in 17 majority-black districts and 10 majority-Hispanic districts, but 32 and 19 such districts, respectively, were drawn after 1990.[1]
This was the first time ever that the victorious presidential party lost seats in the House in two consecutive elections. As of 2022[update], this is the last congressional election in which Republicans won a House seat in Rhode Island, and the last time the Democrats won the House for more than two consecutive elections.
Overall results
Popular vote and seats total by states
Source: Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk
Margin of victory in each congressional district
Retiring incumbents
65 members did not seek re-election: 41 Democrats and 24 Republicans.
Three seats were left vacant on the day of the general election due to resignations or death in 1992, two of which were not filled until the next Congress.
The 1990 United States census determined how many of the 435 congressional districts each state receives for the 1990 redistricting cycle. Due to population shifts, New York lost three seats; Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania lost two seats; Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Montana, New Jersey, and West Virginia lost one seat; Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, Washington gained one seat; Texas gained three seats; Florida gained four seats; California gained seven seats.[2]
Seats with multiple incumbents running
The following districts had multiple incumbent representatives running, a product of multiple districts merging in redistricting.
Of the 435 districts created in the 2020 redistricting, twenty-seven had no incumbent representative.
Special elections
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
The delegation increased from 45 to 52 seats. To create the seven-seat net gain, eight seats were added, designated as: the 10th, 11th, 25th, 33rd, 41st, 43rd, 49th, and 50th districts, and one seat was lost through the merger of two seats: the former 41st and 44th districts merged into the redesignated 51st district, in an election contest.
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Four seats were added by reapportionment.
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Illinois lost two seats due to reapportionment.
Indiana
Iowa
One seat was lost due to reapportionment.
Kansas
One seat was lost due to reapportionment.
Kentucky
Louisiana
One seat lost to reapportionment. Four Incumbents were squeezed into two districts and one new district was created.
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Massachusetts lost one seat due to reapportionment.
^Stump was originally elected as a Democrat. He switched parties in 1982 and was re-elected as such that year.
References
^Pear, Robert (August 3, 1992). "THE 1992 CAMPAIGN: Congressional Districts; Redistricting Expected to Bring Surge in Minority Lawmakers". The New York Times. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
^"1990 Apportionment Results". US Census Bureau. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
