1988 United States House of Representatives elections information
House elections for the 101st U.S. Congress
1988 United States House of Representatives elections
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November 8, 1988
1990 →
All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives 218 seats needed for a majority
Majority party
Minority party
Leader
Jim Wright
Bob Michel
Party
Democratic
Republican
Leader since
January 3, 1987
January 3, 1981
Leader's seat
Texas 12th
Illinois 18th
Last election
258 seats
177 seats
Seats won
260
175
Seat change
2
2
Popular vote
43,544,565
37,209,219
Percentage
53.3%
45.6%
Swing
1.0%
1.2%
Results: Democratic hold Democratic gain Republican hold Republican gain
Speaker before election
Jim Wright
Democratic
Elected Speaker
Jim Wright
Democratic
The 1988 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives in November 8, 1988, to elect members to serve in the 101st United States Congress. They coincided with the election of George H. W. Bush as president. Although Bush won with a strong majority, his Republican Party lost a net of two seats to the Democratic Party, slightly increasing the Democratic majority in the House. It was the first time since 1960 that an incoming president's party lost seats in the House.
The Republicans did not field a candidate in one-fourth of the seats in the southern United States.[1] This is the last congressional election in which Republicans won a House seat in Hawaii for a full term and the last time they won a seat in Vermont.
^Moreland, Steed & Baker 1991, p. 23.
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