2004 United States House of Representatives elections information
House elections for the 109th U.S. Congress
For related races, see 2004 United States elections.
2004 United States House of Representatives elections
← 2002
November 2, 2004
2006 →
All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives[a] 218 seats needed for a majority
Majority party
Minority party
Leader
Dennis Hastert
Nancy Pelosi
Party
Republican
Democratic
Leader since
January 3, 1999
January 3, 2003
Leader's seat
Illinois 14th
California 8th
Last election
229 seats, 50.0%
204 seats, 45.2%
Seats before
229
205
Seats won
232
202
Seat change
3
3
Popular vote
55,958,144
52,969,786
Percentage
49.4%
46.8%
Swing
0.6%
1.6%
Third party
Party
Independent
Last election
1 seat
Seats won
1
Seat change
Popular vote
674,202
Percentage
0.6%
Swing
0.1%
Results: Democratic hold Democratic gain Republican hold Republican gain Independent hold
Speaker before election
Dennis Hastert
Republican
Elected Speaker
Dennis Hastert
Republican
The 2004 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 2, 2004, to elect all 435 seats of the chamber. It coincided with the re-election of President George W. Bush as well as many Senate elections and gubernatorial elections. Prior to the election in the 108th Congress, Republicans held 227 seats, Democrats held 205, with two Republican vacancies and one independent. As a result of this election, the 109th Congress began composed of 232 Republicans, 201 Democrats, one independent (who caucuses with the Democrats), and one vacancy (Democrat Bob Matsui won reelection, but died just two days before the beginning of the 109th Congress.).
Democrats won open seats in Colorado, South Dakota, and New York while ousting incumbents in Georgia and Illinois. Republicans won an open seat in Kentucky while ousting an incumbent in Indiana. They gained five seats in Texas after a controversial mid-decade redistricting placed several rural Democratic incumbents into new districts. Two seats in Louisiana swapped party control.
As of 2022[update], this is the last election in which someone who was not from the Democratic or Republican party was elected to the House (Independent Bernie Sanders). Republicans would not make consecutive net gains in the House (after gaining seats in the 2002 election) until 2020 and 2022. This was also the last election in which the Republicans made any gains in a Presidential election year until 2020.
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