Global Information2024 United States House of Representatives elections information
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The 2024 United States House of Representatives elections will be held on November 5, 2024, as part of the 2024 United States elections, to elect representatives from all 435 congressional districts across each of the 50 U.S. states, as well as six non-voting delegates from the District of Columbia and the inhabited U.S. territories. Special elections may also be held on various dates throughout 2024. Numerous other federal, state, and local elections, including the U.S. presidential election and elections to the Senate, will also be held on this date. The winners of this election will serve in the 119th United States Congress, with seats apportioned among the states based on the 2020 United States census.
The House Republican Conference has been led by Mike Johnson since October 2023, following the removal of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House and the speaker election which elected him. He is the first congressman from Louisiana to be elected Speaker of the House.[1]
With the election of Hakeem Jeffries as leader of the House Democratic Caucus, this is set to be the first House election since 2002 in which the Democratic Party will not be led by Nancy Pelosi. Jeffries is the first African American in the history of Congress to serve as leader of either party, and the first congressman from New York to do so since Bertrand Snell's retirement in 1938.[2]
The election is expected to be highly competitive, with forecasts suggesting less than a 5 seat difference between the two parties.[3] The competitive nature of the election partially stems from the 118th United States Congress being considered among the least productive since the 72nd Congress of 1931 to 1933, which has contributed to a 13% approval rating.[4] The 118th Congress is also considered to be a dramatic one, with events such as the January 2023 speakership election, the 2023 debt-ceiling crisis, the removal of Kevin McCarthy from House Speaker, the October 2023 speakership election and the expulsion of George Santos. If the Republican Party fails to keep control of the House, this would be the first time since the 1954 House elections that a party loses House control after a single congressional term.
Prior to the elections, several states have seen challenges to their congressional district maps that were put in place during the redistricting cycle brought upon by the results of the 2020 census. In Alabama, a special master drew a new map after the state legislature submitted a map that did not comply with the Voting Rights Act after the Supreme Court ruled their original map violated the Voting Rights Act in Allen v. Milligan, requiring the creation of a second predominantly Black district.[5][6] Similarly, a judge in Georgia ruled that Georgia's maps were illegally racially gerrymandered and the Georgia General Assembly drew a new map that added a new predominantly Black district.[7][8] In Louisiana, the Supreme Court's decision not to intervene in Robinson v. Ardoin led to a second majority Black district being drawn in that state as well.[9]
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- ^ Hilburn, Greg (October 25, 2023). "Mike Johnson makes history as Louisiana's first speaker of the House of Representatives". Shreveport Times. Retrieved November 2, 2023.
- ^ McCaskill, Nolan D. (November 30, 2022). "House Democrats elect Hakeem Jeffries as Congress' first Black party leader". Los Angeles Times. Washington. Archived from the original on November 30, 2022. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
- ^ "2024 House Election: Consensus Forecast". 270 To Win. Archived from the original on February 6, 2024. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
- ^ Nicholson, Jonathan (November 15, 2023). "The Least Productive Congress Since The Great Depression". Huff Post. Archived from the original on December 17, 2023. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
- ^ Liptak, Adam (June 8, 2023). "Supreme Court Rejects Voting Map That Diluted Black Voters' Power". The New York Times.
- ^ Chandler, Kim (September 5, 2023). "Judges reject Alabama's congressional lines, will draw new districts to increase Black voting power". AP News. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
- ^ Smith, David (December 28, 2023). "Win for Republicans as US judge upholds Congressional Map". The Guardian. Reuters.
- ^ Amy, Jeff (December 28, 2023). "Federal judge accepts redrawn Georgia congressional and legislative districts that will favor GOP". AP News. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
- ^ Sneed, Tierney (June 26, 2023). "Supreme Court allows for Louisiana congressional map to be redrawn to add another majority-Black district". CNN Politics.