United States House of Representatives elections, 1986

Infobox Election
election_name = United States House of Representatives elections, 1986
country = United States
type = legislative
ongoing = no
previous_election = United States House of Representatives elections, 1984
previous_year = 1984
next_election = United States House of Representatives elections, 1988
next_year = 1988
seats_for_election = All 435 seats to the United States House of Representatives
election_date = November 4, 1986


leader1 = Jim Wright
party1 = Democratic Party (United States)
leaders_seat1 = Texas-12th
last_election1 = 253 seats
seats1 = 258
seat_change1 = +5
popular_vote1 =
percentage1 = 50.1%
swing1 = -1.8%


leader2 = Bob Michel
party2 = Republican Party (United States)
leaders_seat2 = Illinois-18th
last_election2 = 182 seats
seats2 = 177
seat_change2 = -5
popular_vote2 =
percentage2 = 47.6%
swing2 = +0.8%
title = Speaker
before_election = Tip O'Neil
before_party = Democratic Party (United States)
after_election = Jim Wright
after_party = Democratic Party (United States)

The U.S. House election, 1986 was an election for the United States House of Representatives held on November 4, 1986, in the middle of President Ronald Reagan's second term in office. As in most midterm elections, the President's party -- in this case, the Republican Party -- lost seats, with the Democratic Party gaining a net of five seats and cementing its majority. These results were not as dramatic as those in the Senate, where the Republicans lost control of the chamber to the Democrats.

Notable freshmen included future Speakers Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.), and Nancy Pelosi (D-Ca.).

Overall results

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Voting members

Key to party abbreviations: AI=American Independent, C=Constitution, D=Democrat, G=Green, I=Independent, IP=Independence Party, L=Libertarian, PF=Peace and Freedom, R=Republican.

Key to color code: Blue=Democratic pickup; Red=Republican pickup.

California

ee also

*100th United States Congress
*United States Senate elections, 1986
* [http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1986election.pdf Clerk of the House's election data] sequence
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