1970 United States House of Representatives elections
John McCormack Democratic Carl Albert Democratic The 1970 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives held on November 3, 1970, to elect members to serve in the 92nd United States Congress.They occurred in the middle of Richard M. Nixon's first term as president.Pursuant to the Uniform Congressional District Act, this was the first House election since the 1930 elections in which all 50 states used a single-member-district system to elect representatives instead of using at-large congressional districts.401 incumbent members sought reelection, but 10 were defeated in primaries and 12 defeated in the general election for a total of 379 incumbents winning.[1] Summary of the November 3, 1970, election results One Democratic seat was lost to Republicans.
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80+ to 100% Republican
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80+ to 100% Democratic
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60+ to 80% Republican
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60+ to 80% Democratic
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50+ to 60% Republican
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50+ to 60% Democratic
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| Stripes: 50% each | |
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6+ Republican gain
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6+ Democratic gain
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3-5 Republican gain
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3-5 Democratic gain
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1-2 Republican gain
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1-2 Democratic gain
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no net change
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United States House of RepresentativesJohn McCormackGerald FordDemocraticRepublicanMassachusetts 9thMichigan 5thSpeakerCarl Albert92nd United States CongressRichard M. NixonpresidentRepublican PartyDemocratic PartyUniform Congressional District Act1930 electionssingle-member-districtat-largeConservative PartyAmerican Independent PartyIndependentLiberal PartyNational Democratic PartyConstitution PartyPeace and Freedom PartySocialist Workers PartyRaza Unida PartyRight to Life PartyLiberty Union PartyAmerican PartyBuffalo PartySocialist Labor PartyCommunist PartyList of special elections to the United States House of RepresentativesCalifornia 24Glenard P. Lipscomb1953 (special)John H. RousselotMyrlie EversCalifornia 35James B. UttJohn G. SchmitzConnecticut 2William St. OngeRobert H. SteeleIllinois 6Daniel J. RonanGeorge W. CollinsNew Jersey 6William T. Cahillelected governor of New JerseyEdwin B. ForsytheCharles B. YatesOhio 19Michael J. KirwanCharles J. CarneyMargaret DennisonPennsylvania 9George WatkinsJohn H. Ware IIIList of United States representatives from AlabamaAlabama 1Jack EdwardsAlabama 2William Louis DickinsonAlabama 3George W. AndrewsAlabama 4Bill NicholsGlenn AndrewsAlabama 5Walter FlowersAlabama 6John Hall Buchanan Jr.Alabama 7Tom BevillAlabama 8Robert E. Jones Jr.1947 (Special)1970 United States House of Representatives election in AlaskaList of United States representatives from AlaskaAlaska at-largeHoward Wallace Pollockrun for Governor of AlaskaNick BegichFrank MurkowskiList of United States representatives from ArizonaArizona 1John Jacob RhodesArizona 2Mo Udall1961 (Special)American IndependentArizona 3Sam SteigerList of United States representatives from ArkansasArkansas 1William Vollie Alexander Jr.Arkansas 2Wilbur MillsArkansas 3John Paul HammerschmidtArkansas 4David Pryor1970 United States House of Representatives elections in CaliforniaList of United States representatives from CaliforniaCalifornia 1Donald H. Clausen1963 (Special)California 2Harold T. JohnsonCalifornia 3John E. MossCalifornia 4Robert L. LeggettCalifornia 5Phillip BurtonCalifornia 6William S. MailliardCalifornia 7Jeffery CohelanRon DellumsPeace and FreedomCalifornia 8George P. MillerCalifornia 9