The final tally from the Nov. 7 House elections shows Republicans holding 221 seats, Democrats with 212 and independents accounting for the remaining two. The GOP retains the House majority.

Please note that:

• Only those races in which an incumbent was not re-elected are detailed below; the names of the newly elected are linked to their profiles.
• For complete results for any state, just click on that state in the map below.
• Click here for a list of all members elected with less than 55 percent of the vote.
• Election returns cited below are not official and may not include 100 percent of a state's precincts.

• Arizona's 1st District. Republican businessman Jeff Flake defeated Democratic labor union lobbyist David Mendoza in this open-seat contest, 53 percent to 43 percent.
  Flake Web Site · Mendoza Web Site

• Arkansas' 4th District. Democratic state Sen. Mike Ross ousted Republican incumbent Jay Dickey, 51 percent to 49 percent.
  Polls · Ads · Ross Web Site · Dickey Almanac Profile · Dickey Web Site

• California's 15th District. Democratic state Assemblyman Mike Honda defeated Republican state Assemblyman Jim Cunneen in this open-seat race, 54 percent to 42 percent.
  Polls · Cunneen Web Site · Honda Web Site

• California's 27 District. Democratic state Sen. Adam Schiff ousted Republican incumbent Jim Rogan, 52 percent to 44 percent.
  Polls · Ads · Schiff Web Site · Rogan Almanac Profile · Rogan Web Site

• California's 31st District. Democratic state Sen. Hilda Solis faced no Republican opposition and defeated Green Party candidate Krista Lieberg-Wong 80 percent to 9 percent.
  Solis Web Site

• California's 36th District. Democratic former Rep. Jane Harman defeated Republican incumbent Steve Kuykendall, 48 percent to 47 percent.
  Polls · Ads · Harman Web Site · Kuykendall Almanac Profile · Kuykendall Web Site

• California's 48th District. Republican Darrell Issa defeated Democrat Peter Kouvelis in this open-seat race, 61 percent to 29 percent.
  Ads · Issa Web Site

• California's 49th District. Democratic state Sen. Susan Davis ousted Republican incumbent Brian Bilbray, 50 percent to 46 percent.
  Ads · Davis Web Site · Bilbray Almanac Profile · Bilbray Web Site

• Connecticut's 2nd District. Republican state Rep. Rob Simmons defeated incumbent Democrat Sam Gejdenson, 52 percent to 48 percent.
  Polls · Simmons Web Site · Gejdenson Web Site · Gejdenson Almanac Profile

• Florida's 4th District. Republican former state Senate President Ander Crenshaw defeated Democratic teacher Tom Sullivan in this open-seat race, 67 percent to 31 percent.
  Ads · Crenshaw Web Site · Sullivan Web Site

• Florida's 8th District. Republican attorney Ric Keller defeated Democratic former Orange County Chair Linda Chapin in this open-seat race, 51 percent to 49 percent.
  Polls · Ads · Chapin Web Site · Keller Web Site

• Florida's 12th District. Republican state Rep. Adam Putnam defeated Democratic car dealer Mike Stedem in this open-seat race, 57 percent to 43 percent.
  Polls · Putnam Web Site · Stedem Web Site

• Florida's 22nd District. After Election Day showed Republican incumbent Clay Shaw and Democratic state Rep. Elaine Bloom deadlocked at 50 percent each, an initial recount showed that Shaw had finished 586 votes ahead of Bloom. Bloom was denied requests for recounts and conceded defeat to Shaw on Nov. 18.
  Polls · Ads · Bloom Web Site · Shaw Almanac Profile · Shaw Web Site

• Idaho's 1st District. Republican Lt. Gov. Butch Otter defeated Democratic Moscow City Councilwoman Linda Pall in this open-seat race, 65 percent to 31 percent.
  Ads · Otter Web Site · Pall Web Site

• Illinois' 10th District. Republican Mark Kirk defeated Democratic state Rep. Lauren Beth Gash in this open-seat race, 51 percent to 49 percent.
  Polls · Ads · Gash Web Site · Kirk Web Site

• Illinois' 15th District. Republican state Rep. Tim Johnson clipped Democratic professor Mike Kelleher in this open-seat race, 53 percent to 47 percent.
  Polls · Ads · Johnson Web Site · Kelleher Web Site

• Indiana's 2nd District. Republican former talk show host Mike Pence defeated Democratic attorney Robert Rock in this open-seat race, 50 percent to 38 percent.
  Polls · Ads · Pence Web Site · Rock Web Site

• Indiana's 7th District. Republican Brian Kerns defeated Democrat Michael Graf in this open-seat race, 65 percent to 32 percent.
  Kerns Web Site

• Michigan's 8th District. Republican state Sen. Mike Rogers defeated Democratic state Sen. Dianne Byrum in this open-seat race by slightly more than 500 votes. Byrum said she would ask for a recount.
  Polls · Ads · Byrum Web Site · Rogers Web Site

• Minnesota's 2nd District. Republican Mark Kennedy defeated incumbent Democrat David Minge by less than 600 votes. Minge's campaign planned to request a recount.
  Minge Web Site · Minge Almanac Profile · Kennedy Web Site

• Minnesota's 4th District. Democrat state Rep. Betty McCollum defeated Republican state Sen. Linda Runbeck in this open-seat race, 48 percent to 31 percent.
  Polls · McCollum Web Site · Runbeck Web Site

• Missouri's 1st District. Democratic state Sen. William Lacy Clay defeated Republican Dwight Billingsly in this open-seat race, 74 percent to 22 percent.
  Clay Web Site · Billingsly Web Site

• Missouri's 2nd District. Republican state Rep. Todd Akin defeated Democratic state Sen. Ted House in this open-seat race, 55 percent to 42 percent.
  Polls · Ads · Akin Web Site · House Web Site

• Missouri's 6th District. Republican state Sen. Sam Graves defeated Democratic former state Sen. Steve Danner in this open-seat race, 51 percent to 47 percent.
  Polls · Graves Web Site

• Montana's 1st District. Republican former Lt. Gov. Dennis Rehberg defeated Democratic state Superintendent Nancy Keenan in this open-seat race, 52 percent to 46 percent.
  Polls · Rehberg Web Site · Keenan Web Site

• Nebraska's 3rd District. Republican former football coach Tom Osborne easily defeated Democrat Rollie Reynolds in this open-seat race, 82 percent to 16 percent.
  Polls · Osborne Web Site

• New Jersey's 7th District. Republican Mike Ferguson defeated Democrat Maryanne Connelly in this open-seat race, 50 percent to 47 percent.
  Polls · Ads · Ferguson Web Site · Connelly Web Site

• New York's 1st District. Republican Brookhaven town supervisor/fireworks company owner Felix Grucci defeated Democratic attorney Regina Seltzer in this open-seat race, 56 percent to 40 percent.
  Grucci Web Site · Seltzer Web Site

• New York's 2nd District. Democratic Huntington town councilman Steve Israel defeated Republican Islip town clerk Joan Johnson in this open-seat race, 48 percent to 34 percent.
  Johnson Web Site · Israel Web Site

• Ohio's 12th District. Republican state Rep. Pat Tiberi defeated Democratic Columbus City Council Member Maryellen O'Shaughnessy in this open-seat race, 53 percent to 44 percent.
  Polls · Ads · Tiberi Web Site · O'Shaughnessy Web Site

• Oklahoma's 2nd District. Democratic attorney Brad Carson defeated Republican retired car dealer Andy Ewing in this open-seat race, 55 percent to 42 percent.
  Polls · Ads · Ewing Web Site · Carson Web Site

• Pennsylvania's 4th District. Republican state Sen. Melissa Hart defeated Democratic state Sen. Terry Van Horne in this open-seat race, 59 percent to 41 percent.
  Polls · Hart Web Site · Van Horne Web Site

• Pennsylvania's 19th District. Republican state Rep. Todd Platts defeated Democratic professor Jeff Sanders in this open-seat race, 73 percent to 26 percent.
  Platts Web Site · Sanders Web Site

• Rhode Island's 2nd District. Democratic Secretary of State Jim Langevin defeated independent college professor Rodney Driver and Republican casino pit manager Robert Tingle in this open-seat race, 62 percent to 22 percent to 14 percent.
  Polls · Ads · Langevin Web Site

• South Carolina's 1st District. Republican state Rep. Henry Brown defeated Democrat Andy Brack in this open-seat race, 60 percent to 36 percent.
  Ads · Brown Web Site · Brack Web Site

• Texas' 7th District. Republican state Rep. John Culberson defeated Democratic attorney Jeff Sell in this open-seat race, 74 percent to 24 percent.
  Culberson Web Site · Sell Web Site

• Utah's 2nd District. Democrat Jim Matheson defeated Republican Derek Smith in this open-seat race, 56 percent to 41 percent.
  Polls · Ads · Smith Web Site · Matheson Web Site

• Virginia's 1st District. Republican state Delegate Jo Ann Davis defeated Democratic former Fredricksburg Mayor Lawrence Davies in this open-seat race, 58 percent to 37 percent.
  Polls · Davis Web Site · Davies Web Site

• Virginia's 2nd District. Republican state Sen. Ed Schrock defeated Democratic attorney Jody Wagner in this open-seat race, 52 percent to 48 percent.
  Polls · Schrock Web Site · Wagner Web Site

• Virginia's 7th District. Republican state Delegate Eric Cantor defeated Democrat Warren Stewart in this open-seat race, 67 percent to 33 percent.
  Ads · Cantor Web Site · Stewart Web Site

• Washington's 2nd District. Democratic Snohomish County Council Chairman Rick Larsen defeated Republican state Rep. John Koster in this open-seat race, 51 percent to 46 percent.
  Polls · Ads · Koster Web Site · Larsen Web Site

• West Virginia's 2nd District. Republican state Rep. Shelly Moore Capito defeated Democratic former state Sen. Jim Humphreys in this open-seat race, 48 percent to 47 percent.
  Polls · Ads · Humphreys Web Site · Capito Web Site