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2004 Tip Sheets HOUSE RACES
The post-election House breakdown is: The final breakdown of the House is 232-202-1. Republicans gained three seats from the previous Congress, which had a 229-205-1 Republican margin. Use the map to access to our individual Campaign Tip Sheets for each state, which feature pre-election polls, ads and profiles, as well as 2004 results. Also, districts where an incumbent was ousted, where an incumbent faced a fellow incumbent, or where an open seat was filled are listed below, with profiles of all newly elected representatives. Results from the 2004 Senate and gubernatorial races are also available.
17th District Rep. Charlie Stenholm (D), seeeking a 14th term but forced to run in the 19th District due to redistricting, lost to freshman Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R), 58 percent to 40 percent.
In Texas' other incumbent-vs.-incumbent contest, four-term Rep. Pete Sessions (R) beat 13-term Rep. Martin Frost (D), 54 percent to 44 percent. Frost previously represented the 24th District. Local News Story
Democrat John Barrow upset freshman Rep. Max Burns (R), 52 percent to 48 percent. Barrow Profile
Democrat Melissa Bean upset 17-term incumbent Rep. Philip Crane (R), 52 percent to 48 percent. Bean Profile
Challenger Mike Sodrel (R) ousted incumbent Baron Hill (D). Each of them won 49 percent of the vote; totals were 142,183 for Sodrel and 140,818 for Hill. Libertarian candidate Al Cox won 2 percent with 4,698 votes. Sodrel Profile
Louis Gohmert (R) ousted four-term incumbent Rep. Max Sandlin (D), 61 percent to 38 percent. Gohmert Profile
Ted Poe (R) defeated four-term, 9th District incumbent Rep. Nick Lampson (D), 55 percent to 43 percent. Poe Profile
Former state Attorney General Dan Lungren (R) defeated Democratic nominee Gabe Castillo, 62 percent to 35 percent, in the race to replace retiring Rep. Doug Ose (R). Lungren Profile
Democrat Jim Costa beat Republican Roy Ashburn, 54 percent to 46 percent, in the contest to succeed retiring Rep. Cal Dooley (D). Costa Profile
Democrat John Salazar defeated Republican Greg Walcher, 51 percent to 46 percent, in the contest to succeed retiring Rep. Scott McInnis (R). Salazar Profile
GOP nominee Connie Mack IV faced only nominal opposition and won 68 percent of the vote to replace former Rep. Porter Goss (R), who vacated his seat to become CIA director. Mack Profile
Democrat Debbie Wasserman Schultz beat Margaret Hostetter (R), 70 percent to 30 percent, in the race to replace Rep. Peter Deutsch (D), who ran unsuccessfully for his party's Senate nomination. Wasserman Schultz Profile
Former Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D) beat Catherine Davis (R), 64 percent to 36 percent, to win her former seat after Rep. Denise Majette (D) ran unsuccessfully for the Senate. McKinney Profile
Tom Price (R) faced only nominal opposition in the general election and won the seat vacated by Johnny Isakson (R), who ran for Senate. Price Profile
Lynn Westmoreland (R) defeated Silvia Delamar (D), 76 percent to 24 percent, in the contest to replace unsuccessful Senate hopeful Mac Collins (R). Westmoreland Profile
Dan Lipinski (D) took ownership of the seat held by his father, retiring Rep. William Lipinski (D), with 74 percent to 26 percent of the vote against Republican Ryan Chlada. Lipinski Profile
In one of the country's most-watched House races, Geoff Davis (R) defeated Nick Clooney (D) by a final vote of 54 percent to 44 percent. Davis Profile
With 78 percent of the vote, Bobby Jindal (R) defeated four Democrats and a Republican in this open-seat race to replace Rep. David Vitter, who successfully ran for Louisiana's open Senate seat. Jindal Profile
Democrat Charles Melancon defeated Republican Billy Tauzin III by a vote of 51 percent to 49 percent in a Dec. 4 runoff to replace retiring Rep. Billy Tauzin.
Republican Charles Boustany defeated Democratic state Sen. Willie Mount by a vote of 55 percent to 45 percent in a Dec. 4 runoff to replace Rep. Chris John.
John "Joe" Schwarz (R) defeated Sharon Renier (D), 59 percent to 36 percent, in the contest to replace Rep. Nick Smith (R). Schwarz Profile
In the race to succeed retiring Rep. Richard Gephardt (D), Russ Carnahan (D) beat Bill Federer (R), 53 percent to 45 percent. Carnahan Profile
Emanuel Cleaver (D) beat Jeanne Patterson (R), 55 percent to 42 percent, to take over the seat being vacated by Rep. Karen McCarthy (D). Cleaver Profile
Jeff Fortenberry (R) beat Matt Connealy (D), 54 percent to 43 percent, to succeed retiring Rep. Doug Bereuter (R). Fortenberry Profile
Brian Higgins (D) beat Nancy Naples (R), 51 percent to 49 percent, to succeed retiring Rep. Jack Quinn (R). Higgins Profile
John Kuhl (R) beat Samara Barend (D), 51 percent to 41 percent, for control of retiring GOP incumbent Amo Houghton's seat. Kuhl Profile
Virginia Foxx (R) claimed victory over Jim Harrell (D), 59 percent to 41 percent, in the race to succeed GOP Rep. Richard Burr, who successfully ran for the state's open Senate seat. Foxx Profile
Patrick McHenry (R) beat Anne Fischer (D), 64 percent to 36 percent, to succeed retiring Rep. Cass Ballenger (R). McHenry Profile
Dan Boren (D) beat Wayland Smalley (R), 65 percent to 35 percent, in the race for failed Senate hopeful Brad Carson's (D) open seat. Boren Profile
Republican Mike Fitzpatrick defeated Democrat Ginny Schrader, 55 percent to 44 percent, to succeed retiring Rep. Jim Greenwood (R). Fitzpatrick Profile
Allyson Schwartz (D) beat Melissa Brown (R), 56 percent to 41 percent, for the seat currently held by failed Senate hopeful Joe Hoeffel (D). Schwartz Profile
Charlie Dent (R) beat Joe Driscoll (D), 59 percent to 39 percent, to fill the seat vacated by Pat Toomey (R), who unsuccessfully ran the GOP Senate nomination. Dent Profile
Former Rep. Bob Inglis (R) returns to Capitol Hill, taking the spot being vacated by Senator-elect Jim DeMint (R), with a 70 percent to 29 percent victory over Brandon Brown (D). Inglis Profile
Al Green (D) beat Arlette Molina (R), 72 percent to 27 percent. Green Profile
Michael McCaul (R) bested Libertarian Robert Fritsche, 84 percent to 16 percent. No Democratic candidate entered the open-seat race. McCaul Profile
Mike Conaway (R) defeated Wayne Raasch (D), 77 percent to 22 percent. Conaway Profile
Kenny Marchant (R) defeated Gary Page (D), 64 percent to 34 percent. Marchant Profile
Henry Cuellar (D) defeated James Hopson (R), 59 percent to 39 percent. Cuellar Profile
Thelma Drake (R) beat David Ashe (D), 55 percent to 45 percent, in the race to succeed retiring Rep. Ed Schrock (R). Drake Profile
Cathy McMorris (R) beat Don Barbieri (D), 60 percent to 40 percent, to fill the seat being vacated by Rep. George Nethercutt (R), who unsuccessfully ran for the Senate. McMorris Profile
Dave Reichert (R) defeated Dave Ross (D), 51 percent to 47 percent, in the race to replace retiring Rep. Jennifer Dunn (R). Reichert Profile
Gwen Moore (D) beat Gerald Boyle (R), 70 percent to 28 percent, in the race to succeed retiring Rep. Gerald Kleczka (D). Moore Profile
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