Elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1996
Gains and losses
The 1996 election to the United States House of Representatives took place on November 5, 1996 concurrently with the presidential election, in which Bill Clinton was re-elected for a second term. Clinton's Democratic Party won a total of eight seats from the Republican Party . The Republicans were able to maintain their majority in the House of Representatives. Newt Gingrich remained speaker .
The election results
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Majority of Seats in the House of Representatives by State:
80.1–100% of the seats for the Democrats
60.1–80% of the seats for the Democrats
60% or less of the seats for the Democrats
60% or less of the seats for the Republicans
60.1–80% of the seats for Republicans
80.1–100% of the seats for Republicans
80.1–100% of the seats for independent candidates
Parties | Seats | be right | ||||||
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1994 | 1996 | +/- | Strength | be right | % | modification | ||
republican | 236 | 228 | −8 | 52.4% | 43.120.872 | 47.8% | −3.7% | |
Democrats | 198 | 206 | +8 | 47.3% | 43,393,580 | 48.1% | + 3.6% | |
Independent | 1 | 1 | ± 0 | 0.2% | 572,746 | 0.6% | −0.3% | |
Libertarian party | - | - | - | - | 651,448 | 0.7% | −0.1% | |
Natural Law Party | - | - | - | - | 518.413 | 0.5% | + 0.4% | |
Conservative party | - | - | - | - | 264,381 | 0.3% | −0.1% | |
Reform Party | - | - | - | - | 151.221 | 0.2% | + 0.2% | |
Independence Party | - | - | - | - | 113,773 | 0.1% | + 0.1% | |
Green party | - | - | - | - | 33,954 | 0.04% | ± 0.0% | |
Other parties | - | - | - | - | 1,413,079 | 1.6% | −0.3% | |
total | 435 | 435 | 0 | 100.0% | 90.233.467 | 100.0% | - | |
Source: Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk |