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
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 |