1982 United States House of Representatives elections

Overall results

Retiring incumbents

Democrats

Democratic held

1. : John L. Burton, was succeeded by Barbara Boxer.
2. : Ronald 'Bo' Ginn, to run for Governor of Georgia, was succeeded by Lindsay Thomas.
3. : William M. Brodhead, was succeeded by Sander Levin.
4. : Richard Bolling, was succeeded by Alan Wheat.
5. : Shirley Chisholm, was succeeded by Major Owens.
6. : Lawrence H. Fountain, was succeeded by Tim Valentine.
7. : Kenneth Lamar Holland, was succeeded by John Spratt.
8. : Jim Mattox, to run for Attorney General of Texas, was succeeded by John Wiley Bryant.
9. : Richard C. White, was succeeded by Ronald D. Coleman.
10. : Bob Mollohan, was succeeded by Alan Mollohan.
11. : Henry Reuss, was succeeded by Jim Moody.

    Republican gain

12. : Toby Moffett, to run for U.S. Senate, was succeeded by Nancy Johnson.
13. : David R. Bowen, was succeeded by Webb Franklin.
14. : James David Santini, to run for U.S. Senate, was succeeded by Barbara Vucanovich.
15. : Allen E. Ertel, to run for Governor of Pennsylvania, was succeeded by George Gekas.

    Seat eliminated in redistricting

16. : Floyd Fithian who ran for U.S. Senate.
17. : James J. Blanchard who ran for Governor of Michigan.
18. : Jonathan Brewster Bingham.

    Republicans

Republican held

1. : John Jacob Rhodes, was succeeded by John McCain.
2. : Pete McCloskey, to run for U.S. Senate, was succeeded by Ed Zschau.
3. : Clair Burgener, was succeeded by Ron Packard.
4. : Louis A. Bafalis, to run for Governor of Florida, was succeeded by Tom Lewis.
5. : David F. Emery, to run for U.S. Senate, was succeeded by John R. McKernan Jr..
6. : Donald J. Mitchell, was succeeded by Sherwood Boehlert.
7. : Bud Brown, to run for Governor of Ohio, was succeeded by Mike DeWine.
8. : Marc L. Marks, was succeeded by Tom Ridge.
9. : Robin Beard, to run for U.S. Senate, was succeeded by Don Sundquist.
10. : James M. Collins, to run for U.S. Senate, was succeeded by Steve Bartlett.
11. : Paul S. Trible Jr., to run for U.S. Senate, was succeeded by Herbert H. Bateman.

    Democratic gain

12. : Bob Dornan, to run for U.S. Senate, was succeeded by Mel Levine.
13. : James Edmund Jeffries, was succeeded by Jim Slattery.
14. : Cleve Benedict, to run for U.S. Senate, was succeeded by Harley O. Staggers Jr..
15. : M. Caldwell Butler, was succeeded by Jim Olin.

    Seat eliminated in redistricting

16. : Barry Goldwater Jr., who ran for U.S. Senate.
17. : Robert McClory.
18. : Millicent Fenwick, who ran for U.S. Senate.
19. : Gregory W. Carman.
20. : J. William Stanton.
21. : Jean Spencer Ashbrook.

    Defeated incumbents

In primary elections

Democrats

1. : Billy Lee Evans lost to challenger J. Roy Rowland.
2. : John G. Fary lost to challenger Bill Lipinski.
3. : David W. Evans lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent Andrew Jacobs Jr..
4. : Ronald M. Mottl lost to challenger Ed Feighan.
5. : Joseph F. Smith lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent Thomas M. Foglietta.
6. : Donald A. Bailey lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent John Murtha.

   Republicans

Seat held by a Republican

1. : Wayne R. Grisham lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent David Dreier.
2. : Ed Derwinski lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent George M. O'Brien.
3. : Gary A. Lee lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent George C. Wortley.

   Seat lost to a Democrat

4. : Tom Railsback lost to challenger Kenneth G. McMillan, who later lost the general election to Lane Evans.

   In the general election

Democrats

Seat lost to a Republican incumbent

1. : Leo C. Zeferetti lost a redistricting race to Guy V. Molinari.
2. : Peter A. Peyser lost a redistricting race to Benjamin A. Gilman.

   Seat lost to a Republican challenger

3. : Bob Shamansky lost to John Kasich.

   Republicans

Seat lost to a Democratic incumbent

1. : John H. Rousselot lost a redistricting race to Matthew G. Martinez.
2. : Margaret Heckler lost a redistricting race to Barney Frank.
3. : Wendell Bailey lost a redistricting race to Ike Skelton.
4. : John LeBoutillier lost a redistricting race to Robert J. Mrazek.
5. : Clint Roberts lost a redistricting race to Tom Daschle.

   Seat lost to a Democratic challenger

6. : Albert L. Smith Jr. lost to Ben Erdreich.
7. : Donald H. Clausen lost to Douglas H. Bosco.
8. : Lawrence J. DeNardis lost to Bruce A. Morrison.
9. : Tom Evans lost to Thomas R. Carper.
10. : Paul Findley lost to Dick Durbin.
11. : H. Joel Deckard lost to Frank McCloskey.
12. : James Whitney Dunn lost to Milton Robert Carr.
13. : Tom Hagedorn lost to Tim Penny.
14. : Arlen Erdahl lost to Gerry Sikorski.
15. : Harold C. Hollenbeck lost to Robert Torricelli.
16. : Walter E. Johnston, III lost to Charles Robin Britt.
17. : Bill Hendon lost to James M. Clarke.
18. : Ed Weber lost to Marcy Kaptur.
19. : Charles F. Dougherty lost to Robert A. Borski, Jr..
20. : Eugene Atkinson lost to Joseph P. Kolter.
21. : James K. Coyne, III lost to Peter H. Kostmayer.
22. : James L. Nelligan lost to Frank Harrison.
23. : John Light Napier lost to Robin Tallon.
24. : Robert Daniel lost to Norman Sisisky.
25. : William C. Wampler lost to Rick Boucher.
26. : Mick Staton lost to Bob Wise.

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