1984 United States House of Representatives elections
The 1984 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1984 which coincided with the re-election of President Ronald Reagan in a landslide. This victory also yielded gains for Reagan's Republican Party in the House, where they picked up a net of sixteen seats from the Democratic Party. Despite Reagan's extremely large electoral victory, the Democrats nonetheless retained a commanding majority in the House and gained seats in the Senate.
This would be the last time for eight years that the Democrats lost seats in the House.
Overall results
Retiring incumbents
Twenty-two representatives retired. Sixteen of those seats were held by the same party, six seats changed party.Democrats
Nine Democrats retired. Four of those seats were held by Democrats and five were won by Republicans.Democratic held
- : Paul Simon: to run for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded by Kenneth J. Gray.
- : James Shannon: to run for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded by Chester G. Atkins.
- : Geraldine Ferraro: to run for Vice President. Was succeeded by Thomas J. Manton.
- : Al Gore: to run for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded by Bart Gordon.
Republican gain
- : Raymond P. Kogovsek. Was succeeded by Michael L. Strang.
- : Tom Harkin: to run for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded by Jim Ross Lightfoot.
- : Norman D'Amours: to run for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded by Robert C. Smith.
- : Richard Ottinger. Was succeeded by Joseph J. DioGuardi.
- : Kent Hance: to run for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded by Larry Combest.
Republicans
Republican held
- : Jack Edwards. Was succeeded by Sonny Callahan.
- : John N. Erlenborn. Was succeeded by Harris W. Fawell.
- : Tom Corcoran: to run for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded by John E. Grotberg.
- : Larry Winn. Was succeeded by Jan Meyers.
- : Harold S. Sawyer. Was succeeded by Paul B. Henry.
- : Barber Conable. Was succeeded by Fred J. Eckert.
- : James G. Martin: to run for Governor of North Carolina. Was succeeded by Alex McMillan.
- : Phil Gramm: to run for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded by Joe Barton.
- : Ron Paul: to run for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded by Tom DeLay.
- : David Daniel Marriott: to run for Governor of Utah. Was succeeded by David Smith Monson.
- : J. Kenneth Robinson. Was succeeded by D. French Slaughter Jr..
- : Joel Pritchard. Was succeeded by John Miller.
Democratic gain
- : Ed Bethune: to run for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded by Tommy F. Robinson.
Defeated incumbents
In primary election
Democrats
Three Democrats lost renomination.- : Katie Hall lost to challenger Pete Visclosky.
- : Frank G. Harrison lost to challenger Paul E. Kanjorski.
- : Abraham Kazen lost to challenger Albert Bustamante.
In the general election
Democrats
Thirteen Democrats lost re-election.- : James F. McNulty Jr. lost to Jim Kolbe.
- : Jerry M. Patterson lost to Bob Dornan.
- : William R. Ratchford lost to John G. Rowland.
- : Elliott H. Levitas lost to Pat Swindall.
- : Clarence Long lost to Helen Delich Bentley.
- : Donald J. Albosta lost to Bill Schuette.
- : Joseph Minish lost to Dean Gallo.
- : Ike Franklin Andrews lost to Bill Cobey.
- : Charles Robin Britt lost to Howard Coble.
- : James M. Clarke lost to Bill Hendon.
- : Jack Hightower lost to Beau Boulter.
- : William Neff Patman lost to Mac Sweeney.
- : Tom Vandergriff lost to Dick Armey.
Republicans
- : George V. Hansen lost to Richard H. Stallings.
- : Dan Crane lost to Terry L. Bruce.
- : Lyle Williams lost to Jim Traficant.
Special elections
Elections are sorted here by date then district.
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
| Clement J. Zablocki | Democratic | 1948 | Incumbent died December 2,1983. New member elected April 3, 1984. Democratic hold. Winner was subsequently [|re-elected in November]. | ||
| Carl D. Perkins | Democratic | 1948 | Incumbent died August 3, 1984. New member elected November 6, 1984. Democratic hold. Winner was also [|elected to the next term] the same day. | ||
| Edwin Forsythe | Republican | 1970 | Incumbent died March 29, 1984. New member elected November 6, 1984. Republican hold. Winner was also elected to the next term the same day. |