1998 United States House of Representatives elections in California


The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1998 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 3, 1998. Democrats gained the 1st district but lost the 3rd and 36th districts for a net loss of one seat. This was the last time until a special election in 2020 where a Republican flipped a Democrat-held U.S. House seat in California.

Overview

Separate elections

Three special elections were held apart from those in November. The elected winners would serve the remainder of the incumbent Congress and face re-election in November.
DateDistrictReason & ResultCandidates
March 10, 1998Walter Capps died October 28, 1997
Democratic hold
Winner was [|subsequently re-elected] in November
Lois Capps
Tom Bordonaro
Robert Bakhaus
April 7, 1998Ron Dellums resigned February 6, 1998
Democratic hold
Winner was subsequently re-elected in November
Barbara Lee
Greg Harper
Claiborne Sanders
Randal Stewart
April 7, 1998Sonny Bono died January 5, 1998
Republican hold
Winner was subsequently re-elected in November
Mary Bono
Ralph Waite
Anna Nevenich
John W. J. Overman
Tom Hamey
Bud Mathewson

Results

Final results from the Secretary of State of California:

[|District 1] • [|District 2] • [|District 3] • [|District 4] • [|District 5] • [|District 6] • [|District 7] • [|District 8] • [|District 9] • [|District 10] • [|District 11] • [|District 12] • [|District 13] • [|District 14]
[|District 15] • [|District 16] • [|District 17] • [|District 18] • [|District 19] • [|District 20] • [|District 21] • [|District 22] • [|District 23] • [|District 24] • [|District 25] • [|District 26] • [|District 27]
[|District 28] • [|District 29] • [|District 30] • [|District 31] • [|District 32] • [|District 33] • [|District 34] • [|District 35] • [|District 36] • [|District 37] • [|District 38] • [|District 39] • [|District 40]
[|District 41] • [|District 42] • [|District 43] • [|District 44] • [|District 45] • [|District 46] • [|District 47] • [|District 48] • [|District 49] • [|District 50] • [|District 51] • [|District 52]

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District 2

District 3

District 4

District 5

District 6

District 7

District 8

District 9

District 10

District 11

District 12

District 13

District 14

District 15

District 16

District 17

District 18

District 19

District 20

District 21

District 22

District 23

District 24

District 25

District 26

District 27

District 28

District 29

District 30

District 31

District 32

District 33

District 34

District 35

District 36

District 37

District 38

District 39

District 40

District 41

District 42

District 43

District 44

District 45

District 46

District 47

District 48

District 49

District 50

District 51

District 52