Incumbents defeated in congressional elections, 2012-present
Each cycle since 2012, Ballotpedia documented how many members of Congress lost their re-election bids. This page compiles that information, including defeated incumbent numbers for both U.S. House and U.S. Senate elections. This page features summaries of each election's analysis and links to the full analysis pages.
Click a year below to read analysis from that year:
Overview
U.S. House
The following table shows the number of U.S. House incumbents defeated in each election cycle from 2000 to 2024, by party.
| Defeated U.S. House incumbents by party, 2000-2024 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Democratic incumbents lost | Republican incumbents lost | Total | |||
| 2024 | 6 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 2022 | 12 | 13 | 25 | |||
| 2020 | 16 | 5 | 21 | |||
| 2018 | 2 | 32 | 34 | |||
| 2016 | 3 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 2014 | 12 | 6 | 18 | |||
| 2012 | 10 | 17 | 27 | |||
| 2010 | 54 | 4 | 58 | |||
| 2008 | 6 | 17 | 23 | |||
| 2006 | 0 | 22 | 22 | |||
| 2004 | 5 | 2 | 7 | |||
| 2002 | 12 | 5 | 17 | |||
| 2000 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |||
2024
U.S. House
The following table lists incumbents defeated in the 2024 general election for the U.S. House.
| U.S. House incumbents defeated in 2024 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | District | Primary or general election? | Election winner | Margin of victory | |||
 John Duarte |
California's 13th | General |  Adam Gray |
D+0.0[1] | |||
| Michelle Steel |
California's 45th | General | Derek Tran |
D+0.2 | |||
| Mary Peltola |
Alaska's At-Large | General | Nicholas Begich |
R+2.6 | |||
| Mike Garcia |
California's 27th | General | George Whitesides |
D+2 | |||
| Yadira Caraveo |
Colorado's 8th | General | Gabe Evans |
R+0.8 | |||
| Lori Chavez-DeRemer |
Oregon's 5th | General | Janelle Bynum |
D+2.4 | |||
| Anthony D'Esposito |
New York's 4th | General | Laura Gillen |
D+2.2 | |||
| Susan Wild |
Pennsylvania's 7th | General | Ryan Mackenzie |
R+1 | |||
| Matt Cartwright |
Pennsylvania's 8th | General | Rob Bresnahan Jr. |
R+1.6 | |||
| Brandon Williams |
New York's 22nd | General | John Mannion |
D+9 | |||
| Marcus Molinaro |
New York's 19th | General | Josh Riley |
D+2.2 | |||
| Jamaal Bowman |
New York's 16th | Primary | George Latimer |
D+17.2 | |||
| Cori Bush |
Missouri's 1st | Primary | Wesley Bell |
D+5.6 | |||
| Jerry Carl |
Alabama's 1st | Primary | Barry Moore |
R+3.4 | |||
| Bob Good |
Virginia's 5th | Primary | John McGuire |
R+0.6 | |||
U.S. Senate
- See also: United States Senate elections, 2024
The following table lists incumbents defeated in the 2024 general election for U.S. Senate.
| U.S. Senate incumbents defeated in the 2024 general election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Incumbent | Election winner | ||||
| Montana | Jon Tester |
Tim Sheehy
| ||||
| Ohio | Sherrod Brown |
Bernie Moreno
| ||||
| Pennsylvania | Bob Casey Jr. |
David McCormick
| ||||
2022
U.S. House
The following table lists incumbents defeated in the 2022 general election for U.S. House.[2]
U.S. Senate
- See also: United States Senate elections, 2022
This table shows the results of the U.S. Senate elections on November 8, 2022. There were 35 U.S. Senate seats up for election in 2022—14 seats held by Democrats and 21 held by Republicans. Of those, Democrats won 15 seats and Republicans won 20 seats. In 2022, Democrats had a net gain of one seat. There were no general election incumbent defeats.
2020
U.S. House
This section tracked incumbents defeated in 2020.
Incumbents defeated in the general election
The following table lists incumbents defeated in the 2020 general election for U.S. House.
Incumbents defeated in primary elections
The following table lists incumbents defeated in 2020 House primary elections or conventions.
| Incumbents defeated in primaries | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District | Incumbent | Primary election/convention winner | ||||
| Illinois' 3rd | Daniel Lipinski |
Marie Newman
| ||||
| Iowa's 4th | Steve King |
Randy Feenstra
| ||||
| Virginia's 5th | Denver Riggleman |
Bob Good
| ||||
| New York's 16th | Eliot Engel |
Jamaal Bowman
| ||||
| Colorado's 3rd | Scott Tipton |
Lauren Boebert
| ||||
| Kansas' 2nd | Steve Watkins |
Jacob LaTurner
| ||||
| Missouri's 1st | William Lacy Clay |
Cori Bush
| ||||
| Florida's 15th | Ross Spano |
Scott Franklin
| ||||
U.S. Senate
- See also: United States Senate elections, 2020
The following table lists incumbents defeated in the 2020 general election for U.S. Senate. There were no primary incumbent defeats.
| U.S. Senate incumbents defeated in the 2020 general election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Incumbent | Election winner | ||||
| Alabama | Doug Jones |
Tommy Tuberville
| ||||
| Arizona | Martha McSally |
Mark Kelly
| ||||
| Colorado | Cory Gardner |
John Hickenlooper
| ||||
| Georgia | David Perdue |
Jon Ossoff
| ||||
| Georgia | Kelly Loeffler |
Raphael Warnock
| ||||
2018
U.S. House
- In the U.S. House, 176 Democratic incumbents ran for re-election. Two were defeated in primary elections and none were defeated in the general election. In total, 1.1 percent of U.S. House Democratic incumbents seeking re-election were defeated.
- In the U.S. House, 202 Republican incumbents ran for re-election. Two were defeated in primary elections and 30 were defeated in the general election. In total, 15.8 percent of U.S. House Republicans seeking re-election were defeated.
- In the U.S. Senate, 23 Democratic incumbents ran for re-election. Four were defeated in the general election. In total, 17.3 percent of U.S. Senate Democratic incumbents were defeated.
- In the U.S. Senate, 5 Republican incumbents ran for re-election. One was defeated in the general election. In total, 20 percent of U.S. Senate Republican incumbents were defeated.
U.S. Senate
- See also: United States Senate elections, 2018
This table shows the results of the U.S. Senate elections on November 6, 2018. Of the 35 seats up for election, Democrats won 22 seats, Republicans won 11 seats, and two seats were won by independents who caucus with the Democrats. In 2018, Republicans had a net gain of two seats and controlled 53 seats at the beginning of the 116th Congress.
2016
U.S. House
The following table shows the incumbents who sought re-election but were defeated in the general election.
| United States House Defeated Incumbents | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| District | Incumbent | Winner | Partisan switch? |
| California's 17th | Mike Honda |
Ro Khanna |
No |
| Florida's 7th | John Mica |
Stephanie Murphy |
Yes |
| Florida's 13th | David Jolly |
Charlie Crist |
Yes |
| Illinois' 10th | Robert Dold |
Brad Schneider |
Yes |
| Nebraska's 2nd | Brad Ashford |
Don Bacon |
Yes |
| Nevada's 4th | Cresent Hardy |
Ruben Kihuen |
Yes |
| New Hampshire's 1st | Frank Guinta |
Carol Shea-Porter |
Yes |
| New Jersey's 5th | Scott Garrett |
Josh Gottheimer |
Yes |
2014
U.S. House
Incumbents who lost
Partisanship of the losing incumbents:
- 3
- 11
2012
U.S. House
Primary
In 2012, a total of 13 incumbents were defeated in U.S. House primaries. They were:
| Name | Party | District | Year Assumed Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Quayle |  Republican |
Arizona, District 3 | 2011 |
| Cliff Stearns | Republican |
Florida, District 6 | 1989 |
| Dennis J. Kucinich | Democratic | Ohio, District 10 | 1997 |
| Donald A. Manzullo | Republican |
Illinois, District 16 | 1993 |
| Hansen Clarke |  Democratic |
Michigan, District 13 | 2011 |
| Jason Altmire | Democratic |
Pennsylvania, District 4 | 2007 |
| Jean Schmidt | Republican |
Ohio, District 2 | 2005 |
| John Sullivan | Republican |
Oklahoma, District 1 | 2002 |
| Russ Carnahan | Democratic |
Missouri, District 3 | 2005 |
| Sandy Adams | Republican |
Florida, District 24 | 2011 |
| Silvestre Reyes | Democratic |
Texas, District 16 | 1997 |
| Steve Rothman | Democratic |
New Jersey, District 9 | 1997 |
| Tim Holden | Democratic |
Pennsylvania, District 17 | 1993 |
General
A total of 27 incumbents were defeated in the general election on November 6, 2012. Of those 27 incumbents, 10 were Democrats and 17 were Republicans.
| U.S. House incumbents defeated in 2012 general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Party | District | ||||||
| Allen B. West | Republican |
Florida, District 22 | ||||||
| Ann Marie Buerkle | Republican |
New York, District 25 | ||||||
| Ben Chandler | Democratic |
Kentucky, District 6 | ||||||
| Betty Sutton | Democratic |
Ohio, District 13 | ||||||
| Robert T. Schilling | Republican |
Illinois, District 17 | ||||||
| Brian Bilbray | Republican |
California, District 50 | ||||||
| Charles Bass | Republican |
New Hampshire, District 2 | ||||||
| Chip Cravaack | Republican |
Minnesota, District 8 | ||||||
| Dan Lungren | Republican |
California, District 3 | ||||||
| David Rivera | Republican |
Florida, District 25 | ||||||
| Francisco Canseco | Republican |
Texas, District 23 | ||||||
| Frank Guinta | Republican |
New Hampshire, District 1 | ||||||
| Howard Berman | Democratic |
California, District 28 | ||||||
| Jeff Landry | Republican |
Louisiana, District 3 | ||||||
| Joe Baca | Democratic |
California, District 43 | ||||||
| Joe Walsh | Republican |
Illinois, District 8 | ||||||
| Judy Biggert | Republican |
Illinois, District 13 | ||||||
| Kathy Hochul | Democratic |
New York, District 26 | ||||||
| Larry Kissell | Democratic |
North Carolina, District 8 | ||||||
| Laura Richardson | Democratic |
California, District 37 | ||||||
| Leonard Boswell | Democratic |
Iowa, District 3 | ||||||
| Mark Critz | Democratic |
Pennsylvania, District 12 | ||||||
| Mary Bono Mack | Republican |
California, District 45 | ||||||
| Nan Hayworth | Republican |
New York, District 19 | ||||||
| Pete Stark | Democratic |
California, District 13 | ||||||
| Robert J. Dold | Republican |
Illinois, District 10 | ||||||
| Roscoe Bartlett | Republican |
Maryland, District 6 | ||||||
See also
- Congressional Analysis Archive
- Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2024
Footnotes
- ↑ Gray defeated Duarte by 187 votes.
- ↑ This does not include former U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.), who resigned before the primary election but whose name remained on the official ballot.
- ↑ Gibbs unofficially withdrew from his primary after announcing his retirement on April 9, 2022. His name still appeared on the primary ballot.
- ↑ Gibbs defeated Meijer in the primary. Scholten defeated Gibbs in the general election.
- ↑ Gibbs' margin of victory over Meijer in the primary.
- ↑ McLeod-Skinner defeated Schrader in the primary. Chavez-DeRemer defeated McLeod-Skinner in the general election.
- ↑ McLeod-Skinner's margin of victory over Schrader in the primary.
- ↑ Taylor ran in the Republican primary on March 1, 2022, and advanced to the primary runoff. He withdrew before the runoff.
- ↑ Joe Kent defeated Herrera Beutler in the primary. Gluesenkamp defeated Kent in the general election.
- ↑ Joe Kent's margin of victory over Herrera Beutler in the primary.
