U.S. House battlegrounds, 2024

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Elections for all 435 U.S. House seats took place in 2024. Ballotpedia identified 52 of the 435 House races (12.4%) as battlegrounds.

These battleground races were selected using the following criteria. For more information on our methodology, click here.

the 2022 winner's margin of victory,
the results of the 2020 presidential election in the district,
whether the incumbent was seeking re-election,
whether the incumbent was serving his or her first term in Congress, and
how the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and Inside Elections with Nathan Gonzales rated the race.

In addition to the competitiveness data above, races were included if they were particularly compelling or meaningful to the balance of power in governments for other reasons.

In 2022, Ballotpedia identified 33 U.S. House battleground races. To read more about the 2022 battleground races, click here.

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Battleground list

The following map displays the 2024 House battlegrounds shaded by the incumbent's or most recent incumbent's political affiliation. Hover over a district for more information.

There were 52 U.S. House battlegrounds in 2024.

List of candidates

The table below contains a list of all candidates in U.S. House battlegrounds in 2024. Major party candidates will not appear here until that primary is complete. The table is fully searchable by candidate, party and candidacy status. Depending on the size of your screen, you'll either see a menu to the left of the table or an arrow at the top right corner, which you can use to select a state.

Alaska U.S. House Battlegrounds, 2024
candidate	party	office	status
Nicholas Begich	Republican	U.S. House Alaska At-large District	Won Round 3
John Howe	Alaskan Independence Party	U.S. House Alaska At-large District	Advanced Round 1
Mary Peltola Incumbent	Democratic	U.S. House Alaska At-large District	Advanced Round 2
Eric Hafner	Democratic	U.S. House Alaska At-large District	Lost Round 2
Lady Donna Dutchess	Nonpartisan	U.S. House Alaska At-large District	Lost (Write-in) Round 1

Arizona U.S. House Battlegrounds, 2024
candidate	party	office	status
David Schweikert Incumbent	Republican	U.S. House Arizona District 1	Won General
Amish Shah	Democratic	U.S. House Arizona District 1	Lost General
Juan Ciscomani Incumbent	Republican	U.S. House Arizona District 6	Won General
Kirsten Engel	Democratic	U.S. House Arizona District 6	Lost General
Athena Eastwood	Green	U.S. House Arizona District 6	Lost General
Luis Pozzolo	Independent	U.S. House Arizona District 6	Lost (Write-in) General

California U.S. House Battlegrounds, 2024
candidate	party	office	status
Adam Gray	Democratic	U.S. House California District 13	Won General
John Duarte Incumbent	Republican	U.S. House California District 13	Lost General
Sam Liccardo	Democratic	U.S. House California District 16	Won General
Evan Low	Democratic	U.S. House California District 16	Lost General
David G. Valadao Incumbent	Republican	U.S. House California District 22	Won General
Rudy Salas	Democratic	U.S. House California District 22	Lost General
George Whitesides	Democratic	U.S. House California District 27	Won General
Mike Garcia Incumbent	Republican	U.S. House California District 27	Lost General
Ken Calvert Incumbent	Republican	U.S. House California District 41	Won General
Will Rollins	Democratic	U.S. House California District 41	Lost General
Derek Tran	Democratic	U.S. House California District 45	Won General
Michelle Steel Incumbent	Republican	U.S. House California District 45	Lost General
Dave Min	Democratic	U.S. House California District 47	Won General
Scott Baugh	Republican	U.S. House California District 47	Lost General

Colorado U.S. House Battlegrounds, 2024
candidate	party	office	status
Jeff Hurd	Republican	U.S. House Colorado District 3	Won General
Adam Frisch	Democratic	U.S. House Colorado District 3	Lost General
James Wiley	Libertarian	U.S. House Colorado District 3	Lost General
Adam Withrow	Unity Party	U.S. House Colorado District 3	Lost General
Gabe Evans	Republican	U.S. House Colorado District 8	Won General
Chris Baum	Approval Voting Party	U.S. House Colorado District 8	Lost General
Yadira Caraveo Incumbent	Democratic	U.S. House Colorado District 8	Lost General
James Treibert	Unaffiliated	U.S. House Colorado District 8	Lost (Write-in) General
Susan Hall	Unity Party	U.S. House Colorado District 8	Lost General

Connecticut U.S. House Battlegrounds, 2024
candidate	party	office	status
Jahana Hayes Incumbent	Democratic, Working Families Party	U.S. House Connecticut District 5	Won General
George Logan	Republican	U.S. House Connecticut District 5	Lost General

Florida U.S. House Battlegrounds, 2024
candidate	party	office	status
Anna Paulina Luna Incumbent	Republican	U.S. House Florida District 13	Won General
Whitney Fox	Democratic	U.S. House Florida District 13	Lost General
Tony D'Arrigo	No Party Affiliation	U.S. House Florida District 13	Lost (Write-in) General

Illinois U.S. House Battlegrounds, 2024
candidate	party	office	status
Eric Sorensen Incumbent	Democratic	U.S. House Illinois District 17	Won General
Joseph G. McGraw	Republican	U.S. House Illinois District 17	Lost General

Indiana U.S. House Battlegrounds, 2024
candidate	party	office	status
Frank Mrvan Incumbent	Democratic	U.S. House Indiana District 1	Won General
Randell Niemeyer	Republican	U.S. House Indiana District 1	Lost General
Dakotah Miskus	Libertarian	U.S. House Indiana District 1	Lost General

Iowa U.S. House Battlegrounds, 2024
candidate	party	office	status
Zach Nunn Incumbent	Republican	U.S. House Iowa District 3	Won General
Lanon Baccam	Democratic	U.S. House Iowa District 3	Lost General
Marco Battaglia	Libertarian	U.S. House Iowa District 3	Lost (Write-in) General

Maine U.S. House Battlegrounds, 2024
candidate	party	office	status
Jared Golden Incumbent	Democratic	U.S. House Maine District 2	Won Round 1
Austin Theriault	Republican	U.S. House Maine District 2	Lost Round 1
Diana Merenda	Independent	U.S. House Maine District 2	Lost (Write-in) Round 1

Michigan U.S. House Battlegrounds, 2024
candidate	party	office	status
Hillary Scholten Incumbent	Democratic	U.S. House Michigan District 3	Won General
Paul Hudson	Republican	U.S. House Michigan District 3	Lost General
Alexander Avery	Libertarian	U.S. House Michigan District 3	Lost General
Louis Palus	Working Class Party	U.S. House Michigan District 3	Lost General
Tom Barrett	Republican	U.S. House Michigan District 7	Won General
Curtis Hertel	Democratic	U.S. House Michigan District 7	Lost General
L. Rachel Dailey	Libertarian	U.S. House Michigan District 7	Lost General
Kristen McDonald Rivet	Democratic	U.S. House Michigan District 8	Won General
Paul Junge	Republican	U.S. House Michigan District 8	Lost General
Jim Casha	Green	U.S. House Michigan District 8	Lost General
Steve Barcelo	Libertarian	U.S. House Michigan District 8	Lost General
James Little	U.S. Taxpayers Party	U.S. House Michigan District 8	Lost General
Kathy Goodwin	Working Class Party	U.S. House Michigan District 8	Lost General
John James Incumbent	Republican	U.S. House Michigan District 10	Won General
Carl Marlinga	Democratic	U.S. House Michigan District 10	Lost General
Mike Saliba	Libertarian	U.S. House Michigan District 10	Lost General
Andrea Kirby	Working Class Party	U.S. House Michigan District 10	Lost General

Minnesota U.S. House Battlegrounds, 2024
candidate	party	office	status
Angie Craig Incumbent	Democratic	U.S. House Minnesota District 2	Won General
Joe Teirab	Republican	U.S. House Minnesota District 2	Lost General
Thomas Bowman	Conservative Party	U.S. House Minnesota District 2	Lost (unofficially withdrew) General

Montana U.S. House Battlegrounds, 2024
candidate	party	office	status
Ryan K. Zinke Incumbent	Republican	U.S. House Montana District 1	Won General
Monica Tranel	Democratic	U.S. House Montana District 1	Lost General
Dennis Hayes	Libertarian	U.S. House Montana District 1	Lost General

Nebraska U.S. House Battlegrounds, 2024
candidate	party	office	status
Don Bacon Incumbent	Republican	U.S. House Nebraska District 2	Won General
Tony Vargas	Democratic	U.S. House Nebraska District 2	Lost General

Nevada U.S. House Battlegrounds, 2024
candidate	party	office	status
Dina Titus Incumbent	Democratic	U.S. House Nevada District 1	Won General
Mark Robertson	Republican	U.S. House Nevada District 1	Lost General
Bill Hoge	Independent American Party	U.S. House Nevada District 1	Lost General
David Havlicek	Libertarian	U.S. House Nevada District 1	Lost General
David Goossen	No Political Party	U.S. House Nevada District 1	Lost General
Ron Quince	No Political Party	U.S. House Nevada District 1	Lost General
Mark Amodei Incumbent	Republican	U.S. House Nevada District 2	Won General
Lynn Chapman	Independent American Party	U.S. House Nevada District 2	Lost General
Javi Tachiquin	Libertarian	U.S. House Nevada District 2	Lost General
Greg Kidd	No Political Party	U.S. House Nevada District 2	Lost General
Susie Lee Incumbent	Democratic	U.S. House Nevada District 3	Won General
Drew Johnson	Republican	U.S. House Nevada District 3	Lost General

New Jersey U.S. House Battlegrounds, 2024
candidate	party	office	status
Thomas Kean Jr. Incumbent	Republican	U.S. House New Jersey District 7	Won General
Susan Altman	Democratic	U.S. House New Jersey District 7	Lost General
Andrew Black	Green	U.S. House New Jersey District 7	Lost General
Lana Leguia	Libertarian	U.S. House New Jersey District 7	Lost General

New Mexico U.S. House Battlegrounds, 2024
candidate	party	office	status
Gabriel Vasquez Incumbent	Democratic	U.S. House New Mexico District 2	Won General
Yvette Herrell	Republican	U.S. House New Mexico District 2	Lost General

New York U.S. House Battlegrounds, 2024
candidate	party	office	status
Nicholas J. LaLota Incumbent	Republican, Conservative Party	U.S. House New York District 1	Won General
John Avlon	Democratic	U.S. House New York District 1	Lost General
Tom Suozzi	Democratic	U.S. House New York District 3 (Special election)	Won General
Mazi Pilip	Republican, Conservative Party	U.S. House New York District 3 (Special election)	Lost General
Tom Suozzi Incumbent	Democratic, Common Sense Party	U.S. House New York District 3	Won General
Michael LiPetri Jr.	Republican, Conservative Party	U.S. House New York District 3	Lost General
Laura Gillen	Democratic, Common Sense Party	U.S. House New York District 4	Won General
Anthony D'Esposito Incumbent	Republican, Conservative Party	U.S. House New York District 4	Lost General
Michael Lawler Incumbent	Republican, Conservative Party	U.S. House New York District 17	Won General
Mondaire Jones	Democratic	U.S. House New York District 17	Lost General
Anthony Frascone	Working Families Party	U.S. House New York District 17	Lost General
Pat Ryan Incumbent	Democratic, Working Families Party	U.S. House New York District 18	Won General
Alison Esposito	Republican, Conservative Party	U.S. House New York District 18	Lost General
Josh Riley	Democratic, Working Families Party	U.S. House New York District 19	Won General
Marcus Molinaro Incumbent	Republican, Conservative Party	U.S. House New York District 19	Lost General
John Mannion	Democratic, Working Families Party	U.S. House New York District 22	Won General
Brandon Williams Incumbent	Republican, Libertarian, Conservative Party	U.S. House New York District 22	Lost General

North Carolina U.S. House Battlegrounds, 2024
candidate	party	office	status
Donald Davis Incumbent	Democratic	U.S. House North Carolina District 1	Won General
Laurie Buckhout	Republican	U.S. House North Carolina District 1	Lost General
Tom Bailey	Libertarian	U.S. House North Carolina District 1	Lost General

Ohio U.S. House Battlegrounds, 2024
candidate	party	office	status
Bob Latta Incumbent	Republican	U.S. House Ohio District 5	Won General
Keith Mundy	Democratic	U.S. House Ohio District 5	Lost General
Michael Rulli Incumbent	Republican	U.S. House Ohio District 6	Won General
Michael Kripchak	Democratic	U.S. House Ohio District 6	Lost General
Marcy Kaptur Incumbent	Democratic	U.S. House Ohio District 9	Won General
Derek Merrin	Republican	U.S. House Ohio District 9	Lost General
Tom Pruss	Libertarian	U.S. House Ohio District 9	Lost General
Emilia Sykes Incumbent	Democratic	U.S. House Ohio District 13	Won General
Kevin Coughlin	Republican	U.S. House Ohio District 13	Lost General

Pennsylvania U.S. House Battlegrounds, 2024
candidate	party	office	status
Ryan Mackenzie	Republican	U.S. House Pennsylvania District 7	Won General
Susan Wild Incumbent	Democratic	U.S. House Pennsylvania District 7	Lost General
Rob Bresnahan Jr.	Republican	U.S. House Pennsylvania District 8	Won General
Matt Cartwright Incumbent	Democratic	U.S. House Pennsylvania District 8	Lost General
Scott Perry Incumbent	Republican	U.S. House Pennsylvania District 10	Won General
Janelle Stelson	Democratic	U.S. House Pennsylvania District 10	Lost General
Chris Deluzio Incumbent	Democratic	U.S. House Pennsylvania District 17	Won General
Rob Mercuri	Republican	U.S. House Pennsylvania District 17	Lost General

Texas U.S. House Battlegrounds, 2024
candidate	party	office	status
Monica De La Cruz Incumbent	Republican	U.S. House Texas District 15	Won General
Michelle Vallejo	Democratic	U.S. House Texas District 15	Lost General
Henry Cuellar Incumbent	Democratic	U.S. House Texas District 28	Won General
Jay Furman	Republican	U.S. House Texas District 28	Lost General
Vicente Gonzalez Jr. Incumbent	Democratic	U.S. House Texas District 34	Won General
Mayra Flores	Republican	U.S. House Texas District 34	Lost General

Virginia U.S. House Battlegrounds, 2024
candidate	party	office	status
Jennifer Kiggans Incumbent	Republican	U.S. House Virginia District 2	Won General
Missy Cotter Smasal	Democratic	U.S. House Virginia District 2	Lost General
Robert Reid	Independent	U.S. House Virginia District 2	Lost General
Eugene Vindman	Democratic	U.S. House Virginia District 7	Won General
Derrick Anderson	Republican	U.S. House Virginia District 7	Lost General

Washington U.S. House Battlegrounds, 2024
candidate	party	office	status
Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez Incumbent	Democratic	U.S. House Washington District 3	Won General
Joe Kent	Republican	U.S. House Washington District 3	Lost General
Dan Newhouse Incumbent	Republican	U.S. House Washington District 4	Won General
Jerrod Sessler	Republican	U.S. House Washington District 4	Lost General

Wisconsin U.S. House Battlegrounds, 2024
candidate	party	office	status
Derrick Van Orden Incumbent	Republican	U.S. House Wisconsin District 3	Won General
Rebecca Cooke	Democratic	U.S. House Wisconsin District 3	Lost General

Race ratings

The following table compares the most recent race ratings from The Cook Political Report, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and Inside Elections. The following table compared U.S. House race ratings from The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter, Decision Desk HQ and The Hill, Inside Elections, and Sabato's Crystal Ball prior to the November 2024 elections.

Targeted races

DCCC targets

Targeted districts

Frontline candidates

Red to Blue

Candidates participating in the Red to Blue program receive financial and organizational support. Participation in the program requires that a candidate meet certain fundraising and organizational goals. This chart lists each candidate that the DCCC announced it would support via the Red to Blue program in 2024, alongside the margin of victory in each district in the 2022 congressional elections.^[1] Past results in Alabama are not included for races that took place before 2023 redistricting.

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Initial Red to Blue Candidates
District	Red-to-Blue candidate	Incumbent	Winner	2022 margin
Alabama's 2nd	Shomari Figures	Open (formerly Barry Moore)	Shomari Figures	N/A
Arizona's 1st	Amish Shah	David Schweikert	David Schweikert	R+0.8
Arizona's 6th	Kirsten Engel	Juan Ciscomani	Juan Ciscomani	R+1.5
California's 13th	Adam Gray	John Duarte	Adam Gray	R+0.4
California's 22nd	Rudy Salas	David Valadao	David Valadao	R+3.0
California's 27th	George Whitesides	Mike Garcia	George Whitesides	R+6.4
California's 41st	Will Rollins	Ken Calvert	Ken Calvert	R+4.6
California's 45th	Derek Tran	Michelle Steel	Derek Tran	R+4.8
California's 47th	Dave Min	Open (formerly Katie Porter)	Dave Min	D+3.4
Colorado's 3rd	Adam Frisch	Open (formerly Lauren Boebert)	Jeff Hurd	R+0.2
Florida's 13th	Whitney Fox	Anna Paulina Luna	Anna Paulina Luna	R+8.0
Iowa's 1st	Christina Bohannan	Mariannette Miller-Meeks	Mariannette Miller-Meeks	R+6.8
Iowa's 3rd	Lanon Baccam	Zach Nunn	Zach Nunn	R+0.7
Maryland's 6th	April McClain-Delaney	Open (formerly David Trone)	April McClain-Delaney	D+9.5
Michigan's 7th	Curtis Hertel	Open (formerly Elissa Slotkin)	Tom Barrett	D+5.4
Michigan's 8th	Kristen McDonald Rivet	Open (formerly Dan Kildee)	Kristen McDonald Rivet	D+10.3
Michigan's 10th	Carl Marlinga	John James	John James	R+0.5
Montana's 1st	Monica Tranel	Ryan Zinke	Ryan Zinke	R+3.1
Nebraska's 2nd	Tony Vargas	Don Bacon	Don Bacon	R+2.6
New Jersey's 7th	Susan Altman	Thomas Kean Jr.	Thomas Kean Jr.	R+2.8
New York's 1st	John Avlon	Nicholas J. LaLota	Nicholas J. LaLota	R+11.0
New York's 4th	Laura Gillen	Anthony D'Esposito	Laura Gillen	R+3.6
New York's 17th	Mondaire Jones	Michael Lawler	Michael Lawler	R+0.6
New York's 19th	Josh Riley	Marcus Molinaro	Josh Riley	R+1.6
New York's 22nd	John Mannion	Brandon Williams	John Mannion	R+1.0
Oregon's 5th	Janelle Bynum	Lori Chavez-DeRemer	Janelle Bynum	R+2.1
Pennsylvania's 1st	Ashley Ehasz	Brian Fitzpatrick	Brian Fitzpatrick	R+9.8
Pennsylvania's 10th	Janelle Stelson	Scott Perry	Scott Perry	R+7.6
Texas' 15th	Michelle Vallejo	Monica De La Cruz	Monica De La Cruz	R+8.5
Virginia's 2nd	Missy Cotter Smasal	Jennifer Kiggans	Jennifer Kiggans	R+3.4
Virginia's 7th	Eugene Vindman	Open (formerly Abigail Spanberger)	Eugene Vindman	D+4.6
Wisconsin's 1st	Peter Barca	Bryan Steil	Bryan Steil	R+8.9
Wisconsin's 3rd	Rebecca Cooke	Derrick Van Orden	Derrick Van Orden	R+3.7

NRCC targets

Change log

This section lists every change that was made to our battleground list between the publishing of this page in February 2024 and the end of the 2024 election cycle.

February 12, 2024: Published initial battlegrounds list with 57 districts.^[2]
April 5, 2024: Added CA-16.
June 21, 2024: Added LA-6 and TX-28. Removed AL-1, NC-6, NC-13, NC-14, OH-1, LA-5, VA-10, and WA-8.
July 26, 2024: Added NV-2.
August 16, 2024: Added PA-10 and WA-04.

2022 battlegrounds

See also: United States House of Representatives elections, 2020

Ballotpedia identified 33 of the 435 House races (8.5%) as battlegrounds in 2022.

Footnotes

↑ Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, "Red to Blue," accessed February 1, 2024
↑ The 57 original U.S. House battlegrounds identified were: AL-1, AZ-1, AZ-6, CA-13, CA-22, CA-27, CA-41, CA-45, CA-47, CO-3, CO-8, CT-5, IL-17, IN-1, IA-3, LA-5, ME-2, MI-10, MI-3, MI-7, MI-8, MN-2, MT-1, NE-2, NV-1, NV-3, NH-1, NJ-7, NM-2, NY-1, NY-3, NY-4, NY-17, NY-18, NY-19, NY-22, NC-13, NC-14, NC-1, NC-6, OH-13, OH-1, OH-9, OR-5, OR-6, PA-7, PA-8, PA-17, TX-15, TX-24, AK-At-Large, VA-2, VA-7, VA-10, WA-3, WA-8, WI-3.

[1] Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, "Red to Blue," accessed February 1, 2024

[2] The 57 original U.S. House battlegrounds identified were: AL-1, AZ-1, AZ-6, CA-13, CA-22, CA-27, CA-41, CA-45, CA-47, CO-3, CO-8, CT-5, IL-17, IN-1, IA-3, LA-5, ME-2, MI-10, MI-3, MI-7, MI-8, MN-2, MT-1, NE-2, NV-1, NV-3, NH-1, NJ-7, NM-2, NY-1, NY-3, NY-4, NY-17, NY-18, NY-19, NY-22, NC-13, NC-14, NC-1, NC-6, OH-13, OH-1, OH-9, OR-5, OR-6, PA-7, PA-8, PA-17, TX-15, TX-24, AK-At-Large, VA-2, VA-7, VA-10, WA-3, WA-8, WI-3.

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U.S. House battlegrounds, 2024

Contents

Battleground list

List of candidates

Race ratings

Targeted races

DCCC targets

Targeted districts

Frontline candidates

Red to Blue

NRCC targets

Change log

2022 battlegrounds

See also

Footnotes

Information about voting

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