U.S. House battlegrounds, 2026

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Elections for all 435 U.S. House seats took place in 2026. Ballotpedia identified 42 of the 435 House races (12%) as battlegrounds.

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

the 2024 winner's margin of victory,
the results of the 2024 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, Decision Desk HQ and The Hill, and Inside Elections with Nathan Gonzales, and Sabato's Crystal Ball.

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 2024, Ballotpedia identified 52 U.S. House battleground races. To read more about the 2024 battleground races, click here.

Battleground list

The following map displays the 2026 House battlegrounds shaded by the incumbent's or most recent incumbent's political affiliation. Hover over a district for more information.

There are 42 U.S. House battlegrounds in 2026.

List of candidates

The table below contains a list of all candidates in U.S. House battlegrounds in 2026. 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.

Arizona U.S. House Battlegrounds, 2026
candidate	party	office	status
Christopher Ajluni	Independent	U.S. House Arizona District 1	Candidacy Declared General

California U.S. House Battlegrounds, 2026
candidate	party	office	status
Josh Harder Incumbent	Democratic	U.S. House California District 9	Candidacy Declared General
John McBride	Republican	U.S. House California District 9	Candidacy Declared General
Jim Shoemaker	Republican	U.S. House California District 9	Candidacy Declared General
Adam Gray Incumbent	Democratic	U.S. House California District 13	Candidacy Declared General
Vin Kruttiventi	Republican	U.S. House California District 13	Candidacy Declared General
Kevin Lincoln II	Republican	U.S. House California District 13	Candidacy Declared General
Javier Lopez	Republican	U.S. House California District 13	Candidacy Declared General
Alberto Escobedo	No party preference	U.S. House California District 13	Candidacy Declared General
David G. Valadao Incumbent	Republican	U.S. House California District 22	Candidacy Declared General
Jasmeet Bains	Democratic	U.S. House California District 22	Candidacy Declared General
Eric Garcia	Democratic	U.S. House California District 22	Candidacy Declared General
Rudy Salas	Democratic	U.S. House California District 22	Candidacy Declared General
Randy Villegas	Democratic	U.S. House California District 22	Candidacy Declared General
George Whitesides Incumbent	Democratic	U.S. House California District 27	Candidacy Declared General
Jason Gibbs	Republican	U.S. House California District 27	Candidacy Declared General
David Neidhart	Republican	U.S. House California District 27	Candidacy Declared General
Ken Calvert Incumbent	Republican	U.S. House California District 40	Candidacy Declared General
Young Kim Incumbent	Republican	U.S. House California District 40	Candidacy Declared General
Maricar Payad	American Independent Party	U.S. House California District 40	Candidacy Declared General
Claude Keissieh	Democratic	U.S. House California District 40	Candidacy Declared General
Joe Kerr	Democratic	U.S. House California District 40	Candidacy Declared General
Perry Meade	Democratic	U.S. House California District 40	Candidacy Declared General
Eric Peterson (California)	Democratic	U.S. House California District 40	Candidacy Declared General
Lisa Ramirez	Democratic	U.S. House California District 40	Candidacy Declared General
Paula Swift	Democratic	U.S. House California District 40	Candidacy Declared General
Tiffanie Tate	Democratic	U.S. House California District 40	Candidacy Declared General
Esther Kim Varet	Democratic	U.S. House California District 40	Candidacy Declared General
Nina Linh	Independent	U.S. House California District 40	Candidacy Declared General
Christian Ahmed	No party preference	U.S. House California District 40	Candidacy Declared General
Cody Wiebelhaus	Republican	U.S. House California District 41	Candidacy Declared General
Katherine Aleman	Democratic	U.S. House California District 41	Candidacy Declared General
Jason Byors	Democratic	U.S. House California District 41	Candidacy Declared General
David Karson	Democratic	U.S. House California District 41	Candidacy Declared General
Tiffanie Tate	Democratic	U.S. House California District 41	Candidacy Declared General
Shonique Williams	Democratic	U.S. House California District 41	Candidacy Declared General
Shaaf Patel	Libertarian	U.S. House California District 41	Candidacy Declared General
Derek Tran Incumbent	Democratic	U.S. House California District 45	Candidacy Declared General
Mark Leonard	Republican	U.S. House California District 45	Candidacy Declared General
Chi Charlie Nguyen	Republican	U.S. House California District 45	Candidacy Declared General
Amy Phan West	Republican	U.S. House California District 45	Candidacy Declared General
Michelle Steel	Republican	U.S. House California District 45	Candidacy Declared General
Chuong Vo	Republican	U.S. House California District 45	Candidacy Declared General
Brian Forde	Democratic	U.S. House California District 45	Candidacy Declared General
Dave Min Incumbent	Democratic	U.S. House California District 47	Candidacy Declared General
Julia Hashemieh	Republican	U.S. House California District 47	Candidacy Declared General
Sage Lam	Republican	U.S. House California District 47	Candidacy Declared General
Michael Maxsenti	Republican	U.S. House California District 47	Candidacy Declared General
Hunter Miranda	Democratic	U.S. House California District 47	Candidacy Declared General
Eric Troutman	Independent	U.S. House California District 47	Candidacy Declared General

Colorado U.S. House Battlegrounds, 2026
candidate	party	office	status
Douglas Mangeris	Libertarian	U.S. House Colorado District 4	Candidacy Declared General
Wayne Thornton	Unaffiliated	U.S. House Colorado District 4	Candidacy Declared General
Matt Cavanaugh	Independent	U.S. House Colorado District 5	Candidacy Declared General
Roy Matthewson	Unaffiliated	U.S. House Colorado District 5	Candidacy Declared General

Iowa U.S. House Battlegrounds, 2026
candidate	party	office	status
Mariannette Miller-Meeks Incumbent	Republican	U.S. House Iowa District 1	Candidacy Declared General
Grant Hill	Republican	U.S. House Iowa District 1	Candidacy Declared General
David Pautsch	Republican	U.S. House Iowa District 1	Candidacy Declared General
Christina Bohannan	Democratic	U.S. House Iowa District 1	Candidacy Declared General
Bob Krause	Democratic	U.S. House Iowa District 1	Candidacy Declared General
Travis Terrell	Democratic	U.S. House Iowa District 1	Candidacy Declared General
Taylor Wettach	Democratic	U.S. House Iowa District 1	Candidacy Declared General
Zach Nunn Incumbent	Republican	U.S. House Iowa District 3	Candidacy Declared General
Lanon Baccam	Democratic	U.S. House Iowa District 3	Candidacy Declared General
Xavier Carrigan	Democratic	U.S. House Iowa District 3	Candidacy Declared General
Jennifer Konfrst	Democratic	U.S. House Iowa District 3	Candidacy Declared General
Tracy Limon	Democratic	U.S. House Iowa District 3	Candidacy Declared General
Sarah Trone Garriott	Democratic	U.S. House Iowa District 3	Candidacy Declared General
Easton Wolfe	Democratic	U.S. House Iowa District 3	Candidacy Declared General

Maine U.S. House Battlegrounds, 2026
candidate	party	office	status
James Clark	Republican	U.S. House Maine District 2	Candidacy Declared General
Paul LePage	Republican	U.S. House Maine District 2	Candidacy Declared General
Matthew Dunlap	Democratic	U.S. House Maine District 2	Candidacy Declared General
Jordan Wood	Democratic	U.S. House Maine District 2	Candidacy Declared General

Michigan U.S. House Battlegrounds, 2026
candidate	party	office	status
Tom Barrett Incumbent	Republican	U.S. House Michigan District 7	Candidacy Declared General
Elyon Badger	Democratic	U.S. House Michigan District 7	Candidacy Declared General
Bridget Brink	Democratic	U.S. House Michigan District 7	Candidacy Declared General
Josh Cowen	Democratic	U.S. House Michigan District 7	Candidacy Declared General
William Lawrence	Democratic	U.S. House Michigan District 7	Candidacy Declared General
Matt Maasdam	Democratic	U.S. House Michigan District 7	Candidacy Declared General
Alexandra Prieditis	Democratic	U.S. House Michigan District 7	Candidacy Declared General
Muhammad Salman Rais	Democratic	U.S. House Michigan District 7	Candidacy Declared General
Kristen McDonald Rivet Incumbent	Democratic	U.S. House Michigan District 8	Candidacy Declared General
Amir Hassan	Republican	U.S. House Michigan District 8	Candidacy Declared General
John James Incumbent	Republican	U.S. House Michigan District 10	Candidacy Declared General
Casey Armitage	Republican	U.S. House Michigan District 10	Candidacy Declared General
Michael Bouchard	Republican	U.S. House Michigan District 10	Candidacy Declared General
Steven Elliott	Republican	U.S. House Michigan District 10	Candidacy Declared General
Cody Ingram	Republican	U.S. House Michigan District 10	Candidacy Declared General
Justin Kirk	Republican	U.S. House Michigan District 10	Candidacy Declared General
Robert Lulgjuraj	Republican	U.S. House Michigan District 10	Candidacy Declared General
Tripp Adams	Democratic	U.S. House Michigan District 10	Candidacy Declared General
Eric Chung	Democratic	U.S. House Michigan District 10	Candidacy Declared General
Tim Greimel	Democratic	U.S. House Michigan District 10	Candidacy Declared General
Christina Hines	Democratic	U.S. House Michigan District 10	Candidacy Declared General
Brian Steven Jaye	Democratic	U.S. House Michigan District 10	Candidacy Declared General

Nebraska U.S. House Battlegrounds, 2026
candidate	party	office	status
Brinker Harding	Republican	U.S. House Nebraska District 2	Candidacy Declared General
Brett Lindstrom	Republican	U.S. House Nebraska District 2	Candidacy Declared General
Evangelos Argyrakis	Democratic	U.S. House Nebraska District 2	Candidacy Declared General
Kishla Askins	Democratic	U.S. House Nebraska District 2	Candidacy Declared General
John Cavanaugh	Democratic	U.S. House Nebraska District 2	Candidacy Declared General
James Leuschen	Democratic	U.S. House Nebraska District 2	Candidacy Declared General
Denise Powell	Democratic	U.S. House Nebraska District 2	Candidacy Declared General
Crystal Rhoades	Democratic	U.S. House Nebraska District 2	Candidacy Declared General

Nevada U.S. House Battlegrounds, 2026
candidate	party	office	status
Susie Lee Incumbent	Democratic	U.S. House Nevada District 3	Candidacy Declared General
Tera Anderson	Republican	U.S. House Nevada District 3	Candidacy Declared General
Christopher Brandlin	Republican	U.S. House Nevada District 3	Candidacy Declared General
Lydia Dominguez	Republican	U.S. House Nevada District 3	Candidacy Declared General
Ronda Kennedy	Republican	U.S. House Nevada District 3	Candidacy Declared General
Steve London	Republican	U.S. House Nevada District 3	Candidacy Declared General
Aury Nagy	Republican	U.S. House Nevada District 3	Candidacy Declared General
Marty O'Donnell	Republican	U.S. House Nevada District 3	Candidacy Declared General
Lucena Parker	Republican	U.S. House Nevada District 3	Candidacy Declared General
Joshua Walters	Republican	U.S. House Nevada District 3	Candidacy Declared General
Sean Hutchinson	Democratic	U.S. House Nevada District 3	Candidacy Declared General
James Lally	Democratic	U.S. House Nevada District 3	Candidacy Declared General

New Jersey U.S. House Battlegrounds, 2026
candidate	party	office	status
Thomas Kean Jr. Incumbent	Republican	U.S. House New Jersey District 7	Candidacy Declared General
Beth Ellen Adubato	Democratic	U.S. House New Jersey District 7	Candidacy Declared General
Rebecca Bennett	Democratic	U.S. House New Jersey District 7	Candidacy Declared General
Michael Garth	Democratic	U.S. House New Jersey District 7	Candidacy Declared General
Valentina Mendoza	Democratic	U.S. House New Jersey District 7	Candidacy Declared General
Megan O'Rourke	Democratic	U.S. House New Jersey District 7	Candidacy Declared General
Michael Roth	Democratic	U.S. House New Jersey District 7	Candidacy Declared General
Felipe Santos	Democratic	U.S. House New Jersey District 7	Candidacy Declared General
Tina Shah	Democratic	U.S. House New Jersey District 7	Candidacy Declared General
Sara Sooy	Democratic	U.S. House New Jersey District 7	Candidacy Declared General
Brian Varela	Democratic	U.S. House New Jersey District 7	Candidacy Declared General
Gregory Vartan	Democratic	U.S. House New Jersey District 7	Candidacy Declared General
Nellie Pou Incumbent	Democratic	U.S. House New Jersey District 9	Candidacy Declared General
Rosemary Pino	Republican	U.S. House New Jersey District 9	Candidacy Declared General
Samuel Buccola	Democratic	U.S. House New Jersey District 9	Candidacy Declared General

New York U.S. House Battlegrounds, 2026
candidate	party	office	status
Tom Suozzi Incumbent	Democratic	U.S. House New York District 3	Candidacy Declared General
Gregory Hach	Republican	U.S. House New York District 3	Candidacy Declared General
Laura Gillen Incumbent	Democratic	U.S. House New York District 4	Candidacy Declared General
Dennis McGrath	Republican	U.S. House New York District 4	Candidacy Declared General
Brian Miller	Republican	U.S. House New York District 4	Candidacy Declared General
Martin Smithmyer	Republican	U.S. House New York District 4	Candidacy Declared General
Kiana Bierria-Anderson	Democratic	U.S. House New York District 4	Candidacy Declared General
Gian Jones	Democratic	U.S. House New York District 4	Candidacy Declared General
Nicholas Sciretta	Democratic	U.S. House New York District 4	Candidacy Declared General
Michael Lawler Incumbent	Republican	U.S. House New York District 17	Candidacy Declared General
John Cappello	Democratic	U.S. House New York District 17	Candidacy Declared General
Peter Chatzky	Democratic	U.S. House New York District 17	Candidacy Declared General
Cait Conley	Democratic	U.S. House New York District 17	Candidacy Declared General
Beth Davidson	Democratic	U.S. House New York District 17	Candidacy Declared General
Effie Phillips-Staley	Democratic	U.S. House New York District 17	Candidacy Declared General
Jessica Reinmann	Democratic	U.S. House New York District 17	Candidacy Declared General
Mike Sacks	Democratic	U.S. House New York District 17	Candidacy Declared General
John Sullivan	Democratic	U.S. House New York District 17	Candidacy Declared General
Josh Riley Incumbent	Democratic	U.S. House New York District 19	Candidacy Declared General
Peter Oberacker	Republican	U.S. House New York District 19	Candidacy Declared General
Alexander Portelli	Republican	U.S. House New York District 19	Candidacy Declared General

Ohio U.S. House Battlegrounds, 2026
candidate	party	office	status
Sandeep Dixit	Independent	U.S. House Ohio District 13	Candidacy Declared General

Pennsylvania U.S. House Battlegrounds, 2026
candidate	party	office	status
Ryan Mackenzie Incumbent	Republican	U.S. House Pennsylvania District 7	Candidacy Declared General
Bob Brooks	Democratic	U.S. House Pennsylvania District 7	Candidacy Declared General
Ryan Crosswell	Democratic	U.S. House Pennsylvania District 7	Candidacy Declared General
Lamont McClure	Democratic	U.S. House Pennsylvania District 7	Candidacy Declared General
Carol Obando-Derstine	Democratic	U.S. House Pennsylvania District 7	Candidacy Declared General
Mark Pinsley	Democratic	U.S. House Pennsylvania District 7	Candidacy Declared General
Rob Bresnahan Jr. Incumbent	Republican	U.S. House Pennsylvania District 8	Candidacy Declared General
Paige Cognetti	Democratic	U.S. House Pennsylvania District 8	Candidacy Declared General
Eric Stone (Pennsylvania)	Democratic	U.S. House Pennsylvania District 8	Candidacy Declared General
Scott Perry Incumbent	Republican	U.S. House Pennsylvania District 10	Candidacy Declared General
Karen Dalton	Republican	U.S. House Pennsylvania District 10	Candidacy Declared General
Josh Hall	Republican	U.S. House Pennsylvania District 10	Candidacy Declared General
Jason Cass	Democratic	U.S. House Pennsylvania District 10	Candidacy Declared General
Justin Douglas	Democratic	U.S. House Pennsylvania District 10	Candidacy Declared General
William Lillich	Democratic	U.S. House Pennsylvania District 10	Candidacy Declared General
Janelle Stelson	Democratic	U.S. House Pennsylvania District 10	Candidacy Declared General
Isabelle Harman	Independent	U.S. House Pennsylvania District 10	Candidacy Declared General

Texas U.S. House Battlegrounds, 2026
candidate	party	office	status
Marlon Duran	Green	U.S. House Texas District 28	Candidacy Declared General
Eddie Espinoza	Green	U.S. House Texas District 34	Candidacy Declared General

Virginia U.S. House Battlegrounds, 2026
candidate	party	office	status
Jennifer Kiggans Incumbent	Republican	U.S. House Virginia District 2	Candidacy Declared General
William Matthews	Republican	U.S. House Virginia District 2	Candidacy Declared General
Nila Devanath	Democratic	U.S. House Virginia District 2	Candidacy Declared General
Elaine Luria	Democratic	U.S. House Virginia District 2	Candidacy Declared General
Patrick Mosolf	Democratic	U.S. House Virginia District 2	Candidacy Declared General
James Osyf	Democratic	U.S. House Virginia District 2	Candidacy Declared General
Nicolaus Sleister	Democratic	U.S. House Virginia District 2	Candidacy Declared General
Matthew Strickler	Democratic	U.S. House Virginia District 2	Candidacy Declared General
John Stringfellow	Democratic	U.S. House Virginia District 2	Candidacy Declared General
Michael Williamson	Democratic	U.S. House Virginia District 2	Candidacy Declared General
Bishop Staten	Independent	U.S. House Virginia District 2	Candidacy Declared General
Eugene Vindman Incumbent	Democratic	U.S. House Virginia District 7	Candidacy Declared General
Tara Durant	Republican	U.S. House Virginia District 7	Candidacy Declared General
John Gray	Republican	U.S. House Virginia District 7	Candidacy Declared General
Darius Mayfield	Republican	U.S. House Virginia District 7	Candidacy Declared General
Douglas Ollivant	Republican	U.S. House Virginia District 7	Candidacy Declared General
Alex Thymmons	Republican	U.S. House Virginia District 7	Candidacy Declared General
Matthew Rainforth	Democratic	U.S. House Virginia District 7	Candidacy Declared General

Wisconsin U.S. House Battlegrounds, 2026
candidate	party	office	status
Derrick Van Orden Incumbent	Republican	U.S. House Wisconsin District 3	Candidacy Declared General
Emily Berge	Democratic	U.S. House Wisconsin District 3	Candidacy Declared General
Rebecca Cooke	Democratic	U.S. House Wisconsin District 3	Candidacy Declared General
Rodney Rave	Democratic	U.S. House Wisconsin District 3	Candidacy Declared General
Rustin Provance	Independent	U.S. House Wisconsin District 3	Candidacy Declared General

Race ratings

The following table compares 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 as of December 2025.

Targeted districts

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) targets

The table below lists each district that the DCCC has announced it will target in 2026, alongside the margin of victory in each district in the 2024 congressional elections.^[1]

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee target districts, 2026
District	Incumbent	Winner	2024 margin
Alaska's At-Large	Nicholas Begich	Pending	R+2
Arizona's 1st	Open (formerly David Schweikert)	Pending	R+3
Arizona's 2nd	Eli Crane	Pending	R+9
Arizona's 6th	Juan Ciscomani	Pending	R+3
California's 22nd	David Valadao	Pending	R+7
California's 48th	Darrell Issa	Pending	R+19
Colorado's 8th	Gabe Evans	Pending	R+0.8
Florida's 7th	Cory Mills	Pending	R+13
Florida's 13th	Anna Paulina Luna	Pending	R+10
Florida's 15th	Laurel Lee	Pending	R+12
Florida's 27th	Maria Elvira Salazar	Pending	R+21
Iowa's 1st	Mariannette Miller-Meeks	Pending	R+0.2
Iowa's 2nd	Open (formerly Ashley Hinson)	Pending	R+16
Iowa's 3rd	Zach Nunn	Pending	R+4
Kentucky's 6th	Open (formerly Andy Barr)	Pending	R+27
Maine's 2nd	Open (formerly Jared Golden)	Pending	D+0.6
Michigan's 4th	Bill Huizenga	Pending	R+12
Michigan's 7th	Tom Barrett	Pending	R+4
Michigan's 10th	Open (formerly John James)	Pending	R+6
Missouri's 2nd	Ann Wagner	Pending	R+12
North Carolina's 3rd	Greg Murphy	Pending	R+55
North Carolina's 11th	Chuck Edwards	Pending	R+14
Nebraska's 2nd	Open (formerly Don Bacon)	Pending	R+2
New Jersey's 7th	Thomas Kean Jr.	Pending	R+5
New York's 17th	Michael Lawler	Pending	R+6
Ohio's 7th	Max Miller	Pending	R+15
Ohio's 10th	Mike Turner	Pending	R+18
Ohio's 15th	Mike Carey	Pending	R+13
Pennsylvania's 1st	Brian Fitzpatrick	Pending	R+13
Pennsylvania's 7th	Ryan Mackenzie	Pending	R+1
Pennsylvania's 8th	Rob Bresnahan	Pending	R+2
Pennsylvania's 10th	Scott Perry	Pending	R+1
Tennessee's 5th	Andy Ogles	Pending	R+17
Texas' 15th	Monica De La Cruz	Pending	R+14
Texas' 35th	Open (formerly Greg Casar	Pending	D+35
Virginia's 1st	Robert J. Wittman	Pending	R+13
Virginia's 2nd	Jennifer Kiggans	Pending	R+4
Wisconsin's 1st	Bryan Steil	Pending	R+10
Wisconsin's 3rd	Derrick Van Orden	Pending	R+3

Vulnerable Democratic incumbents receive campaign support through the DCCC's Frontline program. This chart lists each district that the DCCC has announced it will seek to defend via the Frontline program in 2026, alongside the margin of victory in each district in the 2024 congressional elections.^[2]

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Frontline Candidates, 2026
District	Incumbent	Result	2024 margin
California's 9th	Josh Harder	Pending	D+7
California's 13th	Adam Gray	Pending	D+<0
California's 27th	George Whitesides	Pending	D+3
California's 45th	Derek Tran	Pending	D+0.2
California's 47th	Dave Min	Pending	D+3
Connecticut's 5th	Jahana Hayes	Pending	D+7
Indiana's 1st	Frank Mrvan	Pending	D+9
Maine's 2nd	Jared Golden	Pending	D+0.6
Michigan's 8th	Kristen McDonald Rivet	Pending	D+7
North Carolina's 1st	Donald Davis	Pending	D+2
New Jersey's 9th	Nellie Pou	Pending	D+5
New Mexico's 2nd	Gabriel Vasquez	Pending	D+4
Nevada's 1st	Dina Titus	Pending	D+8
Nevada's 3rd	Susie Lee	Pending	D+3
Nevada's 4th	Steven Horsford	Pending	D+8
New York's 3rd	Tom Suozzi	Pending	D+4
New York's 4th	Laura Gillen	Pending	D+2
New York's 19th	Josh Riley	Pending	D+2
New York's 22nd	John Mannion	Pending	D+9
Ohio's 9th	Marcy Kaptur	Pending	D+0.7
Ohio's 13th	Emilia Sykes	Pending	D+2
Oregon's 5th	Janelle Bynum	Pending	D+3
Texas' 28th	Henry Cuellar	Pending	D+6
Texas' 34th	Vicente Gonzalez	Pending	D+3
Virginia's 7th	Eugene Vindman	Pending	D+3
Washington's 3rd	Marie Gluesenkamp Perez	Pending	D+4

National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) targets

On March 17, 2025, the NRCC released an initial list of 26 Democratically-held districts it would target in the 2026 elections. The table below lists the target districts and incumbents leading up to the 2026 elections, as well as 2024 margins of victory in those districts.^[3]

National Republican Congressional Committee Target Districts, 2026
District	Incumbent	Winner	2024 margin
California's 9th	Josh Harder	TBD	D+4
California's 13th	Adam Gray	TBD	D+<1
California's 27th	George Whitesides	TBD	D+3
California's 45th	Derek Tran	TBD	D+<1
California's 47th	Dave Min	TBD	D+3
Florida's 9th	Darren Soto	TBD	D+13
Florida's 23rd	Jared Moskowitz	TBD	D+5
Indiana's 1st	Frank Mrvan	TBD	D+8
Maine's 2nd	Open (formerly Jared Golden)	TBD	D+<1
Michigan's 8th	Kristen McDonald Rivet	TBD	D+7
North Carolina's 1st	Don Davis	TBD	D+2
New Hampshire's 1st	Open (formerly Chris Pappas)	TBD	D+8
New Jersey's 9th	Nellie Pou	TBD	D+5
New Mexico's 2nd	Gabriel Vasquez	TBD	D+4
Nevada's 1st	Dina Titus	TBD	D+8
Nevada's 3rd	Susie Lee	TBD	D+3
Nevada's 4th	Steven Horsford	TBD	D+8
New York's 3rd	Tom Suozzi	TBD	D+4
New York's 4th	Laura Gillen	TBD	D+2
New York's 19th	Josh Riley	TBD	D+2
Ohio's 9th	Marcy Kaptur	TBD	D+<1
Ohio's 13th	Emilia Sykes	TBD	D+2
Texas' 28th	Henry Cuellar	TBD	D+6
Texas' 34th	Vicente Gonzalez Jr.	TBD	D+3
Virginia's 7th	Eugene Vindman	TBD	D+3
Washington's 3rd	Marie Gluesenkamp Perez	TBD	D+4

Change log

This section lists every change that was made to our battleground list between the publishing of this page in December 2025 and the end of the 2026 election cycle.

Dec. 12, 2025: Published initial battlegrounds list with 42 districts.^[4]

2024 battlegrounds

See also: United States House of Representatives elections, 2024

Ballotpedia identified 52 of the 435 House races (12.4%) as battlegrounds in 2024.

Footnotes

↑ Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, "DCCC Announces 2026 Districts in Play," April 8, 2025
↑ Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, "DCCC Announces Members of 2026 Frontline program," March 6, 2025
↑ National Republican Congressional Committee, "NRCC Targets 26 Offensive Seats to Expand House Majority," March 17, 2025
↑ The 42 original U.S. House battlegrounds identified were: AZ-01, AZ-02, CA-09, CA-13, CA-22, CA-27, CA-40, CA-41, CA-45, CA-47, CO-04, CO-05, CO-08, IA-01, IA-03, ME-02, MI-07, MI-08, MI-10, NE-02, NV-03, NJ-07, NJ-09, NM-02, NY-03, NY-04, NY-17, NY-19, NC-01, OH-09, OH-13, PA-07, PA-08, PA-10, TX-15, TX-28, TX-34, VA-02, VA-07, WA-03, WA-09, and WI-03.

[1] Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, "DCCC Announces 2026 Districts in Play," April 8, 2025

[2] Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, "DCCC Announces Members of 2026 Frontline program," March 6, 2025

[3] National Republican Congressional Committee, "NRCC Targets 26 Offensive Seats to Expand House Majority," March 17, 2025

[4] The 42 original U.S. House battlegrounds identified were: AZ-01, AZ-02, CA-09, CA-13, CA-22, CA-27, CA-40, CA-41, CA-45, CA-47, CO-04, CO-05, CO-08, IA-01, IA-03, ME-02, MI-07, MI-08, MI-10, NE-02, NV-03, NJ-07, NJ-09, NM-02, NY-03, NY-04, NY-17, NY-19, NC-01, OH-09, OH-13, PA-07, PA-08, PA-10, TX-15, TX-28, TX-34, VA-02, VA-07, WA-03, WA-09, and WI-03.

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U.S. House battlegrounds, 2026

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