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U.S. House battlegrounds, 2022

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2022 U.S. House Elections
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November 8, 2022
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Elections for all 435 U.S. House seats took place in 2022. Ballotpedia identified 33 of the 435 House races (8.5%) as battlegrounds.

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

  • the 2020 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, 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 2020, Ballotpedia identified 41 U.S. House battleground races: 20 Democratic seats, 20 Republican seats, and one Libertarian Party seat. Democrats lost seats but maintained their majority, winning 222 seats to Republicans' 213. To read more about the 2020 battleground races, click here.

Click on the links below to learn more about battleground races of other types:

Battleground list

The following map displays the 2022 House battlegrounds shaded by the incumbent's or most recent incumbent's political affiliation. Hover over a district for more information.

There were 33 U.S. House battlegrounds in 2022.

Incumbents defeated

The following table lists incumbents defeated in the 2022 general election for U.S. House.[1]

U.S. House incumbents defeated in 2022
Name District Primary or general election? Election winner Margin of victory
Democratic Party Cindy Axne Iowa's 3rd General Republican Party Zach Nunn R+0.7
Democratic Party Carolyn Bourdeaux Georgia's 7th Primary Democratic Party Lucy McBath D+31.8
Republican Party Madison Cawthorn North Carolina's 11th Primary Republican Party Chuck Edwards R+1.5
Republican Party Steve Chabot Ohio's 1st General Democratic Party Greg Landsman D+5.0
Republican Party Liz Cheney Wyoming At-Large Primary Republican Party Harriet Hageman R+37.4
Republican Party Rodney Davis Illinois' 15th Primary Republican Party Mary Miller R+15.2
Republican Party Mayra Flores Texas' 34th General Democratic Party Vicente Gonzalez Jr. D+8.4
Republican Party Bob Gibbs[2] Ohio's 7th Primary Republican Party Max Miller N/A
Republican Party Yvette Herrell New Mexico's 2nd General Democratic Party Gabriel Vasquez D+0.6
Democratic Party Mondaire Jones New York's 10th Primary Democratic Party Daniel Goldman D+7.5
Democratic Party Alfred Lawson Florida's 2nd General Republican Party Neal Dunn R+19.6
Democratic Party Andy Levin Michigan's 11th Primary Democratic Party Haley Stevens D+19.0
Democratic Party Elaine Luria Virginia's 2nd General Republican Party Jennifer Kiggans R+4.1
Democratic Party Tom Malinowski New Jersey's 7th General Republican Party Thomas Kean Jr. R+4.6
Democratic Party Carolyn Maloney New York's 12th Primary Democratic Party Jerrold Nadler D+32.1
Democratic Party Sean Maloney New York's 17th General Republican Party Michael Lawler R+1.2
Republican Party David McKinley West Virginia's 2nd Primary Republican Party Alexander Mooney R+18.6
Republican Party Peter Meijer Michigan's 3rd Primary Democratic Party Hillary Scholten
Republican Party John Gibbs[3]		 R+3.4[4]
Democratic Party Marie Newman Illinois' 6th Primary Democratic Party Sean Casten D+39.3
Democratic Party Tom O'Halleran Arizona's 2nd General Republican Party Eli Crane R+8
Republican Party Steven Palazzo Mississippi's 4th Primary Republican Party Mike Ezell R+7.2
Republican Party Tom Rice South Carolina's 7th Primary Republican Party Russell Fry R+26.5
Democratic Party Kurt Schrader Oregon's 5th Primary Republican Party Lori Chavez-DeRemer
Democratic Party Jamie McLeod-Skinner[5]		 D+14.2[6]
Republican Party Van Taylor[7] Texas' 3rd Primary Republican Party Keith Self N/A
Republican Party Jaime Herrera Beutler Washington's 3rd Primary Democratic Party Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
Republican Party Joe Kent[8]		 R+0.5[9]

Historical comparison

The following table shows the number of U.S. House incumbents defeated in each election cycle from 2000 to 2022, by party.

Defeated U.S. House incumbents by party, 2000-2022
Year Democratic incumbents lost Republican incumbents lost Total
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



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, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and Inside Elections prior to the November 2022 elections.


Targeted races

DCCC targets

This chart lists each district that the DCCC announced it would target in 2022.[10][11] Also included is each district's 2022 partisan lean as of May 2022 from The Cook Political Report and FiveThirtyEight.[12][13]


This chart lists each district that the DCCC announced it would seek to defend via the Frontline program in 2022.[14] Also included is each district's 2022 partisan lean as of July 2022 from The Cook Political Report and FiveThirtyEight.[15][16]


NRCC targets

The following table lists 55 Democratic-held seats the NRCC announced, on February 7, 2019, it would target in 2020.[17] Also included are the margins of victory for each district in the 2018, 2016, and 2014 elections. Elections which took place in Pennsylvania before the 2018 redistricting are not included.



Patriot Program

The following table displays members included in the NRCC's Patriot Program for the 2022 election cycle.[18] Also included is each district's 2022 partisan lean as of June 2022 from The Cook Political Report and FiveThirtyEight.[19][20]

Young Guns program

Candidates running for office in open or Democratic-held House seats are eligible for the Young Guns program. There are three tiers of the program, with each requiring that candidates meet more rigorous goals in order to qualify. Candidates start in the On the Radar phase before qualifying as a Contender, then as a full-fledged Young Gun.

On the Radar

The following table displays members listed as "On the Radar" in the NRCC's Young Guns program for the 2022 election cycle.[21] Also included is each district's 2022 partisan lean as of July 2022 from The Cook Political Report and FiveThirtyEight.[22][23]

Young Guns

The following table displays candidates who qualified as Young Guns for the 2022 election cycle.[24] Also included is each district's 2022 partisan lean as of June 2022 from The Cook Political Report and FiveThirtyEight.[25][26]

Young Guns Vanguard

The following table displays candidates who have qualified for the Young Guns Vanguard program for the 2022 election cycle. The Vanguard program exists to provide support to candidates running in Republican-leaning open seats.[27] Also included is each district's 2022 partisan lean as of June 2022 from The Cook Political Report and FiveThirtyEight.[28][29]

Change log

This section lists every change that was made to our battleground list between the publishing of this page in February 2022 and the end of the 2022 election cycle.

  • October 7, 2022: Added AK-AL.
  • September 23, 2022: Added AZ-01.
  • July 25, 2022: Added CA-13, IN-1, NJ-7, PA-7, and RI-2. Removed CA-45 and TX-34.
  • July 1, 2022: Added CA-22, CA-27, CA-45, KS-3, MI-3, MN-2, NH-1, NH-2, NY-3, NY-18, NY-19, NY-22, and TX-34. Removed AZ-2, NE-2, NJ-7, NC-1, PA-7, and TX-15.
  • May 31, 2022: Added OR-5, PA-17, and WA-8.
  • May 20, 2022: Added NC-1.
  • May 9, 2022: Added AZ-2, MI-7, MI-8, NJ-7, NM-2, PA-7, PA-8, TX-28, VA-2, and VA-7.
  • April 6, 2022: Added NC-13. Removed NC-2.
  • February 2, 2022: Published initial battlegrounds list with 14 districts.[30]

2020 battlegrounds

See also: United States House of Representatives elections, 2020

Ballotpedia identified 41 of the 435 House races (9.4%) as battlegrounds. Of the 41 seats, 20 had Democratic incumbents, 20 had Republican incumbents, and one had a Libertarian incumbent. Republicans flipped 12 battleground districts (11 held by Democrats and one held by a Libertarian) in 2020, while Democrats flipped one Republican-held battleground district.

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Gibbs unofficially withdrew from his primary after announcing his retirement on April 9, 2022. His name still appeared on the primary ballot.
  3. ↑ Gibbs defeated Meijer in the primary. Scholten defeated Gibbs in the general election.
  4. ↑ Gibbs' margin of victory over Meijer in the primary.
  5. ↑ McLeod-Skinner defeated Schrader in the primary. Chavez-DeRemer defeated McLeod-Skinner in the general election.
  6. ↑ McLeod-Skinner's margin of victory over Schrader in the primary.
  7. ↑ Taylor ran in the Republican primary on March 1, 2022, and advanced to the primary runoff. He withdrew before the runoff.
  8. ↑ Joe Kent defeated Herrera Beutler in the primary. Gluesenkamp defeated Kent in the general election.
  9. ↑ Joe Kent's margin of victory over Herrera Beutler in the primary.
  10. ↑ DCCC, "DCCC Announces 2021-2022 Districts In Play," April 6, 2021
  11. ↑ DCCC, "DCCC Announces Changes To 2022 House Battlefield," January 27, 2022
  12. ↑ FiveThirtyEight, "What Redistricting Looks Like In Every State," accessed April 21, 2022
  13. ↑ The Cook Polticial Report, "Enacted Maps and 2022 Ratings," accessed April 21, 2022
  14. ↑ DCCC, "2022 Frontline Members," accessed September 21, 2022
  15. ↑ FiveThirtyEight, "What Redistricting Looks Like In Every State," accessed April 21, 2022
  16. ↑ The Cook Polticial Report, "Enacted Maps and 2022 Ratings," accessed April 21, 2022
  17. ↑ Roll Call, "Republicans name 55 House Democrats as 2020 targets," February 9, 2019
  18. ↑ Patriot Program, "Home," accessed September 21, 2022
  19. ↑ FiveThirtyEight, "What Redistricting Looks Like In Every State," accessed April 21, 2022
  20. ↑ The Cook Polticial Report, "Enacted Maps and 2022 Ratings," accessed April 21, 2022
  21. ↑ GOP Young Guns 2022, "On the Radar," accessed September 21, 2022
  22. ↑ FiveThirtyEight, "What Redistricting Looks Like In Every State," accessed April 21, 2022
  23. ↑ The Cook Polticial Report, "Enacted Maps and 2022 Ratings," accessed April 21, 2022
  24. ↑ GOP Young Guns, "Young Guns," accessed September 21, 2022
  25. ↑ FiveThirtyEight, "What Redistricting Looks Like In Every State," accessed April 21, 2022
  26. ↑ The Cook Polticial Report, "Enacted Maps and 2022 Ratings," accessed April 21, 2022
  27. ↑ NRCC, "Vanguard," accessed August 21, 2022
  28. ↑ FiveThirtyEight, "What Redistricting Looks Like In Every State," accessed April 21, 2022
  29. ↑ The Cook Polticial Report, "Enacted Maps and 2022 Ratings," accessed April 21, 2022
  30. ↑ The 14 original U.S. House battlegrounds identified were: CO-8, IL-17, IA-3, ME-2, NE-2, NV-1, NV-3, NV-4, NC-2, OH-1, OH-9, OH-13, RI-2, and TX-15.
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