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I see that someone added candidates who have filed with the FCC in each race, but I'm not sure whether that's tantamount to formally declaring candidacy, as many individuals often file but never run. Do we usually rely on FEC filings, or is it better to use other secondary sources? --WMSR (talk) 21:42, 25 December 2020 (UTC)
For now, I think the FEC candidacy statement is the best preliminary source. --69.121.243.76 (talk) 21:40, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
The filing of the FEC Statement of Candidacy, as well as the filing of the FEC Statement of Organization should be sufficient. Endqualifiedimmunity (talk) 23:33, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
If someone files with the FEC, it is equivalent to simply filing the necessary paperwork. It is by no means a declaration of candidacy. A good example is David Perdue, who filed to run for U.S. Senate, but decided to not run. Ltothel (talk) 00:49, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
Need a source on Rep. Jim Hagedorn’s Independent challenger. Also need source to determine if “Independant” is a typo or a party the candidate filed for. --69.121.243.76 (talk) 21:41, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Should the retirements section be changed to vacancies to account for other types of vacancies besides retirements or am I just over thinking things? Dickeyaustin786 (talk) 13:48, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
Never mind! I saw how the 2020 page was done and they have deaths listed under Special Elections and Resignations listed under a separate category Dickeyaustin786 (talk) 13:50, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
Could someone please make a map with retirements and incumbents. Thomascampbell123 (talk) 19:03, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
Here’s one (Maybe fix up the colors, then take a screenshot, and of course, maps are to be redrawn): https://www.yapms.com/app/?m=9hga Muhibm0307 (talk) 04:15, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
I believe that S1 (For the People Act) has provisions that would ban partisan gerrymandering and put the redistricting process in the government. Does it make sense to put that information in the article, especially if it means the elections will be affected by this cycle because of it? I'm curious. Thanks in advance for the response. Losipov (talk) 21:56, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
Can someone fix my citation for Wesley Hunt? I'm not sure the proper format so I've been copying other citations with the appropriate info, apparently it has resulted in a dead link Dickeyaustin786 (talk) 05:41, 8 July 2021 (UTC)
Thank you! I only added the campaign website because this one jack ass editor would have been likely to block my editing privileges because of the dead link. I was just covering my base Dickeyaustin786 (talk) 01:54, 9 July 2021 (UTC)
Hi everyone, I would like to invite y'all to a RfC started by me about RfC: Convention for House of Representatives special elections in the United States which is related to a section of this article. Please leave your suggestions if you're inclined to. Thanks! ---CX Zoom(he/him) (let's talk|contribs) 12:43, 16 July 2021 (UTC)
idk how else to say this but I think we should create a sortable wikitable or the retirements anyone disagree if so please tell me why Cookiemonstericecream (talk) 18:02, 9 August 2021 (UTC) seeing no objection i will proceed Cookiemonstericecream (talk) 15:13, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
Is it worthwhile perhaps for a chart to be made with all the states PVI and predictions together to get a better feel collectively of each parties standing in regard to majority of seats without counting each of the districts from each state? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.3.199.73 (talk) 23:36, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
Iowa has released their new maps and Ashley Hinson is running for re-election in the new 2nd District, Marinette Miller Meeks is now located in the 3rd district, and the 1st district has no incumbent. I have no idea how to fix this to show Miller Meeks and Axne in the same district Dickeyaustin786 (talk) 00:39, 30 October 2021 (UTC)
Nunes isn't Retiring!
He is resigning at the end of the month!
He won't be the Incumbent in November, so he doesn't technically count as a Retirement! Dickeyaustin786 (talk) 01:56, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
When Republican Duncan Hunter resigned on January 13, 2020, Governor Newsom did not call a special election. He let the seat be vacant until the current Congress. Do we know that Newsom won't let Nunes' seat be vacant for that long? EvanJ35 (talk) 16:26, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
(Courtesy ping) @Zenmaster190 and FellowMellow: I know that Politics1 has sometimes been used as a source for candidacies in future U.S. election articles. However, regardless of your opinion on its reliability, I believe we should draw attention to its FAQ page question no. 4 which states that an "Active Candidate" also includes those who have only filed paperwork or publicly expressed interest. Because Wikipedia's list on declared candidates usually only include those who have explicitly declared that they will actually run, especially this article which has no list for potential candidates, Politics1 thus should not be used as a source for declared candidacies and should not generally be used for this article, I think. —twotwofourtysix(My talk page and contributions) 03:19, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
Politics1 keeps track of which candidates have declared their candidacies. Therefore I think that it should be used. Thomascampbell123 (talk) 03:53, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
"an 'active' candidate includes anyone who has publicly announced their intention to seek the office and anyone who has filed papers to form a committee and/or raise money for a possible bid the office"), moreso "publicly expressed interest" – and then the source is used to cite another crucially different thing, ie. a much more narrowly defined list of those who have actually declared their candidacies. I don't think the source itself actually tracks explicitly declared candidates, only those "active" and potential candidates. TL;DR: this is more an issue of [failed verification] instead of [unreliable source?]. —twotwofourtysix(My talk page and contributions) 13:26, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
The VA Supreme Court approved the new districts Dickeyaustin786 (talk) 02:10, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
These are not mentioned yet. If they are known, they should be added to the page.
216.138.61.221 (talk) 04:06, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
If a politician is one of two primary politicians for US Congress in 2022. W2, who has had articles written about him with all large state papers in past elections, does that make this candidate notable?
What policy can I look up about this? Quiet2 (talk) 03:35, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
Should redistricted incumbents who are retiring be listed with their current districts or their new districts? For example, David Price currently serves in NC-04 and is listed as such in the “retiring incumbents” section but he’s technically being redistricted to NC-06. Hotpotato1234567890 (talk) 23:02, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
I think that new districts or districts without an incumbent should have a light gray colour, rather than blue or red.
Hi all, the cleanup tag stating that is article is too long was placed by User:Onetwothreeip in late January, but there's been no subsequent discussion. I'm starting this discussion here so we can either split the article or remove the tag. In my opinion, this article follows the standard format of 2020 United States House of Representatives elections and 2018 United States House of Representatives elections, and I'm not sure what would be split. What are other editor's thoughts on this? Wildfire35 (talk) 01:40, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
The article is well within the guidelines specified in WP:AS and so doesn't need to be split for any "format" reasons. From an "informational" viewpoint, the article is an excellent source of information and splitting it makes no sense. After November, the article will essentially be OBE and can be archived. Based on the consensus against splitting and the fact that it is within guidelines, I'm going to remove the tag. VarmtheHawk (talk) 00:08, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
A splitting article tag was placed on this article by an anonymous user without any discussion. I am removing it. VarmtheHawk (talk) 23:49, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
In case the discussion of article length ever comes up again, I'd like to note that an RFC on the 2020 United States House of Representatives elections reached a consensus of not splitting the article. Orser67 (talk) 19:23, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
Does anyone know why the footnotes are wonky from footnote 1007 to 1050 and/or can fix them? Kaltenmeyer (talk) 04:39, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
((cite web
with ((#invoke:cite web|
– if or when the article is reduced in length by culling some content, this change may be reversed.Could some of this be fixed by keeping just official Secretary of State filings as sources? For instance, TX and KY only have the SoS filings as sources, since it is after their filing deadlines. However, OR, CO, NE, MD, and others have both web articles and SoS filings as their filing periods are ongoing. Could we remove the web articles for candidates that have filed and then switch the remaining web articles when the remaining candidates officially file? Sorry if this is confusing Hotpotato1234567890 (talk) 01:41, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
Florida District 2 candidate Linda Brooks is listed here as a Democrat, but on her campaign website she states that she is running as an Independent. I'm guessing there was a mix-up by whoever wrote the article currently listed as a citation. --75.112.177.131 (talk) 04:54, 4 March 2022 (UTC)
Is there a reason why in the Special elections section, there is not a listing for the special elections for the following: TX-6 (Ron Wright's death) OH-11 (Marcia Fudge's resignation) OH-15 (Steve Stivers's resignation) LA-2 (Cedric Richmond's resignation) NM-1 (Deb Haaland's resignation) Mr. College (talk) 02:23, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
After Del. Michael San Nicolas (D-GU) announced that he was running for governor of Guam on April 19, I added his name to the list of Democratic retirements at the start of the article, yet this was removed later that day under the reasoning that because Nicolas is unable to vote on legislation on the House floor, his retirement would have no effect on the balance of power post-2022. However, as shown in the article for the 2014 House elections, Del. Donna Christian-Christensen (D-VI) retired to run for governor of the Virgin Islands, and her retirement was listed in the 'Incumbents who retired' section of the article, with the description of the Democratic retirements reading "Sixteen Democrats (seventeen, including the delegate from the Virgin Islands) retired from their seats." As such, I wanted to ask if it would be appropriate to add Nicolas' retirement to the list of 2022 Democratic retirements in this article, and if so, how that addition should be phrased. Ajs2004 (talk) 00:40, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
Why are redistricting races between 2 Republicans being listed as Republican loss when incumbents decided to retire? Dickeyaustin786 (talk) 05:27, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
Shouldn't New York 17 still indicate that it's Mondaire Jones and Sean Patrick Maloney's seat? Jones is carpet bagging into the 10th but can't that be noted in Incumbents decision? He is the incumbent for 17 not for 10, 10 has no incumbent! Every time I change things I get threatened, so I figured I'd ask about this since it makes no sense to me! Dickeyaustin786 (talk) 12:38, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
I think the method used ten years ago has zero merit here. Mondaire Jones represents 0% - not an inch - of the territory in the new 10th district. He doesn’t even represent any part of NYC. Therefore, he shouldn’t be labeled the incumbent. I think that’s perfectly fair and reasonable. Stormy160 (talk) 19:48, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
If it counts for anything, when Mario Diaz-Balart ran in his brother’s district in 2010 he was listed like a redistricted incumbent on the page. I think for the sake of page uniformity, Jones should be listed as the 10th district incumbent with the note about moving. Hotpotato1234567890 (talk) 19:55, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
Hi all, just wanted to add a comment that discussions of a candidate's incumbency status should include a discussion of what reliable sources say about the issue. We should follow the consensus already established in secondary sources. Also, we should keep in mind WP:NPOV and be careful about terms like "carpet bagger". Here is a list of sources that I found that discuss Jones's incumbency status (Please feel free to add to the list):
All 3 initial sources I found refer to Jones as an incumbent, although 2 are quotes from another legislator and not ideal. I did not find any source that specifically referred to Jones as not an incumbent or that argued he is not a real incumbent. If other users have found sources that say this please include them for discussion. TulsaPoliticsFan (talk) 21:09, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
Incumbent of the 17th, not the 10th. Stormy160 (talk) 23:16, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
NYT doesn’t explicitly say he’s not the incumbent but the way it’s worded sure implies he’s not. And as I said before, I don’t think you're an incumbent if you can’t go to anyone in the district and say “I’m your representative”. That seems to a bare minimum standard to me.
I’d also like to say I don’t think Jones running in a new district should be labeled a loss, since it’s not. That seems convoluted to me, I guess it’s kinda hard to wrap one’s head around the concept that he’s leaving a district but it’s not a loss for that district because that district has another incumbent while at the same time we aren’t losing that member of congress they just aren’t an incumbent anymore. Ughhh!!! Stormy160 (talk) 00:03, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
Why not keep things simple, the incumbent (third column) should be listed for the district number they represent in today's congress. Nadler in the 10th, Jones in the 17th and Maloney in the 18th. There should be a line for the 27th district, with Jacobs as the incumbant, which lists lost seat in the status column. All the candidates running in new districts would be listed in the candidates column which could include their current status.
New York 10 | D+36 | Jerold Nadler | Democratic | 1992 | Open Seat; Incumbent from another district running |
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New York 12 | D+35 | Carolyn Maloney | Democratic | 1992 | Incumbent running and Incumbent from another district running |
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New York 27 | D+36 | Chris Jacobs | Democratic | 2020 | Seat Loss due to redistricting |
2603:7000:3202:32B7:DDC4:E23F:6974:318C (talk) 13:50, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
Oh man, that looks idea really complicated and will confuse people. Stormy160 (talk) 19:49, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
District | Incumbent | Candidates[a][14] | ||||
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Location | 2021 PVI |
Member | Party | First elected |
Status | |
New York 10 | D+32 | Mondaire Jones Redistricted from the 17th district[b] |
Democratic | 2020 | Incumbent running |
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New York 17 | D+3 | Sean Patrick Maloney Redistricted from the 18th district |
Democratic | 2012 | Incumbent running |
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67.173.23.66 (talk) 02:54, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
I think for the sake of uniformity and consistency, the above format should be used. Also a good point about how this is about the 2022 elections and where the incumbents are running, so the fact that Jones chose to move to an unconnected district seems a little irrelevant to the conversation and I don’t see why he can’t be labeled as “redistricted” Hotpotato1234567890 (talk) 16:16, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
Getting a little frustrated with the number of changes I see made regarding this, but to be clear: all incumbent vs incumbent primary races are considered “redistricting races”, and if an incumbent is changing district numbers, it is proper format to list them as the incumbent of their new district with the line “redistricted from the X district” underneath their name. This is for uniformity and continuity. Do not do this in the incumbent’s intent column. Hotpotato1234567890 (talk) 18:34, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
That’s ridiculous. NY-10 is a completely different scenario from someone’s district number changing. This is a representative moving to an entirely new district and that should be reflected in the language. Stormy160 (talk) 16:17, 30 May 2022 (UTC)
The word “redistricted” just implies a new district, which Jones is running in. I don’t see why the non-contiguous factor is so important, as plenty of other representatives are redistricted to different districts than the ones they end up running in. If it really is that important to distinguish what Jones is doing, what’s wrong with just using a footnote? It makes the distinction, but keeps the language and page uniform. Hotpotato1234567890 (talk) 21:07, 30 May 2022 (UTC)
“Redistricted” means that Jones was moved into a new district by the map. He wasn’t, he’s still in the 17th district and none of his district is in the new 10th. So no, he wasn’t redistricted into the 10th, he moved there himself. Stormy160 (talk) 21:15, 30 May 2022 (UTC)
I’ll add that I don’t think we need to be so strict about page uniformity, especially at the cost of factual accuracy. We should just tell the whole truth and people will understand. The formatting of the page isn’t changing here at all. Stormy160 (talk) 21:18, 30 May 2022 (UTC)
It doesn’t, it just gives an accurate account of it in one word. Saying he was redistricted is inaccurate. And thank you, I actually wrote that blurb on the NY page myself! Stormy160 (talk) 16:43, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
References
Personally, I don’t think write in candidates should be included but I’m wondering why the consensus is to leave them out. Based on a discussion on user Zemstone's talk page. Hotpotato1234567890 (talk) 14:42, 22 June 2022 (UTC)
Over these revisions, a substantial amount of referenced material was removed without descriptions in the edit summaries. Why was it removed? Was there concensus for the removal? Should those changes be reverted? -- Mikeblas (talk) 01:07, 24 June 2022 (UTC)
New York’s filing period is over, but for whatever reason only candidates from districts 1, 2, 3, 5, and 16-26 are listed on the state filing page. I believe those candidates removed are from those districts and they are not on the state filing page Hotpotato1234567890 (talk) 02:52, 24 June 2022 (UTC)
Why is there a “controversy” section if it is just empty? Are we supposed to expect this person will generate controversy? Should all articles have a section titled “controversy”? Tankpiggy18 (talk) 02:08, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
Where are you seeing that on this page? Hotpotato1234567890 (talk) 14:17, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
With the general election approaching fast, there likely won’t be a special election for IN-02, and definitely not for FL-22 when Ted Deutch resigns. The 2020 house election page has a resignation section for those not filled by special election, so I think one should be added here. I think it should be a vacancies section to account for Walorski dying in office and if there’s no special election called. Edit: According to Indiana state law there will be a special election unless the vacancy occurs fewer than 74 days before the general, so this discussion is moot
Hotpotato1234567890 (talk) 20:44, 3 August 2022 (UTC)
Change 20 —> 23 183.82.29.116 (talk) 13:57, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
This is the same for Pelosi’s seat in the info box, I think a note is necessary in the info box but I don’t know what precedent there is for formatting YallAHalla☎ 20:14, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
How should Crist and Deutch’s resignations be handled? On the 2018 House elections page, Ron DeSantis resigned after winning the gubernatorial nomination, but is still listed in the retirements section. However, on the 2020 page, there is a vacancies section with the 4 seats not filled by special election. Thoughts? Hotpotato1234567890 (talk) 14:04, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
Fenetrejones Where are you seeing races like this one being called already? Vanamonde (Talk) 01:41, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
i shall be moving things out of the lede and into the analysis section at the end of the page. let's make this a well analysed election Godofwarfan69420 (talk) 06:58, 12 November 2022 (UTC)
Kiley(CA-3) and Garcia(CA-25) won their races for the Republican party, putting the total number of GOP seats up to 219 now. 93.206.58.233 (talk) 02:53, 16 November 2022 (UTC)
https://www.cookpolitical.com/charts/house-charts/national-house-vote-tracker/2022
As of 11/15 9 pm eastern time
Republicans 51.4 percent Democrats 47.1 percent
Even when the remaining 25 percent of the vote in California and the small remaining, outstanding absentee ballots from other states are finally in, this margin should still stand between 3 and 3.5 percent in favor of the Republicans.
2 observations: First, the Republicans have not underperformed pre-election expectations here. According to realclearpolitics Republicans were leading in the house vote on average by a margin of 2.5 percent prior to election day. Secondly, how come that Republicans manage to win the popular vote so easily and Dems still managed to put up a close fight for house control when previously the other way arround seems to be the political norm? In 2020, Dems won the house popular vote by three percentage points and Republicans still came close in winning control of this chamber. Trump lost the national popular vote in 2020 by four points and still missed re-election by a couple of tenthousand votes in AZ, PA and Georgia. Trump also lost narrowly the popular vote in 2016 and easily won the electoral college. Why is this trend now reversed? 93.206.58.233 (talk) 03:11, 16 November 2022 (UTC)
I may be incorrect, but should OR-6 be colored as dark blue since it was a new seat and technically a pick up? (like MT-01) 97.120.46.123 (talk) 23:35, 16 November 2022 (UTC)
The Seat Republican George Santos (who lives in Queens) picked up contains parts of Queens, and therefore NYC, meaning that the Republican Party now has two of the NYC Congressional seats but the Wikipedia maps still shows only NY-11 as the only R seat.
Since this page is now featured on ITN on the main page, could someone kindly polish up the Results section (i.e. the first one when people scroll down)? I was very surprised to just see a bar showing Democrats winning 222 seats, with only common sense telling me that these are the results from 2020. I have no knowledge whatsoever about how to create such a bar, nor any info on where results currently stand at - so if some kind soul would be willing to take a look at this section, this would be appreciated. Khuft (talk) 15:57, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
Should we add "(retired)" to Pelosi's box in the intro, since she just announced she is stepping away from leadership? Or maybe "retired as leader" since she still will remain in the house? (Give me a second to grab a link to the announcement) Thanks a bunch! --Negrong502 (talk) 17:52, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
The infobox shows "Last election 213 seats, 47.7% 222 seats, 50.8%". As the percentages do not add up to 100%, I'm guessing it isn't the percentage of seats. Is it supposed to be the percentage share of the popular vote? If so, that really needs to be explained, because it is not at all intuitive (or a particularly useful bit of information meriting inclusion, but I suppose that's a different issue). If not, what is it supposed to mean? CAVincent (talk) 06:00, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
(1) Popular Vote numbers: As of now, there are still some voting districts that are still tabulated (in Alaska, California and Colorado). That is why I wonder where these popular vote figures in the infobox come from. I understand that they are not final, yet. If so, this should be somehow explained in a footnote.
(2) Turnout: Could someone please provide numbers on the turnout or indicate where we could get this information from? I assume this number should be out already.--Einar Moses Wohltun (talk) 08:20, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
The color coding for income levels in the exit polls seems to be reversed. --User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 13:38, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
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In the second sentence, please replace "will serve as the majority party" with "will be the majority party". In ordinary English, individuals serve as this-and-that (one says that Pelosi served as speaker and McCarthy will), but parties don't. 175.39.61.121 (talk) 18:08, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
Here is a reliable source demonstrating that this is something that even now continues up to this date: NBC news: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/republican-infighting-escalates-poor-2022-election-results-trump-re-em-rcna57540
I tried editing the lead to reflect this myself. However, they refuse to let me accept this change due to perceived "impartiality", and asked me to discuss here instead before making any edits. But wouldn't you all agree that Republicans have a pervasive history of not being, you know, GOOD SPORTS when it comes to election results and enfranchisement?
It's not political partialism. It's concrete reality with concrete citeable evidence. I can't wait until 2028 when America is digging its foundation harder then ever before off over the results of elections and the Wikipedia article for that still references only "2020". Flora Wilshire (talk) 16:25, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
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please change leader2 = Nancy Pelosi
(stepped down as leader)
to leader2 = Nancy Pelosi
Jerik29 (talk) 19:50, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
Nancy Pelosi was the leader of the democratic house caucus on election day, Nov. 8, 2022. She announced that she would not be running in leadership, but she remains Speaker and Leader of the Democratic Caucus until the 118th Congress is sworn in on January 3rd, 2023. The current representation that she stepped down as leader is irrelevant to her status at the time of the election.
https://www.axios.com/2022/11/17/nancy-pelosi-announcement-stepping-down https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/118th_United_States_Congress https://clerk.house.gov/Members/ViewLeadership
@Jerik29: Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the ((Edit semi-protected))
template. I have reverted the previous edit made based on this edit request, following discussion above, to follow the current convention on other election results pages. Jiltedsquirrel (talk) 17:48, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
CA-22 has been called for the GOP, 4 undecided races to go. Why does the media refuse to call the Republican candidate the victor in CO-3? I mean the Dem has already conceded the race. 93.206.57.30 (talk) 03:43, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
GOP 220, Dems 212, 3 seats to go, one in California, Alaska at-large and CO-03. 93.206.57.30 (talk) 01:23, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
You're not supposed to be the quickest in calling races according to Lakasha Jain. It's about getting your races called accurately, which the SplitTicket guys and most major news networks have done. I therefore think Decision Desk is massively overused as a source and shouldn't be used on the Wiki page as a credible source. Yourlocallordandsavior (talk) 02:15, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
In 2016 they also finished ahead of the Dems but with under 50 percent of the vote obtained therefore achieving only a plurality back then. 93.206.52.30 (talk) 03:04, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
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In the "Open seats that changed parties" section, please remove the entry for Texas's 37th congressional district, as it was not an open seat because it had an incumbent, Lloyd Doggett, who ran and won in that district. Please also move the entry for Texas's 35th congressional district from "Open seats that parties held" to the aforementioned "Open seats that changed parties" section, as, due to redistricting, the district in its new form had no incumbent, whether they be running, retiring or resigned earlier. This is consistent with how the page handles similar cases, such as Illinois's 3rd congressional district, Florida's 4th congressional district, and Texas's 15th congressional district. It is also consistent with how earlier election articles, such as the ones for 2002 and 2012 handled such redistricting cases. The seat was previously listed in that respective section as of this edit. 24.15.214.201 (talk) 22:52, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
The area highlighted on the infobox map is actually Metro Los Angeles, not Greater Los Angeles (which includes Orange, Ventura, Riverside and San Bernardino counties). SchutteGod (talk) 22:46, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
Unless I’m missing something, the section listing McCarthy and Pelosi as party leaders is not displaying the correct districts for each. McCarthy is elected to CA-23 (not CA-20 as currently listed) and Pelosi is elected to CA-12 (not CA-11 as currently listed).
Could someone either explain what I’m missing or please update the page? Many thanks! Bilgerat78 (talk) 05:00, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
I figured it was something I’d missed. Thanks! Bilgerat78 (talk) 06:51, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
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change colorado's 3rd district status from "incumbent re-elected" to "result unknown" until result is called 174.126.59.244 (talk) 22:04, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
Can someone who knows how to edit the map please change CO-3 from "Result unknown" to "Republican hold" per this? Augusthorsesdroppings10 (talk) 17:50, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
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In the sentence describing the Republican majority if Republican wins CA-13, change 5 to 9, as 222 minus 213 = 9 2601:88:8002:1CD0:415D:60D5:A68B:486F (talk) 22:03, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
No - in fact if the result turns out to be 222 to 213, as is likely, it will constitute a 5-seat majority (not a 9-seat majority). Think of it this way: 218-217 (one seat majority - if one member changes their vote you lose your majority), 219-216 (two seat majority - if two members change their vote you lose your majority), 222-213 (five seat majority - if five members change their vote you lose your majority). --Mrodowicz (talk) 15:38, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
to all those who made this excellent page possible — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:192:4701:BF60:9D36:9F25:F116:8C5F (talk) 00:54, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi. The map on this page depicts MI-13 as being a Democratic flip, but the Michigan specific page depicts it as a hold. One of these two versions is wrong, and I believe it to be the map on this page: Michigan didn't gain a district in Census (actually, it lost one) and MI-13's predecessor district was blue, so it can't be a pick-up. Can someone correct this? EditMaker120 (talk) 04:18, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
I find it surprising that the article takes 3 paragraphs and 13 sentences to even mention that the Republican Party won a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives. Seems to me this would be a topline takeaway. LordofChaos55 (talk) 16:15, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
Nancy Pelosi’s Congressional District is not 11th, but instead 12th. Please rectify, thanks. 101.127.78.139 (talk) 04:54, 23 December 2022 (UTC)
In the third paragraph, the article attributes democratic gains in Ohio to the state supreme court overturning gerrymanders. However, each set of maps that were submitted were rules to be unconstitutional gerrymanders. Eventually, a federal court ruled that it was too close to the election to draw another new set of maps and allowed the state to use a set of maps that have already been found to be an unconstitutional gerrymander. Based on this, I don't think it's correct to attribute democratic gains to the redrawn maps. 2601:408:C200:3C60:60EB:8ECD:5906:2F84 (talk) 17:09, 12 January 2023 (UTC)
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In the table at the top of the page, the next year for house elections is 2023. Can you please say "2023"? Please. 2601:40A:8400:5A40:CCE8:E2DF:41A6:666A (talk) 00:16, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
I see that the state by state, seat by seat tables have solid blocks of color for the partisan vote index and for the incumbent, but not for the winner? Is there a strong reason for this? I would expect that readers of an encyclopedia would most benefit by having the incumbent and the winner highlighted. Jd2718 (talk) 00:18, 21 January 2023 (UTC)
Hello, everyone.
When it has come to the wikitables in US House, Senate, and governor election pages, party switches for politicians in the electoral history or "first elected" columns are usually indicated with simply insets or notes to say that they changed their party affiliation during their tenure. For example, see Jeff Van Drew for NJ-2 from this page (bolded):
District | Incumbent | Candidates | ||||
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Location | 2022 PVI |
Member | Party | First elected |
Status | |
New Jersey 2 | R+5 | Jeff Van Drew | Republican | 2018[a] | Incumbent's intent unknown |
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However, it feels as though party switches and general affiliation changes are common enough on election wikitables that having to use an inset each time is a bit awkward to do. As such, I am proposing that party switches be changed to a similar style to how nonconsecutive periods of service are indicated (for example, see Kweisi Mfume):
District | Incumbent | Candidates | ||||
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Location | 2022 PVI |
Member | Party | First elected |
Status | |
Maryland 7 | D+30 | Kweisi Mfume | Democratic | 1986 1996 (resigned) 2020 (special) |
Incumbent's intent unknown |
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Returning to the example of Jeff Van Drew, this rendered for party switches could look like this:
District | Incumbent | Candidates | ||||
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Location | 2022 PVI |
Member | Party | First elected |
Status | |
New Jersey 2 | R+5 | Jeff Van Drew | Republican | 2018 (Democratic) 2019 (Republican) |
Incumbent's intent unknown |
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Or, for examples of people who had longer periods of service, here's what they could look like:
District | Incumbent | Candidates | |||
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Location | Member | Party | First elected |
Status | |
Michigan 3 | Justin Amash | Libertarian | 2010 (Republican) 2019 (Independent) 2020 (Libertarian) |
Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican gain. |
|
District | Incumbent | Candidates | |||
Location | Member | Party | First elected |
Status | |
Texas 4 | Ralph Hall | Republican | 1980 (Democratic) 2004 (Republican) |
Incumbent lost renomination. New member elected. Republican hold. |
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District | Incumbent | Candidates | |||
Location | Member | Party | First elected |
Status | |
Virginia 5 | Virgil Goode | Republican | 1996 (Democratic) 2000 (Independent) 2002 (Republican) |
Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain. |
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Thank you for your consideration, and I hope that this proposal will ultimately be implemented. PrusBis6187 (talk) 21:09, 4 May 2023 (UTC)
shouldn't the infobox have Pelosi retiring as Democratic house leader? 72.24.214.237 (talk) 22:40, 19 July 2023 (UTC)
Shouldn't there be a section on opinion polls, showing e.g. a list of generic ballot polls for the house prior to the election. That is the standard for other first-past-the-polls elections like the UK House of Commons too 11:31, 21 September 2023 (UTC) 159.86.201.134 (talk) 11:31, 21 September 2023 (UTC)
Can someone fix the oregon map. It shows that there was a democrat gain and a Republican gain NathanBru (talk) 22:48, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
Didn’t there used to be at the top of the infobox the percentage for total voter turnout compared to registered voters nationwide what happened to that? Rabbipika (talk) 16:15, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
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