U.S. House election, 2004 Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

Elections to the 109th United States House of Representatives were held on November 2, 2004. The House has 435 seats and is currently composed of 227 Republicans, 205 Democrats and one independent, Bernard Sanders of Vermont (who usually votes with the Democrats). Two seats are currently vacant. The Republicans maintained their control of both houses of Congress, and built up their majorities by a few seats.

For the same date is scheduled:

• the U.S. Presidential election, 2004
• the U.S. Senate election, 2004

Table showing incumbents for each district by party
(Opponents will be added as they become known)

Table of contents

1 Voting members 1.1 Alabama 1.2 Alaska 1.3 Arizona 1.4 Arkansas 1.5 California 1.6 Colorado 1.7 Connecticut 1.8 Delaware 1.9 Florida 1.10 Georgia 1.11 Hawaii 1.12 Idaho 1.13 Illinois 1.14 Indiana 1.15 Iowa 1.16 Kansas 1.17 Kentucky 1.18 Louisiana 1.19 Maine 1.20 Maryland 1.21 Massachusetts 1.22 Michigan 1.23 Minnesota 1.24 Mississippi 1.25 Missouri 1.26 Montana 1.27 Nebraska 1.28 Nevada 1.29 New Hampshire 1.30 New Jersey 1.31 New Mexico 1.32 New York 1.33 North Carolina 1.34 North Dakota 1.35 Ohio 1.36 Oklahoma 1.37 Oregon 1.38 Pennsylvania 1.39 Rhode Island 1.40 South Carolina 1.41 South Dakota 1.42 Tennessee 1.43 Texas 1.44 Utah 1.45 Vermont 1.46 Virginia 1.47 Washington 1.48 West Virginia 1.49 Wisconsin 1.50 Wyoming 2 Non-voting members

Voting members

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent

Alabama

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
Alabama 1	Jo Bonner	Republican	2002	Running	Judy McCain Belk (Democrat)
Alabama 2	Terry Everett	Republican	1992	Running	Chuck James (Democrat)
Alabama 3	Mike D. Rogers	Republican	2002	Running	Bill Fuller (Democrat)
Alabama 4	Robert Aderholt	Republican	1996	Running	Carl Cole (Democrat)
Alabama 5	Robert Cramer	Democrat	1990	Running	Gerry Wallace (Republican)
Alabama 6	Spencer Bachus	Republican	1992	Running	none
Alabama 7	Artur Davis	Democrat	2002	Running	Steve Cameron (Republican)

Alaska

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
Alaska At Large	Don Young	Republican	1972	Running	Frank Vondersaar (Democrat)

Arizona

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
Arizona 1	Rick Renzi	Republican	2002	Running	Paul Babbitt (Democrat)
Arizona 2	Trent Franks	Republican	2002	Running	Randy Camacho (Democrat)
Arizona 3	John Shadegg	Republican	1994	Running	none
Arizona 4	Ed Pastor	Democrat	1990	Running	Don Karg (Republican)
Arizona 5	J. D. Hayworth	Republican	1994	Running	Elizabeth Rogers (Democrat)
Arizona 6	Jeff Flake	Republican	2000	Running	none
Arizona 7	Raul Grijalva	Democrat	2002	Running	Joseph Sweeney (Republican)
Arizona 8	Jim Kolbe	Republican	1984	Running	Eva Bacal (Democrat)

Arkansas

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
Arkansas 1	Marion Berry	Democrat	1996	Running	Vernon Humphrey (Republican)
Arkansas 2	Vic Snyder	Democrat	1996	Running	Marvin Parks (Republican)
Arkansas 3	John Boozman	Republican	2000	Running	Jan Judy (Democrat)
Arkansas 4	Mike Ross	Democrat	2000	Running	none

California

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
California 1	Mike Thompson	Democrat	1998	Running	Lawrence Wiesner (Republican)
California 2	Wally Herger	Republican	1988	Running	Mike Johnson (Democrat)
California 3	Doug Ose	Republican	1998	Retiring	Dan Lungren (Republican) Gabe Castillo (Democrat) D.A. Tuma (Libertarian)
California 4	John Doolittle	Republican	1990	Running	Dave Winters (Democrat)
California 5	Bob Matsui	Democrat	1978	Running	Mike Dugas (Republican)
California 6	Lynn Woolsey	Democrat	1992	Running	Paul Erikson (Republican)
California 7	George Miller	Democrat	1974	Running	Charles Hargrave (Republican)
California 8	Nancy Pelosi	Democrat	1986	Running	Jennifer DePalma (Republican) Terry Baum (Green)
California 9	Barbara Lee	Democrat	1998	Running	Claudia Bermudez (Republican) James Eyer (Libertarian)
California 10	Ellen Tauscher	Democrat	1996	Running	Jeff Ketelson (Republican)
California 11	Richard Pombo	Republican	1992	Running	Jerry McNerney (Democrat)
California 12	Tom Lantos	Democrat	1980	Running	Mike Garza (Republican) Harland Harrison (Libertarian)
California 13	Pete Stark	Democrat	1972	Running	George Bruno (Republican) Mark Stroberg (Libertarian)
California 14	Anna Eshoo	Democrat	1992	Running	J. Chris Haugen (Republican) (Libertarian)
California 15	Mike Honda	Democrat	2000	Running	Raymond Chukwu (Republican)
California 16	Zoe Lofgren	Democrat	1994	Running	Douglas McNea (Republican) Markus Welch (Libertarian)
California 17	Sam Farr	Democrat	1992	Running	Mark Risley (Republican) Joe Smolen (Libertarian)
California 18	Dennis Cardoza	Democrat	2002	Running	Charles Pringle (Republican)
California 19	George Radanovich	Republican	1996	Running	James Lex Bufford (Democrat)
California 20	Cal Dooley	Democrat	1990	Retiring	Jim Costa (Democrat) Roy Ashburn (Republican)
California 21	Devin Nunes	Republican	2000	Running	Fred Davis (Democrat)
California 22	Bill Thomas	Republican	1978	Running	none
California 23	Lois Capps	Democrat	1998	Running	Don Regan (Republican) Michael Favorite (Libertarian)
California 24	Elton Gallegly	Republican	1986	Running	Brett Wagner (Democrat)
California 25	Howard McKeon	Republican	1992	Running	Tim Willoughby (Democrat)
California 26	David Dreier	Republican	1980	Running	Cynthia Matthews (Democrat) Randall Weissbuch (Libertarian)
California 27	Brad Sherman	Democrat	1996	Running	Robert Levy (Republican)
California 28	Howard Berman	Democrat	1982	Running	David Hernandez Jr (Republican) Kelley Ross (Libertarian)
California 29	Adam Schiff	Democrat	2000	Running	Harry Scolinos (Republican) Ted Brown (Libertarian)
California 30	Henry Waxman	Democrat	1974	Running	Victor Elizalde (Republican)
California 31	Xavier Becerra	Democrat	1992	Running	Luis Vega (Republican)
California 32	Hilda Solis	Democrat	2000	Running	Leland Faegre (Libertarian)
California 33	Diane Watson	Democrat	2001	Running	Robert Weber (Libertarian)
California 34	Lucille Roybal-Allard	Democrat	1992	Running	Wayne Miller (Republican)
California 35	Maxine Waters	Democrat	1990	Running	Ross Moen (Republican) Charles Tate (Libertarian)
California 36	Jane Harman	Democrat	1986	Running	Paul Whitehead (Republican) Mike Binkley (Libertarian)
California 37	Juanita Millender-McDonald	Democrat	1996	Running	Vernon Van (Republican) Herb Peters (Libertarian)
California 38	Grace Napolitano	Democrat	1998	Running	none
California 39	Linda Sanchez	Democrat	2002	Running	Tim Escobar (Republican)
California 40	Ed Royce	Republican	1992	Running	J. Tilman Williams (Democrat)
California 41	Jerry Lewis	Republican	1978	Running	Peymon Mottahedeh (Libertarian)
California 42	Gary Miller	Republican	1998	Running	Lewis Myers (Democrat)
California 43	Joe Baca	Democrat	1999	Running	Ed Laning (Republican)
California 44	Ken Calvert	Republican	1992	Running	Louis Vandenberg (Democrat)
California 45	Mary Bono	Republican	1998	Running	Richard Meyer (Democrat)
California 46	Dana Rohrabacher	Republican	1988	Running	Jim Brandt (Democrat) Keith Gann (Libertarian)
California 47	Loretta Sanchez	Democrat	1996	Running	Alexandria Coronado (Republican)
California 48	Chris Cox	Republican	1988	Running	John Graham (Democrat) Bruce Cohen (Libertarian)
California 49	Darrell Issa	Republican	2000	Running	Mike Byron (Democrat) Lars Grossmith (Libertarian)
California 50	Randy Cunningham	Republican	1990	Running	Francine Busby (Democrat) Brandon Osborne (Libertarian)
California 51	Bob Filner	Democrat	1992	Running	Mike Giorgino (Republican) Mike Metti (Libertarian)
California 52	Duncan Hunter	Republican	1980	Running	Brian Keliher (Democrat) Mike Benoit (Libertarian)
California 53	Susan Davis	Democrat	2000	Running	Darin Hunzeker (Republican) Adam Van Susteren (Libertarian)

Colorado

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
Colorado 1	Diana DeGette	Democrat	1996	Running	Roland Chicas (Republican)
Colorado 2	Mark Udall	Democrat	1998	Running	Stephen Hackman (Republican)
Colorado 3	Scott McInnis	Republican	1992	Retiring	John Salazar (Democrat)
Colorado 4	Marilyn Musgrave	Republican	2002	Running	Stan Matsunaka (Democrat)
Colorado 5	Joel Hefley	Republican	1986	Running	Fred Hardee (Democrat)
Colorado 6	Tom Tancredo	Republican	1998	Running	Joanna Conti (Democrat)
Colorado 7	Bob Beauprez	Republican	2002	Running	Dave Thomas (Democrat)

Connecticut

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
Connecticut 1	John Larson	Democrat	1998	Running	John Halstead (Republican)
Connecticut 2	Rob Simmons	Republican	2000	Running	Jim Sullivan (Democrat)
Connecticut 3	Rosa DeLauro	Democrat	1990	Running	Richter Elser (Republican)
Connecticut 4	Chris Shays	Republican	1987	Running	Diane Farrell (Democrat)
Connecticut 5	Nancy Johnson	Republican	1982	Running	Theresa Gerratana (Democrat)

Delaware

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
Delaware At Large	Michael N. Castle	Republican	1992	Running	Paul Donnelly (Democrat)

Florida

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
Florida 1	Jeff Miller	Republican	2001	Running	Mark Coutou (Democrat)
Florida 2	Allen Boyd	Democrat	1996	Running	Bev Kilmer (Republican)
Florida 3	Corrine Brown	Democrat	1992	Running	Johnny Brown (Independent)
Florida 4	Ander Crenshaw	Republican	2000	Running	Richard Grayson (Democrat)
Florida 5	Ginny Brown-Waite	Republican	2002	Running	Robert Whittel (Democrat)
Florida 6	Cliff Stearns	Republican	1988	Running	Dave Bruderly (Democrat)
Florida 7	John Mica	Republican	1992	Running	none
Florida 8	Ric Keller	Republican	2000	Running	Stephen Murray (Democrat)
Florida 9	Mike Bilirakis	Republican	1982	Running	Andrew Pasayan (Independent)
Florida 10	Bill Young	Republican	1970	Running	Robert Dean Derry (Democrat)
Florida 11	Jim Davis	Democrat	1996	Running	Robert Johnson (Libertarian) Karl Butts (Socialist Workers)
Florida 12	Adam Putnam	Republican	2000	Running	Bob Hagenmeier (Democrat)
Florida 13	Katherine Harris	Republican	2002	Running	Jan Schneider (D)
Florida 14	Porter J. Goss	Republican	1988	Retiring	Connie Mack III (Republican) Robert Neeld (Democrat)
Florida 15	Dave Weldon	Republican	1994	Running	Simon Pristoop (Democrat)
Florida 16	Mark Foley	Republican	1994	Running	Jeffrey Jay Fisher (Democrat)
Florida 17	Kendrick Meek	Democrat	2002	Running	Omari Musa (Socialist Workers)
Florida 18	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	Republican	1989	Running	Samuel Martin Sheldon (Democrat)
Florida 19	Robert Wexler	Democrat	1996	Running	none
Florida 20	Peter Deutsch	Democrat	1992	Retiring	Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Democrat) Margaret Hostetter (Republican)
Florida 21	Lincoln Diaz-Balart	Republican	1992	Running	Frank Gonzalez (Libertarian) Lawrence Mikesh (Socialist Workers)
Florida 22	Clay Shaw	Republican	1980	Running	none (was Jim Stork)
Florida 23	Alcee Hastings	Democrat	1992	Running	none
Florida 24	Tom Feeney	Republican	2002	Running	none
Florida 25	Mario Diaz-Balart	Republican	2002	Running	none

Georgia

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
Georgia 1	Jack Kingston	Republican	1992	Running	none
Georgia 2	Sanford Bishop	Democrat	1992	Running	Dave Eversman (Republican)
Georgia 3	Jim Marshall	Democrat	2002	Running	Calder Clay (Republican)
Georgia 4	Denise Majette	Democrat	2002	Retiring/Running for Senate	Cynthia McKinney (Democrat) Catherine Davis (Republican)
Georgia 5	John Lewis	Democrat	1986	Running	none
Georgia 6	Johnny Isakson	Republican	1998	Retiring/Running for Senate	Tom Price (Republican)
Georgia 7	John Linder	Republican	1992	Running	none
Georgia 8	Mac Collins	Republican	1992	Retiring/Running for Senate	Silvia Delamar (Democrat) Lynn Westmoreland (Republican)
Georgia 9	Charlie Norwood	Republican	1994	Running	Bob Ellis (Democrat)
Georgia 10	Nathan Deal	Republican	1992	Running	none
Georgia 11	Phil Gingrey	Republican	2002	Running	Rick Crawford (Democrat)
Georgia 12	Max Burns	Republican	2002	Running	John Barrow (Democrat)
Georgia 13	David Scott	Democrat	2002	Running	none

Hawaii

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
Hawaii 1	Neil Abercrombie	Democrat	1990	Running	Dalton Tanonaka (Republican)
Hawaii 2	Ed Case	Democrat	2002	Running	Mike Gabbard (Republican)

Idaho

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
Idaho 1	C. L. Otter	Republican	2000	Running	Naomi Preston (Democrat)
Idaho 2	Mike Simpson	Republican	1998	Running	Lin Whitworth (Democrat)

Illinois

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
Illinois 1	Bobby Rush	Democrat	1992	Running	Raymond Wardingley (Republican)
Illinois 2	Jesse L. Jackson Jr	Democrat	1995	Running	none
Illinois 3	Bill Lipinski	Democrat	1982	Retiring	Daniel Lipinski (Democrat) Ryan Chlada (Republican)
Illinois 4	Luis Gutierrez	Democrat	1992	Running	Tony Cisneros (Republican)
Illinois 5	Rahm Emanuel	Democrat	2002	Running	Bruce Best (Republican)
Illinois 6	Henry Hyde	Republican	1974	Running	Christine Cegelis (Democrat)
Illinois 7	Danny K. Davis	Democrat	1996	Running	Antonio Davis-Fairman (Republican)
Illinois 8	Phil Crane	Republican	1969	Running	Melissa Bean (Democrat)
Illinois 9	Jan Schakowsky	Democrat	1998	Running	Kurt Eckhardt (Republican)
Illinois 10	Mark Kirk	Republican	2000	Running	Lee Goodman (Democrat)
Illinois 11	Jerry Weller	Republican	1994	Running	Tari Renner (Democrat)
Illinois 12	Jerry Costello	Democrat	1988	Running	Erin Zweigart (Republican)
Illinois 13	Judy Biggert	Republican	1998	Running	Gloria Andersen (Democrat)
Illinois 14	Dennis Hastert	Republican	1986	Running	Ruben Zamora (Democrat)
Illinois 15	Tim Johnson	Republican	2000	Running	David Gill (Democrat)
Illinois 16	Donald A. Manzullo	Republican	1992	Running	John Kutsch (Democrat)
Illinois 17	Lane Evans	Democrat	1982	Running	Andrea Lane Zinga (Republican)
Illinois 18	Ray LaHood	Republican	1994	Running	Steve Waterworth (Democrat)
Illinois 19	John Shimkus	Republican	1996	Running	Tim Bagwell (Democrat)

Indiana

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
Indiana 1	Peter Visclosky	Democrat	1984	Running	Mark Leyva (Republican)
Indiana 2	Chris Chocola	Republican	2002	Running	Joe Donnelly (Democrat)
Indiana 3	Mark Souder	Republican	1994	Running	Maria Parra (Democrat)
Indiana 4	Steve Buyer	Republican	1992	Running	David Sanders (Democrat)
Indiana 5	Dan Burton	Republican	1982	Running	Katherine Fox Carr (Democrat)
Indiana 6	Mike Pence	Republican	2000	Running	Mel Fox (Democrat)
Indiana 7	Julia Carson	Democrat	1996	Running	Barry Campbell (Libertarian) Andy Horning (Republican)
Indiana 8	John Hostettler	Republican	1994	Running	Jon Jennings (Democrat)
Indiana 9	Baron Hill	Democrat	1998	Running	Mike Sodrel (Republican)

Iowa

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
Iowa 1	Jim Nussle	Republican	1990	Running	Bill Gluba (Democrat)
Iowa 2	Jim Leach	Republican	1976	Running	Dave Franker (Democrat)
Iowa 3	Leonard Boswell	Democrat	1996	Running	Stan Thompson (Republican)
Iowa 4	Tom Latham	Republican	1994	Running	Paul Johnson (Democrat)
Iowa 5	Steve King	Republican	2002	Running	Joyce Schulte (Democrat)

Kansas

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
Kansas 1	Jerry Moran	Republican	1996	Running	Jack Warner (Libertarian)
Kansas 2	Jim Ryun	Republican	1996	Running	Nancy Boyda (Democrat) Dennis Hawver (Libertarian)
Kansas 3	Dennis Moore	Democrat	1998	Running	Kris Kobach (Republican) David J. Moffett (Libertarian) Richard Wells (Reform)
Kansas 4	Todd Tiahrt	Republican	1994	Running	Michael Kinard (Democrat) David Loomis (Republican)

Kentucky

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
Kentucky 1	Ed Whitfield	Republican	1994	Running	Billy Cartwright (Democrat)
Kentucky 2	Ron Lewis	Republican	1994	Running	Adam Smith (Democrat)
Kentucky 3	Anne Northup	Republican	1996	Running	Tony Miller (Democrat)
Kentucky 4	Ken Lucas	Democrat	1998	Retiring	Nick Clooney (Democrat) Geoff Davis (Republican)
Kentucky 5	Hal Rogers	Republican	1980	Running	none
Kentucky 6	Ben Chandler	Democrat	2004	Running	Tom Buford (Republican)

Louisiana

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
Louisiana 1	David Vitter	Republican	1999	Retiring/Running for Senate	Roy Armstrong (Democrat) Bobby Jindal (Republican) Vinny Mendoza (Democrat) Mike Rogers (Republican) Jerry Watts (Democrat) Daniel Zimmerman (Democrat)
Louisiana 2	Bill Jefferson	Democrat	1990	Running	Art Schwertz (Republican)
Louisiana 3	Billy Tauzin	Republican	1980	Retiring	Damon Baldone (Democrat) Charmaine Caccioppi (Democrat) Kevin Chiasson (Republican) Charlie Melancon (Democrat) Craig Romero (Republican) Billy Tauzin III (Republican)
Louisiana 4	Jim McCrery	Republican	1988	Running	None
Louisiana 5	Rodney Alexander	Republican	2002	Running	Tisa Blakes (Democrat) Jock Scott (Republican)
Louisiana 6	Richard Baker	Republican	1986	Running	Rufus Craig Jr (Democrat) Scott Galmon (Democrat)
Louisiana 7	Chris John	Democrat	1996	Retiring/Running for Senate	Charles Boustany (Republican) Malcolm Carriere (Democrat) Don Cravins (Democrat) Willie Mount (Democrat) David Thibodaux (Republican)

Maine

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
Maine 1	Tom Allen	Democrat	2002	Running	Charlie Summers (Republican)
Maine 2	Mike Michaud	Democrat	2002	Running	Brian Hamel (Republican)

Maryland

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
Maryland 1	Wayne Gilchrest	Republican	1990	Running	Ann Tamlyn (Democrat)
Maryland 2	Dutch Ruppersberger	Democrat	2002	Running	Jane Brooks (Republican)
Maryland 3	Ben Cardin	Democrat	1986	Running	Robert Duckworth (Republican)
Maryland 4	Albert Wynn	Democrat	1992	Running	John McKinnis (Republican)
Maryland 5	Steny Hoyer	Democrat	1981	Running	Brad Jewitt (Republican)
Maryland 6	Roscoe Bartlett	Republican	1992	Running	Kenneth Bosley (Democrat)
Maryland 7	Elijah Cummings	Democrat	1996	Running	Tony Salazar (Republican)
Maryland 8	Chris Van Hollen Jr	Democrat	2002	Running	Chuck Floyd (Republican)

Massachusetts

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
Massachusetts 1	John Olver	Democrat	1991	Running	Steven Adam (Republican) David Stowell (Independent)
Massachusetts 2	Richard Neal	Democrat	1988	Running	none
Massachusetts 3	Jim McGovern	Democrat	1996	Running	Ron Crews (Republican)
Massachusetts 4	Barney Frank	Democrat	1980	Running	Chuck Morse (Independent)
Massachusetts 5	Marty Meehan	Democrat	1992	Running	Thomas P. Tierney (Republican)
Massachusetts 6	John Tierney	Democrat	1996	Running	Steve O'Malley (Republican)
Massachusetts 7	Ed Markey	Democrat	1976	Running	Ken Chase (Republican)
Massachusetts 8	Mike Capuano	Democrat	1998	Running	none
Massachusetts 9	Stephen Lynch	Democrat	2001	Running	none
Massachusetts 10	Bill Delahunt	Democrat	1996	Running	Mike Jones (Republican)

Michigan

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
Michigan 1	Bart Stupak	Democrat	1992	Running	Don Hooper (Republican) David J. Newland (Green) John W. Loosemore (Libertarian)
Michigan 2	Pete Hoekstra	Republican	1992	Running	Kimon Kotos (Democrat) Steve VanTil (Libertarian) Ronald E. Graeser (U.S. Taxpayers)
Michigan 3	Vern Ehlers	Republican	1993	Running	Peter H. Hickey (Democrat) Warren Adams (Libertarian) Marcel J. Sales (U.S. Taxpayers)
Michigan 4	Dave Camp	Republican	1990	Running	Mike Huckleberry (Democrat) Albert Chia, Jr (Libertarian)
Michigan 5	Dale Kildee	Democrat	1976	Running	Myrah Kirkwood (Republican) Harley Mikkelson (Green) Clint Foster (Libertarian)
Michigan 6	Fred Upton	Republican	1986	Running	Scott Elliott (Democrat) Randall MacPhee (Green) Erwin J. Haas (Libertarian) W. Dennis FitzSimons (U.S. Taxpayers)
Michigan 7	Nick Smith	Republican	2000	Retiring	Sharon Marie Renier (Democrat) John H.J. "Joe" Schwarz (Republican) Jason Seagraves (Green) Kenneth Proctor (Libertarian) David Horn (U.S. Taxpayers)
Michigan 8	Mike J. Rogers	Republican	2000	Running	Robert D. Alexander (Democrat) Will Tyler White (Libertarian) John Mangopoulos (U.S. Taxpayers)
Michigan 9	Joe Knollenberg	Republican	1992	Running	Steven W. Reifman (Democrat) Robert W. Schubring (Libertarian)
Michigan 10	Candice Miller	Republican	2002	Running	Rob Casey (Democrat) Phoebe A. Basso (Libertarian)
Michigan 11	Thad McCotter	Republican	2002	Running	Phillip S. Truran (Democrat) Charles L. Basso, Jr (Libertarian)
Michigan 12	Sander Levin	Democrat	1982	Running	Randell J. Shafer (Republican) Dick Gach (Libertarian)
Michigan 13	Carolyn Kilpatrick	Democrat	1996	Running	Cynthia Cassell (Republican) Eric Gordon (Libertarian)
Michigan 14	John Conyers Jr	Democrat	1964	Running	Veronica Pedraza (Republican) Michael L. Donahue (Libertarian) Wilbert Sears (U.S. Taxpayers)
Michigan 15	John Dingell	Democrat	1955	Running	Dawn Anne Reamer (Republican) Gregory Scott Stempfle (Libertarian)

Minnesota

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
Minnesota 1	Gil Gutknecht	Republican	1994	Running	Leigh Pomeroy (Democrat) Gregory Mikkelson (Independence)
Minnesota 2	John Kline	Republican	2002	Running	Teresa Daly (Democrat)
Minnesota 3	Jim Ramstad	Republican	1990	Running	Deborah Watts (Democrat)
Minnesota 4	Betty McCollum	Democrat	2000	Running	Patrice Bataglia (Republican) Peter Vento (Independence)
Minnesota 5	Martin Sabo	Democrat	1978	Running	Daniel Mathias (Republican) Jay Pond (Green)
Minnesota 6	Mark Kennedy	Republican	2000	Running	Patty Wetterling (Democrat)
Minnesota 7	Collin Peterson	Democrat	1990	Running	David Sturrock (Republican)
Minnesota 8	Jim Oberstar	Democrat	1974	Running	Mark Groettum (Republican) Van Presley (Green)

Mississippi

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
Mississippi 1	Roger Wicker	Republican	1994	Running	none
Mississippi 2	Bennie Thompson	Democrat	1993	Running	Clinton B LeSueur (Republican)
Mississippi 3	Chip Pickering	Republican	1996	Running	none
Mississippi 4	Gene Taylor	Democrat	1989	Running	Mike Lott (Republican)

Missouri

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
Missouri 1	William Lacy Clay Jr	Democrat	2000	Running	Leslie L. Farr II (Republican) Terry Chadwick (Libertarian)
Missouri 2	Todd Akin	Republican	2000	Running	George D. Weber (Democrat) Darla Maloney (Libertarian)
Missouri 3	Richard A. "Dick" Gephardt	Democrat	1976	Retiring	Russ Carnahan (Democrat) Bill Federer (Republican) Kevin C. Babcock (Libertarian)
Missouri 4	Ike Skelton	Democrat	1976	Running	Jim Noland (Republican) Bill Lower (Libertarian)
Missouri 5	Karen McCarthy	Democrat	1994	Retiring	Emmanuel Cleaver (Democrat) Jeanne Patterson (Republican) Rick Bailie (Libertarian)
Missouri 6	Sam Graves	Republican	2000	Running	Charles S. Broomfield (Democrat) Erik Buck (Libertarian)
Missouri 7	Roy Blunt	Republican	1996	Running	Jim Newberry (Democrat) Kevin Craig (Libertarian)
Missouri 8	Jo Ann Emerson	Republican	1996	Running	Dean Henderson (Democrat) Stan Cuff (Libertarian)
Missouri 9	Kenny Hulshof	Republican	1996	Running	Linda Jacobsen (Democrat) Tamara A. Millay (Libertarian)

Montana

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
Montana At Large	Denny Rehberg	Republican	2000	Running	Tracy Velazquez (Democrat)

Nebraska

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
Nebraska 1	Vacant	(Seat was Republican in 2002)	--	--	Jeff Fortenberry (Republican), Matt Connealy (Democrat)
Nebraska 2	Lee Terry	Republican	1998	Running	Nancy Thompson (Democrat)
Nebraska 3	Tom Osborne	Republican	2000	Running	Donna Anderson (Democrat)

Nevada

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
Nevada 1	Shelley Berkley	Democrat	1998	Running	Russ Mickelson (Republican)
Nevada 2	Jim Gibbons	Republican	1996	Running	Angie Cochran (Democrat)
Nevada 3	Jon Porter	Republican	2002	Running	Tom Gallagher (Democrat)

New Hampshire

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
New Hampshire 1	Jeb Bradley	Republican	1996	Running	Justin Nadeau (Democrat)
New Hampshire 2	Charlie Bass	Republican	1994	Running	Paul Hodes (Democrat)

New Jersey

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
New Jersey 1	Rob Andrews	Democrat	1990	Running	John Cusack (Republican)
New Jersey 2	Frank LoBiondo	Republican	1994	Running	Timothy Robb (Democrat)
New Jersey 3	Jim Saxton	Republican	1984	Running	Herb Conoway (Democrat)
New Jersey 4	Chris Smith	Republican	1980	Running	Amy Vasquez (Democrat)
New Jersey 5	E. Scott Garrett	Republican	2000	Running	Dorothea Wolfe (Democrat)
New Jersey 6	Frank Pallone	Democrat	1988	Running	Sylvester Fernandez (Republican)
New Jersey 7	Mike Ferguson	Republican	2000	Running	Steve Brozak (Democrat)
New Jersey 8	Bill Pascrell	Democrat	1996	Running	George Ajjan (Republican)
New Jersey 9	Steve Rothman	Democrat	1996	Running	none
New Jersey 10	Don Payne	Democrat	1988	Running	none
New Jersey 11	Rodney Freylinghuysen	Republican	1994	Running	James Buell (Democrat)
New Jersey 12	Rush D. Holt	Democrat	1998	Running	Bill Spadea (Republican)
New Jersey 13	Bob Menendez	Democrat	1992	Running	Richard Piatkowski (Republican)

New Mexico

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
New Mexico 1	Heather Wilson	Republican	1998	Running	Richard Romero (Democrat)
New Mexico 2	Steve Pearce	Republican	2002	Running	Gary King (Democrat)
New Mexico 3	Tom Udall	Democrat	1998	Running	Gregory Tucker (Republican)

New York

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
New York 1	Tim Bishop	Democrat	2002	Running	Bill Manger (Republican)
New York 2	Steve Israel	Democrat	2000	Running	Richard Hoffman (Republican)
New York 3	Peter King	Republican	1992	Running	Blair Mathies (Democrat)
New York 4	Carolyn McCarthy	Democrat	1996	Running	James A. Garner (Republican)
New York 5	Gary Ackerman	Democrat	1983	Running	Stephen Graves (Republican)
New York 6	Gregory W. Meeks	Democrat	1998	Running	none
New York 7	Joseph Crowley	Democrat	1998	Running	Joseph Cinquemain (Republican)
New York 8	Jerrold Nadler	Democrat	1992	Running	Peter Hort (Republican) Barry Rosenberg (School Choice) Millie Sanchez (Socialist Workers)
New York 9	Anthony Weiner	Democrat	1998	Running	Gerald J. Cronin
New York 10	Ed Towns	Democrat	1982	Running	Harvey R. Clarke (Republican) Mignon Nyanffor (School Choice)
New York 11	Major Owens	Democrat	1982	Running	Sol Lieberman (Conservative)
New York 12	Nydia Velazquez	Democrat	1992	Running	Paul A. Rodriguez (Republican)
New York 13	Vito Fossella	Republican	1997	Running	Frank Barbaro (Democrat)
New York 14	Carolyn Maloney	Democrat	1992	Running	Anton Srdanovic (Republican)
New York 15	Charles B. Rangel	Democrat	1970	Running	Kenneth P. Jefferson, Jr (Republican) Willie Cotton (Socialist Workers)
New York 16	Jose Serrano	Democrat	1990	Running	Ali Mohamed (Republican) Dorothy Kolis (Socialist Workers)
New York 17	Eliot Engel	Democrat	1988	Running	Matthew I. Brennan (Republican)
New York 18	Nita Lowey	Democrat	1988	Running	Richard A. Hoffman (Republican)
New York 19	Sue Kelly	Democrat	1994	Running	Michael Jalamin (Democrat)
New York 20	John Sweeney	Republican	1998	Running	Doris F. Kelly (Democrat)
New York 21	Mike McNulty	Democrat	1988	Running	Warren Redlich (Republican)
New York 22	Maurice Hinchey	Democrat	1992	Running	William Brenner (Republican)
New York 23	John McHugh	Republican	1992	Running	Robert J. Johnson (Democrat)
New York 24	Sherwood Boehlert	Republican	1982	Running	Jeff Miller (Democrat)
New York 25	Jim Walsh	Republican	1988	Running	Christina Rosetti (Independent)
New York 26	Tom Reynolds	Republican	1998	Running	Jack Davis (Democrat)
New York 27	Jack Quinn	Republican	1992	Retiring	Nancy Naples (Republican) Brian Higgins (Democrat) Thomas Casey (Right To Life)
New York 28	Louise Slaughter	Democrat	1986	Running	Mike Laba (Republican)
New York 29	Amo Houghton	Republican	1986	Retiring	John Kuhl (Republican) Samara Barend (Democrat)

North Carolina

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
North Carolina 1	G. K. Butterfield	Democrat	2004	Running	Greg Dority (Republican)
North Carolina 2	Bob Etheridge	Democrat	1996	Running	Billy J. Creech (Republican)
North Carolina 3	Walter Jones Jr	Republican	1994	Running	Roger A. Eaton (Democratic)
North Carolina 4	David Price	Democrat	1986-94 1996	Running	Todd A. Batchelor (Republican)
North Carolina 5	Richard Burr	Republican	1994	Retiring/Running for Senate	Jim A. Harrell, Jr (Democrat) Virginia Foxx (Republican)
North Carolina 6	Howard Coble	Republican	1984	Running	William W. Jordan (Democrat)
North Carolina 7	Mike McIntyre	Democrat	1996	Running	Ken Plonk (Republican)
North Carolina 8	Robin Hayes	Republican	1998	Running	Beth Troutman (Democrat)
North Carolina 9	Sue Myrick	Republican	1994	Running	Jack Flynn (Democrat)
North Carolina 10	Cass Ballenger	Republican	1986	Retiring	Anne N. Fischer (Democrat) Patrick McHenry (Republican)
North Carolina 11	Charles Taylor	Republican	1990	Running	Patsy Keever (Democrat)
North Carolina 12	Mel Watt	Democrat	1992	Running	Ada M. Fisher (Republican)
North Carolina 13	Brad Miller	Democrat	2002	Running	Virginia Johnson (Republican)

North Dakota

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
North Dakota At Large	Earl Pomeroy	Democratic-NPL	1992	Running	Duane Sand (Republican)

Ohio

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
Ohio 1	Steve Chabot	Republican	1994	Running	Greg Harris (Democrat)
Ohio 2	Robert J. Portman	Republican	1993	Running	Charles W. Sanders (Democrat)
Ohio 3	Michael R. Turner	Republican	2002	Running	L. Jane Mitakides (Democrat) Tom Schneider (Independent)
Ohio 4	Michael G. Oxley	Republican	1981	Running	Ben Konop (Democrat)
Ohio 5	Paul E. Gillmor	Republican	1988	Running	Robin Weirauch (Democrat)
Ohio 6	Ted Strickland	Democrat	1992	Running	Diane DiCarlo Murphy (Democrat)
Ohio 7	David L. Hobson	Republican	1990	Running	Kara Anastasio (Democrat)
Ohio 8	John A. Boehner	Republican	1990	Running	Jeff Hardenbrook (Democrat)
Ohio 9	Marcia C. Kaptur	Democrat	1982	Running	Larry A. Kaczala (Republican)
Ohio 10	Dennis J. Kucinich	Democrat	1996	Running	Edward F. Herman (Republican)
Ohio 11	Stephanie Tubbs Jones	Democrat	1998	Running	none
Ohio 12	Patrick J. Tiberi	Republican	2000	Running	Edward S. Brown (Democrat)
Ohio 13	Sherrod Brown	Democrat	1992	Running	Robert Lucas (Republican)
Ohio 14	Steven C. LaTourette	Republican	1994	Running	Capri S. Cafaro (Democrat)
Ohio 15	Deborah D. Pryce	Republican	1992	Running	Mark P. Brown (Democrat)
Ohio 16	Ralph S. Regula	Republican	1972	Running	Jeff Seemann (Democrat)
Ohio 17	Timothy J. Ryan	Democrat	2002	Running	Frank V. Cusimano (Republican) Randy Walter (Independent)
Ohio 18	Robert W. Ney	Republican	1994	Running	Brian R. Thomas (Democrat) Ann Dunlap (Constitution)

Oklahoma

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
Oklahoma 1	John Sullivan	Republican	2002	Running	Doug Dodd (Democrat) John Krymski (Independent)
Oklahoma 2	Brad Carson	Democrat	2000	Retiring/Running for Senate	Dan Boren (Democrat) Wayland Smalley (Republican)
Oklahoma 3	Frank Lucas	Republican	1994	Running	Gregory Wilson (Independent)
Oklahoma 4	Tom Cole	Republican	2002	Running	none
Oklahoma 5	Ernest Istook	Republican	1992	Running	Bert Smith (Democrat)

Oregon

A description is available of the boundaries of the Oregon congressional districts.

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
Oregon 1	David Wu	Democrat	1998	Running	Goli Ameri (Republican)
Oregon 2	Greg Walden	Republican	1998	Running	John McColgan (Democrat)
Oregon 3	Earl Blumenauer	Democrat	1996	Running	Tami Mars (Republican) Dave Brownlow (Constitution)
Oregon 4	Peter DeFazio	Democrat	1986	Running	Jim Feldkamp (Republican)
Oregon 5	Darlene Hooley	Democrat	1996	Running	Jim Zupancic (Republican) Mitch Besser (Pacific Green)

Pennsylvania

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
Pennsylvania 1	Bob Brady	Democrat	1998	Running	Deborah Williams (Republican)
Pennsylvania 2	Chaka Fattah	Democrat	1994	Running	Stewart Bolno (Republican)
Pennsylvania 3	Phil English	Republican	1994	Running	Steven Porter (Democrat)
Pennsylvania 4	Melissa Hart	Republican	2000	Running	Steven Drobac Jr (Democrat)
Pennsylvania 5	John Peterson	Republican	1996	Running	Tom Martin (Libertarian)
Pennsylvania 6	Jim Gerlach	Republican	2002	Running	Lois Murphy (Democrat) Dorothy Schieber (Green)
Pennsylvania 7	Curt Weldon	Republican	1986	Running	Paul Scoles (Democrat) Sam Krakow (Green)
Pennsylvania 8	Jim Greenwood	Republican	1992	Dropped out	Virginia Schrader (Democrat)
Pennsylvania 9	Bill Shuster	Republican	2001	Running	Paul Politis (Democrat)
Pennsylvania 10	Don Sherwood	Republican	1998	Running	Veronica Hannevig (Constitution) Kurt Shotko (Green)
Pennsylvania 11	Paul Kanjorski	Democrat	1984	Running	Carl Romanelli (Green)
Pennsylvania 12	John Murtha	Democrat	1974	Running	Brian Moore (Independent)
Pennsylvania 13	Joe Hoeffel	Democrat	1998	Retiring/Running for Senate	Allyson Schwartz (Democrat) Melissa Brown (Republican) Chuck Moulton (Libertarian)
Pennsylvania 14	Mike Doyle	Democrat	1994	Running	Jeff Dishart (Republican)
Pennsylvania 15	Pat Toomey	Republican	1998	Retiring/Lost Senate primary	Charles Dent (Republican) Joe Driscoll (Democrat) Bob Dodge (Independent)
Pennsylvania 16	Joe Pitts	Republican	1996	Running	Lois Herr (Democrat) Bob Hagen (Green)
Pennsylvania 17	Tim Holden	Democrat	1992	Running	Scott Paterno (Republican) Russ Diamond (Libertarian)
Pennsylvania 18	Tim Murphy	Republican	2002	Running	Mark Boles (Democrat)
Pennsylvania 19	Todd Platts	Republican	2000	Running	none

Rhode Island

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
Rhode Island 1	Patrick Kennedy	Democrat	1994	Running	David Rogers (Republican)
Rhode Island 2	Jim Langevin	Democrat	2000	Running	Arthur Barton (Republican)

South Carolina

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
South Carolina 1	Henry E. Brown, Jr	Republican	2000	Running	James Dunn (Green)
South Carolina 2	Joe Wilson	Republican	2001	Running	Michael Ray Ellisor (Democrat) Steve Lefemine (Constitution)
South Carolina 3	J. Gresham Barrett	Republican	2002	Running	none
South Carolina 4	Jim DeMint	Republican	1998	Retiring, running for Senate	Bob Inglis (Republican) Brandon Brown (Democrat) C. Faye Walters (Green)
South Carolina 5	John Spratt	Democrat	1982	Running	Albert Spencer (Republican)
South Carolina 6	Jim Clyburn	Democrat	1992	Running	Gary McLeod (Republican)

South Dakota

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
South Dakota At Large	Stephanie Herseth	Democrat	2004	Running	Larry Diedrich (Republican) Terry Begay (Libertarian)

Tennessee

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
Tennessee 1	Bill Jenkins	Republican	1996	Running	Graham Leonard (Democrat) Ralph Ball (Independent) Michael Peavler (Independent)
Tennessee 2	Jimmy Duncan Jr	Republican	1998	Running	John Greene (Democrat) Charles Howard (Independent)
Tennessee 3	Zach Wamp	Republican	1994	Running	John Wolfe (Democrat) June Griffin (Independent) Jean Howard-Hill (Independent) Doug Vandagriff (Independent)
Tennessee 4	Lincoln Davis	Democrat	2002	Running	Janice Bowling (Republican) Ken Martin (Independent)
Tennessee 5	Jim Cooper	Democrat	2002	Running	Scott Knapp (Republican)
Tennessee 6	Bart Gordon	Republican	1984	Running	Nick Demas (Republican) J. Patrick Lyons (Independent) Norman Saliba (Independent)
Tennessee 7	Marsha Blackburn	Republican	2002	Running	none
Tennessee 8	John Tanner	Democrat	1988	Running	James Hart (Republican)
Tennessee 9	Harold Ford Jr	Democrat	1996	Running	Ruben Fort (Republican)

Texas

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
Texas 1	Max Sandlin	Democrat	1996	Running	Louie Gohmert (Republican)
Texas 2	Jim Turner	Democrat	1996	Retiring	Nick Lampson (Democrat) Ted Poe (Republican)
Texas 3	Sam Johnson	Republican	1991	Running	Paul Jenkins (Independent)
Texas 4	Ralph Hall	Republican	1980	Running	Jim Nickerson (Democrat)
Texas 5	Jeb Hensarling	Republican	2002	Running	Bill Bernstein (Democrat)
Texas 6	Joe Barton	Republican	1984	Running	Morris Meyer (Democrat)
Texas 7	John Culberson	Republican	2000	Running	John Martinez (Democrat) Paul Staton (Independent)
Texas 8	Kevin Brady	Republican	1996	Running	James Wright (Democrat)
Texas 9	Nick Lampson	Democrat	1996	Running in 2nd District	Al Green (Democrat) Arlette Molina (Republican)
Texas 10	Lloyd Doggett	Democrat	1994	Running in 25th District	Michael McCaul (Republican)
Texas 11	Chet Edwards	Democrat	1990	Running in 17th District	Wayne Raasch (Democrat) Mike Conaway (Republican)
Texas 12	Kay Granger	Republican	1996	Running	Felix Alvarado (Democrat)
Texas 13	Mac Thornberry	Republican	1994	Running	none
Texas 14	Ron Paul	Republican	1996	Running	none