| Election Name: | 1998 United States House of Representatives elections in California |
| Country: | California |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1996 United States House of Representatives elections in California |
| Previous Year: | 1996 |
| Next Election: | 2000 United States House of Representatives elections in California |
| Next Year: | 2000 |
| Seats For Election: | All 52 California seats to the United States House of Representatives |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Last Election1: | 29 |
| Seats1: | 28 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 4,131,092 |
| Percentage1: | 51.41% |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Last Election2: | 23 |
| Seats2: | 24 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 3,527,244 |
| Percentage2: | 43.90% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1998 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 3, 1998. Democrats gained the 1st district but lost the 3rd and 36th (which they would gain back in 2000) districts for a net loss of one seat.
This was the last time until a special election in 2020 where a Republican flipped a Democrat-held U.S. House seat in California, and also the last time until 2020 that Republicans flipped a Democrat-held seat in a general election.
| United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1998 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | % | Before | After | +/– | ||
| Democratic | 4,131,092 | 51.41% | 29 | 28 | -1 | ||
| Republican | 3,527,244 | 43.90% | 23 | 24 | +1 | ||
| Libertarian | 202,542 | 2.52% | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Natural Law | 113,601 | 1.41% | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Green | 23,906 | 0.30% | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| American Independent | 14,587 | 0.18% | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peace and Freedom | 14,070 | 0.18% | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Reform | 7,628 | 0.09% | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Write-ins | 793 | 0.01% | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Invalid or blank votes | 628,189 | 7.25% | — | — | — | ||
| Totals | 8,662,859 | 100.00% | 52 | 52 | — | ||
See also: List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives in California. Three special elections were held apart from those in November. The elected winners would serve the remainder of the incumbent Congress and face re-election in November.
| Date | District | Reason & Result | Candidates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 10, 1998 | Walter Capps (D) died October 28, 1997 Democratic hold Winner was subsequently re-elected in November | Lois Capps (D) Tom Bordonaro (R) Robert Bakhaus (L) | |||
| April 7, 1998 | Ron Dellums (D) resigned February 6, 1998 Democratic hold Winner was subsequently re-elected in November | Barbara Lee (D) Greg Harper (D) Claiborne Sanders (R) Randal Stewart (D) | |||
| April 7, 1998 | Sonny Bono (R) died January 5, 1998 Republican hold Winner was subsequently re-elected in November | Mary Bono (R) Ralph Waite (D) Anna Nevenich (D) John W. J. Overman (D) Tom Hamey (R) Bud Mathewson (R) |
Final results from the Secretary of State of California: https://web.archive.org/web/20070722154501/http://vote98.sos.ca.gov/Final/sov/SOV28-34.pdf
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