1970 United States House of Representatives elections explained

Election Name:	1970 United States House of Representatives elections
Country:	United States
Flag Year:	1960
Type:	legislative
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1968 United States House of Representatives elections
Previous Year:	1968
Election Date:	November 3, 1970
Next Election:	1972 United States House of Representatives elections
Next Year:	1972
Seats For Election:	All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives
Majority Seats:	218
Party1:	Democratic Party (US)
Image1:	John W. McCormack (Speaker of the US House)(b) (1).jpg
Leader1:	John McCormack (retired)
Leader Since1:	January 10, 1962
Last Election1:	243 seats
Seats1:	255
Seat Change1:	12
Popular Vote1:	29,080,212
Percentage1:	53.6%
Swing1:	3.4%
Party2:	Republican Party (US)
Leader2:	Gerald Ford
Leader Since2:	January 3, 1965
Last Election2:	192 seats
Seats2:	180
Seat Change2:	12
Popular Vote2:	24,352,657
Percentage2:	44.9%
Swing2:	3.6%
Map Size:	320px
Speaker
Before Election:	John McCormack
Before Party:	Democratic Party (US)
After Election:	Carl Albert
After Party:	Democratic Party (US)

The 1970 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives held on November 3, 1970, to elect members to serve in the 92nd United States Congress. They occurred in the middle of Richard M. Nixon's first term as president. His party, the Republican Party, lost a net of 12 seats to the Democratic Party, which thereby increased its majority in the House. Many viewed the results of the 1970 election as an indication of public fatigue over the ongoing Vietnam War as well as the fallout from the Kent State Massacre.

This was the first House election in which all 50 states used a single-member-district system to elect representatives instead of using at-large congressional districts.

Overall results

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255	180
Democratic	Republican

Summary of the November 3, 1970, election results

Parties	Seats	Popular Vote
1968	1970	Change	Strength	Vote	%	Change
	Democratic Party	243	255	12	58.6%	29,080,212	53.6%	3.4%
	Republican Party	192	180	12	41.4%	24,352,657	44.9%	3.6%
	Conservative Party	——	——	——	——	230,180	0.4%
	American Independent Party	——	——	——	——	132,992	0.2%	0.1%
	Independent	——	——	——	——	122,430	0.2%	0.1%
	Liberal Party	——	——	——	——	67,696	0.1%
	National Democratic Party	——	——	——	——	67,228	0.1%
	Constitution Party	——	——	——	——	46,100	0.1%
	Peace and Freedom Party	——	——	——	——	40,763	0.1%
	Socialist Workers Party	——	——	——	——	9,675	<0.1%
	Raza Unida Party	——	——	——	——	7,085	<0.1%
	A Public Party	——	——	——	——	5,774	<0.1%
	Right to Life Party	——	——	——	——	5,342	<0.1%
	Dodd Independent Party	——	——	——	——	5,062	<0.1%
	Liberty Union Party	——	——	——	——	4,315	<0.1%
	Urban Tax Reform Party	——	——	——	——	3,675	<0.1%
	American Party	——	——	——	——	2,759	<0.1%
	Common Peoples' Party	——	——	——	——	1,727	<0.1%
	Buffalo Party	——	——	——	——	1,724	<0.1%
	Iowa New Party	——	——	——	——	1,262	<0.1%
	Socialist Labor Party	——	——	——	——	973	<0.1%
	For the People Party	——	——	——	——	823	<0.1%
	The O'Hara Bill Party	——	——	——	——	518	<0.1%
	Communist Party	——	——	——	——	374	<0.1%
	Progressive Labor Socialist Party	——	——	——	——	208	<0.1%
	Others	——	——	——	——	67,331	0.1%	0.1%
Total	435	435	0	100.0%	54,258,885	100.0%	——
Source: Election Statistics – Office of the Clerk

Special elections

John H. Rousselot (Republican) 68.2%
Myrlie Evers (Democratic) 31.8%

Robert H. Steele (Republican) 53.3%
John F. Pickett Jr. (Democratic) 46.7%

George W. Collins (Democratic) 55.7%
Alex J. Zabrosky (Republican) 44.3%

Edwin B. Forsythe (Republican) 54.8%
Charles B. Yates (Democratic) 45.2%

Charles J. Carney (Democratic) 58.4%
Margaret Dennison (Republican) 41.6%

John H. Ware III (Republican) 58.2%
Louis F. Waldmann (Democratic) 39.4%
Benjamin H. Winkleman (Constitution) 2.3%

Alabama

Alaska

See main article: 1970 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska.

Arizona

Arkansas

California

See main article: 1970 United States House of Representatives elections in California.

One Democratic seat was lost to Republicans. Democrats, therefore, retained a 20–18 margin over Republicans.

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

See main article: 1970 United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas.

Kentucky

Louisiana

See main article: 1970 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana.

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

See main article: 1970 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan.

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

See main article: 1970 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska.

Nevada

See main article: 1970 United States House of Representatives election in Nevada.

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

See main article: 1970 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico.

New York

See main article: 1970 United States House of Representatives elections in New York.

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

See main article: 1970 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina.

South Dakota

Tennessee

See main article: 1970 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee.

Texas

Utah

See main article: 1970 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah.

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

See main article: 1970 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington.

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

See main article: 1970 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming.

External links

Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1970, official site of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives