1974 United States House of Representatives elections

391 incumbent members sought reelection, but 8 were defeated in primaries and 40 defeated in the general election for a total of 343 incumbents winning. This was the lowest number and percentage of incumbents who won reelection between 1954 and 1992. Summary of the November 5, 1974, United States House of Representatives election results == Special elections ==

These elections were for the remainder of the term ending January 3, 1975. • John Murtha (Democratic) 49.9% • Harry M. Fox (Republican) 49.7% • Duane H. McCormick (Constitution) 0.4% }} • Richard VanderVeen (Democratic) 50.9% • Robert VanderLaan (Republican) 44.3% • Dwight W. Johnson (American Independent) 4.4% • Frank Girard (Socialist Labor) 0.4% }} • Tom Luken (Democratic) 51.9% • Bill Gradison (Republican) 48.1% }} • Bob Traxler (Democratic) 51.5% • James M. Sparling Jr. (Republican) 48.5% }} • John Burton (Democratic) 50.0 • Thomas Caylor (Republican) 21.2% • Terrence McGuire (Democratic) 8.7% • Jean Wall (Republican) 5.8% • Sean McCarthy (Republican) 5.3% • Alan F. Reeves (Democratic) 4.1% • Wesley Wilkes (Republican) 2.8% • Leslie A. Grant (Democratic) 2.1% }} • Bob Lagomarsino (Republican) 53.6% • James D. Loebl (Democratic) 18.8% • James A. Browning (Democratic) 7.8% • Roger A. Ikola (Democratic) 6.3% • E. T. Jolicouer (Democratic) 6.0% • David H. Miller (Democratic) 3.2% • R. W. Handley (Democratic) 2.4% • F. Joe Beauchamp (Democratic) 1.9% }} == Alabama ==

• Jack Edwards (Republican) 59.5% • Augusta A. Wilson (Democratic) 37.0% • Mary B. McCarthy (Nat Dem) 3.6% }} • William Louis Dickinson (Republican) 66.1% • Clair Chisler (Democratic) 33.9% }} • William Flynt Nichols (Democratic) 95.9% • James R. Connell (Prohibition) 4.1% }} • Tom Bevill (Democratic) • Unopposed }} • Robert E. Jones Jr. (Democratic) • Unopposed }} • John Hall Buchanan Jr. (Republican) 57.0% • Nina Miglionico (Democratic) 41.3% • Elizabeth S. Dillard (Prohibition) 1.7% }} • Walter Flowers (Democratic) 91.0% • Frank P. Walls (Con) 6.4% • Lewis Black (Nat Dem) 2.6% }} == Alaska ==

• Don Young (Republican) 53.8% • William L. Hensley (Democratic) 46.2% }} == Arizona ==

• John Jacob Rhodes (Republican) 51.1% • Pat Fullinwider (Democratic) 42.3% • J. M. Sanders (Independent) 6.6% }} • Mo Udall (Democratic) 62.0% • Keith Dolgaard (Republican) 38.0% }} • Sam Steiger (Republican) 51.1% • Pat Bosch (Democratic) 48.9% }} • John Bertrand Conlan (Republican) 55.3% • Byron T. "Bud" Brown (Democratic) 44.7% }} == Arkansas ==

• William Vollie Alexander Jr. (Democratic) 90.6% • James Lawrence Dauer (Republican) 9.4% }} • Wilbur Mills (Democratic) 58.9% • Judy Petty (Republican) 41.1% }} • John Paul Hammerschmidt (Republican) 51.8% • Bill Clinton (Democratic) 48.2% }} • Ray Thornton (Democratic) • Unopposed }} == California ==

• Bizz Johnson (Democratic) 85.9% • Dorothy D. Paradis (American Independent) 14.1% }} • Don Clausen (Republican) 53.0% • Oscar Klee (Democratic) 42.7% • Carole J. Glass (Peace and Freedom) 4.3% }} • John E. Moss (Democratic) 72.3% • Ivaldo Lenci (Republican) 27.7% }} • Robert Leggett (Democratic) • Unopposed }} • John Burton (Democratic) 59.3% • Thomas Caylor (Republican) 38.0% • Raymond Broshears (Peace and Freedom) 2.7% }} • Phillip Burton (Democratic) 71.4% • Tom Spinosa (Republican) 21.7% • Emily L. Siegel (Peace and Freedom) 4.0% • Carl Richard Davis (American Independent) 2.9% }} • George Miller (Democratic) 55.6% • Gary Fernandez (Republican) 44.4% }} • Ron Dellums (Democratic) 56.5% • Jack Redden (Republican) 39.7% • John Holland (American Independent) 3.8% }} • Pete Stark (Democratic) 70.6% • Edson Adams (Republican) 29.4% }} • Don Edwards (Democratic) 77.0% • John M. Enright (Republican) 23.0% }} • Leo Ryan (Democratic) 75.7% • Brainard "Bee" Merdinger (Republican) 21.3% • Nicholas W. Kudrovzeff (American Independent) 3.1% }} • Pete McCloskey (Republican) 69.1% • Gary G. Gillmor (Democratic) 30.9% }} • Norman Mineta (Democratic) 52.6% • George W. Milias (Republican) 42.4% • Elizabeth Cervantes Barron (Peace and Freedom) 2.6% • Floyd S. Stancliffe (American Independent) 2.5% }} • John J. McFall (Democratic) 70.8% • Charles M. "Chuck" Gibson (Republican) 24.1% • Roger A. Blain (American Independent) 5.1% }} • B. F. Sisk (Democratic) 71.9% • Carol O. Harner (Republican) 28.1% }} • Burt Talcott (Republican) 49.2% • Julian Camacho (Democratic) 47.9% • D. Jeff Mauro (American Independent) 3.0% }} • John Hans Krebs (Democratic) 51.9% • Bob Mathias (Republican) 48.1% }} • William M. Ketchum (Republican) 52.6% • George A. Seielstad (Democratic) 47.4% }} • Robert Lagomarsino (Republican) 56.5% • James D. Loebl (Democratic) 43.5% }} • Barry Goldwater Jr. (Republican) 61.2% • Arline Mathews (Democratic) 38.8% }} • James C. Corman (Democratic) 73.5% • Mel Nadell (Republican) 26.5% }} • Carlos Moorhead (Republican) 55.7% • Richard Hallin (Democratic) 44.3% }} • Thomas M. Rees (Democratic) 71.5% • Jack E. Roberts (Republican) 28.5% }} • Henry Waxman (Democratic) 64.2% • Elliott Stone Graham (Republican) 32.8% • David E. Davis (American Independent) 3.0% }} • Edward R. Roybal (Democratic) • Unopposed }} • John H. Rousselot (Republican) 58.8% • Paul A. Conforti (Democratic) 41.2% }} • Alphonzo E. Bell Jr. (Republican) 63.8% • Michael Shapiro (Democratic) 32.6% • Jack Hampton (Peace and Freedom) 3.6% }} • Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (Democratic) 80.3% • Tom Neddy (Republican) 19.7% }} • Augustus Hawkins (Democratic) • Unopposed }} • George E. Danielson (Democratic) 74.2% • Richard E. Ferraro Jr. (Republican) 25.8% }} • Charles H. Wilson (Democratic) 70.5% • Norman A. Hodges (Republican) 26.8% • William C. Taylor (Peace and Freedom) 2.7% }} • Glenn M. Anderson (Democratic) 87.7% • Virgil V. Badalich (American Independent) 9.3% • Frank H. Walker (Peace and Freedom) 3.1% }} • Del M. Clawson (Republican) 53.4% • Robert E. White (Democratic) 43.1% • James C. Griffin (American Independent) 3.5% }} • Mark W. Hannaford (Democratic) 49.7% • Bill Bond (Republican) 46.3% • James Manis (American Independent) 2.0% • John S. Donohue (Peace and Freedom) 1.9% }} • James F. Lloyd (Democratic) 50.3% • Victor Veysey (Republican) 49.7% }} • George Brown Jr. (Democratic) 62.6% • Jim Osgood (Republican) 32.3% • William Emery Pasley (American Independent) 5.1% }} • Jerry Pettis (Republican) 63.0% • Bobby Ray Vincent (Democratic) 33.1% • John H. Ortman (American Independent) 3.9% }} • Jerry M. Patterson (Democratic) 54.0% • David Rehmann (Republican) 41.3% • Lee R. Rayburn (American Independent) 3.2% • Larry B. Kallenberger (Peace and Freedom) 1.5% }} • Charles E. Wiggins (Republican) 55.2% • William E. "Bill" Farris (Democratic) 40.4% • Pat P. Scalera (American Independent) 4.4% }} • Andrew J. Hinshaw (Republican) 63.3% • Roderick J. "Rod" Wilson (Democratic) 31.0% • Grayson L. Watkins (American Independent) 5.7% }} • Bob Wilson (Republican) 54.4% • Colleen Marie O'Connor (Democratic) 43.1% • Robert W. Franson (American Independent) 2.5% }} • Lionel Van Deerlin (Democratic) 68.9% • Wes Marden (Republican) 31.1% }} • Clair Burgener (Republican) 60.4% • Bill Bandes (Democratic) 39.6% }} == Colorado ==

• Patricia Schroeder (Democratic) 58.5% • Frank Southworth (Republican) 40.8% • Elmer B. Sachs (American) 0.7% }} • Tim Wirth (Democratic) 51.9% • Donald G. Brotzman (Republican) 48.1% }} • Frank Evans (Democratic) 67.9% • E. Keith Records (Republican) 32.1% }} • James Paul Johnson (Republican) 52.0% • John Carroll (Democratic) 48.0% }} • William L. Armstrong (Republican) 57.7% • Ben Galloway (Democratic) 38.5% • Stan Johnson (Independent) 3.8% }} == Connecticut ==

• William R. Cotter (Democratic) 62.7% • Francis M. Buckley (Republican) 35.9% • Charlie A. Burke (George Wallace) 1.4% }} • Chris Dodd (Democratic) 59.0% • Samuel B. Hellier (Republican) 39.2% • Anthony Discepolo (Republican) 1.8% }} • Robert Giaimo (Democratic) 65.1% • James Altham Jr. (Republican) 31.4% • Peter Koltypin (George Wallace) 2.1% • Joelle R. Fishman (Communist) 1.3% }} • Stewart McKinney (Republican) 53.2% • James G. Kellis (Democratic) 45.2% • Alan B. Fodeman (George Wallace) 1.6% }} • Ronald A. Sarasin (Republican) 50.4% • William Ratchford (Democratic) 48.0% • Virginia A. Knauf (George Wallace) 1.6% }} • Toby Moffett (Democratic) 63.4% • Patsy J. Piscopo (Republican) 36.1% • Louis J. Marietta (Independent) 0.4% }} == Delaware ==

• Pierre S. du Pont IV (Republican) 58.5% • James R. Soles (Democratic) 39.6% • Donald G. Gies (American Independent) 0.8% • John Trager (Public Congress) 0.8% • George C. Brown (Prohibition) 0.2% • Melvin Dillard (Labor) 0.09% }} == Florida ==

• Bob Sikes (Democratic) • Unopposed }} • Don Fuqua (Democratic) • Unopposed }} • Charles Edward Bennett (Democratic) • Unopposed }} • Bill Chappell (Democratic) 68.2% • Warren Hauser (Republican) 31.8% }} • Richard Kelly (Republican) 52.8% • JoAnn Saunders (Democratic) 44.8% • Others (Write-in) 2.5% }} • Bill Young (Republican) 75.8% • Mickey Monrose (Democratic) 24.2% }} • Sam M. Gibbons (Democratic) • Unopposed }} • James A. Haley (Democratic) 56.7% • Joe Z. Lovingood (Republican) 43.3% }} • Louis Frey Jr. (Republican) 76.7% • William D. Rowland (Democratic) 23.3% }} • Skip Bafalis (Republican) 73.7% • Evelyn Tucker (Democratic) 26.3% }} • Paul Rogers (Democratic) • Unopposed }} • J. Herbert Burke (Republican) 51.0% • Charles Friedman (Democratic) 49.0% }} • William Lehman (Democratic) • Unopposed }} • Claude Pepper (Democratic) 69.1% • Michael A. Carricarte (Republican) 30.9% }} • Dante Fascell (Democratic) 70.5% • S. Peter Capua (Republican) 29.5% }} == Georgia ==

• Ronald "Bo" Ginn (Democratic) 86.1% • Bill Gowan (Republican) 13.9% }} • Dawson Mathis (Democratic) • Unopposed }} • Jack Thomas Brinkley (Democratic) 87.7% • Carl P. Savage Jr. (Republican) 12.3% }} • Elliott H. Levitas (Democratic) 55.1% • Benjamin B. Blackburn (Republican) 44.9% }} • Andrew Young (Democratic) 71.6% • Wyman C. Lowe (Republican) 28.4% }} • Jack Flynt (Democratic) 51.5% • Newt Gingrich (Republican) 48.5% }} • Larry McDonald (Democratic) 50.3% • Quincy Collins (Republican) 49.7% }} • W. S. Stuckey Jr. (Democratic) • Unopposed }} • Phillip M. Landrum (Democratic) 74.8% • Ronald D. Reeves (Republican) 25.2% }} • Robert Grier Stephens Jr. (Democratic) 68.4% • Gary Pleger (Republican) 31.6% }} == Hawaii ==

• Spark Matsunaga (Democratic) 59.3% • William B. Paul (Republican) 40.7% }} • Patsy Mink (Democratic) 62.6% • Carla W. Coray (Republican) 37.4% }} == Idaho ==

• Steve Symms (Republican) 58.3% • J. Ray Cox (Democratic) 41.7% }} • George V. Hansen (Republican) 55.7% • Max Hanson (Democratic) 44.3% }} == Illinois ==

• Ralph H. Metcalfe (Democratic) 93.7% • Oscar H. Haynes (Republican) 5.5% • Willie Mae Reid (Socialist Workers) 0.8% }} • Morgan F. Murphy (Democratic) 87.5% • James J. Ginderske (Republican) 12.5% }} • Marty Russo (Democratic) 52.6% • Robert P. Hanrahan (Republican) 47.4% }} • Ed Derwinski (Republican) 59.2% • Ronald A. Rodger (Democratic) 40.8% }} • John C. Kluczynski (Democratic) 86.0% • William H. G. Toms (Republican) 14.0% }} • Henry Hyde (Republican) 53.4% • Edward V. Hanrahan (Democratic) 46.6% }} • Cardiss Collins (Democratic) 87.9% • Donald L. Metzger (Republican) 12.1% }} • Dan Rostenkowski (Democratic) 86.5% • Salvatore E. Oddo (Republican) 13.5% }} • Sidney R. Yates (Democratic) • Unopposed }} • Abner J. Mikva (Democratic) 50.9% • Samuel H. Young (Republican) 49.1% }} • Frank Annunzio (Democratic) 72.4% • Mitchell G. Zadrozny (Republican) 27.6% }} • Phil Crane (Republican) 61.1% • Betty C. Spence (Democratic) 38.9% }} • Robert McClory (Republican) 54.5% • Stanley W. Beetham (Democratic) 45.5% }} • John N. Erlenborn (Republican) 66.6% • Robert H. Renshaw (Democratic) 33.4% }} • Tim Lee Hall (Democratic) 52.0% • Cliffard D. Carlson (Republican) 45.6% • K. Douglas Lassiter (Independent) 2.4% }} • John B. Anderson (Republican) 55.5% • Marshall Hungness (Democratic) 28.7% • W. John Schade Jr. (Independent) 15.8% }} • '''George M. O'Brien''' (Republican) 51.5% • John J. Houlihan (Democratic) 48.5% }} • Robert H. Michel (Republican) 54.8% • Steven L. Nordvall (Democratic) 45.2% }} • Tom Railsback (Republican) 65.3% • Jim Gende (Democratic) 34.7% }} • Paul Findley (Republican) 54.8% • Peter F. Mack (Democratic) 45.2% }} • Edward Rell Madigan (Republican) 65.8% • Richard N. Small (Democratic) 34.2% }} • George E. Shipley (Democratic) 59.8% • William A. Young (Republican) 40.2% }} • Melvin Price (Democratic) 80.5% • Scott Randolph (Republican) 19.5% }} • Paul Simon (Democratic) 59.5% • Val Oshel (Republican) 40.5% }} == Indiana ==

• Ray J. Madden (Democratic) 68.6% • Joseph D. Harkin (Republican) 31.4% }} • Floyd Fithian (Democratic) 61.1% • Earl F. Landgrebe (Republican) 38.9% }} • John Brademas (Democratic) 64.1% • Virginia R. Black (Republican) 35.9% }} • J. Edward Roush (Democratic) 51.9% • Walter P. Helmke (Republican) 46.5% • Donald L. Harris (American) 1.6% }} • Elwood Hillis (Republican) 56.6% • William T. Sebree (Democratic) 43.4% }} • David W. Evans (Democratic) 52.4% • William G. Bray (Republican) 47.6% }} • John T. Myers (Republican) 57.1% • Eldon Creasy Tipton (Democratic) 42.1% • Harold P. Schlechtweg (Socialist Workers) 0.8% }} • Philip H. Hayes (Democratic) 53.4% • Roger H. Zion (Republican) 46.6% }} • Lee H. Hamilton (Democratic) 71.1% • Delson Cox Jr. (Republican) 28.9% }} • Philip R. Sharp (Democratic) 54.4% • David W. Dennis (Republican) 45.6% }} • Andrew Jacobs Jr. (Democratic) 52.5% • William H. Hudnut III (Republican) 47.5% }} == Iowa ==

• Edward Mezvinsky (Democratic) 54.4% • Jim Leach (Republican) 45.6% }} • Mike Blouin (Democratic) 51.1% • Tom Riley (Republican) 48.1% • James W. Whitford (American) 0.8% }} • Chuck Grassley (Republican) 50.8% • Stephen J. Rapp (Democratic) 49.2% }} • Neal Smith (Democratic) 63.9% • Chuck Dick (Republican) 35.5% • Donna Le Porte (American) 0.6% }} • Tom Harkin (Democratic) 51.1% • William J. Scherle (Republican) 48.9% }} • Berkley Bedell (Democratic) 54.6% • Wiley Mayne (Republican) 45.4% }} == Kansas ==

• Keith Sebelius (Republican) 58.4% • Don Smith (Democratic) 33.0% • Thelma Morgan (American) 7.5% • Lorin P. Miller (Prohibition) 1.1% }} • Martha Keys (Democratic) 55.0% • John C. Peterson (Republican) 43.9% • David Scoggin (Prohibition) 1.1% }} • Larry Winn (Republican) 62.9% • Samuel J. Wells (Democratic) 35.0% • Ted E. Oakes (American) 2.1% }} • Garner E. Shriver (Republican) 48.8% • Bert Chaney (Democratic) 42.5% • John S. Stevens (American) 8.7% }} • Joe Skubitz (Republican) 55.2% • Frank Gaines (Democratic) 44.8% }} == Kentucky ==

• Carroll Hubbard (Democratic) 78.2% • Charles Thurman Banken Jr. (Republican) 18.7% • Robert W. Yoak (American) 3.1% }} • William Natcher (Democratic) 73.0% • Art Eddleman (Republican) 23.7% • Leland Neville (American) 3.3% }} • Romano L. Mazzoli (Democratic) 69.7% • Vincent N. Barclay (Republican) 26.6% • William P. Chambers (American) 3.1% • Luther J. Wilson (Independent) 0.7% }} • Gene Snyder (Republican) 51.7% • Kyle T. Hubbard (Democratic) 48.3% }} • Tim Lee Carter (Republican) 68.2% • Lyle L. Willis (Democratic) 29.3% • Albert G. J. Cullum (American) 2.5% }} • John B. Breckinridge (Democratic) 72.1% • Thomas F. Rogers III (Republican) 24.1% • Fred Kerestesy (American) 3.9% }} • Carl D. Perkins (Democratic) 75.6% • Granville Thomas (Republican) 24.4% }} == Louisiana ==

• F. Edward Hébert (Democratic) • Unopposed }} • Lindy Boggs (Democratic) 81.8% • Diane Morphos (Republican) 14.6% • Jules W. "Ted" Hillery (Independent) 3.5% }} • Dave Treen (Republican) 58.5% • Charles Grisbaum Jr. (Democratic) 41.5% }} • Joe Waggonner (Democratic) • Unopposed }} • Otto Passman (Democratic) • Unopposed }} • Henson Moore (Republican) 54.1% • Jeff La Caze (Democratic) 45.9% }} • John Breaux (Democratic) 89.3% • Jeremy J. Millett (Independent) 10.7% }} • Gillis William Long (Democratic) • Unopposed }} == Maine ==