1984 United States House of Representatives elections

411 incumbent members sought reelection, but 3 were defeated in primaries and 16 defeated in the general election for a total of 392 incumbents winning. == Retiring incumbents ==

Twenty-two representatives retired. Sixteen of those seats were held by the same party, six seats changed party. Democrats Nine Democrats retired. Four of those seats were held by Democrats and five were won by Republicans. Democratic held • : Paul Simon: to run for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded by Kenneth J. Gray. • : James Shannon: to run for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded by Chester G. Atkins. • : Geraldine Ferraro: to run for Vice President. Was succeeded by Thomas Manton. • : Al Gore: to run for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded by Bart Gordon. Republican gain • : Ray Kogovsek. Was succeeded by Michael L. Strang. • : Tom Harkin: to run for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded by Jim Ross Lightfoot. • : Norman D'Amours: to run for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded by Bob Smith. • : Richard Ottinger. Was succeeded by Joe DioGuardi. • : Kent Hance: to run for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded by Larry Combest. Republicans Thirteen Republicans retired. Twelve of those seats were held by Republicans and one was won by a Democrat. Republican held • : Jack Edwards. Was succeeded by Sonny Callahan. • : John N. Erlenborn. Was succeeded by Harris Fawell. • : Tom Corcoran: to run for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded by John E. Grotberg. • : Larry Winn. Was succeeded by Jan Meyers. • : Harold S. Sawyer. Was succeeded by Paul B. Henry. • : Barber Conable. Was succeeded by Fred J. Eckert. • : James G. Martin: to run for Governor of North Carolina. Was succeeded by Alex McMillan. • : Phil Gramm: to run for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded by Joe Barton. • : Ron Paul: to run for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded by Tom DeLay. • : David Daniel Marriott: to run for Governor of Utah. Was succeeded by David Smith Monson. • : J. Kenneth Robinson. Was succeeded by D. French Slaughter Jr. • : Joel Pritchard. Was succeeded by John Miller. Democratic gain • : Ed Bethune: to run for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded by Tommy F. Robinson. == Defeated incumbents ==

In primary election Democrats Three Democrats lost renomination. • : Katie Hall lost to challenger Pete Visclosky. • : Frank Harrison lost to challenger Paul Kanjorski. • : Abraham Kazen lost to challenger Albert Bustamante. In the general election Democrats Thirteen Democrats lost re-election. • : James F. McNulty Jr. lost to Jim Kolbe. • : Jerry M. Patterson lost to Bob Dornan. • : William R. Ratchford lost to John G. Rowland. • : Elliott H. Levitas lost to Pat Swindall. • : Clarence Long lost to Helen Delich Bentley. • : Donald J. Albosta lost to Bill Schuette. • : Joseph Minish lost to Dean Gallo. • : Ike Franklin Andrews lost to Bill Cobey. • : Charles Robin Britt lost to Howard Coble. • : James M. Clarke lost to Bill Hendon. • : Jack Hightower lost to Beau Boulter. • : Bill Patman lost to Mac Sweeney. • : Tom Vandergriff lost to Dick Armey. Republicans Three Republicans lost re-election. • : George V. Hansen lost to Richard H. Stallings. • : Dan Crane lost to Terry L. Bruce. • : Lyle Williams lost to Jim Traficant. == Special elections ==

There were three special elections to the 98th Congress in 1984, two of which were held on the same day as the general election for the next term. Elections are sorted here by date then district. == Alabama ==

Livingston, Boggs, Moore, Breaux and Long were re-elected when they received more than 50% of the vote in the Sept. 29 jungle primaries. Tauzin, Breaux and Huckaby were automatically re-elected without having to appear on a ballot. == Maine ==

• Les Aspin (Democratic) 56.2% • Peter Jansson (Republican) 43.8% }} • Robert Kastenmeier (Democratic) 63.7% • Albert Lee Wiley Jr. (Republican) 36.3% }} • Steve Gunderson (Republican) 68.4% • Charles F. Dahl (Democratic) 31.6% }} • Jerry Kleczka (Democratic) 66.6% • Robert V. Nolan (Republican) 32.8% • K. Rick Kissell (Labor) 0.6% }} • Jim Moody (Democratic) 98.1% • William C. Breihan (Socialist Workers) 1.9% }} • Tom Petri (Republican) 75.8% • David L. Iaquinta (Democratic) 24.2% }} • Dave Obey (Democratic) 61.2% • Mark G. Michaelsen (Republican) 38.8% }} • Toby Roth (Republican) 67.9% • Paul Willems (Democratic) 30.8% • Gary L. Barnes (Libertarian) 0.8% • Cornelius D. Van Handel (Labor) 0.4% }} • Jim Sensenbrenner (Republican) 73.4% • John Krause (Democratic) 26.1% • Stephen K. Hauser (Constitution) 0.5% }} == Wyoming ==

• Fofō Iosefa Fiti Sunia (Democratic) 65.2% • Soli Lumoelogo (Independent) 34.8% }} • Walter Fauntroy (Democratic) 95.6% }} • Ben Blaz (Republican) 50.3% • Antonio Borja Won Pat (Democratic) 49.2% }} • Jaime Fuster (PPD/Democratic) 48.5% • Nelson Famadas (PNP/Democratic) 45.4% • Francisco Catalá (PIP) 3.8% • Angel Viera Martinez (PRP) 2.3% }} • Ron de Lugo (Democratic) 73.6% • Janet Watlington (Independent) 25.6% }} == See also ==

• • Federal Elections 84: Election Results for U.S. President, the U.S. Senate, and the U.S. House of Representatives. Washington, D.C.: Federal Election Commission. 1985. pp. 27–118. Archived from the original on November 5, 2021.