2006 United States House of Representatives elections

Federal met with Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer (then House Minority Leader and Minority Whip, respectively) at the Oval Office in the White House. The President congratulated Pelosi and Hoyer on their newfound majority and vowed to work with them until his presidency was over. Regarding Pelosi's elevation to Speaker of the House, Bush commented, "This is a historic moment". Voter demographics Source: CNN exit poll Maps File:2006 House elections vote share.svg|Results shaded by winners' share of vote File:2006 US House of Representatives Election by States.svg|Popular vote by states File:110 us house changes.svg|Summary of party changes File:US House Winning Margins Runoff.png|Winning margins in all House races == Retiring incumbents ==

27 incumbents did not seek re-election. The four vacancies were , to be filled at the same time as the general election with the winner taking office in November immediately after the votes were certified; , with a separate special election on the same day; and and , which did not have special elections to fill the vacancies before January 2007. had been held by Democrat Bob Menendez, Texas's 22nd congressional district had been held by Republican Tom DeLay, Ohio's 18th congressional district had been held by Republican Robert Ney, and Florida's 16th congressional district had been held by Republican Mark Foley. Democrats won all four races. Democratic incumbents Nine Democrats retired, all of whom were replaced by Democrats. • : Jim Davis • : Ed Case • : Lane Evans • : Ben Cardin • : Martin Olav Sabo • : Major Owens • : Ted Strickland • : Sherrod Brown • : Harold Ford Jr. Republican incumbents Seventeen Republicans retired, twelve of whom were replaced by Republicans and five replaced by Democrats. • : Jim Kolbe • : Bill Thomas • : Joel Hefley • : Bob Beauprez • : Michael Bilirakis • : Katherine Harris • : Butch Otter • : Henry Hyde • : Jim Nussle • : Mark Kennedy • : Tom Osborne • : Jim Gibbons • : Sherwood Boehlert • : Mike Oxley • : Ernest Istook • : Bill Jenkins • : Mark Andrew Green Independent incumbent One independent who caucused with the Democrats retired, and was replaced by a Democrat. • Vermont's at-large: Bernie Sanders ==Defeated incumbents==

Defeated in primary elections Two incumbents were defeated in their party's respective primaries, which their respective parties held in the general election. • : Cynthia McKinney (D) • : Joe Schwarz (R) Defeated in general election 22 Republican incumbents were defeated by Democrats. • J. D. Hayworth • Richard Pombo • Rob Simmons • Nancy Johnson • E. Clay Shaw • Chris Chocola • John Hostettler • Mike Sodrel • Jim Leach • Jim Ryun • Anne Northup • Gil Gutknecht • Jeb Bradley • Charles Bass • Sue Kelly • John E. Sweeney • Charles H. Taylor • Melissa Hart • Curt Weldon • Mike Fitzpatrick • Don Sherwood • Henry Bonilla ==Open seats that changed parties==

Five Republicans who retired were replaced by Democrats. • : Jim Kolbe was replaced by Gabby Giffords. • : Bob Beauprez was replaced by Ed Perlmutter. • : Jim Nussle was replaced by Bruce Braley. • : Sherwood Boehlert was replaced by Mike Arcuri. • : Mark Andrew Green was replaced by Steve Kagan. One independent who caucused with the Democrats retired, and was replaced by a Democrat. • Vermont's at-large: Bernie Sanders was replaced by Peter Welch. == Closest races ==

Sixty races were decided by 10% or lower. == Election ratings ==

There were two special elections in 2006 to the 109th United States Congress, listed here by date and district. • Brian Bilbray (Republican) 49.6% • Francine Busby (Democratic) 45.0% • William Griffith (Write-in) 3.8% • Paul King (Libertarian) 1.6% }} • Albio Sires (Democratic) 96.68% • Dick Hester (Independent) 3.32% }} • Shelley Sekula-Gibbs (Republican) 62.5% • Bob Smither (Libertarian) 18.7% • Steve Stockman (Republican) 10.8% • Don Richardson (Republican) 6.0% • Giannibicego Hoa Tran (Republican) 2.1% }} == Alabama ==

Georgia's delegation was redistricted in 2005. == Hawaii ==

Texas's 22nd district was held by Tom DeLay who had resigned. The Democratic Party sued to prevent the Republican Party from replacing Tom DeLay (who was determined to be the candidate in March 2006) with another candidate. The courts agreed with the Democratic Party and the Supreme Court has refused to hear the appeal. On August 8, 2006, Tom DeLay officially withdrew his name as the Republican candidate. (The court decision did not allow the Republican Party from changing its candidate, however it did not prevent Tom DeLay from withdrawing altogether.) Texas's 23rd district was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States, which ordered the district re-drawn. This affected the 15th, 21st, 23rd, 25th, and 28th districts, which had a blanket primary on Election Day, followed by a runoff on December 6 in District 23, where no candidate got a majority of the vote. == Utah ==