U.S. House election, 2000

United States House of Representatives elections, 2000

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All 435 seats to the United States House of Representatives 218 seats were needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Dennis Hastert Dick Gephardt Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat Illinois-14th Missouri-3rd Last election 223 seats 211 seats Seats won 221 212 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 46,992,383 46,582,167 Percentage 47.6% 47.1% Swing 0.8% 0.2%
Results:   Democratic hold   Democratic pickup   Republican hold   Republican pickup   Independent hold   Independent pickup
Speaker before election Dennis Hastert Republican Elected Speaker Dennis Hastert Republican

Dennis Hastert
Republican

Dennis Hastert
Republican

The Elections for the United States House of Representatives on November 7, 2000 coincided with the election of George W. Bush as President. The Republican Party narrowly lost seats to the Democratic Party, reducing their majority slightly to just three seats.

This marked the third time in a row that Democrats gained on the majority Republicans. Like the 1990 election, both major parties lost votes to the Libertarian Party, the Green Party and other third parties in addition to independent candidates. The resulting balance of seats, 221 to 212, was the slimmest majority held by either party since 1952.

Future President Barack Obama unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic nomination to represent Illinois's 1st congressional district.

This was the last congressional election that chose members from districts drawn based on the 1990 census.

Key to party abbreviations: AI=American Independent, C=Constitution, D=Democratic, G=Green, I=Independent, IP=Independence Party, L=Libertarian, NL=Natural Law, R=Republican, Ref=Reform, T=U.S. Taxpayers Party, W/I=Write-in, VG=Vermont Grassroots, LU=Liberty Union.