United States House of Representatives elections, 1988

United States House of Representatives elections, 1988

1986 ← November 8, 1988 → 1990

All 435 seats to the United States House of Representatives 218 seats were needed for a majority   Majority party Minority party   Leader Jim Wright Bob Michel Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat Texas-12th Illinois-18th Last election 258 seats 177 seats Seats won 260 175 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 43,544,565 37,209,219 Percentage 53.3% 45.6% Swing 1.0% 1.2%

Results:   Democratic hold   Democratic pickup   Republican hold   Republican pickup

Speaker before election Jim Wright Democratic Elected Speaker Jim Wright Democratic

Jim Wright
Democratic

Jim Wright
Democratic

The 1988 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1988 which coincided with the election of George H. W. Bush as President. Although Bush won with a strong majority, his Republican Party lost a net of two seats to the Democratic Party, slightly increasing the Democratic majority in the House.

Key to party abbreviations: AI=American Independent, C=Constitution, D=Democrat, G=Green, I=Independent, IP=Independence Party, L=Libertarian, PF=Peace and Freedom, R=Republican.

Key to color code: Blue=Democratic pickup; Red=Republican pickup.

Source: "1988 General Election, November 8, 1988". Secretary of State of Georgia. 

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