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United States House of Representatives elections, 1990

United States House of Representatives elections, 1990
United States
← 1988 November 6, 1990 1992 →

All 435 seats to the United States House of Representatives
218 seats were needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
  Tom Foley Official Portrait.jpg Robert H. Michel--95th Congress.png
Leader Tom Foley Bob Michel
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seat Washington-5th Illinois-18th
Last election 260 seats 175 seats
Seats won 267 167
Seat change Increase 7 Decrease 8
Popular vote 32,463,372 27,596,256
Percentage 52.1% 44.3%
Swing Decrease 1.2% Decrease 1.3%

1990 House Elections in the United States.png
Results:
  Democratic hold
  Democratic pickup
  Republican hold
  Republican pickup
  Independent pickup

Speaker before election

Tom Foley
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Tom Foley
Democratic


Tom Foley
Democratic

Tom Foley
Democratic

The 1990 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1990 which occurred in the middle of President George H. W. Bush's term. As in most midterm elections, the President's Republican Party lost seats to the Democratic Party, slightly increasing the Democratic majority in the chamber. It was a rare instance, however, in which both major parties lost votes to third parties such as the Libertarian Party as well as independent candidates. Notable freshmen included independent Bernie Sanders of Vermont's at-large congressional district, becoming the first self-described socialist to hold a House seat since Vito Marcantonio.

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

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


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