The Green Papers: 2009 General Election
 
Copyright www.flags.net/UNST.htm 111th Congress
(2009-2010)
House Seats by State

This is a list of the current House seats and the incumbents occupying them. All 435 of these seats are up for election on 2 November 2010.

There have been 0 deaths, 5 resignations, and 1 change of party affiliation in the 111th House.

  • Congressman Rahm Emanuel (Democratic, Illinois CD 5) resigned 2 January 2009 (vacancy effective 3 January) to become President-elect Barack Obama's Chief of Staff.
  • Congressman Kirsten Gillibrand (Democratic, New York CD 20) resigned 26 January 2009. Governor David Paterson (Democratic, New York) appointed Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand to fill the vacancy in the State's Class 1 seat caused by the resignation of now-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
  • Congressman Hilda L. Solis (Democratic, California CD 32) resigned 24 February to become Secretary of Labor. The vacancy became effective 25 February 2009.
  • Congressman H. Scott Murphy (Democratic, New York CD 20) was elected to Congress on 31 March 2009 in Special Election. He fills the vacancy caused by the appointment of Congressman Kirsten Gillibrand to the United States Senate. Congressman Murphy took the oath of office on 29 April 2009.
  • Congressman Mike Quigley (Democratic, Illinois CD 5) was elected in a special election on 7 April 2009. He fills the seat formerly held by Congressman Rahm Emanuel who resigned to become President Obama's Chief of Staff.
  • Congressman Ellen O. Tauscher (Democratic California CD 10) resigned on 26 June 2009 to become Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security.
  • Congressman Judy Chu (Democratic California CD 32) was elected in a special election on 14 July 2009. She will fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Congressman Hilda L. Solis to became Secretary of Labor.
  • Congressman John McHugh (Republican New York CD 23) resigned 21 September 2009 to become Secretary of the Army.
  • Congressman John Raymond Garamendi (Democratic California CD 10) was elected in a special election 3 November 2009. He will fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Congressman Ellen O. Tauscher.
  • Congressman William L. "Bill" Owens (Democratic New York CD 23) was elected in a special election 3 November 2009. He will fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Congressman John McHugh.
  • Congressman R. Parker "Parker" Griffith (Democratic, Alabama CD 5) changed his affiliation to the Republican Party on 22 December 2009.

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Alabama  2-year term. Election Cycle 2008, 2010. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 5 Republican, 2 Democratic

CD 7
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Democratic Congressman Artur Genestre Davis
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Open Seat - 6 February 2009: Running for Governor in 2010

Florida  2-year term. Election Cycle 2008, 2010. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 15 Republican, 10 Democratic

CD 17
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Democratic Congressman Kendrick B. Meek
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Open Seat - 13 January 2009: Candidate for the Senate Class 3 seat in 2010

CD 19
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Democratic Congressman Robert Wexler
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Open Seat - 14 October 2009: "Today, I am announcing that I will be accepting the position of president of the Center for Middle East Peace and will leave Congress effective in January of 2010."
26 October 2009: "...effective on January 3, 2010 at 11:59 pm I will resign as a Member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida's 19th Congressional District..."
4 November 2009: Governor Charlie Crist called a 2 February 2010 primary and 6 April 2010 general election to fill this seat.
25 November 2009: Governor Charlie Crist moved the date of a special election to 13 April 2010 so it doesn't fall during Passover.

Hawaii  2-year term. Election Cycle 2008, 2010. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic

CD 1
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Democratic Congressman Neil Abercrombie
Returned to House: 1990
[previously elected to U.S. House in Special Election, 20 September 1986 re: resignation of Congressman Cecil Heftel, 11 July 1986]
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Open Seat - 9 March 2009: Announced he would be a candidate for Governor in 2010.
11 December 2009: Congressman Abercrombie announced he would resign from the U.S. House before the end of his term. Due to budget constraints, the election to fill the remainder of the term may be held concurrently with the regular September 2010 primary. Hawaii law does not set a timetable for calling a special election after a vacancy. In the special election, all candidates run on a single ballot, there is no party primary. The candidate receiving the most votes is elected.

Kansas  2-year term. Election Cycle 2008, 2010. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 3 Republican, 1 Democratic

CD 3
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Democratic Congressman Dennis Moore
First elected: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Open Seat - 23 November 2009: Announced retirement at the end of his term.

Louisiana  2-year term. Election Cycle 2008, 2010. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 6 Republican, 1 Democratic

CD 3
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Democratic Congressman Charles J. "Charlie" Melancon, Jr.
First elected: 2004
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Open Seat - 19 June 2009: Media reports state that Congressman Melancon plans to run for the Class 3 Senate Seat in 2010.

New Hampshire  2-year term. Election Cycle 2008, 2010. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic

CD 2
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Democratic Congressman Paul W. Hodes
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Open Seat - Running for the Senate Class 3 seat in 2010

Pennsylvania  2-year term. Election Cycle 2008, 2010. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 12 Democratic, 7 Republican

CD 7
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Democratic Congressman Joseph A. "Joe" Sestak, Jr.
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Open Seat - Candidate for the Senate Class 3 seat in 2010.

Tennessee  2-year term. Election Cycle 2008, 2010. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 4 Republican, 5 Democratic

CD 6
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Democratic Congressman Barton Jennings "Bart" Gordon
First elected: 1984
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Open Seat - 14 December 2009: Congressman Gordon announced his plans to retire from Congress when his current term ends in 2010.

CD 8
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Democratic Congressman John S. Tanner
First elected: 1988
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Open Seat - 2 December 2009: Announced retirement

Washington  2-year term. Election Cycle 2008, 2010. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 6 Democratic, 3 Republican

CD 3
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Democratic Congressman Brian N. Baird
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Open Seat - 9 December 2009: Announced his retirement at the end of his term-- will not run for re-election.

Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
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Major Third Parties
  Green
  Libertarian
Other Third Parties
  American Independent
  Conservative
  Independence
  Peace And Freedom
  Working Families
Independents
  Independent
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Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  Scattering
  Write-in
 

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.


 


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