Elections / 1988 · House

Democrats held the most US House seats in 1988.

Across 435 districts, Democrats won 260, Republicans 175. Results are party-level here — candidate names appear on each state's page. Every state below links to its districts.

1988 U.S. House elections

Democrats 260 +2218for control175 Republicans −2

435 voting seats, as elected in November 1988. The chamber is shown as voters returned it — seats vacated or members who changed party afterward are not reflected. DC’s delegate is non-voting and excluded.

Each of the 435 districts filled by the margin its winner carried · cyan outlines a district that flipped party · hover for the detail

Seats by state

Every row links to that state's district-by-district results.

State	Seats	Dem	Rep	Other	Delegation lean
Alaska	1	0	1	—	−100.0%
Alabama	7	5	2	—	+42.9%
Arkansas	4	3	1	—	+50.0%
Arizona	5	1	4	—	−60.0%
California	45	27	18	—	+20.0%
Colorado	6	3	3	—	+0.0%
Connecticut	6	3	3	—	+0.0%
Delaware	1	1	0	—	+100.0%
Florida	19	10	9	—	+5.3%
Georgia	10	9	1	—	+80.0%
Hawaii	2	1	1	—	+0.0%
Iowa	6	2	4	—	−33.3%
Idaho	2	1	1	—	+0.0%
Illinois	22	14	8	—	+27.3%
Indiana	10	6	4	—	+20.0%
Kansas	5	2	3	—	−20.0%
Kentucky	7	4	3	—	+14.3%
Louisiana	8	4	4	—	+0.0%
Massachusetts	11	10	1	—	+81.8%
Maryland	8	6	2	—	+50.0%
Maine	2	1	1	—	+0.0%
Michigan	18	11	7	—	+22.2%
Minnesota	8	5	3	—	+25.0%
Missouri	9	5	4	—	+11.1%
Mississippi	5	4	1	—	+60.0%
Montana	2	1	1	—	+0.0%
North Carolina	11	8	3	—	+45.5%
North Dakota	1	1	0	—	+100.0%
Nebraska	3	1	2	—	−33.3%
New Hampshire	2	0	2	—	−100.0%
New Jersey	14	8	6	—	+14.3%
New Mexico	3	1	2	—	−33.3%
Nevada	2	1	1	—	+0.0%
New York	34	21	13	—	+23.5%
Ohio	21	11	10	—	+4.8%
Oklahoma	6	4	2	—	+33.3%
Oregon	5	3	2	—	+20.0%
Pennsylvania	23	12	11	—	+4.3%
Rhode Island	2	0	2	—	−100.0%
South Carolina	6	4	2	—	+33.3%
South Dakota	1	1	0	—	+100.0%
Tennessee	9	6	3	—	+33.3%
Texas	27	19	8	—	+40.7%
Utah	3	1	2	—	−33.3%
Virginia	10	5	5	—	+0.0%
Vermont	1	0	1	—	−100.0%
Washington	8	5	3	—	+25.0%
Wisconsin	9	5	4	—	+11.1%
West Virginia	4	4	0	—	+100.0%
Wyoming	1	0	1	—	−100.0%

Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 1988 US House returns, party-classified by literal ballot party · party-level district results. Real returns — nothing estimated.

Democratic	43,552,173	53.3%
Republican	37,207,272	45.6%
Other	922,726	1.1%
Margin	6,344,901	D+7.8