Elections / 2000 · House

Republicans held the most US House seats in 2000.

Across 435 districts, Democrats won 213, Republicans 220, others 2. Results are party-level here — candidate names appear on each state's page. Every state below links to its districts.

2000 U.S. House elections

Democrats 212 +1218for control221 Republicans −2

435 voting seats, as elected in November 2000. 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	2	5	—	−42.9%
Arkansas	4	3	1	—	+50.0%
Arizona	6	1	5	—	−66.7%
California	52	32	20	—	+23.1%
Colorado	6	2	4	—	−33.3%
Connecticut	6	4	2	—	+33.3%
Delaware	1	0	1	—	−100.0%
Florida	23	8	15	—	−30.4%
Georgia	11	3	8	—	−45.5%
Hawaii	2	2	0	—	+100.0%
Iowa	5	1	4	—	−60.0%
Idaho	2	0	2	—	−100.0%
Illinois	20	10	10	—	+0.0%
Indiana	10	4	6	—	−20.0%
Kansas	4	1	3	—	−50.0%
Kentucky	6	1	5	—	−66.7%
Louisiana	7	2	5	—	−42.9%
Massachusetts	10	10	0	—	+100.0%
Maryland	8	4	4	—	+0.0%
Maine	2	2	0	—	+100.0%
Michigan	16	9	7	—	+12.5%
Minnesota	8	5	3	—	+25.0%
Missouri	9	4	5	—	−11.1%
Mississippi	5	3	2	—	+20.0%
Montana	1	0	1	—	−100.0%
North Carolina	12	5	7	—	−16.7%
North Dakota	1	1	0	—	+100.0%
Nebraska	3	0	3	—	−100.0%
New Hampshire	2	0	2	—	−100.0%
New Jersey	13	7	6	—	+7.7%
New Mexico	3	1	2	—	−33.3%
Nevada	2	1	1	—	+0.0%
New York	31	19	12	—	+22.6%
Ohio	19	8	11	—	−15.8%
Oklahoma	6	1	5	—	−66.7%
Oregon	5	4	1	—	+60.0%
Pennsylvania	21	10	11	—	−4.8%
Rhode Island	2	2	0	—	+100.0%
South Carolina	6	2	4	—	−33.3%
South Dakota	1	0	1	—	−100.0%
Tennessee	9	4	5	—	−11.1%
Texas	30	17	13	—	+13.3%
Utah	3	1	2	—	−33.3%
Virginia	11	4	6	1	−18.2%
Vermont	1	0	0	1	+0.0%
Washington	9	6	3	—	+33.3%
Wisconsin	9	5	4	—	+11.1%
West Virginia	3	2	1	—	+33.3%
Wyoming	1	0	1	—	−100.0%

Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 2000 US House returns, party-classified by literal ballot party · party-level district results. Real returns — nothing estimated.

Democratic	46,549,503	47.9%
Republican	46,980,364	48.3%
Other	3,747,253	3.9%
Margin	430,861	R+0.4