2022 United States House of Representatives election ratings
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections will be held November 8, 2022, to elect representatives from all 435 congressional districts across each of the 50 U.S. states. Five of the six non-voting delegates from the District of Columbia and the inhabited U.S. territories will also be elected (Puerto Rico's delegate, the Resident Commissioner, serves four year terms and was last elected in 2020). Numerous federal, state, and local elections, including the 2022 U.S. Senate elections, will also be held on this date.
Election ratings
Latest published ratings for competitive seats
Several sites and individuals publish ratings of competitive seats. The seats listed below are considered competitive (not "safe" or "solid") by at least one of the rating groups. These ratings are based upon factors such as the strength of the incumbent (if the incumbent is running for re-election), the strength of the candidates, and the partisan history of the district (the Cook Partisan Voting Index (CPVI) is one example of this metric). Each rating describes the likelihood of a given outcome in the election.
Most election ratings use:
- Tossup: no advantage
- Tilt (sometimes used): slight advantage
- Lean: clear advantage
- Likely: strong, but not certain advantage
- Safe or Solid: outcome is nearly certain
- ("N/A" means that the source used has not provided information)
District | CPVI[1] | Incumbent | Last result[2] | Cook April 25, 2022[3] |
IE April 22, 2022[4] |
Sabato April 27, 2022[5] |
Politico April 28, 2022[6] |
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Alaska at-large | R+9 | Vacant | 54.4% R | Solid R | Solid R | Likely R | Lean R |
Arizona 1 | R+2 | David Schweikert (R) | 52.2% R | Lean R | Lean R | Lean R | Tossup |
Arizona 2 | R+6 | Tom O'Halleran (D) | 51.6% D | Likely R (flip) | Lean R (flip) | Lean R (flip) | Lean R (flip) |
Arizona 4 | D+2 | Greg Stanton (D) | 61.6% D | Likely D | Likely D | Lean D | Lean D |
Arizona 6 | R+3 | Ann Kirkpatrick (D) (retiring) |
55.1% D | Lean R (flip) | Tilt R (flip) | Lean R (flip) | Lean R (flip) |
Arizona 8 | R+10 | Debbie Lesko (R) | 59.6% R | Solid R | Solid R | Safe R | Likely R |
California 3 | R+4 | New seat | - | Likely R | Likely R | Likely R | Lean R |
California 9 | D+5 | Josh Harder (D) | 55.2% D | Likely D | Solid D | Likely D | Likely D |
California 13 | D+4 | New seat | - | Lean D | Likely D | Lean D | Lean D |
California 21 | D+9 | Jim Costa (D) | 59.4% D | Solid D | Solid D | Likely D | Solid D |
California 22 | D+6 | David Valadao (R) | 50.4% R | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup |
California 23 | R+8 | Jay Obernolte (R) | 56.1% R | Solid R | Solid R | Safe R | Likely R |
California 25 | D+7 | Raul Ruiz (D) | 60.3% D | Solid D | Solid D | Likely D | Likely D |
California 26 | D+8 | Julia Brownley (D) | 60.6% D | Solid D | Solid D | Likely D | Solid D |
California 27 | D+4 | Mike Garcia (R) | 50.0% R | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup |
California 40 | R+2 | Young Kim (R) | 50.6% R | Likely R | Likely R | Likely R | Lean R |
California 41 | R+4 | Ken Calvert (R) | 57.1% R | Likely R | Likely R | Likely R | Likely R |
California 45 | D+4 | Michelle Steel (R) | 51.1% R | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup |
California 47 | D+3 | Katie Porter (D) | 53.5% D | Lean D | Likely D | Lean D | Lean D |
California 49 | D+3 | Mike Levin (D) | 53.1% D | Likely D | Likely D | Lean D | Lean D |
Colorado 3 | R+8 | Lauren Boebert (R) | 51.4% R | Solid R | Likely R | Likely R | Likely R |
Colorado 5 | R+10 | Doug Lamborn (R) | 57.6% R | Solid R | Solid R | Safe R | Likely R |
Colorado 7 | D+3 | Ed Perlmutter (D) (retiring) |
59.1% D | Likely D | Likely D | Likely D | Likely D |
Colorado 8 | R+1 | New seat | - | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup |
Connecticut 2 | D+2 | Joe Courtney (D) | 59.4% D | Solid D | Solid D | Likely D | Likely D |
Connecticut 5 | D+2 | Jahana Hayes (D) | 55.1% D | Likely D | Likely D | Likely D | Lean D |
Florida 2 | R+7 | Al Lawson (D) and Neal Dunn (R) | 65.1% D and 97.9% R | Solid R | N/A | Solid R | Likely R |
Florida 4 | R+6 | New seat | - | Solid R (flip) | N/A | Likely R (flip) | Likely R (flip) |
Florida 7 | R+5 | Stephanie Murphy (D) (retiring) |
55.3% D | Likely R (flip) | N/A | Likely R (flip) | Lean R (flip) |
Florida 13 | R+5 | Charlie Crist (D) (retiring) |
53.0% D | Likely R (flip) | N/A | Likely R (flip) | Likely R (flip) |
Florida 15 | R+3 | New seat | - | Likely R | N/A | Likely R | Lean R |
Florida 16 | R+7 | Vern Buchanan (R) | 55.5% R | Solid R | N/A | Solid R | Likely R |
Florida 23 | D+5 | Ted Deutch (D) (retiring) |
58.6% D | Solid D | N/A | Solid D | Likely D |
Florida 27 | D+3 | María Elvira Salazar (R) | 51.4% R | Likely R | N/A | Likely R | Likely R |
Florida 28 | D+1 | Carlos A. Giménez (R) | 51.7% R | Solid R | N/A | Likely R | Likely R |
Georgia 2 | D+3 | Sanford Bishop (D) | 59.1% D | Likely D | Solid D | Lean D | Likely D |
Georgia 6 | R+12 | New seat | - | Solid R (flip) | Likely R (flip) | Safe R (flip) | Solid R (flip) |
Georgia 12 | R+8 | Rick W. Allen (R) | 58.4% R | Solid R | Solid R | Safe R | Likely R |
Illinois 6 | D+5 | Sean Casten (D) and Marie Newman (D) | - | Lean D | Likely D | Likely D | Lean D |
Illinois 8 | D+7 | Raja Krishnamoorthi (D) | 73.2% D | Solid D | Solid D | Safe D | Likely D |
Illinois 11 | D+5 | Bill Foster (D) | 63.3% D | Likely D | Solid D | Likely D | Likely D |
Illinois 13 | D+4 | New seat | - | Lean D (flip) | Lean D (flip) | Lean D (flip) | Lean D (flip) |
Illinois 14 | D+4 | Lauren Underwood (D) | 50.7% D | Lean D | Lean D | Lean D | Likely D |
Illinois 17 | D+3 | Cheri Bustos (D) (retiring) |
52.0% D | Tossup | Tilt D | Tossup | Tossup |
Indiana 1 | D+4 | Frank J. Mrvan (D) | 56.6% D | Lean D | Solid D | Lean D | Lean D |
Iowa 1 | R+3 | Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R) | 49.9% R | Likely R | Likely R | Likely R | Lean R |
Iowa 2 | R+4 | Ashley Hinson (R) | 51.2% R | Likely R | Likely R | Likely R | Lean R |
Iowa 3 | R+3 | Cindy Axne (D) | 48.9% D | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup |
Kentucky 6 | R+9 | Andy Barr (R) | 57.3% R | Solid R | Solid R | Safe R | Likely R |
Maine 2 | R+6 | Jared Golden (D) | 53.0% D | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup |
Maryland 1 | R+11 | Andy Harris (R) | 63.4% R | Solid R | Solid R | Safe R | Likely R |
Maryland 6 | D+1 | David Trone (D) | 58.8% D | Lean D | Likely D | Lean D | Lean D |
Massachusetts 9 | D+6 | Bill Keating (D) | 61.3% D | Solid D | Solid D | Safe D | Likely D |
Michigan 3 | D+1 | Peter Meijer (R) | 53.0% R | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup |
Michigan 4 | R+5 | Bill Huizenga (R) | - | Solid R | Solid R | Safe R | Likely R |
Michigan 7 | R+2 | Elissa Slotkin (D) | 50.9% D | Tossup | Tilt D | Tossup | Tossup |
Michigan 8 | R+1 | Dan Kildee (D) | 54.4% D | Tossup | Tilt D | Tossup | Tossup |
Michigan 10 | R+3 | New seat | – | Lean R (flip) | Tilt R (flip) | Lean R (flip) | Lean R (flip) |
Michigan 11 | D+7 | Andy Levin (D) and Haley Stevens (D) | - | Solid D | Solid D | Safe D | Likely D |
Minnesota 1 | R+8 | Vacant | 48.6% R | Likely R | Solid R | Safe R | Likely R |
Minnesota 2 | EVEN | Angie Craig (D) | 48.2% D | Tossup | Tilt D | Tossup | Tossup |
Minnesota 8 | R+8 | Pete Stauber (R) | 56.7% R | Solid R | Solid R | Safe R | Likely R |
Montana 1 | R+7 | New seat | - | Likely R | Likely R | Likely R | Likely R |
Nebraska 2 | R+1 | Don Bacon (R) | 50.8% R | Likely R | Lean R | Lean R | Lean R |
Nevada 1 | D+3 | Dina Titus (D) | 61.8% D | Lean D | Likely D | Lean D | Lean D |
Nevada 2 | R+8 | Mark Amodei (R) | 56.5% R | Solid R | Solid R | Safe R | Likely R |
Nevada 3 | D+2 | Susie Lee (D) | 48.8% D | Tossup | Lean D | Tossup | Tossup |
Nevada 4 | D+3 | Steven Horsford (D) | 50.7% D | Tossup | Likely D | Lean D | Lean D |
New Jersey 2 | R+5 | Jeff Van Drew (R) | 51.9% R | Solid R | Solid R | Safe R | Likely R |
New Jersey 3 | D+5 | Andy Kim (D) | 53.2% D | Likely D | Solid D | Likely D | Likely D |
New Jersey 5 | D+4 | Josh Gottheimer (D) | 53.2% D | Likely D | Solid D | Likely D | Likely D |
New Jersey 7 | R+2 | Tom Malinowski (D) | 50.6% D | Lean R (flip) | Tossup | Lean R (flip) | Lean R (flip) |
New Jersey 11 | D+5 | Mikie Sherrill (D) | 53.3% D | Solid D | Solid D | Likely D | Likely D |
New Mexico 1 | D+4 | Melanie Stansbury (D) | 60.4% D | Solid D | Solid D | Likely D | Likely D |
New Mexico 2 | D+2 | Yvette Herrell (R) | 53.7% R | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup |
New Mexico 3 | D+4 | Teresa Leger Fernandez (D) | 58.7% D | Likely D | Likely D | Likely D | Lean D |
North Carolina 1 | D+3 | G. K. Butterfield (D) (retiring) |
54.2% D | Lean D | Lean D | Lean D | Lean D |
North Carolina 6 | D+4 | Kathy Manning (D) | 62.3% D | Likely D | Likely D | Likely D | Lean D |
North Carolina 7 | R+8 | David Rouzer (R) | 60.2% R | Solid R | Solid R | Safe R | Likely R |
North Carolina 9 | R+6 | Richard Hudson (R) | 53.3% R | Solid R | Solid R | Safe R | Likely R |
North Carolina 11 | R+8 | Madison Cawthorn (R) | 54.5% R | Solid R | Solid R | Safe R | Likely R |
North Carolina 13 | R+2 | New seat | – | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup |
North Carolina 14 | D+5 | New seat | – | Solid D (flip) | Likely D (flip) | Likely D (flip) | Likely D (flip) |
Ohio 1 | D+2 | Steve Chabot (R) | 51.8% R | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup |
Ohio 7 | R+7 | Bob Gibbs (R) (retiring) and Anthony Gonzalez (R) (retiring) |
- | Solid R | Solid R | Safe R | Likely R |
Ohio 9 | R+3 | Marcy Kaptur (D) | 63.1% D | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup |
Ohio 10 | R+4 | Mike Turner (R) | 58.4% R | Solid R | Solid R | Safe R | Likely R |
Ohio 13 | EVEN | Tim Ryan (D) (retiring) |
52.5% D | Tossup | Tilt R (flip) | Tossup | Lean R (flip) |
Ohio 15 | R+6 | Mike Carey (R) | 58.3% R | Solid R | Solid R | Safe R | Likely R |
Oregon 4 | D+4 | Peter DeFazio (D) (retiring) |
51.5% D | Likely D | Likely D | Likely D | Likely D |
Oregon 5 | D+1 | Kurt Schrader (D) | 51.9% D | Lean D | Likely D | Likely D | Lean D |
Oregon 6 | D+4 | New seat | – | Likely D | Likely D | Likely D | Likely D |
Pennsylvania 1 | EVEN | Brian Fitzpatrick (R) | 56.6% R | Likely R | Likely R | Likely R | Lean R |
Pennsylvania 6 | D+5 | Chrissy Houlahan (D) | 56.1% D | Solid D | Solid D | Likely D | Likely D |
Pennsylvania 7 | R+2 | Susan Wild (D) | 51.9% D | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup |
Pennsylvania 8 | R+4 | Matt Cartwright (D) | 51.8% D | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup |
Pennsylvania 10 | R+5 | Scott Perry (R) | 53.3% R | Likely R | Solid R | Safe R | Lean R |
Pennsylvania 17 | EVEN | Conor Lamb (D) (retiring) |
51.1% D | Tossup | Tilt D | Tossup | Tossup |
Rhode Island 2 | D+4 | James Langevin (D) (retiring) |
58.2% D | Lean D | Solid D | Likely D | Lean D |
South Carolina 1 | R+9 | Nancy Mace (R) | 50.6% R | Solid R | Solid R | Safe R | Likely R |
Tennessee 5 | R+8 | Jim Cooper (D) (retiring) |
100.0% D | Solid R (flip) | Likely R (flip) | Safe R (flip) | Likely R (flip) |
Texas 15 | D+1 | New seat | – | Lean R (flip) | Tilt R (flip) | Lean R (flip) | Lean R (flip) |
Texas 23 | R+5 | Tony Gonzales (R) | 50.6% R | Solid R | Likely R | Safe R | Likely R |
Texas 28 | D+5 | Henry Cuellar (D) | 58.3% D | Tossup | Lean D | Tossup | Tossup |
Texas 34 | D+12 | Vicente Gonzalez (D) | 50.5% D | Likely D | Solid D | Likely D | Likely D |
Virginia 1 | R+7 | Rob Wittman (R) | 58.2% R | Solid R | Solid R | Safe R | Likely R |
Virginia 2 | R+3 | Elaine Luria (D) | 51.6% D | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup |
Virginia 5 | R+7 | Bob Good (R) | 52.4% R | Solid R | Solid R | Safe R | Likely R |
Virginia 7 | D+1 | Abigail Spanberger (D) | 50.8% D | Tossup | Tilt D | Lean D | Lean D |
Virginia 10 | D+5 | Jennifer Wexton (D) | 56.5% D | Solid D | Solid D | Safe D | Likely D |
Washington 3 | R+5 | Jaime Herrera Beutler (R) | 56.4% R | Solid R | Solid R | Likely R | Lean R |
Washington 4 | R+12 | Dan Newhouse (R) | 66.2% R | Solid R | Solid R | Safe R | Likely R |
Washington 5 | R+8 | Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R) | 61.3% R | Solid R | Solid R | Safe R | Likely R |
Washington 6 | D+6 | Derek Kilmer (D) | 59.3% D | Solid D | Solid D | Safe D | Likely D |
Washington 8 | D+1 | Kim Schrier (D) | 51.7% D | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup |
Wisconsin 1 | R+3 | Bryan Steil (R) | 59.3% R | Solid R | Solid R | Likely R | Likely R |
Wisconsin 3 | R+4 | Ron Kind (D) (retiring) |
51.3% D | Lean R (flip) | Lean R (flip) | Lean R (flip) | Lean R (flip) |
District | 2021 CPVI | Incumbent | Previous result | Cook | IE | Sabato | Politico |
Generic ballot polls
The following is a list of generic party ballot polls conducted in advance of the 2022 House of Representatives elections.
Polling aggregates | |||||
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Source of poll aggregation | Date updated | Dates polled | Democratic | Republican | Lead |
RealClearPolitics | April 28, 2022 | April 10 – 27, 2022 | 41.6% | 46.4% | +4.8% |
FiveThirtyEight | April 28, 2022 | June 16, 2021 - April 28, 2022 | 42.6% | 45.2% | +2.6% |
Average | 42.1% | 45.8% | +3.7% |
Party listings
The campaign committees for the two parties (the DCCC and NRCC) publish their own lists of targeted seats.
Democratic-held seats
The NRCC is now targeting 77 Democrat held seats.[7] They released their initial list February 10, 2021[8] and added 10 seats to the initial list on May 4, 2021[9] and a further 13 seats November 3, 2021 after the favorable election night results. They added eight additional seats on March 30, 2022.[10] The first two lists were published before redistricting, however the 3rd list begins to incorporate redistricting impacts such as Colorado's 7th congressional district. Seats in bold were included in the DCCC's frontline seats in March 2021, or were added in January 2022.[11][12]
Republican-held seats
On April 6, 2021, the DCCC released their list of target seats, including open and Republican-held seats.[13] This list was published before redistricting. Several seats were added in January 2022.[14][15]
References
- "Enacted Maps and 2022 Ratings". The Cook Political Report. October 1, 2021. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
- "House election results 2020". Cnn.com. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
- "2022 House Race Ratings". Cook Political Report. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
- "2022 House Ratings". House Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
- "2022 House Ratings". Sabato's Crystal Ball. October 14, 2021. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
- "2022 Election Forecast". Politico. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
- "NRCC Expands Offensive Map, Announces 13 New Targets". 3 November 2021.
- "NRCC Announces 47 Offensive Pick-Up Opportunities for 2022 Cycle". NRCC. February 10, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
- "NRCC Expands Offensive Map, Announces 10 New Targets Following Reapportionment". nrcc.org. NRCC. 4 May 2021. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
- "House GOP campaign arm adds new seats to target list". 30 March 2022.
- "Democrats to devote resources to 7 more House lawmakers facing tough re-elections". DCCC. March 1, 2021. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
- "DCCC expands list of vulnerable House Democrats". The Hill. January 27, 2022.
- "DCCC Announces 2021-2022 Districts In Play". dccc.org. DCCC. April 6, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
- "Democrats to devote resources to 7 more House lawmakers facing tough re-elections". nbcnews.com. NBC. January 27, 2022. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
- >"DCCC Announces Changes To 2022 House Battlefield". dccc.org. DCCC. January 27, 2022. Retrieved January 29, 2022.