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Elections to the U.S. House were held on November 3, 2020. All 435 seats were up for election. Special elections were also held to fill vacancies that occurred in the 116th Congress. This page provides an overview of U.S. House Republican Party primaries and a list of districts targeted by the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC).

At the time of the election, Democrats had a 232-197 advantage over Republicans. There was one Libertarian member, and there were five vacancies.

This page focuses on U.S. House Republican primaries. For more in-depth information about U.S. House Democratic primaries and general elections, see the following pages:

* United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2020
* United States House of Representatives elections, 2020

## Contents

* 1 Partisan breakdown
* 2 Republican primaries
* 3 By date
* 4 By state
* 4.1 Targeted districts
* 4.1.1 National Republican Congressional Committee
* 4.2 See also
* 4.3 External links
* 4.4 Footnotes

## Partisan breakdown[edit]

Following the 2018 general elections, the Republican Party lost its majority in the U.S. House.

U.S. House Partisan Breakdown

Party  | As of November 3, 2020  | After the 2020 Election
| Democratic Party | 232 | 222
| Republican Party | 197  | 213
| Libertarian Party | 1  | 0
| Vacancies  | 5  | 0
Total |  435  | 435

## Republican primaries[edit]

California, Louisiana, and Washington are included in the list below even though they do not hold partisan primaries. California and Washington use a top-two primary where all candidates regardless of partisan affiliation are listed on the same primary ballot. Louisiana uses a majority-vote system in which all candidates regardless of partisan affiliation are listed on the same first-round ballot.

# By date[edit]

2020 Republican primaries by date

Date | State
March 3 |

* Alabama
* Arkansas
* California
* North Carolina
* Texas

March 10 |

* Mississippi

March 17 |

* Illinois

April 28 |

* Ohio

May 12 |

* Nebraska

May 19 |

* Oregon

June 2 |

* Idaho
* Indiana
* Iowa
* Maryland
* Montana
* New Mexico
* Pennsylvania
* South Dakota

June 9 |

* Georgia
* Nevada
* North Dakota
* South Carolina
* West Virginia

June 23 |

* Kentucky
* New York
* Virginia

June 30 |

* Colorado
* Oklahoma
* Utah

July 7 |

* New Jersey

July 14 |

* Maine

August 4 |

* Arizona
* Kansas
* Michigan
* Missouri
* Washington

August 6 |

* Tennessee

August 8 |

* Hawaii

August 11 |

* Connecticut
* Minnesota
* Vermont
* Wisconsin

August 18 |

* Alaska
* Florida
* Wyoming

September 1 |

* Massachusetts

September 8 |

* New Hampshire
* Rhode Island

September 15 |

* Delaware

November 3 |

* Louisiana

# By state[edit]

2020 Republican primaries by state

State | Date
Alabama | March 3
Alaska | August 18
Arizona | August 4
Arkansas | March 3
California | March 3
Colorado | June 30
Connecticut | August 11
Delaware | September 15
Florida | August 18
Georgia | June 9
Hawaii | August 8
Idaho | June 2
Illinois | March 17
Indiana | June 2
Iowa | June 2
Kansas | August 4
Kentucky | June 23
Louisiana | November 3
Maine | July 14
Maryland | June 2
Massachusetts | September 1
Michigan | August 4
Minnesota | August 11
Mississippi | March 10
Missouri | August 4
Montana | June 2
Nebraska | May 12
Nevada | June 9
New Hampshire | September 8
New Jersey | July 7
New Mexico | June 2
New York | June 23
North Carolina | March 3
North Dakota | June 9
Ohio | April 28
Oklahoma | June 30
Oregon | May 19
Pennsylvania | June 2
Rhode Island | September 8
South Carolina | June 9
South Dakota | June 2
Tennessee | August 6
Texas | March 3
Utah | June 30
Vermont | August 11
Virginia | June 23
Washington | August 4
West Virginia | June 9
Wisconsin | August 11
Wyoming | August 18

## Targeted districts[edit]

### National Republican Congressional Committee[edit]

The following table lists 55 Democratic-held seats the NRCC announced, on February 7, 2019, it would target in 2020.[1] Also included are the margins of victory for each district in the 2018, 2016, and 2014 elections. Elections which took place in Pennsylvania before the 2018 redistricting are not included.

National Republican Congressional Committee Initial Target Districts 2020

District | 2018 winner | 2020 winner | 2018 Margin | 2016 Margin | 2014 Margin
Arizona's 1st | Tom O'Halleran |  Tom O'Halleran | D+7.7 | D+7.3 | D+5.2
Arizona's 2nd | Ann Kirkpatrick |  Ann Kirkpatrick | D+9.5 | R+13.9 | R+0.1
California's 10th | Josh Harder |  Josh Harder | D+4.5 | R+3.4 | R+12.3
California's 21th | TJ Cox |  David G. Valadao | D+0.8 | R+13.5 | R+15.7
California's 25th | Katie Hill |  Mike Garcia | D+8.7 | R+6.3 | R+6.7
California's 39th | Gil Cisneros |  Young Kim | D+3.1 | R+14.5 | R+37.1
California's 45th | Katie Porter |  Katie Porter  | D+4.1 | R+17.1 | R+30.2
California's 48th | Harley Rouda |  Michelle Steel | D+7.1 | R+16.6 | R+28.2
California's 49th | Mike Levin |  Mike Levin | D+12.9 | R+0.5 | R+20.3
Colorado's 6th | Jason Crow |  Jason Crow | D+11.2 | R+8.3 | R+8.9
Florida's 7th | Stephanie Murphy |  Stephanie Murphy | D+15.4 | D+3.0 | R+31.5
Florida's 13th | Charlie Crist |  Charlie Crist | D+15.3 | D+3.8 | R+50.5
Florida's 26th | Debbie Mucarsel-Powell |  Carlos Gimenez | D+1.8 | R+11.8 | R+2.9
Florida's 27th | Donna Shalala |  Maria Elvira Salazar | D+6.0 | R+9.8 | R+100.0
Georgia's 6th | Lucy McBath |  Lucy McBath | D+1.0 | R+23.4 | R+32.1
Iowa's 1st | Abby Finkenauer |  Ashley Hinson | D+5.1 | R+7.7 | R+2.3
Iowa's 2nd | Dave Loebsack |  Mariannette Miller-Meeks | D+12.2 | D+7.5 | D+5.1
Iowa's 3rd | Cindy Axne |  Cindy Axne | D+2.2 | R+13.7 | R+10.5
Illinois' 6th | Sean Casten |  Sean Casten | D+7.2 | R+18.4 | R+34.3
Illinois' 14th | Lauren Underwood |  Lauren Underwood | D+5.0 | R+18.6 | R+30.8
Illinois' 17th | Cheri Bustos |  Cheri Bustos | D+24.2 | D+20.6 | D+10.9
Kansas' 3rd | Sharice Davids |  Sharice Davids | D+9.7 | R+10.7 | R+20.0
Maine's 2nd | Jared Golden |  Jared Golden | D+1.3 | R+9.6 | R+5.0
Michigan's 8th | Elissa Slotkin |  Elissa Slotkin | D+3.8 | R+16.9 | R+12.5
Michigan's 11th | Haley Stevens |  Haley Stevens | D+6.7 | R+12.8 | R+15.5
Minnesota's 2nd | Angie Craig |  Angie Craig | D+5.5 | R+1.8 | R+17.2
Minnesota's 3rd | Dean Phillips |  Dean Phillips | D+11.4 | R+13.7 | R+24.4
Minnesota's 7th | Collin Peterson |  Michelle Fischbach | D+4.3 | D+5.0 | D+8.5
New Hampshire's 1st | Chris Pappas |  Chris Pappas | D+8.6 | D+1.3 | R+3.6
New Jersey's 2nd | Jeff Van Drew |  Jeff Van Drew | D+7.7 | R+22.0 | R+24.2
New Jersey's 3rd | Andy Kim |  Andy Kim | D+1.3 | R+20.4 | R+9.6
New Jersey's 5th | Josh Gottheimer |  Josh Gottheimer | D+13.7 | D+4.4 | R+12.1
New Jersey's 7th | Tom Malinowski |  Tom Malinowski | D+5.0 | R+11.0 | R+20.5
New Jersey's 11th | Mikie Sherrill |  Mikie Sherrill | D+14.6 | R+19.1 | R+25.1
Nevada's 3rd | Susie Lee |  Susie Lee | D+9.1 | D+1.3 | R+24.6
Nevada's 4th | Steven Horsford |  Steven Horsford | D+8.2 | D+4.0 | R+2.8
New York's 11th | Max Rose |  Nicole Malliotakis | D+6.5 | R+24.9 | R+12.3
New York's 18th | Sean Patrick Maloney |  Sean Patrick Maloney | D+10.9 | D+11.2 | D+1.8
New York's 19th | Antonio Delgado |  Antonio Delgado | D+5.2 | R+8.6 | R+28.1
New York's 22nd | Anthony Brindisi | Pending | D+1.8 | R+5.5 | R+48.1
New Mexico's 2nd | Xochitl Torres Small |  Yvette Herrell | D+1.9 | R+25.5 | R+28.9
Oklahoma's 5th | Kendra Horn |  Stephanie Bice | D+1.4 | R+20.3 | R+23.8
Oregon's 4th | Peter DeFazio |  Peter DeFazio | D+15.1 | D+15.8 | D+21.0
Pennsylvania's 7th | Susan Wild |  Susan Wild | D+10.0 | N/A | N/A
Pennsylvania's 8th | Matt Cartwright |  Matt Cartwright | D+9.3 | N/A | N/A
Pennsylvania's 17th | Conor Lamb |  Conor Lamb | D+12.5 | N/A | N/A
South Carolina's 1st | Joe Cunningham |  Nancy Mace | D+1.4 | R+21.7 | R+86.8
Texas' 7th | Lizzie Pannill Fletcher |  Lizzie Pannill Fletcher | D+5.1 | R+12.3 | R+28.7
Texas' 32nd | Colin Allred |  Colin Allred | D+6.5 | R+52.1 | R+26.4
Utah's 4th | Ben McAdams |  Burgess Owens | D+0.3 | R+12.5 | R+3.3
Virginia's 2nd | Elaine Luria |  Elaine Luria | D+2.2 | R+22.9 | R+17.6
Virginia's 7th | Abigail Spanberger |  Abigail Spanberger | D+1.9 | R+15.3 | R+23.9
Virginia's 10th | Jennifer Wexton |  Jennifer Wexton | D+12.4 | R+5.8 | R+16.1
Washington's 8th | Kim Schrier |  Kim Schrier | D+4.8 | R+20.4 | R+26.5
Wisconsin's 3rd | Ron Kind |  Ron Kind | D+19.3 | D+99.9 | D+13.0

## See also[edit]

* United States Congress elections, 2020
* United States Senate elections, 2020
* United States House of Representatives elections, 2020
* Special elections to the 116th United States Congress (2019-2020)
* United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2020
* United States Senate Democratic Party primaries, 2020
* United States Senate Republican Party primaries, 2020
* United States House Republican Party primaries, 2018
* United States Congress
* United States House of Representatives
* United States Senate
* 116th United States Congress

## External links[edit]

* Search Google News for this topic
* United States House of Representatives

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Roll Call, "Republicans name 55 House Democrats as 2020 targets," February 9, 2019

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