House Races in which the 2006 Winner is Not Running
An exceptionally large number of represenatives elected in 2006 are not running in 2008. Open seats like these tend to be competitive unless the PVI (Charlie Cook's Partisan Voting Index) is very skewed one way or another, say D+10 or higher or R+10 or higher. The list below is sorted by PVI. All the district names are hyperlinked, either to a story about the race (if competitive) or a map of the district (if not). The colors represent the party that won in 2006.
Also check out the page discussing the Hot House races.
| District | 2006 winner | Party | PVI | Reason for Vacancy |
| MD-04 | Albert Wynn | Dem | D+30 | Wynn lost the Democratic primary to Donna Edwards |
| CA-37 | Juanita McDonald | Dem | D+27 | McDonald died; replaced by Laura Richardson (D) |
| CA-12 | Tom Lantos | Dem | D+22 | Tom Lantos (D) died; Jackie Speier (D) won a special election in April 2008 |
| NY-21 | Michael McNulty | Dem | D+9 | Apparently had enough after 10 terms; age: 60 |
| IN-07 | Julia Carson | Dem | D+9 | Carson died; her grandson, Andre Carson (D) won a special election for her seat |
| MA-05 | Marty Meehan | Dem | D+9 | Rep. Meehan resigned; Niki Tsongas (D) won a special election |
| CO-02 | Mark Udall | Dem | D+8 | Running for Wayne Allard's Senate seat |
| ME-01 | Tom Allen | Dem | D+6 | Running against Susan Collins for the Senate |
| NM-03 | Tom Udall | Dem | D+6 | Running for Pete Domenici's Senate seat |
| NY-25 | James Walsh | GOP | D+3 | Apparently didn't stomach another hard-fought race like 2006 |
| NJ-03 | James Saxton | GOP | D+3 | Apparently had enough after 12 terms; age: 64 |
| NM-01 | Heather Wilson | GOP | D+2 | Running for Pete Domenici's Senate seat |
| OR-05 | Darlene Hooley | Dem | D+1 | After 32 years in public service, she's had enough |
| NY-13 | Vito Fossella | GOP | D+1 | Mr. Family Values has two families, one in NY, one in VA |
| IL-11 | Jerry Weller | GOP | R+1 | Probably due to growing scandals |
| VA-11 | Tom Davis | GOP | R+1 | Wants to make money in private sector plus tough fight expected |
| MN-03 | Jim Ramstad | GOP | R+1 | Not known; he could easily be reelected |
| NJ-07 | Mike Ferguson | GOP | R+1 | Not known |
| OH-11 | Stepanie Tubbs-Jones | Dem | D+33 | Tubbs-Jones died |
| OH-15 | Deborah Pryce | GOP | R+1 | No. 4 is GOP leadership; minority is no fun (?) |
| AZ-01 | Rick Renzi | GOP | R+2 | Would be defeated due to corruption scandals |
| FL-15 | Dave Weldon | GOP | R+4 | Unknown; he is a mere stripling at 54 |
| OH-16 | Ralph Regula | GOP | R+4 | At 82 and in the minority, he's had it |
| IL-14 | Dennis Hastert | GOP | R+5 | Former Speaker Hastert (R) resigned; replaced by scientist Bill Foster (D) |
| IL-18 | Ray LaHood | GOP | R+5 | Unknown; he is only 61 |
| NY-26 | Tom Reynolds | GOP | R+5 | Would have faced a very difficult race |
| VA-01 | Jo Ann Davis | GOP | R+5 | Davis died; replaced by Robert Wittman in a special election (R) |
| NM-02 | Steve Pearce | GOP | R+6 | Running for Pete Domenici's Senate seat |
| OH-07 | David Hobson | GOP | R+6 | Unclear; maybe his age (71) |
| AL-05 | Bud Cramer | Dem | R+6 | After 9 terms, he just had enough |
| MO-09 | Kenny Hulshof | GOP | R+7 | Running for governor |
| LA-06 | Richard Baker | GOP | R+7 | Baker took a $1 million job as a lobbyist; Don Cazayou (D) won a special election |
| LA-04 | Jim McCrery | GOP | R+7 | Ranking member of Ways and Means, sees he will never chair it |
| CA-52 | Duncan Hunter | GOP | R+9 | Running for President |
| CO-06 | Tom Tancredo | GOP | R+10 | Made an abortive run for President |
| MS-01 | Roger Wicker | GOP | R+10 | Wicker was appointed to Lott's Senate seat; Travis Childers (D) won special election |
| OH-05 | Paul Gillmor | GOP | R+10 | Paul Gillmor (R) died; replaced by Robert Latta (R) in a special election |
| PA-05 | John Peterson | GOP | R+10 | Age and health reasons |
| MD-01 | Wayne Gilchrest | GOP | R+10 | Gilchrest was defeated in the primary by Andy Harris |
| CA-04 | John Doolittle | GOP | R+11 | One scandal too many |
| KY-02 | Ron Lewis | GOP | R+13 | Not known |
| AL-02 | Terry Everett | GOP | R+13 | Unclear; he is a mere 70 and could serve 10 more years |
| MS-03 | Chip Pickering | GOP | R+13 | Got bored waiting for a Senate vacancy |
| LA-01 | Bobby Jindal | GOP | R+18 | Jindal was elected governor of Louisiana in 2007; special election won by Steve Scalise |
| WY-AL | Barbara Cubin | GOP | R+19 | Probably forced out by GOP leadership |
| UT-03 | Chris Cannon | GOP | R+22 | Cannon lost the primary to Jason Chaffetz (R) |
| GA-10 | Charlie Norwood | GOP | R+23 | Norwood died; replaced by Paul Broun (R) in a special election |
Back to the main page.