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. All the district names are hyperlinked. The races marked by an asterisk will be filled by special elections in 2007.
| Distr*ict | Incumbent | Party | PVI | Reason for Vacancy |
| CA-12 | Tom Lantos | Dem | D+22 | Has cancer |
| IN-07 | Rachel Carson | Dem | D+9 | Died in December 2007 |
| NY-21 | Michael McNulty | Dem | D+9 | Apparently had enough after 10 terms; age: 60 |
| 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 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 Domenici's Senate seat |
| IL-11 | Jerry Weller | GOP | R+1 | Probably due to growing scandals |
| MN-03 | Jim Ramstad | GOP | R+1 | Not known; he could easily be reelected |
| NJ-07 | Mike Ferguson | GOP | R+1 | Not known |
| 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 | Too many scandals and loss of power* |
| IL-18 | Ray LaHood | GOP | R+5 | Unknown; he is only 61 |
| NM-02 | Steve Pearce | GOP | R+6 | Running for Domenici's Senate seat |
| OH-07 | David Hobson | GOP | R+6 | Unclear; maybe his age (71)* |
| MO-07 | Kenny Hulshof | GOP | R+7 | Running for governor |
| LA-06 | Richard Baker | GOP | R+7 | Getting a $1 million job in hedge fund industry* |
| 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 | Was appointed to fill Trent Lott's seat in the Senate* |
| PA-05 | John Peterson | GOP | R+10 | Age and health reasons |
| 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 | Elected governor of Louisiana in 2007* |
| WY-AWY-AL | Barbara Cubin | GOP | R+19 | Probably forced out by GOP leadership |
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