1989 United States House of Representatives elections

In 1989 there were eight special elections to the United States House of Representatives.

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Alabama 3	Bill Nichols	Democratic	1966	Incumbent died December 13, 1988. New member elected April 4, 1989. Democratic hold.	▌Y Glen Browder (Democratic) 65.29% ▌John Rice (Republican) 34.71%^[1]
Indiana 4	Dan Coats	Republican	1980	Incumbent resigned January 3, 1989, to become U.S. Senator. New member elected March 28, 1989. Democratic gain.	▌Y Jill Long (Democratic) 50.69% ▌Dan Heath (Republican) 49.31%^[2]
Wyoming at-large	Dick Cheney	Republican	1978	Incumbent resigned March 17, 1989, to become U.S. Secretary of Defense. New member elected April 26, 1989. Republican hold.^[3]	▌Y Craig L. Thomas (Republican) 52.55% ▌John Vinich (Democratic) 42.98%^[4]
Florida 18	Claude Pepper	Democratic	1962	Incumbent died May 30, 1989. New member elected August 29, 1989. Republican gain.^[5]	▌Y Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (Republican) 53.14% ▌Gerald Richman (Democratic) 46.85%^[6]
California 15	Tony Coelho	Democratic	1978	Incumbent resigned June 15, 1989. New member elected September 12, 1989. Democratic hold.	▌Y Gary Condit (Democratic) 57.15% ▌Clare L. Berryhill (Republican) 35.03% ▌Robert J. Weimer (Republican) 3.26% ▌Cliff Burris (Republican) 2.64%^[7]
Texas 12	Jim Wright	Democratic	1954	Incumbent resigned June 30, 1989. New member elected September 12, 1989. Democratic hold.^[8]	▌Y Pete Geren (Democratic) 51.03% ▌Bob Lanier (Democratic) 48.97%^[9]
Texas 18	Mickey Leland	Democratic	1978	Incumbent died August 7, 1989. New member elected December 9, 1989. Democratic hold.^[10]	▌Y Craig Washington (Democratic) 56.8% ▌Anthony Hall (Democratic) 43.2%^[10]
Mississippi 5	Larkin I. Smith	Republican	1988	Incumbent died August 13, 1989. New member elected October 17, 1989. Democratic gain.^[11]	▌Y Gene Taylor (Democratic) 65% ▌Tom Anderson (Republican) 35%^[11]

1989 United States House of Representatives elections

List of elections

See also

References

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