How many Democratic US House Members were there pre 1994.

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1)AL-3 (Glen Browder-D)
2)AL-4 (Tom Bevill-D)
3)AL-5 (Bud Cramer-D)
4)AL-7 (Earl Hilliard-D)
5)AZ-1 (Sam Coppersmith-D)
6)AZ-2 (Ed Pastor-D)
7)AZ-6 (Karan English-D)
8)AR-1 (Blanche Lincoln-D)
9)AR-2 (Ray Thornton-D)
10)CA-1 (Dan Hamburg-D)
11)CA-3 (Vic Fazio-D)
12)CA-5 (Rob Matsui-D)
13)CA-6 (Lynn Woosley-D)
14)CA-7 (George Miller-D)
15)CA-8 (Nancy Pelosi-D)
16)CA-9 (Ron Dellums-D)
17)CA-12 (Tom Lantos-D)
18)CA-13 (Pete Stark-D)
19)CA-14 (Anne Eshoo-D)
20)CA-15 (Norm Mineta-D)
21)CA-16 (Don Edwards-D)
22)CA- 17 (Sam Farr-D)
23)CA-18 (Gary Condit-D)
24)CA-19 (Richard Lehman-D)
25)CA-20 (Cal Dooley-D)
26)CA-24 (Anthony Beilenson-D)
27)CA-26 (Howard Berman-D)
28)CA-29 (Henry Waxman-D)
29)CA-30 (Xavier Beccara-D)
30)CA-31 (Matthew Martinez-D)
31)CA-32 (Julian Dixon-D)
32)CA-33 (Lucille Roybal Allard-D)
33)CA-34 (Esteban Torres-D)
34)CA-35 (Maxine Waters-D)
35)CA-36 (Jane Harman-D)
36)CA-37 (Walter Tucker-D)
37)CA-42 (George Brown-D)
38)CA-49 (Lynn Schenk-D)
39)CA-50 (Bob Filner-D)
40)CO-1 (Pat Schroder-D)
41)CO-2 (David Skaggs-D)
42)CT-1 (Barbara Kennelly-D)
43)CT-2 (Sam Gedjensen-D)
44)CT-3 (Nancy DeLauro-D)
45)FL-1 (Earl Hutto-D)
46)FL-2 (Pete Peterson-D)
47)FL-3 (Corrine Brown-D)
48)FL-5 (Karen Thurman-D)
49)FL-11 (Sam Gibbons-D)
50)FL-15 (Jim Bacchus-D)
51)FL-17 (Carrie Meek-D)
52)FL-19 (Harry Johntson-D)
53)FL-20 (Peter Deutsch-D)
54)FL-23 (Alcee Hastings-D)
55)GA-2 (Sanford Bishop-D)
56)GA-5 (John Lewis-D)
57)GA-7 (Buddy Darden-D)
58)GA-8 (Roy Rowland-D)
59)GA-9 (Nathan Deal-D)
60)GA-10 (Don Johnson-D)
61)GA-11 (Cynthia McKinney-D)
62)HI-1 (Neil Ambercrombie-D)
63)HI-2 (Patsy Mink-D)
64)ID-1 (Larry LoRocco-D)
65)IL-1 (Bobby Rush-D)
66)IL-2 (Mel Reynolds-D)
67)IL-3 (Bill Lipinski-D)
68)IL-4 (Luis Guitteriez-D)
69)IL-5 (Dan Rostenkowski-D)
70)IL-7 (Cardiss Collins-D)
71)IL-9 (Sidney Yates-D)
72)IL-11 (George Sangemiester-D)
73)IL-12 (Jerry Costello-D)
74)IL-17 (Lane Evans-D)
75)IL-19 (Glenn Poshard-D)
76)IL-20 (Richard Durbin-D)
77)IN-1 (Peter Visclosky-D)
78)IN-2 (Phil Sharpe-D)
79)IN-3 (Tim Roemer-D)
80)IN-4 (Jill Long Thompson-D)
81)IN-8 (Frank McClosky-D)
82)IN-9 (Lee Hamilton-D)
83)IN-10 (Andrew Jacobs-D)
84)IA-4 (Neal Smith-D)
85)KS-2 (Jim Slattery-D)
86)KS-4 (Dan Glickman-D)
87)KY-1 (Tom Barlow-D)
88)KY-3 (Romano Mazzoli-D)
89)KY-6 (Scotty Baesler-D)
90)LA-2 (Bill Jefferson-D)
91)LA-3 (Billy Tauzin-D)
92)LA-4 (Cleo Fields-D)
93)LA-7 (Jimmy Hayes-D)
94)ME-1 (Tom Andrews-D)
95)MD-3 (Ben Cardin-D)
96)MD-4 (Al Wynn-D)
97)MD-5 (Steny Hoyer-D)
98)MD-7 (Kweisi Mfume-D)
99)MA-1 (John Olver-D)
100)MA-2 (Richard Neal-D)
101)MA-4 (Barney Frank-D)
102)MA-5 (Marty Meehan-D)
103)MA-7 (Ed Markey-D)
104)MA-8 (Joe Kennedy-D)
105)MA-9 (Joe Moakley-D)
106)MA-10 (Gerry Studds-D)
107)MI-1 (Bart Stupak-D)
108)MI-5 (Jim Barcia-D)
109)MI-8 (Bob Carr-D)
110)MI-9 (Dale Kildee-D)
111)MI-10 (David Bonior-D)
112)MI-12 (Sander Levin-D)
113)MI-13 (William Ford-D)
114)MI-14 (John Conyers-D)
115)MI-15 (Barbara Rose Collins-D)
116)MI-16 (John Dingell-D)
117)MN-1 (Tim Penny-D)
118)MN-2 (David Minge-D)
119)MN-4 (Bruce Vento-D)
120)MN-5 (Martin Olav Sabo-D)
121)MN-7 (Colin Peterson-D)
122)MN-8 (Jim Oberstar-D)
123)MS-1 (Jamie Whitten-D)
124)MS-2 (Bennie Thompson-D)
125)MS-3 (Sonny Montgomery-D)
126)MS-4 (Mike Parker-D)
127)MS-5 (Gene Taylor-D)
128)MO-1 (William Clay-D)
129)MO-3 (Dick Gephardt-D)
130)MO-4 (Ike Skelton-D)
131)MO-5 (Alan Wheat-D)
132)MO-6 (Patsy Danner-D)
133)MO-9 (Harold Volkmer-D)
134)MT-AL (Pat Williams-D)
135)NE-2 (Peter Hoagland-D)
136)NV-1 (James Bilbary-D)
137)NH-2 (Dick Swett-D)
138)NJ-1 (Robert Andrews-D)
139)NJ-2 (William Hughes-D)
140)NJ-6 (Frank Pallone-D)
141)NJ-8 (Herb Klien-D)
142)NJ-9 (Robert Torrecelli-D)
143)NJ-10 (Don Payne-D)
144)NJ-13 (Bob Menendez-D)
145)NM-3 (Bill Richardson-D)
146)NY-1 (George Hockenbreuner-D)
147)NY-5 (Gary Ackerman-D)
148)NY-6 (Floyd Flake-D)
149)NY-7 (Thomas Manton-D)
150)NY-8 (Jerry Nadler-D)
151)NY-9 (Chuck Schumer-D)
152)NY-10 (Edolphus Towns-D)
153)NY-11 (Major Owens-D)
154)NY-12 (Nydia Valezquez-D)
156)NY-14 (Carolyn Maloney-D)
157)NY-15 (Charlie Rangel-D)
158)NY-16 (Jose Serrano-D)
159)NY-17 (Eliot Engel-D)
160)NY-18 (Nita Lowey-D)
161)NY-21 (Mike McNulty-D)
162)NY-26 (Maurice Hinchey-D)
163)NY-28 (Louise Slaughter-D)
164)NY-29 (John LaFalce-D)
165)NC-1 (Eva Clayton-D)
166)NC-2 (Tim Valentine-D)
167)NC-3 (Martin Lancaster-D)
168)NC-4 (David Price-D)
169)NC-5 (Stephen Neal-D)
170)NC-7 (Charles Rose-D)
171)NC-8 (Bill Hefner-D)
172)NC-12 (Mel Watt-D)
173)ND-AL (Earl Pomeroy-D)
174)OH-1 (David Mann-D)
175)OH-3 (Tony Hall-D)
176)OH-6 (Ted Strickland-D)
177)OH-9 (Marcy Kaptur-D)
178)OH-11 (Louis Stokes-D)
179)OH-13 (Sherrod Brown-D)
180)OH-14 (Tom Sawyer-D)
181)OH-17 (Jim Traficant-D)
182)OH-18 (Doug Applegate-D)
183)OH-19 (Eric Fingerhut-D)
184)OK-2 (Mike Synar-D)
185)OK-3 (Bill Brewster-D)
186)OK-4 (Dave McCurdy-D)
187)OR-1 (Elizabeth Furse-D)
188)OR-3 (Ron Wyden-D)
189)OR-4 (Pete DeFazio-D)
190)OR-5 (Mike Kopetski-D)
191)PA-1 (Tom Foglietta-D)
192)PA-2 (Lucien Blackwell-D)
193)PA-3 (Bob Borski-D)
194 )PA-4 (Ron Klink-D)
195)PA-6 (Timothy Holden-D)
196)PA-11 (Paul Kanjorski-D)
197)PA-12 (Jack Murtha-D)
198)PA-13 (Marjorie Margolis Mezenksy-D)
199)PA-14 (Bill Coyne-D)
200)PA-15 (Paul McHale-D)
201)PA-20 (Frank Mascara-D)
202)RI-2 (Jack Reed-D)
203)SC-3 (Butler Derrick-D)
204)SC-5 (John Spratt-D)
205)SC-6 (Jim Clyburn-D)
206)SD-AL (Tim Johnson-D)
207)TN-3 (Marilyn Lloyd-D)
208)TN-4 (Jim Cooper-D)
209)TN-5 (Bob Clement-D)
210)TN-6 (Bart Gordon-D)
211)TN-8 (John Tanner-D)
212)TN-9 (Harold Ford-D)
213)TX-1 (Jim Chapman-D)
214)TX-2 (Charlie Wilson-D)
215)TX-4 (Ralph Hall-D)
216)TX-5 (John Bryant-D)
217)TX-9 (Jack Brooks-D)
218)TX-10 (JJ Pickle-D)
219)TX-11 (Chet Edwards-D)
220)TX-12 (Pete Geren-D)
221)TX-13 (Bill Sarpalius-D)
222)TX-14 (Greg Laughlin-D)
223)TX-15 (Kiki De LaGarza-D)
224)TX-16 (Ronald Coleman-D)
225)TX-17 (Charles Stenholm-D)
226)TX-18 (Craig Washingon-D)
227)TX-20 (Henry Gonzalez-D)
228)TX-24 (Martin Frost-D)
229)TX-25 (Michael Andrews-D)
230)TX-27 (Solomon Ortiz-D)
231)TX-28 (Frank Tejada-D)
232)TX-29 (Gene Green-D)
233)TX-30 (Eddie Bernice Johnson-D)
234)UT-2 (Karen Shephard-D)
235)UT-3 (Bill Orton-D)
236)VT-AL (Bernie Sanders-I/D)
237)VA-2 (Owen Pickett-D)
238)VA-3 (Bobby Scott-D)
239)VA-4 (Norm Sisisky-D)
240)VA-5 (L.F. Payne-D)
241)VA-8 (Jim Moran-D)
242)VA-9 (Rick Boucher-D)
243)VA-11 (Leslie Byrne-D)
244)WA-1 (Maria Cantwell-D)
245)WA-2 (Al Swift-D)
246)WA-3 (Jolene Unsoeld-D)
247)WA-4 (Jay Inslee-D)
248)WA-5 (Tom Foley-D)
249)WA-6 (Norman Dicks-D)
250)WA-7 (Jim McDermott-D)
251)WA-9 (Mike Kriedler-D)
252)WI-1 (Peter Barca-D)
253)WI-4 (Jerry Klezka-D)
254)WI-5 (Tom Barrett-D)
255)WI-7 (David Obey-D)

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1994-
ME-1(OPEN-Andrews-D) and ME-2(OPEN-Snowe-D) cancelled each other out. Jim Longley-R won ME-1, and John Baldacci-D won ME-2.
MN-1(OPEN-Penny-D) and MN-6 (OPEN-Grams-D) cancelled each other out. Gil Gutknect-R won MN-1 and Bill Luther-D won MN-6.
PA-13(Mezinksy-D) and PA-18(OPEN-Santorum-D)-cancelled each other out. Jon Fox-R defeated Mezinksy-D) in PA-13. and Mike Doyle-D won PA-18.
ID-1 (LaRocco-D) and RI-1 (OPEN Machtley-D) cancelled each other out. Helen Chenoweth-R unseated LaRocco-D) in ID-1 and Patrick Kennedy-D won RI-1.
Republicans picked up
1)AZ-1 (OPEN-Coppersmith-D)- Matt Salmon-R
2)AZ-6 (Karan English-D)-lost to JD Hayworth-R
3)CA-1 (Dan Hamburg-D)-lost to Frank Riggs-R
4)CA-19 (Richard Lehman-D)-lost to George Radanovich-R)
5)CA-49 (Lynn Schenk-D) lost to Brian Bilbary-R)
6)FL-1 (OPEN-Earl Hutto-D)- Joe Scarborogh-R
7) FL-15 (OPEN-Jim Bachus-D)- David Weldon-R

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1994 CT
8)GA-7(Buddy Darden-D)-lost to Bob Barr-R
9)GA-8 (OPEN-Roy Rowland-D)-Saxby Chambliss-R
10)GA-10(Don Johnson-D)-lost to Charlie Norwood-R
11)IL-5 (Dan Rostenkowski-D) lost to Michael Patrick Flanagan-R
12)IL-11 (OPEN-George Sangmiester-D)- Jerry Weller-R
13)IN-2 (OPEN-Philip Sharpe-D)- David McIntosh-R
14)IN-4 (Jill Long Thompson-D)-Mike Souder-R
15)IN-8 (Frank McClosky-D)-lost to John Hostettler-R
16)IA-4 (Neal Smith-D lost to Greg Ganske-R
17)KS-2 (OPEN-Jim Slattery-D)- Sam Brownback-R
18)KS-4 (Dan Glickman-D)-lost to Todd Tiahrt-R
19)KY-1 (Tom Barlow-D)-lost to Ed Whitfield-R
20)MI-8 (OPEN-Bob Carr-D)-Dick Chrysler-R
21)MS-1 (OPEN-Jamie Whitten-D)- Roger Wicker-R
22)NE-2 (Peter Hoagland-D)-lost to Jon Christensen-R
23)NV-1 (James Bilbary-D)-lost to John Ensign-R
24)NH-2 (Dick Swett-D)-lost to Charlie Bass-R
25)NJ-2 (OPEN-William Hughes-D)-Frank LoBiondo-R
26)NJ-8 (Herb Klien-D)-lost to Bill Martini-R
27)NY-1 (George Hockenbrener-D)-lost to Mike Forbes-R
28)NC-2 (OPEN-Tim Valentine-D)- David Funderburk-R
29)NC-3 (Martin Lancaster-D)-lost to Walter Jones Jr. R
30)NC-4 (David Price-D)-lost to Fred Heineman-R
31)NC-5 (OPEN-Stephen Neal-D)- Richard Burr-R
32)OH-1 (David Mann-D)-lost to Steve Chabot-R
33)OH-6 (Ted Strickland-D)-lost to Frank Cremeans-R
34)OH-18 (OPEN-Doug Applegate-D)- Bob Ney-R
35)OH-19 (Eric Fingerhut-D)-lost to Steve LaTourette-R
36)OK-2 (OPEN-Mike Synar-D)-Tom Coburn-R
37)OK-4 (OPEN-David McCurdy-D)- JC Watts-R
38)OR-5 (OPEN-Mike Kopetski-D)- Jim Bunn-R
39)SC-3 (OPEN-Butler Derrick-D)-Lindsey Graham-R
40)TN-3 (OPEN-Marilyn Lloyd-D)-Zack Wamp-R
41)TN-4 (OPEN- Jim Cooper-D-)Van Hilleary-R
42)TX-9 (Jack Brooks-D)-lost to Steve Stockman-R
43)TX-13 (Bill Sarpiluas-D)-lost to Mac Thornberry-R
44)UT-2 (Karen Shepard-D)-lost to Enid Greene Waldholz-R
45)VA-11 (Leslie Byrne-D)-lost to Tom Davis-R
46)WA- 1 (Maria Cantwell-D)-lost to Rick White-R
47)WA-2 (OPEN-Al Swift-D)-Jack Metcalf-R
48)WA-3 (Jolen Unsoeld-D)-lost to Linda Smith-R
49)WA-4 (Jay Inslee-D)-lost to Doc Hastings-R
50)WA-5 (Tom Foley-D)-lost to George Nethercut-R
51)WA-9 (Mike Kriedler-D)-lost to Randy Tate-R
52 )WI-1 (Peter Barca-D)-lost to Mark Neuman-R

Democrats ended up with 203 seats after the 1994 midterm election.

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After the 1994 Midterm Election. 5 Southern Democratic US House Members switched parties.
1)GA-9(Nathan Deal)
2)LA-3 (Billy Tauzin)
3)LA-7 (Jimmy Hayes)
4)MS-4 (Mike Parker)
5)TX-14 (Greg Laughlin)
Republicans won a 1995 special election in CA-15(OPEN-Norm Mineta-D)- Tom Campbell.
Before 1996- Democrats ended up with 197 seats.
In 1996- Democrats lost
1)AL-3 (OPEN-Glen Browder-D)-Bob Riley-R
2)AL-4 (OPEN-Tom Bevill-D)-Roger Aderholt-R
3)IL-20 (OPEN-Richard Durbin-D)-John Schimkus-R
4)KY-3 (Mike Ward-D)-lost to Anne Northup-R
5)LA-4(OPEN-Cleo Fields-D)- Jim McCery-(R/LA-5)- The new LA-5 went to John Cooksey-R
6)MS-3 (OPEN-Sonny Montomery-D)-Chip Pickering-R
7)MO-9 (Harold Volkmer-D)-lost to Kenny Hulsolf-R
8)MT- AL- (OPEN-Pat Williams-D)-Rick Hill-R
9)OK-3 (OPEN-Bill Brewster-D)-Wes Watkins-R
10)SD-AL (OPEN-Tim Johnson-D)-John Thune-R

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1996- Democratic Loss
11)TX-5 (OPEN-John Bryant-D)-Pete Sessions-R
12)TX-12 (OPEN-Pete Geren-D)-Kay Granger-R
13)UT-3 (Bill Orton-D)-lost to Chris Cannon-R
Democrats gained.
1)CA-10 (Bill Baker-R)-lost to Ellen Tauscher-D.
2)CA-22 (Andrea Streasand-R)-lost to Walter Capps-D
3)CA-46 (Bob Dornand-R)-lost to Lorretta Sanchez-D
4)CT-5 (Gary Franks-R) lost to Jim Maloney-D
5)IL-5 (Michael Patrick Flanagan-R)-lost to Dan Rostenkowski-D
6)IA-3 (OPEN-Jim Ross Lighfoot-R)-Leonard Boswell-D
7)LA-7 (OPEN-Jimmy Hayes-R)-Chris John-D
8)ME-1 (Jim Longley-R)-lost to Tom Allen-D
9)MA-3 (Peter Blute-R)-lost to Jim McGovern-D
10)MA-6 (Peter Torkidelson-R)-lost to John Tierney-D
11)MI-8 (Dick Chrysler-R)-lost to Debbie Stabenow-D
12)NJ-8 (Bill Martini-R)-lost to Bill Pascrell-D
13)NY-4 (Dan Frisa-R)-lost to Caroline McCarthy-D
14)NC-2 (David Funderburk-R)-lost to Bobby Etheridge-D
15)NC-4 (Fred Heineman-R)-lost to David Price-D
16)OH-6 (Frank Creamans-R)-lost to Ted Strickland-D
17)OH-10 (Martin Hoke-R)-lost to Dennis Kucinich-D
18)OR-5 (Jim Bunn-R)-lost to Darlene Hooley-D
19)TX-9 (Steve Stockman-R)-lost to Nick Lampson-D
20)WA-9 (Randy Tate-R)-lost to Adam Smith-D
21)WI-3 (OPEN-Steve Gunderson-R)-Ron Kind-D
22)WI-8 (OPEN-Toby Roth-R)-Jay Johnson-D)

Democrats gained 9 seats in the 1996 Elections. 206 seats.

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In 1998- Democrats lost US House Seats in
1)CA-3 (OPEN-Vic Fazio-D)-Doug Ose-R
2)CA-36 (OPEN-Jane Harman-D)-Steve Kuykendell-R
3)KY-6 (OPEN-Scotty Baesler-D)-Ernie Fletcher-R
4)NC-8 (OPEN-Bill Hefner-D)-Robin Hayes-R
5)PA-15 (OPEN-Paul McHale-D)- Pat Toomey-R
6)WI-8 (Jay Johnson-D)-lost to Mark Green-R.
Democrats gained US House seats in
1)CA-1 (OPEN-Frank Riggs-R)-Mike Thompson-D
2)KS-3 (Vince Snowbarger-R)-lost to Dennis Moore-D
3)KY-4 (OPEN-Jim Bunning-R)-Ken Lucas-D
4)MS-4 (OPEN-Mike Parker-R)-Ronnie Shows-D)
5)NV-1 (OPEN-John Ensign-R)-Shelly Berkley-D)
6)NJ-12 (Mike Pappas-R)-lost to Rush Holt-D)
7)PA-13 (Jon Fox-R)-lost to Joe Hoeffell-D)
8)WA-1 (Rick White-R)-lost to Jay Inslee-D)
9)WA-3 (OPEN-Linda Smith-R)- Brian Baird-D
10)WI-2 (OPEN-Scott Klug-R)- Tammy Baldwin-D
Democrats made a net gain of 4 seats in 1998 midterm election.  210 seats.

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2000- Democrats lost seats in
1)CT-2 (Sam Gedjensen-D)-lost to Rob Simmons-R
2)MI-8 (OPEN-Debbie Stabenow-D)-Mike Rogers-R
3)MN-2(David Minge-D)-lost to Mark Kennedy-R
4)MO-6 (OPEN-Pat Danner-D)-Sam Graves-R
5)PA-4 (OPEN-Ron Klink-D)-Melissa Hart-R
6)VA-2 (OPEN-Owen Pickett-D)-Ed Schrock-R
7)WV-2 (OPEN-Bob Wise-D)-Shelly Moore Capito-R
but gained seats in
1)AR-1 (Jay Dickey-R)-lost to Mike Ross-D
2)CA-15 (OPEN-Tom Campbell-R)-Mike Honda-D
3)CA-27 (Jim Rogan-R)-lost to Adam Schiff-D
4)CA-36 (Steve Kuykendell-R)-lost to Jane Harman-D
5)CA-49 (Brian Bilbrary-R)-lost to Susan Davis-D
6)NY-2 (OPEN-Rick Lazio-R)-Steve Israel-D
7)OK-2 (OPEN-Tom Coburn-R)-Brad Carson-D
8)UT-2 (OPEN-Merrill Cook-R)- Jim Matheson-D
9)WA-2 (OPEN-Jack Metcalf-R)-Rick Larsen-D

Democrats made a net gained 2 US House Seats in 2000. 212 Seats.
2001- Democrats lost 2 seats VA-4 (OPEN-Norm Sisisky-D)-Randy Forbes-R, and VA-5(Virgil Goode)-switched parties.  210 seats.

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Redistricting in 2002 and 2004 is the reason why Republicans were able to pick up seats in the US House.
States that lost seats in Redistricting.
1)Connecticut- Jim Maloney (D/CT-5) and Nancy Johnson (R/CT-6) were place in the same district. CT-5- a Democratic leaning Swing District. Johnson-R defeated Maloney-D in the general election matchup. -1D
2)Illinios- David Phelps (D/IL-19) and John Schimkus-(R/IL-20)-were placed in same district- IL-19- Republican leaning District in Southern IL. Shimkus-R defeated Phelps-D in general election matchup. -2D
3)Indiana- Brian Kerns (R/IN-7) and Steve Buyer (R/IN-5) were placed in the same district- Buyer-R defeated Kerns-R in GOP primary. Too offset Kerns-R loss, Republicans picked up IN-3(OPEN-Tim Roemer-D)-Chris Chocola-R. -3D
4)Michigan- Lynn Rivers(D/MI-13) seat was eliminated- forced to run against John Dingell(D/MI-16)in new MI-15- Rivers-D lost.  Republicans created MI-11 in place of the old MI-13 for Thad McCotter-R. +1R/-1D.  Jim Barcia (D/MI-5) and David Bonior (D/MI-10)-were placed in same district- MI-10- Thumb District- Barcia's home was placed in new MI-5 (Dale Kildee-D)- and David Bonior's home was placed in MI-12(Sander Levin-D)- Barcia-D and Bonior-D retired- Candace Miller-D won MI-10. +1R/-2D

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A neutral redistricting in MI- would have saved Rivers.(MI-13)- Bonior/Barcia district would have been combined. - Thumb district- help. Candace Miller-R. -6D +2R (-5D/+1R)
5)Mississippi- Ronnie Shows-(D/MS-4) and Chip Pickering (R-MS-3)- was placed in same district- MS-3- Republican District- Pickering-R defeated Shows-D. - 7D +2R (-6D/+1R)
6)New York- Ben Gilman (R/NY-20) and Sue Kelly (R/NY-19) were placed in same district- Gilman-R retired. John LaFalce(D/NY-29) and Louise Slaughter(D/NY-28) were placed in same district.  -8D +1R (-7D)
7)Ohio- Republicans picked up OH-3(OPEN-Tony Hall-D)- Mike Turner-D. -9D +2R (-8D +1D) and Tom Sawyer (OH-14) seat was eliminated. Sawyer lost in a primary in the new OH-17(OPEN-Traficant-D). -10D +2R (-9D +1R).
8)Oklahoma- OK-3 (Wes Watkins-R) seat eliminated. -10D +1R (-9D)
9)Pennsylvania- George Gekas (R/PA-17) and Tim Holden (D/PA-6) were placed in same PA-17 District- Gekas lost to Holden. Gekas-R loss ofsets- Republicans winning the new PA-6 based in District-Philidelphia Suburbs- (Jim Gerlach)- PA-6 will go Democratic in the near future.

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PA redistricting- Borski(D/PA-3) and Hoefell(D/PA13) were placed in same district -Borski retired. Bill Coyne (D/PA-14) and Mike Doyle (D/PA-18) were placed in same district- Coyne retired. Frank Mascara(D/PA-20) decided to run against Murtha(D/PA12) in the primary instead of PA-18- which went to Tim Murphy (R). -13D +2R (-11D )
10)Wisconsin- (Tom Barrett-D/WI-5) seat was eliminated. -14D +2R (-12D).

Looking at states that were gaining seats in redistricting.
Arizona- (+2)- AZ-1 was a swing district- narrowly won by Rick Renzi-R. Democrats won AZ-1 in 2008 (Ann Kirkpatrick-D). AZ-7 was a safe Democratic Hispanic majority district. (Raul Grijalva-D).  -13D +3D (-11D/+1D)
California (+1)- the new CA-21 was a Republican leaning district- Devin Nunes-R was offsetted with CA-39(OPEN-Steve Horn-R)- becoming a Hispanic Democratic majority district -Linda Sanchez-D.  -12D +3D (-10D/+1D)

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Colorado- (+1)- CO-7 was a Democratic leaning swing district won by Bob Beauprez-R. Democrats won CO-7 in 2006. -12D +4R (-10D/+2R)
Florida- (+2)- Republicans gerrymandered FL-5(Karen Thurman-D)-to be more Republican- Thurman lost to Virginia Brown Waite.  FL-24 and FL-25 were Republican Districts created for Tom Feeney and Mario Diaz Balart.  -13D +7R  (-10D /+4R)
Georgia (+2)- GA-13 was a safe Black Democratic District.- won by David Scott-D. GA-12 was suppose to be a Democratic District- but Republican Max Burns won that district due to controversial Democratic nominee.  Bob Barr (GA-7) loss offsets Phil Gingrey(R) win in new GA-11. Democrats gerrymandered GA-8(Saxby Chambliss-R)-to be more Democratic- Jim Marshall.
-11D +7R (-9D/+5R)
Nevada- NV-3 swing district- won by Jon Porter-R. Democrats won NV-3 in 2008- (Dina Titus-D)
-11D +8R (-9D/+6R)
North Carolina- NC-13 became a Democratic leaning District- Brad Miller-D. -10D +8R (-8D/+6R)
Texas- TX-5 (Jeb Hensarling) and TX-31(John Carter)- were Republican leaning Districts. -10D +10R. (-8D/+8R).
Democrats picked up NY-1 (Felix Grucci-R) lost to Tom Bishop-D.
 -(D +(R
 

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NY-1 (-9D) (+9R)  ( -6D +6R)

Other districts that were being gerrymandered.
MD-2(OPEN-Erlich-R)-won by Dutch Ruppersberger-D.
MD-8 (Connie Morella-R)- lost to Chris Van Hollen-D
TN-4 (OPEN-Hilleary-R) won by Lincoln Davis-D
-6D +6R
  Democrats lost MN-2. -7D +7R  (203D) seats.

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2004- (Texas Redistricting)- led to Ralph Hall(TX-4) switching parties.
Sandlin(TX-1)-lost in the general election to Louie Gohmert-R
Jim Turner-(TX-2) eliminated. The new TX-10 (Mike McCaul-R) was created.
Nick Lampson(TX-9) lost in the new TX-2 against Ted Poe-R
Charlie Stenholm (TX-17) lost to TX-19 (Randy Neugabaur-R)- The new TX-11(Michael Conway-R) was created.
Martin Frost(TX-24) lost to TX-32(Pete Sessions-R)- The new TX-24 (Kenny Marchant-R) was created.  -6D +6R in Texas. Without TX- Delaymandering- -1D +1R

Other seats we gained and loss in 2004.
KY-4(OPEN-Lucas-D) and KY-6 (OPEN-Fletcher-R)- cancel each other out-. Geoff Davis-R won KY-4 and Ben Chandler-D won KY-6.
LA-3 (OPEN-Tauzin-R) and LA-7(OPEN-John-D)- cancel each other out. Charlie Melancon-D won LA-3 and Charles Boustany-R won LA-7.

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Democrats picked up CO-3(OPEN-Scott McInnis-R)- John Salazar-D
GA-12(Max Burns-R)-lost to John Barrow-D.
IL-8 (Phil Crane-R) lost to Melissa Bean-D
NY-27 (OPEN-Jack Quinn-R)- Brian Higgins-D
SD-AL (OPEN-Bill Janklow-R)- Stephanie Herseth-D
= Democrats would have gained 2 seats without redistricting. -2D +2R We ended up with 203 seats.

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In 2006- we picked up 30 seats.
plus 3 seats in Special Election. (IL-14,LA-6,and MS-1)
In 2008- we lost  5 Democratic Incumbents-
1)FL-16(Tim Mahoney-D)-lost to Tim Rooney-R
2)KS-2(Nancy Boyda-D)-lost to Lynn Jenkins-R
3)LA-2 (Bill Jefferson-D)-lost to Ahn Cao-R
4)LA-6 (Don Cazayoux-D)-lost to Bill Cassidy-R
5)TX-22 (Nick Lampson-D)-lost to Pete Olson-R
but picked up 27 Republican held seats.

We have the same number of seats in the US House- we had pre 1994. 257 seats.

In 2010- Democrats will pick up LA-2 which will cancel out a loss in LA-3. DE-AL assuming Castle retires, IL-10,and PA-6. +3D
Losses include. AL-2,AL-5,FL-8,ID-1,MD-1,MI-7,MS-1,NJ-3,NM-2,NY-20,NY-24,NY-29,OH-1,OH-15,and VA-5. -15 seats.

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