Who's the most underperforming House incumbent of them all?

[Torie]

I have no idea, but Bachmann ran 7 points behind Romney. Is anyone else out there on the Fruited Plain who generated more negative vibes than she did?

[krazen1211]

Jesse Jackson only got 63%.

[Where's the Epstein Client List?]

Jesse Jackson only got 63%.

It's hard to get reelected when you're mentally unstable (whether certifiably so, as with Jackson, or anecdotally so, as with Bachmann.)

[Niemeyerite]

Henry Waxman.

[Chief Justice PiT]

Henry Waxman.

     100% may not be that impressive, but I think he can survive with that kind of margin.

[MaxQue]

Henry Waxman.

     100% may not be that impressive, but I think he can survive with that kind of margin.

He won 54-46 against an independant.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Baca got slaughtered, but considering I saw about 100 unanswered ads for his opponent (with a far more Latino-friendly name) ...

[Holmes]

Jesse Jackson only got 63%.

It's hard to get reelected when you're mentally unstable (whether certifiably so, as with Jackson, or anecdotally so, as with Bachmann.)

It's not hard to get reelected in that district for a black Democrat.

[Brittain33]

I'd look at Tierney and Cicilline, too.

[adma]

I'd look at Tierney and Cicilline, too.

Relative to earlier elections.  But relative to earlier *predictions*, they actually *over*performed (Tierney esp.)

[nclib]

DesJarlais certainly underperformed Romney, though perhaps overperformed (or at least met) expectations.

[Meeker]

I guess this depends on how we define underperforming. It terms of raw percentage difference, it was probably Colleen Hanabusa in HI-01 - only got 55% when Obama likely got 67-70% or more in the district. That result is probably mostly due to the strength of her opponent, however, and not weakness on her part.

Tulsi Gabbard in neighboring HI-02 got an astounding 81% of the vote.

[nclib]

These incumbents have been confirmed to have run behind Obama/Romney. I'm surprised there are (already) so many, but redistricting decreased the incumbent's share of the district.

DEMS:
Grijalva, AZ-3
Garamendi, CA-3
McNerney, CA-9
Costa, CA-16
DeGette, CO-1
Polis, CO-2
Perlmutter, CO-7
Brown, FL-5
Johnson, GA-4
Hanabusa, HI-1
Rush, IL-1
Jackson, IL-2
Quigley, IL-5
Davis, IL-7
Carson, IN-7
Loebsack, IA-2
Edwards, MD-4
Tierney, MA-6
Conyers, MI-13
McCollum, MN-4
Clay, MO-1
Cicilline, RI-1
Langevin, RI-2
Cohen, TN-9
Moran, VA-8
Connelly, VA-11
Moore, WI-4


GOP:
Gosar, AZ-4
Crawford, AR-1
Bono Mack, CA-36
Webster, FL-10
Buchanan, FL-16
West, FL-18
Rivera, FL-26
Graves, GA-14
Labrador, ID-1
King, IA-4
Bartlett, MD-6
Benishek, MI-1
Bachmann, MN-6
Cravaack, MN-8
Nunnelee, MS-1
Palazzo, MS-4
Long, MO-7
Terry, NE-2
Guinta, NH-1
Ellmers, NC-2
Foxx, NC-5
McHenry, NC-10
Johnson, OH-6
Lankford, OK-5
Noem, SD-AL
Fleischmann, TN-3
DesJarlais, TN-4
Bishop, UT-1
Chaffetz, UT-3
Griffith, VA-9
Lummis, WY-AL

[minionofmidas]

I guess this depends on how we define underperforming. It terms of raw percentage difference, it was probably Colleen Hanabusa in HI-01 - only got 55% when Obama likely got 67-70% or more in the district. That result is probably mostly due to the strength of her opponent, however, and not weakness on her part.

Tulsi Gabbard in neighboring HI-02 got an astounding 81% of the vote.

Against a homeless man.