1970 United States House of Representatives elections

The 1970 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives held on November 3, 1970, to elect members to serve in the 92nd United States Congress. They occurred in the middle of Richard M. Nixon's first term as president. His party, the Republican Party, lost a net of 12 seats to the Democratic Party, which thereby increased its majority in the House. Many viewed the results of the 1970 election as an indication of public fatigue over the ongoing Vietnam War as well as the fallout from the Kent State Massacre.

1970 United States House of Representatives elections
November 3, 1970
All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives
218 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader John McCormack
(retired)		 Gerald Ford
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since January 10, 1962 January 3, 1965
Leader's seat Massachusetts 9th Michigan 5th
Last election 243 seats 192 seats
Seats won 255 180
Seat change 12 12
Popular vote 29,080,212 24,352,657
Percentage 53.6% 44.9%
Swing 3.4% 3.6%
Results:
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Republican gain
Speaker before election

John McCormack
Democratic

 Elected Speaker

Carl Albert
Democratic

This was the first House election in which all 50 states used a single-member-district system to elect representatives instead of using at-large congressional districts.

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