1988 United States House of Representatives elections

The 1988 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives in November 8, 1988, to elect members to serve in the 101st United States Congress. They coincided with the election of George H. W. Bush as president. Although Bush won with a strong majority, his Republican Party lost a net of two seats to the Democratic Party, slightly increasing the Democratic majority in the House. It was the first time since 1960 that an incoming president's party lost seats in the House.

1988 United States House of Representatives elections
November 8, 1988
All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives
218 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Jim Wright Bob Michel
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since January 3, 1987 January 3, 1981
Leader's seat Texas 12th Illinois 18th
Last election 258 seats 177 seats
Seats won 260 175
Seat change 2 2
Popular vote 43,544,565 37,209,219
Percentage 53.3% 45.6%
Swing 1.0% 1.2%
Results:
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Republican gain
Speaker before election

Jim Wright
Democratic

 Elected Speaker

Jim Wright
Democratic

The Republicans did not field a candidate in one-fourth of the seats in the southern United States. As of 2021, this is the last congressional election in which Republicans won a House seat in Hawaii for a full term and the last time they won a seat in Vermont.

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