United States House Elections, 2020 (Dane)

The United States House of Representatives Election, 2020 was held on November 3rd, 2020. The house was controlled coming in by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats, who controlled 238 seats in the chamber to the Republicans 197. Early on, this was viewed as a safe democratic majority, that would likely continue to expand in this election, continuing to take advantage of Republican Gerrymandering in the house.

Democrats were originally expected to gain 25-30 seats in the house, however an economic recession struck in October and heavily boosted the democrats.

2020 represented a major formative year, in which the Democratic Party veered leftward and primarily shifted focus from the rust belt to the south and west. Democratic gains in the house represented this, with large gains in Texas (+7), California (+3), Florida (+4), North Carolina (+3), Washington (+2), and Georgia (+2). In comparison, the democrats gained minimal sears in the midwest, picking up two in Ohio and Wisconsin but otherwise largely coming up empty in the rust belt.

The Republicans Previous leader, Paul Ryan, had retired after the 2018 election cycle, and was replaced by Steve Scalise of Louisiana, who became minority leader.

On the democratic side, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that she would retire after the 2020 election, citing age concerns. She was replaced by Tulsi Gabbard, a representative from the state of Hawaii.