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Section sizes

Section size for 2022 United States House of Representatives elections (98 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	13,338	13,338
Electoral system	285	285
Results	15,010	25,792
Federal	3,467	3,467
Per state	6,597	6,597
Maps	718	718
Retirements	908	22,309
Democrats	12,803	12,803
Republicans	8,598	8,598
Resignations and death	184	1,540
Democrats	1,038	1,038
Republicans	318	318
Incumbents defeated	152	11,115
In primary elections	29	6,974
Democrats	3,021	3,021
Republicans	3,924	3,924
In general elections	29	3,989
Democrats	2,448	2,448
Republicans	1,512	1,512
Reapportionment	865	5,205
New seats	282	282
Seats eliminated	248	248
Seats with multiple incumbents running	3,810	3,810
Open seats that changed parties	65	688
Republican seats won by Democrats	157	157
Democratic seats won by Republicans	466	466
Open seats that parties held	116	2,591
Democratic holds/flips	1,165	1,165
Republican holds/flips	1,310	1,310
Newly created seats	153	1,259
Democratic gain	502	502
Republican gain	604	604
Vulnerable seats	657	2,671
Democratic	744	744
Republican	1,270	1,270
Closest races	7,236	7,236
Election ratings	1,257	1,257
Special elections	10,583	10,583
Exit poll	29,277	29,277
Alabama	4,646	4,646
Alaska	1,635	1,635
Arizona	4,773	4,773
Arkansas	2,764	2,764
California	25,607	25,607
Colorado	4,825	4,825
Connecticut	3,407	3,407
Delaware	1,378	1,378
Florida	13,872	13,872
Georgia	7,049	7,049
Hawaii	1,694	1,694
Idaho	1,673	1,673
Illinois	9,091	9,091
Indiana	5,247	5,247
Iowa	2,605	2,605
Kansas	2,305	2,305
Kentucky	3,461	3,461
Louisiana	4,071	4,071
Maine	1,677	1,677
Maryland	4,317	4,317
Massachusetts	4,489	4,489
Michigan	9,337	9,337
Minnesota	4,820	4,820
Mississippi	2,638	2,638
Missouri	4,712	4,712
Montana	2,068	2,068
Nebraska	2,162	2,162
Nevada	2,882	2,882
New Hampshire	1,483	1,483
New Jersey	8,261	8,261
New Mexico	2,140	2,140
New York	13,134	13,134
North Carolina	7,742	7,742
North Dakota	1,215	1,215
Ohio	7,593	7,593
Oklahoma	3,332	3,332
Oregon	3,860	3,860
Pennsylvania	8,419	8,419
Rhode Island	1,753	1,753
South Carolina	3,893	3,893
South Dakota	1,287	1,287
Tennessee	6,062	6,062
Texas	17,834	17,834
Utah	2,754	2,754
Vermont	2,006	2,006
Virginia	5,506	5,506
Washington	4,928	4,928
West Virginia	1,921	1,921
Wisconsin	4,476	4,476
Wyoming	1,403	1,403
Non-voting delegates	25	4,577
American Samoa	754	754
District of Columbia	902	902
Guam	1,159	1,159
Northern Mariana Islands	987	987
United States Virgin Islands	750	750
See also	212	212
Notes	24	24
References	296	296
Total	390,462	390,462

Map colors

I think that new districts or districts without an incumbent should have a light gray colour, rather than blue or red.

New York's 3rd congressional district should count as a NYC seat for the map on the side of the page.

The Seat Republican George Santos (who lives in Queens) picked up contains parts of Queens, and therefore NYC, meaning that the Republican Party now has two of the NYC Congressional seats but the Wikipedia maps still shows only NY-11 as the only R seat.

Opinion polls

Shouldn't there be a section on opinion polls, showing e.g. a list of generic ballot polls for the house prior to the election. That is the standard for other first-past-the-polls elections like the UK House of Commons too 11:31, 21 September 2023 (UTC) 159.86.201.134 (talk) 11:31, 21 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oregon Map

Can someone fix the oregon map. It shows that there was a democrat gain and a Republican gain NathanBru (talk) 22:48, 10 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Voter turnout

Didn’t there used to be at the top of the infobox the percentage for total voter turnout compared to registered voters nationwide what happened to that? Rabbipika (talk) 16:15, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Crossover seats

Would it be an idea to edit the table for crossover seats to include future (so 2024) presidential results, this confirming the status of the seat as a crossover seat and not simply a seat that was already shifting? This information may be interesting. 141.154.49.21 (talk) 06:45, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]