Nancy Pelosi Democratic John Boehner Republican The 2010 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 2, 2010, as part of the 2010 midterm elections during President Barack Obama's first term in office.

Republicans regained control of the U.S. House they had lost in the 2006 midterm election, picking up a net total of 63 seats and erasing the gains Democrats made in 2006 and 2008.

Democrats made three pick-ups, winning an open seat in Delaware and defeating Republican incumbents in Hawaii and Louisiana.

The heavy Democratic Party losses in 2010 were attributed to anger at President Obama, opposition to the Affordable Care Act and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, large budget deficits, and the weak economy.

[14] This has been attributed to the continued economic recession, as well as President Obama's controversial stimulus and health care reform bills.

[16][17] The Great Lakes region, which until then had recently favored the Democratic Party, went strongly Republican.

[18] The biggest change in 2010 occurred in the Southeastern United States, which had previously been roughly evenly split between Democrats and Republicans for everything except for president.

Prior to 2010, many white conservative southerners had voted Republican for president, but Democratic for other offices.

There were six special elections in 2010 to the 111th United States Congress, listed here by date and district.