Paul Ryan Republican Nancy Pelosi Democratic The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 6, 2018, as part of the 2018 midterm elections during President Donald Trump's first term, with early voting taking place in some states in the weeks preceding that date.

Non-voting delegates from the District of Columbia and four of the five inhabited U.S. territories[f] were also elected.

On Election Day, Republicans had held a House majority since January 2011.

[4] In the 2018 elections, the Democrats, led by Nancy Pelosi, won control of the House.

This was the first time since 1954 that Democrats flipped a chamber of Congress in a Republican president's first midterm.

Upon the opening of the 116th Congress, Pelosi was elected as Speaker of the House.

[5] Incumbent Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan chose not to run for another term.

[7] The House Republicans' passage of the widely unpopular American Health Care Act of 2017 to repeal the Affordable Care Act, as well as opposition to Trump's policies, his low approval ratings, and questions about his personal stamina for office, are credited for the Democratic takeover of the House.

This marks the last time Democrats won any House seats in Oklahoma and Utah; the last time they won a majority of seats in Iowa and Minnesota; and the last time they won every seat based in New York City, Los Angeles County, and Orange County, California.

The Democratic Party won control of the House of Representatives in the 2018 midterm elections.

[8][9][10][11] Democrats won the popular vote by more than 9.7 million votes, or 8.6%,[12] the largest midterm margin for any party[13] and the largest margin on record for a minority party.

[14] According to the Associated Press' statistical analysis, gerrymandering cost the Democrats an additional sixteen House seats from Republicans.

[16] Note that the results summary does not include blank and over/under votes which were included in the official results or votes cast in the voided election in North Carolina's 9th congressional district.

Although half of the seats switched parties, Democrats maintained the same 5–3 majority.

Democrats increased their seat majority in New York's congressional delegation from 18–9 to 21–6.

Due to allegations of electoral fraud, the 116th Congress was sworn in with one seat vacant.

The election for a non-voting delegate from the Northern Mariana Islands was postponed until Tuesday, November 13, 2018, due to the impact of Typhoon Yutu.

[106] Currently held by Republican Jenniffer González, who was first elected in 2016, the Resident Commissioner is the only member of the United States House of Representatives to serve a four-year term.