Newt Gingrich Republican Newt Gingrich Republican The 1996 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives on November 5, 1996, to elect members to serve in the 105th United States Congress.

The election was the fourth and final time in the 20th century in which either party won the House majority without winning the popular vote, with the previous three instances occurring in 1914, 1942, and 1952.

[5][6] In terms of the total vote, the 1996 result remains one of the closest in U.S. history.

This remains the last election in which Republicans won a majority of seats in the New Jersey delegation, and it was also the first election since 1872 in which Republicans won a majority of seats in Mississippi's delegation.

As of 2022[update], these were the last elections in which the Republican Party won a majority of congressional districts from Washington.