This page will contain various statistics and data as they relate to the 88 new Republican members of Congress. All data will be related to the 88 members, not the 435 house seats.
Background (by occupation):
Attorney: 28, or 31.8% (for comparison, the 111th Congress had 140 attorneys by profession, or 32.1% of the 435 members, which includes both D and R parties)
Small business: 34, or 39%
Current or former state or federal legislator: 35, or 40%
Returning US representative (held office prior to this election and had been voted out or left office): 5, or 6%
Never held elected legislative (state or federal) office: 48, or 54.5% ( note- does not include local or non-legislative offices such as Mayor, city or county council, district attorney, etc.)
Highest vote percentage (largest win): 73.8% for Tim Huelskamp (Kansas Dist. 1)
Lowest vote percentage: 47.9% for Blake Farenthold (Texas Dist. 27)
Closest election: Joe Walsh (Illinois Dist. 8), 553 out of 200,702 votes cast (well under 1% of the vote). Also notable with less than 1,000 votes: NY-25 with a margin of 659 and TX-27 with a margin of 799.
Number with more than 60% of the total vote: 16, or 18%
Number with less than 50% of the total vote: 9, or 10%
Number with 50 to 55% of the total vote: 45, or 51%
The average percentage for these candidates was 55.37.
The races that are being contested or were lost by a slim margin:
Recounts:
CA-11:
Harmer (R) 88,255 or 47.4%
McNerney (D-incumbent) 88,879 or 47.7%
Difference of 624 votes.
KY-6
Barr (R) 119,245 or 49.9%
Chandler (D-incumbent) 119,845 or 50.1%
Difference of 600 votes
Losses:
VA-11
Fimian (R) 110,695 or 48.9%
Connolly (D-incumbent) 111,615 or 49.3%
All other candidates (3) 4,178 or 1.8%
Fimian lost by 920 votes
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