Talk:2018 United States House of Representatives elections

Outcomes of non-House races

@GoldRingChip: I have serious reservations about your edit, in which all the information about the success or failure of House members running for Senate/Governorship/what-have-you was removed. There is precedent for retaining this information (see 2016_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections#Incumbents_not_seeking_re-election) and even without this precedent, it's plainly useful to have this information aggregated on the House election page for anyone who wants to learn how popular U.S. Representatives were when running for other office. Please consider rolling back this part of your edit. Airbornemihir (talk) 17:47, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

• You make a good point… these facts may be interesting to readers. Perhaps it should be restored. I'll restore it, per your request. Perhaps other editors, meanwhile, would have an opinion on this? —GoldRingChip 17:52, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Question: Should this article include whether a retiring/resigning member is successful in an election to another post? —GoldRingChip 17:52, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Should NC09 be counted in the national popular vote?

Since the results weren't certified, I'm not sure those votes should be in the top-line tally. Filinovich (talk) 16:29, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

I agree, since there was evidence of fraud. JTRH (talk) 17:57, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

Close races

I just edited the Close races section inserting two close races, specifically NV-4, which Steven Horsford won by 8.18%, and NV-3, which Susie Lee won by 9.06%. I found these just by chance, not by doing a systematic search. I am concerned that there may be other missing races in this section, and I wonder how this list was generated in the first place. —Anomalocaris (talk) 07:57, 28 April 2019 (UTC)

I also inserted PA-8, which Matt Cartwright won by 9.29%. Based on the election results page at The Washington Post, I think I have found all races won by 10.00% or less. Note that the URL here will obviously not work after the November 2020 election.

References

—Anomalocaris (talk) 19:04, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Condense?

This article has far too much length and detail. I'd suggest removing the following sections: Resignations and retracted retirements; close races; and special elections. Thoughts? SunCrow (talk) 02:48, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

I definitely want to keep the close races, but would be open to moving some of the information about special elections and resignations to another page. Orser67 (talk) 20:55, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Relevant discussion

There's a discussion on the inclusion of each individual house race in these overall election articles at: Talk:2020 United States House of Representatives elections#RFC on inclusion of House elections. Orser67 (talk) 20:55, 9 December 2019 (UTC)