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Section sizes

Section size for 2020 United States House of Representatives elections (94 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	9,180	9,180
Electoral system	275	275
Results summary	23	10,685
Federal	3,603	3,603
Per states	6,391	6,391
Maps	668	668
Retirements	525	3,436
Democrats	835	835
Libertarians	108	108
Republicans	1,968	1,968
Resignations	224	2,167
Republicans	1,943	1,943
Incumbents defeated	27	5,179
In primary elections	430	3,734
Democrats	1,245	1,245
Republicans	2,059	2,059
In general elections	29	1,418
Democrats	1,333	1,333
Republicans	56	56
Open seats that changed parties	38	549
Democratic seats won by Republicans	147	147
Libertarian seats won by Republicans	136	136
Republican seats won by Democrats	228	228
Open seats that parties held	63	2,809
Democratic seats held by Democrats	662	662
Republican seats held by Republicans	2,084	2,084
Crossover seats	204	4,241
Democratic	1,697	1,697
Republican	2,340	2,340
Closest races	7,615	7,615
Election ratings	94	94
Special elections	4,645	4,645
Election dates	9,084	9,084
Alabama	3,873	3,873
Alaska	1,396	1,396
Arizona	5,044	5,044
Arkansas	2,703	2,703
California	23,243	23,243
Colorado	5,079	5,079
Connecticut	3,262	3,262
Delaware	1,662	1,662
Florida	12,606	12,606
Georgia	7,142	7,142
Hawaii	2,117	2,117
Idaho	1,791	1,791
Illinois	9,451	9,451
Indiana	4,888	4,888
Iowa	2,562	2,562
Kansas	2,802	2,802
Kentucky	3,895	3,895
Louisiana	4,143	4,143
Maine	1,598	1,598
Maryland	4,422	4,422
Massachusetts	4,766	4,766
Michigan	8,467	8,467
Minnesota	5,066	5,066
Mississippi	2,590	2,590
Missouri	4,915	4,915
Montana	1,427	1,427
Nebraska	2,298	2,298
Nevada	3,462	3,462
New Hampshire	1,839	1,839
New Jersey	7,144	7,144
New Mexico	2,675	2,675
New York	14,573	14,573
North Carolina	7,112	7,112
North Dakota	1,222	1,222
Ohio	8,262	8,262
Oklahoma	3,272	3,272
Oregon	3,252	3,252
Pennsylvania	8,744	8,744
Rhode Island	1,877	1,877
South Carolina	4,299	4,299
South Dakota	1,403	1,403
Tennessee	5,503	5,503
Texas	19,075	19,075
Utah	3,226	3,226
Vermont	1,396	1,396
Virginia	5,656	5,656
Washington	5,127	5,127
West Virginia	2,264	2,264
Wisconsin	4,690	4,690
Wyoming	1,324	1,324
Non-voting delegates	27	7,728
American Samoa	1,063	1,063
District of Columbia	1,527	1,527
Guam	1,781	1,781
Northern Mariana Islands	902	902
Puerto Rico	1,402	1,402
United States Virgin Islands	1,026	1,026
See also	227	227
Notes	26	26
References	30	30
Further reading	506	506
Total	319,081	319,081

Libertarian seat change

@RaySwifty18: I don't know what the consensus is (or if there is a consensus) on whether US House election infoboxes should show seat changes as changes from the previous election (i.e. 2018) or from the seat totals before the election, but either every party should show the former or every party should show the latter. So either the Democrats lost 13, the Republicans gained 14 and the Libertarians had no change, or the Democrats lost 10, the Republicans gained 16 and the Liberarians lost 1. But it is misleading to use different calculations for different parties. dummelaksen (talk • contribs) 00:20, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]