New York's 30th congressional district

{{Infobox U.S. congressional district

|state = New York

|district number = 30

|obsolete = yes

|created = 1820

|eliminated = 2000

|years = 1823-2003

|population =

|population year = 1990

}}

New York’s 30th congressional district was a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York. It was eliminated as a result of the 2000 U.S. census. It was last represented by Jack Quinn who was redistricted into the 27th district.

The 30th congressional district is also referred to in the NBC television series Heroes, as the fictional district represented by Nathan Petrelli.

Voting

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! colspan="3" \| Election results from presidential races
Year !Office !Results
\|1992 \| President \| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}\|Clinton 45–26%
\|1996 \| President \| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}\|Clinton 57–29%

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! colspan="3" | Election results from presidential races

Year

!Office

!Results

|1992

| President

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Clinton 45–26%

|1996

| President

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Clinton 57–29%

Past components

1993–2003:

:Parts of Erie

1983–1993:

:All of Genesee

:Parts of Livingston, Monroe, Ontario

1973–1983:

:All of Clinton, Franklin, Jefferson, Lewis, St. Lawrence

:Parts of Essex, Oswego

1971–1973:

:All of Rensselaer, Saratoga, Warren, Washington

:Parts of Albany, Essex

1969–1971:

:All of Essex, Fulton, Hamilton, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Warren, Washington

1963–1969:

:All of Clinton, Essex, Fulton, Hamilton, Saratoga, Warren, Washington

:Parts of Rensselaer

1953–1963:

:All of Albany

:Parts of Rensselaer

1945–1953:

:All of Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Schoharie, Ulster

1913–1945:

:All of Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Schenectady

1903–1913:

:All of Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Tioga, Tompkins

1893–1903:

:All of Genesee, Livingston, Niagara, Orleans, Wyoming

List of members representing the district

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valign=bottom

! Member

! Party

! Years

! Cong
ress

! Electoral history

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| colspan=5 | District established March 4, 1823

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| align=left | Albert H. Tracy
{{Small|(Buffalo)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | D-R

| nowrap | March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825

| {{USCongressOrdinal|18}}

| Redistricted from the {{ushr|New York|22|C}} and re-elected in 1822.
Retired.

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| align=left | 100px
Daniel G. Garnsey
{{Small|(Fredonia)}}

| {{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}} | Anti-Jacksonian

| nowrap | March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1829

| {{USCongressOrdinal|19|20}}

| Elected in 1824.
Re-elected in 1826.
Lost re-election as an independent supported by the Anti-Masonic Party.

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| align=left | Ebenezer F. Norton
{{Small|(Buffalo)}}

| {{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

| nowrap | March 4, 1829 –
March 3, 1831

| {{USCongressOrdinal|21}}

| Elected in 1828.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| align=left | 100px
Bates Cooke
{{Small|(Lewiston)}}

| {{Party shading/Anti-Masonic}} | Anti-Masonic

| nowrap | March 4, 1831 –
March 3, 1833

| {{USCongressOrdinal|22}}

| Elected in 1830.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| align=left rowspan=2 nowrap | 100px
Philo C. Fuller
{{Small|(Geneseo)}}

| {{Party shading/Anti-Masonic}} | Anti-Masonic

| nowrap | March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1835

| rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|23|24}}

| Elected in 1832.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| {{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}} | Anti-Jacksonian

| nowrap | March 4, 1835 –
September 2, 1836

| Re-elected in 1834.
Resigned.

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| colspan=2 | Vacant

| nowrap | September 3, 1836 –
November 8, 1836

| {{USCongressOrdinal|24}}

| {{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| align=left | 100px
John Young
{{Small|(Geneseo)}}

| {{Party shading/Whig}} | Whig

| nowrap | November 9, 1836 –
March 3, 1837

| {{USCongressOrdinal|24}}

| Elected to finish Fuller's term.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| align=left | Luther C. Peck
{{Small|(Pike)}}

| {{Party shading/Whig}} | Whig

| nowrap | March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1841

| {{USCongressOrdinal|25|26}}

| Elected in 1836.
Re-elected in 1838.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| align=left | 100px
John Young
{{Small|(Geneseo)}}

| {{Party shading/Whig}} | Whig

| nowrap | March 4, 1841 –
March 3, 1843

| {{USCongressOrdinal|27}}

| Elected in 1840.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| align=left | 100px
William Spring Hubbell
{{Small|(Bath)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| nowrap | March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845

| {{USCongressOrdinal|28}}

| Elected in 1842.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| align=left | 100px
Martin Grover
{{Small|(Angelica)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| nowrap | March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1847

| {{USCongressOrdinal|29}}

| Elected in 1844.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| align=left | 100px
David Rumsey
{{Small|(Bath)}}

| {{Party shading/Whig}} | Whig

| nowrap | March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1851

| {{USCongressOrdinal|30|31}}

| Elected in 1846.
Re-elected in 1848.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| align=left | 100px
Reuben Robie
{{Small|(Bath)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| nowrap | March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853

| {{USCongressOrdinal|32}}

| Elected in 1850.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| align=left rowspan=2 nowrap | 100px
Benjamin Pringle
{{Small|(Batavia)}}

| {{Party shading/Whig}} | Whig

| nowrap | March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855

| rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|33|34}}

| Elected in 1852.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| {{Party shading/Opposition}} | Opposition

| nowrap | March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857

| Re-elected in 1854.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| align=left | 100px
Judson W. Sherman
{{Small|(Angelica)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1859

| {{USCongressOrdinal|35}}

| Elected in 1856.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| align=left | 100px
Augustus Frank
{{Small|(Warsaw)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | March 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1863

| {{USCongressOrdinal|36|37}}

| Elected in 1858.
Re-elected in 1860.
Redistricted to the {{ushr|New York|29|C}}.

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| align=left | 100px
John Ganson
{{Small|(Buffalo)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| nowrap | March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1865

| {{USCongressOrdinal|38}}

| Elected in 1862.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| align=left | 100px
James M. Humphrey
{{Small|(Buffalo)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| nowrap | March 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1869

| {{USCongressOrdinal|39|40}}

| Elected in 1864.
Re-elected in 1866.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| align=left | 100px
David S. Bennett
{{Small|(Buffalo)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | March 4, 1869 –
March 3, 1871

| {{USCongressOrdinal|41}}

| Elected in 1868.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| align=left | William Williams
{{Small|(Buffalo)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| nowrap | March 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1873

| {{USCongressOrdinal|42}}

| Elected in 1870.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| align=left | 100px
George G. Hoskins
{{Small|(Attica)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875

| {{USCongressOrdinal|43}}

| Elected in 1872.
Redistricted to the {{ushr|New York|31|C}}.

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| align=left | 100px
John M. Davy
{{Small|(Rochester)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877

| {{USCongressOrdinal|44}}

| Elected in 1874.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| align=left | 100px
Elizur K. Hart
{{Small|(Albion)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| nowrap | March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1879

| {{USCongressOrdinal|45}}

| Elected in 1876.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| align=left | 100px
John Van Voorhis
{{Small|(Rochester)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | March 4, 1879 –
March 3, 1883

| {{USCongressOrdinal|46|47}}

| Elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1880.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| align=left | 100px
Halbert S. Greenleaf
{{Small|(Rochester)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| nowrap | March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1885

| {{USCongressOrdinal|48}}

| Elected in 1882.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| align=left | 100px
Charles S. Baker
{{Small|(Rochester)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1891

| {{USCongressOrdinal|49|51}}

| Elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| align=left | 100px
Halbert S. Greenleaf
{{Small|(Rochester)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| nowrap | March 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1893

| {{USCongressOrdinal|52}}

| Elected in 1890.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| align=left | 100px
James Wolcott Wadsworth
{{Small|(Geneseo)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1903

| {{USCongressOrdinal|53|57}}

| Redistricted from the {{ushr|New York|31|C}} and re-elected in 1892.
Re-elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Redistricted to the {{ushr|New York|34|C}}.

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| align=left | 100px
John W. Dwight
{{Small|(Dryden)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1913

| {{USCongressOrdinal|58|62}}

| Redistricted from the {{ushr|New York|26|C}} and re-elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| align=left | 100px
Samuel Wallin
{{Small|(Amsterdam)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | March 4, 1913 –
March 3, 1915

| {{USCongressOrdinal|63}}

| Elected in 1912.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| align=left | 100px
William B. Charles
{{Small|(Amsterdam)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | March 4, 1915 –
March 3, 1917

| {{USCongressOrdinal|64}}

| Elected in 1914.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| align=left | 100px
George R. Lunn
{{Small|(Schenectady)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| nowrap | March 4, 1917 –
March 3, 1919

| {{USCongressOrdinal|65}}

| Elected in 1916.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| align=left | 100px
Frank Crowther
{{Small|(Schenectady)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | March 4, 1919 –
January 3, 1943

| {{USCongressOrdinal|66|77}}

| Elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Re-elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| align=left | 100px
Bernard W. Kearney
{{Small|(Gloversville)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | January 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1945

| {{USCongressOrdinal|78}}

| Elected in 1942.
Redistricted to the {{ushr|New York|31|C}}.

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| align=left | 100px
Jay LeFevre
{{Small|(New Paltz)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | January 3, 1945 –
January 3, 1951

| {{USCongressOrdinal|79|81}}

| Redistricted from the {{ushr|New York|27|C}} and re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| align=left | 100px
J. Ernest Wharton
{{Small|(Richmondville)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | January 3, 1951 –
January 3, 1953

| {{USCongressOrdinal|82}}

| Elected in 1950.
Redistricted to the {{ushr|New York|29|C}}.

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| align=left | 100px
Leo W. O'Brien
{{Small|(Albany)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| nowrap | January 3, 1953 –
January 3, 1963

| {{USCongressOrdinal|83|87}}

| Redistricted from the {{ushr|New York|32|C}} and re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Redistricted to the {{ushr|New York|29|C}}.

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| align=left | 100px
Carleton J. King
{{Small|(Saratoga Springs)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | January 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1973

| {{USCongressOrdinal|88|92}}

| Redistricted from the {{ushr|New York|31|C}} and re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Redistricted to the {{ushr|New York|29|C}}.

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| align=left | 100px
Robert C. McEwen
{{Small|(Ogdensburg)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | January 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1981

| {{USCongressOrdinal|93|96}}

| Redistricted from the {{ushr|New York|31|C}} and re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| align=left | 100px
David O'Brien Martin
{{Small|(Canton)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | January 3, 1981 –
January 3, 1983

| {{USCongressOrdinal|97}}

| Elected in 1980.
Redistricted to the {{ushr|New York|26|C}}.

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| align=left | 100px
Barber B. Conable Jr.
{{Small|(Alexander)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | January 3, 1983 –
January 3, 1985

| {{USCongressOrdinal|98}}

| Redistricted from the {{ushr|New York|35|C}} and re-elected in 1982.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| align=left | 100px
Fred J. Eckert
{{Small|(Rochester)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | January 3, 1985 –
January 3, 1987

| {{USCongressOrdinal|99}}

| Elected in 1984.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| align=left | 100px
Louise Slaughter
{{Small|(Fairport)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| nowrap | January 3, 1987 –
January 3, 1993

| {{USCongressOrdinal|100|102}}

| Elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Redistricted to the {{ushr|New York|28|C}}.

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| align=left | 100px
Jack Quinn
{{Small|(Hamburg)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 2003

| {{USCongressOrdinal|103|107}}

| Elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Redistricted to the {{ushr|New York|27|C}}.

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| colspan=5 | District dissolved January 3, 2003

Election results

Note that in New York State electoral politics there are numerous minor parties at various points on the political spectrum. Certain parties will invariably endorse either the Republican or Democratic candidate for every office, hence the state electoral results contain both the party votes, and the final candidate votes (Listed as "Recap").

{{Election box begin | title=1996 US House election: District 30

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

| party = Republican Party (US)

| candidate = Jack Quinn (incumbent)

| votes = 121,369

| percentage = 54.8%

| change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Democratic Party (US)

| candidate = Francis J. Pordum

| votes = 100,040

| percentage = 45.2%

| change =

}}

{{Election box majority

| votes = 21,329

| percentage = 9.6%

| change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

| votes = 221,409

| percentage = 100%

| change =

}}

{{Election box begin | title=1998 US House election: District 30

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

| party = Republican Party (US)

| candidate = Jack Quinn (incumbent)

| votes = 116,093

| percentage = 67.8%

| change = +13.0%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Democratic Party (US)

| candidate = Crystal Peoples

| votes = 55,199

| percentage = 32.2%

| change = −13.0%

}}

{{Election box majority

| votes = 60,894

| percentage = 35.5%

| change = +25.9%

}}

{{Election box turnout

| votes = 171,292

| percentage = 100%

| change = −22.6%

}}

{{Election box begin | title=2000 US House election: District 30

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

| party = Republican Party (US)

| candidate = Jack Quinn (incumbent)

| votes = 138,452

| percentage = 67.1%

| change = −0.7%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Democratic Party (US)

| candidate = John Fee

| votes = 67,819

| percentage = 32.9%

| change = +0.7%

}}

{{Election box majority

| votes = 70,633

| percentage = 34.2%

| change = −1.3%

}}

{{Election box turnout

| votes = 206,271

| percentage = 100%

| change = +20.4%

}}

References

{{cite book|title = The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress|last = Martis|first = Kenneth C.|year = 1989|publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company|location = New York}}
{{cite book|title = The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts|last = Martis|first = Kenneth C.|year = 1982|publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company|location = New York}}
[http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20060929025603/http://clerk.house.gov/members/electionInfo/2000/2000Stat.htm 2000 House election data] Clerk of the House of Representatives
[https://web.archive.org/web/20060901015416/http://clerk.house.gov/members/electionInfo/1998/98Stat.htm 1998 House election data]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20060126213548/http://clerk.house.gov/members/electionInfo/1996/96Stat.htm 1996 House election data]

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