1994 United States House of Representatives elections

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The 1994 United States House of Representatives elections were a landmark midterm contest in which Republicans gained control of the House for the first time in four decades, reshaping the national political landscape.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States House of Representatives elections ⓘ
midterm elections ⓘ
associatedWith Contract with America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
DemocraticLeader Tom Foley ⓘ
DemocraticLeaderSeat Washington's 5th congressional district ⓘ
DemocraticLeaderSince 1989 ⓘ
DemocraticPopularVotePercentage 44.7 ⓘ
DemocraticPopularVoteSwing -5.5 ⓘ
DemocraticSeatChange -54 ⓘ
DemocraticSeatsAfter 204 ⓘ
DemocraticSeatsBefore 258 ⓘ
electionCycle midterm of Bill Clinton's first term ⓘ
electionDate 1994-11-08 ⓘ
electionType congressional election ⓘ
legislative election ⓘ
followedBy 1996 United States House of Representatives elections ⓘ
follows 1992 United States House of Representatives elections ⓘ
historicalSignificance first time Republicans controlled the House since the 1954 elections ⓘ
incumbentPresident Bill Clinton ⓘ
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives ⓘ
legislatureTerm 104th United States Congress ⓘ
mainOppositionParties Democratic Party ⓘ
Republican Party ⓘ
majorOutcome Republican Party ⓘ
surface form: Republican Party gained control of the House of Representatives
mediaDescription landslide victory for Republicans ⓘ
nickname Republican Revolution ⓘ
notableDefeat Tom Foley ⓘ
surface form: Tom Foley lost his seat
notableDefeatContext first sitting Speaker of the House defeated for re-election since 1862 ⓘ
numberOfSeatsContested 435 ⓘ
partOf 1994 United States House of Representatives elections self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 1994 United States elections
politicalImpact strengthened conservative movement in U.S. politics ⓘ
weakened congressional power of the Democratic Party ⓘ
postElectionHouseMajorityParty Republican Party ⓘ
preElectionHouseMajorityParty Democratic Party ⓘ
presidentParty Democratic Party ⓘ
previousCongress 103rd United States Congress ⓘ
relatedEvent 1994 United States Senate elections ⓘ
RepublicanLeader Newt Gingrich (as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives) ⓘ
surface form: Newt Gingrich
RepublicanLeaderSeat Georgia's 6th congressional district ⓘ
RepublicanLeaderSince 1989 ⓘ
RepublicanPopularVotePercentage 51.5 ⓘ
RepublicanPopularVoteSwing +6.4 ⓘ
RepublicanSeatChange +54 ⓘ
RepublicanSeatsAfter 230 ⓘ
RepublicanSeatsBefore 176 ⓘ
resultingSpeakerOfTheHouse Newt Gingrich (as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives) ⓘ
surface form: Newt Gingrich
resultingSpeakerParty Republican Party ⓘ
thirdPartyOrIndependentSeatsAfter 1 ⓘ
voterTurnoutContext midterm election turnout ⓘ

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Patrick J. Kennedy → electedIn → 1994 United States House of Representatives elections ⓘ
1994 United States House of Representatives elections → partOf → 1994 United States House of Representatives elections self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1994 United States elections
1996 United States House of Representatives elections → follows → 1994 United States House of Representatives elections ⓘ
Contract with America → significantEvent → 1994 United States House of Representatives elections ⓘ
Scott Klug (as U.S. Representative for Wisconsin's 2nd district) → election → 1994 United States House of Representatives elections ⓘ
subject surface form: Scott Klug
United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1994 → context → 1994 United States House of Representatives elections ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1994 Republican Revolution