U.S. House Battlegrounds, 2020

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[ConservativeMind]

Last updated: September 23, 2020

Elections for all 435 U.S. House seats will take place in 2020. Ballotpedia has identified 39 of the 435 House races (9.0%) as battlegrounds. Of the 39 seats, 20 have Democratic incumbents, 18 have Republican incumbents, and one has a Libertarian incumbent.

These battleground districts were selected by examining the 2018 winner's margin of victory, the results of the 2016 presidential election in the district, whether the incumbent is seeking re-election, and whether the incumbent is serving his or her first term in Congress. Race ratings from the Cook Political Report, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and Inside Elections with Nathan Gonzales were also considered. For more information on our methodology, click here.

Races may also be identified as battleground races for other compelling or meaningful reasons, such as significant levels of satellite spending or influencer endorsements, coinciding with a change in district lines, or their potential impact on intraparty divisions.

As of September 2020, Democrats have a 232-198 advantage over Republicans. There is one Libertarian member, and there are four vacancies. The following are some factors that could influence the outcome of the 2020 House elections:

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This has a list of all close House races.

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[vikingd00d]

How sad that GA-6 is a battleground.. If only the GOPe candidate in the last election hadn’t deliberately thrown the race... surely the GOPe wouldn’t be stupid enough to run her again? Oh, wait...

[sheehan]

WA-8 is a total tossup... we have universal mail-in voting here in WA, this is one seat that will be stolen

the incumbent only got 42% in the August primary