2024 House Election Interactive Map - 270toWin (2024)

FAQs

What is the current makeup of the House of Representatives? ›

The House elects a Speaker (Article 1, Section 2) who exerts great control. The Speaker is in charge of the calendar (what bills are debated and when that occurs) and influences the House Rules Committee in deciding the legislation to be considered. The Senate does not have a position similar to Speaker.

The number of voting representatives in the House is fixed by law at no more than 435, proportionally representing the population of the 50 states. Currently, there are five delegates representing the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

The compensation for most Senators, Representatives, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico is $174,000. These levels have remained unchanged since 2009. Subsequent scheduled annual adjustments were denied by P.L.

House Republicans have 221 seats and Democrats have 213. The GOP took control of the House with a slim majority in the 2022 midterm elections.

Party Breakdown

House of Representatives: 218 Republicans (plus 2 Delegates and the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico) and 213 Democrats (plus 3 Delegates), and 4 vacant seats. Senate: 49 Republicans, 48 Democrats, and 4 Independents, who all caucus with the Democrats.

The Senate has exceptionally high authority, sometimes higher than the President or the House of Representatives. The Senate can try cases of impeachment, which can dismiss a President for misconduct.

In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.

As of the 2020 census, the largest delegation was California, with 52 representatives. Six states have only one representative: Alaska, Delaware, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming.

Which party controls the Senate? ›

Democrats still control the Senate — with 51 votes instead of last term's 50 plus the tie-breaking Vice President Harris. (The Democratic caucus, or voting bloc, includes three independents who vote with the Democrats.)

The number of representatives with full voting rights is 435, a number set by Public Law 62-5 on August 8, 1911, and in effect since 1913.

In the 118th Congress, the current party alignments as of June 7, 2024,6 are as follows: House of Representatives: 218 Republicans (plus 2 Delegates and the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico) and 213 Democrats (plus 3 Delegates), and 4 vacant seats.