2026 House Open Seats

56 House districts have no incumbent on the November ballot — 25 currently Democrat-held and 29 Republican-held, with 9 rated competitive. Open seats flip more often than defended ones, so this list is where control of the House is likeliest to move. Ratings are our resolved poll-first ratings — see the methodology.

Toss-up (5)

Lean D (2)

Lean R (2)

Likely D (4)

Likely R (6)

Safe D (20)

CA-11 California
D Departing: Nancy Pelosi
D Connie Chan
D Scott Wiener
Safe D
CA-14 California
D Departing: Eric Swalwell
D Aisha Wahab
D Melissa Hernandez
Safe D
CA-26 California
D Departing: Julia Brownley
D Jacqui Irwin V
R Sam Gallucci
Safe D
CA-38 California
D Departing: Linda Sánchez
D Hilda Solis
R Pedro Antonio Casas
Safe D
FL-24 Florida
D Departing: Frederica Wilson
D Oliver G. Gilbert III
R Te Brown
Safe D
GA-13 Georgia
D Departing: David Scott
D Jasmine Clark
R Jonathan Chavez
Safe D
IL-02 Illinois
D Departing: Robin Kelly
D Donna Miller
R Michael Noack
Safe D
IL-04 Illinois
D Departing: Chuy García
D Patty Garcia
R Lupe Castillo
Safe D
IL-07 Illinois
D Departing: Danny Davis
D La Shawn Ford
R Chad Koppie
Safe D
IL-08 Illinois
D Departing: Raja Krishnamoorthi
D Melissa Luburich Bean
R Jennifer Davis
Safe D
IL-09 Illinois
D Departing: Jan Schakowsky
D Daniel Biss
R John Elleson
Safe D
MA-06 Massachusetts
D Departing: Seth Moulton
R Micah Q. Jones
Safe D
MD-05 Maryland
D Departing: Steny Hoyer
D Adrian Boafo
R Chris Chaffee
Safe D
NJ-12 New Jersey
D Departing: Bonnie Watson Coleman
D Adam Hamawy
R Gregg Mele
Safe D
NY-07 New York
D Departing: Nydia Velázquez
D Claire Valdez
Safe D
NY-12 New York
D Departing: Jerry Nadler
D Micah Charles Lasher
Safe D
PA-03 Pennsylvania
D Departing: Dwight Evans
D Chris Rabb
Safe D
TX-30 Texas
D Departing: Jasmine Crockett
D Frederick Haynes III
R Everett Honorable Jackson
Safe D
TX-37 Texas
D Departing: Lloyd Doggett
D Greg Casar
Safe D
UT-01 Utah
Departing: —
D Ben McAdams
R Riley Montgomery Owen
Safe D

Safe R (17)

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