The 2010 United States House of Representatives elections will be held on November 2, 2010, halfway through President Barack Obama's first term in office. Elections will be held for all 435 seats, representing the 50 U.S. states. Elections also will be held for the delegates from the District of Columbia and four of the five U.S. territories. The only seat in the United States House of Representatives not up for election is that of the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico, who serves a four-year term and will next face election in 2012.
The number of House seats may change pending the passage of the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 (H.R. 157 and S. 160) in the House. On February 26, 2009, the U.S. Senate passed S. 160 by a vote of 61-37, although an attached amendment removing most of the District's gun laws has kept the bill from proceeding further.[1]
The winners of this election cycle will serve in the 112th Congress.
