Uncontested: The 35 House Districts With Only One Major Party on the Ballot

Updated to remove PA-15 Republican Glenn Thompson from the 'Totally Unopposed' List. Numbers have been updated in the article, as applicable.

As this year's primaries (view results by state) draw to a close, we count 35 U.S. House races where only one of the two major parties will be on the ballot. 23 of these are held by Republicans, 12 by Democrats.

16 incumbents have no opponent. In 13 other districts, opposition is from a 3rd party or independent candidate. Finally, in six California districts, Democrats won both positions in the top-two primary. 

Looking back to similar races across the last two cycles, this year's total of 35 is in the middle. In 2018, there were 42 such races; that number declined to 27 in 2020.

Totally Unopposed

There are 16 incumbents - 13 Republicans and three Democrats - that have the ballot all to themselves. Their only opposition would be via write-in, where allowed.

In 2020, this number was 11, split more evenly with six Republicans and five Democrats.

District		Incumbent	District		Incumbent
AZ-08		Debbie Lesko	PA-14		Guy Reschenthaler
AZ-09		Paul Gosar	SC-03		Jeff Duncan
FL-05		John Rutherford	SC-04		William Timmons
IL-07		Danny Davis	TX-06		Jake Ellzey
LA-04		Mike Johnson	TX-11		August Pfluger
MA-04		Jake Auchincloss	TX-25		Roger Williams
NY-13		Adriano Espaillat	TX-31		John Carter
PA-13		John Joyce	WI-06		Glenn Grothman

No Major Party Opposition

13 incumbents - 10 Republicans and three Democrats - face 3rd party or independent opponents. This list has grown from eight in 2020.

District		Incumbent	District		Incumbent
AL-01		Jerry Carl	NY-09		Yvette Clarke
AL-06		Gary Palmer	PA-03		Dwight Evans
CA-10		Mark DeSaulnier	SD-AL		Dusty Johnson
FL-06		Michael Waltz	TX-19		Jodey Arrington
FL-18		Scott Franklin	TX-26		Michael Burgess
LA-061		Garret Graves	WI-08		Mike Gallagher
ND-AL		Kelly Armstrong

¹_{Not a perfect fit for the list, as there is a second Republican on the ballot in this all-party primary. Should Graves fail to get a majority of the vote, there will be a top-two runoff. In that scenario, if the other Republican also advances, this election will move to the 'Same Party Opposition' list.}

Same Party Opposition

California and Washington hold top-two primaries, where all candidates, regardless of party, appear on a single ballot. The two highest finishers go on to the general election.  Six districts - all in California - advanced two Democrats. 

In 2020, there were eight such districts, seven in California and one in Washington. 

District		Incumbent	District		Incumbent
CA-152		Jackie Speier	CA-30		Adam Schiff
CA-16		Anna Eshoo	CA-34		Jimmy Gomez
CA-29		Tony Cardenas	CA-372		Karen Bass

²_{Incumbents - based on where they likely would have run after redistricting - are retiring from the House.}