Members of the U.S. House of Representatives are elected to two-year terms in even-numbers years.
In the event a representative dies, resigns or is expelled, a special election is held to elect a replacement. The Constitution establishes no limit on the number of terms a person may serve in the House.
The four non-voting delegates to Congress from the District of Columbia, Guam, the Virgin Islands and America Samoa are also elected to two-year terms in even-numbered years, while Puerto Rico’s non-voting resident commissioner in Congress is elected to a four-year term in the same years as presidential elections are held.
- Current information on members of the House of Representatives – Clerk of the House
- 2000 Congressional Elections – Close Contests
- Results of Freshmen Incumbents in the 1996 House of Representatives Elections.
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