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States with the most close U.S. House races in 2022

States ranked by the number of official 2022 U.S. House contests decided by fewer than five percentage points.

What this chart says

California had 6 FEC-published 2022 House contests with a final top-two margin below five percentage points.

How to read it

Calculates the final top-two percentage-point margin for each FEC-published 2022 House contest and counts sub-five-point contests by state.

Important limits

  • Election.org calculates the margin threshold from official final percentages; the FEC does not publish this ranking.
  • Only states with at least one qualifying contest appear; special-election and source-stage caveats remain attached to the underlying result records.
The data behind the view

Every plotted value.

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States with the most close U.S. House races in 2022: source values used by Election.org
GroupClose contests
California6
New York5
Arizona2
Colorado2
Nevada2
North Carolina2
Oregon2
Pennsylvania2
Virginia2
Connecticut1
Florida1
Guam1
Illinois1
Iowa1
Michigan1
Montana1
Nebraska1
New Jersey1
New Mexico1
Rhode Island1
Washington1
Wisconsin1
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