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The '''1944 United States House of Representatives elections''' were elections for the [[United States House of Representatives]] to elect members to serve in the [[79th United States Congress]]. They were held for the most part on November 7, 1944, while Maine held theirs on September 11. These elections coincided with [[President of the United States|President]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s [[1944 United States presidential election|re-election]] to a record fourth term.
Roosevelt's popularity allowed his [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic Party]] to gain twenty seats from the [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]s and minor parties, cementing the Democratic majority. Also, Americans rallied behind
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== Special elections ==
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== New Mexico ==
{{See also|List of United States representatives from New Mexico}}
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* {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{Aye}} '''[[Andrew Lawrence Somers]]''' (Democratic) 57.8%
* {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}Philip Kahaner (Republican) 27.0%
* {{Party stripe|Liberal Party (
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| [[William Lemke]]
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| [[1942 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota|1942]]
| Incumbent re-elected.
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* {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{Aye}} '''[[Charles R. Robertson]]''' (Republican) 26.9%
* {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}[[Halvor L. Halvorson]] (Democratic) 16.7%
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| [[Usher L. Burdick]]
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| [[1934 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota|1934]]
| {{Party shading/Republican/Hold}} | Incumbent retired to [[1944 United States Senate election in North Dakota|run for U.S. senator]], but lost the nomination and then lost re-election as an Independent.<br/>Republican hold.
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* {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{Aye}} '''[[Chester H. Gross]]''' (Republican) 52.6%
* {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}[[Josiah W. Gitt]] (Democratic) 47.4%
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