Median Activity of House General Election Candidates
		1996			1994			1992			1990			1988
	Number of			Number of			Number of			Number of			Number of
	Candidates	Receipts	Disbursements	Candidates	Receipts	Disbursements	Candidates	Receipts	Disbursements	Candidates	Receipts	Disbursements	Candidates	Receipts	Disbursements
Democrats
Incumbents	170	$523,020	$471,566	226	$534,172	$501,155	213	$488,439	$517,594	249	$399,113	$337,300	248	$364,699	$296,524
Challengers	211	$112,694	$112,343	130	$63,092	$60,989	140	$71,532	$71,128	131	$35,054	$33,817	154	$44,341	$43,784
Open Seats	53	$609,190	$604,865	47	$514,543	$514,071	74	$416,910	$400,740	31	$476,231	$457,655	27	$430,248	$392,791
Republicans
Incumbents	213	$700,220	$610,166	157	$473,192	$416,080	138	$475,713	$479,152	159	$410,468	$373,388	164	$392,700	$337,283
Challengers	172	$80,754	$77,887	217	$115,999	$114,884	216	$83,519	$82,837	205	$24,863	$26,230	194	$29,399	$28,948
Open Seats	51	$609,524	$591,536	47	$581,634	$580,409	70	$427,520	$420,800	29	$469,551	$466,259	26	$470,835	$463,191
				Number of House Nonincumbents Who
				Reported receipts of at least $100,000
	1996		1994		1992		1990		1988
		Percent of		Percent of		Percent of		Percent of		Percent of
	Number	Category	Number	Category	Number	Category	Number	Category	Number	Category
Dem Chl	108	51.18%	52	40.00%	60	42.86%	39	29.77%	55	35.71%
Dem Open	49	92.45%	46	97.87%	73	98.65%	27	87.10%	24	88.89%
Rep Chl	79	45.93%	117	53.92%	100	46.30%	61	29.76%	57	29.38%
Rep Open	47	92.16%	46	97.87%	57	81.43%	24	82.76%	21	80.77%
				Reported receipts of at least $200,000
	1996		1994		1992		1990		1988
		Percent of		Percent of		Percent of		Percent of		Percent of
	Number	Category	Number	Category	Number	Category	Number	Category	Number	Category
Dem Chl	84	39.81%	39	30.00%	47	33.57%	24	18.32%	38	24.68%
Dem Open	48	90.57%	44	93.62%	70	94.59%	27	87.10%	22	81.48%
Rep Chl	60	34.88%	92	42.40%	67	31.02%	38	18.54%	34	17.53%
Rep Open	45	88.24%	46	97.87%	50	71.43%	23	79.31%	20	76.92%
				Reported receipts of at least $400,000
	1996		1994		1992		1990		1988
		Percent of		Percent of		Percent of		Percent of		Percent of
	Number	Category	Number	Category	Number	Category	Number	Category	Number	Category
Dem Chl	61	28.91%	21	16.15%	17	12.14%	9	6.87%	17	11.04%
Dem Open	44	83.02%	35	74.47%	40	54.05%	22	70.97%	14	51.85%
Rep Chl	36	20.93%	53	24.42%	25	11.57%	20	9.76%	10	5.15%
Rep Open	41	80.39%	36	76.60%	37	52.86%	16	55.17%	17	65.38%
					Total Number of Incumbents Seeking Reelection
					and Number of Open Seat Districts
				1996	1994	1992	1990	1988
		No. of Incumbents		389	393	371	409	413
		No. of Open Seats		51	47	75	30	27