Median Activity of House Candidates

						Median Activity of House Candidates
						Through 20 Days After the Election
			1998			1996			1994			1992			1990
		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	194	$531,156	$420,684	168	$521,939	$463,099	226	$524,638	$485,167	213	$483,318	$508,726	249	$389,049	$328,621
	Challengers	138	$98,538	$91,047	195	$126,574	$122,318	113	$73,120	$71,556	140	$64,078	$63,372	131	$32,743	$27,815
	Open Seats	34	$643,739	$628,164	53	$587,760	$580,212	47	$507,919	$484,217	74	$411,797	$388,040	33	$446,616	$443,288

	Republicans
	Incumbents	211	$643,079	$529,072	213	$684,381	$588,706	157	$468,884	$397,858	138	$472,103	$459,301	159	$404,308	$355,427
	Challengers	117	$194,752	$160,160	150	$112,287	$98,288	196	$145,345	$132,619	216	$80,212	$79,801	205	$24,449	$22,695
	Open Seats	30	$865,775	$828,252	51	$609,128	$587,686	47	$562,116	$533,633	70	$405,534	$394,974	29	$437,092	$436,508

Note: includes only candidates who reported raising some money through 20 days after the election.

						Number of House Nonincumbents Who
						Reported receipts of at least $100,000
						Through 20 Days After the Election
	1998		1996		1994		1992		1990		1988
		Percent of		Percent of		Percent of		Percent of		Percent of		Percent of
	Number	Category	Number	Category	Number	Category	Number	Category	Number	Category	Number	Category
Dem Chl	68	41.98%	105	50.00%	51	45.13%	60	42.86%	36	27.48%	55	35.71%
Dem Open	30	88.24%	49	92.45%	46	97.87%	71	95.95%	27	81.82%	23	85.19%
Rep Chl	66	44.30%	77	44.51%	114	58.16%	97	44.91%	59	28.78%	55	28.35%
Rep Open	26	81.25%	47	92.16%	46	97.87%	53	75.71%	24	82.76%	21	80.77%

						Reported receipts of at least $200,000
						Through 20 Days After the Election
	1998		1996		1994		1992		1990		1988
		Percent of		Percent of		Percent of		Percent of		Percent of		Percent of
	Number	Category	Number	Category	Number	Category	Number	Category	Number	Category	Number	Category
Dem Chl	47	29.01%	83	39.52%	37	32.74%	46	32.86%	24	18.32%	38	24.68%
Dem Open	30	88.24%	47	88.68%	44	93.62%	68	91.89%	27	81.82%	22	81.48%
Rep Chl	58	38.93%	60	34.68%	88	44.90%	61	28.24%	37	18.05%	31	15.98%
Rep Open	25	78.13%	45	88.24%	45	95.74%	47	67.14%	22	75.86%	20	76.92%


						Reported receipts of at least $400,000
						Through 20 Days After the Election
	1998		1996		1994		1992		1990		1988
		Percent of		Percent of		Percent of		Percent of		Percent of		Percent of
	Number	Category	Number	Category	Number	Category	Number	Category	Number	Category	Number	Category
Dem Chl	30	18.52%	58	27.62%	21	18.58%	17	12.14%	9	6.87%	17	11.04%
Dem Open	25	73.53%	44	83.02%	35	74.47%	38	51.35%	21	63.64%	14	51.85%
Rep Chl	34	22.82%	35	20.23%	51	26.02%	22	10.19%	19	9.27%	9	4.64%
Rep Open	24	75.00%	41	80.39%	35	74.47%	35	50.00%	16	55.17%	16	61.54%

							Total Number of Incumbents Seeking Reelection
							and Number of Open Seat Districts

					1998	1996	1994	1992	1990	1988
		No. of Incumbents			407	389	393	371	409	413

		No. of Open Seats			33	51	47	75	30	27

					(The number of incumbents plus open seats does not always equal the total number
					of districts because some districts had two incumbents running in 1992.)