Median Activity of House General Election Candidates

						Median Activity of House General Election Candidates

		1998			1996			1994			1992			1990			1988
	Number of			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	Candidates	Receipts
Democrats
Incumbents	194	$543,794	$435,532	170	$523,020	$471,566	226	$534,172	$501,155	213	$488,439	$517,594	249	$399,113	$337,300	248	$364,699
Challengers	162	$58,991	$51,760	211	$112,694	$112,343	130	$63,092	$60,989	140	$71,532	$71,128	131	$35,054	$33,817	154	$44,341
Open Seats	34	$665,139	$651,920	53	$609,190	$604,865	47	$514,543	$514,071	74	$416,910	$400,740	31	$476,231	$457,655	27	$430,248

Republicans
Incumbents	211	$644,432	$546,599	213	$700,220	$610,166	157	$473,192	$416,080	138	$475,713	$479,152	159	$410,468	$373,388	164	$392,700
Challengers	149	$74,338	$71,534	172	$80,754	$77,887	217	$115,999	$114,884	216	$83,519	$82,837	205	$24,863	$26,230	194	$29,399
Open Seats	32	$874,647	$835,243	51	$609,524	$591,536	47	$581,634	$580,409	70	$427,520	$420,800	29	$469,551	$466,259	26	$470,835





							Number of House Nonincumbents Who
							Reported receipts of at least $100,000

		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		70	43.21%	108	51.18%	52	40.00%	60	42.86%	39	29.77%	55	35.71%
Dem Open		31	91.18%	49	92.45%	46	97.87%	73	98.65%	27	87.10%	24	88.89%
Rep Chl		68	45.64%	79	45.93%	117	53.92%	100	46.30%	61	29.76%	57	29.38%
Rep Open		26	81.25%	47	92.16%	46	97.87%	57	81.43%	24	82.76%	21	80.77%

							Reported receipts of at least $200,000

		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		48	29.63%	84	39.81%	39	30.00%	47	33.57%	24	18.32%	38	24.68%
Dem Open		30	88.24%	48	90.57%	44	93.62%	70	94.59%	27	87.10%	22	81.48%
Rep Chl		58	38.93%	60	34.88%	92	42.40%	67	31.02%	38	18.54%	34	17.53%
Rep Open		25	78.13%	45	88.24%	46	97.87%	50	71.43%	23	79.31%	20	76.92%


							Reported receipts of at least $400,000

		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%	61	28.91%	21	16.15%	17	12.14%	9	6.87%	17	11.04%
Dem Open		25	73.53%	44	83.02%	35	74.47%	40	54.05%	22	70.97%	14	51.85%
Rep Chl		36	24.16%	36	20.93%	53	24.42%	25	11.57%	20	9.76%	10	5.15%
Rep Open		25	78.13%	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

						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.)