Gramm: to run for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded by Joe Barton. : Ron Paul: to run for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded by Tom DeLay. : David Daniel Marriott: to run for Governor of Utah. Was succeeded by David Smith Monson. : J. Kenneth Robinson. Was succeeded by D. French Slaughter Jr. : Joel Pritchard. Was succeeded by John Miller. Democratic gain : Ed Bethune: to run for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded by Tommy F. Robinson. Defeated incumbents In primary election Democrats Three Democrats lost renomination. : Katie Hall lost to challenger Pete Visclosky. : Frank G. Harrison lost to challenger Paul E. Kanjorski. : Abraham Kazen lost to challenger Albert Bustamante. In the general election Democrats Thirteen Democrats lost re-election. : James F. McNulty Jr. lost to Jim Kolbe. : Jerry M. Patterson lost to Bob Dornan. : William R. Ratchford lost to John G. Rowland. : Elliott H. Levitas lost to Pat Swindall. : Clarence Long lost to Helen Delich Bentley. : Donald J. Albosta lost to Bill Schuette. : Joseph Minish lost to Dean Gallo. : Ike Franklin Andrews lost to Bill Cobey. : Charles Robin Britt lost to Howard Coble. : James M. Clarke lost to Bill Hendon. : Jack Hightower lost to Beau Boulter. : William Neff Patman lost to Mac Sweeney. : Tom Vandergriff lost to Dick Armey. Republicans Three Republicans lost re-election. : George V. Hansen lost to Richard H. Stallings. : Dan Crane lost to Terry L. Bruce. : Lyle Williams lost to Jim Traficant. Special elections There were three special elections to the 98th Congress in 1984, two of which were held on the same day as the general election for the next term. Elections are sorted here by date then district. Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin |- | | Les Aspin | | Democratic | 1970 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |- | | Robert Kastenmeier | | Democratic | 1958 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |- | | Steve Gunderson | | Republican | 1980 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |- | |