of 19 Southern seats, they were able to outnumber Democrats in the South for the first time since Reconstruction. The Republicans would go on to remain the majority party of the House for the following 12 years, until the 2006 elections. The Republicans have won at least 200 seats in every single House election since, with the sole exception of 2008. , this is the last congressional election in which Democrats won a House seat in Montana, as well as the last time Republicans won any House seats in Massachusetts. Voting patterns Republican gains, 1992–1994 Source: Data from exit-poll surveys by Voter Research and Surveys and Mitofsky International published in The New York Times, November 13, 1994, p. 24. Religious right Evangelicals were an important group within the electorate and a significant voting block in the Republican party. The national exit poll by Mitofsky International showed 27% of all voters identified themselves as a born-again or evangelical Christians, up from 18% in 1988 and 24% in 1992. Republican House candidates outpolled Democrats among white evangelicals by a massive 52 points, 76% to 24%. According to a survey sponsored by the Christian Coalition, 33 percent of the 1994 voters were "religious conservatives," up from 24 percent in 1992 and 18 percent in 1988 (CQ Weekly Report), November 19, 1994, p. 3364; in the 1994 exit poll, 38 percent identified themselves as "conservatives," compared with 30 percent in 1992. Party identification and ideology by selected religious groups 1994 Source: Mitofsky International exit poll in Klinkner, p. 121. Overall results Source: Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk Incumbents defeated Every Republican incumbent standing won re-election. Democrats Thirty-four incumbent Democrats (including 16 "freshmen") were defeated in 1994. Democrats from Washington lost the most seats (5). : Karan English : Dan Hamburg : Richard H. Lehman : Lynn Schenk : George Darden : Don Johnson Jr. : Larry LaRocco : Dan Rostenkowski : Jill Long : Frank McCloskey : Neal Edward Smith : Dan Glickman : Thomas Barlow : Peter Hoagland : James Bilbray : Richard Swett : Herb Klein : George J. Hochbrueckner : Martin Lancaster : David Price : David S. Mann : Ted Strickland : Eric Fingerhut : Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky : Jack Brooks : Bill Sarpalius : Karen Shepherd : Leslie Byrne : Maria Cantwell : Jolene Unsoeld : Jay Inslee : Tom Foley : Mike Kreidler : Peter W. Barca