United States House of Representatives Elections, 1998
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The U.S. House election, 1998 was the midterm Congressional election during President Bill Clinton''s second term. It was a major disappointment to the Republican Party, which was expecting to gain seats due to the "six year itch" effect observed in the midterm elections held during the second terms of most presidents. Instead, the GOP lost five seats to the Democratic Party, but retained a narrow majority in the House. After the election, Clinton painted Speaker Newt…mehr

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The U.S. House election, 1998 was the midterm Congressional election during President Bill Clinton''s second term. It was a major disappointment to the Republican Party, which was expecting to gain seats due to the "six year itch" effect observed in the midterm elections held during the second terms of most presidents. Instead, the GOP lost five seats to the Democratic Party, but retained a narrow majority in the House. After the election, Clinton painted Speaker Newt Gingrich as a right wing extremist, and a wave of discontent with him (many Republican members of the House blamed his antics and for the loss of more than a dozen seats over the past two congressional elections), prompted Gingrich to resign.