There are 435 House of Representative seats up for election on November 8th, 2016. Elections for Congressional House Representatives are based on voting districts in your state. Who you can vote for depends on where you live. If you do not know what voting district you’re in, you can find out by accessing a list of United States Congressional districts on Wikipedia. Find your state in the list, then zero in on your geographic area on the map of your state. This will show your Congressional District for your state. (For example, click on New York link, zoom in on the map of NY, and find Newburgh. It is located in District 18, so if you live in Newburgh, NY you are in NY Congressional District 18).
Now you need to find out who is running in your district. To find out this information, you can access a list of the 2016 House of Representatives Elections on Wikipedia. To see the races in your district, find your state in the list, and follow the link to the table that lists the elections in that state. Find your district in the table’s first column, and examine the row to see the incumbent, their party, their elected date and other info The far right column shows the contenders in the race for Congress.
Many Congressional elections offer only a Democrat or Republican candidate, but as you can see from our example above, some elections do feature Independent candidates, or candidates from other parties such as the Green or Liberal parties. Do your research and DON’T NOT VOTE!
Don't Not Vote! 