More House Elections Results

(November 8, 2000) Most members of the House who have been active on technology related issues who sought re-election won their races easily.

Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA)

Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) won with 84% of the vote. He is the ranking Democrat on the House Courts and Intellectual Property Subcommittee. Recently, he introduced a bill that is intended to reduce the number of business method patents that are issued.

Rep. David Dreier (R-CA) won re-election with 57%. He is the Chairman of the House Rules Committee. He has used this position to allow key technology related bills proceed to the House floor under favorable procedural rules.

Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), from Portland, who is active on e-rate and cable access issues, easily won re-election.

Rep. Harold Rogers (R-KY) easily won re-election. As Chairman of the Commerce, Justice, and State Departments Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Subcommittee, he has supported diverting users fees collected by the USPTO to fund other government programs. Rep. Clay Young (R-FL), Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, also easily won re-election.

In the Silicon Valley area, Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) both easily won. In the open seat formerly held by Rep. Tom Campbell (R-CA), Democrat Mike Honda beat Republican Jim Cunneen with 54%.

Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN)

In Tennessee, Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN), who has had tight races in recent elections, won with 62%. He sits on the House Commerce Committee, and its Telecom Subcommittee, and has a solid pro tech voting record.

In Virginia Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) ran unopposed. He is Co-Chair of the Internet Caucus, and a longtime supporter of encryption reform. He also has sought to pass a bill restricting Internet gambling. Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA), who is also a Co-Chair of the Internet Caucus, won with 70% of the vote. He sits on both the Courts and Intellectual Property and Telecom Subcommittees.

In the tech laden Northern Virginia districts, both Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA) and James Moran (D-VA) won easy re-election.

Rep. Dick Armey (R-TX), the House Majority Leader, won easily in his Dallas area district. Rep. Sheila Lee (D-TX), who is the ranking Democrat on the Immigration Subcommittee (which has jurisdiction over H1B visa bills), also won easy re-election.

Rep. Denny Hastert (R-IL) was re-elected with 74% of the vote. Rep. Henry Hyde (R-IL) also won easily in his suburban Chicago district. He has been Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee for the last 6 years, but under House Republican rules, must step down. Also from Illinois, Rep. Phil Crane (R-IL), a senior member of the Ways and Means Committee, won easily. A junior member of the Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Jerry Weller (R-IL), who is active on tech related tax issues, was returned with 56% of the vote.

Rep. Jennifer Dunn (R-WA) from Seattle area, coasted past her opponent. She too sits on the Ways and Means committee, where she looks out for the interests of the software industry.

Meanwhile, members of the House Commerce Committee who have been active on telecom and Internet issues won re-election. Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-LA) won with 78% of vote in his bayou district. Rep. Chip Pickering (R-MS) won 72%, Rep. Steve Largent (R-OK) won 69%, Rep. Chris Cox won 66%, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) won