2018 United States Senate elections

part of the U.S. elections held November 6, 2018

Elections happened on November 6, 2018 to elect 35 class 1 members to the United States Senate. The winners were elected into a six-year term from January 3, 2019, to January 3, 2025.[3][4][5] Two special senate elections were also held on the same day: one in Minnesota after Al Franken resigned and Mississippi after Thad Cochran resigned.

2018 United States Senate elections

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35 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate
51 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Mitch McConnell Chuck Schumer
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat Kentucky New York
Seats before 51 47
Seats after 53 45
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 2
Popular vote 34,687,875 52,224,867[a][b]
Percentage 38.7% 58.2%
Swing Decrease 3.5% Increase 5.2%
Seats up 9 24
Races won 11 22

  Third party
 
Party Independent
Seats before 2
Seats after 2
Seat change Steady
Popular vote 808,370[c]
Percentage 0.9%
Swing Increase 0.3%
Seats up 2
Races won 2

2018 United States Senate special election in Minnesota2018 United States Senate special election in Mississippi2018 United States Senate election in Arizona2018 United States Senate election in California2018 United States Senate election in Connecticut2018 United States Senate election in Delaware2018 United States Senate election in Florida2018 United States Senate election in Hawaii2018 United States Senate election in Indiana2018 United States Senate election in Maine2018 United States Senate election in Maryland2018 United States Senate election in Massachusetts2018 United States Senate election in Michigan2018 United States Senate election in Minnesota2018 United States Senate election in Mississippi2018 United States Senate election in Missouri2018 United States Senate election in Montana2018 United States Senate election in Nebraska2018 United States Senate election in Nevada2018 United States Senate election in New Jersey2018 United States Senate election in New Mexico2018 United States Senate election in New York2018 United States Senate election in North Dakota2018 United States Senate election in Ohio2018 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania2018 United States Senate election in Rhode Island2018 United States Senate election in Tennessee2018 United States Senate election in Texas2018 United States Senate election in Utah2018 United States Senate election in Vermont2018 United States Senate election in Virginia2018 United States Senate election in West Virginia2018 United States Senate election in Washington2018 United States Senate election in Wisconsin2018 United States Senate election in Wyoming
Results of the elections:
     Democratic gain      Republican gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
     Independent hold
     No election
Rectangular inset (Minn. & Miss.): both seats up for election

Majority Leader before election

Mitch McConnell
Republican

Elected Majority Leader

Mitch McConnell
Republican

List of elections

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Regular elections

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Special elections

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  1. Total of official results for Democratic candidates.
  2. Both general election candidates in California were members of the Democratic Party, having won the top two positions in the nonpartisan blanket primary (established by the 2010 California Proposition 14), so all 11.1 million votes in California were counted for Democrats, as tabulated by the Clerk of the House.[1][2] In 2012, the last time a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate appeared on the ballot in California, 12.6 million votes were cast, of which 4.7 million, or 38%, were cast for the Republican candidate.
  3. Total of official results for candidates labeled "Independent".

References

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  1. Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (2019-02-28). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 2018" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 57.
  2. Blake, Aaron (November 7, 2018). "Some Democrats are complaining about the 'Senate popular vote.' It's still not a thing". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  3. Panetta, Ruobing Su, Grace (March 11, 2020). "All of the important primary, convention, and debate dates you need to know for the 2020 presidential election". Business Insider.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. Flom, Peter (December 16, 2019). "Senate races 2020 — December outlook". Medium.
  5. "U.S. Senate Seats up for Reelection in 2020 - Worldpress.org". worldpress.org. Archived from the original on 2020-12-19. Retrieved 2020-12-19.