The 2018 midterm elections, which featured hundreds of congressional, state and local primaries, culminated with the Nov. 6 general election. Democrats gained control of the House while Republicans kept power in the Senate.
Upcoming Elections
Voters will decide the outcome of the special Senate race, which forced a runoff election when no candidate won a majority of the vote on Nov. 6.
A runoff election for federal offices is set for Jan. 8, 2019.
Past Elections
The Republican Debbie Lesko and the Democrat Hiral Tipirneni advanced to the general election on April 24. The seat, which Ms. Lesko went on to win, had been vacated when Representative Trent Franks resigned over sexual misconduct accusations.
Texas Democrats surged to the polls, demonstrating a wave of Trump-inspired energy, but also revealing internal divisions at the outset of a midterm campaign that looks otherwise promising to the party. Read more about the primaries.
Conor Lamb, a Democrat and former Marine, scored a razor-thin but extraordinary upset in a special House election in southwestern Pennsylvania, in the heart of President Trump’s Rust Belt base. The State Supreme Court recently issued a new map with redrawn boundaries, though, so Mr. Lamb ran in a different district in May.
Debbie Lesko, a Republican former state senator, fended off an unusually strong Democratic challenge to win a special election in the Eighth District, near Phoenix. Her victory demonstrated the resilience of the Republican base, but also showed how eager liberals are to compete even in reliably conservative districts. Read more.
Mr. Manchin, a Democrat in a red state that Mr. Trump won handily, will face Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, a Republican, in the general election. Mr. Morrisey defeated Don Blankenship, a former coal mining executive who spent a year in prison for his role in a fatal mining explosion, and Representative Evan Jenkins in the primary.
The first test of Pennsylvania’s redrawn congressional districts resulted in primary victories for several Democratic women. The new map is more favorable to Democrats than even the Democrats expected, and the party could well pick up four or more seats here in November.
A Republican, Michael Cloud, won the special election in Texas for the Congressional seat of Blake Farenthold, a Republican who resigned in April amid a sexual harassment scandal.
Representative Martha Roby won her Republican primary election that unfolded as a test of fealty to President Trump, defeating a challenger who assailed her for withdrawing her support for Mr. Trump in the last days of the 2016 campaign.
Brian Kemp, Georgia’s secretary of state, captured the Republican nomination for governor, easily dispatching the preferred candidate of the state party establishment after a series of provocative ads that evoked President Trump’s incendiary politics and a well-timed endorsement from the president himself.
Bill Lee, a wealthy businessman, won the Republican nomination for governor, beating five other candidates, including Representative Diane Black, who had aggressively tied herself to the Trump administration. Mr. Lee will face Karl Dean, a former Nashville mayor who easily won the Democratic primary, in the race to succeed Gov. Bill Haslam, a term-limited Republican.
A crowded Democratic primary is likely to determine who takes the open House seat in the Honolulu-based First District.
In the Senate midterm elections, Democrats hope to win at least two new seats to regain control of the chamber, but their margin for error is slim. A majority of the seats up for election in 2018 are currently held by Democrats. Get a full preview here.
In the House midterm elections, Democrats need to flip 23 seats to capture the 218 seats necessary for control of the chamber. There are 194 likely or solidly Democratic seats and 166 likely or solidly Republican seats. The competitive races below are listed by state and district number. Get the latest updates here.
In addition to congressional elections, there are also 36 governor’s races on the ballot in 2018. With the next redistricting process set for after the 2020 election, winning gubernatorial and state legislative control will be crucial for both parties.
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