Mid-term elections | |
Election day | November 6 |
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Senate elections | |
Seats contested | 33 seats of Class I |
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Map of the 2018 Senate races
Dem. incumbent running
Dem. incumbent retiring
Rep. incumbent running
Rep. incumbent retiring
Ind. incumbent running
No election
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House elections | |
Seats contested | All 435 seats to the U.S. House in the 116th Congress |
Gubernatorial elections | |
Seats contested | 39 (36 states, 3 territories) |
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Map of the 2018 gubernatorial races
Democratic incumbent eligible for re-election
Term-limited or retiring Democrat
Republican incumbent eligible for re-election
Term-limited or retiring Republican
Independent incumbent eligible for re-election
No election
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The 2018 United States elections will mostly be held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. These midterm elections will take place in the middle of Republican President Donald Trump's term. All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives and 33 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate will be contested. 39 state and territorial governorships and numerous other state and local elections will also be contested.
The primary season runs from March to September.
All 33 seats in Senate Class I will be up for election. Additionally, special elections may be held to fill vacancies in the other two Senate Classes.
All 435 voting seats in the United States House of Representatives will be up for election. Additionally, elections will be held to select the Delegate for the District of Columbia as well as the delegates from U.S. territories, with the exception of the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico, who serves a four-year term.
During or prior to the 2018 House election on November 6, there will be at least four special elections:
In November 2017, the rate of Republican congresspeople announcing their retirements or resigning their seats was vastly higher than at similar time-points in the Congresses since 2006. Most of these congresspeople faced tough reelection bids in 2018. The rate of Democratic announcements of retirements was in line with previous Congresses. The disproportionate number of Republican retirements is likely to harm Republican prospects in the 2018 mid-term elections as there will be fewer districts where Republicans have the incumbency advantage.