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Elections / 2018

The 2018 elections

A midterm cycle: 33 US Senate contests on record. Presidential pages cover the quadrennial years on either side.

2018 Senate margin by stateA map of the United States with each state filled by its 2018 result — deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), and gold where an independent or third-party candidate carried the state.Alabama · —Alaska · —Arizona · D+2.3Colorado · —Florida · R+0.1Georgia · —Indiana · R+5.9Kansas · —Maine · O+19.1Massachusetts · D+24.2Minnesota · D+24.1New Jersey · D+11.2North Carolina · —North Dakota · R+10.9Oklahoma · —Pennsylvania · D+12.9South Dakota · —Texas · R+2.6Wyoming · R+36.9Connecticut · D+17.4Missouri · R+5.8West Virginia · D+3.2Illinois · —New Mexico · D+23.6Arkansas · —California · D+100.0Delaware · D+22.1District of Columbia · —Hawaii · D+42.3Iowa · —Kentucky · —Maryland · D+34.6Michigan · D+6.5Mississippi · R+19.0Montana · D+3.6New Hampshire · —New York · D+33.4Ohio · D+6.8Oregon · —Tennessee · R+10.8Utah · R+31.7Virginia · D+16.0Washington · D+16.9Wisconsin · D+10.8Nebraska · R+19.1South Carolina · —Idaho · —Nevada · D+5.0Vermont · O+45.2Louisiana · —Rhode Island · D+23.2
2018Senate margin
D+60
R+60
States with a Senate contest in 2018, each filled by its result. States without a seat up this cycle are faint.
Gold marks a state an independent or third-party candidate carried — the blue/red ramp is the Democratic-vs-Republican margin only where a major party won.
Blue and red show the Democratic-vs-Republican margin; gold marks a seat an independent won.

US Senate 2018: Democrats won 21, Republicans 10, others 2 of 33 contests →

US House 2018: Democrats won 238, Republicans 197 of 435 seats →

Governors 2018: Democrats won 16, Republicans 20 of 36 races →

Governor coverage is 2018–2024 (the precinct-data era); odd-year states (NJ/VA) and earlier cycles are pending sourcing. See the methodology for series notes.