[68] [69] In Oklahoma City, David Holt, a member of the Osage Nation, was the first Native American to be elected mayor. #wisenate #wiright", "Honored to have these leaders who helped bring about Trump's, Walker's and RoJo's election victories on my finance team. [lower-alpha 1], The 2018 House elections saw the largest number of retirements by incumbents of any election cycle since at least 1992. [147], After the election, despite the Democratic takeover of the House, President Trump claimed he had won a "big victory". Republicans ended unified Democratic control of Congress and the presidency by winning a majority in the House of Representatives. Senate Democrats had 26 seats up for election while Senate Republicans had nine seats up for election. In May 2018, President Trump began to emphasize his effort to overcome the traditional strength of the non-presidential party in midterm elections, with the "top priority for the White House [being to hold] the Republican majority in the Senate". [167], Total television viewers8:00 to 11:00 PM Eastern, Television viewers 25 to 548:00 to 11:00 PM Eastern. [24] [25]. Last edited on 15 September 2020, at 22:37, The Tarrance Group (R-Wisconsin Next PAC), National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, Public Policy Polling (D-Protect Our Care), "Elections - Wisconsin Elections Commission", "Sen. Baldwin prepares for re-election fight in 2018", "Exciting announcement: @BernieSanders is coming to Wisconsin to show that he's on #TeamTammy! [160] Democrats also made among the largest gains in House seats in Pennsylvania, where the state Supreme Court had struck down a heavily gerrymandered map that favored Republicans. In the United States House of Representatives, Pennsylvania is represented by nine Democrats and nine Republicans. The 2018 United States Senate elections were held on November 6, 2018. [155] [156] However, over the next days and weeks, Democrats won several seats in the House and won the Arizona and Montana Senate elections, leading to a re-evaluation of the initial election night analyses. Class 2 Senate seats in Minnesota and Mississippi each held special elections to fill vacancies. [123] The Washington Post reported on December 5 that the board had collected as evidence of election fraud six sworn statements from voters in Bladen County alleging that individuals called on them to pick up their absentee ballots. This explains why", "A record $5.7 billion was spent on the 2018 elections for Congress", "Women and LGBT candidates make history in 2018 midterms", What It Looks Like to Have a Record Number of Women in the House of Representatives, Republican victory sets record for female senators, "First Muslim women in Congress: Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar", "Meet Ayanna Pressley, who is on track to become Massachusetts' first black Congresswoman", "Could Paulette Jordan Be The First Native American Governor? While Democrats won almost half the vote in Ohio, they only won a quarter of its House elections. The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 6, 2018, with early voting taking place in some states in the weeks preceding that date. Senator Tammy Baldwin won a second term, defeating Republican challenger Leah … [128] [129], In early 2018, six U.S. intelligence agencies unanimously reported their conclusion [130] that Russian personnel were monitoring American electoral systems and promoting partisan causes on social media. [32] Most of the Democratic victories were in Democratic-leaning states or swing states. [131] Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats stated during congressional testimony that "the United States [was] under attack" from Russian efforts to impact the results of the elections. [26] Democrats won the nationwide popular vote for the House of Representatives by 8.6 percentage points, [27] one of the highest margins won by either party since 1992. All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives, 35 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate, and the office of President of the United States will be contested.