These fourteen polls of eleven different states asked voters their intentions in the 2014 congressional elections. There were 10 states with a Democratic incumbent that Donald Trump won in 2016: Only one state with a Republican incumbent was won by Hillary Clinton in 2016: Nevada. How many seats would Republicans have had to lose for the 2018 midterm election to be considered a wave election? The six party committees are: The table below lists filing deadlines and primary dates in each state for Democratic Party and Republican Party candidates for congressional and state-level office.[20]. On average, Republicans won by smaller margins than Democrats. © 2020 Roper Center, Cornell University. party’s nominee, Contest between all party nominees and independent Sign up for the Data Dive newsletter with quarterly news, data stories and more. Not all states have special elections; in Operations: Meghann Olshefski • Lauren Dixon • Kelly Rindfleisch • Sara Antel • Sara Horton. These are held mid-way (two years) through a president’s term in office and are called mid-term elections. The table below details how many congressional seats changed parties as the result of a special election between 2013 and 2020.
The following section compares results from the most recent presidential, gubernatorial, or U.S. House elections that occurred prior to the 2018 elections. There were four states that Barack Obama won in 2008 and 2012 that were won by Donald Trump in 2016—Florida, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin—but no states that were won by the Republican nominee in 2008 and 2012 (McCain and Romney) which were won by Hillary Clinton in 2016. The DCCC raised about $85 million and spent over $141 million during the months of September, October, and November of 2018, while the NRCC raised about $52 million and spent over $96 million during the same period. There were 23 House seats held by a Republican incumbent that, There were 12 House seats held by a Democratic incumbent that, There were eight House seats that supported the Republican nominee in 2008 and 2012 (. Before he had his first midterm in 1926, Coolidge was re-elected as president in 1924. top U.S. House and U.S. Senate fundraisers, Margin of victory analysis for the 2018 congressional elections, South Carolina's 1st Congressional District, Pennsylvania's 1st Congressional District, Pennsylvania's 10th Congressional District, Pennsylvania's 16th Congressional District, North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District, North Carolina's 13th Congressional District, New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District, Pennsylvania's 8th Congressional District, Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District, North Carolina's 8th Congressional District, West Virginia's 2nd Congressional District, Pennsylvania's 17th Congressional District, West Virginia's 3rd Congressional District, North Carolina's 7th Congressional District, North Carolina's 6th Congressional District, New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District, South Carolina's 2nd Congressional District, North Carolina's 5th Congressional District, South Carolina's 5th Congressional District, Pennsylvania's 14th Congressional District, Pennsylvania's 6th Congressional District, Pennsylvania's 11th Congressional District, North Carolina's 10th Congressional District, Massachusetts' 9th Congressional District, South Carolina's 7th Congressional District, Pennsylvania's 9th Congressional District, North Carolina's 11th Congressional District, South Carolina's 4th Congressional District, Pennsylvania's 4th Congressional District, Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional District, Massachusetts' 3rd Congressional District, West Virginia's 1st Congressional District, Pennsylvania's 5th Congressional District, Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District, Rhode Island's 1st Congressional District, Massachusetts' 6th Congressional District, Massachusetts' 2nd Congressional District, Pennsylvania's 15th Congressional District, South Carolina's 3rd Congressional District, North Carolina's 1st Congressional District, Pennsylvania's 13th Congressional District, South Carolina's 6th Congressional District, North Carolina's 12th Congressional District, North Carolina's 4th Congressional District, Massachusetts' 5th Congressional District, Pennsylvania's 2nd Congressional District, Pennsylvania's 3rd Congressional District, Massachusetts' 1st Congressional District, Massachusetts' 4th Congressional District, Massachusetts' 7th Congressional District, Massachusetts' 8th Congressional District, North Carolina's 3rd Congressional District, Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District, Fundraising in Congressional elections, 2018, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Daily Kos' presidential results by congressional district data, Statistics on U.S. Congress candidates and incumbents, 2018, The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index, Special elections to the 115th United States Congress (2017-2018), Montana's At-Large Congressional District, List of U.S. Congress incumbents who did not run for re-election in 2018, Annual Congressional Competitiveness Report, 2018, Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2018, Ballotpedia's 2018 Candidate Connection report, Ballotpedia's Top 15 elections to watch, 2018, List of candidates who ran in U.S. Congress elections, 2018, Incumbents defeated in 2018 congressional elections, New members elected in 2018 congressional elections, Comparison of state delegations to the 115th and 116th Congresses, Congressional elections decided by 10 percent or less, 2018, Results of federal elected officials seeking other offices, 2018, Noteworthy third party candidates in the 2018 elections, Timeline of events impacting 2018 congressional elections, Media coverage of United States Congress elections, 2018, States with both gubernatorial and U.S. Senate elections in 2018, United States House of Representatives elections, 2018, U.S. House districts represented by a Republican and won by Hillary Clinton in 2016, U.S. House districts represented by a Democrat and won by Donald Trump in 2016, U.S. House elections without a Democratic or Republican candidate, 2018, The American Health Care Act of 2017 (AHCA), United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2018, United States House Republican Party primaries, 2018, Ballot access for major and minor party candidates, Congressional incumbents not running for re-election, Cooperative of American Physicians IE Committee, https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=United_States_Congress_elections,_2018&oldid=7928461, Submit a photo, survey, video, conversation, or bio, Ballotpedia's Daily Presidential News Briefing, The average margin of victory was 16.8 percent.
The following section compares results from the most recent presidential, gubernatorial, or U.S. House elections that occurred prior to the 2018 elections. There were four states that Barack Obama won in 2008 and 2012 that were won by Donald Trump in 2016—Florida, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin—but no states that were won by the Republican nominee in 2008 and 2012 (McCain and Romney) which were won by Hillary Clinton in 2016. The DCCC raised about $85 million and spent over $141 million during the months of September, October, and November of 2018, while the NRCC raised about $52 million and spent over $96 million during the same period. There were 23 House seats held by a Republican incumbent that, There were 12 House seats held by a Democratic incumbent that, There were eight House seats that supported the Republican nominee in 2008 and 2012 (. Before he had his first midterm in 1926, Coolidge was re-elected as president in 1924. top U.S. House and U.S. Senate fundraisers, Margin of victory analysis for the 2018 congressional elections, South Carolina's 1st Congressional District, Pennsylvania's 1st Congressional District, Pennsylvania's 10th Congressional District, Pennsylvania's 16th Congressional District, North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District, North Carolina's 13th Congressional District, New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District, Pennsylvania's 8th Congressional District, Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District, North Carolina's 8th Congressional District, West Virginia's 2nd Congressional District, Pennsylvania's 17th Congressional District, West Virginia's 3rd Congressional District, North Carolina's 7th Congressional District, North Carolina's 6th Congressional District, New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District, South Carolina's 2nd Congressional District, North Carolina's 5th Congressional District, South Carolina's 5th Congressional District, Pennsylvania's 14th Congressional District, Pennsylvania's 6th Congressional District, Pennsylvania's 11th Congressional District, North Carolina's 10th Congressional District, Massachusetts' 9th Congressional District, South Carolina's 7th Congressional District, Pennsylvania's 9th Congressional District, North Carolina's 11th Congressional District, South Carolina's 4th Congressional District, Pennsylvania's 4th Congressional District, Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional District, Massachusetts' 3rd Congressional District, West Virginia's 1st Congressional District, Pennsylvania's 5th Congressional District, Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District, Rhode Island's 1st Congressional District, Massachusetts' 6th Congressional District, Massachusetts' 2nd Congressional District, Pennsylvania's 15th Congressional District, South Carolina's 3rd Congressional District, North Carolina's 1st Congressional District, Pennsylvania's 13th Congressional District, South Carolina's 6th Congressional District, North Carolina's 12th Congressional District, North Carolina's 4th Congressional District, Massachusetts' 5th Congressional District, Pennsylvania's 2nd Congressional District, Pennsylvania's 3rd Congressional District, Massachusetts' 1st Congressional District, Massachusetts' 4th Congressional District, Massachusetts' 7th Congressional District, Massachusetts' 8th Congressional District, North Carolina's 3rd Congressional District, Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District, Fundraising in Congressional elections, 2018, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Daily Kos' presidential results by congressional district data, Statistics on U.S. Congress candidates and incumbents, 2018, The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index, Special elections to the 115th United States Congress (2017-2018), Montana's At-Large Congressional District, List of U.S. Congress incumbents who did not run for re-election in 2018, Annual Congressional Competitiveness Report, 2018, Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2018, Ballotpedia's 2018 Candidate Connection report, Ballotpedia's Top 15 elections to watch, 2018, List of candidates who ran in U.S. Congress elections, 2018, Incumbents defeated in 2018 congressional elections, New members elected in 2018 congressional elections, Comparison of state delegations to the 115th and 116th Congresses, Congressional elections decided by 10 percent or less, 2018, Results of federal elected officials seeking other offices, 2018, Noteworthy third party candidates in the 2018 elections, Timeline of events impacting 2018 congressional elections, Media coverage of United States Congress elections, 2018, States with both gubernatorial and U.S. Senate elections in 2018, United States House of Representatives elections, 2018, U.S. House districts represented by a Republican and won by Hillary Clinton in 2016, U.S. House districts represented by a Democrat and won by Donald Trump in 2016, U.S. House elections without a Democratic or Republican candidate, 2018, The American Health Care Act of 2017 (AHCA), United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2018, United States House Republican Party primaries, 2018, Ballot access for major and minor party candidates, Congressional incumbents not running for re-election, Cooperative of American Physicians IE Committee, https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=United_States_Congress_elections,_2018&oldid=7928461, Submit a photo, survey, video, conversation, or bio, Ballotpedia's Daily Presidential News Briefing, The average margin of victory was 16.8 percent.