[13] A Gallup poll conducted days before the election found that voters considered healthcare and the economy to be the top issues among registered voters, though many voters also considered immigration to be a top priority.[14]. [4] Almost a third of Republican ads focused on taxes, especially on the recently enacted Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. The 2018 state elections will impact the redistricting that will follow the 2020 United States Census as many states task governors and state legislators with drawing new boundaries for state legislative and Congressional districts. Florida voters approved Florida Amendment 4, which restored voting rights to some felons who have served out their sentence[58] and banned off shore drilling, vaping in indoor work spaces, and gambling institutions related to dog racing. As an energised liberal base clamours to give 'Trumpism' a bloody nose, Democratic challengers are out-fundraising and out-polling a host of Republican incumbents. Senator for Dirt on Russia Sanctions", "Bill Nelson: The Russians have penetrated some Florida voter registration systems", "Analysis—Has Russia hacked into Florida's election system? Kate Brown faces a stiff challenge from Republican Knute Buehler on Tuesday. The Democrats retook both chambers in 2006, enabling President Barack Obama to accomplish chunks of his agenda when he won office two years later. During the midterm election, one-third of the Senate and all 435 seats in the House of Representatives are at stake. Les élections de mi-mandat (en anglais : midterm elections) sont des élections des deux chambres du Congrès des États-Unis qui se tiennent au milieu du mandat quadriennal du président américain d'où leur nom. [150], The election was widely characterized as a "blue wave" election. Republicans are undermining democracy state by state, Across Trump’s America, the grassroots are growing radical, The new wave of Democrats owes a huge debt to people power, Moderation still won in the midterms – even if moderate Republicans didn’t, State welcomes back its 1.5m 'returning citizens' after ex-felons regain voting rights, Orange county now closer to blue than red after midterms, Historically high turnout and young voter surge, 'Democrats won the House but Trump won the election', 19 black women ran for judge in Texas county – and all 19 won, Presidential frontrunner for 2020 fails to emerge from midterms.

[71] In Texas, incumbents won their runoff races in Laredo (Pete Saenz)[72] and Corpus Christi (Joe McComb). [109], In Arizona, a court settlement was reached on November 9 between Democrats and Republicans after Republicans filed a lawsuit on November 7 to attempt to prevent Maricopa and Pima counties from using procedures that permit mail-in ballot fixes to occur beyond election day. The number of Democratic candidates increased to almost 88% of the races in 2018 from 77% in 2014. Alabama Florida Georgia New Hampshire South Carolina Vermont VirginiaÂ.

Please enable JavaScript and reload this page. [22] By June 2018, 20 House Democrats and 44 House Republicans, including Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, had announced their retirement.

Ten of the Democratic seats are in states carried by Trump in 2016 - and five of those he won by double digits. Additional data from U.S. Census Bureau, MIT Election Lab, Daily Kos, the CityLab Congressional Density Index and POLITICO reporting. They won open seats in Michigan, Nevada, Kansas, New Mexico and Maine and defeated Republican incumbents in Illinois and Wisconsin.

Here are the key points, These Senate, House and governor races represent some of the most competitive and compelling contests on election day, It’s the state ‘where good elections go to die’, says a strategist as recount madness engulfs Florida once again, Republicans have been certified as the state’s next senator and governor after weeks of election recounts, dashing Democrat hopes of turning the red tide, The president came out fighting and experts agree he isn’t yet down for the count. ET, as does most of Florida, where Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson and GOP Gov. The top House races closing at 7 p.m. are in Florida and Virginia. [163][164][165] Racism and sexism was a stronger predictor of the vote in the House than it had been in the 2016 election, as less sexist and less racist voters switched from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party.