Simple guide to midterm elections

Americans head to the polls on November 6 to decide which party controls the two chambers of Congress and has the power to oversee President Donald Trump and his administration


HOUSE 
ELECTION RACE RATINGS

           Solid  Likely/Lean  Toss up
Democrats   182       10           3
Republicans 145       51           44
 
          Majority: 218 seats    Cook Political Report (as of Oct 3)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

All 435 seats up for re-election

Democrats need 24 seats to flip House

History suggests Republicans will struggle to maintain majority


SENATE
Solid  Likely/Lean  Toss up Uncontested
D 14         7          5         23 
R  4         1          4         42

 Majority:  51 seats    Cook Political Report (as of Oct 4)

35 of 100 seats up for grabs

Democrats need two seats to take Senate

Republicans have advantage over Democrats as they have only nine seats to defend to keep majority, compared to Democrats’ 26*


GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS
As well as elections for Congress, 36 out of 50 state governors are up for election. Of those 36, 26 are Republican

Crop of new governors in midterms could have major effect on presidential campaigning in 2019 and 2020

*Includes two independents who usually vote with Democrats
           

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