Most are separated by razor-thin margins and all will come down to counting the vote.ĭemocrats are defending their narrow majorities in both chambers. Senators are elected to staggered six-year terms. Members of the House are elected for two-year terms, so all 435 seats are decided during the midterm elections. There are two other Senate races - Alaska and Nevada - as well as a number of House races that have yet to be called. Most of the attention of midterm elections is focused on the two chambers of Congress: the U.S.
This race is one of the most competitive in the country and will likely determine which party will control the Senate. In the Georgia Senate race, ABC News reports no candidate will receive more than 50% of the vote, meaning there will be a runoff election between Democrat Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker on Dec. WASHINGTON - The 2022 midterm elections are shaping up to be some of the most consequential in the nation's history, with control of Congress at stake.Īll 435 seats in the House and 35 of 100 seats in the Senate are on the ballot, as well as several influential gubernatorial elections in battleground states like Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The 2022 midterm elections also saw a continuing shift toward early and mail-in voting since the COVID-19 pandemic, as 49.8 of voters opted out of the more traditional way of casting their.
The 2022 midterm voting period ended Tuesday night, but the public still awaits results from ongoing ballot counts that could determine the balance of power in both chambers of Congress.
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