Majority (with Independents and Vice President) ↑ They are arranged so the parties are separated and a majority is clear by crossing the middle.Įach block indicates an incumbent senator's actions going into the election. 'D #' is a Democratic senator, 'I #' is an Independent senator, and 'R #' is a Republican senator. Meanwhile, the GOP is defending two seats ( Wisconsin and Pennsylvania) in states President Joe Biden won in 2020, compared to just one seat ( Nevada won by Hillary Clinton in 2016) that was up for grabs in 2018.Įach block represents one of the one hundred seats in the U.S. In contrast to 2018, where Democrats were defending 10 seats in states that Donald Trump won in 2016, Democrats hold no seats in any state that was won by Trump in 2020.

5.2 Elections leading to the next Congress.

5.1 Special elections during the preceding Congress.

Three previous elections have taken place with two major-party African-American candidates. history in which multiple Senate races in the same year are contested between two African-American nominees ( Georgia and South Carolina). There are 48 Democratic senators and two independent senators who caucus with them with Harris' tie-breaking vote, the Democrats hold an effective 51-seat majority in the chamber. Democrats have held a majority in the Senate since January 20, 2021, following the party's twin victories in the runoffs for Georgia's regularly-scheduled and special 2020 Senate elections, and the inauguration of Democrat Kamala Harris as vice president.

The winners of this election will serve beginning in the 118th United States Congress. Numerous other federal, state, and local elections, including the 2022 House elections, will also be held on this date. Six Republican senators, Richard Shelby ( Alabama), Roy Blunt ( Missouri), Richard Burr ( North Carolina), Rob Portman ( Ohio), Jim Inhofe ( Oklahoma), Pat Toomey ( Pennsylvania), as well as one Democratic senator, Patrick Leahy ( Vermont), have announced that they are not seeking re-election 15 Republicans and 13 Democrats are running for re-election. Two special elections will also be held-in California, to fill the final weeks of Kamala Harris' term, and in Oklahoma, to serve the four remaining years of Jim Inhofe's term. Class 3 senators, who were last elected in 2016, will be up for election again in 2022.Īll 34 Class 3 Senate seats are up for election in 2022 Class 3 currently consists of 14 Democrats and 20 Republicans. Senators are divided into three groups, or classes, whose terms are staggered so that a different class is elected every two years. The 2022 United States Senate elections will be held on November 8, 2022, with 34 of the 100 seats in the Senate being contested in regular elections, the winners of which will serve six-year terms in the United States Congress from January 3, 2023, to January 3, 2029. Rectangular inset ( Oklahoma): both seats up for election Republican incumbent running Republican incumbent retiring Democratic incumbent running Democratic incumbent retiring

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