The elections marked the highest voter turnout seen in midterm elections since 1914, at 49.4%. In the state elections, Democrats gained seven state governorships, control of approximately 350 state legislative seats, and control of six state legislative chambers. It was also the first midterm election cycle since 1970 in which a sitting president's party made net gains in one chamber of Congress while suffering net losses in the other. House of Representatives and the Republicans controlled the U.S. As a result of the 2018 elections, the 116th United States Congress became the first Congress since the 99th United States Congress ( elected in 1984) in which the Democrats controlled the U.S. The Republican Party retained control of the United States Senate, making a net gain of two seats and defeating four Democratic incumbents in states that had voted for Trump in 2016. Thirty-nine state and territorial governorships as well as numerous state and local elections were also contested.ĭemocrats made a net gain of 41 seats in the United States House of Representatives, gaining a majority in the chamber and thereby ending the federal trifecta that the Republican Party had established in the 2016 elections. Thirty-five of the 100 seats in the United States Senate and all 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives were contested. These midterm elections occurred during Republican Donald Trump's term. The 2018 United States elections were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.
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