2018 United States elections

The **2018 United States elections** were held Tuesday, November 6, 2018. These midterm elections happened during the presidency of Republican Donald Trump. Thirty-five of the 100 seats in the United States Senate and all 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives were in the elections. Thirty-nine state and territorial governorships as well as many state and local elections were also in the elections.

Democrats net gained of 41 seats in the United States House of Representatives, gaining a majority in the chamber. This ended the control that the Republican Party had over the entire legislature. The Republican Party  kept 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. In the state elections, Democrats gained seven state governorships, control of at least 350 state legislative seats, and control of six state legislative chambers.

The elections had the highest voter turnout seen in midterm elections since 1914. This election was believed to be a "blue wave" election for the House and the states, but not the Senate.

## Turnout

On November 6, the _United States Election Project_ estimated that 40 million early voters cast ballots on November 6, breaking the record for the number of early votes.

50.3 percent of eligible voters voted in 2018. In 2014, only 36.7 percent of eligible voters voted. The 2018 elections had highest turnout of any mid-term election held since the 1914 elections.

## Results table

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## Number of people who watched it on television

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**Total television viewers
8:00 to 11:00 PM Eastern**
|Network|Viewers|
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|FNC|7,784,000|
|NBC|5,690,000|
|ABC|5,264,000|
|CNN|5,070,000|
|MSNBC|4,479,000|
|CBS|3,897,000|

**Television viewers 25 to 54
8:00 to 11:00 PM Eastern**
|Network|Viewers|
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|CNN|2,573,000|
|FNC|2,392,000|
|NBC|2,282,000|
|ABC|1,957,000|
|MSNBC|1,354,000|
|CBS|1,296,000|

## Infobox (united states elections)

- **year**: 2018
- **type**: ← 2017 United States elections, 2017**2018**2019 United States elections, 2019 →
United States midterm election, Midterm elections
- **incumbent president**: Donald Trump (<span style="color:#8B0000">Republican</span>)
- **election day**: November 6
- **next congress**: 116th United States Congress, 116th
- **senate seats contested**: 35 of 100 seats
(33 seats of Class I +2 special elections)
- **senate control**: <span style="color:#8B0000">Republican hold</span>
- **senate net change**: Republican +2
- **senate map caption**: 2018 Senate results
(Minnesota and Mississippi each held two Senate elections)

- **house seats contested**: All 435 voting seats
+5 of 6 non-voting seats
- **house control**: <span style="color:blue">Democratic gain</span>
- **house net change**: Democratic +41
- **house pv margin**: Democratic +8.6%
- **house map**:
- **house map caption**: 2018 House of Representatives results
(territorial delegate races not shown)

- **governor seats contested**: 39 (36 states, three territories)
- **governor net change**: Democratic +7
- **governor map caption**: 2018 gubernatorial election results