2022 Midterms (ProgressiveSPP)

== 2022 Midterms ==
=== 35 Senate Seats Up ===
13 Democratic Seats are up along with 21 Republican held seats.
=== 36 Governorships Up ===
=== 435 House Seats Up ===
The 2022 Midterm elections took place Tuesday, November 8th, 2022. With Incumbent President Joe Biden achieving a very modest approval rating, being underwater previously back in April after the North Korean Missile Crisis. Since then however, he has made gains, and the Senate has been more in play with a previously 50/50 majority coming in from the 2020 results. The redistricting in many house races has created many districts for the democrats and republicans to gain, but the democrats and believed to have a narrow advantage. The Republicans are believed to lose seats in the gubernatorial races, but still retain a majority.
== Senate ==
The Democrats gained many senate seats, expanding on their previous 50/50 tie in the 2020 Senate Elections. Incumbent Majority Leader Chuck Schumer however was primaried to lose his seat, and Mitch McConnell retired as Minority leader with Senator John Kennedy taking up his position.
State 	Winner	Percentage	Notes
Alabama 	 	Richard Shelby (R) 56.2% ✔
Parker Griffith (D) 42.5%
Write-In : 1.3%	Incumbent Re-elected.
Alaska 	 	Sarah Palin (R) 35.8% ✔
Lisa Murkowski (I) 33.4%
Chris Tuck (D) 26.0%
Other : 4.8%	Incumbent switched parties. Republican Gain.
Arizona 	 	Mark Kelly (D) 55.2% ✔
Paul Gosar (R)
43.9%
Angela Green (G)
1.1%
Write-Ins : 0.2%	Democratic Re-elected.
Arkansas 	 	Leslie Rutledge (R) 60.3% ✔
Mark Pyror (D)
38.5%
Other : 1.2%	Republican Incumbent retired. Republican Hold.
California (Special Election)	 	Ro Khanna (D) 55.7% ✔
Eric Swalwell (D)
44.3%	Incumbent resigned to become Vice President.
Democratic Hold.
Colorado 	 	
Michael Bennet (D) 53.8% ✔
Cory Gardner (R) 35.7%
Tom Tancrendo (L) 11.2%
Write In : 0.4%	Incumbent Re-elected.
Connecticut 	 	Richard Blumenthal (D) 58.7% ✔
Bob Stefanowski (R) 41.0%
Write-In : 1.3%	Incumbent Re-elected.
Florida 	 	Stephanie Murphy (D) 49.9% ✔
Marco Rubio (R) 49.5%
Write-In : 0.6%	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic pick-up.
Georgia 	 	Stacy Abrams (D) 50.5% ✔
Kelly Loeffler (R) 47.8%
Allen Buckley (L)
1.5%	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic pick-up.
Hawaii 	 	Brian Schatz (D) 68.2%
Kurt Fevella (R) 31.8%	Incumbent re-elected.
Idaho 	 	Janice McGeachin (R) 59.8%
Cherie Buckner-Webb (D) 33.5%
Pro-Life (I) 4.7%
Write-In : 2.0%	Incumbent retired. Republican Hold.
Illinois 	 	Tammy Duckworth (D) 57.6%
Joe Walsh (R) 40.1%
Others : 2.3%	Incumbent re-elected.
Indiana 	 	Pete Buttigieg (D) 48.4%
Todd Young (R) 48.4%
Lucy Brenton (L) 3.2%	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic pick-up.
Iowa 	 	Pat Grassley (R) 50.3%
Rob Sand (D)
48.0%
Other : 1.7%	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.
Kansas 	 	Jerry Moran (R) 54.2%
Carl Brewer (D) 42.7%
Robert Garrad (L) 3.1%	Incumbent re-elected.
Kentucky 	 	Rand Paul (R) 52.1%
Charles Booker (D) 46.8%
Write In : 1.1%	Incumbent re-elected.
Louisiana 	 	John Neely Kennedy (R) 51.9%
Mitch Landrieu (D) 48.1%	Advanced to runoff. Incumbent re-elected.
Maryland 	 	Larry Hogan (I) 38.2%
Chris Van Hollen (D) 36.7%
Ben Carson (R) 25.1%	Incumbent lost re-election. Independent gain.
Missouri 	 	Cori Bush (D) 49.8%
Roy Blunt (R) 49.6%
Write-ins : 0.6%	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.
Nevada 	 	Catherine Cortez-Masto (D) 51.3%
Adam Sandoval (R) 46.0%
Other : 2.7%	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
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