2022 American Senate Elections (Post-Idealism)

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 served six-year terms in the United States Congress from January 3, 2023, to January 3, 2029. Senators are divided into three groups, or classes, whose terms are staggered so that a different class is elected every two years. All 34 Class 3 Senate seats were up for election in 2022, consisting of 14 Democrats and 20 Republicans. 
To maintain their working majority of 50 Senators (including two caucusing Independents) in addition to Vice President Kamala Harris' tie-breaking vote, the Democrats entered the election only being able to afford a net loss of one seat. The party campaigned on the premise that the policies incumbent President Joe Biden and his administration had significantly alleviated the socioeconomic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, Democrats pointed to America's improving global reputation following the tumultuous Trump era. Republicans countered with criticisms of the Biden Administration's largely unsuccessful foreign policy, namely Iran's rapid nuclearization as well as the U.S. military's botched withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. America's political ecosystem remained largely polarized, with populist movements from ousted-former President Donald Trump, Forward Party chairman Andrew Yang and Texas politician Matthew McConaughey (who would go on to win the 2022 Texas gubernatorial election and ultimately the presidency in 2028), advocating against both the Democratic and Republican establishments. 
The Republicans gained a majority in the Senate after two years of Democratic rule, winning one additional seat in Georgia, unseating Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock. The results of the election would see Mitch McConnell be reinstated as the Senate Majority Leader, a position he would maintain until his retirement prior to the 2026 midterms. 
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