2018 United States Senate Elections

Results of the 2016 Elections

**The 2018 United States Senate Elections** are scheduled to take place on November 8, 2018 with 20 of the 100 seats in the Senate being contested in regular elections, the winner will serve six-years in the United States Congress from January 3, 2019 to January 3, 2025. Senators are divided into five groups, or classes, whose terms are staggered so that a different class is elected every two years.

10 America-First Senators, 3 Neoliberals, and 7 America Forward Senators are running for re-election.

## Arizona

Incumbent Neoliberal Kyrsten Sinema took office on January 3, 2017 after winning election in 2016. She will be running for a full term.

Arizona Secretary of State and former Minority Leader of the Arizona State Senate, Katie Hobbs, is running against Sinema as a member of the America Forward Party

Doug Ducey, the former Governor of Arizona is also running, as a member of the America-First Party

## **Michigan**

Elias Gretch the Vice Chair of the America Forward Party is running for re-election.

He is running against John James, an Iraq War vet from the America-First Party

Also in the race is Mark Hackel, who has served as Executive of Macomb County since 2011.

## **New Hampshire (Seat 1)**

The incumbent is Jeanne Shaheen, a member of the America Forward Party, who won election in 2016. She has announced she will be running for a second term.

She is running against New Hampshire Senate President, Chuck Morse with the America-First Party and New Hampshire Commissioner of Education Frank Edelblut from the Neoliberal Party

## **New Hampshire (Seat 2)**

Incumbent Maggie Hassan, also from the America Forward Party will be running for re-election.

She will be against former Senator Kelly Ayotte from the America-First Party and Scott Brown, a Neoliberal who served as Senator of Massachusetts until 2013.

## **Ohio**

Incumbent Nan Whaley of the Neoliberal Party will be running for re-election.

She faces stiff competition from both State Representative Tim Ryan of the America Forward Party and State Rep. Jim Renacci from the America-First Party

## **Texas**

Incumbent Ted Cruz (A-FP) narrowly won election in 2016 with 53% of the vote.

He will face Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, Joe Straus who is a Neoliberal, aswell as America Forward candidate, State Representative Veronica Escobar

## **Vermont**

America Forward Senator, Bernie Sanders will run for re-election

Governor Phil Scott from the America-First Party and Deborah Marokwitz, the long-time Secretary of State, from the Neoliberal Party will be running against him.

## **Wisconsin**

Ron Johnson is the incumbent Neoliberal Senator.

He faces opposition from Mandela Barnes, an America Forward State Representative, aswell as Mike Gallagher, another State Representative from the America-First Party

## **Controversies and Major Issues**

Senator KAGFOREVER remained a thorn in the side for America-First Party Chair Nich. First displaying this at a Congressional Session, in which he, and Senator Gronky held up Congress from passing legislation (Through consistently yielding their time to each other, having the clerk read the bill, and requesting the floor, yet not talking). These actions had an obvious, but non-fatal, effect on the America-First Party and Neoliberal Party. (Meta: Senator KAG also pressured New Hampshire Senate Candidate, Kelly Ayotte, into toughening her stance on Israel, and pissed off Ken Seitz after threatening his business.). It all came to a head in the March Congressional Session, when Senator KAG objected to passing the last 3 bills on the docket, the end-result was the America-First Party failing to pass legislation they proposed. Later that night, AIPAC renounced their endorsements of every A-FP candidate. This was followed by Senator KAG being censured by the A-FP national party.