Election results, 2022: U.S. Congress
As a result of the 2022 U.S. Senate elections, Democrats retained control of the U.S. Senate, winning 51 seats in the chamber to Republicans' 49. As a result of the U.S. House elections, Republicans won control of the U.S. House, winning 222 seats to Democrats 213.[1]
All 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives were up for election in 2022. Thirty-five seats in the U.S. Senate — 14 held by Democrats and 21[2] held by Republicans — were up for election as well.
Heading into the 2022 elections, Democrats had majorities in both chambers of Congress.
The U.S. Senate was evenly divided at 50-50 with Vice President Kamala Harris (D) casting tie-breaking votes, giving Democrats an effective majority. Republicans needed a net pickup of one seat to gain control. Democrats needed to maintain the same number of seats to keep their effective majority.
As a result of the elections, Democrats expanded their majority to 51 seats. The party flipped one seat, as John Fetterman (D) defeated Mehmet Oz (R) in the U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania. Incumbent Senator Pat Toomey (R) did not seek re-election. The U.S. Senate election in Georgia advanced to a Dec. 6 runoff, in which incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock defeated Herschel Walker (R).
All twenty-eight Senate incumbents who ran for re-election won. This was the first time since 1914 that no Senate incumbent who ran lost re-election.[3]
In the House, Democrats held a 220-212 majority heading into the elections, with three vacancies. Republicans needed a net gain of five districts to win a majority in the chamber. The gained a net of nine seats.
Nine U.S. House incumbents lost their re-election campaigns on November 8. These members included six Democrats and three Republicans.
Of the 68 open U.S. House seats up for election in 2022, Democrats held 35 of seats, Republicans held 28[4], and five were newly created seats. As a result of the 2022 elections, Democrats won 30 of those open seats, and Republicans won 38.
See below for information on:
- Changes in the partisan control of the Senate and the House
- Pre-election analysis ahead of November 8, 2022
- A log of Senate and House election results as they came in
For more in-depth information on each chamber's elections, see:
Changes in partisan control
U.S. Senate
Heading into Election Day, the U.S. Senate was evenly divided at 50-50 with Vice President Kamala Harris (D) casting tie-breaking votes, giving Democrats an effective majority.[5] Republicans needed a net pickup of one seat to gain control, and Democrats needed to pick one or more seats to expand their majority.
Democrats gained a seat Republicans formerly held, as John Fetterman (D) defeated Mehmet Oz (R) in the U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania. Incumbent Senator Pat Toomey (R) did not seek re-election.
U.S. House
Heading into the election, Democrats held a 220-212 majority in the U.S. House with three vacancies. Republicans needed to gain a net of five districts to win a majority in the chamber. As a result of the elections, Republicans gained nine seats, winning control of the chamber. In total, Republicans won 222 districts to Democrats' 213.[9]
The 2022 election was the first to take place following apportionment and redistricting after the 2020 census. As a result of apportionment, six states (Texas, Colorado, Florida, Montana, North Carolina, and Oregon) gained districts, and seven states (California, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia) lost districts.
Changes in the partisan composition of state delegations
The following table shows the changes in size and partisan composition of each state's delegation to the U.S. House after the 2022 elections.
| Changes in partisan composition of state delegations to the U.S. House | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Total seats 2020 | Total seats 2022 | R seats 2020 | R seats 2022 | Change | D seats 2020 | D seats 2022 | Change |
| Alabama | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Alaska | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Arizona | 9 | 9 | 4 | 6 | +2 | 5 | 3 | - 2 |
| Arkansas | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| California | 53 | ↓ 52 | 11 | 12 | +1 | 42 | 40 | - 2 |
| Colorado | 7 | ↑ 8 | 3 | 3 | - | 4 | 5 | +1 |
| Connecticut | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | 5 | 5 | - |
| Delaware | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Florida | 27 | ↑ 28 | 16 | 20 | +4 | 11[10] | 8 | -3 |
| Georgia | 14 | 14 | 8 | 9 | +1 | 6 | 5 | -1 |
| Hawaii | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 2 | - |
| Idaho | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Illinois | 18 | ↓ 17 | 5 | 3 | - 2 | 13 | 14 | +1 |
| Indiana | 9 | 9 | 7[11] | 7 | - | 2 | 2 | - |
| Iowa | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 1 | 0 | - 1 |
| Kansas | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Kentucky | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Louisiana | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Maine | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 2 | - |
| Maryland | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | - | 7 | 7 | - |
| Massachusetts | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | - | 9 | 9 | - |
| Michigan | 14 | ↓ 13 | 7 | 6 | - 1 | 7 | 7 | - |
| Minnesota | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | - | 4 | 4 | - |
| Mississippi | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Missouri | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | - | 2 | 2 | - |
| Montana | 1 | ↑ 2 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Nebraska | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Nevada | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | - |
| New Hampshire | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 2 | - |
| New Jersey | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 10 | 9 | - 1 |
| New Mexico | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 |
| New York | 27 | ↓ 26 | 8 | 11 | +3 | 19 | 15 | - 4 |
| North Carolina | 13 | ↑ 14 | 8 | 7 | - 1 | 5 | 7 | +2 |
| North Dakota | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Ohio | 16 | ↓ 15 | 12 | 10 | - 2 | 4 | 5 | +1 |
| Oklahoma | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Oregon | 5 | ↑ 6 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 4 | - |
| Pennsylvania | 18 | ↓ 17 | 9 | 8 | - 1 | 9 | 9 | - |
| Rhode Island | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 2 | - |
| South Carolina | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| South Dakota | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Tennessee | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | +1 | 2 | 1 | - 1 |
| Texas | 36 | ↑ 38 | 24 | 25 | +1 | 12 | 13 | +1 |
| Utah | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Vermont | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Virginia | 11 | 11 | 4 | 5 | +1 | 7 | 6 | - 1 |
| Washington | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | - 1 | 7 | 8 | +1 |
| West Virginia | 3 | ↓ 2 | 3 | 2 | - 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Wisconsin | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 | +1 | 3 | 2 | - 1 |
| Wyoming | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Total | 435 | 435 | 213 | 222 | +9 | 222 | 213 | - 9 |
Incumbents who lost re-election
Nine U.S. House incumbents lost their re-election campaigns on November 8. These members included six Democrats and three Republicans. Additionally, sixteen members lost their re-election in their party's primaries. These members included 10 Republicans and six Democrats.
The following table lists incumbents defeated in the 2022 general election for U.S. House.[12]
Open seats
Heading into the 2022 elections, there were 68 open U.S. House seats. Fifty-two districts were open because the incumbent did not run for re-election, five were open because they were newly created districts where no incumbent filed to run. Ten districts were open because the incumbent lost in a primary.[21] One district — Indiana's 2nd — was vacant because the incumbent passed away.[22]
Before the election, Democrats held 36 of the open seats up for election, Republicans held 27, and five were newly created seats. As a result of the 2022 elections, Democrats won 30 of those seats, and Republicans won 38.
Ballotpedia considers a seat to be open if the incumbent representative did not file to run for re-election or if they filed for re-election but withdrew before the primary. If an incumbent filed to run in a different district than the one they currently represent, Ballotpedia considers the seat they currently represent as open, as long as no incumbent from another district is running in it. A seat created as a result of a state gaining a new congressional district due to apportionment is also considered open if no incumbent is running in it.
This section does not include vacant seats filled by special election before November 8, 2022, unless no incumbents appeared on the regular primary ballot for that seat.
Seats open at the time of the primary
The table below includes election results for districts that were open at the time the state held its congressional primary. For a list of seats that opened up as a result of an incumbent losing re-election in a primary, see the following section.
Seats open as a result of an incumbent losing a primary
The table below includes election results for seats that were open because the incumbent lost re-election in a primary.[23]
| Seats open as a result of an incumbent losing re-election in a primary | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Seat | Outgoing incumbent | 2022 election winner | 2022 election winner's margin of victory |
| Michigan's 3rd | Peter Meijer  |
Hillary Scholten  |
D+12.9 |
| Mississippi's 4th | Steve Palazzo |
Mike Ezell |
R+50.25 |
| New York's 10th | Mondaire Jones |
Daniel Goldman |
D+69.55 |
| North Carolina's 11th | Madison Cawthorn |
Chuck Edwards |
R+9.56 |
| Ohio's 7th | Bob Gibbs[24] |
Max Miller |
R+10.88 |
| Oregon's 5th | Kurt Schrader |
Lori Chavez-DeRemer |
R+2.28 |
| South Carolina's 7th | Tom Rice |
Russell Fry |
R+27.37 |
| Texas' 3rd | Van Taylor[25] |
Keith Self |
R+22.85 |
| Washington's 3rd | Jaime Herrera Beutler |
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez |
D+1.51 |
| Wyoming's At-Large | Liz Cheney |
Harriet Hageman |
R+47.07 |
Partisan breakdown
U.S. Senate
Democrats gained a net of one seat in the 2022 general elections, maintaining control of the chamber. Republicans held 49 seats following the elections, while Democrats held 49 seats and independents who caucus with Democrats held two. After the elections, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema announced she had changed her party affiliation from Democrat to independent. Sinema said she would not caucus with Republicans and kept the committee assignments she had as a member of the Democratic caucus.[26]
| U.S. Senate Partisan Breakdown | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | As of November 8, 2022 | After the 2022 Election | |
| Democratic Party | 48[27] | 48 | |
| Republican Party | 50 | 49 | |
| Independent | 2[27] | 3[27][28] | |
| Vacancies | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 100 | 100 | |
U.S. House
| U.S. House Partisan Breakdown | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | As of November 8, 2022 | After the 2022 Election | |
| Democratic Party | 220 | 213 | |
| Republican Party | 212 | 222 | |
| Vacancies | 3 | 0[29] | |
| Total | 435 | 435 | |
Historical party control
The charts below show historical partisan breakdown information for each chamber.
Seats up for election
U.S. Senate
As a result of the 2022 U.S. Senate elections, Democrats retained control of the U.S. Senate, gaining 51 seats to Republicans' 49.[30]
Heading into Election Day, the U.S. Senate was evenly divided at 50-50 with Vice President Kamala Harris (D) casting tie-breaking votes, giving Democrats an effective majority.[31] Republicans needed a net pickup of one seat to gain control.
Democrats gained a seat Republicans formerly held, as John Fetterman (D) defeated Mehmet Oz (R) in the U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania. Incumbent Senator Pat Toomey (R) did not seek re-election.
The U.S. Senate election in Georgia advanced to a Dec. 6 runoff. Incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) defeated Herschel Walker (R) in the runoff.
Two special elections also took place on November 8, 2022. Markwayne Mullin (R) won the special election held to fill the final four years of Sen. Jim Inhofe's (R-Okla.) six-year term that began in 2021. Inhofe announced he would resign from office effective January 3, 2023.[32] The other special election was held to fill the final weeks of the six-year term that Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) was elected to in 2016 before becoming vice president. That U.S. Senate seat was also up for regular election in 2022. Incumbent Sen. Alex Padilla (D), who replaced Harris in the Senate, won both the special election and the regular election.
Fourteen seats held by Democrats and 20 held by Republicans were up for regular election in 2022. The map below shows what seats were up for election, the incumbent heading into the election in each state, whether each seat was open, recent Senate and presidential election margins of victory, and race ratings.
You can find this information in table form just below the map and in the U.S. Senate race ratings section.
Click [show] on the right to expand the table below.
U.S. House
Elections to the U.S. House were held on November 8, 2022. All 435 districts were up for election. Five of the chamber's six non-voting members were up for election as well.
As a result of the elections, Republicans won 222 districts, gaining control of the chamber, while Democrats won 213 districts.[36]
Heading into the election, Democrats held a 220-212 majority in the U.S. House with three vacancies. Republicans needed to gain a net of five districts to win a majority in the chamber. They gained a net of nine seats.
Nine U.S. House incumbents lost their re-election campaigns on November 8. These members include six Democrats and three Republicans.
The 2022 election was the first to take place following apportionment and redistricting after the 2020 census. As a result of apportionment, six states (Texas, Colorado, Florida, Montana, North Carolina, and Oregon) gained districts, and seven states (California, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia) lost districts. Click here for more information about apportionment after the 2020 census.
In 2022, 52 districts were open because the incumbent did not run for re-election, five were open because they were newly created districts where no incumbent filed to run. Ten districts were open because the incumbent lost in a primary.[37] One district was vacant because the incumbent passed away.[38]
This year, Ballotpedia tracked 39 districts (8.5%) as battleground congressional races. Democrats held 30 of those districts, Republicans held seven, and two were newly created districts after the 2020 census.
Battleground races
U.S. Senate
- See also: U.S. Senate battlegrounds, 2022
Ballotpedia identified 11 races as general election battlegrounds. Of the 11 seats, four had Democratic incumbents and seven had Republican incumbents heading into the election.
The following map displays all states that held U.S. Senate elections in 2022 shaded by the incumbent's or most recent incumbent's political affiliation. Battleground races are highlighted in brighter colors. Hover over a state for more information.
| Battleground U.S. Senate elections, 2022 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Incumbent | Open seat? | 2016 margin | 2020 presidential margin | |
| Alaska | Lisa Murkowski |
No | R+15.2 | R+10.0 | |
| Arizona | Mark Kelly |
No | D+2.4 | D+0.3 | |
| Florida | Marco Rubio |
No | R+7.7 | R+3.3 | |
| Georgia | Raphael Warnock |
No | D+2.1 | D+0.2 | |
| Missouri | Roy Blunt |
Yes | R+2.8 | R+15.4 | |
| Nevada | Catherine Cortez Masto |
No | D+2.4 | D+2.4 | |
| New Hampshire | Maggie Hassan |
No | D+0.1 | D+7.3 | |
| North Carolina | Richard Burr |
Yes | R+5.7 | R+1.3 | |
| Ohio | Rob Portman |
Yes | R+20.8 | R+8.1 | |
| Pennsylvania | Pat Toomey |
Yes | R+1.5 | D+1.2 | |
| Utah | Mike Lee |
No | R+41.0 | R+20.5 | |
| Wisconsin | Ron Johnson |
No | R+3.4 | D+0.7 | |
U.S. House
- See also: U.S. House battlegrounds, 2022
Ballotpedia identified 33 of the 435 House races (8.5%) as battlegrounds. For more information on our methodology for identifying battlegrounds, click here.
The following map displays the 2022 House battlegrounds shaded by the incumbent's or most recent incumbent's political affiliation. Hover over a district for more information.
There were 33 U.S. House battlegrounds in 2022.
- California's 22nd Congressional District election, 2022
- California's 27th Congressional District election, 2022
- Colorado's 8th Congressional District election, 2022
- Illinois' 17th Congressional District election, 2022
- Indiana's 1st Congressional District election, 2022
- Iowa's 3rd Congressional District election, 2022
- Kansas' 3rd Congressional District election, 2022
- Maine's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022
- Michigan's 3rd Congressional District election, 2022
- Michigan's 7th Congressional District election, 2022
- Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022
- Nevada's 1st Congressional District election, 2022
- Nevada's 3rd Congressional District election, 2022
- New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District election, 2022
- New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022
- New Jersey's 7th Congressional District election, 2022
- New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022
- New York's 19th Congressional District election, 2022
- New York's 22nd Congressional District election, 2022
- New York's 3rd Congressional District election, 2022
- North Carolina's 13th Congressional District election, 2022
- Ohio's 13th Congressional District election, 2022
- Ohio's 1st Congressional District election, 2022
- Ohio's 9th Congressional District election, 2022
- Oregon's 5th Congressional District election, 2022
- Pennsylvania's 17th Congressional District election, 2022
- Pennsylvania's 8th Congressional District election, 2022
- Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022
- Texas' 15th Congressional District election, 2022
- Texas' 28th Congressional District election, 2022
- United States House of Representatives election in Alaska, 2022
- Virginia's 7th Congressional District election, 2022
- Washington's 8th Congressional District election, 2022
Race ratings
U.S. Senate
The following table compared U.S. Senate race ratings from The Cook Political Report, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and Inside Elections prior to the November 2022 elections.
U.S. House
The following table compared U.S. House race ratings from The Cook Political Report, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and Inside Elections prior to the November 2022 elections.
Seats that changed party hands in last election
U.S. Senate
Four of the 34 seats up for election in 2022 changed party control the last time they were up for election.
2020-2021 special elections
In 2020-2021, special elections took place in Georgia and Arizona. Democrats picked up both seats. The seats were up for election in 2022.
| Senate seats that changed party hands, 2020-2021 special elections | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Pre-election incumbent | 2020-2021 winner | Margin of victory (% points) | |||
| Arizona | Martha McSally |
Mark Kelly |
2.4 | |||
| Georgia | Kelly Loeffler |
Raphael Warnock |
2.1 | |||
2016
- See also: United States Senate elections, 2016
In 2016—the last time these 34 seats were up for regular election—two seats changed party hands. Democrats picked up both seats.
| Senate seats that changed party hands, 2016 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Pre-election incumbent | 2016 winner | Margin of victory (% points) | |||
| Illinois | Mark Kirk |
Tammy Duckworth |
15.1 | |||
| New Hampshire | Kelly Ayotte |
Maggie Hassan |
0.1 | |||
U.S. House
Log of Congressional election results
Senate
December 6
- 11:00 p.m.: Incumbent Raphael Warnock (R) defeated Herschel Walker (R) in the general election runoff for U.S. Senate in Georgia. Warnock's win resulted in Democrats expanding their majority in the U.S. Senate from 50 seats to 51.
November 23
- 11:00 p.m.: Incumbent Lisa Murkowski (R) defeated Kelly Tshibaka (R) and Patricia R. Chesbro (D) in the general election for U.S. Senate in Alaska.
November 12
- 11:32 p.m.: Democrats retained control of the U.S. Senate, winning 50 seats in the chamber. Alaska’s U.S. Senate election is uncalled at this time, but the two candidates in the ranked-choice runoff with the most votes are Republicans, giving the party 49 seats. The U.S. Senate election in Georgia is headed to a Dec. 6 runoff.
- 11:28 p.m.: Incumbent Catherine Cortez Masto (D) defeated Adam Laxalt (R) in the general election for U.S. Senate in Nevada.
- 11:27 a.m.: Democrats and Republicans are now projected to have at least 49 seats each in the U.S. Senate. Partisan control of the chamber has not yet been determined partly because the U.S. Senate election in Nevada remains uncalled. Alaska’s U.S. Senate election is also uncalled at this time, but the two candidates in the ranked-choice runoff with the most votes are Republicans, including the incumbent, Sen. Lisa Murkowski. The U.S. Senate election in Georgia is headed to a Dec. 6 runoff.
- 11:15 a.m.: Incumbent Mark Kelly (D) defeated Blake Masters (R) in the general election for U.S. Senate in Arizona.
November 11
- 3:30 p.m.: Unofficial results showed incumbent Mark Kelly (D) in first place with 51.7% of the vote, and Blake Masters (R) in second place with 46.1% in the general election for U.S. Senate in Arizona.
- 3:28 p.m.: Unofficial results showed Adam Laxalt (R) in first place with 49.6% of the vote, and incumbent Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D) in second place with 48.6% in the general election for U.S. Senate in Nevada.
November 10
- 3:21 p.m.: The Alaska Division of Elections released result tallies of voters' first-choice candidates as of 2 p.m. local time. Those results had Kelly Tshibaka (R) with 44.2%, Lisa Murkowski (R) with 42.8%, Pat Chesbro (D) with 9.5% and Buzz Kelley (R) with 2.9%.[39] According to the state division of elections, "Ranked Choice Voting results will not be available until November 23, 2022 once all eligible ballots are reviewed and counted."[40]
- 3:18 p.m.: Incumbent Sen. Michael Bennet (D) defeated Joe O'Dea (R) and seven other candidates in the U.S. Senate election in Colorado.
November 9
- 3:49 p.m.: The New York Times wrote that incumbent Raphael Warnock (D) and Herschel Walker (R) would advance to a runoff after being the top two vote-getters in the general election for U.S. Senate in Georgia on November 8, 2022. In Georgia, a general election advances to a runoff between the two top finishers if no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote. The runoff is set to take place on December 6, 2022.[41]
- 1:25 p.m.: Incumbent U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R) defeated Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes (D) and write-in candidate Scott Aubart (American Independent Party) in the general election to represent Wisconsin in the U.S. Senate.
- 2:06 a.m.: John Fetterman (D) defeated Mehmet Oz (R) and six other candidates in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate election. Incumbent Senator Pat Toomey (R) did not seek re-election.
- 1:40 a.m.: Incumbent Mike Lee (R) defeated Evan McMullin (Independent) and five other candidates in the general election for U.S. Senate in Utah.
- 12:58 a.m.: U.S. Rep. Ted Budd (R) defeated Cheri Beasley (D) and seven others in the general election for U.S. Senate in North Carolina.
- 12:27 a.m.: Incumbent Patty Murray (D) defeated Tiffany Smiley (R) in the general election for U.S. Senate in Washington.
- 12:14 a.m.: Incumbent Sen. Maggie Hassan (D) defeated Don Bolduc (R) in the general election for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire.
November 8
- 11:37 p.m.: J.D. Vance (R) defeated Tim Ryan (D) in the general election for U.S. Senate in Ohio. Incumbent Rob Portman (R), who was first elected in 2010, did not run for re-election.
- 11:19 p.m.: Eric Schmitt (R) defeated Trudy Busch Valentine (D), Paul Venable (Constitution Party), and Jonathan Dine (L) in the general election for Missouri's U.S. Senate seat. Sen. Roy Blunt (R), who first took office in 2011, did not seek re-election.
- 8:25 p.m.: Incumbent Sen. Marco Rubio (R) defeated Val Demings (D) and seven other candidates in the general election for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat.
House
December 12
- 11:00 p.m.: All elections for the United States House of Representatives are called. Final results show Republicans gained control of the chamber with 222 seats to Democrats' 213.[42]
- 11:00 p.m.: Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold announced the completion of the state-mandated recount in Colorado's 3rd Congressional District. The recount confirmed incumbent Lauren Boebert's win over Adam Frisch.[43]
November 30
- 10:00 p.m.: Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold ordered a mandatory recount in the general election for Colorado's 3rd Congressional District. Ahead of the recount, incumbent Lauren Boebert (R) led Adam Frisch (D) by around 550 votes.
November 28
- 11:00 p.m.: Rep. Donald McEachin (D), the incumbent in Virginia's 4th Congressional District, died. McEachin had won re-election to his seat on November 8. The seat will remain vacant until Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) schedules a special election to fill the vacancy.
November 24
- 11:00 p.m.: Incumbent Mary Peltola (D) defeated Nicholas Begich (R), Sarah Palin (R), and Chris Bye (L) in the general election for Alaska's at-large congressional district.
November 16
- 7:36 p.m.: The Republican Party was projected to have won 218 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, giving that party control of the chamber.
- 7:30 p.m.: U.S. Rep. Mike Garcia (R) defeated Christy Smith (D) in the general election for California's 27th Congressional District. Incumbent Judy Chu (D) ran for re-election in California's 28th Congressional District because of redistricting.
November 15
- 5:34 p.m.: Yadira Caraveo (D) defeated Barbara Kirkmeyer (R), Richard Ward (L), and Tim Long (Colorado Center Party) in the general election for Colorado's 8th Congressional District.
- 1:16 p.m.: Republicans have won 214 seats and Democrats have won 204, with 17 seats still uncalled. Assuming no vacancies, a party needs to win 218 seats to achieve a majority.
- 12:00 p.m.: Nineteen seats have changed partisan control, with seven switching from Republicans to Democrats and 12 switching from Democrats to Republicans, for a net Republican gain of five seats.
November 14
- 2:12 p.m.: Eighteen seats have changed partisan control, with six switching from Republicans to Democrats and 12 switching from Democrats to Republicans, for a net Republican gain of six seats.
- 1:00 p.m.: Gabriel Vasquez (D) defeated incumbent Yvette Herrell (R) and write-in Eliseo Luna (D) in the general election for New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District.
- 12:23 p.m.: Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R) defeated Jamie McLeod-Skinner (D) in the November 8, 2022, general election for Oregon's 5th Congressional District, flipping partisan control from Democrat to Republican. McLeod-Skinner had defeated incumbent Kurt Schrader (D) in the May 17 Democratic primary.
- 10:00 p.m.: Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez (D) defeated Joe Kent (R) in the general election for Washington's 3rd Congressional District, flipping partisan control of the seat from Republican to Democrat.
November 11
- 5:49 p.m.: As of November 11, 2022, eight U.S. House incumbents had lost their re-election campaigns on November 8.[44] These members include six Democrats and two Republicans.
- 9:53 a.m.: Eli Crane (R) defeated incumbent Tom O'Halleran (D) in the general election for Arizona's 2nd Congressional District.
- 9:47 a.m.: Incumbent Kim Schrier (D) defeated Matt Larkin (R) in the general election for Washington's 8th Congressional District.
November 10
- 6:28 p.m.: Eric Sorensen (D) defeated Esther Joy King (R) in the general election for Illinois' 17th Congressional District. Incumbent Rep. Cheri Bustos (D) did not run for re-election.
- 5:48 p.m.: Michael Lawler (R) defeated incumbent Sean Patrick Maloney (D) in the general election for New York's 17th Congressional District.
- 5:37 p.m.: Anthony D'Esposito defeated Laura Gillen (D) in the general election for New York's 4th Congressional District.
- 5:37 p.m.: Derrick Van Orden (R) defeated Brad Pfaff (D) in the general election for Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District.
- 5:37 p.m.: Hillary Scholten (D) defeated John Gibbs (R), Jamie Lewis (L), and Louis Palus (Working Class Party) in the race for Michigan's 3rd Congressional District.
- 11:34 a.m.: As of November 10, 2022, seven U.S. House incumbents had lost their re-election campaigns on November 8.[45] These members include five Democrats and two Republicans.
- 11:34 a.m.: Zach Nunn (R) defeated incumbent Cindy Axne (D) in Iowa's 3rd Congressional District on November 8, 2022.
- 10:47 a.m.: Incumbent Dan Kildee (D) defeated Paul Junge (R), David Canny (L), and Kathy Goodwin (Working Class Party) in the general election for Michigan's 8th Congressional District. Kildee represented Michigan's 5th Congressional District, a position to which he was first elected in 2012. He ran for re-election in the 8th District after Michigan congressional districts were redrawn after the 2020 census.
- 9:21 a.m.: Greg Landsman (D) defeated incumbent Steve Chabot (R) in the general election for Ohio's 1st Congressional District. Chabot was first elected to represent the 1st Congressional District in 1994. He lost his 2008 re-election bid but was elected again in 2010.
November 9
- 5:34 p.m.: Anna Paulina Luna (R) defeated Eric Lynn (D) and three other candidates in the general election for Florida's 13th Congressional District.
- 5:34 p.m.: Cory Mills (R) defeated Karen Green (D) and Cardon Pompey (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in) in the general election for Florida's 7th Congressional District.
- 5:34 p.m.: Tom Kean Jr. (R) defeated incumbent Tom Malinowski (D) in the general election for New Jersey's 7th Congressional District.
- 5:34 p.m.: U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez Jr. (D) defeated U.S. Rep. Mayra Flores (R) in the general election for Texas' 34th Congressional District. This election was one of two U.S. House races in which two incumbents faced off in the general election.
- 4:37 p.m.: Marc Molinaro (R) defeated Josh Riley (D) in the general election for New York's 19th Congressional District. Incumbent Pat Ryan (D) ran for re-election in New York's 18th Congressional District due to redistricting.
- 1:48 p.m.: George Devolder-Santos (R) defeated Robert Zimmerman (D) in the general election for New York's 3rd Congressional District. Incumbent Tom Suozzi (D) ran for governor instead of seeking re-election.
- 1:34 p.m.: Christopher Deluzio (D) defeated Jeremy Shaffer (R) and write-in candidate Walter Sluzynsky (Independent) in the general election in Pennsylvania's 17th Congressional District. Incumbent Conor Lamb (D), who was first elected in a March 2018 special election, ran for the U.S. Senate and did not seek re-election.
- 1:27 p.m.: Incumbent Matt Cartwright (D) defeated Jim Bognet (R) in the general election in Pennsylvania's 8th Congressional District.
- 12:58 p.m.: Incumbent Frank Mrvan (D) defeated Jennifer-Ruth Green (R) in the general election for Indiana's 1st Congressional District.
- 11:24 a.m.: Incumbent Annie Kuster (D) defeated Bob Burns (R) in the general election for New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District.
- 11:21 a.m.: Incumbent Chris Pappas (D) defeated Karoline Leavitt (R) in the general election for New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District.
- 10:28 a.m.: Incumbent Elissa Slotkin (D) defeated Tom Barrett (R) and Leah Dailey (L) in the general election for Michigan's 7th Congressional District.
- 12:38 a.m.: Incumbent Henry Cuellar (D) defeated Cassy Garcia (R) in the general election for Texas' 28th Congressional District.
- 12:33 a.m.: Wiley Nickel (D) defeated Bo Hines (R) in the general election for North Carolina's 13th Congressional District, flipping the seat to Democrats for the first time since 2010. Incumbent Rep. Ted Budd (R) did not run for re-election and ran for U.S. Senate in North Carolina instead.
November 8
- 11:47 p.m.: State Sen. Jennifer Kiggans (R) defeated incumbent U.S. Rep. Elaine Luria (D) in the general election for Virginia's 2nd Congressional District.
- 11:44 p.m.: Incumbent Sharice Davids (D) defeated Amanda Adkins (R) and Steve Hohe (L) in the general election for Kansas' 3rd Congressional District. This race was a rematch of the 2020 general election, when Davids defeated Adkins 53.6% to 43.6%. Hohe also ran that year and received 2.8% of the vote.
- 11:30 p.m.: Incumbent Marcy Kaptur (D) defeated challenger J.R. Majewski (R) in Ohio's 9th Congressional District.
- 11:00 p.m.: Incumbent Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D) defeated Yesli Vega (R) in the general election for Virginia's 7th Congressional District. Spanberger was first elected in 2018, defeating then-incumbent David Brat (R) 50.3% to 48.4%. Before that election, a Republican had represented the 7th District since 1971.
- 9:37 p.m.: Rep. Neal Dunn (R) defeated Rep. Al Lawson (D) in the general election for Florida's 2nd Congressional District. This was one of two U.S. House races in 2022 that had two incumbent representatives running for the same congressional district.
- 8:35 p.m.: Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D) won election to Florida's 10th Congressional District, which is currently represented by Val Demings (D). National Journal described Frost as "the first Gen-Z candidate elected to Congress."[46] Frost completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read his survey answers.
Updated March 11, 2021
The table below shows which U.S. House districts flipped partisan control as a result of the 2020 elections.
The map below shows flipped districts.
See also
- Election results, 2022
- Election results, 2022: U.S. Senate
- Election results, 2022: U.S. House
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2022
- United States Senate elections, 2022
- Election results, 2022: Comparison of state delegations to the 117th and 118th Congresses
- Election results, 2022: State government trifectas
- Election results, 2022: Incumbents defeated in state legislative elections
- Election results, 2022: State legislative veto-proof majorities
- Election results, 2022: State government triplexes
- Election results, 2022: Partisan balance of governors
Footnotes
- ↑ This number includes the seat of Rep. Don McEachin (D), who passed away on November 28 after winning re-election.
- ↑ This number includes Sen. Jim Inhofe's (R-Okla.) seat, up for a special election on November 8, 2022.
- ↑ The New York Times, "Despite Discontent, Midterm Voters Did Not Kick Out Incumbents," November 11, 2022
- ↑ For this analysis, Ballotpedia counts open seats that were vacant at the time of the election as held by the party of the incumbent who last held the seat
- ↑ Note: Independent Sens. Angus King (Maine) and Bernie Sanders (Vt.) caucus with Democrats and are counted among Democrats here.
- ↑ Alaska used ranked-choice voting for this election. This number reflects Lisa Murkowski's margin of victory after the third round of RCV voting.
- ↑ The U.S. Senate election in Georgia went to a runoff. This figure reflects Raphael Warnock's margin of victory in the runoff.
- ↑ This number reflects Kennedy's margin of victory in Louisiana's non-partisan primary. Since Kennedy won more than 50% of the vote, he won election outright.
- ↑ These figures include the seat of Rep. Donald McEachin (D), who passed away on November 28, after winning re-election.
- ↑ This figure counts districts 13 and 22, which were vacant at the time of the election.
- ↑ This number includes the seat of Rep. Jackie Walorski (R), who died on August 3, 2022. The seat remained vacant until the November 8, 2022, election.
- ↑ This does not include former U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.), who resigned before the primary election but whose name remained on the official ballot.
- ↑ Gibbs unofficially withdrew from his primary after announcing his retirement on April 9, 2022. His name still appeared on the primary ballot.
- ↑ Gibbs defeated Meijer in the primary. Scholten defeated Gibbs in the general election.
- ↑ Gibbs' margin of victory over Meijer in the primary.
- ↑ McLeod-Skinner defeated Schrader in the primary. Chavez-DeRemer defeated McLeod-Skinner in the general election.
- ↑ McLeod-Skinner's margin of victory over Schrader in the primary.
- ↑ Taylor ran in the Republican primary on March 1, 2022, and advanced to the primary runoff. He withdrew before the runoff.
- ↑ Joe Kent defeated Herrera Beutler in the primary. Gluesenkamp defeated Kent in the general election.
- ↑ Joe Kent's margin of victory over Herrera Beutler in the primary.
- ↑ Incumbents filed to run in the newly created Florida's 28th and Texas' 27th Congressional Districts.
- ↑ Rep. Jackie Walorski (R) died in a car accident on August 3, 2022. A special election for the seat was held concurrently with the general election on November 8.
- ↑ Note: Ballotpedia does not consider these seats to be open when calculating congressional competitiveness data.
- ↑ Gibbs unofficially withdrew from his primary after announcing his retirement on April 9, 2022. His name still appeared on the primary ballot.
- ↑ Taylor ran in the Republican primary on March 1, 2022, and advanced to the primary runoff. He withdrew before the runoff.
- ↑ Politico, "Sinema switches to independent, shaking up the Senate," December 9, 2022
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 Independent Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Angus King (I-Maine) caucus with the Democratic Party.
- ↑ Sen. Kyrsten Sinema changed her affiliation from Democrat to independent after the 2022 elections. She announced she would not caucus with Republicans.
- ↑ Rep. Donald McEachin (D) died on November 28, 2022, after winning re-election. Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D) won a special election on Feb. 21 to fill McEachin's seat and was sworn in on March 7.
- ↑ On December 9, 2022, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema announced she had changed her party affiliation from Democrat to independent. Politico reported that Sinema would not caucus with Republicans, and said she intended "to vote the same way she [had] for four years in the Senate."Politico, "Sinema switches to independent, shaking up the Senate," December 9, 2022
- ↑ Note: Independent Sens. Angus King (Maine) and Bernie Sanders (Vt.) caucus with Democrats and are counted among Democrats here.
- ↑ Tulsa World, "U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe announces retirement after 35 years in Congress representing Oklahoma," February 25, 2022
- ↑ There was also a special election for this seat.
- ↑ Padilla was appointed to the seat in January 2021 to succeed Kamala Harris (D).
- ↑ The Hill, "Sen. Patrick Leahy says he won't seek reelection," November 15, 2021
- ↑ These figures include the seat of Rep. Donald McEachin (D), who passed away on November 28, after winning re-election.
- ↑ Incumbents filed to run in the newly created Florida's 28th and Texas' 27th Congressional Districts.
- ↑ Rep. Jackie Walorski (R) died on August 3, 2022. A special election for the seat was held concurrently with the general election on November 8.
- ↑ State of Alaska, Division of Elections "Election Night Results, Summary (Unofficial)" November 10, 2022
- ↑ State of Alaska, Division of Elections "Election Night Results" accessed November 11, 2022
- ↑ The New York Times, "Warnock and Walker Head to Runoff in Pivotal Georgia Senate Race," November 9, 2022
- ↑ This figure includes the seat of Rep. Don McEachin (D), who died on November 28 after winning re-election. Assuming no other vacancies occur before January 3, the 118th Congress will start with 223 Republican members, 211 Democratic members, and one vacancy.
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State Jenna Griswold, "News Release," December 12, 2022
- ↑ According to Ballotpedia's election-calling criteria.
- ↑ According to Ballotpedia's election-calling criteria.
- ↑ Twitter, "National Journal Hotline," accessed November 8, 2022
