Election Of Us Senate

The presidential election house elections 14 gubernatorial elections and many state and local elections were held on the same date.

Election of us senate. Senators are divided into three groups or classes whose terms are staggered so that a different class is elected every two. The composition and powers of the senate are established by article one of the united states. Senate results by state democrats and republicans are neck and neck in the race to win control of the senate with 31 of the 35 seats being contested now decided.

Numerous other federal state and local elections including the 2020 presidential election and the 2020 senate elections were also held on this date. The 2016 united states senate elections were held on november 8 2016. Senate races remain undecided from november s general election.

The united states senate is the upper chamber of the united states congress which along with the united states house of representatives the lower chamber constitutes the legislature of the united states the senate chamber is located in the north wing of the capitol building in washington d c. 608 ballots gave future president lyndon johnson a seat in the us senate and the 2018 north carolina 9th congressional district election in which ballot tampering was admitted in. The 2026 united states senate elections will be held on november 3 2026 with 33 of the 100 seats in the senate being contested in regular elections the winners of which will serve six year terms in the united states congress from january 3 2027 to january 3 2033.

The winners of this election will serve in the 117th united states congress with seats apportioned among the states based on the 2010 united states census. Senators are divided into three groups or classes whose terms are staggered so that a different class is elected every two. Of these 21 were held by republicans and 12 by democrats republicans lost one seat to the democrats and one republican seat is still to be decided in a runoff election in georgia on january 5 2021 the winners were or will be elected to six year terms.

In the 2016 senate elections 34 of the 100 seats all class 3 senate seats were contested in regular elections. Both are in the southern state of georgia where president elect joe biden became the first democrat to win the state. The 2020 united states senate elections were held on november 3 2020 with the 33 class 2 seats of the senate contested in regular elections.

The winners will serve six year terms until january 3 2023.