Us Elections House Vs Senate

View the 2020 us senate election results to get updates on the balance of power between republicans and democrats.
Us elections house vs senate. Live 2020 senate election results and maps by state. In the house democrats have 199 seats and republicans have 184. States as well as six non voting delegates from the district of columbia and the inhabited u s.
The 2020 united states house of representatives elections were held on november 3 2020 with special elections throughout the year. The united states congress is the legislative branch of the federal government and consists of two houses. Both houses of government are elected through direct popular vote.
Either side needs 51 seats to have a majority. This means that all registered voters can directly vote for their representatives contrary to the presidential election which goes through the electoral college. The lower chamber the house of representatives has 435 voting seats each representing a district of roughly similar size.
Elections were held to elect representatives from all 435 congressional districts across each of the 50 u s. Diffen politics u s. Cotton is seeking a second term.
The us legislature congress has two chambers. There are elections in. Us senate and house election results.
Politico s coverage of 2020 races for president senate house governors and key ballot measures. The lower house known as the house of representatives and the upper house known as the senate. The words congress and house are sometimes used colloquially to refer to the house of representatives.