2022 Congressional Elections (Wolfman's World)

The 2022 congressional elections took place on November 8, 2022, to select members of the 118th Congress. This was the first election to take place after the redistricting based on the results of the 2020 U.S. census. Up for election were the 34 Class III United States Senate seats and all 435 seats of the United States House of Representatives.

Senate Elections
The 2022 United States Senate elections were held on November 8, 2022, with 34 of the 100 seats in the Senate being contested in regular elections, the winners of which would serve 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. Class III senators were last elected in 2016, and were up for election again in 2022. Of the Class III Senators up for re-election, 14 were members of the Democratic Party, and 20 were Republicans. Republicans only needed 1 seat to shift the balance of power, but wouldn't secure it. This was due to the Democrats being buoyed by President Joe Biden's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, which by the start of 2022 had been brought under control enough so that pre-pandemic life could resume, and his large infrastructure package which had gone into effect in mid-2020. The Republicans were also harmed by the nomination of many candidates who were very loyal to Former President Donald Trump key races.

House Elections
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 8, 2022, with all of the 435 seats in the chamber being contested in regular elections, the winners of which would serve two-year terms in the United States Congress from January 3, 2023, to January 3, 2025. The Republicans were able to take back the chamber for the first time in 4 years, mainly due to the round of redistricting that had taken place following the 2020 Census, which skewed the elections towards the Republicans. During this election, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) retired, and was replaced in her leadership role within the Democratic party. Many expected Tim Ryan (D-OH) to replace her, but he had retired to run for Senate, and so the position went to Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY).