2022 Midterms (ProgressiveSPP)

2022 Midterms

35 Senate Seats Up

13 Democratic Seats are up along with 21 Republican held seats.

435 House Seats Up

The 2022 Midterm elections took place Tuesday, November 8th, 2022. With Incumbent President Joe Biden achieving a very modest approval rating, being underwater previously back in April after the North Korean Missile Crisis. Since then however, he has made gains, and the Senate has been more in play with a previously 50/50 majority coming in from the 2020 results. The redistricting in many house races has created many districts for the democrats and republicans to gain, but the democrats and believed to have a narrow advantage. The Republicans are believed to lose seats in the gubernatorial races, but still retain a majority.

Senate

The Democrats gained many senate seats, expanding on their previous 50/50 tie in the 2020 Senate Elections. Incumbent Majority Leader Chuck Schumer however was primaried to lose his seat, and Mitch McConnell retired as Minority leader with Senator John Kennedy taking up his position.

State	Winner	Percentage	Notes
Alabama		Richard Shelby (R) 56.2% ✔ Parker Griffith (D) 42.5% Write-In : 1.3%	Incumbent Re-elected.
Alaska		Sarah Palin (R) 35.8% ✔ Lisa Murkowski (I) 33.4% Chris Tuck (D) 26.0% Other : 4.8%	Incumbent switched parties. Republican Gain.
Arizona		Mark Kelly (D) 55.2% ✔ Paul Gosar (R) 43.9% Angela Green (G) 1.1% Write-Ins : 0.2%	Democratic Re-elected.
Arkansas		Leslie Rutledge (R) 60.3% ✔ Mark Pyror (D) 38.5% Other : 1.2%	Republican Incumbent retired. Republican Hold.
California (Special Election)		Ro Khanna (D) 55.7% ✔ Eric Swalwell (D) 44.3%	Incumbent resigned to become Vice President. Democratic Hold.
Colorado		Michael Bennet (D) 53.8% ✔ Cory Gardner (R) 35.7% Tom Tancrendo (L) 11.2% Write In : 0.4%	Incumbent Re-elected.
Connecticut		Richard Blumenthal (D) 58.7% ✔ Bob Stefanowski (R) 41.0% Write-In : 1.3%	Incumbent Re-elected.
Florida		Stephanie Murphy (D) 49.9% ✔ Marco Rubio (R) 49.5% Write-In : 0.6%	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic pick-up.
Georgia		Stacy Abrams (D) 50.5% ✔ Kelly Loeffler (R) 47.8% Allen Buckley (L) 1.5%	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic pick-up.
Hawaii		Brian Schatz (D) 68.2% Kurt Fevella (R) 31.8%	Incumbent re-elected.
Idaho		Janice McGeachin (R) 59.8% Cherie Buckner-Webb (D) 33.5% Pro-Life (I) 4.7% Write-In : 2.0%	Incumbent retired. Republican Hold.
Illinois		Tammy Duckworth (D) 57.6% Joe Walsh (R) 40.1% Others : 2.3%	Incumbent re-elected.
Indiana		Pete Buttigieg (D) 48.4% Todd Young (R) 48.4% Lucy Brenton (L) 3.2%	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic pick-up.
Iowa		Pat Grassley (R) 50.3% Rob Sand (D) 48.0% Other : 1.7%	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.
Kansas		Jerry Moran (R) 54.2% Carl Brewer (D) 42.7% Robert Garrad (L) 3.1%	Incumbent re-elected.
Kentucky		Rand Paul (R) 52.1% Charles Booker (D) 46.8% Write In : 1.1%	Incumbent re-elected.
Louisiana		John Neely Kennedy (R) 51.9% Mitch Landrieu (D) 48.1%	Advanced to runoff. Incumbent re-elected.
Maryland		Larry Hogan (I) 38.2% Chris Van Hollen (D) 36.7% Ben Carson (R) 25.1%	Incumbent lost re-election. Independent gain.
Missouri		Cori Bush (D) 49.8% Roy Blunt (R) 49.6% Write-ins : 0.6%	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.
Nevada		Catherine Cortez-Masto (D) 51.3% Adam Sandoval (R) 46.0% Other : 2.7%