List of candidates who ran in U.S. Congress elections, 2018

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The Republican Party held majorities in both chambers of the U.S. Congress entering the 2018 election. In the U.S. Senate, there were 23 Democratic seats, eight Republican seats, and two seats held by independents up for election in 2018. The Democratic Party needed to pick up two seats in the Senate in order to regain the majority they lost in 2014. All 435 seats in the U.S. House were up for election. In order to win the chamber, the Democratic Party needed to pick up 24 seats in 2018.

Click here for the list of all candidates who ran in the 2018 U.S. Congress elections. For a listing of all candidates who ran in 2016, click here.

U.S. House
Seats held by the Democratic Party 157
Seats held by the Republican Party 162
Vacancies 7
Open seats 27
Open seats currently held by the Democratic Party 8
Open seats currently held by the Republican Party 19
Seats held by the Republican Party and carried by Hillary Clinton (D) in 2016 23
Seats held by the Democratic Party and carried by Donald Trump (R) in 2016 12

U.S. Senate
Seats held by the Democratic Party (a) 45
Seats held by the Republican Party 49
Vacancies 1
Open seats 3
Open seats currently held by the Democratic Party 0
Open seats currently held by the Republican Party 3
Seats held by the Republican Party and carried by Hillary Clinton (D) in 2016 1
Seats held by the Democratic Party and carried by Donald Trump (R) in 2016 10

(a) - Does not include two independents who caucus with the Democrats

For additional coverage of 2018 elections, see the following articles:

Candidate breakdown

See also: Statistics on U.S. Congress candidates and incumbents, 2018

A full breakdown of candidates by party can be seen below:


Candidates by state

Click on the tabs below to see a listing of declared candidates for U.S. House and U.S. Senate elections in each state. The names are organized by chamber and party:

Alabama

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

Alaska

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

Arizona

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

Arkansas

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

California

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

Colorado

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

Connecticut

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

Delaware

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

Florida

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

Georgia

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

Hawaii

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

Idaho

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

Illinois

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Indiana

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

Iowa

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Kansas

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

Kentucky

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Louisiana

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

Maine

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

Maryland

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

Massachusetts

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

Michigan

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Minnesota

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

Mississippi

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Missouri

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

Montana

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

Nebraska

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

Nevada

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

New Hampshire

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

New Jersey

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

New Mexico

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

New York

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

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North Carolina

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

North Dakota

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

U.S. House

Democratic

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

Ohio

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Oklahoma

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

Oregon

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

Pennsylvania

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

Rhode Island

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

South Carolina

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

South Dakota

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

Tennessee

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

Texas

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

U.S. House

Democratic

  1. Vicente Gonzalez Jr.
  2. Sheila Jackson Lee
  3. Joaquin Castro
  4. Eddie Bernice Johnson (Texas)
  5. Lloyd Doggett
  6. Al Green (Texas)
  7. Kathi Thomas
  8. Colin Allred
  9. Elliott McFadden
  10. Adrienne Bell
  11. Chris Perri
  12. Derrick Crowe
  13. Linsey Fagan
  14. Christine Eady Mann
  15. Ed Meier
  16. Lorie Burch
  17. James Cargas
  18. Joshua Butler (Texas)
  19. Laura Moser
  20. Adam Bell
  21. George Rodriguez (congressional candidate)
  22. Lizzie Pannill Fletcher
  23. Todd Maternowski
  24. Jana Lynne Sanchez
  25. M.J. Hegar
  26. Joseph Kopser
  27. Jason Westin
  28. Todd Allen
  29. Dale Mantey
  30. Mary Wilson (Texas)
  31. Will Fisher
  32. Dayna Steele
  33. Levii Shocklee
  34. Todd Litton
  35. Gina Ortiz Jones
  36. Justin Snider
  37. Vanessa Adia
  38. Miguel Levario
  39. Jon Powell
  40. Jay Hulings
  41. Rick Treviño
  42. Sam Johnson (Plano Independent School District member)
  43. Brent Beal
  44. Dori Fenenbock
  45. Veronica Escobar
  46. Jennie Lou Leeder
  47. Kent Lester
  48. Lillian Salerno
  49. Judy Canales
  50. Mike Clark (Texas)
  51. Hector Morales (U.S. House Texas District 29 candidate)
  52. Medrick Yhap
  53. Levy Barnes Jr.
  54. Enrique Garcia
  55. Steven David (Texas)
  56. Greg Sagan
  57. Eric Holguin
  58. Ron Marshall (Texas)
  59. J. Darnell Jones
  60. Rick Kennedy
  61. John Carrillo
  62. Eric Pfalzgraf
  63. Chetan Panda
  64. Ali Khorasani
  65. Letitia Plummer
  66. John Biggan
  67. Ronnie McDonald
  68. Pedro Valencia
  69. Silky Joshi-Malik
  70. Julie Oliver
  71. Roel Garcia (congressional candidate)
  72. Muhammad Javed
  73. H. P. Parvizian
  74. Tami Walker
  75. Mike Siegel
  76. Brett Shipp
  77. Eric LeMonte Williams (Texas congressional candidate)
  78. Norma Chavez
  79. Jerome Tilghman
  80. Steve Brown (Texas)
  81. Ivan Sanchez (Texas congressional candidate)
  82. Madeline Eden
  83. Josh Imhoff
  84. West Hansen
  85. Margarita Ruiz Johnson
  86. Lander Bethel
  87. Kevin Nelson (Texas)
  88. Catherine Krantz
  89. Sri Preston Kulkarni
  90. Vanessa Edwards Foster
  91. Augustine Reyes
  92. Matt Harris (Texas)
  93. Richard Johnson (2018 Texas congressional candidate)
  94. Kesha Rogers
  95. Ricardo De La Fuente
  96. Alex Triantaphyllis
  97. John W. Duncan (Wisconsin)
  98. Dan Wood
  99. Henry Cuellar
  100. Carlos Quintanilla (Texas)
  101. Barbara Mallory Caraway
  102. Marc Veasey
  103. Dominique Garcia
  104. Ruby Faye Woolridge
  105. Jan McDowell
  106. Raul (Roy) Barrera
  107. Mike Westergren
  108. Jrmar Jefferson
  109. Angela Villescaz

Republican

  1. Michael McCaul
  2. Mike Conaway (Texas)
  3. Kay Granger
  4. Mac Thornberry
  5. Randy Weber
  6. Bill Flores
  7. Kenny Marchant
  8. Roger Williams (Texas)
  9. Brian Babin
  10. David Balat
  11. Ava Pate
  12. Eric Burkhart
  13. Bill Sargent
  14. SK Alexander
  15. Malcolm Whittaker
  16. Veronica Birkenstock
  17. Michael Cloud (Texas)
  18. Eric Zmrhal
  19. Alma Arredondo-Lynch
  20. Francisco Canseco
  21. David Smalling
  22. Autry Pruitt
  23. Roshin Rowjee
  24. James Green (Texas)
  25. Danny Nguyen (Texas)
  26. Susan Narvaiz
  27. Rick Walker (Texas Congressional candidate)
  28. Robert Stovall
  29. Kathaleen Wall
  30. Sam Deen
  31. Bunni Pounds
  32. Ivan Andarza
  33. Ronald Wright
  34. Deborah Gagliardi
  35. Ryan Krause
  36. Jenifer Sarver
  37. Justin Lurie
  38. Bech Bruun
  39. Eddie Gassman
  40. Chris Mapp
  41. John Cooper (Texas)
  42. Robert Schafranek
  43. Paul Myers
  44. Foster Hagen
  45. Mark Mitchell (Texas)
  46. William Negley
  47. Troy Ratterree
  48. Al Poteet
  49. Peggy Wardlaw
  50. Shawn Dandridge
  51. Rick Seeberger
  52. Alia Garcia-Ureste
  53. Danny Campbell (Texas House of Representatives candidate)
  54. Samuel Temple
  55. David Williams (Texas)
  56. Phillip Aronoff
  57. Mel Hassell
  58. Kevin Harrison (Texas)
  59. Jason Wright
  60. Ken Cope (Texas)
  61. Thomas Dillingham
  62. John Grunwald
  63. Edward Ziegler
  64. Jon Spiers
  65. Jonny Havens
  66. Willie Billups
  67. Anthony White (Texas)
  68. Johnathan Davidson
  69. Jaimy Blanco
  70. Alex Donkervoet
  71. David Niederkorn
  72. Carmen Montiel
  73. Shannon Dubberly
  74. John Cook (2018 Texas congressional candidate)
  75. Rhett Rosenquest Smith
  76. Samuel Williams Jr.
  77. Jerry Hall (2018 Texas congressional candidate)
  78. Daniel Crenshaw
  79. Marty Perez
  80. Judith Cutright
  81. Charles Lingerfelt
  82. Paul Brown (Texas)
  83. Mike Sweeney (Texas)
  84. Kevin Roberts (Texas)
  85. Tim Westley
  86. Rey Gonzalez
  87. Mauro Garza
  88. Kevin Brady (Texas)
  89. John Ratcliffe
  90. Pete Sessions
  91. John Carter (Texas)

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

Utah

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

Vermont

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

Virginia

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

Washington

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

West Virginia

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

Wisconsin

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

Wyoming

U.S. Senate

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

U.S. House

Democratic

Republican

Other parties

No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.

Women candidates

According to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University (CAWP), a record number of women filed to run as candidates for both the U.S. House and U.S Senate in 2018. Fifty-three women filed to run for U.S. Senate seats, breaking the previous record of 40 set in 2016. Twenty-two women won U.S. Senate primaries in 2018, which exceeded the previous high of 18 in 2016, according to CAWP. On the U.S. House side, 476 women filed to run in 2018, which was a more than 50 percent increase over the previous record of 298 in 2012. Click here for more data from CAWP.[1]

Wave election analysis

See also: Wave elections (1918-2016)

The term wave election is frequently used to describe an election cycle in which one party makes significant electoral gains. How many seats would Republicans have had to lose for the 2018 midterm election to be considered a wave election?

Ballotpedia examined the results of the 50 election cycles that occurred between 1918 and 2016—spanning from President Woodrow Wilson's (D) second midterm in 1918 to Donald Trump's (R) first presidential election in 2016. We define wave elections as the 20 percent of elections in that period resulting in the greatest seat swings against the president's party.

Applying this definition to U.S. House elections and U.S. Senate elections, we found that Republicans needed to lose 48 House seats and seven Senate seats for 2018 to qualify as a wave election in each chamber.

The chart below shows the number of seats the president's party lost in the 11 U.S. House waves from 1918 to 2016. Click here to read the full report.

U.S. House wave elections
Year President Party Election type House seats change House majority[2]
1932 Hoover R Presidential -97 D
1922 Harding R First midterm -76 R
1938 Roosevelt D Second midterm -70 D
2010 Obama D First midterm -63 R (flipped)
1920 Wilson D Presidential -59 R
1946 Truman D First midterm -54 R (flipped)
1994 Clinton D First midterm -54 R (flipped)
1930 Hoover R First midterm -53 D (flipped)
1942 Roosevelt D Third midterm -50 D
1966 Johnson D First midterm[3] -48 D
1974 Ford R Second midterm[4] -48 D

The chart below shows the number of seats the president's party lost in the 10 U.S. Senate waves from 1918 to 2016. Click here to read the full report.

U.S. Senate wave elections
Year President Party Election type Senate seats change Senate majority[5]
1932 Hoover R Presidential -13 D (flipped)
1958 Eisenhower R Second midterm -12 D
1946 Truman D First midterm -10 R (flipped)
1980 Carter D Presidential -9 R (flipped)
2014 Obama D Second midterm -9 R (flipped)
1942 Roosevelt D Third midterm -8 D
2008 George W. Bush D Presidential -8 D
1926 Coolidge R First midterm[6] -7 R
1930 Hoover R First midterm -7 R
1986 Reagan R Second midterm -7 D (flipped)

See also

Footnotes

  1. Center for American Women and Politics, "2018 Summary of Women Candidates," accessed October 15, 2018
  2. Denotes the party that had more seats in the U.S. House following the election.
  3. Lyndon Johnson's (D) first term began in November 1963 after the death of President John F. Kennedy (D), who was first elected in 1960. Before Johnson had his first midterm in 1966, he was re-elected president in 1964.
  4. Gerald Ford's (R) first term began in August 1974 following the resignation of President Richard Nixon (R), who was first elected in 1968 and was re-elected in 1972. Because Ford only served for two full months before facing the electorate, this election is classified as Nixon's second midterm.
  5. Denotes the party that had more seats in the U.S. House following the election.
  6. Calvin Coolidge's (R) first term began in August 1923 after the death of President Warren Harding (R), who was first elected in 1920. Before he had his first midterm in 1926, Coolidge was re-elected as president in 1924.