List of candidates who ran in U.S. Congress elections, 2018
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.
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(a) - Does not include two independents who caucus with the Democrats
For additional coverage of 2018 elections, see the following articles:
Candidate breakdown
A full breakdown of candidates by party can be seen below:
Candidates by state
Alabama
U.S. House
Democratic
Republican
Other parties
Alaska
U.S. House
Democratic
Republican
Other parties
Arizona
U.S. Senate
Democratic
Republican
Other parties
U.S. House
Democratic
- Tom O'Halleran
- Billy Kovacs
- Garrick McFadden
- Mary Matiella
- Matt Heinz
- Bruce Wheeler
- Ann Kirkpatrick
- Anita Malik
- Ana Maria Perez
- Joan Greene
- Heather Ross
- Greg Stanton
- Barbara Sherry
- Catherine Miranda
- Hiral Tipirneni
- Jose Torres
- David Brill
- Delina DiSanto
- Yahya Yuksel
- Joshua Garcia (Arizona)
- Raúl Grijalva
- Ruben Gallego
Republican
- Martha McSally
- Andy Biggs
- Steve Smith (Arizona)
- Steve Ferrara
- Edna San Miguel
- Irina Baroness Von Behr
- Tiffany Shedd
- David Lien
- Clair Van Steenwyk
- Chad Allen
- Stephen Dolgos
- Debbie Lesko
- Phil Lovas
- Richard Mack (Arizona)
- Steve B. Montenegro
- Bob Stump
- Mark Yates
- Wendy Rogers
- Casey Welch
- Danny Morales
- Brandon Martin (Arizona)
- Sergio Arellano
- Sandra Dowling
- Nicolas Pierson
- Jordan Flayer
- Melissa Grable
- James Bond IV (Arizona)
- Paul Gosar
- David Schweikert
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- Lea Marquez Peterson
Other parties
Arkansas
U.S. House
Democratic
Republican
Other parties
California
U.S. Senate
Democratic
Republican
Other parties
U.S. House
Democratic
- Douglas Applegate
- Mark DeSaulnier
- Nancy Pelosi
- Barbara Lee (California)
- Jackie Speier
- Eric Swalwell
- Jim Costa
- Anna Eshoo
- Zoe Lofgren
- Jared Huffman
- Jimmy Panetta
- Julia Brownley
- Judy Chu
- Adam Schiff
- Tony Cárdenas
- John Garamendi
- Brad Sherman (California)
- Pete Aguilar
- Grace Napolitano
- Ted Lieu
- Norma Torres
- Raul Ruiz
- Karen Bass
- Lucille Roybal-Allard
- Mark Takano
- Maxine Waters
- Nanette Barragán
- Lou Correa
- Alan Lowenthal
- Mike Thompson (California)
- Juan Vargas
- Scott Peters
- Susan Davis (California)
- Doris Matsui
- Ami Bera
- Jerry McNerney
- Patrick Malloy (California)
- Harley Rouda
- Mike Levin
- Katie Hill
- Katie Porter
- Dave Min
- Kia Hamadanchy
- Josh Butner
- Jess Phoenix
- Andrew Janz
- Stephen Jaffe
- Ammar Campa-Najjar
- Josh Harder
- Dotty Nygard
- Laura Oatman
- Hans Keirstead
- Regina Bateson
- TJ Cox
- Mai Khanh Tran
- Jimmy Gomez
- Wendy Reed
- Paul Kerr
- Raji Rab
- Gil Cisneros
- Sam Jammal
- Michael Kotick
- Marty Walters
- Omar Siddiqui
- Tony Zarkades
- Andy Thorburn
- Jessica Holcombe
- Roza Calderon
- Brian Forde
- Jessica Morse
- Ricardo Franco
- Virginia Madueno
- Joseph Shammas
- Ronald O'Donnell
- Sue Zwahlen
- Kaisar Ahmed
- Bobby Bliatout
- Jason Kishineff
- Jon Pelzer
- Julia Peacock
- John Nelson (California)
- Tatiana Matta
- Kurtis Wilson
- Khanh Tran (California)
- Marge Doyle
- Ryan Khojasteh
- Sara Jacobs
- Rachel Payne
- Norman Quintero
- Audrey Denney
- Douglas Deitch
- Rita Ramirez
- Michael Eggman
- Shahid Buttar
- Mary Helen Barro
- Aja Brown
- Suzi Park Leggett
- Robert Lawton
- David Peterson (California)
- Mary Pallant
- Herbert Lee (California congressional candidate)
- Deanie Schaarsmith
- Andy Caffrey
- Kevin Puett
- Jrmar Jefferson
- Dennis Lytton
- John Fitzgerald (California)
- Stephen Forbes
- Bryan Witt
- Sal Genovese
- Emory Rodgers
- Linda Sánchez
- Ricardo De La Fuente
- Joe Baca
- Brant John-Michael Williams
- Angélica María Dueñas
- Ro Khanna
- Salud Carbajal
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Republican
- Ron Bassilian
- Doug LaMalfa
- Jeff Denham
- David Valadao
- Devin Nunes
- Kevin McCarthy (California)
- Stephen Knight
- Tom McClintock
- Ken Calvert
- Mimi Walters
- Duncan Hunter
- Paul Cook (California)
- Antonio Sabato Jr.
- Ron Cohen (California)
- Andrew Grant
- Omar Qudrat
- Stelian Onufrei
- Yona Barash
- Justin Fareed
- Sean Flynn (California)
- Kenneth Wright (California)
- James Veltmeyer
- Johnny Nalbandian
- Shamus Sayed
- Jeffrey Burum
- Danny Casara
- Michael Erin Woody
- Edwin Duterte
- Aja Smith
- Frank DeMartini
- Scott Baugh
- Kimberlin Brown Pelzer
- Stephan Wolkowicz
- Michael Allman
- Dan Ball (California)
- Jeff Cullen
- John Horst
- Paul Martin (California)
- Joshua Schoonover
- Rocky Chávez
- Diane Harkey
- Andrew Sarega
- Shawn Nelson (California)
- Young Kim (California)
- Bob Huff
- Russell Lambert
- Gregory Cheadle
- Brian Maryott
- Kristin Gaspar
- Steve Vargas (California)
- David Clifford
- Beatrice Cardenas
- Craig Nordal
- Bill Wells
- Stacey Dash
- David Medway
- Mike Schmitt
- Christian Valiente
- Shastina Sandman
- Doug Hassett
- Mitchell White
- Marla Livengood
- Juan Hidalgo Jr.
- John Cullum
- Rudy Peters
- John Gabbard
- Morgan Murtaugh
- Phil Liberatore
- Dale Mensing
- Charlie Schaupp
- John Fitzgerald (California)
- Lisa Remmer
- Cristina Osmeña
- Elizabeth Heng
- Christine Russell
- James Davis (California)
- Benito Bernal
- Mark Reed (California)
- Robert Bentley (California)
- Ryan Downing
- John Briscoe
- Louis Fuentes
- John Renison Jr.
- Brett Goda
- Shawn Gino Kane
- Matt Mendoza
- Justin Aguilera
- Joshua Scott
- Virginia Fuller
- Joe Baca
- Dana Rohrabacher
- Ted Howze
- Tim Donnelly (California State Assembly)
Other parties
Colorado
U.S. House
Democratic
Republican
Other parties
Connecticut
U.S. Senate
Democratic
Republican
Other parties
U.S. House
Democratic
Republican
Other parties
Delaware
U.S. Senate
Democratic
Republican
Other parties
U.S. House
Democratic
Republican
Other parties
Florida
U.S. Senate
Democratic
Republican
Other parties
U.S. House
Democratic
- Val Demings
- Charlie Crist
- Kathy Castor
- Alcee Hastings
- Lois Frankel
- Ted Deutch
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz
- Frederica Wilson
- Alfred Lawson
- Stephanie Murphy
- Darren Soto
- Raymond Pena Jr.
- Kristen Rosen Gonzalez
- Michael Hepburn (Miami, Florida)
- Robert Matthew Tager
- David Richardson (Florida)
- Steven Machat
- Chardo Richardson
- Nancy Soderberg
- Pam Keith
- Andrew Learned
- Debbie Mucarsel-Powell
- Matt Haggman
- Tom Wells
- Dena Grayson
- Alan Grayson
- April Freeman
- Alina Valdes
- Yvonne Hayes Hinson
- Bob Rackleff
- Todd James Truax
- Bill Pollard
- Phil Ehr
- Lauren Baer
- David Holden
- David Shapiro
- Jan Schneider
- Stephen Perenich
- Dushyant Gosai
- David Koller
- Chris Hunter (Florida)
- Alvin Brown
- Sanjay Patel (Florida)
- Jennifer Zimmerman
- Demetries Grimes
- Donna Shalala
- John Upchurch
- Brandon Scott Peters
- Ges Selmont
- Stephen Sevigny
- Jeff Fandl
- Dana Cottrell
- Kristen Carlson
- Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
- Wade Darius
- Ricardo De La Fuente
- Souraya Faas
- Allen Ellison
Republican
- Matt Gaetz
- Daniel Webster (Florida)
- Gus Bilirakis
- Charlie Crist
- Dennis Ross
- Vern Buchanan
- Thomas Rooney (Florida)
- Brian Mast
- Francis Rooney
- Neal Dunn
- Mario Diaz-Balart
- Carlos Curbelo
- Ted Yoho
- John Rutherford (Florida)
- Bill Posey
- Mike Miller (Florida)
- Scott Sturgill
- Maria Peiro
- Bruno Barreiro
- Mark Busch
- Carla Spalding
- Cris Dosev
- John Mills (Florida)
- Mary Thomas (Florida)
- Wayne Liebnitzky
- Christine Quinn
- Jay Bonner
- Paul Spain
- Joe Kaufman
- Gina Sosa
- Bettina Rodriguez-Aguilera
- Nicolas Kimaz
- Carlos Reyes
- Javier Manjarres
- John Ward (Florida)
- Bill Akins
- Fred Costello
- Angie Chirino
- Vennia Francois
- George Buck
- Greg Steube
- Maria Elvira Salazar
- Demetries Grimes
- Julio Gonzalez
- Bryan Leib
- Michael Ohevzion
- Dave Cummings
- Ross Spano
- Neil Combee
- Mark Freeman
- Brad Sostack
- Ed Shoemaker
- Sean Harper
- Danny Kushmer
- Eddison Walters
- Souraya Faas
- Elizabeth Adadi
- Stephen Marks
- Judson Sapp
- Virginia Fuller
Other parties
Georgia
U.S. House
Democratic
- David Scott (Georgia)
- Sanford Bishop Jr.
- Hank Johnson
- John Lewis (Georgia)
- Steve Reilly
- David Kim (Georgia)
- Carolyn Bourdeaux
- Josh McCall
- Lisa Ring
- Kathleen Allen
- Trent Nesmith
- Barbara Seidman
- Chuck Enderlin
- Juan Parks
- Rusty Oliver
- Ethan Pham
- Chalis Montgomery
- Melissa Davis
- Bobby Kaple
- Kevin Abel
- Richard Dien Winfield
- Francys Johnson
- Steven Knight Griffin
- Steven Foster (Georgia)
- Robert Ingham
- Flynn Broady Jr.
- Tabitha Johnson-Green
- Dave Cooper
- Lucy McBath
Republican
Other parties
Hawaii
U.S. Senate
Democratic
Republican
Other parties
U.S. House
Democratic
Republican
Other parties
Idaho
U.S. House
Democratic
Republican
Other parties
Illinois
U.S. House
Democratic
- Brad Schneider
- Cheri Bustos
- Robin Kelly
- Raja Krishnamoorthi
- Jan Schakowsky
- Benjamin Thomas Wolf
- Marie Newman
- Victor Swanson
- Neill Mohammad
- Amanda Howland
- Kelly Mazeski
- Brendan Kelly (Illinois)
- Betsy Londrigan
- Anthony Clark (Illinois)
- Carole Cheney
- Jim Walz
- Erik Jones
- Becky Anderson Wilkins
- Jennifer Zordani
- David Bequette
- Stephany Rose Spaulding
- Lauren Underwood
- Jonathan Ebel
- Sean Casten
- Ryan Huffman (Illinois)
- Marcus Lewis
- Junius Rodriguez
- Kevin Gaither
- Amy Murri Briel
- Carl Spoerer
- Sara Dady
- George Weber (Illinois)
- Steve Schwartzberg
- J. Darnell Jones
- Preston Nelson
- Richard Gonzalez
- Jesus Garcia
- Sol Flores
- Brian Deters
- Darrel Miller
- Beth Vercolio-Osmund
- John Hosta
- Daniel Roldan-Johnson
- Angel Sides
- Sameena Mustafa
- Bobby Rush
- Bill Foster (Illinois)
- Daniel Lipinski
- Matt Brolley
- Mike Quigley
- Danny K. Davis
Republican
- Mike Bost
- Rodney Davis (Illinois)
- Randy Hultgren
- John Shimkus
- Adam Kinzinger
- Darin LaHood
- Peter Roskam
- Jitendra Diganvker
- Connor VlaKancic
- Jeremy Wynes
- Sapan Shah
- Max Rice
- Doug Bennett (Illinois)
- Craig Cameron
- Preston Nelson
- Bill Fawell
- D. Vincent Thomas Jr.
- Sargis Sangari
- Donald Rients
- Patrick Harmon
- David Merkle
- Arthur Jones
- John Morrow
- Mark Wayne Lorch
- Tom Hanson
- Jeffrey Leef
- John Elleson
- Nick Stella
- Darrel Miller
- Jimmy Lee Tillman II
- Kenneth Yerkes
- James Marter
Other parties
Indiana
U.S. Senate
Democratic
Republican
Other parties
U.S. House
Democratic
- Peter Visclosky
- André Carson
- Tobi Beck
- Tom Pappas
- Daniel Canon
- Liz Watson
- Lane Siekman
- Courtney Tritch
- Joe Mackey
- William Tanoos
- Jeannine Lee Lake
- Jim Pruett
- Douglas Carpenter
- Sue Spicer
- Sean Dugdale
- Rob Chatlos
- Mel Hall
- Pat Hackett
- Yatish Joshi
- Dion Douglas
- Dee Thornton
- Curtis Godfrey
- Tommy Schrader
- Bob Kern
- Pierre Pullins
- Antonio Daggett Sr.
- Larry Chubb
- Roland Leech
- John Petroff
- Roland Ellis
- Darin Patrick Griesey
- Veronikka Ziol
- Eshel Faraggi
- Kyle Brenden Moore
- K. Lave
- Joshua Williamson
- Roger Day
- John Forrest Roberson
Republican
- Jackie Walorski
- Jim Banks (Indiana)
- Susan Brooks
- Larry Bucshon
- Trey Hollingsworth
- Jonathan Lamb
- Diego Morales
- Steven Braun
- Stephen MacKenzie
- Kevin Grant
- Tony Van Pelt
- Mark Summe
- James Baird
- Jared Thomas
- Greg Pence
- John Meyer (Indiana)
- John L. Couch
- Rachel Covington
- Tim Radice
- Mark Leyva
- Mike Campbell (Indiana)
- Jeff Smith (Indiana congressional candidate)
- Richard Moss
- Jeremy Belko
- David Dopp
- Nicholas Pappas
- Roseann Ivanovich
- Donald Eason
- James Dean Alspach
- James Nease
- Jon Davis
Other parties
Iowa
U.S. House
Democratic
Republican
Other parties
Kansas
U.S. House
Democratic
Republican
Other parties
Kentucky
U.S. House
Democratic
Republican
Other parties
Louisiana
U.S. House
Democratic
Republican
Other parties
Maine
U.S. Senate
Democratic
Republican
Other parties
U.S. House
Democratic
Republican
Other parties
Maryland
U.S. Senate
Democratic
Republican
Other parties
U.S. House
Democratic
- Dutch Ruppersberger
- John Sarbanes
- Anthony Brown (Maryland)
- Steny Hoyer
- Elijah Cummings
- Jamie Raskin
- Allison Galbraith
- Aruna Miller
- David Trone
- Michael Pullen
- John Moser (Maryland)
- Anthony Carter Sr.
- Nadia Hashimi
- Jesse Colvin
- Steve Worton
- Adam DeMarco
- Eduardo Rosas
- Erik Lane
- Michael Brown (Maryland U.S. House candidate)
- Jake Pretot
- John Rea (Maryland)
- Dennis Fritz
- George English
- Christopher Hearsey
- Chris Graves
- Charles Stokes
- Charles Smith (Maryland)
- Utam Paul
- Summer Spring
- William Devine III
- John Walsh (Maryland)
Republican
- Andrew Harris
- Alexander Mooney
- George McDermott
- Thomas Harris (Maryland)
- Martin Elborn
- Johnny Rice (Maryland)
- Lisa Lloyd
- Lamont Taylor (Maryland)
- Richmond Davis
- Kevin Caldwell
- Brad Rohrs
- Amie Hoeber
- David Bishop
- Charles Anthony
- Mitchell Toland Jr.
- Hubert Owens Jr. (Maryland)
- Rob Seyfferth
- William Devine III
- Kurt Elsasser
- Ray Bly
- Michael Pearson (U.S. House candidate)
- John Walsh (Maryland)
- Bridgette Cooper
- Victor Williams (Maryland)
Other parties
Massachusetts
U.S. Senate
Democratic
Republican
Other parties
U.S. House
Democratic
- Katherine Clark
- Barbara L'Italien
- Michael Capuano
- Stephen Lynch
- Jim McGovern (Massachusetts)
- Bill Keating
- Joseph Kennedy III
- Bill Cimbrelo
- Richard Neal
- Ayanna Pressley
- Seth Moulton
- Juana B. Matias
- Brianna Wu
- Dan Koh
- Abhijit Das
- Christopher Voehl
- Lori Trahan
- Rufus Gifford
- Alexandra Chandler
- Bopha Malone
- Tahirah Amatul-Wadud
- Jeff Ballinger
- Leonard Golder
- Gary Rucinski
Republican
Other parties
Michigan
U.S. Senate
Democratic
Republican
Other parties
U.S. House
Democratic
- Debbie Dingell
- Brenda Lawrence (Michigan)
- Dan Kildee
- Matthew Morgan (Michigan)
- Haley Stevens
- Elissa Slotkin
- Fayrouz Saad
- Matt Longjohn
- Gretchen Driskell
- David Benac
- Jerry Hilliard
- Rob Davidson
- Fred Wooden
- Rich Eichholz
- George Franklin
- Tim Greimel
- Cathy Albro
- Chris Smith (Michigan)
- Suneel Gupta
- Andy Levin
- Coleman Young II
- Ian Conyers
- Martin Brook
- Ellen Lipton
- Brenda Jones (Michigan)
- Kimberly Bizon
- Shanelle Jackson
- Rashida Tlaib
- Steven Friday
- Zigmond Kozicki
- Nancy Skinner (Michigan)
- Frank Accavitti Jr.
- Michael McCarthy (Michigan)
- Mary Waters
- Kentiel White
- Bill Wild
Republican
Other parties
Minnesota
U.S. Senate
Democratic
- Amy Klobuchar
- Paula Overby
- Nick Leonard
- Roque De La Fuente
- Richard Painter
- George Kalberer
- Stephen Emery
- David Robert Groves
- Leonard Richards
- Steve Carlson
- Ali Chehem Ali
- Gregg Iverson
- Tina Smith
- Christopher Seymore (Minnesota)
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Republican
Other parties
U.S. House
Democratic
- Betty McCollum
- Collin Peterson
- Dean Phillips
- Colin Minehart
- Dan Feehan
- Adam Jennings (Minnesota)
- Angie Craig
- Jamal Abdulahi
- Ian Todd
- Kirsten Hagen Kennedy
- Joe Radinovich
- Michelle Lee (Minnesota)
- Jason Metsa
- Ilhan Omar
- Cole Young
- Muad Hassan
- Reid Rossell
- Margaret Kelliher
- Frank Nelson Drake
- Patricia Torres Ray
- Soren Christian Sorensen
- Bobby Joe Champion
- Les Lester
- Keith Ellison (Minnesota)
Republican
Other parties
Mississippi
U.S. Senate
Democratic
Republican
Other parties
U.S. House
Democratic
Republican
Other parties
Missouri
U.S. Senate
Democratic
Republican
Other parties
U.S. House
Democratic
- Emanuel Cleaver
- Cort VanOstran
- Mark Osmack
- Kathy Ellis
- Renee Hoagenson
- Vincent Jennings
- Bill Haas
- Jim Evans (Missouri)
- Demarco Davidson
- John Farmer de la Torre
- Henry Martin
- John Messmer
- Katy Geppert
- Hallie Thompson
- Winston Apple
- Joshua Shipp
- Ed Andres
- Robert Hazel
- Kenneth Hatfield
- Jamie Schoolcraft
- William Lacy Clay
- Cori Bush
Republican
Other parties
Montana
U.S. Senate
Democratic
Republican
Other parties
U.S. House
Democratic
Republican
Other parties
Nebraska
U.S. Senate
Democratic
Republican
Other parties
U.S. House
Democratic
Republican
Other parties
Nevada
U.S. Senate
Democratic
Republican
Other parties
U.S. House
Democratic
- Steven Horsford
- Dina Titus
- Sid Zeller
- Patricia Spearman
- Vance Alm
- Susie Lee
- Rick Shepherd
- Reuben D'Silva
- Allison Stephens
- Amy Vilela
- Michael Weiss
- Richard Hart
- Jack Love (Nevada)
- Guy Pinjuv
- Clint Koble
- John Anzalone
- Patrick Fogarty
- Jesse Hurley
- Jack Schofield Jr.
- Ian Luetkehans
- Eric Stoltz (Nevada)
- Steve Schiffman
Republican
- Scott Hammond (Nevada)
- Cresent Hardy
- Mark Amodei
- Kenneth Wegner
- Annette Teijeiro
- Mike Monroe
- Victoria Seaman
- Eddie Hamilton
- Jeff Miller (Nevada)
- Sharron Angle
- Freddy Horne
- Patrick Carter
- David McKeon
- Michelle Mortensen
- Stephanie Jones (Nevada)
- Thomas Mark La Croix
- Bill Townsend
- David Gibbs (Nevada)
- Jesse Hurley
- Joel Beck
- Ian Luetkehans
- Joyce Bentley
Other parties
New Hampshire
U.S. House
Democratic
Republican
Other parties
New Jersey
U.S. Senate
Democratic
Republican
Other parties
U.S. House
Democratic
- Donald Norcross
- Donald Payne Jr.
- Bonnie Watson Coleman
- Josh Gottheimer
- Frank Pallone Jr.
- Albio Sires
- Bill Pascrell
- Andrew Kim (New Jersey)
- Mikie Sherrill
- Peter Jacob
- Tamara Harris
- Goutam Jois
- James Keady
- Josh Welle
- Mark Washburne
- Tanzie Youngblood
- Tom Malinowski
- Jeff Van Drew
- Rich Dennison
- Javahn Walker
- Mitchell Cobert
- Robert Turkavage
- Alison Heslin
- Robert Carlson (New Jersey)
- Nathan Kleinman
- Aaron Fraser (New Jersey)
- William Henry (New Jersey)
- Mahmoud Mahmoud
- Will Cunningham (New Jersey)
Republican
- Tom MacArthur
- Chris Smith (New Jersey)
- Leonard Lance
- Martin Hewitt
- Steve Lonegan
- Lindsay Brown
- John McCann (New Jersey)
- Jeff Van Drew
- Robert Turkavage
- Antony Ghee
- Jay Webber
- Seth Grossman
- Hirsh Singh
- Daryl Kipnis
- Raafat Barsoom
- Eric Fisher
- Agha Khan
- John Muniz
- Patrick Allocco
- Peter de Neufville
- Robert Shapiro
- Gregg Mele
- Robert Crook
- Rich Pezzullo
- Paul Dilks
Other parties
New Mexico
U.S. Senate
Democratic
Republican
Other parties
U.S. House
Democratic
Republican
Other parties
New York
U.S. Senate
Democratic
Republican
Other parties
U.S. House
Democratic
- Jerrold Nadler
- Carolyn Maloney
- Adriano Espaillat
- Joseph Crowley
- Jose Serrano
- Eliot Engel
- Nita Lowey
- Paul Tonko
- Brian Higgins
- Tom Suozzi
- Kathleen Rice
- Gregory Meeks
- Grace Meng
- Nydia Velazquez
- Hakeem Jeffries
- Yvette Clarke
- Michael Gallagher (Wisconsin)
- Patrick Nelson
- Brian Flynn (New York)
- Anthony Brindisi
- Jeff Beals
- Pat Ryan (New York)
- David Clegg
- Antonio Delgado (New York)
- Gareth Rhodes
- Tedra Cobb
- Ian Golden
- Max Della Pia
- Eddie Sundquist
- Emily Martz
- Max Rose
- Perry Gershon
- Elaine DiMasi
- Vivian Viloria-Fisher
- Michael DeVito Jr.
- David Pechefsky
- Tracy Mitrano
- Dana Balter
- Paul Sperling
- Omar Vaid
- Zach Emig
- Kate Browning
- Adem Bunkeddeko
- Liuba Grechen Shirley
- Suraj Patel
- Linda Andrei
- DuWayne Gregory
- Nate McMurray
- Radhakrishna Mohan
- Erin Collier
- Joseph Morelle
- Robin Wilt
- Adam McFadden
- Jonathan Lewis (New York)
- Juanita Perez Williams
- Rachel Barnhart
- Joyce Briscoe
- Mizan Choudhury
- Carl Achille
- Derickson Lawrence
- Lutchi Gayot
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
- Sean Maloney
Republican
- Lee Zeldin
- Daniel Donovan (New York)
- John Faso
- Peter King
- Elise Stefanik
- Claudia Tenney
- Tom Reed (New York)
- John Katko
- Chris Collins (New York)
- Michael Gallagher (Wisconsin)
- Russell Finley
- Dan DeBono
- Joel Anabilah-Azumah
- James Maxwell (New York)
- Naomi Levin
- Anthony Pappas
- Eliot Rabin
- Renee Zeno
- James O'Donnell (New York's 18th Congressional District candidate)
- Joe Vitollo
- Ameer Benno
- Lutchi Gayot
- Jineea Butler
- Jason Gonzalez
- Michael Grimm (New York)
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North Carolina
U.S. House
Democratic
- G.K. Butterfield
- Alma Adams
- David Price
- Jenny Marshall
- Denise Adams
- Dan McCready (North Carolina)
- Ryan Watts
- Kyle Horton
- Adam Coker
- David Wilson Brown
- Wendy May
- Phillip Price
- Linda Coleman (North Carolina)
- Ken Romley
- Richard Watkins
- Scott Donaldson (North Carolina)
- Gerald Wong
- Kathy Manning
- Steve Woodsmall
- Marc Tiegel
- Gina Collias
- Frank McNeill
- Scott Huffman
- Michelle Laws
- Grayson Parker
- Gabe Ortiz
- Keith Young
- Patrick Register
Republican
- Mark Meadows (North Carolina)
- George Holding
- Walter Jones (North Carolina)
- Virginia Foxx
- Mark Walker (North Carolina)
- Robert Pittenger
- Scott Dacey
- Mark Harris (North Carolina)
- Ira Roberts
- Paul Bonham
- Allen Chesser II
- Cortland Meader
- Steve Von Loor
- Clarence Goins
- Gina Collias
- Roger Allison
- Dillon Gentry
- Seth Blankenship
- Chuck Archerd
- Carl Persson
- Paul Wright
- Richard Hudson
- David Rouzer
- Ted Budd
- Patrick McHenry
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Republican
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Oklahoma
U.S. House
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Republican
- Frank Lucas
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- Mal Hyman
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- Toby Smith
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- Eric Graben
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- Sidney Moore (South Carolina)
- Mark Ali (South Carolina)
- Bill Hopkins
Republican
- Mark Sanford (South Carolina)
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- Tom Rice (South Carolina)
- Gerhard Gressmann
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- William Timmons
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South Dakota
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- Wayne Steele
- M. LaTroy Williams
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Republican
- Paul Cook (California)
- Phil Roe
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- Harold Shevlin
- Judd Matheny
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- John Rose (Tennessee)
- Vito Sagliano
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- Jason Emert
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- LaVern "U-Turn LaVern" Vivio
- Mickie Lou Banyas
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- Ashley Nickloes
- C. David Stansberry
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- Jody Ball
- Glen Dean
- George Flinn Jr.
- Leo AwGoWhat
- Todd McKinley
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Texas
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Democratic
- Vicente Gonzalez Jr.
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- Laura Moser
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- Will Fisher
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- Brent Beal
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- Chetan Panda
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- Muhammad Javed
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- Norma Chavez
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- Raul (Roy) Barrera
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- Madeline Eden
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- Catherine Krantz
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- Richard Johnson (2018 Texas congressional candidate)
- Kesha Rogers
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- Sylvia Garcia
- John W. Duncan (Wisconsin)
Republican
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- Kay Granger
- Mac Thornberry
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- Kenny Marchant
- Roger Williams (Texas)
- Michael Burgess
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- Pete Sessions
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- Eric Burkhart
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- SK Alexander
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- Michael Cloud (Texas)
- Eric Zmrhal
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- David Smalling
- Autry Pruitt
- Roshin Rowjee
- James Green (Texas)
- Danny Nguyen (Texas)
- Kevin Roberts (Texas)
- Susan Narvaiz
- Rick Walker (Texas Congressional candidate)
- Robert Stovall
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- Sam Deen
- Paul Brown (Texas)
- Bunni Pounds
- Jake Ellzey
- Ivan Andarza
- Ronald Wright
- Deborah Gagliardi
- Ryan Krause
- Jenifer Sarver
- Justin Lurie
- Bech Bruun
- Eddie Gassman
- Chris Mapp
- John Cooper (Texas)
- Matt McCall (Texas)
- Robert Schafranek
- Rey Gonzalez
- Mauro Garza
- Paul Myers
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- William Negley
- Troy Ratterree
- Al Poteet
- Peggy Wardlaw
- Shawn Dandridge
- Rick Seeberger
- Alia Garcia-Ureste
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- Samuel Temple
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- Phillip Aronoff
- Mel Hassell
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- Jason Wright
- Ken Cope
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- Willie Billups
- Anthony White (Texas)
- Johnathan Davidson
- Jaimy Blanco
- Alex Donkervoet
- David Niederkorn
- Carmen Montiel
- Shannon Dubberly
- John Cook (2018 Texas congressional candidate)
- Samuel Williams Jr.
- Jerry Hall (2018 Texas congressional candidate)
- Kevin Brady (Texas)
- Chip Roy
- Daniel Crenshaw
- Lance Gooden
- Marty Perez
- Judith Cutright
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Democratic
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Democratic
- Gerald Connolly
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- Donald McEachin
- Don Beyer
- Dan Helmer
- Lindsey Davis Stover
- Jennifer Wexton
- Edwin Santana (Virginia)
- Abigail Spanberger
- Andrew Sneathern
- Leslie Cockburn
- Dan Ward
- Vangie Williams
- Shaun Brown
- Karen Mallard
- Sergio Coppola
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- Paul Pelletier
- Julia Biggins
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- Justin Santopietro
- Elaine Luria
- Jennifer Lewis (Virginia)
- Charlotte Moore
- Alison Kiehl Friedman
- Peter Volosin
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Washington
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Democratic
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- Jason Rittereiser
- Kim Schrier
- Lisa Brown (Washington)
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- Martin Hash
- Keith Arnold
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Democratic
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Democratic
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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 | ||||||
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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 | ||||||
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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
- ↑ Center for American Women and Politics, "2018 Summary of Women Candidates," accessed October 15, 2018
- ↑ Denotes the party that had more seats in the U.S. House following the election.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Denotes the party that had more seats in the U.S. House following the election.
- ↑ 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.