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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.
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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
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
- Steve Ferrara
- Edna San Miguel
- Irina Baroness Von Behr
- Tiffany Shedd
- David Lien
- Chad Allen
- Stephen Dolgos
- Debbie Lesko
- Richard Mack (Arizona)
- Bob Stump
- Mark Yates
- Casey Welch
- Danny Morales
- Brandon Martin (Arizona)
- Sergio Arellano
- Sandra Dowling
- Nicolas Pierson
- Jordan Flayer
- Melissa Grable
- James Bond IV (Arizona)
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- Lea Marquez Peterson
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
- Barbara Lee (California)
- Jim Costa
- Julia Brownley
- Maxine Waters
- Mike Thompson (California)
- Scott Peters
- Harley Rouda
- Mike Levin
- Katie Hill
- 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
- Paul Kerr
- 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
- 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
- Shahid Buttar
- Mary Helen Barro
- Aja Brown
- Suzi Park Leggett
- Robert Lawton
- Mary Pallant
- Herbert Lee (California congressional candidate)
- Deanie Schaarsmith
- Andy Caffrey
- Kevin Puett
- Dennis Lytton
- John Fitzgerald (California)
- Stephen Forbes
- Bryan Witt
- Benito Bernal
- Linda Sánchez
- Ricardo De La Fuente
- Brant John-Michael Williams
- Angélica María Dueñas
- Salud Carbajal
- Nanette Barragán
- Raul Ruiz
- Bryan Caforio
Republican
- Ron Bassilian
- Antonio Sabato Jr.
- Ron Cohen (California)
- Andrew Grant
- Omar Qudrat
- Stelian Onufrei
- Yona Barash
- 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
- Andrew Sarega
- Shawn Nelson (California)
- Bob Huff
- Russell Lambert
- 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
- John Cullum
- Rudy Peters
- John Gabbard
- Morgan Murtaugh
- Phil Liberatore
- Charlie Schaupp
- John Fitzgerald (California)
- Lisa Remmer
- Cristina Osmeña
- Elizabeth Heng
- Christine Russell
- James Davis (California)
- Benito Bernal
- Mark Reed (California)
- Robert Bentley (California)
- John Briscoe
- Louis Fuentes
- John Renison Jr.
- Brett Goda
- Shawn Gino Kane
- Matt Mendoza
- Justin Aguilera
- Joshua Scott
- Virginia Fuller
- Dana Rohrabacher
- Ted Howze
- Ken Calvert
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
No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.
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.
Florida
U.S. Senate
Democratic
Republican
Other parties
No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.
U.S. House
Democratic
- Charlie Crist
- Kathy Castor
- Alcee Hastings
- Lois Frankel
- Ted Deutch
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz
- Raymond Pena Jr.
- Kristen Rosen Gonzalez
- Michael Hepburn (Miami, Florida)
- Robert Matthew Tager
- Chardo Richardson
- Nancy Soderberg
- Debbie Mucarsel-Powell
- Matt Haggman
- Tom Wells
- Bob Rackleff
- Todd James Truax
- Bill Pollard
- Phil Ehr
- Lauren Baer
- David Holden
- David Shapiro
- Stephen Perenich
- Dushyant Gosai
- 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
- Gus Bilirakis
- Charlie Crist
- Dennis Ross
- Vern Buchanan
- Thomas Rooney (Florida)
- Mario Diaz-Balart
- Ted Yoho
- Bill Posey
- Scott Sturgill
- Bruno Barreiro
- Carla Spalding
- John Mills (Florida)
- Wayne Liebnitzky
- Christine Quinn
- Jay Bonner
- Gina Sosa
- Bettina Rodriguez-Aguilera
- Nicolas Kimaz
- Carlos Reyes
- Javier Manjarres
- John Ward (Florida)
- Bill Akins
- Angie Chirino
- Vennia Francois
- George Buck
- Maria Elvira Salazar
- Demetries Grimes
- Bryan Leib
- Michael Ohevzion
- Dave Cummings
- Mark Freeman
- Brad Sostack
- Ed Shoemaker
- Sean Harper
- Danny Kushmer
- Eddison Walters
- Souraya Faas
- Elizabeth Adadi
- Stephen Marks
- Judson Sapp
- Virginia Fuller
Other parties
No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.
Georgia
U.S. House
Democratic
- David Scott (Georgia)
- 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
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
- Jan Schakowsky
- Benjamin Thomas Wolf
- Marie Newman
- Victor Swanson
- Neill Mohammad
- Kelly Mazeski
- Brendan Kelly (Illinois)
- Betsy Londrigan
- Anthony Clark (Illinois)
- Carole Cheney
- Erik Jones
- Becky Anderson Wilkins
- Jennifer Zordani
- David Bequette
- Stephany Rose Spaulding
- Lauren Underwood
- Jonathan Ebel
- Sean Casten
- Ryan Huffman (Illinois)
- 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
- Daniel Roldan-Johnson
- Angel Sides
- Sameena Mustafa
- Daniel Lipinski
- Matt Brolley
Republican
- Adam Kinzinger
- 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
- Darrel Miller
- Jimmy Lee Tillman II
- Kenneth Yerkes
- James Marter
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
- Tobi Beck
- Tom Pappas
- Daniel Canon
- Liz Watson
- Lane Siekman
- Courtney Tritch
- Joe Mackey
- William Tanoos
- Jeannine Lee Lake
- Jim Pruett
- Sue Spicer
- Sean Dugdale
- Rob Chatlos
- Mel Hall
- Pat Hackett
- Yatish Joshi
- Dion Douglas
- Dee Thornton
- 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
Republican
- Jonathan Lamb
- Stephen MacKenzie
- Tony Van Pelt
- Mark Summe
- Jared Thomas
- Greg Pence
- John Meyer (Indiana)
- John L. Couch
- Rachel Covington
- Tim Radice
- Mark Leyva
- Mike Campbell (Indiana)
- Jeremy Belko
- David Dopp
- Nicholas Pappas
- Roseann Ivanovich
- Donald Eason
- James Dean Alspach
- James Nease
- Jon Davis
- Diego Morales
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
- Anthony Brown (Maryland)
- Allison Galbraith
- David Trone
- Michael Pullen
- Andrew Duck
- 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
- Utam Paul
- Summer Spring
- William Devine III
- John Walsh (Maryland)
- Steny Hoyer
Republican
- Martin Elborn
- Johnny Rice (Maryland)
- Lisa Lloyd
- Lamont Taylor (Maryland)
- Richmond Davis
- Kevin Caldwell
- Brad Rohrs
- Amie Hoeber
- David Bishop (Maryland)
- Charles Anthony
- Mitchell Toland Jr.
- Hubert Owens Jr. (Maryland)
- Rob Seyfferth
- William Devine III
- Kurt Elsasser
- Michael Pearson (U.S. House candidate)
- John Walsh (Maryland)
- Bridgette Cooper
- Victor Williams (Maryland)
Other parties
Massachusetts
U.S. Senate
Democratic
Republican
Other parties
No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.
U.S. House
Democratic
- Richard Neal
- Jim McGovern (Massachusetts)
- Joseph Kennedy III
- Katherine Clark
- Seth Moulton
- Michael Capuano
- Stephen Lynch
- Brianna Wu
- Dan Koh
- Abhijit Das
- Christopher Voehl
- Lori Trahan
- Rufus Gifford
- Alexandra Chandler
- Bopha Malone
- Bill Cimbrelo
- Ayanna Pressley
- Tahirah Amatul-Wadud
- Jeff Ballinger
- Leonard Golder
- Gary Rucinski
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
- Debbie Dingell
- Dan Kildee
- Matthew Morgan (Michigan)
- Haley Stevens
- Elissa Slotkin
- Fayrouz Saad
- Matt Longjohn
- David Benac
- Jerry Hilliard
- Rob Davidson (Michigan)
- Fred Wooden
- Rich Eichholz
- George Franklin
- Cathy Albro
- Chris Smith (Michigan)
- Suneel Gupta
- Andy Levin
- Martin Brook
- Ellen Lipton
- Brenda Jones (Michigan)
- Kimberly Bizon
- Shanelle Jackson
- Rashida Tlaib
- Steven Friday
- Zigmond Kozicki
- Nancy Skinner (Michigan)
- Michael McCarthy (Michigan)
- Kentiel White
- Bill Wild
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
No candidates filed to run for this party in this state.
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
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 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
- Donald Payne Jr.
- Frank Pallone Jr.
- Bill Pascrell
- Andrew Kim (New Jersey)
- Mikie Sherrill
- Peter Jacob
- Tamara Harris
- Goutam Jois
- Josh Welle
- Mark Washburne
- Tanzie Youngblood
- Tom Malinowski
- 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
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
- Joseph Crowley
- Eliot Engel
- Nita Lowey
- Paul Tonko
- Brian Higgins
- Kathleen Rice
- Grace Meng
- Hakeem Jeffries
- Yvette Clarke
- Patrick Nelson
- Brian Flynn (New York)
- 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
- 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
Republican
- Daniel Donovan (New York)
- Peter King
- Elise Stefanik
- Tom Reed (New York)
- Chris Collins (New York)
- 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)
Other parties
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North Carolina
U.S. House
Democratic
- G.K. Butterfield
- 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
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
- Marcia Fudge
- Joyce Beatty
- Betsy Rader
- John Michael Galbraith
- James Neu Jr.
- Ken Harbaugh
- Samuel Ronan
- Doug Wilson
- John Peters (Ohio)
- Michael Milisits
- Rick Neal
- Aaron Godfrey
- Rob Jarvis
- Matthew Guyette
- Mark Dent
- Theresa Gasper
- Robert Klepinger
- Grant Goodrich
- Aftab Pureval
- Danny O'Connor (Ohio)
- TJ Mulloy
- Werner Lange
- Shawna Roberts
- Ted Jones (Ohio)
- Jill Schiller
- Cody James Slatzer-Rose
- Patrick Pikus
- Bill Ebben
- Vanessa Enoch
- Joshua Garcia (Ohio)
- Jackie Patton
- Robert Crow
- Susan Moran Palmer
- John Wilson (Ohio)
- Zach Scott
Republican
- Michael Turner (Ohio)
- Steve Stivers
- Bob Latta
- Bill Johnson (Ohio)
- Warren Davidson
- Todd Wolfrum
- Bob Kreienkamp
- Anthony Gonzalez
- Samuel Ronan
- Carol O'Brien
- Christopher DePizzo
- Jon Halverstadt
- Tim Kane
- Melanie Leneghan
- Lawrence Cohen
- John Adams (Ohio US House candidate)
- Abdulkadir Haji
- Jim Burgess
- Joseph Miller (Ohio)
- Robert Blazek
- Patrick Quinn (Ohio)
- Terry Robertson
- W. Benjamin Franklin (Ohio)
- John Mitchel
- John Anderson (Ohio)
- Beverly Goldstein
- Gregory Dunham
- Mick Shoemaker Jr.
- Michael Grusenmeyer
- Pat Manley
- Millie Milam
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
- Dwight Evans
- Tom Prigg
- Molly Sheehan
- Chrissy Houlahan
- Jessica King (Pennsylvania)
- Christina Hartman
- Alan Howe
- Chris Rieger
- George Scott (Pennsylvania)
- Greg Edwards (Pennsylvania)
- Marc Friedenberg
- Lindy Li
- Adam Sedlock
- Judy Herschel
- Gary Wegman
- Rachel Reddick
- Denny Wolff
- Shavonnia Corbin-Johnson
- Steve Bacher
- John Morganelli
- Michele Lawrence
- Wade Jodun
- Scott Wallace (Pennsylvania)
- Susan Boser
- Mary Gay Scanlon
- Kevin Johnson (Pennsylvania)
- Eric Ding
- Shira Goodman
- Richard Lazer
- Joe Hoeffel
- Susan Wild
- Larry Arata
- Roger Ruggles
- Laura Quick
- Ronald DiNicola
- David Clark (Pennsylvania)
- Brent Ottaway
- Bibiana Boerio
- Robert Multari
- Theresa Wright
- Conor Lamb
- Nathan Kleinman
- Bob Solomon (Pennsylvania)
- Robert Brady
- Rick Daugherty
- Ashley Lunkenheimer
Republican
- Tom Marino
- Keith Rothfus
- Mike Kelly (Pennsylvania)
- Scott Perry
- Glenn Thompson (Pennsylvania)
- John Chrin
- Dan Meuser
- Dean Malik
- Robert Kuniegel
- Marty Nothstein
- Scott Uehlinger
- Doug McLinko
- Dean Browning
- Joe Peters
- Dan David
- Travis Schooley
- Benjamin Hornberger
- Greg McCauley
- Pearl Kim
- George Halcovage
- Chester Beiler
- John Joyce (Pennsylvania)
- Bryan Leib
- Bernard Washabaugh II
- Kim Mack
- David Torres (Pennsylvania)
- Stephen Bloom (Pennsylvania)
- Brian Fitzpatrick
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
- James Clyburn
- Joe Cunningham
- Mary Geren
- Sean Carrigan
- Hosea Cleveland
- Bruce Fischer (South Carolina)
- Mal Hyman
- Archie Parnell
- Will Morin III
- Annabelle Robertson
- Lee Turner (South Carolina)
- Toby Smith (South Carolina)
- J.T. Davis
- Steve Lough
- Eric Graben
- Brandon Brown (South Carolina)
- Sidney Moore (South Carolina)
- Mark Ali (South Carolina)
- Bill Hopkins
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
- Jim Cooper (Tennessee)
- Harold Shevlin
- Steven Reynolds (Tennessee)
- Joshua Williams (Tennessee)
- Justin Kanew
- Mariah Phillips
- Danielle Mitchell
- Renee Hoyos
- Marty Olsen
- John Boatner Jr.
- Dawn Barlow
- Matt Reel
- Merrilee Wineinger
- Christopher Hale
- Joseph Schenkenfelder
- Christopher Finley
- Peter Heffernan
- Erika Stotts Pearson
- Isaac Richmond
- Kasandra Smith
- Leo AwGoWhat
- Wayne Steele
Republican
- David Kustoff
- Harold Shevlin
- Tim Burchett
- John Rose (Tennessee)
- Vito Sagliano
- Jack Maddux
- Christopher Monday
- Jason Emert
- Jeremy Massengale
- Robert Ewing Corlew
- Charlotte Bergmann
- Hank Hamblin
- Colleen Owens (Tennessee)
- LaVern "U-Turn LaVern" Vivio
- Mickie Lou Banyas
- James Brooks (Tennessee)
- Ashley Nickloes
- C. David Stansberry
- William Spurlock Sr.
- Glen Dean
- Leo AwGoWhat
- Todd McKinley
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
- Vicente Gonzalez Jr.
- Sheila Jackson Lee
- Joaquin Castro
- Eddie Bernice Johnson (Texas)
- Lloyd Doggett
- Al Green (Texas)
- Kathi Thomas
- Colin Allred
- Elliott McFadden
- Adrienne Bell
- Chris Perri
- Derrick Crowe
- Linsey Fagan
- Christine Eady Mann
- Ed Meier
- Lorie Burch
- James Cargas
- Joshua Butler (Texas)
- Laura Moser
- Adam Bell
- George Rodriguez (congressional candidate)
- Lizzie Pannill Fletcher
- Todd Maternowski
- Jana Lynne Sanchez
- M.J. Hegar
- Joseph Kopser
- Jason Westin
- Todd Allen
- Dale Mantey
- Mary Wilson (Texas)
- Will Fisher
- Dayna Steele
- Levii Shocklee
- Todd Litton
- Gina Ortiz Jones
- Justin Snider
- Vanessa Adia
- Miguel Levario
- Jon Powell
- Jay Hulings
- Rick Treviño
- Sam Johnson (Plano Independent School District member)
- Brent Beal
- Dori Fenenbock
- Veronica Escobar
- Jennie Lou Leeder
- Kent Lester
- Lillian Salerno
- Judy Canales
- Mike Clark (Texas)
- Hector Morales (U.S. House Texas District 29 candidate)
- Medrick Yhap
- Levy Barnes Jr.
- Enrique Garcia
- Steven David (Texas)
- Greg Sagan
- Eric Holguin
- Ron Marshall (Texas)
- J. Darnell Jones
- Rick Kennedy
- John Carrillo
- Eric Pfalzgraf
- Chetan Panda
- Ali Khorasani
- Letitia Plummer
- John Biggan
- Ronnie McDonald
- Pedro Valencia
- Silky Malik
- Julie Oliver
- Roel Garcia (congressional candidate)
- Muhammad Javed
- H. P. Parvizian
- Tami Walker
- Mike Siegel
- Brett Shipp
- Eric LeMonte Williams (Texas congressional candidate)
- Norma Chavez
- Jerome Tilghman
- Steve Brown (Texas)
- Ivan Sanchez (Texas congressional candidate)
- Madeline Eden
- Josh Imhoff
- West Hansen
- Margarita Ruiz Johnson
- Angela Villescaz
- Lander Bethel
- Kevin Nelson (Texas)
- Catherine Krantz
- Sri Preston Kulkarni
- Vanessa Edwards Foster
- Augustine Reyes
- Matt Harris (Texas)
- Richard Johnson (2018 Texas congressional candidate)
- Kesha Rogers
- Ricardo De La Fuente
- Alex Triantaphyllis
- John W. Duncan (Wisconsin)
- Dan Wood
- Henry Cuellar
- Carlos Quintanilla (Texas)
- Barbara Mallory Caraway
- Marc Veasey
Republican
- Michael McCaul
- Mike Conaway (Texas)
- Kay Granger
- Mac Thornberry
- Randy Weber
- Bill Flores
- Kenny Marchant
- Roger Williams (Texas)
- Brian Babin
- David Balat
- Ava Pate
- Eric Burkhart
- Bill Sargent
- SK Alexander
- Malcolm Whittaker
- Veronica Birkenstock
- Michael Cloud (Texas)
- Eric Zmrhal
- Alma Arredondo-Lynch
- Francisco Canseco
- David Smalling
- Autry Pruitt
- Roshin Rowjee
- James Green (Texas)
- Danny Nguyen (Texas)
- Susan Narvaiz
- Rick Walker (Texas Congressional candidate)
- Robert Stovall
- Kathaleen Wall
- Sam Deen
- Bunni Pounds
- Ivan Andarza
- Ronald Wright
- Deborah Gagliardi
- Ryan Krause
- Jenifer Sarver
- Justin Lurie
- Bech Bruun
- Eddie Gassman
- Chris Mapp
- John Cooper (Texas)
- Robert Schafranek
- Paul Myers
- Foster Hagen
- Mark Mitchell (Texas)
- William Negley
- Troy Ratterree
- Al Poteet
- Peggy Wardlaw
- Shawn Dandridge
- Rick Seeberger
- Alia Garcia-Ureste
- Danny Campbell (Texas House of Representatives candidate)
- Samuel Temple
- David Williams (Texas)
- Phillip Aronoff
- Mel Hassell
- Kevin Harrison (Texas)
- Jason Wright
- Ken Cope (Texas)
- Thomas Dillingham
- John Grunwald
- Edward Ziegler
- Jon Spiers
- Jonny Havens
- Willie Billups
- Anthony White (Texas)
- Johnathan Davidson
- Jaimy Blanco
- Alex Donkervoet
- David Niederkorn
- Carmen Montiel
- Shannon Dubberly
- John Cook (2018 Texas congressional candidate)
- Rhett Rosenquest Smith
- Samuel Williams Jr.
- Jerry Hall (2018 Texas congressional candidate)
- Chip Roy
- Daniel Crenshaw
- Marty Perez
- Judith Cutright
- Charles Lingerfelt
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
- Gerald Connolly
- Bobby Scott (Virginia)
- Don Beyer
- Lindsey Davis Stover
- Edwin Santana (Virginia)
- Abigail Spanberger
- Andrew Sneathern
- Leslie Cockburn
- Dan Ward
- Vangie Williams
- Shaun Brown
- Karen Mallard
- Sergio Coppola
- Anthony Flaccavento
- Paul Pelletier
- Julia Biggins
- John Suddarth
- Justin Santopietro
- Elaine Luria
- Jennifer Lewis (Virginia)
- Charlotte Moore
- Alison Kiehl Friedman
- Peter Volosin
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
- ↑ 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.
