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A total of 468 seats in the U.S. Congress (33 Senate seats and all 435 House seats) were up for election on November 5, 2024.

Ahead of the elections, Republicans hold a majority in the U.S. House, while Democrats and independents who caucus with Democrats hold a majority in the U.S. Senate.

This page provides an overview of the 2024 elections for the U.S Congress. In the sections below, you will find:

The current and historical partisan balance of the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House

Information on 2024 Senate elections, including:
- A map and list of U.S. Senate seats up for election in 2024
- Ratings by outside election forecasters for U.S. Senate races
- A list of Senate seats that changed party hands the last time they were up for election

Information on 2024 House elections, including:
- Ratings by outside election forecasters for U.S. House races

A list of Senate and House incumbents not seeking re-election in 2024
Congressional approval ratings
A list of important dates and deadlines for the 2024 election cycle

Partisan breakdown

U.S. Senate

Partisan composition, U.S. Senate
119th Congress
Party	Members
Democratic	45
Republican	53
Independent	2^[1]
Vacancies	0
Total	100

U.S. House

Partisan composition, U.S. House
119th Congress
Party	Members
Democratic	214
Republican	218
Vacancies	3
Total	435

Historical party control

The charts below show historical partisan breakdown information for each chamber.

U.S. Senate

See also: United States Senate elections, 2024

See also: United States Senate elections, 2022

Outside race ratings - Senate

The following table compared U.S. Senate race ratings from The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter, Decision Desk HQ and The Hill, Inside Elections, and Sabato's Crystal Ball prior to the November 2024 elections.

Seats that changed party hands in 2018

See also: United States Senate elections, 2018

In 2018—the last time these 33 seats were up for election—six seats changed party hands. Republicans picked up four seats and Democrats picked up two seats.

Senate seats that changed party hands, 2018
State	Pre-election incumbent	2018 winner	Margin of victory (percentage points)
Arizona	Jeff Flake	Kyrsten Sinema	2.4
Florida	Bill Nelson	Rick Scott	0.2
Indiana	Joe Donnelly	Mike Braun	5.9
Missouri	Claire McCaskill	Josh Hawley	5.8
North Dakota	Heidi Heitkamp	Kevin Cramer	10.8
Nevada	Dean Heller	Jacky Rosen	5

U.S. House

See also: United States House of Representatives elections, 2024

See also: United States House of Representatives elections, 2022

All 435 U.S. House seats were up for election.

Outside race ratings - House

The following table compared U.S. House race ratings from The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter, Decision Desk HQ and The Hill, Inside Elections, and Sabato's Crystal Ball prior to the November 2024 elections.

Incumbents not seeking re-election

U.S. Senate

Eight United States Senators did not seek re-election to their U.S. Senate seats (not including those who left office early):

4 Democrats
2 Republicans
2 Independent

Incumbents retiring from public office

4 Democrats
1 Republican
2 Independent

Retired from public office, 2024
Name	Party	State	Date announced
Kyrsten Sinema	Independent	Arizona	March 5, 2024^[2]
Joe Manchin	Independent	West Virginia	November 9, 2023^[3]
Laphonza Butler	Democrat	California	October 19, 2023^[4]^[5]
Debbie Stabenow	Democrat	Michigan	January 5, 2023^[6]
Ben Cardin	Democrat	Maryland	May 1, 2023^[7]
Tom Carper	Democrat	Delaware	May 22, 2023^[8]
Mitt Romney	Republican	Utah	September 13, 2023^[9]

Incumbents seeking other offices

1 Republican

Ran for governor, 2024
Name	Party	State	Date announced
Mike Braun	Republican	Indiana	November 30, 2022^[10]

U.S. House

Forty-five members of the U.S. House did not seek re-election to their seats (not including those who left office early):

24 Democrats
21 Republicans

Incumbents who retired from public office

12 Democratic members of the U.S. House
16 Republican members of the U.S. House

Retiring from public office, 2024
Name	Party	Seat	Date announced
Garret Graves	Republican	Louisiana's 6th Congressional District	June 14, 2024^[11]
Bill Posey	Republican	Florida's 8th Congressional District	April 26, 2024^[12]
Jacob LaTurner	Republican	Kansas' 2nd Congressional District	April 18, 2024^[13]
Ann McLane Kuster	Democrat	New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District	March 27, 2024^[14]
Matt Rosendale	Republican	Montana's 2nd Congressional District	March 8, 2024^[15]
Cathy McMorris Rodgers	Republican	Washington's 5th Congressional District	February 8, 2024^[16]
Dutch Ruppersberger	Democrat	Maryland's 2nd Congressional District	January 26, 2024^[17]
Jeff Duncan	Republican	South Carolina's 3rd Congressional District	January 17, 2024^[18]
Greg Pence	Republican	Indiana's 6th Congressional District	January 9, 2024^[19]
Larry Bucshon	Republican	Indiana's 8th Congressional District	January 8, 2024^[20]
Doug Lamborn	Republican	Colorado's 5th Congressional District	January 5, 2024^[21]
Blaine Luetkemeyer	Republican	Missouri's 3rd Congressional District	January 4, 2024^[22]
Wiley Nickel^[23]	Democrat	North Carolina's 13th Congressional District	December 14, 2023^[24]
Drew Ferguson	Republican	Georgia's 3rd Congressional District	December 14, 2023^[25]
Kathy Manning^[26]	Democrat	North Carolina's 6th Congressional District	December 7, 2023^[27]
Patrick McHenry	Republican	North Carolina's 10th Congressional District	December 5, 2023^[28]
Anna Eshoo	Democrat	California's 16th Congressional District	November 21, 2023^[29]
Tony Cárdenas	Democrat	California's 29th Congressional District	November 20, 2023^[30]
Dan Kildee	Democrat	Michigan's 8th Congressional District	November 16, 2023^[31]
Michael Burgess	Republican	Texas' 26th Congressional District	November 13, 2023^[32]
Brad Wenstrup	Republican	Ohio's 2nd Congressional District	November 9, 2023^[33]
Derek Kilmer	Democrat	Washington's 6th Congressional District	November 9, 2023^[34]
Kay Granger	Republican	Texas' 12th Congressional District	November 1, 2023^[35]
Earl Blumenauer	Democrat	Oregon's 3rd Congressional District	October 30, 2023^[36]
John Sarbanes	Democrat	Maryland's 3rd Congressional District	October 26, 2023^[37]
Debbie Lesko	Republican	Arizona's 8th Congressional District	October 17, 2023^[38]
Jennifer Wexton	Democrat	Virginia's 10th Congressional District	September 18, 2023^[39]
Grace Napolitano	Democrat	California's 31st Congressional District	July 8, 2023^[40]

Incumbents who sought other offices

Incumbents who ran for the U.S. Senate

9 Democratic members of the U.S. House
3 Republican members of the U.S. House

Ran for Senate, 2024
Name	Party	Seat	Date announced
John Curtis	Republican	Utah's 3rd Congressional District	January 2, 2024^[41]
Andy Kim	Democrat	New Jersey's 3rd Congressional District	September 23, 2023^[42]
Lisa Blunt Rochester	Democrat	Delaware's At-Large Congressional District	June 21, 2023^[43]
David Trone	Democrat	Maryland's 6th Congressional District	May 4, 2023^[44]
Colin Allred	Democrat	Texas' 32nd Congressional District	May 3, 2023^[45]
Elissa Slotkin	Democrat	Michigan's 7th Congressional District	February 27, 2023^[46]
Barbara Lee	Democrat	California's 12th Congressional District	February 21, 2023^[47]
Adam Schiff	Democrat	California's 30th Congressional District	January 26, 2023^[48]
Ruben Gallego	Democrat	Arizona's 3rd Congressional District	January 23, 2023^[49]
Jim Banks	Republican	Indiana's 3rd Congressional District	January 17, 2023^[50]
Katie Porter	Democrat	California's 47th Congressional District	January 10, 2023^[51]
Alex Mooney	Republican	West Virginia's 2nd Congressional District	November 15, 2022^[52]

U.S. House members who ran for governor

1 Democratic member of the U.S. House
1 Republican member of the U.S. House

Ran for governor, 2024
Name	Party	Seat	Date announced
Kelly Armstrong	Republican	North Dakota's At-Large Congressional District	January 23 2024^[53]
Abigail Spanberger	Democrat	Virginia's 7th Congressional District	November 13, 2023^[54]

U.S. House members who sought another office

2 Democratic member of the U.S. House
1 Republican member of the U.S. House

Ran for another office, 2024
Name	Party	Seat	Date announced
Dean Phillips	Democrat	Minnesota's 3rd Congressional District	November 24, 2023^[55]
Jeff Jackson	Democrat	North Carolina's 14th Congressional District	October 26, 2023^[56]
Dan Bishop	Republican	North Carolina's 8th Congressional District	August 3, 2023^[57]

Congressional approval ratings

Ballotpedia's congressional approval polling average: 26% (February 20, 2026)

Results are updated daily at 9:30 a.m. EST and aggregated from the most recent polls from the sources listed in the methodology section below. Think we're missing something? Email us.

The congressional approval rating indicates public satisfaction in the job performance of the members of the United States Congress. It is the percentage of people polled who responded favorably toward the work of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.

Important dates and deadlines

This section will provide important dates throughout the 2024 congressional election cycle, including filing deadlines, primaries, and campaign finance reporting deadlines, when available.

External links

Footnotes

[1] Two independents caucus with the Democratic Party.

[sinema-2] NBC News, "Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema will not run for re-election in Arizona," March 5, 2024

[Manchin-3] The Hill, "Manchin won’t seek reelection in West Virginia," November 9, 2023

[butler-4] Laphonza Butler, "Sen. Laphonza Butler not running in 2024 after filling Dianne Feinstein's seat," October 19, 2023

[5] Butler was appointed to her Senate seat on Oct. 1, 2023, to fill the vacancy left by the death of Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D). Feinstein had previously announced her retirement from public office.

[stabenow-6] Debbie Stabenow, "Senator Stabenow Announces She Will Not Seek Re-Election in 2024," January 5, 2023

[7] Politico, "Cardin not running for reelection," May 1, 2023

[8] Washington Post, "Democratic Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware won't seek reelection, opening up seat in liberal state," May 22, 2023

[9] Washington Post, "Mitt Romney says he will not seek a second term in the Senate," September 13, 2023

[10] Politico, "Braun to run for Indiana governor, opening Senate seat in 2024," November 30, 2022

[11] CBS News, "Louisiana Republican Garret Graves says he won't seek re-election after Supreme Court ruling on redistricting," June 14, 2024

[12] Politico, "Florida GOP Rep. Posey abruptly announces retirement," April 26, 2024

[13] X, "Jake LaTurner," April 18, 2024

[14] X, "Ann McLane Kuster," March 27, 2024

[15] The Hill, "Rosendale drops reelection bid, will retire at end of term," March 8, 2024

[16] X, "Cathy McMorris Rodgers" February 8, 2024

[17] Politico, "Dutch Ruppersberger won't seek reelection to Maryland House seat," January 26, 2023

[18] X, "Rep. Jeff Duncan" January 17, 2024

[19] X, "Rep. Greg Pence" January 9, 2024

[20] AP, "US Rep. Larry Bucshon of Indiana won’t seek reelection to 8th term, will retire from Congress" January 8, 2024

[21] CBS, "Colorado Congressman Doug Lamborn to retire, opening up all three state Republican seats" January 5, 2024

[22] X, "Representative Blaine Luetkemeyer" January 4, 2024

[23] Nickel said he would explore a campaign for U.S. Senate in 2026

[24] X, "Rep. Wiley Nickel - My Statement," December 14, 2023

[25] X, "Congressman Drew Ferguson" December 14, 2023

[26] On Dec. 7, Manning announced that she would not file for re-election in the newly redrawn 6th district, whose boundaries will be in effect for the 2024 general election. Manning said she would run for re-election under different district boundaries.

[27] X, "Congresswoman Kathy Manning," December 7, 2023

[28] Twitter, "Patrick McHenry" December 5, 2023

[29] Roll Call, "Eshoo, longtime Silicon Valley lawmaker, announces plans to retire," November 21, 2023

[30] Los Angeles Times, "Tony Cárdenas won’t seek reelection in 2024, setting up race for San Fernando Valley seat," November 16, 2023

[31] MLive, "Kildee won’t seek re-election to Congress, says cancer gave him new perspective," November 16, 2023

[32] The Hill, "GOP Rep. Burgess won’t seek reelection, leaving third Dallas-area seat open" November 9, 2023

[33] Roll Call, "Rep. Brad Wenstrup to retire," November 9, 2023

[34] Politico, "Derek Kilmer announced Thursday he would not seek reelection to his House seat in Washington state.," November 9, 2023

[35] The Hill, "Longtime Texas Rep. Kay Granger won’t seek reelection," November 1, 2023

[36] Politico, "Oregon Rep. Earl Blumenauer says he won’t run for another term," October 31, 2023

[37] Maryland Matters, "Sarbanes won’t seek reelection in 2024," October 26, 2023

[38] X, "A statement from Congresswoman Debbie Lesko," October 17, 2023

[39] X, "Jennifer Wexton - An update on my health and my plans for serving #VA10 in Congress." September 18, 2023

[40] CNN, "Grace Napolitano, longtime California congresswoman, announces her retirement" July 8, 2023

[41] The Hill, "Rep. John Curtis jumps into Senate race to replace Romney," January 2, 2023

[42] NBC, "Andy Kim to run for Senate against indicted NJ Sen. Bob Menendez" September 23, 2023

[43] New York Times, "Delaware’s Only House Member Enters Senate Race, Becoming Instant Favorite" June 21, 2023

[44] New York Times, "Wealthy Democratic Congressman Enters Maryland Senate Race" May 4, 2023

[45] Twitter, "Colin Allred, May 3, 2023" May 3, 2023

[46] CNN, "Rep. Elissa Slotkin entering race to succeed retiring Michigan Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow," February 27, 2023

[47] Twitter, "Barbara Lee," February 21, 2023

[48] Axios, "Anti-Trump stalwart Rep. Adam Schiff enters California Senate race," January 26, 2023

[49] The New York Times, "Democrat in Arizona Will Seek Kyrsten Sinema’s Senate Seat," January 23, 2023

[50] CNN, "GOP Rep. Jim Banks announces Indiana US Senate campaign," January 17, 2023

[porter-51] PBS News House, "Rep. Katie Porter to run for Feinstein’s Senate seat in 2024," January 10, 2023

[52] MetroNews, "Mooney announces for Senate, revving up race to take on Manchin" December 13, 2022

[53] X, "Juliegrace Brufke," November 13, 2023

[54] AP, "Virginia Rep. Abigail Spanberger is running for governor instead of seeking reelection to the House," November 13, 2023

[55] X, "INBOX: REP. DEAN PHILLIPS ANNOUNCES HE WON’T SEEK RE-ELECTION TO CONGRESS," November 24, 2023

[56] X, "Rep. Jeff Jackson," October 26, 2023

[57] Charlotte Observer, "Republican Rep. Dan Bishop announces plans to run for attorney general in NC," January 17, 2023

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United States Congress elections, 2024: Difference between revisions

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Contents

Partisan breakdown

U.S. Senate

U.S. House

Historical party control

U.S. Senate

Outside race ratings - Senate

Seats that changed party hands in 2018

U.S. House

Outside race ratings - House

Incumbents not seeking re-election

U.S. Senate

Incumbents retiring from public office

Incumbents seeking other offices

U.S. House

Incumbents who retired from public office

Incumbents who sought other offices

Incumbents who ran for the U.S. Senate

U.S. House members who ran for governor

U.S. House members who sought another office

Congressional approval ratings

Important dates and deadlines

See also

External links

Footnotes

Information about voting

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