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Because of when these federal offices are up for election, the election years are commonly classified into the following three categories: Presidential elections : Elections for the U.S. President are held every four years, coinciding with those for all 435 seats in the House of Representatives, and 33 or 34 of the 100 seats in the Senate.
Map of the 2009 Senate special elections Republican gain (1) Congressional special elections; Seats contested: 5: Net seat change: Democratic +1: Gubernatorial elections; Seats contested: 3 (2 states, 1 territory) Net seat change: Republican +2: 2009 gubernatorial election results map: Legend Republican gain Covenant hold
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress. Senators have been directly elected by state-wide popular vote since the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1913. A senate term is six years with no term limit. Every two years a third of the seats are up for election.
The 2022 United States Senate elections were held on November 8, 2022, concurrently with other midterm elections at the federal, state, and local levels. Regularly scheduled elections were held for 34 of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate, the winners of which will serve 6-year terms beginning with the 118th United States Congress. 2 special elections were held to complete unexpired terms.
Elections were held in the United States on November 8, 2022, with the exception of absentee balloting.During this U.S. midterm election, which occurred during the term of incumbent president Joe Biden of the Democratic Party, all 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate were contested to determine the 118th United States Congress.
Federal offices that are up for election during the midterms include all 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives, and 33 or 34 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate. In addition, 34 of the 50 U.S. states elect their governors for four-year terms during midterm elections, while Vermont and New Hampshire elect governors to ...
Four new voting members on the Fed's Federal Open Market Committee in 2024 could change the balance of power between hawks and doves.
Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years) 91 2007 Ruben Gallego: Democratic Arizona: January 3, 2025 Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (10 years) 92 2008 Jim Banks: Republican Indiana: Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (8 years); Indiana 17th in population (2020) 93 2009 Lisa Blunt Rochester ...