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The '''2018 Midterm elections''' were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.

The '''2018 Midterm elections''' were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.

In the House of Representatives the [[Republican Party]] holds 235 seats to [[Democrat]]s' 193 seats, with seven seats vacant.  

The Republicans retained control of the Senate, gaining 3 seats. With 54 members retiring from the House, Democrats won half the open seats to take control of the chamber.

In the Senate the Republican Party holds 51 seats. The Democrats hold 47 seats, and the remaining two are held by independents who caucus with the Democrat Party. Of the 33 seats up for election, the Democrats are defending 25 (two of which are held by independents), while Republicans have only eight seats to defend. The Democrat Party must defend 10 seats in states that [[Donald Trump]] won over [[Hillary Clinton]] in 2016.

 

In the Senate the Republican Party held 51 seats. The Democrats held 47 seats, and the remaining two are held by independents who caucus with the Democrat Party. Of the 33 seats up for election, the Democrats are defending 25 (two of which are held by independents), while Republicans have only eight seats to defend. The Democrat Party must defend 10 seats in states that [[Donald Trump]] won over [[Hillary Clinton]] in 2016.

Despite [[liberal media]] [[fake news]] reports, the Democrats would have to win 48 House seats and seven Senate seats to qualify historically as a "wave election," an unlikely prospect.<ref>[https://ballotpedia.org/Scott_Rasmussen%27s_Number_of_the_Day_for_June_25,_2018]</ref> Increasing [[leftist]] violence and resistance to accepting the results of a [[democracy|democratic]] election may be a decisive factor in the outcome.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/trump-resistance-continues-slide-toward-violence/</ref><ref>Although analysis by the [[Cato Institute]] and ''[[New York Times]]'' showed leftist-motivated violence on the rise since 2016 with killings 2.5 times higher than right wing extremists, https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/term-alt-left-came the numbers ''do not'' include murders of [[police officer]]s by [[Black Lives Matter]] activists. https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/14/us/police-officers-fatal-shooting-line-duty-nationwide/index.html</ref>

Despite [[liberal media]] [[fake news]] reports, the Democrats would have to win 48 House seats and seven Senate seats to qualify historically as a "wave election," an unlikely prospect.<ref>[https://ballotpedia.org/Scott_Rasmussen%27s_Number_of_the_Day_for_June_25,_2018]</ref> Increasing [[leftist]] violence and resistance to accepting the results of a [[democracy|democratic]] election may be a decisive factor in the outcome.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/trump-resistance-continues-slide-toward-violence/</ref><ref>Although analysis by the [[Cato Institute]] and ''[[New York Times]]'' showed leftist-motivated violence on the rise since 2016 with killings 2.5 times higher than right wing extremists, https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/term-alt-left-came the numbers ''do not'' include murders of [[police officer]]s by [[Black Lives Matter]] activists. https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/14/us/police-officers-fatal-shooting-line-duty-nationwide/index.html</ref>