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| | <center>''See also [[2022 midterm debates]]''.</center> | | <center>''See also [[2022 midterm debates]]''.</center> |
| | [[File:RCP 11-10-22.PNG|right|350px|thumb|House standings as reported by Realclearpolitics 11/10/22, 48 hrs after the polls closed.]] | | [[File:RCP 11-10-22.PNG|right|350px|thumb|House standings as reported by Realclearpolitics 11/10/22, 48 hrs after the polls closed.]] |
| − | The '''2022 midterm elections''' were held on November 8, 2022, will determine membership in the 118th Congress for all seats in the [[United States House of Representatives]] in addition to Class III U.S. senators. A number of statewide elections were also be held, including gubernatorial races. The top [[U.S. Senate]] races were in [[Nevada]], [[Georgia]] and [[Arizona]], where the party that wins two out of those three races will take control of the Senate and the outcomes were unresolved as of the day after the election. More than $250 million was spent by the weekend before the election in Georgia alone, a third of which was by the candidates.<ref name="AJC">https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgias-us-senate-race-on-pace-to-be-the-nations-costliest-this-year/2KW7U2JISRCRNHHZJPRPMZKENQ/?amp;ecmp=pg&amp</ref> | + | The '''2022 midterm elections''' were held on November 8, 2022, to determine membership in the 118th Congress for all seats in the [[United States House of Representatives]] in addition to Class III U.S. senators. A number of statewide elections were also be held, including gubernatorial races. |
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| | + | The [[Republican Party]] won 51.1% of the total vote for the [[House of Representatives]], totaling 52,914,952, while the [[Democrat]]s won only 47%, totaling |
| | + | 48,717,352.<ref>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/elections/live_results/2022/house/</ref> |
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| | + | The top [[U.S. Senate]] races were in [[Nevada]], [[Georgia]] and [[Arizona]], where the party that wins two out of those three races will take control of the Senate and the outcomes were unresolved as of the day after the election. More than $250 million was spent by the weekend before the election in Georgia alone, a third of which was by the candidates.<ref name="AJC">https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgias-us-senate-race-on-pace-to-be-the-nations-costliest-this-year/2KW7U2JISRCRNHHZJPRPMZKENQ/?amp;ecmp=pg&amp</ref> |
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| | As of November 15, 2022, left-leaning Politico admitted that the [[GOP]] was merely one seat away from winning the [[House]]. The [[Dropbox Dems]] would have to win 14 out of 14 uncalled seats to continue its control of that all-important chamber.<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/14/democrats-house-midterm-elections-00066765</ref> | | As of November 15, 2022, left-leaning Politico admitted that the [[GOP]] was merely one seat away from winning the [[House]]. The [[Dropbox Dems]] would have to win 14 out of 14 uncalled seats to continue its control of that all-important chamber.<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/14/democrats-house-midterm-elections-00066765</ref> |