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[[File:Congressional-baseball-practice-shooting-June-14-2017-twitter-640x480.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Death threats and [[leftist]] mob violence caused 36 incumbant House Republicans not to seek re-election in 2018.<ref>https://www.bustle.com/p/republican-lawmakers-are-retiring-out-of-fear-of-assassination-this-congressman-thinks-8930196</ref>]]

[[File:Congressional-baseball-practice-shooting-June-14-2017-twitter-640x480.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Death threats and [[leftist]] mob violence caused 36 incumbant House Republicans not to seek re-election in 2018.<ref>https://www.bustle.com/p/republican-lawmakers-are-retiring-out-of-fear-of-assassination-this-congressman-thinks-8930196</ref>]]

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

The '''2018 Midterm elections''' for the 116th Congress were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.

The Republicans retained control of the Senate With 36 Republican members retiring from the House, Democrats won many open seats and took control of the chamber. [[Nancy Pelosi]] again became Speaker of the House.

The Republicans retained control of the Senate With 36 Republican members retiring from the House, Democrats won many open seats and took control of the chamber. [[Nancy Pelosi]] again became Speaker of the House.

The alleged "Blue wave" did not materialized, however rampant [[voter fraud]] in heavy Democrat districts did.

The alleged "Blue wave" did not materialized, however rampant [[voter fraud]] in heavy Democrat districts did.

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

In the 115th Congress the  [[Republican Party]] held 235 seats House of Representatives to [[Democrat]]s' 193 seats, with seven seats vacant. In the Senate the Republican Party held 51 seats. The Democrats held 47 seats, and the remaining two were held by independents too ashamed to call publicly themselves  Demeocrats yet caucus with the Democrat Party. Of the 33 seats up for election, the Democrats are defending 25 (two of my 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 my 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>