U.S. Senate Election Results 2018 Results last updated Oct. 3, 6:06 p.m. Republicans win the Senate ✓ 51 to majority 47 Dems ✓ GOP 53 23 not up for election 42 not up for election

Republicans have retained their control of the Senate, and might extend their majority. In two of the year's most watched races, Ted Cruz defeated Beto O'Rourke in Texas and in Missouri, Josh...

Thirty-five U.S. Senate seats, including two in special elections, were up for election on November 6, 2018. Heading into the election, the Republican Party held a 51-seat majority in the chamber. Democrats held 47 seats, and the remaining two seats were held by independents who caucus with the Democratic Party.

Driven by massive voter turnout, the 2018 midterm election was both a blue wave and a red wave. It just depended on which map you were looking at.

Starting Projection: 2018 Senate Elections: Consensus Forecast Change >> Live Results shows all races that have been called. Forecast takes the Live Results and adds in the Starting Projection for those elections yet to be decided.

35 U.S. Senate seats to be contested in 2018 The U.S. Senate has 51 Republicans and 49 Democrats (including two independents). There are 35 seats up in 2018 - including special elections in Minnesota and Mississippi - of which 26 are held by Democrats. That party will need to gain 2 seats to take control.

The Tight Races To Watch In Tonight’s Presidential And Congressional Elections Forbes · 3 days ago. Senate: Democrats have shots to win in conservative states like North Carolina and have a remote... The “hanging chads” of 2020: ... US News & World Report · 2 days ago.

However, in the 2018 election, Beto O'Rourke was about 220,000 votes short in his bid to unseat U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, which was the closest a Democrat came to winning election to the U.S. Senate ...