2022 United States elections

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2022 United States elections
2020          2021          2022          2023          2024
Midterm elections
Election dayNovember 8
Incumbent presidentJoe Biden (Democratic)
Next Congress118th
Senate elections
Seats contested34 of 100 seats
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Map of the 2022 Senate races
     Democratic incumbent running      Democratic incumbent retiring
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House elections
Seats contestedAll 435 voting seats
+5 of 6 non-voting seats
Gubernatorial elections
Seats contested39 (36 states, 3 territories)
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Map of the 2022 gubernatorial elections
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The 2022 United States elections will be held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. During this midterm election year, all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 34 of the 100 seats in the Senate will be contested. Thirty-nine state and territorial gubernatorial and numerous other state and local elections will also be contested. This will be the first election affected by the redistricting that will follow the 2020 census.

Federal elections[]

Senate elections[]

At least 34 of the 100 seats in the Senate will be up for election, including all 34 Class 3 seats. Special elections may also be held to fill vacancies in the other two Senate classes. As senators serve six-year terms, the last regularly scheduled elections for Class 3 senators were held in 2016.

Special elections[]

At least one special election will take place in 2022 to replace a senator who resigned during the 117th Congress:

  • California Class 3: Incumbent Kamala Harris was elected as Vice President of the United States and resigned on January 18, 2021, to take office also as the ex officio President of the Senate.[1] Governor Gavin Newsom appointed the outgoing Secretary of State, Alex Padilla, to succeed her. A special election to fill the remaining weeks of Harris's tenure is to be held on November 8, 2022, the same day as the regular election for a six-year term, as a writ proclaimed by Newsom.[2][3]

House of Representatives elections[]

All 435 voting seats in the House of Representatives will be up for election. As of February 2022, 42 representatives (29 Democrats, 13 Republicans) have announced that they will be retiring. The incumbents in these races were determined in the 2020 House of Representatives elections and subsequent special elections. As these elections will be the first conducted after the post-2020 census redistricting, several districts may lack an incumbent or have multiple incumbents.

Special elections[]

At least two special elections will take place in 2022 to replace a member who resigned or died in office during the 117th Congress:

State elections[]

Gubernatorial elections[]

Elections will be held for the governorships of 36 states and three territories. Special elections may be held for vacancies in the other states and territories if required by the respective state and territorial constitutions. As most governors serve four-year terms, the last regularly-scheduled elections for most seats up for election in 2022 were held in 2018. The governors of New Hampshire and Vermont each serve two-year terms, so incumbents in these two states were determined by the 2020 gubernatorial elections.

Incumbent's status for the 2022 US Attorney General elections
  Republican incumbent
  Democratic incumbent
  Term-limited or retiring Republican
  Term-limited or retiring Democrat
  No election

Attorney General elections[]

Attorneys general will be elected in thirty states, three territories, and one federal district. The previous elections for this group of states took place in 2018. The attorney general of Vermont serves two-year terms and was last elected in 2020.[9]

Secretary of State elections[]

Secretaries of state will be elected in twenty-seven states. The previous elections for this group of states took place in 2018. The secretary of state of Vermont serves two-year terms and was last elected in 2020.[10]

State Treasurer elections[]

State treasurers and equivalents will be elected in twenty-seven states, plus a special election in Utah. The previous elections for this group of states took place in 2018. The treasurer of Vermont serves two-year terms and was last elected in 2020.

Legislative elections[]

The vast majority of states and territories will hold legislative elections in 2022. Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, and Virginia will not hold state legislative elections, as those states all hold such elections in odd-numbered years. In states that use staggered terms, some state senators will not be up for election. As these elections will be the first conducted after the 2020 census redistricting, several legislative districts may lack an incumbent or have multiple incumbents.

Local elections[]

Mayoral elections[]

Mayoral elections will be held in some major cities.

Eligible[]

  • : Incumbent Republican Harry Sidhu is eligible to run for reelection.
  • Charlotte, North Carolina Incumbent Democrat Vi Lyles is eligible to run for reelection.
  • : Incumbent Democrat Paul McNamara is eligible to run for reelection.
  • : Incumbent Democrat Paul Deasy is eligible for reelection.
  • : Incumbent Republican Linda Gorton is eligible for reelection.
  • : Incumbent Democrat George McGill is eligible for reelection.
  • : Incumbent Democrat Frank Scott Jr. is eligible for reelection.
  • : Incumbent Republican Dan Pope is eligible for reelection.
  • : Incumbent Democrat Ras Baraka is eligible to run for reelection.
  • : Incumbent Independent James A. Anzaldi is eligible to run for reelection.
  • : Incumbent independent McKinley L. Price is eligible to run for reelection.
  • : Incumbent Democrat Breea Clark is eligible and running for reelection.[11]
  • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Incumbent Republican David Holt is eligible to run for reelection.
  • : Incumbent independent Hillary Schieve is eligible to run for reelection.
  • : Incumbent Republican John Valdivia is eligible to run for reelection.
  • : Incumbent Democrat Adrian Perkins is eligible to run for reelection.
  • Tallahassee, Florida: Incumbent Democrat John E. Dailey is eligible to run for reelection.
  • Washington, D.C.: Incumbent Democrat Muriel Bowser is eligible to run for reelection.

Ineligible or retiring[]

  • Austin, Texas: Incumbent Democrat Steve Adler is ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits.
  • : Incumbent Democrat Mary Salas is ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits.
  • : Incumbent Democrat Debra March is ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits.
  • : Incumbent Democrat Pete Saenz is ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits.
  • : Incumbent Democrat Robert Garcia is retiring to run for U.S. Representative.[12]
  • Los Angeles, California: Incumbent Democrat Eric Garcetti is ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits.[a]
  • Louisville, Kentucky: Incumbent Democrat Greg Fischer is ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits.
  • : Incumbent Republican John Jay Lee is retiring to run for governor of Nevada.[13]
  • Oakland, California: Incumbent Democrat Libby Schaaf is ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits.
  • Providence, Rhode Island: Incumbent Democrat Jorge Elorza is ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits.
  • San Jose, California: Incumbent Democrat Sam Liccardo is ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits.

County elections[]

In 2022, elections in at least one county will occur:

  • Cook County, Illinois

Table of state, territorial, and federal results[]

This table shows the partisan results of president, congressional, gubernatorial, and state legislative races held in each state and territory in 2022. Note that not all states and territories hold gubernatorial, state legislative, and Senate elections in 2022. The five territories and Washington, D. C., do not elect members of the Senate, and the territories do not take part in presidential elections; instead, they each elect one non-voting member of the House. Nebraska's unicameral legislature and the governorship and legislature of American Samoa are elected on a non-partisan basis, and, therefore, political party affiliation is not listed.

Subdivision and PVI[14] Before 2022 elections After 2022 elections
Subdivision 2021
PVI
Governor State leg. U.S. Senate U.S. House Governor State leg. U.S. Senate U.S. House
 
Alabama R+15 Rep Rep Rep Rep 6–1
Alaska R+9 Rep Split[b] Rep Rep 1–0
Arizona R+3 Rep Rep Dem Dem 5–4
Arkansas R+16 Rep Rep Rep Rep 4–0
California D+14 Dem Dem Dem Dem 42–11
Colorado D+3 Dem Dem Dem Dem 4–3
Connecticut D+7 Dem Dem Dem Dem 5–0
Delaware D+6 Dem Dem Dem Dem 1–0 Dem Dem
Florida R+3 Rep Rep Rep Rep 16–11
Georgia R+3 Rep Rep Dem Rep 8–6
Hawaii D+15 Dem Dem Dem Dem 2–0
Idaho R+19 Rep Rep Rep Rep 2–0
Illinois D+7 Dem Dem Dem Dem 13–5
Indiana R+11 Rep Rep Rep Rep 7–2 Rep
Iowa R+6 Rep Rep Rep Rep 3–1
Kansas R+11 Dem Rep Rep Rep 3–1
Kentucky R+16 Dem Rep Rep Rep 5–1 Dem
Louisiana R+12 Dem Rep Rep Rep 5–1 Dem Rep
Maine D+1 Dem Dem Split R/I[c] Dem 2–0 Split R/I[c]
Maryland D+14 Rep Dem Dem Dem 7–1
Massachusetts D+14 Rep Dem Dem Dem 9–0 Dem
Michigan R+1 Dem Rep Dem Split 7–7 Dem
Minnesota D+1 Dem Split Dem Split 4–4 Dem
Mississippi R+10 Rep Rep Rep Rep 3–1 Rep Rep Rep
Missouri R+11 Rep Rep Rep Rep 6–2 Rep
Montana R+11 Rep Rep Split Rep 1–0 Rep Split
Nebraska R+13 Rep NP Rep Rep 3–0 Rep
Nevada Even Dem Dem Dem Dem 3–1
New Hampshire Even Rep Rep Dem Dem 2–0
New Jersey D+6 Dem Dem Dem Dem 10–2 Dem Dem Dem
New Mexico D+3 Dem Dem Dem Dem 2–1 Dem
New York D+10 Dem Dem Dem Dem 19–8
North Carolina R+3 Dem Rep Rep Rep 8–5 Dem
North Dakota R+20 Rep Rep Rep Rep 1–0 Rep
Ohio R+6 Rep Rep Split Rep 12–4
Oklahoma R+20 Rep Rep Rep Rep 5–0
Oregon D+6 Dem Dem Dem Dem 4–1
Pennsylvania R+2 Dem Rep Split Split 9–9
Rhode Island D+8 Dem Dem Dem Dem 2–0 Dem
South Carolina R+8 Rep Rep Rep Rep 6–1
South Dakota R+16 Rep Rep Rep Rep 1–0
Tennessee R+14 Rep Rep Rep Rep 7–2 Rep
Texas R+5 Rep Rep Rep Rep 23–13 Rep
Utah R+13 Rep Rep Rep Rep 4–0 Rep
Vermont D+15 Rep Dem Split D/I[d] Dem 1–0
Virginia D+2 Rep Split Dem Dem 7–4 Rep Split Dem
Washington D+8 Dem Dem Dem Dem 7–3 Dem
West Virginia R+23 Rep Rep Split Rep 3–0 Rep Split
Wisconsin R+2 Dem Rep Split Rep 5–3
Wyoming R+26 Rep Rep Rep Rep 1–0 Rep
United States Even Rep 28–22 Rep 29–17–3 Dem 50–50 Dem 222–213
Washington, D. C. D+43 Dem[e] Dem[e] N/A Dem N/A
American Samoa N/A NP/D[f] NP Rep NP/D[f] NP
Guam Dem Dem Dem
N. Mariana Islands Rep Split[g] Ind[h]
Puerto Rico PNP/D[i] PDP PNP/R[j] PNP/D[i] PNP/R[j]
U.S. Virgin Islands Dem Dem Dem
Subdivision PVI Governor State leg. U.S. Senate U.S. House Governor State leg. U.S. Senate U.S. House
Subdivision and PVI Before 2022 elections After 2022 elections

Notes[]

  1. ^ Eric Garcetti is nominated United States Ambassador to India and it is currently unknown if he will end his term early. Should this occur, the Los Angeles City Council will appoint an intern mayor to finish the remainder of his term.
  2. ^ Republicans won a majority of seats in the state house, but Democrats formed a majority coalition with independents and some Republicans.
  3. ^ a b One of Maine's senators, Susan Collins, is a Republican. The other senator from Maine, Angus King, is an independent who has caucused with the Democrats since taking office in 2013.
  4. ^ One of Vermont's senators, Patrick Leahy, is a Democrat. The other senator from Vermont, Bernie Sanders, was elected as an independent and has caucused with the Democrats since taking office in 2007.
  5. ^ a b Washington, D.C., does not elect a governor or state legislature, but it does elect a mayor and a city council. If the city attains statehood, the mayoral and council elections will be repurposed as those for the governor and House of Delegates respectively.
  6. ^ a b Although elections for governor of American Samoa are non-partisan, Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga affiliates with the Democratic Party.
  7. ^ Republicans control the Northern Mariana Islands Senate, but no party holds a majority in the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives.
  8. ^ The Northern Mariana Islands' delegate to Congress, Gregorio Sablan, was elected as an Independent and has caucused with the Democrats since taking office in 2009.
  9. ^ a b Puerto Rican Governor Pedro Pierluisi is a member of the Puerto Rican New Progressive Party, but affiliates with the Democratic Party at the national level.
  10. ^ a b Puerto Rico's Resident Commissioner, Jenniffer González, was elected as a member of the New Progressive Party and has caucused with the Republicans since taking office in 2017.

References[]

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  8. ^ Korte, Lara (December 6, 2021). "Devin Nunes' retirement could mean an opening for California Democrats. Who might run?". Sacramento Bee. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
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