{"id":5342,"date":"2018-02-20T01:00:56","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T19:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/answers\/?p=5342"},"modified":"2020-02-13T06:07:19","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T10:07:19","slug":"states-having-senate-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/answers\/united-states\/states-having-senate-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"What States are having Senate Elections in 2018?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Senate elections will be held on November 6, 2018, when 33 seats of the 100 seats will be contested along with one seat through a special election. The elected class-1 Senators would serve for a term of six years beginning January 3, 2019, to January 3, 2025. Minnesota is the state having Special election for Senator seat in 2018, since Democratic Senator Al Franken resigned and Lt. Governor Tina Smith (D) was appointed as Interim Senator by the Governor.<\/p>\n

The states holding the Senate elections are:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
State<\/th>\nIncumbent<\/th>\nParty<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Arizona<\/td>\n\u00a0Jeff Flake<\/td>\n\u00a0Republican<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Connecticut<\/td>\n\u00a0Chris Murphy<\/td>\n\u00a0Democratic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
California<\/td>\n\u00a0Dianne Feinstein<\/td>\n\u00a0Democratic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Delaware<\/td>\n\u00a0Tom Carper<\/td>\n\u00a0Democratic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Florida<\/td>\n\u00a0Bill Nelson<\/td>\n\u00a0Democratic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hawaii<\/td>\n\u00a0Mazie\u00a0Hirono<\/td>\n\u00a0Democratic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Indiana<\/td>\n\u00a0Joe Donnelly<\/td>\n\u00a0Democratic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maine<\/td>\n\u00a0Angus King<\/td>\n\u00a0Independent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maryland<\/td>\n\u00a0Ben Cardin<\/td>\n\u00a0Democratic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Massachusetts<\/td>\n\u00a0Elizabeth Warren<\/td>\n\u00a0Democratic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michigan<\/td>\n\u00a0Debbie Stabenow<\/td>\n\u00a0Democratic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Minnesota<\/td>\n\u00a0Amy Klobuchar<\/td>\n\u00a0Democratic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mississippi<\/td>\n\u00a0Roger Wicker<\/td>\n\u00a0Republican<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Montana<\/td>\n\u00a0Jon Tester<\/td>\n\u00a0Democratic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Missouri<\/td>\n\u00a0Claire McCaskill<\/td>\n\u00a0Democratic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nebraska<\/td>\n\u00a0Deb Fischer<\/td>\n\u00a0Republican<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nevada<\/td>\n\u00a0Dean Heller<\/td>\n\u00a0Republican<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
New Mexico<\/td>\n\u00a0Martin Heinrich<\/td>\n\u00a0Democratic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
New Jersey<\/td>\n\u00a0Bob Menendez<\/td>\n\u00a0Democratic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
New York<\/td>\n\u00a0Kirsten Gillibrand<\/td>\n\u00a0Democratic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
North Dakota<\/td>\n\u00a0Heidi Heitkamp<\/td>\n\u00a0Democratic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ohio<\/td>\n\u00a0Sherrod Brown<\/td>\n\u00a0Democratic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rhode Island<\/td>\n\u00a0Sheldon Whitehouse<\/td>\n\u00a0Democratic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pennsylvania<\/td>\n\u00a0Bob Casey Jr.<\/td>\n\u00a0Democratic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Texas<\/td>\n\u00a0Ted Cruz<\/td>\n\u00a0Republican<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tennessee<\/td>\n\u00a0Bob Corker<\/td>\n\u00a0Republican<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Utah<\/td>\n\u00a0Orin Hatch<\/td>\n\u00a0Republican<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vermont<\/td>\n\u00a0Bernie Sanders<\/td>\n\u00a0Independent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Virginia<\/td>\n\u00a0Tim Kaine<\/td>\n\u00a0Democratic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Washington<\/td>\n\u00a0Maria Cantwell<\/td>\n\u00a0Democratic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wyoming<\/td>\n\u00a0John\u00a0Barrasso<\/td>\n\u00a0Republican<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wisconsin<\/td>\n\u00a0Tammy Baldwin<\/td>\n\u00a0Democratic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
West Virginia<\/td>\nJoe Manchin<\/td>\n\u00a0Democratic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Why is the Senate election in 2018 so important?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

In the Senate, the Republican Party holds the majority with 51 seats, the Democratic Party 47 seats, and Independents hold two seats and caucus with the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party requires two seats to get back the majority they lost in 2014, and so the Republican Party can be expected to defend their majority aggressively. The November elections will be a close contest.
\nThe elections hold a more significant challenge for the Democratic Party as they will be defending 25 seats, including the two independent seats in their favor. The Republicans have to defend just eight seats.<\/p>\n

The Challenge<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Nine states have a Democratic incumbent but were won by Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

The Democratic Party will have to overcome the Republican challenge in nine states where the incumbent is Democratic, but the state was won by Donald Trump during the 2016 elections. These states are:<\/p>\n