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2020 Congress Elections

Election Date November 3, 2020

U.S. Senate Elections by State

Alabama • Alaska • Arizona (special) • Arkansas • Colorado • Delaware • Georgia • Idaho • Illinois • Iowa • Kansas • Kentucky • Louisiana • Maine • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi • Montana • Nebraska • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico • North Carolina • Oklahoma • Oregon • Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas • Virginia • West Virginia • Wyoming

U.S. House Elections by State

Alabama • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • California • Colorado • Connecticut • Delaware • Florida • Georgia • Hawaii • Idaho • Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Kansas • Kentucky • Louisiana • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi • Missouri • Montana • Nebraska • Nevada • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico • New York • North Carolina • North Dakota • Ohio • Oklahoma • Oregon • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas • Utah • Vermont • Virginia • Washington • West Virginia • Wisconsin • Wyoming

A total of 470 seats in the U.S. Congress (35 Senate seats and all 435 House seats) were up for election on November 3, 2020, including two special elections for U.S. Senate.

Elections covered on this page may have been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. To read more about those elections and changes to them, click here.

On this page, you will find:

• The current and historical partisan balance of the U.S. House and U.S. Senate
• A map of seats up for election in the U.S. Senate
• A breakdown of the partisan affiliations of 2020 candidates
• Information on 2020's battleground races in both chambers
• A list of special elections for the 116th Congress
• Information on districts and states held by a party opposite the winning 2016 presidential candidate
• A list of incumbents not seeking re-election in 2020
• A list of the top congressional fundraisers in 2020
• An overview of political party fundraising in 2020
• A list of important dates and deadlines for the 2020 election cycle
• Congress' approval rating

Election results

U.S. Senate

Democrats gained a net three Senate seats in the 2020 general elections, winning control of the chamber. Republicans held 50 seats following the election, while Democrats had 48 seats and independents who caucus with Democrats held the remaining two. Vice President Kamala Harris (D) had the tiebreaking vote.

U.S. Senate Partisan Breakdown
Party		As of January 3, 2019	After the 2020 Election
	Democratic Party	45	48
	Republican Party	53	50
	Independent	2	2
	Vacancies	0	0
Total		100	100

U.S. House

Following the 2020 general elections, the Democratic Party held the majority in the U.S. House. Democrats gained control of the chamber in the 2018 elections.

The Republican Party would have needed to pick up 21 seats in November 2020 to win the chamber. They gained a net total of 12 seats.

U.S. House Partisan Breakdown
Party		As of November 3, 2020	After the 2020 Election
	Democratic Party	232	222
	Republican Party	197	213
	Libertarian Party	1	0
	Vacancies	5	0
Total		435	435

Historical party control

The charts below show historical partisan breakdown information for each chamber.

Seats flipped

Republicans gained 16 seats in the 2020 elections for the U.S. Congress, including 14 House seats from Democrats, one House seat from a Libertarian, and one Senate seat from a Democrat.

Democrats gained seven seats, all from Republicans—four in the Senate and three in the House.

U.S. Senate

2020 Senate election flipped seats
State	2008 margin of victory	2014 margin of victory	Pre-election incumbent	Open seat?	2020 Winner
Alabama	Republicans+26.9	Republicans+94.6	Doug Jones	No	Tommy Tuberville
Arizona (special)	Republicans+24.2	Republicans+13.0	Martha McSally	No	Mark Kelly
Colorado	Democrats+10.3	Republicans+1.9	Cory Gardner	No	John Hickenlooper
Georgia	Republicans+3.0	Republicans+7.7	David Perdue	No	Jon Ossoff
Georgia (special)	Republicans+19.3	Republicans+13.8	Kelly Loeffler	No	Raphael Warnock

U.S. House

Updated March 11, 2021

The table below shows which U.S. House districts flipped partisan control as a result of the 2020 elections.

2020 House election flipped districts
District	2016 margin of victory	2018 margin of victory	Pre-election incumbent	Open seat?	2020 Winner
California's 21st Congressional District	Republicans+13.4	Democrats+0.8	TJ Cox		David G. Valadao
California's 39th Congressional District	Republicans+14.4	Democrats+3.2	Gil Cisneros		Young Kim
California's 48th Congressional District	Republicans+16.6	Democrats+7.2	Harley Rouda		Michelle Steel
Florida's 26th Congressional District	Republicans+11.8	Democrats+1.8	Debbie Mucarsel-Powell		Carlos Gimenez
Florida's 27th Congressional District	Republicans+9.8	Democrats+6.0	Donna Shalala		Maria Elvira Salazar
Georgia's 7th Congressional District	Republicans+20.8	Republicans+0.2	Rob Woodall	✔	Carolyn Bourdeaux
Iowa's 1st Congressional District	Republicans+7.6	Democrats+3.6	Abby Finkenauer		Ashley Hinson
Iowa's 2nd Congressional District	Democrats+7.5	Democrats+12.2	Dave Loebsack	✔	Mariannette Miller-Meeks
Michigan's 3rd Congressional District	Republicans+22.0	Republicans+11.2	Justin Amash	✔	Peter Meijer
Minnesota's 7th Congressional District	Democrats+5.1	Democrats+4.3	Collin Peterson		Michelle Fischbach
New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District	Republicans+25.5	Democrats+1.8	Xochitl Torres Small		Yvette Herrell
New York's 11th Congressional District	Republicans+24.9	Democrats+6.4	Max Rose		Nicole Malliotakis
New York's 22nd Congressional District	Republicans+5.4	Democrats+1.8	Anthony Brindisi		Claudia Tenney
North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District	Republicans+13.4	Republicans+5.5	George Holding	✔	Deborah Ross
North Carolina's 6th Congressional District	Republicans+18.4	Republicans+13.0	Mark Walker	✔	Kathy Manning
Oklahoma's 5th Congressional District	Republicans+20.3	Democrats+1.4	Kendra Horn		Stephanie Bice
South Carolina's 1st Congressional District	Republicans+21.8	Democrats+1.4	Joe Cunningham		Nancy Mace
Utah's 4th Congressional District	Republicans+12.5	Democrats+0.2	Ben McAdams		Burgess Owens

The map below shows flipped districts.

Incumbents defeated

Twenty-six incumbent members of Congress were defeated in the 2020 elections. This figure includes four Republican senators, one Democratic senator, and 13 Democratic House members who were defeated in general elections as well as five Republican and three Democratic House members who were defeated in primaries or conventions.

U.S. Senate members defeated in the general election

The following table lists incumbents defeated in the 2020 general election for U.S. Senate.

U.S. Senate incumbents defeated in the 2020 general election
State	Incumbent	Election winner
Alabama	Doug Jones	Tommy Tuberville
Arizona	Martha McSally	Mark Kelly
Colorado	Cory Gardner	John Hickenlooper
Georgia	David Perdue	Jon Ossoff
Georgia	Kelly Loeffler	Raphael Warnock

U.S. House members defeated in the general election

The following table lists incumbents defeated in the 2020 general election for U.S. House.

U.S. House incumbents defeated in the 2020 general election
District	Incumbent	Election winner
California's 21st	TJ Cox	David G. Valadao
California's 39th	Gil Cisneros	Young Kim
California's 48th	Harley Rouda	Michelle Steel
Florida's 26th	Debbie Mucarsel-Powell	Carlos Gimenez
Florida's 27th	Donna Shalala	Maria Elvira Salazar
Iowa's 1st	Abby Finkenauer	Ashley Hinson
Minnesota's 7th	Collin Peterson	Michelle Fischbach
New Mexico's 2nd	Xochitl Torres Small	Yvette Herrell
New York's 11th	Max Rose	Nicole Malliotakis
New York's 22nd	Anthony Brindisi	Claudia Tenney
Oklahoma's 5th	Kendra Horn	Stephanie Bice
South Carolina's 1st	Joe Cunningham	Nancy Mace
Utah's 4th	Ben McAdams	Burgess Owens

U.S. House members defeated in primaries or conventions

The following table lists incumbents defeated in 2020 House primary elections or conventions.

Incumbents defeated in primaries
District	Incumbent	Primary election/convention winner
Illinois' 3rd	Daniel Lipinski	Marie Newman
Iowa's 4th	Steve King	Randy Feenstra
Virginia's 5th	Denver Riggleman	Bob Good
New York's 16th	Eliot Engel	Jamaal Bowman
Colorado's 3rd	Scott Tipton	Lauren Boebert
Kansas' 2nd	Steve Watkins	Jacob LaTurner
Missouri's 1st	William Lacy Clay	Cori Bush
Florida's 15th	Ross Spano	Scott Franklin

U.S. Senate

See also: United States Senate elections, 2020

There were 12 Democratic seats and 23 Republican seats up for election in 2020. In 2014, the Republican Party picked up nine seats, resulting in their having more seats to defend in 2020. The map below shows what seats were up for election and the incumbent heading into the election in each race.

U.S. House

See also: United States House of Representatives elections, 2020

All 435 U.S. House seats were up for election.

Candidate breakdown

The following shows a breakdown of candidates who had filed for 2020 U.S. House and Senate elections by party as of August 17, 2020.

Annual Congressional Competitiveness Report, 2020

See also: Annual Congressional Competitiveness Report, 2020

Ballotpedia's Annual Congressional Competitiveness report for 2020 includes information on the number of elections featuring candidates from both major parties, the number of open seats, and more.

HIGHLIGHTS

More U.S. House races were contested by members of both major parties than in any general election since at least 1920, with 95.4% of races (415 of 435) featuring major party competition.

Of the U.S. Representatives and U.S. Senators who were eligible to run for re-election in 2018, 55 of them (11.8%) did not appear on the general election ballot in 2020.

In the 53 open seats where an incumbent either did not seek re-election or was defeated in a primary, there were 13 races where the incumbent's district overlapped at least one pivot county (a county that voted for President Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012, before switching to support President Donald Trump (R) in 2016).

In 20 races, only one major party candidate appeared on the general election ballot, the lowest number compared to the preceding decade.

Click here to view the full report.

Incumbents who didn't seek re-election in 2020

See also: List of U.S. Congress incumbents who did not run for re-election in 2020

Four U.S. senators and 36 U.S. representatives did not run for re-election.

U.S. Senate

• 1 Democrat
• 3 Republicans

Retiring from public office, 2020
Name	Party	State	Date announced	2020 winner's party
Lamar Alexander	Republican	Tennessee	December 17, 2018	Republican
Mike Enzi	Republican	Wyoming	May 4, 2019	Republican
Pat Roberts	Republican	Kansas	January 4, 2019	Republican
Tom Udall	Democratic	New Mexico	March 25, 2019	Democratic

U.S. House

Thirty-six representatives did not seek re-election to their U.S. House seats (not including those who left office early):

• 9 Democratic members of the U.S. House
• 26 Republican members of the U.S. House
• 1 Libertarian member of the U.S. House

The chart below shows the number of announced retirements by party over time beginning in January 2019.

Incumbents who retired from public office

• 5 Democratic members of the U.S. House
• 20 Republican members of the U.S. House
• 1 Libertarian member of the U.S. House

Retiring from public office, 2020
Name	Party	Seat	Date announced	2020 winner's party	Party change?
Rob Woodall	Republican	Georgia's 7th	February 7, 2019	Democratic	Yes
Jose Serrano	Democratic	New York's 15th	March 25, 2019	Democratic	No
Dave Loebsack	Democratic	Iowa's 2nd	April 12, 2019	Republican	Yes
Susan Brooks	Republican	Indiana's 5th	June 14, 2019	Republican	No
Paul Mitchell	Republican	Michigan's 10th	July 24, 2019	Republican	No
Pete Olson	Republican	Texas' 22nd	July 25, 2019	Republican	No
Martha Roby	Republican	Alabama's 2nd	July 26, 2019	Republican	No
Mike Conaway	Republican	Texas' 11th	July 30, 2019	Republican	No
Will Hurd	Republican	Texas' 23rd	August 1, 2019	Republican	No
Kenny Marchant	Republican	Texas' 24th	August 5, 2019	Republican	No
John Shimkus	Republican	Illinois' 15th	August 30, 2019	Republican	No
Bill Flores	Republican	Texas' 17th	September 4, 2019	Republican	No
Susan Davis	Democratic	California's 53rd	September 4, 2019	Democratic	No
Jim Sensenbrenner	Republican	Wisconsin's 5th	September 4, 2019	Republican	No
Mac Thornberry	Republican	Texas' 13th	September 30, 2019	Republican	No
Nita Lowey	Democratic	New York's 17th	October 10, 2019	Democratic	No
Francis Rooney	Republican	Florida's 19th	October 19, 2019	Republican	No
Greg Walden	Republican	Oregon's 2nd	October 28, 2019	Republican	No
Peter Visclosky	Democratic	Indiana's 1st	November 6, 2019	Democratic	No
Peter King	Republican	New York's 2nd	November 11, 2019	Republican	No
George Holding	Republican	North Carolina's 2nd	December 6, 2019	Democratic	Yes
Ted Yoho	Republican	Florida's 3rd	December 10, 2019	Republican	No
Mark Walker	Republican	North Carolina's 6th	December 16, 2019	Democratic	Yes
Phil Roe	Republican	Tennessee's 1st	January 3, 2020	Republican	No
Ralph Abraham	Republican	Louisiana's 5th	February 26, 2020	Republican	No
Justin Amash	Libertarian	Michigan's 3rd	July 16, 2020	Republican	Yes

Incumbents who sought other offices

U.S. House members who ran for President

• 1 Democratic member of the U.S. House

Running for president, 2020
Name	Party	Seat	Date announced	2020 winner's party	Party change?
Tulsi Gabbard	Democratic	Hawaii's 2nd	October 25, 2019	Democratic	No

U.S. House members who sought a seat in the U.S. Senate

• 2 Democratic members of the U.S. House
• 3 Republican members of the U.S. House

Running for Senate, 2020
Name	Party	Seat	Date announced	2020 winner's party	Party change?
Bradley Byrne	Republican	Alabama's 1st	February 20, 2019	Republican	No
Ben Ray Lujan	Democratic	New Mexico's 3rd	April 1, 2019	Democratic	No
Roger Marshall	Republican	Kansas' 1st	September 7, 2019	Republican	No
Joseph Kennedy III	Democratic	Massachusetts' 4th	September 21, 2019	Democratic	No
Doug Collins	Republican	Georgia's 9th	January 29, 2020	Republican	No

U.S. House members who ran for governor

• 1 Republican member of the U.S. House

Running for governor, 2020
Name	Party	Seat	Date announced	2020 winner's party	Party change?
Greg Gianforte	Republican	Montana At-Large	June 6, 2019	Republican	No

U.S. House members who ran for another office

• 2 Republican members of the U.S. House
• 1 Democratic member of the U.S. House

Running for another office, 2020
Name	Party	Seat	Date announced	2020 winner's party	Party change?
Paul Cook	Republican	California's 8th	September 17, 2019	Republican	No
Denny Heck	Democratic	Washington's 10th	April 9, 2020	Democratic	No
Rob Bishop	Republican	Utah's 1st	January 16, 2020	Republican	No

Historical comparison

The following table includes figures on Democratic and Republican members of Congress who either left office during their term or announced that they would not seek re-election for each election year since 2012.

Outgoing members of Congress, 2012-2018
Year	Chamber	Democrats not seeking re-election	Republicans not seeking re-election	Total not seeking re-election	Democrats leaving office early	Republicans leaving office early	Total leaving office early
2018
	U.S. Senate	0	3	3	1	2	3
	U.S. House	18	34	52	3	14	17
	Total	18	37	55	4	16	20
2016
	U.S. Senate	3	2	5	0	0	0
	U.S. House	16	24	40	2	5	7
	Total	19	26	45	2	5	7
2014
	U.S. Senate	5	2	7	3	2	5
	U.S. House	16	25	41	3	6	9
	Total	21	27	48	6	8	14
2012
	U.S. Senate	6	3	10	0	0	0
	U.S. House	23	20	43	4	1	5
	Total	29	23	53	4	1	5

Battlegrounds

U.S. Senate

See also: U.S. Senate battlegrounds, 2020

Ballotpedia identified 16 races as general election battlegrounds. Of the 16 seats, four had Democratic incumbents and 12 had Republican incumbents heading into the election.

These battleground seats were selected by examining the results of the 2016 presidential election in the state, whether the incumbent was seeking re-election, and whether the incumbent was serving his or her first term in the Senate. Race ratings from the Cook Political Report, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and Inside Elections with Nathan Gonzales were also considered. For more information on our methodology, click here.

The following map displays the 2020 Senate battlegrounds shaded by the incumbent's or most recent incumbent's political affiliation. Hover over a state for more information.

Battleground U.S. Senate elections, 2020
State	Incumbent	Open seat?	2014 margin	2016 presidential margin	2020 election result
Alabama	Doug Jones	No	R+94.5	R+27.7	R+20.4
Arizona (special)	Martha McSally	No	R+13.0	R+3.5	D+2.4
Colorado	Cory Gardner	No	R+1.9	D+4.9	D+9.3
Georgia	David Perdue	No	R+7.7	R+5.2	D+1.2
Georgia (special)	Kelly Loeffler	No	R+13.8	R+5.2	D+2.0
Iowa	Joni Ernst	No	R+8.3	R+9.4	R+6.5
Kansas	Pat Roberts	Yes	R+10.6	R+20.6	R+11.4
Kentucky	Mitch McConnell	No	R+15.5	R+29.8	R+19.6
Maine	Susan Collins	No	R+36.2	D+3.0	R+8.6
Michigan	Gary Peters	No	D+13.3	R+0.2	D+1.7
Minnesota	Tina Smith	No	D+10.2	D+1.5	D+5.2
Montana	Steve Daines	No	R+17.7	R+20.5	R+10.0
New Hampshire	Jeanne Shaheen	No	D+3.2	D+0.4	D+15.6
North Carolina	Thom Tillis	No	R+1.6	R+3.7	R+1.8
South Carolina	Lindsey Graham	No	R+17.7	R+14.2	R+10.2
Texas	John Cornyn	No	R+27.2	R+9.0	R+9.6

U.S. House

See also: U.S. House battlegrounds, 2020

Democrats lost seats but maintained their majority, winning 222 seats to Republicans' 213.

Ballotpedia identified 41 of the 435 House races (9.4%) as battlegrounds. Of the 41 seats, 20 had Democratic incumbents, 20 had Republican incumbents, and one had a Libertarian incumbent. For more information on our methodology for identifying battlegrounds, click here.

The following map displays the 2020 House battlegrounds shaded by the incumbent's or most recent incumbent's political affiliation. Hover over a state for more information.

Battleground U.S. House elections, 2020
District	Incumbent	Open seat?	2018 margin
Arizona's 6th	David Schweikert	No	R+10.4
Arkansas' 2nd	French Hill	No	R+6.3
California's 21st	TJ Cox	No	D+0.8
California's 25th	Mike Garcia	No	D+8.7
Florida's 26th	Debbie Mucarsel-Powell	No	D+1.8
Georgia's 6th	Lucy McBath	No	D+1.0
Georgia's 7th	Rob Woodall	Yes	R+0.2
Illinois' 13th	Rodney Davis	No	R+0.8
Indiana's 5th	Susan Brooks	Yes	R+13.5
Iowa's 1st	Abby Finkenauer	No	D+5.1
Iowa's 2nd	Dave Loebsack	Yes	D+12.2
Iowa's 3rd	Cindy Axne	No	D+2.2
Maine's 2nd	Jared Golden	No	D+1.3
Michigan's 3rd	Justin Amash	Yes	R+11.2
Michigan's 6th	Fred Upton	No	R+4.6
Michigan's 8th	Elissa Slotkin	No	D+3.8
Minnesota's 1st	Jim Hagedorn	No	R+0.5
Minnesota's 7th	Collin Peterson	No	D+4.3
Missouri's 2nd	Ann Wagner	No	R+4.0
Nebraska's 2nd	Don Bacon	No	R+2.0
New Jersey's 2nd	Jeff Van Drew	No	D+7.7
New Jersey's 3rd	Andrew Kim	No	D+1.3
New Jersey's 7th	Tom Malinowski	No	D+5.0
New Mexico's 2nd	Xochitl Torres Small	No	D+1.9
New York's 2nd	Peter King	Yes	R+6.2
New York's 11th	Max Rose	No	D+6.5
New York's 22nd	Anthony Brindisi	No	D+1.8
Ohio's 1st	Steve Chabot	No	R+4.4
Oklahoma's 5th	Kendra Horn	No	D+1.4
Pennsylvania's 10th	Scott Perry	No	R+2.6
Pennsylvania's 17th	Conor Lamb	No	D+12.5
South Carolina's 1st	Joe Cunningham	No	D+1.4
Texas' 21st	Chip Roy	No	R+2.6
Texas' 22nd	Pete Olson	Yes	R+4.9
Texas' 23rd	Will Hurd	Yes	R+0.4
Texas' 24th	Kenny Marchant	Yes	R+3.1
Texas' 25th	Roger Williams	No	R+8.7
Utah's 4th	Ben McAdams	No	D+0.3
Virginia's 2nd	Elaine Luria	No	D+2.2
Virginia's 5th	Denver Riggleman	Yes	R+6.6
Virginia's 7th	Abigail Spanberger	No	D+1.9

Fundraising by candidate

The following tables show the top U.S. Senate and U.S. House fundraisers of the 2020 election cycle based on FEC filings between June 30 and July 15, 2020.

Fundraising by party

See also: Party committee fundraising, 2019-2020

The Democratic and Republican national party committees and campaign party committees reported the following monthly fundraising amounts during the 2019-2020 election cycle, according to the Federal Election Commission. The six party committees are:

• Democratic National Committee (DNC)
• Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC)
• Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC)

• Republican National Committee (RNC)
• National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC)
• National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC)

Special elections

See also: Special elections to the 116th United States Congress (2019-2020)

This section tracked special elections to the 116th Congress in 2019-2020.

House

Results of special elections to the 116th Congress (House)
Race	Election date	Incumbent	Winner	Election MOV	Previous election MOV	2016 Presidential election MOV
Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District	May 21, 2019	Tom Marino	Fred Keller	R+36	R+32	R+37
North Carolina's 3rd Congressional District	September 10, 2019	Walter Jones	Greg Murphy	R+24	R+100	R+24
North Carolina's 9th Congressional District	September 10, 2019	Robert Pittenger	Dan Bishop	R+2	R+16	R+11
Maryland's 7th Congressional District	April 28, 2020	Elijah Cummings	Kweisi Mfume	D+49	D+55	D+55
California's 25th Congressional District	May 12, 2020	Katie Hill	Mike Garcia	R+12	D+9	D+7
Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District	May 12, 2020	Sean Duffy	Tom Tiffany	R+14	R+21	R+20
New York's 27th Congressional District	June 23, 2020	Chris Collins	Christopher Jacobs	R+5	R+0.3	R+25
Georgia's 5th Congressional District	December 1, 2020	John Lewis	Kwanza Hall	D+8	D+100	D+73

Senate

Results of special elections to the 116th Congress (Senate)
Race	Election date	Incumbent	Winner	Election MOV	Previous election MOV	2016 Presidential election MOV
U.S. Senate in Arizona	November 3, 2020	Martha McSally	Mark Kelly	D+3	D+2	R+4
U.S. Senate in Georgia	January 5, 2021 (runoff)	Kelly Loeffler	Raphael Warnock	D+2.1	R+14	R+5

Historical special election data

Special elections, 2013-2022

From 2013 to 2022, 67 special elections to the United States Congress were called during the 113th through 117th Congresses. During that time, special elections were called for 23 seats vacated by Democrats and 44 vacated by Republicans.

The table below details how many congressional seats changed parties as the result of a special election between 2013 and 2022. The numbers on the left side of the table reflect how many vacant seats were originally held by each party, while the numbers on the right side of the table show how many vacant seats each party won in special elections.

Congressional special election vacancies and results, 113th Congress to 117th Congress
Congress	Total elections held	Vacancies before elections		Seats held after elections		Net change
		Democrats	Republicans	Democrats	Republicans
117th Congress	17	7	10	7	10	No change
116th Congress	10	3	7	4	6	+1D, -1R
115th Congress	17	4	13	8	9	+4 D, -4 R
114th Congress	7	2	5	2	5	No change
113th Congress	16	7	9	7	9	No change
Averages	13	4	8	5	7	N/A

U.S. Senate special election partisan change from special elections, 113th Congress to 117th Congress
Party	As of special election	After special election
Democrats	5	8
Republicans	7	4
Total	12	12

U.S. House special election partisan change from special elections, 113th Congress to 117th Congress
Party	As of special election	After special election
Democrats	18	20
Republicans	37	35
Total	55	55

To see a list of all the Congressional special elections referenced in the table above, click [show] at the right.

Results of special elections to the 113th through 117th Congress Race Election date Incumbent Winner Election MOV Previous election MOV Illinois' 2nd Congressional District April 9, 2013 Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. Robin Kelly D+49 D+40 South Carolina's 1st Congressional District May 7, 2013 Tim Scott Mark Sanford R+9 R+26 Missouri's 8th Congressional District June 4, 2013 Jo Ann Emerson Jason Smith R+40 R+47 U.S. Senate in Massachusetts June 25, 2013 John Kerry Ed Markey D+10 D+34 U.S. Senate in New Jersey October 16, 2013 Frank Lautenberg Cory Booker D+11 D+14 Louisiana's 5th Congressional District November 16, 2013 Rodney Alexander Vance McAllister R+19 R+63 Massachusetts' 5th Congressional District December 10, 2013 Ed Markey Katherine Clark D+34 D+23 Alabama's 1st Congressional District December 17, 2013 Jo Bonner Bradley Byrne R+41 R+98 Florida's 13th Congressional District March 11, 2014 C. W. Bill Young David Jolly R+2 R+15 Florida's 19th Congressional District June 24, 2014 Trey Radel Curt Clawson R+38 R+26 U.S. Senate in Hawaii November 4, 2014 Daniel Inouye Brian Schatz D+40 D+25 U.S. Senate in South Carolina November 4, 2014 Jim DeMint Tim Scott R+24 R+34 North Carolina's 12th Congressional District November 4, 2014 Melvin Watt Alma Adams D+51 D+59 U.S. Senate in Oklahoma November 4, 2014 Tom Coburn James Lankford R+39 R+45 Virginia's 7th Congressional District November 4, 2014 Eric Cantor David Brat R+24 R+17 New Jersey's 1st Congressional District November 4, 2014 Rob Andrews Donald Norcross D+18 D+38 New York's 11th Congressional District May 5, 2015 Michael Grimm Daniel Donovan R+19 R+12 Mississippi's 1st Congressional District May 12, 2015 Alan Nunnelee Trent Kelly R+40 R+39 Illinois' 18th Congressional District September 10, 2015 Aaron Schock Darin LaHood R+38 R+49 Ohio's 8th Congressional District June 7, 2016 John Boehner Warren Davidson R+56 R+40 Pennsylvania's 2nd Congressional District November 8, 2016 Chaka Fattah Dwight Evans D+81 D+75 Hawaii's 1st Congressional District November 8, 2016 Mark Takai Colleen Hanabusa D+43 D+4 Kentucky's 1st Congressional District November 8, 2016 Ed Whitfield James Comer Jr. R+44 R+46 Kansas' 4th Congressional District April 11, 2017 Mike Pompeo Ron Estes R+6 R+31 Montana's At-Large Congressional District May 25, 2017 Ryan Zinke Greg Gianforte R+6 R+15 California's 34th Congressional District June 6, 2017 Xavier Becerra Jimmy Gomez D+18 D+54 Georgia's 6th Congressional District June 20, 2017 Tom Price Karen Handel R+4 R+24 South Carolina's 5th Congressional District June 20, 2017 Mick Mulvaney Ralph Norman R+3 R+20 Utah's 3rd Congressional District November 7, 2017 Jason Chaffetz John Curtis R+32 R+47 U.S. Senate in Alabama December 12, 2017 Jeff Sessions Doug Jones D+2 R+28 Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District March 13, 2018 Tim Murphy Conor Lamb D+0 R+100 Arizona's 8th Congressional District April 24, 2018 Trent Franks Debbie Lesko R+6 R+38 Texas' 27th Congressional District June 30, 2018 Blake Farenthold Michael Cloud R+23 R+24 Ohio's 12th Congressional District August 7, 2018 Patrick Tiberi Troy Balderson R+1 R+40 Michigan's 13th Congressional District November 6, 2018 John Conyers Jr. Brenda Jones D+78 D+61 U.S. Senate in Minnesota November 6, 2018 Al Franken Tina Smith D+11 D+10 U.S. Senate in Mississippi November 6, 2018 Thad Cochran Cindy Hyde-Smith R+8 R+22 New York's 25th Congressional District November 6, 2018 Louise Slaughter Joseph Morelle D+16 D+12 Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District November 6, 2018 Patrick Meehan Mary Gay Scanlon D+6 R+19 Pennsylvania's 15th Congressional District November 6, 2018 Charlie Dent Susan Wild D+0 R+20 Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District May 21, 2019 Tom Marino Fred Keller R+36 R+32 North Carolina's 3rd Congressional District September 10, 2019 Walter Jones Greg Murphy R+24 R+100 North Carolina's 9th Congressional District September 10, 2019 None Dan Bishop R+2 N/A Maryland's 7th Congressional District April 28, 2020 Elijah Cummings Kweisi Mfume D+49 D+55 California's 25th Congressional District May 12, 2020 Katie Hill Mike Garcia R+10 D+9 Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District May 12, 2020 Sean Duffy Tom Tiffany R+14 R+22 New York's 27th Congressional District June 23, 2020 Chris Collins Christopher Jacobs R+5 R+0 U.S. Senate in Arizona November 3, 2020 John McCain Mark Kelly D+2 R+13 Georgia's 5th Congressional District December 1, 2020 John Lewis Kwanza Hall D+8 D+100 U.S. Senate in Georgia January 5, 2021 Kelly Loeffler Raphael Warnock D+2 R+14 Louisiana's 5th Congressional District March 21, 2021 Ralph Abraham Julia Letlow R+38 R+24 Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District April 24, 2021 Cedric Richmond Troy Carter D+10 D+49 New Mexico's 1st Congressional District June 1, 2021 Debra Haaland Melanie Ann Stansbury D+30 D+16 Texas' 6th Congressional District July 27, 2021 Ronald Wright Jake Ellzey R+6 R+9 Ohio's 11th Congressional District November 2, 2021 Marcia Fudge Shontel Brown D+58 D+60 Ohio's 15th Congressional District November 2, 2021 Steve Stivers Mike Carey R+17 R+27 Florida's 20th Congressional District January 11, 2022 Alcee Hastings Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick D+60 D+57 California's 22nd Congressional District June 7, 2022 Devin Nunes Connie Conway R+24 R+8 Texas' 34th Congressional District June 14, 2022 Filemon Vela Mayra Flores R+8 D+14 Nebraska's 1st Congressional District June 28, 2022 Jeffrey Fortenberry Mike Flood R+6 R+22 Minnesota's 1st Congressional District August 9, 2022 Jim Hagedorn Brad Finstad R+4 R+3 Alaska's At-Large Congressional District August 16, 2022 Don Young Mary Peltola D+3 R+9 New York's 19th Congressional District August 23, 2022 Antonio Delgado Pat Ryan D+2 D+12 New York's 23rd Congressional District August 23, 2022 Tom Reed Joe Sempolinski R+7 R+17 U.S. Senate in Oklahoma November 8, 2022 Jim Inhofe Markwayne Mullin R+26.6 R+30 U.S. Senate in California November 8, 2022 Kamala Harris Alex Padilla D+17.6 D+23.2 Indiana's 2nd Congressional District November 8, 2022 Jackie Walorski Rudy Yakym R+29.9 R+23

Special elections, 1986-2012

The table below presents the results of special elections to Congress from 1986 to 2012. Contact Ballotpedia at editor@ballotpedia.org for access to earlier data.

Results of special elections to Congress (1986-2012)
Election cycle	Total special elections	U.S. House elections	Seats changing partisan control	U.S. Senate elections	Seats changing partisan control
2011-2012	11	11	None	None	None
2009-2010	15	10	3 (2 Democratic gains; 1 Republican gain)	5	2 (all Republican gains)
2007-2008	14	12	3 (2 Republican gains; 1 Democratic gain)	2	None
2005-2006	12	12	3 (all Democratic gains)	None	None
2003-2004	6	6	None	None	None
2001-2002	6	5	2 (all Democratic gains)	1	1 (Republican gain)
1999-2000	9	8	1 (Republican gain)	1	1 (Democratic gain)
1997-1998	3	3	None	None	None
1995-1996	11	9	1 (Republican gain)	2	1 (Democratic gain)
1993-1994	9	6	1 (Republican gain)	3	3 (all Republican gains)
1991-1992	10	7	2 (all Republican gains)	3	1 (Democratic gain)
1989-1990	10	8	1 (Democratic gain)	2	None
1987-1988	12	12	3 (2 Democratic gains; 1 Republican gain)	None	None
1985-1986	8	8	1 (Republican gain)	None	None
Total	136	117	21 (11 Democratic gains; 10 Republican gains)	19	9 (6 Republican gains; 3 Democratic gains)

Presidential data

U.S. Senate

• Democrats were defending 2 seats in states won by Donald Trump (R) in the 2016 presidential election: Alabama (held by Doug Jones) and Michigan (held by Gary Peters). Trump won Alabama by 28 points and Michigan by less than 1 percentage point.

• Republicans were defending 2 seats in states won by Hillary Clinton (D) in the 2016 presidential election: Colorado (held by Cory Gardner) and Maine (held by Susan Collins). Clinton won Colorado by 5 points and Maine by 3 points.

U.S. House

The following statistics were compiled using the Daily Kos' presidential results by congressional district data. These trends can be used as an indicator of expected competitive districts in the 2020 elections.

Democrats won House seats in 2018 in 31 districts that Donald Trump (R) carried in 2016.

U.S. House districts won by Democrat in 2018 and Donald Trump in 2016
District	2018 winner	2018 margin	2016 presidential margin	2012 presidential margin
Arizona's 1st	Tom O'Halleran	D+7.7	Trump+1.1	Romney+2.5
Georgia's 6th	Lucy McBath	D+1.0	Trump+1.5	Romney+23.3
Illinois' 14th	Lauren Underwood	D+5.0	Trump+3.9	Romney+10
Illinois' 17th	Cheri Bustos	D+24.2	Trump+0.7	Obama+17
Iowa's 1st	Abby Finkenauer	D+5.1	Trump+3.5	Obama+13.7
Iowa's 2nd	Dave Loebsack	D+12.2	Trump+4.1	Obama+13.1
Iowa's 3rd	Cindy Axne	D+2.2	Trump+3.5	Obama+4.2
Maine's 2nd	Jared Golden	D+1.3	Trump+10.3	Obama+8.6
Michigan's 8th	Elissa Slotkin	D+3.8	Trump+6.7	Romney+3.1
Michigan's 11th	Haley Stevens	D+6.7	Trump+4.4	Romney+5.4
Minnesota's 2nd	Angie Craig	D+5.5	Trump+1.2	Obama+0.1
Minnesota's 7th	Collin Peterson	D+4.3	Trump+30.8	Romney+9.8
Nevada's 3rd	Susie Lee	D+9.1	Trump+1.0	Obama+0.8
New Hampshire's 1st	Chris Pappas	D+8.6	Trump+1.6	Obama+1.6
New Jersey's 2nd	Jeff Van Drew	D+7.7	Trump+4.6	Obama+8.1
New Jersey's 3rd	Andrew Kim	D+1.3	Trump+6.2	Obama+4.6
New Jersey's 5th	Josh Gottheimer	D+13.7	Trump+1.1	Romney+3.0
New Jersey's 11th	Mikie Sherrill	D+14.6	Trump+0.9	Romney+5.8
New Mexico's 2nd	Xochitl Torres Small	D+1.9	Trump+10.2	Romney+6.8
New York's 11th	Max Rose	D+6.5	Trump+9.8	Obama+4.3
New York's 18th	Sean Maloney	D+10.9	Trump+1.9	Obama+4.3
New York's 19th	Antonio Delgado	D+5.2	Trump+6.8	Obama+6.2
New York's 22nd	Anthony Brindisi	D+1.8	Trump+15.5	Romney+0.4
Oklahoma's 5th	Kendra Horn	D+1.4	Trump+13.4	Romney+18.4
Pennsylvania's 8th	Matt Cartwright	D+9.3	Trump+9.6	Obama+11.9
Pennsylvania's 17th	Conor Lamb	D+12.5	Trump+2.6	Romney+4.5
South Carolina's 1st	Joe Cunningham	D+1.4	Trump+13.1	Romney+18.1
Utah's 4th	Ben McAdams	D+0.3	Trump+6.7	Romney+37.0
Virginia's 2nd	Elaine Luria	D+2.2	Trump+3.4	Romney+2.3
Virginia's 7th	Abigail Spanberger	D+1.9	Trump+6.5	Romney+10.5
Wisconsin's 3rd	Ron Kind	D+19.3	Trump+4.5	Obama+11

The table below displays the presidential election results in each of the 435 Congressional districts in 2020. Click [show] to view the full list.

2020 election results by Congressional district, U.S. House and presidential
District	2020 U.S. House result		2020 presidential result
	Democratic candidate	Republican candidate	Joe Biden	Donald Trump
AK-AL	0	54.4	43.0	53.1
AL-01	35.5	64.4	35.3	63.7
AL-02	34.7	65.2	35.1	63.9
AL-03	32.5	67.5	33.7	65.3
AL-04	17.7	82.2	17.8	81.2
AL-05	0	95.8	35.7	62.7
AL-06	0	97.1	31.8	67.0
AL-07	97.2	0	70.8	28.5
AR-01	0	100	27.9	69.1
AR-02	44.6	55.4	44.3	53.1
AR-03	31.8	64.3	35.2	61.9
AR-04	27.5	69.7	29.6	67.7
AZ-01	51.6	48.4	50.1	48.4
AZ-02	55.1	44.9	54.5	43.9
AZ-03	64.6	35.4	62.8	35.7
AZ-04	30.2	69.7	30.6	68.0
AZ-05	41.1	58.9	41.9	56.5
AZ-06	47.8	52.2	47.3	51.4
AZ-07	76.7	23.3	73.7	24.7
AZ-08	40.4	59.6	41.4	57.3
AZ-09	61.6	38.4	60.8	37.3
CA-01	43	57	41.1	56.4
CA-02	75.7	24.3	73.7	23.9
CA-03	54.7	45.3	54.9	42.7
CA-04	44.1	55.9	44.0	53.7
CA-05	76.1	23.9	72.5	25.3
CA-06	73.3	26.7	70.3	27.2
CA-07	56.6	43.4	55.7	41.9
CA-08	43.9	56.1	43.6	54.1
CA-09	57.6	42.4	57.9	39.9
CA-10	55.2	44.8	50.3	47.4
CA-11	73	27	74.3	23.6
CA-12	77.6	0	86.1	11.9
CA-13	90.4	9.6	88.9	9.0
CA-14	79.3	20.7	77.7	20.5
CA-15	70.9	29.1	71.5	26.4
CA-16	59.4	40.6	58.8	38.9
CA-17	71.3	28.7	72.5	25.6
CA-18	63.2	0	76.4	21.3
CA-19	71.7	28.3	70.0	27.9
CA-20	76.8	23.2	72.7	25.0
CA-21	49.6	50.4	54.4	43.5
CA-22	45.8	54.2	46.2	51.7
CA-23	37.9	62.1	40.5	57.1
CA-24	58.7	41.3	60.7	36.9
CA-25	50	50	54.0	43.9
CA-26	60.6	39.4	61.4	36.5
CA-27	69.8	30.2	67.2	30.8
CA-28	72.7	27.3	70.9	27.2
CA-29	56.6	0	74.1	23.7
CA-30	69.5	30.5	68.7	29.4
CA-31	61.3	38.7	58.8	38.9
CA-32	66.6	33.4	65.2	32.8
CA-33	67.6	32.4	69.0	29.0
CA-34	53	0	80.8	16.9
CA-35	69.3	30.7	65.1	32.6
CA-36	60.3	39.7	55.9	42.3
CA-37	85.9	14.1	84.3	13.8
CA-38	74.3	0	65.6	32.3
CA-39	49.4	50.6	54.1	44.0
CA-40	72.7	27.3	77.1	20.6
CA-41	64	36	61.7	36.1
CA-42	42.9	57.1	45.4	52.7
CA-43	71.7	28.3	76.9	20.9
CA-44	67.8	0	78.4	19.2
CA-45	53.5	46.5	54.6	43.3
CA-46	68.8	31.2	64.3	33.5
CA-47	63.3	36.7	62.5	35.3
CA-48	48.9	51.1	49.7	48.3
CA-49	53.1	46.9	55.2	42.5
CA-50	46	54	45.0	52.7
CA-51	68.3	31.7	66.9	30.9
CA-52	61.6	38.4	63.4	34.2
CA-53	59.5	0	67.0	30.9
CO-01	73.6	23.5	75.6	22.1
CO-02	61.5	35.4	63.7	33.6
CO-03	45.2	51.4	46.1	51.6
CO-04	36.6	60.1	40.8	56.6
CO-05	37.4	57.6	41.8	54.7
CO-06	57.1	40	58.2	39.3
CO-07	59.1	37.6	60.0	37.1
CT-01	63.8	35	63.3	35.3
CT-02	59.4	38.2	54.5	43.5
CT-03	58.7	39.8	59.9	38.8
CT-04	62.2	36.3	64.2	34.5
CT-05	55.1	43.5	54.6	43.9
DE-AL	57.6	40.2	58.8	39.8
FL-01	34	64.6	32.4	65.9
FL-02	0	97.9	32.0	67.0
FL-03	42.9	57.1	42.8	56.0
FL-04	38.9	61.1	38.9	59.9
FL-05	65.1	34.9	62.7	36.2
FL-06	39.4	60.6	40.8	58.3
FL-07	55.3	43.2	54.6	44.2
FL-08	38.6	61.4	40.6	58.3
FL-09	56	44	53.0	46.1
FL-10	63.6	36.4	62.0	37.0
FL-11	33.3	66.7	33.8	65.4
FL-12	37.1	62.9	41.0	57.9
FL-13	53	47	51.5	47.4
FL-14	60.3	39.7	57.2	41.6
FL-15	44.6	55.4	45.2	53.7
FL-16	44.5	55.5	45.5	53.6
FL-17	34.1	64.6	35.9	63.3
FL-18	41.5	56.3	45.5	53.9
FL-19	38.7	61.3	39.6	59.7
FL-20	78.7	21.3	77.3	22.1
FL-21	59	39.1	58.2	41.2
FL-22	58.6	41.4	57.2	42.3
FL-23	58.2	41.8	58.3	41.2
FL-24	75.6	20.4	75.4	24.0
FL-25	0	100	38.2	61.2
FL-26	48.3	51.7	46.9	52.5
FL-27	48.6	51.4	51.3	48.1
GA-01	41.7	58.3	43.1	55.5
GA-02	59.1	40.9	55.7	43.4
GA-03	35	65	36.8	62.0
GA-04	80.1	19.9	78.8	20.2
GA-05	85.1	14.9	86.2	12.7
GA-06	54.6	45.4	54.8	43.7
GA-07	51.4	48.6	52.4	46.1
GA-08	35.5	64.5	37.0	62.0
GA-09	21.4	78.6	22.4	76.4
GA-10	37.7	62.3	39.2	59.6
GA-11	39.6	60.4	41.5	56.9
GA-12	41.6	58.4	43.0	55.8
GA-13	77.4	22.6	75.6	23.4
GA-14	25.3	74.7	25.3	73.4
HI-01	72	28	63.8	34.5
HI-02	63	30.9	63.6	34.1
IA-01	48.6	51.2	47.4	50.8
IA-02	49.9	49.9	47.1	51.1
IA-03	48.9	47.5	49.0	49.2
IA-04	37.8	62	35.7	62.7
ID-01	28.6	67.8	30.1	67.1
ID-02	31.7	64.1	36.6	60.1
IL-01	73.8	26.2	73.9	24.7
IL-02	78.8	21.2	77.5	21.2
IL-03	56.4	43.6	55.5	42.9
IL-04	84.1	15.9	80.7	17.3
IL-05	70.8	26.6	72.1	26.0
IL-06	52.8	45.4	55.3	42.6
IL-07	80.4	13.3	86.3	12.1
IL-08	73.2	0	59.2	39.0
IL-09	71	29	71.0	27.4
IL-10	63.9	36.1	64.3	34.0
IL-11	63.3	36.7	61.9	36.2
IL-12	39.6	60.4	41.9	56.1
IL-13	45.5	54.5	47.0	50.5
IL-14	50.7	49.3	50.2	47.8
IL-15	26.6	73.4	25.9	72.2
IL-16	35.3	64.7	40.9	56.9
IL-17	52	48	48.1	49.7
IL-18	29.6	70.4	36.8	61.0
IN-01	56.6	40.4	53.6	44.8
IN-02	38.5	61.5	38.9	59.4
IN-03	32.2	67.8	34.0	63.9
IN-04	33.4	66.6	34.0	63.8
IN-05	45.9	50	47.9	50.1
IN-06	27.8	68.7	29.1	68.8
IN-07	62.4	37.6	62.9	35.3
IN-08	29.8	66.9	33.1	65.1
IN-09	34.8	60.9	37.2	60.8
KS-01	28.8	71.2	28.1	69.7
KS-02	40.6	55.1	41.3	56.3
KS-03	53.6	43.6	54.3	43.7
KS-04	36.3	63.7	38.0	59.7
KY-01	25	75	25.5	73.1
KY-02	26.3	71	30.6	67.6
KY-03	62.7	37.3	60.0	38.1
KY-04	32.9	67.1	33.4	64.8
KY-05	15.8	84.2	18.6	80.2
KY-06	41	57.3	44.5	53.6
LA-01	25.3	72.2	30.1	68.0
LA-02	74.2	19.9	75.3	23.0
LA-03	29.5	67.8	30.2	68.1
LA-04	33.3	66.7	37.0	61.5
LA-05	0	100	34.1	64.5
LA-06	25.5	71	34.4	63.8
MA-01	96.5	0	61.1	36.9
MA-02	65.3	34.6	61.8	36.0
MA-03	97.7	0	63.4	34.6
MA-04	60.8	38.9	64.5	33.7
MA-05	74.3	25.6	74.5	23.9
MA-06	65.4	34.4	62.6	35.6
MA-07	86.6	0	85.3	13.3
MA-08	80.7	0	66.2	32.2
MA-09	61.3	36.3	57.9	40.3
MD-01	36.4	63.4	39.1	58.8
MD-02	67.7	32	65.8	32.4
MD-03	69.8	30	68.7	29.4
MD-04	79.6	20.2	79.1	19.2
MD-05	68.8	31	68.6	29.7
MD-06	58.8	39.2	60.6	37.5
MD-07	71.6	28	78.4	20.0
MD-08	68.2	31.6	69.3	28.9
ME-01	62.2	37.8	60.1	37.0
ME-02	53	47	44.8	52.3
MI-01	36.8	61.6	40.6	57.9
MI-02	38.2	59.2	43.2	55.0
MI-03	47	53	47.4	50.6
MI-04	32.4	65	37.1	61.2
MI-05	54.5	41.8	51.4	47.1
MI-06	40.1	55.8	46.8	51.3
MI-07	41.2	58.8	41.4	56.9
MI-08	50.9	47.3	48.8	49.6
MI-09	57.7	38.4	55.9	42.7
MI-10	33.7	66.3	34.4	64.2
MI-11	50.2	47.8	51.6	47.1
MI-12	66.4	30.7	64.2	34.4
MI-13	78.1	18.6	78.8	20.0
MI-14	79.3	18.3	79.5	19.5
MN-01	45.5	48.6	43.9	54.0
MN-02	48.2	45.9	52.4	45.5
MN-03	55.6	44.3	58.7	39.4
MN-04	63.2	29	67.6	30.5
MN-05	64.3	25.8	80.3	17.7
MN-06	34.2	65.7	38.8	59.0
MN-07	39.8	53.4	34.4	63.8
MN-08	37.6	56.8	41.7	56.3
MO-01	78.8	19	80.3	18.1
MO-02	45.5	51.9	49.2	49.2
MO-03	28.5	69.4	31.3	66.9
MO-04	29.7	67.6	31.9	66.0
MO-05	58.8	38.6	58.4	39.6
MO-06	30.8	67.1	35.0	63.3
MO-07	26.6	68.9	28.1	70.0
MO-08	21.4	76.9	21.4	77.3
MS-01	31.3	68.7	33.8	64.8
MS-02	66	34	63.7	35.2
MS-03	35.3	64.7	38.6	60.1
MS-04	0	100	30.3	68.3
MT-AL	43.6	56.4	40.6	56.9
NC-01	31.1	68.9	53.9	45.3
NC-02	42.3	54.5	64.3	34.0
NC-03	100	0	37.7	60.9
NC-04	31.8	68.2	66.6	32.2
NC-05	54.2	45.8	31.6	67.4
NC-06	63	34.8	61.6	37.2
NC-07	36.6	63.4	40.7	58.1
NC-08	67.3	32.7	46.1	52.5
NC-09	31.1	66.9	45.5	53.4
NC-10	62.3	37.7	31.2	67.7
NC-11	39.6	60.2	43.3	55.4
NC-12	46.7	53.3	70.1	28.5
NC-13	44.4	55.6	31.8	67.1
ND-AL	27.6	69	31.9	65.5
NE-01	37.7	59.5	41.3	56.3
NE-02	46.2	50.8	52.3	45.7
NE-03	17.7	78.5	22.4	75.6
NH-01	51.3	46.2	52.2	46.2
NH-02	53.9	43.7	53.5	44.8
NJ-01	62.5	37.5	62.1	36.6
NJ-02	46.2	51.9	47.9	50.8
NJ-03	53.2	45.5	49.2	49.4
NJ-04	38.3	59.9	44.1	54.6
NJ-05	53.2	45.6	51.9	46.7
NJ-06	61.2	38.8	57.2	41.5
NJ-07	50.6	49.4	54.2	44.3
NJ-08	74	24.6	73.1	25.9
NJ-09	65.8	31.9	62.2	36.8
NJ-10	83.3	13.9	82.8	16.4
NJ-11	53.3	46.7	52.9	45.8
NJ-12	65.6	32.6	67.3	31.4
NM-01	58.2	41.8	60.2	37.4
NM-02	46.3	53.7	43.1	54.9
NM-03	58.7	41.3	57.7	40.1
NV-01	63.8	33.4	61.5	36.4
NV-02	40.7	56.5	43.6	53.6
NV-03	48.8	45.8	49.2	49.0
NV-04	50.7	45.8	50.9	47.0
NY-01	44.1	55.9	47.3	51.5
NY-02	46	52.9	47.4	51.4
NY-03	55.9	43.5	54.7	44.3
NY-04	56.1	43	55.6	43.4
NY-05	99.3	0	83.3	16.2
NY-06	67.9	32	61.8	37.4
NY-07	84.8	14.4	81.8	17.3
NY-08	84.8	15.2	82.9	16.5
NY-09	83	15.9	81.4	17.8
NY-10	74.5	24.1	76.1	22.9
NY-11	46.8	53.1	44.3	54.8
NY-12	62.1	16.4	84.1	14.8
NY-13	90.8	7.8	88.1	11.1
NY-14	71.6	27.4	73.3	25.9
NY-15	88.7	11.1	86.4	13.0
NY-16	84	0	75.3	23.8
NY-17	59.3	35.2	59.6	39.4
NY-18	55.8	43.2	51.8	46.8
NY-19	54.5	42.9	49.8	48.3
NY-20	61.1	38.8	59.3	38.7
NY-21	41.1	58.8	43.8	54.2
NY-22	48.8	48.8	43.2	54.7
NY-23	41.1	57.7	43.3	54.5
NY-24	43	53.1	53.4	44.4
NY-25	59.3	39.1	60.1	37.8
NY-26	69.8	28.7	62.6	35.6
NY-27	39	59.7	41.1	56.8
OH-01	44.6	51.8	47.7	50.9
OH-02	38.9	61.1	42.9	55.6
OH-03	70.8	29.1	70.0	28.4
OH-04	29.3	67.9	31.2	67.1
OH-05	32	68	36.7	61.6
OH-06	25.6	74.4	26.5	72.2
OH-07	29.2	67.5	33.2	65.3
OH-08	31	69	32.5	66.0
OH-09	63.1	36.9	58.8	39.7
OH-10	41.6	58.4	47.0	51.4
OH-11	80.1	19.9	79.8	19.2
OH-12	51.8	55.2	46.3	52.2
OH-13	52.5	44.9	51.0	47.6
OH-14	39.9	60.1	44.9	53.9
OH-15	36.6	63.4	42.2	56.3
OH-16	36.8	63.2	42.2	56.5
OK-01	32.7	63.7	37.3	60.1
OK-02	22	75	22.2	76.1
OK-03	21.5	78.5	23.2	74.6
OK-04	28.8	67.8	32.0	65.6
OK-05	47.9	52.1	46.0	51.4
OR-01	64.6	35.2	63.3	34.1
OR-02	36.9	59.9	42.1	55.6
OR-03	73	23.5	74.3	23.5
OR-04	51.5	46.2	50.7	46.7
OR-05	51.9	45.2	53.6	43.9
PA-01	43.4	56.6	52.4	46.6
PA-02	72.5	27.5	70.1	29.1
PA-03	91	9	91.3	8.1
PA-04	59.5	40.5	61.5	37.4
PA-05	64.7	35.3	65.1	34.0
PA-06	56.1	43.9	56.9	41.9
PA-07	51.9	48.1	51.8	47.0
PA-08	51.8	48.2	47.3	51.7
PA-09	33.7	66.3	34.1	64.5
PA-10	46.7	53.3	47.8	50.7
PA-11	36.9	63.1	38.3	60.2
PA-12	29.2	70.8	31.2	67.3
PA-13	26.5	73.5	27.2	71.6
PA-14	35.3	64.7	35.7	63.2
PA-15	26.5	73.5	27.5	71.2
PA-16	40.7	59.3	40.0	58.7
PA-17	51.1	48.9	50.7	48.0
PA-18	69.2	60.8	64.5	34.4
RI-01	70.8	0	63.9	34.6
RI-02	58.2	41.5	56.0	42.5
SC-01	49.3	50.6	46.1	52.1
SC-02	42.6	55.7	43.6	54.9
SC-03	28.7	71.2	30.5	68.1
SC-04	36.9	61.6	38.9	59.3
SC-05	39.9	60.1	41.0	57.6
SC-06	68.2	30.8	67.0	31.8
SC-07	38.1	61.8	40.2	58.8
SD-AL	0	81	35.6	61.8
TN-01	22.5	74.7	22.1	76.2
TN-02	31.1	67.6	34.5	63.6
TN-03	30.5	67.3	32.9	65.3
TN-04	33.3	66.7	30.7	67.5
TN-05	100	0	60.3	36.7
TN-06	24	73.7	25.6	72.7
TN-07	27.3	69.9	31.3	66.9
TN-08	29.5	68.5	33.2	65.4
TN-09	77.4	20.1	78.5	19.9
TX-01	27.4	72.6	27.2	71.6
TX-02	42.8	55.6	48.6	49.9
TX-03	42.9	55.1	48.7	49.8
TX-04	22.6	75.1	24.4	74.4
TX-05	35.9	62	37.9	60.9
TX-06	44	52.8	47.8	50.8
TX-07	50.8	47.5	53.6	45.1
TX-08	25.5	72.5	28.1	70.6
TX-09	75.5	21.6	75.7	23.3
TX-10	45.3	52.5	48.4	50.0
TX-11	18.3	79.7	19.7	79.1
TX-12	33	63.7	37.9	60.5
TX-13	18.5	79.4	19.4	79.2
TX-14	38.4	61.6	39.6	59.0
TX-15	50.5	47.6	50.4	48.5
TX-16	64.7	35.3	66.4	32.0
TX-17	40.9	55.9	43.6	54.6
TX-18	73.3	23.5	75.7	23.0
TX-19	22.9	74.8	26.3	72.2
TX-20	64.7	33.1	63.7	34.7
TX-21	45.4	52	47.9	50.6
TX-22	44.6	51.5	48.9	49.8
TX-23	46.6	50.6	48.5	50.3
TX-24	47.5	48.8	51.9	46.5
TX-25	42.1	55.9	44.4	54.0
TX-26	37.3	60.6	42.1	56.3
TX-27	34.9	63.1	37.5	61.2
TX-28	58.3	39	51.6	47.2
TX-29	71.4	27.5	65.9	32.9
TX-30	77.5	18.4	79.8	18.9
TX-31	44.3	53.4	47.6	50.4
TX-32	51.9	45.9	54.4	44.0
TX-33	66.8	25.2	73.0	25.6
TX-34	55.4	41.8	51.5	47.5
TX-35	65.4	29.9	67.7	30.5
TX-36	24.3	73.6	26.9	71.9
UT-01	30.4	69.5	31.6	64.2
UT-02	36.6	59	40.2	56.1
UT-03	26.8	68.7	35.2	60.3
UT-04	46.7	47.7	43.3	52.4
VA-01	41.7	58.1	47.0	51.4
VA-02	51.6	45.8	51.4	46.7
VA-03	68.4	31.4	67.2	31.2
VA-04	61.6	38.2	61.8	36.8
VA-05	47.3	52.4	45.1	53.6
VA-06	35.3	64.6	38.6	59.8
VA-07	50.8	49	49.8	48.7
VA-08	75.8	24	77.6	21.1
VA-09	0	94	28.4	70.4
VA-10	56.5	43.4	58.9	39.6
VA-11	71.4	28.3	70.3	28.3
VT-AL	67.3	27	66.4	30.8
WA-01	58.6	41.3	59.1	38.2
WA-02	63.1	36.7	62.1	35.1
WA-03	43.4	56.4	46.9	50.6
WA-04	33.6	66.2	39.6	57.8
WA-05	38.5	61.3	44.0	53.0
WA-06	59.3	40.5	57.4	39.6
WA-07	83	16.8	85.7	12.3
WA-08	51.7	48.1	52.0	45.5
WA-09	74.1	25.7	73.3	24.6
WA-10	84.9	0	56.2	40.7
WI-01	40.6	59.3	44.7	53.9
WI-02	69.7	30.3	69.4	29.2
WI-03	51.3	48.6	46.8	51.5
WI-04	74.6	22.7	76.2	22.6
WI-05	39.8	60.1	41.7	56.8
WI-06	40.7	59.2	41.6	56.8
WI-07	39.2	60.7	39.3	59.2
WI-08	35.8	64.2	41.3	57.2
WV-01	31	69	30.3	68.0
WV-02	36.9	63.1	32.8	65.4
WV-03	28.7	71.3	25.5	73.1
WY-AL	24.6	68.6	26.7	70.4

Republicans won House seats in 2018 in three districts that Hillary Clinton (D) carried in 2016:

U.S. House districts won by Republican in 2018 and Hillary Clinton in 2016
District	2018 winner	2018 margin	2016 presidential margin	2012 presidential margin
New York's 24th	John Katko	R+6.3	Clinton+3.6	Obama+15.9
Pennsylvania's 1st	Brian Fitzpatrick	R+2.6	Clinton+2.0	Obama+1.6
Texas' 23rd	Will Hurd	R+0.5	Clinton+3.4	Romney+2.6

Important dates and deadlines

See also: United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2020 and United States House Republican Party primaries, 2020

The table below lists filing deadlines and primary dates in each state for Democratic Party and Republican Party candidates for congressional and state-level office.

Primary dates and filing deadlines, 2020
State	Filing deadline for primary candidates	Primary date	Primary runoff date
Alabama	11/08/2019	03/03/2020	7/14/2020
Arkansas	11/12/2019	03/03/2020	03/31/2020
Illinois	12/02/2019	03/17/2020	N/A
California	12/06/2019	03/03/2020	N/A
Texas	12/09/2019	03/03/2020	07/14/2020
Ohio	12/18/2019	04/28/2020	N/A
North Carolina	12/20/2019	03/03/2020	06/23/2020
Mississippi	01/10/2020	03/10/2020	06/23/2020
Kentucky	01/10/2020	06/23/2020	N/A
Maryland	01/24/2020	06/02/2020	N/A
West Virginia	01/25/2020	06/09/2020	N/A
Indiana	02/07/2020	06/02/2020	N/A
Pennsylvania	02/18/2020	06/02/2020	N/A
Nebraska	03/02/2020	05/12/2020	N/A
Georgia	03/06/2020	06/09/2020	08/11/2020
Montana	03/09/2020	06/02/2020	N/A
New Mexico	03/10/2020	06/02/2020	N/A
Oregon	03/10/2020	05/19/2020	N/A
Idaho	03/13/2020	06/02/2020	N/A
Iowa	03/13/2020	06/02/2020	N/A
Nevada	03/13/2020	06/09/2020	N/A
Maine	03/16/2020	07/14/2020	N/A
Colorado	03/17/2020	06/30/2020	N/A
Utah	03/19/2020	06/30/2020	N/A
Virginia	03/26/2020	06/23/2020	N/A
New Jersey	03/30/2020	07/07/2020	N/A
South Carolina	03/30/2020	06/09/2020	06/23/2020
Missouri	03/31/2020	08/04/2020	N/A
South Dakota	03/31/2020	06/02/2020	08/11/2020
New York	04/02/2020	06/23/2020	N/A
Tennessee	04/02/2020	08/06/2020	N/A
Arizona	04/06/2020	08/04/2020	N/A
North Dakota	04/06/2020	06/09/2020	N/A
Oklahoma	04/10/2020	06/30/2020	08/25/2020
Michigan	04/21/2020 (offices with option to pay filing fee) & 05/08/2020 (offices requiring nominating petitions)	08/04/2020	N/A
Florida	04/24/2020 (congressional and judicial offices) & 6/12/2020 (state legislators)	08/18/2020	N/A
Massachusetts	05/05/2020 (local) & 06/02/2020 (state)	09/01/2020	N/A
Washington	05/15/2020	08/04/2020	N/A
Vermont	05/28/2020	08/11/2020	N/A
Wyoming	05/29/2020	08/18/2020	N/A
Alaska	06/01/2020	08/18/2020	N/A
Kansas	06/01/2020	08/04/2020	N/A
Wisconsin	06/01/2020	08/11/2020	N/A
Hawaii	06/02/2020	08/08/2020	N/A
Minnesota	06/02/2020	08/11/2020	N/A
Connecticut	06/11/2020	08/11/2020	N/A
New Hampshire	06/12/2020	09/08/2020	N/A
Rhode Island	06/24/2020 (declaration of candidacy due) 07/10/2020 (nomination papers due)	09/08/2020	N/A
Delaware	07/14/2020	09/15/2020	N/A
Louisiana	07/24/2020	11/03/2020	N/A

Congressional approval rating

See also: Ballotpedia's Polling Index: Congressional approval rating

The congressional approval rating indicates public satisfaction in the job performance of the members of the United States Congress. It is the percentage of people polled who responded favorably toward the work of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.

Analysis of federal elections, 2020

See also: Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2020

All 435 U.S. House seats, 34 U.S. Senate seats, and the presidency were up for regular elections in the 2020 elections. At the time of the election, the president and a majority of members of the U.S. Senate were Republicans, while a majority of members of the U.S. House were Democrats.

Election analysis

Presidential election

• Presidential battleground states
• Presidential campaign pageviews on Ballotpedia, 2020
  • Presidential campaign pageviews following caucuses and primaries, 2020
  • Presidential debate pageviews on Ballotpedia, 2020
• Presidential election campaign finance, 2020
• Comparison of 2020 presidential candidates to congressional and gubernatorial candidates by state
• Trends in the margins of victory for incumbents of three or more terms, 2018-2024

Congressional elections

• Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection report
• Control of the U.S. Senate
• Control of the U.S. House
• U.S. Senate battlegrounds, 2020
• U.S. House battlegrounds, 2020
• List of U.S. Congress incumbents who did not run for re-election in 2020
• New members elected to Congress
• U.S. House districts represented by a Republican and won by Hillary Clinton in 2016
• U.S. House districts represented by a Democrat and won by Donald Trump in 2016
• Congressional margin of victory analysis
  • Congressional elections decided by 10 percentage points or fewer
• Congressional retirements by month, 2011-2020
• Comparison of state delegations to the 116th and 117th Congresses
• Rematches in 2020 general elections
• Party committee fundraising, 2019-2020
• States with both gubernatorial and U.S. Senate elections in 2020
• Analysis of rejected ballots in the 2020 general election
• Analysis of ballot curing in the 2020 general election
• Analysis of voter turnout in the 2020 general election
• Results of U.S. House elections in presidential election years, 1920-2020
• Ballotpedia's Top 15 elections to watch, 2020
• U.S. House leadership elections, 2021
• Annual Congressional Competitiveness Report, 2020

• U.S. House elections without a Democratic or Republican candidate, 2020

• Third-party candidates who won more than the margin of victory, 2020

See also

• United States Senate elections, 2020
• United States House of Representatives elections, 2020
• U.S. House elections without a Democratic or Republican candidate, 2020
• United States Congress elections, 2018
• United States Congress
• United States Senate
• United States House of Representatives
• 116th United States Congress
• Annual Congressional Competitiveness Report, 2020

External links

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