2026 U.S. midterm elections - statistics & facts
Amid rising political division, a fierce debate about immigration enforcement, the U.S.-Israel war with Iran and rising gasoline prices, as well as controversial tariffs, the citizens of the United States are heading to the polls again in November. All 435 seats in the House of Representatives, one-third of the 50 seats in the Senate, and 36 governors are up for election. The midterms are usually seen as a test of the voters' satisfaction with the work of the incumbent president. Historically, the party of the president always loses seats in both chambers; only in 1934 and 2002 did the president's party gain seats in the House and Senate. With both history and key issues against them, one might expect the Republicans to lose their majority in Congress, but races in key states will ultimately decide who claims the majority.
