2022 Midterm Election Results: House, Senate, Governors’ Races
This story will be updated as results come in. Please note these are projections, not official results, and votes are still being counted.
Results are coming in for the 2022 midterm elections, and we’ll be keeping you updated here at Teen Vogue.
Nearly 46 million people cast ballots early and many millions more voted in person on Election Day to determine which party controls Congress and key governors’ mansions across the country. On the ballot: 35 Senate seats and all 435 seats in the House of Representatives, along with elections for governor, state attorney general, school board, and other important state and local offices.
With wins in two toss-up, high-profile races in Arizona and Nevada, Democrats have officially kept control of the Senate. They will remain in power for the next two years, and you can find more details on the win below. A December 6 Senate runoff election in Georgia will determine if they can expand their existing 50-seat majority to 51.
In the House of Representatives, Republicans are still favored to win control but by narrower margins than expected.
Predictions of a strong night for Republicans faded as Tuesday evening went on, with Senator Lindsey Graham saying the night was “definitely not a Republican wave, that is for darn sure.” Historically, the sitting president’s party almost always loses some seats during midterm elections.
Here’s the big picture of where things stand as of now.
The Senate:
Democrats are projected to keep their Senate power. On Saturday, November 12, multiple sources including CNN and NBC News projected a win for Democratic Senator Catherine Cortez Masto. The projected win in Nevada followed a projected win in Arizona for former astronaut and Senator Mark Kelly. With wins in those two key, the Democrats secured the 50 seats they needed to remain in Senate majority power for the next two years, CNN notes.
The final outstanding Senate race is in Georgia, where Trump-aligned former NFL player Herschel Walker and Reverend Raphael Warnock are heading to a runoff, according to CNN, because no candidate surpassed the 50% threshold required to win the race outright on Election Night. The runoff will be held December 6.
Going into Election Day, Democrats (plus the two Independents who caucus with them) and Republicans split the chamber 50-50, with Vice President Kamala Harris holding a tie-breaking vote. Elections experts considered control of the Senate a toss-up.
A number of other major races have already been called. Notably, John Fetterman is officially projected to become the next U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania. Fetterman defeated former TV show host and heart surgeon Mehmet Oz. The race was one of the most expensive and high-stakes of the cycle, with tens of millions of dollars spent, per NBC. The polls had grown tighter in recent weeks, with Oz and allies honing in on the effects of the stroke Fetterman suffered earlier this year. (Teen Vogue has covered the ableist rhetoric directed at the Pennsylvania Democrat). Fetterman’s victory in flipping a red seat to blue was seen as crucial for Democrats hoping to maintain control of the Senate.
