U.s. senate election results 2018

Results of the elections: &#;&#;&#;&#;&#;Democratic gain&#;&#;&#;&#;&#;Republican gain &#;&#;&#;&#;&#;Democratic hold&#;&#;&#;&#;&#;Republican hold &#;&#;&#;&#;&#;Independent hold &#;&#;&#;&#;&#;No election Rectangular inset (Minn. & Miss.): both seats up for election

The United States Senate elections were held on November 6, Among the seats, the 33 of Class 1 were contested in regular elections while 2 others were contested in special elections due to Senate vacancies in Minnesota and Mississippi.

The regular election winners were elected to 6-year terms running from January 3, , to January 3, SenateDemocrats had 26 seats up for election (including the seats of 2 Independents who caucus with them), while Senate Republicans had 9 seats up for election.

To maintain their working majority of 50 senators and their party's vice president's tie-breaking vote, Republicans could only afford a net loss of 1 seat in these el