"It has come as no surprise to many people that for a long while I have diverged with the views of the government most notably around the issue of vaccine mandates," Mr Christensen said. Why the asymmetry? The Senate map was relatively favorable for Democrats, considering Biden won six of the eight initial battleground states. Mr Christensen . In 2016, he wrote Hillbilly Elegy, a memoir about growing up in Middletown, Ohio. Wisconsin was also one of six states with one Democratic and one Republican U.S. senator as of the 2022 U.S. Senate elections. Warnock co-sponsored the Warnock-Cruz Amendment, which provided support for a bipartisan infrastructure project connecting Georgia and Texas. The outcomes of the 6-8 contests that will most likely determine control of the U.S. Senate in the next Congress will depend to a large extent on the individual candidates and their campaigns. Joe Biden (D) won the state of Nevada by 2.4 percentage points in the 2020 presidential election. @media screen and (max-width: 892px) { A statement attributed to Pauline Hanson on One Nation's website stated: "With so many candidates One Nation is going to have a big influence on this election as we have a very real chance of holding the balance of power in either the Lower House or the Senate." Bidens best numbers came in exit polling in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, where the president's approval was at 46% in each. Policy: Christopher Nelson Caitlin Styrsky Molly Byrne Katharine Frey Jimmy McAllister Samuel Postell "[96], On February 13, 2021, former President Donald Trump (R) was acquitted of incitement of insurrection. JB Pritzker, a Democrat, and Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidate Mehmet Oz. In the 2020 Senate election cycle, Democrats flipped four seats and Republicans flipped one: This section includes commentary on the 2022 U.S. Senate elections both before and after November 8. Sinema said she would not caucus with Republicans.[7]. [54][55], Cortez Masto focused on her support for abortion rights and criticized Laxalt for past comments he made about the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision. Incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) defeated Herschel Walker (R) in the runoff. That geography could provide a critical boost for beleaguered Democrats in an era when both parties are finding it more difficult to win Senate races in states that usually vote the other way for president. Overall Democratic performance in the face of Bidens standing and midterm history is remarkable. One Nation leader Pauline Hanson confirmed on Wednesday morning Mr Christensen would be the party's third Senate candidate. So five Republican seats are at risk. A federal district court, in striking down the state's congressional redistricting plan, postponed the deadline for candidates qualifying by petition in lieu of paying the filing fee from June 22, 2022, to July 8, 2022. -moz-columns: 3; Riverina businesswoman and farmer Katie McCulloch, and Lake Macquarie pastor Colin Grigg, will respectively stand as first and second on the NSW senate ticket while Singleton businessman Dale McNamara will contest the seat of Hunter. The narrowest margin in any U.S. Senate election in 2022 was 0.50 percentage points in the U.S. Senate election in Nevada between Catherine Cortez Masto (D) and Adam Laxalt (R). The original filing deadline was set for March 8, 2022. If Senate Republicans seem conservative now, just wait until next year. South Australia [ edit] Six seats were up for election. The North Carolina State Board of Elections announced that candidate filing, having been suspended by the state supreme court in December 2021, would resume on February 24, 2022, and conclude on March 4, 2022. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. Masters' campaign website listed public safety as his top priority. 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. And you pay.". The 2022 midterms could usher in a wave of full-spectrum MAGA supporters who would turn the GOP conference an even deeper shade of red and make the Senate a lot more like the fractious House. "So Christensen gets more money if he runs and loses. This number includes Sen. Jim Inhofe's (R-Okla.) seat, up for a special election on November 8, 2022. Masters' campaign website said he ran "because the same old establishment politicians and the same old establishment candidates have failed us. And John Fetterman in Pennsylvania, who won his race by a 5 percent vote margin, garnered the support of 58 percent of independents. He was treasurer of Missouri from 2017 to 2019, and a member of the Missouri State Senate from 2008 to 2016. One Nation gets more money if Christensen boosts her vote. "[22][23] Tshibaka also focused on economic issues and said she supports a Parental Bill of Rights that would give parents "a right to be fully informed and to approve of any sex education, gender identification, or race theory material being presented or discussed with their child. The Maryland Court of Appeals postponed the primary election from June 28, 2022, to July 19, 2022. The next biggest gap came in Arizona, where Sen. Mark Kelly defeated GOP challenger Blake Masters by 16 points with the crucial voting bloc. The absolute fealty to Trump is only part of the change this class of candidates would herald. The Supreme Court of North Carolina ordered the postponement of the statewide primary, originally scheduled for March 8, 2022, to May 17, 2022. -moz-columns: 1; The final Inside Elections projection in the Senate was anything from a Democratic gain of one seat to a Republican gain of two seats. Take the 2018 midterms: Democrats had to defend 24 of the 35 seats up in 2018 (26 if you count two independents who caucused with the party), and 10 of those were in states that Trump carried in the 2016 election. Vermont had one Democratic senator and one independent senator who caucused with Democrats, so three states with seats up for election had senators in different caucuses: Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The following table shows the 2020 presidential election margin of victory in percentage points for each state with a Senate election in 2022. Interns wanted: Get paid to help ensure that every voter has unbiased election information. In the 2020 election, incumbent President Donald Trump (R) won the state over President Joe Biden (D), 49.9% to 48.6%. In 2016the last time these 34 seats were up for regular electiontwo seats changed party hands. After losing the Republican Senate primary in 2010, Lisa Murkowski successfully ran for re-election as a write-in candidate, becoming the second senator in U.S. history to do so. Sen. Ron Johnson promised Wisconsin voters in 2016 that he would retire; he may face an uphill climb if he breaks that promise. Just 17 percent of Americans said they were satisfied with the way things were going in the country, 68 percent of voters said the condition of the nations economy was either not so good or poor, and a majority of Americans disapproved of President Joe Bidens job performance. Four of the 6 contests that are expected to be very competitive are currently held by Democrats (Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, and New Hampshire) while the other 2 (North Carolina and Pennsylvania) are currently held by Republicans. He was re-elected to represent District 13 in 2020 following an unsuccessful presidential campaign. Rebecca Lloyd had . The election race is on. Hes a self-made businessman whos been employing locals for 25 years, and he knows what underpins the local economy. -moz-columns: 1; ^ Knox, David (22 April 2022). Democrats gained a net of one seat in the 2022 general elections, maintaining control of the chamber. Joe Biden (D) won the state of Arizona by 0.3 percentage points in the 2020 presidential election. Rep. Katie Porter, D-Irvine, in May 2018. This information is provided for illustrative purposes. We defend our constitution and stand up against global agendas for the individual rights and fundamental freedoms of all Australians. Democrat John Fetterman won independents by a whopping 18-point margin over Republican Mehmet Oz, who was consistently unpopular with voters. Five of the last six presidential elections have been decided by a margin less than that. Incumbent Mark Kelly (D) defeated Blake Masters (R) in the general election for one of Arizona's U.S. Senate seats on November 8, 2022. That dynamic has grown so powerful that each party now holds just three of the 50 Senate seats in the 25 states that voted against their presidential candidates in the 2020 election. (Republicans, who had been heavy favorites, are expected to prevail narrowly as mail ballots continue to be counted in California.). Whats more, by announcing their retirements so early, Burr, Toomey and Portman are giving the GOP as much time as possible to recruit potential candidates, shape the field of candidates in a strategic way in the invisible primary and raise more money for the open-seat campaign. These contests should be regarded as Toss-ups. The AP VoteCast survey shows a nearly 10 percent gap in favor of Democrats.[98]. As of March 2023, there has been one special election for U.S. Senate scheduled for the 117th Congress. Among Democrats, you have to go back to Kennedy to find a Democrat who actually gained Senate seats in his first midterm. He believes in participatory government and strongly backs our policy to have citizen-initiated referenda, so the Australian people can set the agenda instead of just politicians, lobbyists and the media. In the state's 2020 Senate election, Shaheen defeated Messner by a margin of 15.6 percentage points. Recruitment of stellar candidates with compelling biographies is crucial to success in states where the Republicans are vulnerable, which is why so much attention will focus on the Republican primaries, especially in Missouri and Ohio.[98]. She has represented California's 45th District in the US House of Representatives since 2019. Consequently, sample ballots in different jurisdictions in the same state may . One Nation was launched by Pauline Hanson on 11th April 1997 in Queensland. The vocal critic of COVID-19 restrictions and vaccinations had declared his intention to retire from Parliament, after holding the regional Queensland seat of Dawson for the Nationals since 2010. In her responses to Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey, Chesbro said, We cannot turn off the spigot on fossil fuels. Warnock explained his decision to work with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), saying, There is a road that runs through our humanitythat is larger than politics, bigger than partisan bickering, certainly bigger than raceand my job as a legislator, and our job as citizens, is to find our way to that road that connects us to one anotherso that every child can have access to a good, quality education, so that everybody can have affordable health careOur job is to build out that road![41] As of November 2022, Warnocks campaign had raised more than $123 million. Senators elected at this election are scheduled to take office on 1 July 2022, with the exception of the Senators elected from two territories whose terms commence from election day. Republicans were defending two Senate seats in states Joe Biden (D) won in the 2020 presidential election: Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Hell be a great representative focused on protecting coal jobs and giving younger people in the region a prosperous future.. "[90], Wisconsin was one of two states that held a U.S. Senate election in 2022 with a Republican incumbent that President Joe Biden carried in the 2020 presidential election. Election denying candidates, and candidates aligned with Donald Trump, might have actually turned independents off from other Republican candidates on the ticket. Total votes. TV Tonight. Join the discussion. "[78] Sherrod Brown (D), Ohio's other U.S. senator, endorsed Ryan. To see a list of all the Congressional special elections referenced in the table above, click [show] at the right. In that way, poor Republican candidate quality hurt other Republicans, especially with independents and moderates, as my colleague Andrew Prokop has reported. Discuss this race. That included strong independent support in the swing Washoe County, which Cortez Masto won in this contest (she lost it during her first election in 2016). Oz was a retired surgeon and hosted The Dr. Oz Show on daytime television from 2009 to 2022. History is, of course, a guide that presidents typically lose seats in their first midterm elections, at least in the House, but also often in the Senate. The Top Two vote-getters from VOTER NOMINATED contests: State Constitutional Officers Governor Lieutenant Governor Secretary of State Controller Treasurer Attorney General Insurance Commissioner Member, State Board of Equalization, 4th District United States Senator, Full Term United States Senator, Partial/Unexpired Term Representative in Congress Click here to contact our editorial staff, and click here to report an error. In 2022, Democrats had a net gain of one seat. This article displays an image of an official 2022 sample ballot from California. Kelly and his wife, former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D), founded Americans for Responsible Solutions (known at the time of the 2022 election as Giffords) in 2013. No candidates. Missouri's other U.S. senator, Josh Hawley (R), won the 2018 election by a 5.8% margin. Governor Charlie Baker (R) signed a bill into law that rescheduled the state's primary election from September 20, 2022, to September 6, 2022. While Bidens low numbers in the state (and even some softness with Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassans approval) gave Republicans late hope they could stun with a victory, these somewhat disapprovers broke for Hassan over weak, MAGA candidate Don Bolduc by an astonishing 47 points. Bev Perdue (D) appointed Beasley to the North Carolina Supreme Court in 2012, where she was chief justice from 2019 to 2020. At the start of the 2022 election cycle, Inside Elections rated this state Battleground Republican.[74]. All twenty-eight incumbents who ran for re-election won. The following map displays all states that held U.S. Senate elections in 2022 shaded by the incumbent's or most recent incumbent's political affiliation. During a speech to Parliament last year, Mr Christensen likened COVID-19 restrictions to the despotic regimes of Nazi Germany and the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. Heading into Election Day, the U.S. Senate was evenly divided at 50-50 with Vice President Kamala Harris (D) casting tie-breaking votes, giving Democrats an effective majority. } But Biden's eroding job approval numbers could undermine that potential geographic advantage. Incumbent Marco Rubio (R) defeated Val Demings (D) and seven other candidates in the general election for U.S. Senate in Florida on November 8, 2022. 100% remote. Incumbent U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R) defeated Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes (D) and write-in candidate Scott Aubart (American Independent Party) in the general election on November 8, 2022, to represent Wisconsin in the U.S. Senate. But Democrats remained in a precarious position as the presidents approval ratings in these states remained underwater throughout most of the cycle. Click on a state on the map above . Now he's opted, just days after resigning from the Liberal National Party, to run as third candidate on the One Nation Queensland Senate ticket. "[34] Lisa Murkowski, Alaska Over the past decade, however, we have seen that Republicans have blown several opportunities to pick up Democratic seats by nominating candidates who were either ideologically extreme or weighed down by personal controversies.[98]. At the start of the 2022 election cycle, Inside Elections rated this state Battleground Republican. Hillary Clinton (D) won the state in the 2016 presidential election by 0.3 percentage points. A new candidate for Pauline Hanson 's One Nation has deleted her Instagram account containing raunchy photos from her time as a model and reality show contestant. Its been made possible only with enormous support from One Nations membership, which has grown exponentially during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns forced onto Australian communities the past two years.. These are the most engaging discussions about this election. [77] Ryan said, "You know, I think the last thing that the United States Senate needs is another millionaire who got funded by a billionaire to the tune of $15 million or who comes out of Silicon Valley. Prospects for Republican gains in the 50-50 Senate are not so good. [76] According to the Dayton Daily News, Ryan's campaign focused on blue-collar workers and issues. 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. Please note that ballot preparation procedures vary by state and between jurisdictions within states. Trump won the state over Hillary Clinton (D) in 2016 by 1.2 percentage points. On paper, Republican Senate candidates ought to have been fairly competitive in Arizona and Pennsylvania. Warnock, Walker, and Chase Oliver (L) ran to represent Georgia in the U.S. Senate. Seats that changed party hands in previous election cycles, Presidential election results in 2022 Senate states, States with senators from different parties, Media analysis of 2022 U.S. Senate elections, Annual Congressional Competitiveness Report, 2020. Weve stood against bad legislation, and weve made other legislation better. In Pennsylvania, the four leading candidates to succeed Sen. Pat Toomey who, like Burr, was formally rebuked by the state party for his impeachment vote have embraced Trumps calls for an audit of the states presidential election results, to varying degrees. 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