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Senate

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31

50 seats midpoint

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Democrats. 34 seats.

Republicans

Republicans. 31 seats.

Not up for election

0 out of 35 seats counted0/35 seats counted

House

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218 seats to win

218to win

Democrats

Democrats. 0 seats.

Republicans

Republicans. 0 seats.

0 out of 435 seats counted0/435 seats counted

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Americans are electing members of Congress, which is made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate. All 435 House seats are up for election. In the Senate, only 35 of 100 seats are being contested because senators serve six-year terms. This results tracker shows both the races being decided now and the 65 seats that are not up for election this year - 34 held by Democrats and 31 by Republicans.

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