United States Senate elections, 2018

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Elections for the United States Senate will be held on November 6, 2018, with 15 of the 36 seats in the Senate to be contested. 12 seats are regular elections; the winners serve six-year terms from 2019 until 2024 as members of Senate Class 2. There are also 3 special elections for a seats from the Atlantic Seaboard, New York, and the Ohio Valley to serve out the remaining 2 years of the term of those seats as members of Senate Class 3.

The 2018 gubernatorial elections and House of Representatives elections will occurr on the same date, as well as many regional and local elections.

Background

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Results

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Races

Retirements

No Senator has yet announced their intention to not seek re-election. However, some predict that Senator Al Marshall, given his lackluster career in the Senate, will not seek re-election.

Democratic incumbent races

Bradley Abbott (D-CT) of New England

Senator Bradley Abbott was elected to the Senate in 2016 to serve out the remaining two years of former Senator Joseph Salazar-Portela's term, having previously held the position of House Majority Leader. In 2017, Abbott announced his intention to seek re-election [1]. Massachusetts Congressman Walter Alhazred is the only declared Republican candidate for this race and appears to be Abbott's likely opponent [2].

Red Blanchard (D-LA) of the Gulf Coast

The Democratic Whip since he re-entered the Senate in 2013, Senator Red Blanchard has twice run for the Senate. The first time was in 2010 as an incumbent, which he lost, and the second time was in 2012, as a challenger, which he won. He announced in 2017 that he would be seeking a second full term as Senator [3]. No Republicans have yet to announce their intention to run against him.

Sandros Cheshire (D-NJ) of the Atlantic Seaboard

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Hys Clematis (D-CA) of California

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Calum Daniels (D-NC) of the Appalachia

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Vincent Giorelli (D-NJ) of the Atlantic Seaboard

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Al Marshall (D-TN) of the Southeast

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Dante Moretti (D-NY) of New York

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Gregory Wolff (D-IL) of Illinois

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Republican incumbent races

Constantine Gurlakis (R-FL) of Florida

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Andrew Graham (R-MN) of the Midwest

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Troy Carter (R-OH) of Ohio

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Samuel Clay (R-PA) of Pennsylvania

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Keiko Kagura (R-MT) of the Rocky Mountains

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Kyle Van Horn (R-TX) of Texas

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Summary table

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 ===Retirements===
-No Senator has yet announced their intention to not seek re-election. However, Senator [[Samuel Clay]] will resign from the Senate if he is confirmed by the Senate to be President [[Whitney Mason|Whitney Mason's]] [[Cabinet|Secretary of State]] and some predict that Senator [[Al Marshall]] will not seek re-election.
+No Senator has yet announced their intention to not seek re-election. However, some predict that Senator [[Al Marshall]], given his lackluster career in the Senate, will not seek re-election.
 ===Democratic incumbent races===