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The Democrats took the House of Representatives in the 2018 Midterm elections. I have waited because there still is an undecided race but it looks like it will not be decided anytime soon so I will post the current results. The Democrats have won 435 seats while the Republicans won 199 seats with 1 still undecided. The Democrats have picked up 42 seats and the Republicans lost 36 seats. That is because there were 7 vacant seats during the election and 1 undecided seat currently. There are currently 236 Republicans 197 Democrats and 2 vacant seats in the Lame Duck congress. The vacancies will most likely not be filled so the Democrats will pick up 38 seats and the Republicans will lose 37 seats when the New Congress convenes on January 3rd. The new house will be the final judge of the new election after all state government and federal court remedies are used. They can either seat a winner, order a recount, or order a new election. Elections were also held for non voting members of

The 2018 Governors elections were a split result. The Republicans won a majority of the governorship but the Democrats have picked up many seats and won the popular vote this year. The Republicans hold a 27-23 majority in state governors. The Republicans lost 6 seats while the Democrats picked up 7 and the popular vote. Of the seats up this year the Republicans won 27 and the Democrats 23. The Democrats also won the popular vote in 2017 races while the Republicans won the 2015 and 2016 races. The overall popular vote over all 50 state races went to the Democrats. In Ohio Republican Mike Dewine was elected as Governor of Ohio.  Of the Territorial Governors the Democrats control 3 while the Republicans control 2. The Democrats also won that popular vote. The District of Columbia mayor is also Democrat. Overall the Republicans have 29 Governors while the Democrats have 26 plus the Mayor of DC.

With the Mississippi Special Election Runoff on Tuesday the Senate Election results are in in every state. The Republicans have won a majority with 53 Senators and the Vice President as a tiebreaker. The Democrats will be the minority party with 47 Senators. The Republicans won 11 seats voted on this year while the Democrats won 24 seats up this year and the popular vote. The rest of the seats were up in the 2014 and 2016 election and the Republicans won the popular vote and the most seats in both elections. When the 3 elections and 100 seats are counted together the Republicans have won the composite popular vote. The Republicans have picked up 2 seats in this election from the current congress and also 1 seat more than they won in 2016. The Republicans control both senators in 22 states while the Democrats control both senators in 19 states. In 9 states the senators are split between both parties. The Vice President is Republican. This shows that America is divided since few stat

Since there are still recounts in this election cycle I will not post an election map for the results are not done yet especially in Florida. I will start posting maps when the results are finalized. When the 2020 cycle starts I also plan on posting.

The Results were mixed in the nation as a whole but not so in Ohio. Democratic Senator Brown got re-elected keeping the Ohio Senate Delegation divided but that was the only victory for the Democrats. The Republicans won majority of the congressional races and also the popular vote. The Republicans won the Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Treasure and Auditors races giving them complete control over the executive branch. The Republicans won the State Supreme court giving them control over the Judaical branch. The Republicans won both the state house and the state Senate keeping a 3/5 super-majority in both houses but losing the 2/3 majority they once had. The Democrats did pick up a few seats in the house and senate but they lost the popular vote for both houses. The Republicans also kept the state Board of Education majority and also a super-majority of county governments. Ohio had a red wave. In Cuyahoga County there was a blue wave. The Democrats kept a majority

The results of the 2018 election are mixed. The House went Democrat and the Senate stayed Republican. This was not a decisive victory. If the Republicans took both houses Trump would be a big favorite to win in 2020. If the Democrats won then they will be very likely to win in 2020. The Republicans won a majority of the Governors races also but the Democrats did pick up a few seats. The Democrats picked up majorities in a few state legislatures but the Republicans still control more states. The Democrats won the house and senate popular vote but Republicans  won more state congressional delegations. The Republicans picked up seats in the Senate but the state congressional popular vote totals were split. In short both sides have said they won but in truth both sides need improvement if they will win 2020. By winning one house the Democrats can stop any Republican bill but the Republicans will still control the agenda overall because they control the President and the Senate. No law c