2022 Midterm Elections result map by state: who won the Senate, House and Governor races?

Voting is over, and the results are beginning to show a much more mixed picture than that painted by the polls. The so-called ‘red wave’ of Republican victories has not materialised and, two days after the election, neither party has secured a majority in either the House or the Senate.

The GOP does, however, look the clear favourite to take control of the House of Representatives, breaking up the Democrats’ unified control in Washington. But the margin of victory will be far less than party leadership will have hoped and House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy faces an uphill battle to keep his disparate caucus united.

As was the case in 2020, control of the Senate appears to rest on the outcome of the Senate runoff election in Georgia. Neither incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock or GOP candidate Herschel Walker will secure 50% of the total votes and a runoff election has been set for 6 December.

We will be updating this article as more results are released.

Governors

There are 36 gubernatorial races in the 2022 midterm elections, which could mean major changes for state politics in the coming months.

Voters in Maryland and Massachusetts have flipped, with Democrats taking both previously GOP-led states.

In Arizona, Katie Hobbs leads Republican Kari Lake by a narrow margin and the race is still too early to call. Even before voting had begun, Trump-endorsed Lake had suggested that she may not accept the results if she lost.

Voters in Kansas and Michigan re-elect governors Laura Kelly and Gretchen Whitmer.

Democrats lead in Arizona and Oregon, but the races remain too close to call. Republicans are ahead in Nevada and Alaska, with the latter race almost certain to see GOP incumbent Mike Dunleavy return to the governor’s office.

Data: Associated Press

Senate

The balance of power in the Senate remains undecided with only four spots in the 100-seat chamber still uncalled. The remaining four seats are in Alaska, Arizona, Georgia and Nevada.

Currently projections suggest that Alaska and Nevada are leaning Republican, while Arizona looks set to return Democrat Sen. Mark Kelly to the Senate. This would take the Republicans to 50 seats, and the Democrats to 49.

If this were to happen then control of the Senate would rest on the all-important Senate runoff race in Georgia between Sen. Raphael Warnock and GOP challenger Herschel Walker. On Wednesday Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger confirmed that neither candidate would reach the 50% threshold required by state law and a runoff election has been scheduled for 6 December.

Data: Associated Press

House

Thanks to the 2020 Census, some states, like Florida, expanded the number of House seats sent to Capitol Hill to represent the state’s residents. Others, like California, saw their number shrink. This could prove crucial with the 2022 midterms proving much closer than expected.

The Republicans had been tipped to secure a healthy majority in the House, due to the economic issues overseen by Democrats during 2022 and the historic trend for the ruling party to lose seats in the midterms. However the chamber looks likely to be far more evenly split than pre-election projections suggested.

A total of 218 seats are needed to control the legislative body.

Data: Associated Press