2016 Election Results Senate and House of Representatives

Elections in the Usa in 2016

2016 Us elections

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Election twenty-four hour period	November 8, 2016
Incumbent president	Barack Obama (Autonomous)
Adjacent Congress	115th
Presidential ballot
Partisan control	Republican gain
Popular vote margin	Democratic +two.1%
Electoral vote
Donald Trump (R)	304
Hillary Clinton (D)	227
Others	7
Presidential election results map. Cerise denotes states won by Trump/Pence, blue denotes states won past Clinton/Kaine. Numbers indicate electoral votes allotted to the winner of each state. 7 faithless electors cast votes for various individuals.
Senate elections
Overall command	Republican concur
Seats contested	34 of 100 seats
Net seat change	Democratic +2
2016 Senate results  Democratic agree  Republican hold  Democratic gain
House elections
Overall command	Republican agree
Seats contested	All 435 voting-members and vi not-voting delegates
Popular vote margin	Republican +1.i%
Net seat change	Democratic +6
Map of the 2022 House races (consul races not shown)  Democratic hold  Republican concord  Democratic gain  Republican gain
Gubernatorial elections
Seats contested	14 (12 states, two territories)
Net seat change	Republican +2
Map of the 2022 gubernatorial elections  Democratic hold  Republican hold  Democratic proceeds  Republican gain  New Progressive gain  Nonpartisan

The 2016 Us elections were held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. Republican nominee Donald Trump defeated Democratic old Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the presidential election, while Republicans retained control of Congress. This marked the starting time (and, as of 2020, most recent) fourth dimension Republicans won or held unified control of the presidency and Congress since 2004.

Trump won his political party's nomination after defeating Ted Cruz and several other candidates in the 2022 Republican presidential primaries. With Autonomous president Barack Obama term-express, Clinton defeated Bernie Sanders in the 2022 Democratic presidential primaries. Trump won the general ballot with 304 of the 538 electoral votes, though Clinton won the popular vote past a margin of 2.1 per centum points (2,868,686 votes). The United States regime's intelligence agencies later ended that the Russian regime had interfered in the elections.

Wall Street banks and other big financial institutions spent a record $2 billion trying to influence the 2022 United states elections.^{[1] [two]}

Democrats won a net gain of 2 seats in the Senate and half-dozen seats in the House of Representatives, only Republicans retained command of both chambers. In the gubernatorial elections, Republicans won a net gain of two seats. Diverse other state, territorial, and local races and referenda were held throughout the year.

Federal elections [edit]

Presidential election [edit]

The United states presidential election of 2022 was the 58th quadrennial presidential election. The electoral vote distribution was adamant by the 2010 census from which presidential electors electing the president and vice president were chosen; a elementary majority (270) of the 538 balloter votes were required to win. In 1 of the greatest election upsets in U.South. History, man of affairs and reality television personality Donald Trump of New York won the Republican Political party's presidential nomination on July xix, 2016, after defeating Texas Senator Ted Cruz, Ohio Governor John Kasich, Florida Senator Marco Rubio, and several other candidates in the Republican primary elections.^[1] Former Secretarial assistant of State, First Lady and New York Senator Hillary Clinton won the Autonomous Party's presidential nomination on July 26, 2016, after defeating Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and others in the Democratic primary elections. This was the kickoff ballot with a female person presidential nominee from a major political party, also equally the get-go election since 1944 that had major party presidential nominees from the same domicile land. Clinton won the popular vote, taking 48% of the vote compared to Trump'south 46% of the vote, only Trump won the balloter vote and thus the presidency. Libertarian Gary Johnson won iii.three% of the pop vote, the strongest performance by a third political party presidential nominee since the 1996 election. Trump won u.s.a. of Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Florida, Ohio, and Iowa, all of which were won past Obama in 2008 and 2012. The election is one of v presidential elections in American history in which the winner of the popular vote did not win the presidency.

Russian interference [edit]

The United States authorities'due south intelligence agencies concluded the Russian regime interfered in the 2022 United States elections.^{[iii] [4]} A joint US intelligence review stated with high confidence that, "Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2022 aimed at the U.s. presidential ballot. In May 2019, Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced Russians hacked voting databases in two Florida counties prior to the 2022 presidential election and no election results were compromised.^{[v] [6] [7]}

Congressional elections [edit]

Senate elections [edit]

All seats in Senate Class 3 were up for election. Democrats won a cyberspace gain of 2 seats, merely Republicans retained a bulk with 52 seats in the 100-member chamber.^[8]

Business firm of Representatives elections [edit]

All 435 voting seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election. Additionally, elections were held to select the delegates for the Commune of Columbia and the U.Southward. territories, including the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico.

Democrats won a net proceeds of 6 seats, but Republicans held a 241-to-194 majority following the elections. Nationwide, Republicans won the popular vote for the House of Representatives past a margin of 1.1 percent.^[9]

State elections [edit]

Gubernatorial elections [edit]

Regular elections were held for the governorships of 11 U.Southward. states and 2 U.Due south. territories. Additionally, a special ballot was held in Oregon after the resignation of John Kitzhaber as governor. Republicans won a cyberspace proceeds of two seats.

Legislative elections [edit]

In 2016, 44 states held country legislative elections; 86 of the 99 chambers were upwardly for election. Only six states did not concur state legislative elections: Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, Virginia, Alabama, and Maryland.^[10]

Other elections and ballot measures [edit]

Many states also held elections for other elected offices, such equally attorney full general. Many states held ballot measures.^[xi]

Local elections [edit]

Mayoral elections [edit]

Mayoral elections were held in many cities, including:

• Bakersfield, California: Incumbent Harvey Hall did non seek re-ballot.^[12] Karen Goh was elected to succeed Hall. The part is non partisan.
• Baltimore, Maryland: Incumbent Democrat Stephanie Rawlings-Blake did not seek re-election.^[13] Democrat Catherine E. Pugh was elected as Rawlings-Blake's replacement.
• Gilbert, Arizona: Incumbent John Lewis resigned prior to the election.^[14] Interim mayor Jenn Daniels was elected to succeed Lewis. The office is not partisan.
• Honolulu, Hawaii: Incumbent Democrat Kirk Caldwell won re-election to a second term.
• Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Incumbent Tom Barrett was re-elected to a fourth term. The office is not partisan.
• Portland, Oregon: Incumbent Charlie Hales did not seek re-election.^[15] Ted Wheeler was elected to succeed Hales. The office is not partisan.
• Richmond, Virginia: Incumbent Dwight C. Jones was term-limited and cannot seek re-ballot. Levar Stoney was elected as the new Richmond, VA, mayor. The office is not partisan.
• Sacramento, California: Incumbent Democrat Kevin Johnson did non seek re-election.^[xvi] Democrat Darrell Steinberg was elected every bit Johnson's replacement.^[17]
• San Diego, California: Incumbent Kevin Faulconer won a second term every bit mayor. The function is not partisan.
• Tulsa, Oklahoma: Incumbent Republican Dewey F. Bartlett Jr. was defeated by city councilor and swain Republican G. T. Bynum.^[18]

Table of land, territorial, and federal results [edit]

This tabular array shows the partisan results of Congressional, gubernatorial, presidential, and state legislative races held in each state and territory in 2016. Note that not all states and territories concur gubernatorial, state legislative, and United States Senate elections in 2016; additionally, the territories do non have electoral votes in American presidential elections, and neither Washington, D.C. nor the territories elect members of the United states of america Senate. Washington, D.C., and the five inhabited territories each elect one non-voting fellow member of the United States House of Representatives. Nebraska's unicameral legislature and the governorship and legislature of American Samoa are officially non-partisan. In the table, offices/legislatures that are non up for election in 2022 are already filled in for the "afterwards 2022 elections" department, although vacancies or party switching could potentially lead to a flip in partisan control.

Subdivision and PVI[19]		Before 2022 elections[xx]				After 2022 elections[21]
Subdivision	PVI	Governor	Country leg.	U.s.a. Senate	US House	Pres.	Governor	Land leg.	United states Senate	United states of america House
Alabama	R+14	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep 6–1	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep 6–i
Alaska	R+12	Ind	Rep	Rep	Rep 1–0	Rep	Ind	Rep	Rep	Rep 1–0
Arizona	R+7	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep 5–iv	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep 5–4
Arkansas	R+14	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep four–0	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep four–0
California	D+9	Dem	Dem	Dem	Dem 39–xiv	Dem	Dem	Dem	Dem	Dem 39–14
Colorado	D+1	Dem	Split	Split	Rep 4–3	Dem	Dem	Divide	Carve up	Rep 4–3
Connecticut	D+seven	Dem	Dem	Dem	Dem 5–0	Dem	Dem	Dem	Dem	Dem v–0
Delaware	D+viii	Dem	Dem	Dem	Dem 1–0	Dem	Dem	Dem	Dem	Dem 1–0
Florida	R+two	Rep	Rep	Split	Rep 17–10	Rep	Rep	Rep	Split	Rep 16–11
Georgia	R+6	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep 10–4	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep x–4
Hawaii	D+20	Dem	Dem	Dem	Dem two–0	Dem	Dem	Dem	Dem	Dem 2–0
Idaho	R+18	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep 2–0	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep two–0
Illinois	D+eight	Rep	Dem	Carve up	Dem 10–8	Dem	Rep	Dem	Dem	Dem xi–7
Indiana	R+v	Rep	Rep	Split	Rep 7–ii	Rep	Rep	Rep	Split	Rep vii–ii
Iowa	D+1	Rep	Divide	Rep	Rep 3–1	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep iii–1
Kansas	R+12	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep 4–0	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep 4–0
Kentucky	R+thirteen	Rep	Separate	Rep	Rep 5–i	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep 5–1
Louisiana	R+12	Dem	Rep	Rep	Rep five–one	Rep	Dem	Rep	Rep	Rep 5–i
Maine	D+5	Rep	Split	Split R/I [a]	Split 1–ane	Dem	Rep	Split	Split R/I [a]	Carve up 1–1
Maryland	D+10	Rep	Dem	Dem	Dem 7–1	Dem	Rep	Dem	Dem	Dem vii–i
Massachusetts	D+10	Rep	Dem	Dem	Dem ix–0	Dem	Rep	Dem	Dem	Dem 9–0
Michigan	D+4	Rep	Rep	Dem	Rep 9–5	Rep	Rep	Rep	Dem	Rep 9–v
Minnesota	D+2	Dem	Split	Dem	Dem 5–3	Dem	Dem	Rep	Dem	Dem 5–3
Mississippi	R+9	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep 3–ane	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep 3–1
Missouri	R+5	Dem	Rep	Split	Rep 6–ii	Rep	Rep	Rep	Split	Rep 6–2
Montana	R+7	Dem	Rep	Split up	Rep ane–0	Rep	Dem	Rep	Divide	Rep one–0
Nebraska	R+12	Rep	NP	Rep	Rep two–1	Rep	Rep	NP	Rep	Rep iii–0
Nevada	D+2	Rep	Rep	Divide	Rep 3–one	Dem	Rep	Dem	Dissever	Dem 3–one
New Hampshire	D+1	Dem	Rep	Split	Split 1–1	Dem	Rep	Rep	Dem	Dem 2–0
New Jersey	D+6	Rep	Dem	Dem	Split half-dozen–6	Dem	Rep	Dem	Dem	Dem 7–5
New Mexico	D+4	Rep	Dissever	Dem	Dem 2–i	Dem	Rep	Dem	Dem	Dem 2–1
New York	D+xi	Dem	Dissever [b]	Dem	Dem eighteen–9	Dem	Dem	Carve up	Dem	Dem 18–nine
North Carolina	R+3	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep 10–3	Rep	Dem	Rep	Rep	Rep 10–3
Northward Dakota	R+ten	Rep	Rep	Split	Rep 1–0	Rep	Rep	Rep	Split	Rep 1–0
Ohio	R+1	Rep	Rep	Split	Rep 12–4	Rep	Rep	Rep	Carve up	Rep 12–iv
Oklahoma	R+nineteen	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep five–0	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep five–0
Oregon	D+5	Dem	Dem	Dem	Dem 4–i	Dem	Dem	Dem	Dem	Dem iv–1
Pennsylvania	D+ane	Dem	Rep	Dissever	Rep 13–5	Rep	Dem	Rep	Dissever	Rep xiii–5
Rhode Isle	D+11	Dem	Dem	Dem	Dem ii–0	Dem	Dem	Dem	Dem	Dem two–0
South Carolina	R+viii	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep half dozen–ane	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep 6–1
South Dakota	R+x	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep 1–0	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep 1–0
Tennessee	R+12	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep 7–ii	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep vii–ii
Texas	R+10	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep 25–eleven	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep 25–11
Utah	R+22	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep 4–0	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep 4–0
Vermont	D+xvi	Dem	Dem	Dissever D/I [c]	Dem 1–0	Dem	Rep	Dem	Separate D/I [c]	Dem 1–0
Virginia	Even	Dem	Rep	Dem	Rep 8–3	Dem	Dem	Rep	Dem	Rep seven–4
Washington	D+5	Dem	Split [b]	Dem	Dem 6–4	Dem	Dem	Split	Dem	Dem 6–4
West Virginia	R+xiii	Dem	Rep	Split up	Rep 3–0	Rep	Dem	Rep	Split	Rep 3–0
Wisconsin	D+2	Rep	Rep	Divide	Rep 5–3	Rep	Rep	Rep	Split	Rep 5–3
Wyoming	R+22	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep 1–0	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep	Rep 1–0
Us	Even	Rep 31–18	Rep 30–11	Rep 54–46[d]	Rep 247–188	Rep	Rep 33–16	Rep 32–13	Rep 52–48[d]	Rep 241–194
Washington, D.C.	D+40	Dem[eastward]	Dem	N/A	Dem	Dem	Dem[due east]	Dem	Northward/A	Dem
American Samoa	N/A	NP/I[f]	NP		Rep	North/A	NP/D [one thousand]	NP		Rep
Guam		Rep	Dem		Dem	Dem[h]	Rep	Dem		Dem
Northward. Mariana Islands		Rep	Dissever		Ind[i]	N/A	Rep	Rep		Ind[i]
Puerto Rico		PDP/D[j]	PDP		PNP/D[yard]		PNP/D[50]	PNP		PNP/R [m]
U.South. Virgin Islands		Ind	Dem		Dem		Ind	Dem		Dem
Subdivision	PVI	Governor	State leg.	Usa Senate	US House	Pres.	Governor	Land leg.	US Senate	US House
Subdivision and PVI		Before 2022 elections				Later on 2022 elections

Footnotes [edit]

1. ^ ^{a b} 1 of Maine's Senators is a Republican, the other (Angus King) is an contained who has caucused with the Democrats since taking role in 2013.
2. ^ ^{a b} In New York and Washington, Democrats control the House and a coalition of Republicans and Democrats command the Senate.
3. ^ ^{a b} Ane of Vermont's Senators is a Democrat, the other (Bernie Sanders) was elected as an independent only has caucused with the Democrats since taking function in 2007.
4. ^ ^{a b} Including two Independents who caucus with the Democrats.
5. ^ ^{a b} Washington, D.C. does non elect a governor, merely it does elect a mayor.
6. ^ Although elections for governor of American Samoa are non-partisan, Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga was an Independent when first elected governor in 2014.
7. ^ With the 2022 election, Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga affiliated himself with the Democratic Party at the national level.
8. ^ Although Guam does not have a vote in the Electoral Higher, the territory has held a presidential advisory vote for every presidential election since 1980.
9. ^ ^{a b} Consul Gregorio Sablan was elected as an contained, only he has caucused with the Democrats since taking office in 2009.
10. ^ Governor Alejandro García Padilla is a fellow member of the Popular Democratic Party, but also affiliates with the Democratic Party at the national level.
11. ^ Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi is member of the New Progressive Party, merely he has caucused with the Democrats since taking office in 2009.
12. ^ Governor Ricardo Rosselló is a member of the New Progressive Political party, but also affiliates with the Democratic Party at the national level.
13. ^ Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González is fellow member of the New Progressive Party, but she has caucused with the Republicans since taking office in 2017.

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3. ^ Miller, Greg; Entous, Adam. "Declassified written report says Putin 'ordered' endeavour to undermine faith in U.S. ballot and aid Trump". Washington Postal service.
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5. ^ "Gov. DeSantis: Russians hacked voting databases in two Florida counties; The GOP governor said the incidents took place in 2022 and no election results were compromised". NBC News. Associated Press. May 14, 2019. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
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12. ^ Mayer, Steven. "Karen Goh installed as mayor of Bakersfield". The Bakersfield Californian. Retrieved Jan 17, 2017.
13. ^ "Baltimore Mayor Rawlings-Blake says she won't seek re-election". Fox News . Retrieved September 14, 2015.
14. ^ Gossie, Michael (July 15, 2017). "Almost Influential Women: Jenn Daniels, Town of Gilbert". AZ Big Media. Retrieved Jan 17, 2018.
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16. ^ "Mayor Kevin Johnson won't seek re-election". Sacramento Bee . Retrieved April 18, 2017.
17. ^ "Steinberg wins Sacramento mayor's race by wide margin". Sacramento Bee . Retrieved Apr xviii, 2017.
18. ^ "GT Bynum Defeats Incumbent Bartlett For Tulsa Mayor". NewsOn6.com. June 28, 2016. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
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External links [edit]

• "State Elections Legislation Database", Ncsl.org, Washington, D.C.: National Conference of State Legislatures, State legislation related to the administration of elections introduced in 2011 through...2020

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