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Federal offices that are up for election during the midterms include all 435 seats in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a>, and 33 or 34 of the 100 seats in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a>. </p><p>In addition, 34 of the 50 <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. states</a> elect their <a href="/wiki/Governor_(United_States)" title="Governor (United States)">governors</a> for four-year terms during midterm elections, while <a href="/wiki/Vermont" title="Vermont">Vermont</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a> elect governors to two-year terms in both midterm and presidential elections. Thus, 36 governors are elected during midterm elections. Many states also elect officers to their <a href="/wiki/State_legislature_(United_States)" title="State legislature (United States)">state legislatures</a> in midterm years. There are also elections held at the municipal level. On the ballot are many <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">mayors</a>, other local public offices, and a wide variety of <a href="/wiki/Popular_initiative" title="Popular initiative">citizen initiatives</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/By-election" title="By-election">Special elections</a> are often held in conjunction with regular elections,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> so additional Senators, governors and other local officials may be elected to partial terms. </p><p>Midterm elections historically generate lower <a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">voter turnout</a> than presidential elections. While the latter have had turnouts of about 50–60% over the past 60 years, only about 40% of those eligible to vote go to the polls in midterm elections.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Historically, midterm elections often see the president's party <a href="/wiki/Six-year_itch" title="Six-year itch">lose seats in Congress</a>, and also frequently see the president's opposite-party opponents gain control of one or both houses of Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_midterm_election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While <a href="/wiki/Article_Two_of_the_United_States_Constitution#Clause_1:_Executive_power_and_term_of_office" title="Article Two of the United States Constitution">Article II, Section 1, Clause 1</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Constitution">United States Constitution</a> sets the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">U.S. president</a>'s term of office to four years, <a href="/wiki/Article_One_of_the_United_States_Constitution#Clause_1:_Composition_and_election_of_Members" title="Article One of the United States Constitution">Article I, Section 2, Clause 1</a> sets a two-year term for congressmembers elected to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a>. <a href="/wiki/Article_One_of_the_United_States_Constitution#Clause_1:_Composition_and_election_of_senators" title="Article One of the United States Constitution">Article I, Section 3, Clause 1</a> then sets a six-year term for those elected to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Article_One_of_the_United_States_Constitution#Clause_2:_Classification_of_senators;_Vacancies" title="Article One of the United States Constitution">Clause 2</a> dividing the chamber into <a href="/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_senators" title="Classes of United States senators">three "classes"</a> so that approximately one-third of those seats are up for election every two years.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The elections for many state and local government offices are held during the midterms so they are not overshadowed or influenced by the presidential election.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Still, a number of state and local governments instead prefer to avoid presidential and midterm years altogether and schedule their local races during odd-numbered "<a href="/wiki/Off-year_election" title="Off-year election">off-years</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historical_record_of_midterm">Historical record of midterm</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_midterm_election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Historical record of midterm"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/United_States_presidential_election#Presidential_coattails" title="United States presidential election">United States presidential election § Presidential coattails</a></div> <p>Midterm elections are regarded as a referendum on the sitting president's and/or <a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a> party's performance.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The party of the incumbent president tends to lose ground during midterm elections:<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> since World War II, the president's party has lost an average of 26 seats in the House, and an average of four seats in the Senate. </p><p>Moreover, since direct public midterm elections were introduced, in only eight of those (under presidents <a href="/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson" title="Woodrow Wilson">Woodrow Wilson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a>, <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a>) has the president's party gained seats in the House or the Senate, and of those only two (1934, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and 2002, George W. Bush) have seen the president's party gain seats in <i>both</i> houses. </p><p>The losses suffered during a president's second midterm tend to be more pronounced than during their first midterm,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in what is described as a "<a href="/wiki/Six-year_itch" title="Six-year itch">six-year itch</a>". </p> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; border-collapse: collapse; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Year </th> <th rowspan="2">Sitting president </th> <th rowspan="2">President's party </th> <th colspan="3">Net gain/loss of president's party<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th>House seats </th> <th>Senate seats </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1790_United_States_elections" title="1790 United States elections">1790</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">None<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="background:#00cc22"><a href="/wiki/1790_and_1791_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1790 and 1791 United States House of Representatives elections">+3: (37 ► 40)</a> </td> <td style="background:#00cc22"><a href="/wiki/1790_and_1791_United_States_Senate_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1790 and 1791 United States Senate elections">0: (18 ► 18)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1794_United_States_elections" title="1794 United States elections">1794</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99"><a href="/wiki/1794_and_1795_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1794 and 1795 United States House of Representatives elections">-4: (51 ► 47)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9"><a href="/wiki/1794_and_1795_United_States_Senate_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1794 and 1795 United States Senate elections">+3: (16 ► 19)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1798_United_States_elections" title="1798 United States elections">1798</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Adams" title="John Adams">John Adams</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9">Federalist </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9"><a href="/wiki/1798_and_1799_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1798 and 1799 United States House of Representatives elections">+3: (57 ► 60)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F6D6C9"><a href="/wiki/1798_and_1799_United_States_Senate_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1798 and 1799 United States Senate elections">0: (22 ► 22)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1802_United_States_elections" title="1802 United States elections">1802</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#AACC99">Democratic-Republican </td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99"><a href="/wiki/1802_and_1803_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1802 and 1803 United States House of Representatives elections">+35: (68 ► 103)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99"><a href="/wiki/1802_and_1803_United_States_Senate_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1802 and 1803 United States Senate elections">+5: (17 ► 22)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1806_United_States_elections" title="1806 United States elections">1806</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99"><a href="/wiki/1806_and_1807_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1806 and 1807 United States House of Representatives elections">+2: (114 ► 116)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99"><a href="/wiki/1806_and_1807_United_States_Senate_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1806 and 1807 United States Senate elections">+1: (27 ► 28)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1810_United_States_elections" title="1810 United States elections">1810</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/James_Madison" title="James Madison">James Madison</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#AACC99">Democratic-Republican </td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99"><a href="/wiki/1810_and_1811_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1810 and 1811 United States House of Representatives elections">+13: (94 ► 107)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99"><a href="/wiki/1810_and_1811_United_States_Senate_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1810 and 1811 United States Senate elections">0: (26 ► 26)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1814_United_States_elections" title="1814 United States elections">1814</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99"><a href="/wiki/1814_and_1815_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1814 and 1815 United States House of Representatives elections">+5: (114 ► 119)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99"><a href="/wiki/1814_and_1815_United_States_Senate_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1814 and 1815 United States Senate elections">-3: (26 ► 22)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1818_United_States_elections" title="1818 United States elections">1818</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/James_Monroe" title="James Monroe">James Monroe</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#AACC99">Democratic-Republican </td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99"><a href="/wiki/1818_and_1819_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1818 and 1819 United States House of Representatives elections">+13: (145 ► 158)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99"><a href="/wiki/1818_and_1819_United_States_Senate_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1818 and 1819 United States Senate elections">+2: (28 ► 30)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1822_United_States_elections" title="1822 United States elections">1822</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99"><a href="/wiki/1822_and_1823_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1822 and 1823 United States House of Representatives elections">+34: (155 ► 189)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99"><a href="/wiki/1822_and_1823_United_States_Senate_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1822 and 1823 United States Senate elections">0: (44 ► 44)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1826_United_States_elections" title="1826 United States elections">1826</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Quincy_Adams" title="John Quincy Adams">John Quincy Adams</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#AACC99">Democratic-Republican<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="background-color:#DDEEFF"><a href="/wiki/1826_and_1827_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1826 and 1827 United States House of Representatives elections">-9: (109 ► 100)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#DDEEFF"><a href="/wiki/1826_and_1827_United_States_Senate_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1826 and 1827 United States Senate elections">-2: (21 ► 19)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1830_United_States_elections" title="1830 United States elections">1830</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Jackson" title="Andrew Jackson">Andrew Jackson</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="background-color:#DDEEFF"><a href="/wiki/1830_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1830 United States House of Representatives elections">-10: (136 ► 126)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#DDEEFF"><a href="/wiki/1830_and_1831_United_States_Senate_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1830 and 1831 United States Senate elections">+1: (25 ► 26)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1834_United_States_elections" title="1834 United States elections">1834</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#DDEEFF"><a href="/wiki/1834_and_1835_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1834 and 1835 United States House of Representatives elections">0: (143 ► 143)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE6B0"><a href="/wiki/1834_and_1835_United_States_Senate_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1834 and 1835 United States Senate elections">+1: (21 ► 22)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1838_United_States_elections" title="1838 United States elections">1838</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Martin_Van_Buren" title="Martin Van Buren">Martin Van Buren</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1838_and_1839_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1838 and 1839 United States House of Representatives elections">-3: (128 ► 125)</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1838_and_1839_United_States_Senate_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1838 and 1839 United States Senate elections">-7: (35 ► 28)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1842_United_States_elections" title="1842 United States elections">1842</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Tyler" title="John Tyler">John Tyler</a> </td> <td>None<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1842_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1842 United States House of Representatives elections">-69: (142 ► 73)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862"><a href="/wiki/1842_and_1843_United_States_Senate_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1842 and 1843 United States Senate elections">-3: (30 ► 27)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1846_United_States_elections" title="1846 United States elections">1846</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_K._Polk" title="James K. Polk">James K. Polk</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862"><a href="/wiki/1846_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1846 United States House of Representatives elections">-30: (142 ► 112)</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1846_and_1847_United_States_Senate_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1846 and 1847 United States Senate elections">+2: (33 ► 35)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_elections" title="1850 United States elections">1850</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Millard_Fillmore" title="Millard Fillmore">Millard Fillmore</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">Whig </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1850 United States House of Representatives elections">-22: (108 ► 86)</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1850_and_1851_United_States_Senate_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1850 and 1851 United States Senate elections">-3: (36 ► 33)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1854_United_States_elections" title="1854 United States elections">1854</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce">Franklin Pierce</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="background:#FFE153"><a href="/wiki/1854_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1854 United States House of Representatives elections">-75: (158 ► 83)</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1854_and_1855_United_States_Senate_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1854 and 1855 United States Senate elections">-3: (36 ► 33)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1858_United_States_elections" title="1858 United States elections">1858</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Buchanan" title="James Buchanan">James Buchanan</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1858_and_1859_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1858 and 1859 United States House of Representatives elections">-35: (133 ► 98)</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1858_and_1859_United_States_Senate_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1858 and 1859 United States Senate elections">-4: (32 ► 38)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1862_United_States_elections" title="1862 United States elections">1862</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Abraham Lincoln</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1862_and_1863_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1862 and 1863 United States House of Representatives elections">-23: (108 ► 85)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1862_and_1863_United_States_Senate_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1862 and 1863 United States Senate elections">+1: (31 ► 32)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1866_United_States_elections" title="1866 United States elections">1866</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Johnson" title="Andrew Johnson">Andrew Johnson</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1866_and_1867_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1866 and 1867 United States House of Representatives elections">+9: (38 ► 47)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1866_and_1867_United_States_Senate_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1866 and 1867 United States Senate elections">0: (10 ► 10)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_elections" title="1870 United States elections">1870</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant" title="Ulysses S. Grant">Ulysses S. Grant</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1870_and_1871_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1870 and 1871 United States House of Representatives elections">-32: (171 ► 139)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1870_and_1871_United_States_Senate_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1870 and 1871 United States Senate elections">-5: (63 ► 58)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1874_United_States_elections" title="1874 United States elections">1874</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1874_and_1875_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1874 and 1875 United States House of Representatives elections">-93: (199 ► 106)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1874_and_1875_United_States_Senate_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1874 and 1875 United States Senate elections">-10: (52 ► 42)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1878_United_States_elections" title="1878 United States elections">1878</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rutherford_B._Hayes" title="Rutherford B. Hayes">Rutherford B. Hayes</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1878_and_1879_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1878 and 1879 United States House of Representatives elections">-4: (136 ► 132)</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1878_and_1879_United_States_Senate_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1878 and 1879 United States Senate elections">-7: (38 ► 31)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1882_United_States_elections" title="1882 United States elections">1882</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chester_A._Arthur" title="Chester A. Arthur">Chester A. Arthur</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1882_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1882 United States House of Representatives elections">-29: (151 ► 118)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1882_and_1883_United_States_Senate_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1882 and 1883 United States Senate elections">0: (37 ► 37)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1886_United_States_elections" title="1886 United States elections">1886</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grover_Cleveland" title="Grover Cleveland">Grover Cleveland</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1886_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1886 United States House of Representatives elections">-16: (183 ► 167)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1886_and_1887_United_States_Senate_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1886 and 1887 United States Senate elections">+2: (34 ► 36)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_elections" title="1890 United States elections">1890</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison" title="Benjamin Harrison">Benjamin Harrison</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1890 United States House of Representatives elections">-93: (179 ► 86)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1890_and_1891_United_States_Senate_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1890 and 1891 United States Senate elections">-4: (47 ► 43)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1894_United_States_elections" title="1894 United States elections">1894</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grover_Cleveland" title="Grover Cleveland">Grover Cleveland</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1894_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1894 United States House of Representatives elections">-127: (220 ► 93)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1894_and_1895_United_States_Senate_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1894 and 1895 United States Senate elections">-4: (44 ► 40)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1898_United_States_elections" title="1898 United States elections">1898</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_McKinley" title="William McKinley">William McKinley</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1898_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1898 United States House of Representatives elections">-21: (205 ► 189)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1898_and_1899_United_States_Senate_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1898 and 1899 United States Senate elections">+6: (44 ► 50)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1902_United_States_elections" title="1902 United States elections">1902</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt" title="Theodore Roosevelt">Theodore Roosevelt</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1902_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1902 United States House of Representatives elections">+9: (201 ► 210)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1902_and_1903_United_States_Senate_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1902 and 1903 United States Senate elections">0: (55 ► 55)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1906_United_States_elections" title="1906 United States elections">1906</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1906_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1906 United States House of Representatives elections">-27: (251 ► 224)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1906_and_1907_United_States_Senate_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1906 and 1907 United States Senate elections">+2: (58 ► 60)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_elections" title="1910 United States elections">1910</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Howard_Taft" title="William Howard Taft">William Howard Taft</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1910 United States House of Representatives elections">-56: (219 ► 163)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1910_and_1911_United_States_Senate_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1910 and 1911 United States Senate elections">-9: (59 ► 50)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1914_United_States_elections" title="1914 United States elections">1914</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson" title="Woodrow Wilson">Woodrow Wilson</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1914_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1914 United States House of Representatives elections">-61: (291 ► 230)</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1914_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1914 United States Senate elections">+3: (50 ► 53)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1918_United_States_elections" title="1918 United States elections">1918</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1918_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1918 United States House of Representatives elections">-22: (214 ► 192)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1918_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1918 United States Senate elections">-4: (52 ► 48)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1922_United_States_elections" title="1922 United States elections">1922</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Warren_G._Harding" title="Warren G. Harding">Warren G. Harding</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1922_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1922 United States House of Representatives elections">-77: (302 ► 225)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1922_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1922 United States Senate elections">-7: (60 ► 53)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1926_United_States_elections" title="1926 United States elections">1926</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Calvin_Coolidge" title="Calvin Coolidge">Calvin Coolidge</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1926_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1926 United States House of Representatives elections">-9: (247 ► 238)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1926_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1926 United States Senate elections">-6: (56 ► 50)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_elections" title="1930 United States elections">1930</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Hoover" title="Herbert Hoover">Herbert Hoover</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1930 United States House of Representatives elections">-52: (270 ► 218)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1930 United States Senate elections">-6: (56 ► 50)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1934_United_States_elections" title="1934 United States elections">1934</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1934_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1934 United States House of Representatives elections">+9: (313 ► 322)</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1934_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1934 United States Senate elections">+9: (60 ► 69)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1938_United_States_elections" title="1938 United States elections">1938</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1938_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1938 United States House of Representatives elections">-72: (334 ► 262)</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1938_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1938 United States Senate elections">-7: (75 ► 68)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1942_United_States_elections" title="1942 United States elections">1942</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1942_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1942 United States House of Representatives elections">-45: (267 ► 222)</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1942_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1942 United States Senate elections">-8: (65 ► 57)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1946_United_States_elections" title="1946 United States elections">1946</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman" title="Harry S. Truman">Harry S. Truman</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1946_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1946 United States House of Representatives elections">-54: (242 ► 188)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1946_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1946 United States Senate elections">-10: (56 ► 46)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_elections" title="1950 United States elections">1950</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1950 United States House of Representatives elections">-28: (263 ► 235)</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1950 United States Senate elections">-5: (54 ► 49)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1954_United_States_elections" title="1954 United States elections">1954</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1954_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1954 United States House of Representatives elections">-18: (221 ► 203)</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1954_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1954 United States Senate elections">-2: (49 ► 47)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1958_United_States_elections" title="1958 United States elections">1958</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1958_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1958 United States House of Representatives elections">-48: (201 ► 153)</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1958_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1958 United States Senate elections">-12: (47 ► 35)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1962_United_States_elections" title="1962 United States elections">1962</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1962_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1962 United States House of Representatives elections">-4: (262 ► 258)</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1962_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1962 United States Senate elections">+4: (64 ► 68)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1966_United_States_elections" title="1966 United States elections">1966</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson" title="Lyndon B. Johnson">Lyndon B. Johnson</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1966_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1966 United States House of Representatives elections">-47: (295 ► 248)</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1966_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1966 United States Senate elections">-3: (67 ► 64)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_elections" title="1970 United States elections">1970</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1970 United States House of Representatives elections">-12: (192 ► 180)</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1970 United States Senate elections">+2: (43 ► 45)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1974_United_States_elections" title="1974 United States elections">1974</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ford" title="Gerald Ford">Gerald Ford</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1974_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1974 United States House of Representatives elections">-48: (192 ► 144)</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1974_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1974 United States Senate elections">-4: (42 ► 38)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1978_United_States_elections" title="1978 United States elections">1978</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1978_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1978 United States House of Representatives elections">-15: (292 ► 277)</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1978_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1978 United States Senate elections">-2: (61 ► 59)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1982_United_States_elections" title="1982 United States elections">1982</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1982_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1982 United States House of Representatives elections">-26: (192 ► 166)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1982_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1982 United States Senate elections">0: (54 ► 54)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1986_United_States_elections" title="1986 United States elections">1986</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1986_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1986 United States House of Representatives elections">-5: (182 ► 177)</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1986_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1986 United States Senate elections">-8: (53 ► 45)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_elections" title="1990 United States elections">1990</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1990 United States House of Representatives elections">-8: (175 ► 167)</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1990 United States Senate elections">-1: (45 ► 44)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1994_United_States_elections" title="1994 United States elections">1994</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1994_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1994 United States House of Representatives elections">-54: (258 ► 204)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1994_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1994 United States Senate elections">-9: (56 ► 47)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_United_States_elections" title="1998 United States elections">1998</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1998_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1998 United States House of Representatives elections">+4: (207 ► 211)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1998_United_States_Senate_elections" title="1998 United States Senate elections">0: (45 ► 45)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2002_United_States_elections" title="2002 United States elections">2002</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/2002_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="2002 United States House of Representatives elections">+8: (221 ► 229)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/2002_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2002 United States Senate elections">+2: (49 ► 51)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_elections" title="2006 United States elections">2006</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="2006 United States House of Representatives elections">-32: (231 ► 199)</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2006 United States Senate elections">-6: (55 ► 49)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_elections" title="2010 United States elections">2010</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections">-63: (256 ► 193)</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2010 United States Senate elections">-6: (59 ► 53)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_elections" title="2014 United States elections">2014</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="2014 United States House of Representatives elections">-13: (201 ► 188)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2014 United States Senate elections">-9: (55 ► 46)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_United_States_elections" title="2018 United States elections">2018</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/2018_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="2018 United States House of Representatives elections">-41: (241 ► 200)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/2018_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2018 United States Senate elections">+2: (51 ► 53)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2022_United_States_elections" title="2022 United States elections">2022</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/2022_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="2022 United States House of Representatives elections">-9: (222 ► 213)</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/2022_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2022 United States Senate elections">+1: (50 ► 51)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2026_United_States_elections" title="2026 United States elections">2026</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2026_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="2026 United States House of Representatives elections">TBD</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2026_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2026 United States Senate elections">TBD</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Comparison_with_other_U.S._general_elections">Comparison with other U.S. general elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_midterm_election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Comparison with other U.S. general elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_elections_in_the_United_States" title="List of elections in the United States">List of elections in the United States</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; width:100%; margin:0 auto 15px; text-align:center;"> <caption>Basic rotation of <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_the_United_States" title="Elections in the United States">U.S. general elections</a> (<a href="/wiki/Fixed-term_election" title="Fixed-term election">fixed terms only</a><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_SpecialElection1"><a href="#endnote_SpecialElection1">[1]</a></sup>) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th width="10%">Year </th> <th width="18%"><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_elections" title="2024 United States elections">2024</a> </th> <th width="18%"><a href="/wiki/2025_United_States_elections" title="2025 United States elections">2025</a> </th> <th width="18%"><a href="/wiki/2026_United_States_elections" title="2026 United States elections">2026</a> </th> <th width="18%"><a href="/wiki/2027_United_States_elections" title="2027 United States elections">2027</a> </th> <th width="18%"><a href="/wiki/2028_United_States_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="2028 United States elections">2028</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Type </th> <td style="align:center">Presidential </td> <td style="align:center"><a href="/wiki/Off-year_election" title="Off-year election">Off-year</a> </td> <td style="align:center"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Midterm</a> </td> <td style="align:center"><a href="/wiki/Off-year_election" title="Off-year election">Off-year</a> </td> <td style="align:center">Presidential </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/United_States_presidential_election" title="United States presidential election">President</a> </th> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election" title="2024 United States presidential election">Yes</a> </td> <td colspan="3" style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"><a href="/wiki/2028_United_States_presidential_election" title="2028 United States presidential election">Yes</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_senators" title="Classes of United States senators">Senate</a> </th> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2024 United States Senate elections">Class I (33 seats)</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"><a href="/wiki/2026_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2026 United States Senate elections">Class II (33 seats)</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"><a href="/wiki/2028_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2028 United States Senate elections">Class III (34 seats)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>House </th> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="2024 United States House of Representatives elections">All 435 seats</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_HousePR3"><a href="#endnote_HousePR3">[3]</a></sup> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"><a href="/wiki/2026_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="2026 United States House of Representatives elections">All 435 seats</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_HouseDelegates2"><a href="#endnote_HouseDelegates2">[2]</a></sup> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"><a href="/wiki/2028_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="2028 United States House of Representatives elections">All 435 seats</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_HousePR3"><a href="#endnote_HousePR3">[3]</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Governor_(United_States)" title="Governor (United States)">Gubernatorial</a> </th> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included"><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_gubernatorial_elections" title="2024 United States gubernatorial elections">11 states, 2 territories</a> <br /> <small><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Delaware" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Delaware">DE</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Indiana" title="Governor of Indiana">IN</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Missouri">MO</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Montana" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Montana">MT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_Hampshire" title="Governor of New Hampshire">NH</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_North_Carolina" title="Governor of North Carolina">NC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_North_Dakota" title="Governor of North Dakota">ND</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Utah" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Utah">UT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Vermont" title="Governor of Vermont">VT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Washington" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Washington">WA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of West Virginia">WV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_American_Samoa" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of American Samoa">AS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Puerto_Rico" title="Governor of Puerto Rico">PR</a></small> </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included"><a href="/wiki/2025_United_States_gubernatorial_elections" title="2025 United States gubernatorial elections">2 states</a> <br /> <small><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_Jersey" title="Governor of New Jersey">NJ</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Virginia" title="Governor of Virginia">VA</a></small> </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included"><a href="/wiki/2026_United_States_gubernatorial_elections" title="2026 United States gubernatorial elections">36 states, DC, & 3 territories</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_NEandVTGovs4"><a href="#endnote_NEandVTGovs4">[4]</a></sup> <br /> <small><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Alabama" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Alabama">AL</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Alaska" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Alaska">AK</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Arizona" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Arizona">AZ</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Arkansas" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Arkansas">AR</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_California" title="Governor of California">CA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Colorado" title="Governor of Colorado">CO</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Connecticut" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Connecticut">CT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Florida">FL</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Georgia" title="Governor of Georgia">GA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Hawaii" title="Governor of Hawaii">HI</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Idaho" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Idaho">ID</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Illinois" title="Governor of Illinois">IL</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Iowa" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Iowa">IA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Kansas" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Kansas">KS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Maine" title="Governor of Maine">ME</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Maryland" title="Governor of Maryland">MD</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Massachusetts" title="Governor of Massachusetts">MA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Michigan" title="Governor of Michigan">MI</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Minnesota" title="Governor of Minnesota">MN</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Nebraska" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Nebraska">NE</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Nevada" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Nevada">NV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_Hampshire" title="Governor of New Hampshire">NH</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_Mexico" title="Governor of New Mexico">NM</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_York" title="Governor of New York">NY</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Ohio">OH</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Oklahoma" title="Governor of Oklahoma">OK</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Oregon" title="Governor of Oregon">OR</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Pennsylvania">PA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Rhode_Island" title="Governor of Rhode Island">RI</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_South_Carolina" title="Governor of South Carolina">SC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_South_Dakota" title="Governor of South Dakota">SD</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Tennessee" title="Governor of Tennessee">TN</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Texas" title="Governor of Texas">TX</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Vermont" title="Governor of Vermont">VT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Wisconsin" title="Governor of Wisconsin">WI</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Wyoming" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Wyoming">WY</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_the_District_of_Columbia" title="Mayor of the District of Columbia">DC (Mayor)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Guam" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Guam">GU</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Northern_Mariana_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Northern Mariana Islands">MP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_United_States_Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of United States Virgin Islands">VI</a></small> </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included"><a href="/wiki/2027_United_States_gubernatorial_elections" title="2027 United States gubernatorial elections">3 states</a> <br /> <small><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Kentucky" title="Governor of Kentucky">KY</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Louisiana" title="Governor of Louisiana">LA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Mississippi" title="Governor of Mississippi">MS</a></small> </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included"><a href="/wiki/2028_United_States_gubernatorial_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="2028 United States gubernatorial elections">11 states, 2 territories</a> <br /> <small> <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Delaware" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Delaware">DE</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Indiana" title="Governor of Indiana">IN</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Missouri">MO</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Montana" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Montana">MT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_Hampshire" title="Governor of New Hampshire">NH</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_North_Carolina" title="Governor of North Carolina">NC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_North_Dakota" title="Governor of North Dakota">ND</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Utah" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Utah">UT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Vermont" title="Governor of Vermont">VT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Washington" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Washington">WA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of West Virginia">WV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_American_Samoa" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of American Samoa">AS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Puerto_Rico" title="Governor of Puerto Rico">PR</a> </small> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant Governor (United States)">Lieutenant gubernatorial</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_LtGov5"><a href="#endnote_LtGov5">[5]</a></sup> </th> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included"><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_elections" title="2024 United States elections">5 states, 1 territory</a> <br /><small> <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Delaware" title="Lieutenant Governor of Delaware">DE</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Missouri" title="Lieutenant Governor of Missouri">MO</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_North_Carolina" title="Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina">NC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Vermont" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant Governor of Vermont">VT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Washington" title="Lieutenant Governor of Washington">WA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_American_Samoa" title="Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa">AS</a></small> </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included"><a href="/wiki/2025_United_States_elections" title="2025 United States elections">1 state</a> <br /><small><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Virginia" title="Lieutenant Governor of Virginia">VA</a></small> </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included">10 states<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_VTofficials6"><a href="#endnote_VTofficials6">[6]</a></sup> <br /><small><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Alabama" title="Lieutenant Governor of Alabama">AL</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Arkansas" title="Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas">AR</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_California" title="Lieutenant Governor of California">CA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Georgia" title="Lieutenant Governor of Georgia">GA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Idaho" title="Lieutenant Governor of Idaho">ID</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Nevada" title="Lieutenant Governor of Nevada">NV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Oklahoma" title="Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma">OK</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Rhode_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island">RI</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Texas" title="Lieutenant Governor of Texas">TX</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Vermont" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant Governor of Vermont">VT</a> </small> </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included">2 states <br /><small> <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Louisiana" title="Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana">LA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Mississippi" title="Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi">MS</a></small> </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included"><a href="/wiki/2028_United_States_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="2028 United States elections">5 states, 1 territory</a> <br /><small> <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Delaware" title="Lieutenant Governor of Delaware">DE</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Missouri" title="Lieutenant Governor of Missouri">MO</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_North_Carolina" title="Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina">NC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Vermont" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant Governor of Vermont">VT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Washington" title="Lieutenant Governor of Washington">WA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_American_Samoa" title="Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa">AS</a></small> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_state_(U.S._state_government)" title="Secretary of state (U.S. state government)">Secretary of state</a> </th> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included">7 states <br /><small> <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State of Missouri">MO</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Montana" title="Secretary of State of Montana">MT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State of North Carolina">NC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Oregon" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State of Oregon">OR</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Vermont" title="Secretary of State of Vermont">VT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Washington" title="Secretary of State of Washington">WA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_West_Virginia" title="Secretary of State of West Virginia">WV</a></small> </td> <td>None </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included">26 states <br /><small><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Alabama" title="Secretary of State of Alabama">AL</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Arizona" title="Secretary of State of Arizona">AZ</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Arkansas" title="Secretary of State of Arkansas">AR</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_California" title="Secretary of State of California">CA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Colorado" title="Secretary of State of Colorado">CO</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Connecticut" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State of Connecticut">CT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State of Georgia">GA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Idaho" title="Secretary of State of Idaho">ID</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State of Illinois">IL</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Indiana" title="Secretary of State of Indiana">IN</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Iowa" title="Secretary of State of Iowa">IA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Kansas" title="Secretary of State of Kansas">KS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State of Massachusetts">MA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State of Michigan">MI</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State of Minnesota">MN</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Nebraska" title="Secretary of State of Nebraska">NE</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Nevada" title="Secretary of State of Nevada">NV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_New_Mexico" title="Secretary of State of New Mexico">NM</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_North_Dakota" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State of North Dakota">ND</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State of Ohio">OH</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Rhode_Island" title="Secretary of State of Rhode Island">RI</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_South_Carolina" title="Secretary of State of South Carolina">SC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Texas" title="Secretary of State of Texas">TX</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Vermont" title="Secretary of State of Vermont">VT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Wisconsin" title="Secretary of State of Wisconsin">WI</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Wyoming" title="Secretary of State of Wyoming">WY</a></small> </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included">3 states<br /><small><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Kentucky" title="Secretary of State of Kentucky">KY</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Louisiana" title="Secretary of State of Louisiana">LA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Mississippi" title="Secretary of State of Mississippi">MS</a></small> </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included">7 states <br /><small> <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State of Missouri">MO</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Montana" title="Secretary of State of Montana">MT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State of North Carolina">NC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Oregon" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State of Oregon">OR</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Vermont" title="Secretary of State of Vermont">VT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Washington" title="Secretary of State of Washington">WA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_West_Virginia" title="Secretary of State of West Virginia">WV</a></small> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/State_Attorney_General" class="mw-redirect" title="State Attorney General">Attorney general</a> </th> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included">10 states <br /><small> <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Indiana" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of Indiana">IN</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of Missouri">MO</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Montana" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of Montana">MT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of North Carolina">NC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Oregon" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of Oregon">OR</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of Pennsylvania">PA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Utah" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of Utah">UT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Vermont" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of Vermont">VT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Washington" title="Attorney General of Washington">WA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of West Virginia">WV</a></small> </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included">1 state <br /><small> <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Virginia" title="Attorney General of Virginia">VA</a></small> </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included">30 states, DC, & 2 territories <br /><small><a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Alabama" title="Attorney General of Alabama">AL</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Arizona" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of Arizona">AZ</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Arkansas" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of Arkansas">AR</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_California" title="Attorney General of California">CA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of Colorado">CO</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Connecticut" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of Connecticut">CT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Delaware" title="Attorney General of Delaware">DE</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of Florida">FL</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Georgia" title="Attorney General of Georgia">GA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Idaho" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of Idaho">ID</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of Illinois">IL</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Iowa" title="Attorney General of Iowa">IA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Kansas" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of Kansas">KS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Maryland" title="Attorney General of Maryland">MD</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of Massachusetts">MA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of Michigan">MI</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Minnesota" title="Attorney General of Minnesota">MN</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Nebraska" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of Nebraska">NE</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Nevada" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of Nevada">NV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_New_Mexico" title="Attorney General of New Mexico">NM</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_New_York" title="Attorney General of New York">NY</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_North_Dakota" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of North Dakota">ND</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of Ohio">OH</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Oklahoma" title="Attorney General of Oklahoma">OK</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Rhode_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of Rhode Island">RI</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_South_Carolina" title="Attorney General of South Carolina">SC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_South_Dakota" title="Attorney General of South Dakota">SD</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of Texas">TX</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Vermont" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of Vermont">VT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Wisconsin" title="Attorney General of Wisconsin">WI</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_for_the_District_of_Columbia" title="Attorney General for the District of Columbia">DC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Guam" title="Attorney General of Guam">GU</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Attorney_General_of_Northern_Mariana_Islands&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Attorney General of Northern Mariana Islands (page does not exist)">MP</a></small> </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included">3 states <br /><small><a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Kentucky" title="Attorney General of Kentucky">KY</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of Louisiana">LA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Mississippi" title="Attorney General of Mississippi">MS</a></small> </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included">10 states <br /><small> <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Indiana" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of Indiana">IN</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of Missouri">MO</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Montana" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of Montana">MT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of North Carolina">NC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Oregon" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of Oregon">OR</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of Pennsylvania">PA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Utah" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of Utah">UT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Vermont" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of Vermont">VT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Washington" title="Attorney General of Washington">WA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of West Virginia">WV</a></small> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/State_treasurer" title="State treasurer">State treasurer</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_Comptroller7"><a href="#endnote_Comptroller7">[7]</a></sup> </th> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included">9 states <br /><small> <a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="Treasurer of Missouri">MO</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Treasurer_of_North_Carolina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Treasurer of North Carolina (page does not exist)">NC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_North_Dakota" class="mw-redirect" title="Treasurer of North Dakota">ND</a>, <a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_Oregon" class="mw-redirect" title="Treasurer of Oregon">OR</a>, <a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_Pennsylvania" title="Treasurer of Pennsylvania">PA</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Treasurer_of_Utah&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Treasurer of Utah (page does not exist)">UT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_Vermont" class="mw-redirect" title="Treasurer of Vermont">VT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_Washington" class="mw-redirect" title="Treasurer of Washington">WA</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Treasurer_of_West_Virginia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Treasurer of West Virginia (page does not exist)">WV</a></small> </td> <td>None </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included">23 states <br /><small><a href="/w/index.php?title=Treasurer_of_Alabama&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Treasurer of Alabama (page does not exist)">AL</a>, <a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_Arizona" class="mw-redirect" title="Treasurer of Arizona">AZ</a>, <a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_Arkansas" title="Treasurer of Arkansas">AR</a>, <a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Treasurer of California">CA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="Treasurer of Colorado">CO</a>, <a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_Connecticut" class="mw-redirect" title="Treasurer of Connecticut">CT</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Treasurer_of_Florida&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Treasurer of Florida (page does not exist)">FL (CFO)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_Idaho" class="mw-redirect" title="Treasurer of Idaho">ID</a>, <a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Treasurer of Illinois">IL</a>, <a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_Indiana" class="mw-redirect" title="Treasurer of Indiana">IN</a>, <a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_Iowa" title="Treasurer of Iowa">IA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_Kansas" class="mw-redirect" title="Treasurer of Kansas">KS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Treasurer of Massachusetts">MA</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Treasurer_of_Nebraska&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Treasurer of Nebraska (page does not exist)">NE</a>, <a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_Nevada" class="mw-redirect" title="Treasurer of Nevada">NV</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Treasurer_of_New_Mexico&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Treasurer of New Mexico (page does not exist)">NM</a>, <a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Treasurer of Ohio">OH</a>, <a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_Oklahoma" class="mw-redirect" title="Treasurer of Oklahoma">OK</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Treasurer_of_Rhode_Island&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Treasurer of Rhode Island (page does not exist)">RI</a>, <a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_South_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="Treasurer of South Carolina">SC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_Vermont" class="mw-redirect" title="Treasurer of Vermont">VT</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Treasurer_of_Wisconsin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Treasurer of Wisconsin (page does not exist)">WI</a>, <a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_Wyoming" class="mw-redirect" title="Treasurer of Wyoming">WY</a></small> </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included">2 states <br /><small><a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="Treasurer of Kentucky">KY</a>, <a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_Mississippi" class="mw-redirect" title="Treasurer of Mississippi">MS</a></small> </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included">9 states <br /><small> <a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="Treasurer of Missouri">MO</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Treasurer_of_North_Carolina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Treasurer of North Carolina (page does not exist)">NC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_North_Dakota" class="mw-redirect" title="Treasurer of North Dakota">ND</a>, <a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_Oregon" class="mw-redirect" title="Treasurer of Oregon">OR</a>, <a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_Pennsylvania" title="Treasurer of Pennsylvania">PA</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Treasurer_of_Utah&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Treasurer of Utah (page does not exist)">UT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_Vermont" class="mw-redirect" title="Treasurer of Vermont">VT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_Washington" class="mw-redirect" title="Treasurer of Washington">WA</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Treasurer_of_West_Virginia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Treasurer of West Virginia (page does not exist)">WV</a></small> </td></tr> <tr> <th>State comptroller/controller </th> <td>None </td> <td>None </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included">7 states <br /><small> <a href="/wiki/Comptroller_of_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Comptroller of California">CA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Comptroller_of_Connecticut" class="mw-redirect" title="Comptroller of Connecticut">CT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Comptroller_of_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Comptroller of Illinois">IL</a>, <a href="/wiki/Comptroller_of_Maryland" title="Comptroller of Maryland">MD</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Comptroller_of_Nevada&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Comptroller of Nevada (page does not exist)">NV</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Comptroller" title="New York State Comptroller">NY</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Comptroller_of_South_Carolina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Comptroller of South Carolina (page does not exist)">SC</a></small> </td> <td>None </td> <td>None </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/State_auditor" title="State auditor">State auditor</a> </th> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included">9 states <br /><small><a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Auditor_of_Montana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="State Auditor of Montana (page does not exist)">MT</a>, <a href="/wiki/State_Auditor_of_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="State Auditor of North Carolina">NC</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Auditor_of_North_Dakota&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="State Auditor of North Dakota (page does not exist)">ND</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Auditor_of_Pennsylvania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="State Auditor of Pennsylvania (page does not exist)">PA</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Auditor_of_Utah&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="State Auditor of Utah (page does not exist)">UT</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Auditor_of_Vermont&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="State Auditor of Vermont (page does not exist)">VT</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Auditor_of_Washington&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="State Auditor of Washington (page does not exist)">WA</a>, <a href="/wiki/State_Auditor_of_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="State Auditor of West Virginia">WV</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Auditor_of_Guam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="State Auditor of Guam (page does not exist)">GU</a></small> </td> <td>None </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included">15 states <br /><small><a href="/wiki/State_Auditor_of_Alabama" title="State Auditor of Alabama">AL</a>, <a href="/wiki/State_Auditor_of_Arkansas" class="mw-redirect" title="State Auditor of Arkansas">AR</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Auditor_of_Delaware&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="State Auditor of Delaware (page does not exist)">DE</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Auditor_of_Indiana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="State Auditor of Indiana (page does not exist)">IN</a>, <a href="/wiki/State_Auditor_of_Iowa" class="mw-redirect" title="State Auditor of Iowa">IA</a>, <a href="/wiki/State_Auditor_of_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="State Auditor of Massachusetts">MA</a>, <a href="/wiki/State_Auditor_of_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="State Auditor of Minnesota">MN</a>, <a href="/wiki/State_Auditor_of_Missouri" title="State Auditor of Missouri">MO</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Auditor_of_Nebraska&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="State Auditor of Nebraska (page does not exist)">NE</a>, <a href="/wiki/State_Auditor_of_New_Mexico" class="mw-redirect" title="State Auditor of New Mexico">NM</a>, <a href="/wiki/State_Auditor_of_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="State Auditor of Ohio">OH</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Auditor_of_Oklahoma&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="State Auditor of Oklahoma (page does not exist)">OK</a>, <a href="/wiki/State_Auditor_of_South_Dakota" title="State Auditor of South Dakota">SD</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Auditor_of_Vermont&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="State Auditor of Vermont (page does not exist)">VT</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Auditor_of_Wyoming&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="State Auditor of Wyoming (page does not exist)">WY</a></small> </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included">1 state <br /><small><a href="/wiki/State_Auditor_of_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="State Auditor of Kentucky">KY</a></small> </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included">9 states <br /><small><a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Auditor_of_Montana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="State Auditor of Montana (page does not exist)">MT</a>, <a href="/wiki/State_Auditor_of_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="State Auditor of North Carolina">NC</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Auditor_of_North_Dakota&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="State Auditor of North Dakota (page does not exist)">ND</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Auditor_of_Pennsylvania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="State Auditor of Pennsylvania (page does not exist)">PA</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Auditor_of_Utah&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="State Auditor of Utah (page does not exist)">UT</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Auditor_of_Vermont&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="State Auditor of Vermont (page does not exist)">VT</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Auditor_of_Washington&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="State Auditor of Washington (page does not exist)">WA</a>, <a href="/wiki/State_Auditor_of_West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="State Auditor of West Virginia">WV</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=State_Auditor_of_Guam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="State Auditor of Guam (page does not exist)">GU</a></small> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Superintendent_of_public_instruction" class="mw-redirect" title="Superintendent of public instruction">Superintendent of public instruction</a> </th> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included">4 states <br /><small> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Superintendent_of_Public_Instruction_of_Montana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Superintendent of Public Instruction of Montana (page does not exist)">MT</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Superintendent_of_Public_Instruction_of_North_Carolina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Superintendent of Public Instruction of North Carolina (page does not exist)">NC</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Superintendent_of_Public_Instruction_of_North_Dakota&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Superintendent of Public Instruction of North Dakota (page does not exist)">ND</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Superintendent_of_Public_Instruction_of_Washington&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Superintendent of Public Instruction of Washington (page does not exist)">WA</a></small> </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included">1 state <br /><small> <a href="/wiki/Superintendent_of_Public_Instruction_of_Wisconsin" title="Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin">WI</a></small> </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included">8 states <br /><small><a href="/w/index.php?title=Superintendent_of_Public_Instruction_of_Arizona&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Superintendent of Public Instruction of Arizona (page does not exist)">AZ</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Superintendent_of_Public_Instruction_of_California&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Superintendent of Public Instruction of California (page does not exist)">CA</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Superintendent_of_Public_Instruction_of_Georgia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Superintendent of Public Instruction of Georgia (page does not exist)">GA</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Superintendent_of_Public_Instruction_of_Idaho&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Superintendent of Public Instruction of Idaho (page does not exist)">ID</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Superintendent_of_Public_Instruction_of_Oklahoma&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Superintendent of Public Instruction of Oklahoma (page does not exist)">OK</a>,<br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Superintendent_of_Public_Instruction_of_South_Carolina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Superintendent of Public Instruction of South Carolina (page does not exist)">SC</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Superintendent_of_Public_Instruction_of_South_Dakota&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Superintendent of Public Instruction of South Dakota (page does not exist)">SD (incl. Land)</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Superintendent_of_Public_Instruction_of_Wyoming&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wyoming (page does not exist)">WY</a></small> </td> <td>None </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included">4 states <br /><small> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Superintendent_of_Public_Instruction_of_Montana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Superintendent of Public Instruction of Montana (page does not exist)">MT</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Superintendent_of_Public_Instruction_of_North_Carolina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Superintendent of Public Instruction of North Carolina (page does not exist)">NC</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Superintendent_of_Public_Instruction_of_North_Dakota&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Superintendent of Public Instruction of North Dakota (page does not exist)">ND</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Superintendent_of_Public_Instruction_of_Washington&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Superintendent of Public Instruction of Washington (page does not exist)">WA</a></small> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_commissioner" title="Agriculture commissioner">Agriculture commissioner</a> </th> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included">2 states <br /><small> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Agricultural_Commissioner_of_North_Carolina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Agricultural Commissioner of North Carolina (page does not exist)">NC</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Agricultural_Commissioner_of_West_Virginia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Agricultural Commissioner of West Virginia (page does not exist)">WV</a></small> </td> <td>None </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included">6 states<br /><small><a href="/w/index.php?title=Agricultural_Commissioner_of_Alabama&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Agricultural Commissioner of Alabama (page does not exist)">AL</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Agricultural_Commissioner_of_Florida&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Agricultural Commissioner of Florida (page does not exist)">FL</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Agricultural_Commissioner_of_Georgia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Agricultural Commissioner of Georgia (page does not exist)">GA</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Agricultural_Commissioner_of_Iowa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Agricultural Commissioner of Iowa (page does not exist)">IA</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Agricultural_Commissioner_of_North_Dakota&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Agricultural Commissioner of North Dakota (page does not exist)">ND</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Agricultural_Commissioner_of_South_Carolina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Agricultural Commissioner of South Carolina (page does not exist)">SC</a></small> </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included">2 states<br /><small><a href="/w/index.php?title=Agricultural_Commissioner_of_Kentucky&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Agricultural Commissioner of Kentucky (page does not exist)">KY</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Agricultural_Commissioner_of_Mississippi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Agricultural Commissioner of Mississippi (page does not exist)">MS</a></small> </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included">2 states<br /><small> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Agricultural_Commissioner_of_North_Carolina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Agricultural Commissioner of North Carolina (page does not exist)">NC</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Agricultural_Commissioner_of_West_Virginia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Agricultural Commissioner of West Virginia (page does not exist)">WV</a></small> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Insurance_commissioner" title="Insurance commissioner">Insurance commissioner</a> </th> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included">3 states<br /><small> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Insurance_Commissioner_of_North_Carolina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Insurance Commissioner of North Carolina (page does not exist)">NC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Insurance_Commissioner_of_North_Dakota" class="mw-redirect" title="Insurance Commissioner of North Dakota">ND</a>, <a href="/wiki/Insurance_Commissioner_of_Washington" class="mw-redirect" title="Insurance Commissioner of Washington">WA</a>, </small> </td> <td>None </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included">5 states<br /><small><a href="/wiki/Insurance_Commissioner_of_Delaware" class="mw-redirect" title="Insurance Commissioner of Delaware">DE</a>, <a href="/wiki/Insurance_Commissioner_of_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Insurance Commissioner of California">CA</a> <a href="/wiki/Insurance_Commissioner_of_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Insurance Commissioner of Georgia">GA</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Insurance_Commissioner_of_Kansas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Insurance Commissioner of Kansas (page does not exist)">KS</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Insurance_Commissioner_of_Oklahoma&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Insurance Commissioner of Oklahoma (page does not exist)">OK</a>,</small> </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included">2 states<br /><small><a href="/w/index.php?title=Insurance_Commissioner_of_Louisiana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Insurance Commissioner of Louisiana (page does not exist)">LA</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Insurance_Commissioner_of_Mississippi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Insurance Commissioner of Mississippi (page does not exist)">MS</a></small> </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included">3 states<br /><small> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Insurance_Commissioner_of_North_Carolina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Insurance Commissioner of North Carolina (page does not exist)">NC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Insurance_Commissioner_of_North_Dakota" class="mw-redirect" title="Insurance Commissioner of North Dakota">ND</a>, <a href="/wiki/Insurance_Commissioner_of_Washington" class="mw-redirect" title="Insurance Commissioner of Washington">WA</a>, </small> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Other commissioners & elected officials </th> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included">1 state<br /><small> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Labor_Commissioner_of_North_Carolina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Labor Commissioner of North Carolina (page does not exist)">NC (Labor)</a></small> </td> <td>None </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included">8 states<br /><small><a href="/wiki/State_Mine_Inspector_of_Arizona" class="mw-redirect" title="State Mine Inspector of Arizona">AZ (Mine Inspector)</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Land_Commissioner_of_Arkansas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Land Commissioner of Arkansas (page does not exist)">AR (Land)</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Land_Commissioner_of_Georgia_(U.S._State)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Land Commissioner of Georgia (U.S. State) (page does not exist)">GA (Land)</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Land_Commissioner_of_New_Mexico&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Land Commissioner of New Mexico (page does not exist)">NM (Land)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tax_Commissioner_of_North_Dakota" class="mw-redirect" title="Tax Commissioner of North Dakota">ND (Tax)</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Labor_Commissioner_of_Oklahoma&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Labor Commissioner of Oklahoma (page does not exist)">OK (Labor)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Labor_Commissioner_of_Oregon" class="mw-redirect" title="Labor Commissioner of Oregon">OR (Labor)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Land_Commissioner_of_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Land Commissioner of Texas">TX (Land)</a></small> </td> <td>None </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included">1 state<br /><small> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Labor_Commissioner_of_North_Carolina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Labor Commissioner of North Carolina (page does not exist)">NC (Labor)</a></small> </td></tr> <tr> <th>State legislatures<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_StateLeg8"><a href="#endnote_StateLeg8">[8]</a></sup> </th> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_state_legislative_elections" title="2020 United States state legislative elections">44 states, DC, & 5 territories</a> <br /> <small> AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, ME, MA, MI, MN, MO, MN, NE, NV, NH, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, WA, WV, WI, WY, DC, AS, GU, MP, PR, VI </small> </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included"><a href="/wiki/2021_United_States_state_legislative_elections" title="2021 United States state legislative elections">2 states</a> <br /> <small> VA, NJ </small> </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included"><a href="/wiki/2022_United_States_state_legislative_elections" title="2022 United States state legislative elections">46 states, DC, & 4 territories</a> <br /> <small> AK, AL, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, ME, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MN, NE, NV, NH, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, WA, WV, WI, WY, DC, AS, GU, MP, VI </small> </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included"><a href="/wiki/2023_United_States_state_legislative_elections" title="2023 United States state legislative elections">4 states</a> <br /> <small> LA, MS, NJ, VA </small> </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included"><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_state_legislative_elections" title="2024 United States state legislative elections">44 states, DC, & 5 territories</a> <br /> <small> AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, ME, MA, MI, MN, MO, MN, NE, NV, NH, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, WA, WV, WI, WY, DC, AS, GU, MP, PR, VI </small> </td></tr> <tr> <th>State boards of education <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_SBE9"><a href="#endnote_SBE9">[9]</a></sup> </th> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included">8 states, DC, & 3 territories <br /><small> <a href="/wiki/Alabama_State_Board_of_Education" title="Alabama State Board of Education">AL</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colorado_State_Board_of_Education" title="Colorado State Board of Education">CO</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kansas_State_Department_of_Education" title="Kansas State Department of Education">KS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Department_of_Education" title="Michigan Department of Education">MI</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Department_of_Education" title="Nebraska Department of Education">NE</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Department_of_Education" title="Ohio Department of Education">OH</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas_Education_Agency" title="Texas Education Agency">TX</a>, <a href="/wiki/Utah_State_Board_of_Education" title="Utah State Board of Education">UT</a>, <a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia_State_Board_of_Education" title="District of Columbia State Board of Education">DC</a>, GU, MP, VI</small> </td> <td>None </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included">8 states, DC, & 3 territories <br /><small> <a href="/wiki/Alabama_State_Board_of_Education" title="Alabama State Board of Education">AL</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colorado_State_Board_of_Education" title="Colorado State Board of Education">CO</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kansas_State_Department_of_Education" title="Kansas State Department of Education">KS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Department_of_Education" title="Michigan Department of Education">MI</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Department_of_Education" title="Nebraska Department of Education">NE</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Department_of_Education" title="Ohio Department of Education">OH</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas_Education_Agency" title="Texas Education Agency">TX</a>, <a href="/wiki/Utah_State_Board_of_Education" title="Utah State Board of Education">UT</a>, <a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia_State_Board_of_Education" title="District of Columbia State Board of Education">DC</a>, GU, MP, VI</small> </td> <td>None </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="included table-included">8 states, DC, & 3 territories <br /><small> <a href="/wiki/Alabama_State_Board_of_Education" title="Alabama State Board of Education">AL</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colorado_State_Board_of_Education" title="Colorado State Board of Education">CO</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kansas_State_Department_of_Education" title="Kansas State Department of Education">KS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Department_of_Education" title="Michigan Department of Education">MI</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Department_of_Education" title="Nebraska Department of Education">NE</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Department_of_Education" title="Ohio Department of Education">OH</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas_Education_Agency" title="Texas Education Agency">TX</a>, <a href="/wiki/Utah_State_Board_of_Education" title="Utah State Board of Education">UT</a>, <a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia_State_Board_of_Education" title="District of Columbia State Board of Education">DC</a>, GU, MP, VI</small> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Other state, local, and tribal offices </th> <td colspan="5" style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">Varies </td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_SpecialElection1"><a href="#ref_SpecialElection1"><b><sup>1</sup></b></a></span> This table does not include <a href="/wiki/By-election" title="By-election">special elections</a>, which may be held to fill political offices that have become vacant between the regularly scheduled elections.</dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_HouseDelegates2"><a href="#ref_HouseDelegates2"><b><sup>2</sup></b></a></span> As well as all six <a href="/wiki/Non-voting_members_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Non-voting members of the United States House of Representatives">non-voting delegates</a> of the U.S. House.</dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_HousePR3"><a href="#ref_HousePR3"><b><sup>3</sup></b></a></span> As well as five <a href="/wiki/Non-voting_members_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Non-voting members of the United States House of Representatives">non-voting delegates</a> of the U.S. House. The <a href="/wiki/Resident_commissioner_of_Puerto_Rico" title="Resident commissioner of Puerto Rico">resident commissioner of Puerto Rico</a> instead serves a four-year term that coincides with the presidential term.</dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_NEandVTGovs4"><a href="#ref_NEandVTGovs4"><b><sup>4</sup></b></a></span> The governors of New Hampshire and Vermont are each elected to two-year terms. The other 48 state governors and all five territorial governors serve four-year terms.</dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_LtGov5"><a href="#ref_LtGov5"><b><sup>5</sup></b></a></span> In 26 states and 3 territories the lieutenant governor is elected on the same ticket as the governor: AK, CO, CT, FL, HI, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, MD, MA, MI, MN, MT, NE, NJ, NM, NY, ND, OH, PA, SC, SD, UT, WI, GU, MP, VI.</dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_VTofficials6"><a href="#ref_VTofficials6"><b><sup>6</sup></b></a></span> Like the governor, Vermont's other officials are each elected to two-year terms. All other state officers for all other states listed serve four-year terms.</dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_Comptroller7"><a href="#ref_Comptroller7"><b><sup>7</sup></b></a></span> In some states, the comptroller or controller has the duties equivalent to a treasurer. There are some states with both positions, so both have been included separately.</dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_StateLeg8"><a href="#ref_StateLeg8"><b><sup>8</sup></b></a></span> This list does not differentiate chambers of each legislature. Forty-nine state legislatures are bicameral; Nebraska is unicameral. Additionally, Washington, DC, Guam, and the US Virgin Islands are unicameral; the other territories are bicameral. All legislatures have varying terms for their members. Many have two-year terms for the lower house and four-year terms for the upper house. Some have all two-year terms and some all four-year terms. Arkansas has a combination of both two- and four-year terms in the same chamber.</dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_SBE9"><a href="#ref_SBE9"><b><sup>9</sup></b></a></span> Most states not listed here have a board appointed by the governor and legislature. All boards listed here have members that serve four-year staggered terms, except Colorado, which has six-year terms, and Guam, which has two-year terms. Most are elected statewide, some are elected from districts. Louisiana, Ohio, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands have additional members who are appointed.</dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:US_elections" title="Template:US elections"><span title="View this template">view</span></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:US_elections" title="Template talk:US elections"><span title="Discuss this template">talk</span></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:US_elections" title="Special:EditPage/Template:US elections"><span title="Edit this template">edit</span></a></li></ul></div></dd></dl> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_midterm_election&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Party shading shows which party controls chamber after that election.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gain/loss numbers are for the Pro-Administration faction (1790) and <a href="/wiki/Federalist_Party" title="Federalist Party">Federalist Party</a> (1794).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gain/loss numbers are for the <a href="/wiki/National_Republican_Party" title="National Republican Party">anti-Jacksonian faction</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gain/loss numbers are for the <a href="/wiki/Jacksonian_democracy" title="Jacksonian democracy">pro-Jacksonian faction</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Tyler was elected on the Whig ticket in 1840 but expelled from the party in 1841. 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elections">1796</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1797_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:1797 elections in the United States">1797</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1798_United_States_elections" title="1798 United States elections">1798</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1799_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:1799 elections in the United States">1799</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1800_United_States_elections" title="1800 United States elections">1800</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1801_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:1801 elections in the United States">1801</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1802_United_States_elections" title="1802 United States elections">1802</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1803_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:1803 elections in the United States">1803</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1804_United_States_elections" title="1804 United States elections">1804</a></li> <li><a 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title="Category:1813 elections in the United States">1813</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1814_United_States_elections" title="1814 United States elections">1814</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1815_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:1815 elections in the United States">1815</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1816_United_States_elections" title="1816 United States elections">1816</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1817_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:1817 elections in the United States">1817</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1818_United_States_elections" title="1818 United States elections">1818</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1819_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:1819 elections in the United States">1819</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1820_United_States_elections" title="1820 United States elections">1820</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1821_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:1821 elections in the United States">1821</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1822_United_States_elections" title="1822 United States elections">1822</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1823_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:1823 elections in the United States">1823</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1824_United_States_elections" title="1824 United States elections">1824</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1825_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:1825 elections in the United States">1825</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1826_United_States_elections" title="1826 United States elections">1826</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1827_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:1827 elections in the United States">1827</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1828_United_States_elections" title="1828 United States elections">1828</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1829_United_States_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1829 United States elections">1829</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1830_United_States_elections" title="1830 United States 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href="/wiki/Category:1839_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:1839 elections in the United States">1839</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1840_United_States_elections" title="1840 United States elections">1840</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1841_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:1841 elections in the United States">1841</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1842_United_States_elections" title="1842 United States elections">1842</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1843_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:1843 elections in the United States">1843</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1844_United_States_elections" title="1844 United States elections">1844</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1845_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:1845 elections in the United States">1845</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1846_United_States_elections" title="1846 United States elections">1846</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1847_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:1847 elections in the United States">1847</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1848_United_States_elections" title="1848 United States elections">1848</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1849_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:1849 elections in the United States">1849</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_elections" title="1850 United States elections">1850</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1851_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:1851 elections in the United States">1851</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1852_United_States_elections" title="1852 United States elections">1852</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1853_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:1853 elections in the United States">1853</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1854_United_States_elections" title="1854 United States elections">1854</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1855_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:1855 elections in the United States">1855</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1856_United_States_elections" title="1856 United States elections">1856</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1857_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:1857 elections in the United States">1857</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1858_United_States_elections" title="1858 United States elections">1858</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1859_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:1859 elections in the United States">1859</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_elections" title="1860 United States elections">1860</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1861_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:1861 elections in the United States">1861</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1862_United_States_elections" title="1862 United States elections">1862</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1863_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:1863 elections in the United States">1863</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1864_United_States_elections" title="1864 United States elections">1864</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1865_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:1865 elections in the United States">1865</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1866_United_States_elections" title="1866 United States elections">1866</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1867_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:1867 elections in the United States">1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_United_States_elections" title="1868 United States elections">1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1869_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:1869 elections in the United States">1869</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_elections" title="1870 United States elections">1870</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1871_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:1871 elections in the United States">1871</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_United_States_elections" title="1872 United States elections">1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1873_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:1873 elections in the United States">1873</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1874_United_States_elections" title="1874 United States elections">1874</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1875_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:1875 elections in the United States">1875</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1876_United_States_elections" title="1876 United States elections">1876</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1877_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:1877 elections in the United States">1877</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_United_States_elections" title="1878 United States elections">1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1879_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:1879 elections in the United States">1879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_elections" title="1880 United States elections">1880</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1881_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:1881 elections in the United States">1881</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1882_United_States_elections" title="1882 United States elections">1882</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1883_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:1883 elections in the United States">1883</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_United_States_elections" title="1884 United States elections">1884</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1885_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:1885 elections in the United States">1885</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886_United_States_elections" title="1886 United States elections">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1887_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:1887 elections in the United States">1887</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_United_States_elections" title="1888 United States elections">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1889_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:1889 elections in the United States">1889</a></li> 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title="Category:1915 elections in the United States">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_elections" title="1916 United States elections">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1917_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:1917 elections in the United States">1917</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_United_States_elections" title="1918 United States elections">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1919_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:1919 elections in the United States">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_elections" title="1920 United States elections">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1921_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:1921 elections in the United States">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_United_States_elections" title="1922 United States elections">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1923_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:1923 elections in the United States">1923</a></li> 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States elections">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_United_States_elections" title="1933 United States elections">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_United_States_elections" title="1934 United States elections">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1935_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:1935 elections in the United States">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_elections" title="1936 United States elections">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1937_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:1937 elections in the United States">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_United_States_elections" title="1938 United States elections">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_United_States_elections" title="1939 United States elections">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_elections" title="1940 United States elections">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1941_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:1941 elections in the 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