The SDA 2022 Midterm Results Contest

In the 2022 mid-terms, there are 35 U.S. Senate seats on the ballot.

The U.S. Senate has 50 Republicans and 50 Democrats (including two independents). Democrats control the chamber as the vice-president can break tie votes. There are 35 seats up in 2022 – including a special election in Oklahoma – of which 21 are held by the GOP. That party can retake control with a net gain of one or more seats.

In the House, all 435 districts are up for grabs.

The seats of all 435 representatives will be up for election. The seats of five of the six non-voting members of the U.S. House will be up for election as well.

The results of the 2022 U.S. House elections will determine whether Democrats maintain their majority or Republicans gain control of the chamber. Heading into the election, Democrats hold a 220-212 majority in the U.S. House with three vacancies. Republicans need to gain a net of five districts to win a majority in the chamber.

And don’t forget the Governors.

Of the 36 gubernatorial seats up for re-election in 2022, twenty are Republican, and sixteen are Democrat.

Republicans are defending six governorships in states President Joe Biden (D) won in 2020: Arizona, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont.

Democrats are defending one governorship in a state that Donald Trump won (R) in 2020: Kansas.

This interactive map may help.

CONTEST INSTRUCTIONS. READ CAREFULLY.

Predict Tuesday’s outcomes using this gains/losses format, as in this example:

Senate Gains:
Republicans +1
House Gains:
Republicans +18
Governorship Gains:
Republicans -2

TOTAL Republican Gain(-Loss): +17

Results will be scored as below – the bigger the miss, the higher your score. The entry coming closest to 0 in total predictions will win a book from the SDA Free Book Library;

Prediction Senate: Republicans -2 House: Republicans +12 Governor: Republicans +1 Total score:

Results Senate: Republicans +5 House: Republicans +15 Governor: Republicans +1 .

Score 7 3 0 10

In event of a tie, the entry that comes closest to the House outcome will be the tiebreaker. I have no idea when the contest results will be finalized, because we never know when a pipe may burst. Entries will close at NOON Eastern tomorrow.

Entries with excessive commentary will be deleted. Off topic will be deleted. This is not a discussion thread.