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Campaigning was disrupted around the country. In Nebraska, for instance, authorities lifted a ban on public gatherings in early November 1918 and permitted politicians to campaign five days prior to polls opening. The turnout was 40%, which was unusually low for a midterm election (turnout was at 52% and 50% in the 1910 and 1914 midterm elections).
The 1918 United States House of Representatives elections were elections for the United States House of Representatives to elect members to serve in the 66th United States Congress. They were held for the most part on November 5, 1918, while Maine held theirs on September 9. They occurred in the middle of President Woodrow Wilson's second term.
The 1918 United States Senate elections were held throughout 1918, [a] the midpoint of Woodrow Wilson's second term as president.This was the first election since the ratification of the 17th Amendment that all 32 Class 2 senators were subject to direct or popular election, making them the final class under the old system of being selected by state legislatures.
1918 Banbury by-election; 1918 Clapham by-election; 1918 Elgin Burghs by-election; 1918 Finsbury East by-election; 1918 United Kingdom general election; 1918 United Kingdom general election in Ireland; List of MPs elected in the 1918 United Kingdom general election; 1918 Manchester North East by-election; 1918 Newcastle-upon-Tyne by-election
The so-called 'midterm curse' is when the sitting president's party loses seats in midterm elections. Since the end of World War II, the commander in chief's party has gained seats in the House of ...
The 1918 United States Senate election in Michigan took place on November 5, 1918. Incumbent Republican Senator William Alden Smith did not seek re-election to a third term in office. In the race to succeed him, Republican former Secretary of the Navy Truman Handy Newberry defeated the automobile industrialist Henry Ford .
A 2018 Oklahoma general election ballot, listing candidates for state and local offices, as well as those for U.S. Congress. Midterm elections in the United States are the general elections that are held near the midpoint of a president's four-year term of office, on Election Day on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
Midterm elections: Election day: November 8: Incumbent president: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) Next Congress: 76th: Senate elections; Overall control: Democratic hold: Seats contested: 36 of 96 seats (32 Class 3 seats + 6 special elections) [1] Net seat change: Republican +8 [2] 1938 Senate election results