The 2024 United States presidential election was the 60th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024.

The Democratic Party candidate for president was current vice president Kamala Harris and her Vice President was current Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. The Republican Party candidate for president was former president Donald Trump and his vice president is current Ohio Senator JD Vance.

Donald Trump and his VP JD Vance won 312 electoral votes and the Harris-Biden team garnered 226 electoral votes.

There were 34 senate races on the ballot in 2024. Currently 23 seats are held by Democrats and 11 by Republicans.

This post has summaries of the most competitive senate races according to most polls as shown in the map.

Go to the 2024 US Senate Races category to view all the competitive senate races in a slide show format.

Republicans won control of the U.S. Senate with victories in Montana, Ohio and West Virginia on Wednesday, ensuring Donald Trump’s party will control at least one chamber of Congress next year. As of Friday Nov. 8, the Republicans control 53 seats and the Democrats 45 with Arizona and Nevada still too close to call although most likely the Democrats will retain control of these two Senate seats.

All 435 House seats are on the ballot in 2024. Currently 213 seats are held by Democrats and 220 seats are held by Republicans.

This post has summaries of the most competitive house races according to most polls as shown in the map.

Go to the 2024 US House Races category to view all the featured competitive house races in a slide show format.

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