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Full list: 2018 midterm election seats that flipped

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Republicans have picked up Senate seats in Indiana, Missouri and North Dakota, and successfully defended one in Tennessee. In the House, Democrats flipped at least 40 seats.

The bottom line: Democrats have won control of the House and are waiting for more results in a few tight districts they hope to flip. Meanwhile, Republicans have secured control of the Senate, which currently stands at 52-47 with a seat in deep-red Mississippi remain still undecided.

Senate:

  • Indiana: Republican Mike Braun has unseated Sen. Joe Donnelly in Indiana.
  • North Dakota: Republican Rep. Kevin Cramer has defeated Democratic incumbent Sen. Heidi Heitkamp.
  • Missouri: Republican Josh Hawley unseated Democrat incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill.
  • Florida: Republican Rick Scott defeated Democrat Bill Nelson.
  • Nevada: Democrat Jacky Rosen beat Republican incumbent Dean Heller.
  • Arizona: Democratic Rep. Kyrsten Sinema flipped Sen. Jeff Flake's (R) seat from red to blue.

House:

  1. Virginia's 2nd: Democrat Elaine Luria beat out incumbent Republican Scott Taylor.
  2. Virginia's 7th: Democrat Abigail Spanberger beat incumbent Republican Dave Brat.
  3. Virginia's 10th: Democrat Jennifer Wexton unseated incumbent Republican Rep. Barbara Comstock.
  4. Florida's 26th: Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell defeated Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo.
  5. Florida's 27th: Democrat Donna Shalala defeated Republican Maria Elvira Salazar.
  6. New Jersey's 2nd: Democrat Jeff Van Drew defeated Republican Seth Grossman.
  7. New Jersey's 3rd: Democratic newcomer Andy Kim defeated incumbent Republican Rep. Tom MacArthur.
  8. New Jersey's 7th: Democrat Tom Malinowski ousted incumbent Republican Leonard Lance.
  9. New Jersey's 11th: Democrat Mikie Sherrill won the race for the open seat against Republican Jay Webber.
  10. New York's 11th: Max Rose defeated Republican Dan Donovan, the only Republican House member in New York City.
  11. New York's 19th: Democrat Antonio Delgado edges out incumbent Republican Rep. John Faso.
  12. Pennsylvania's 5th: Democrat Mary Gay Scanlon won against Republican Pearl Kim in the district which was reformed after the state’s gerrymandered map was redrawn.
  13. Pennsylvania's 6th: Democrat Chrissy Houlahan beat out Republican Greg McCauley for the open seat.
  14. Pennsylvania's 7th: Democrat Susan Wild defeated Republican Marty Nothstein for the open seat.
  15. Pennsylvania's 14: Republican Guy Reschenthaler defeated Democrat Bibiana Boerio.
  16. Minnesota's 2nd: Democrat Angie Craig unseated Republican incumbent Jason Lewis.
  17. Minnesota's 3rd: Dean Phillips defeated incumbent Republican Erik Paulsen.
  18. Kansas' 3rd: Democrat Sharice Davids defeated Republican incumbent Kevin Yoder.
  19. Colorado's 6th: Democrat Jason Crow unseated incumbent Republican Mike Coffman.
  20. Texas' 32nd: Democrat Colin Allred beat incumbent Republican Pete Sessions.
  21. Oklahoma's 5th: Democrat Kendra Horn defeated Republican Steve Russell.
  22. Arizona's 2nd: Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick topped Republican Lea Marquez Peterson.
  23. Iowa's 1st: Democrat Abby Finkenauer unseated Republican incumbent Rod Blum.
  24. Iowa's 3rd: Democrat Cindy Axne defeated incumbent Republican David Young.
  25. Illinois' 14th: Democrat Lauren Underwood unseated incumbent Republican Randy Hultgren.
  26. Illinois' 6: Democrat Sean Casten defeated incumbent Republican Rep. Peter Roskam.
  27. Georgia's 6th: Democrat Lucy McBath defeated Republican Rep. Karen Handel.
  28. Maine's 2nd: Democrat Jared Golden defeated Republican incumbent Rep. Bruce Poliquin.
  29. Pennsylvania's 17: Democrat Connor Lamb beat Rep. Keith Rothfus.
  30. South Carolina's 1st: Democrat Joe Cunningham defeated Rep. Katie Arrington.
  31. Michigan's 8th: Democrat Elissa Slotkin defeated incumbent Mike Bishop.
  32. Michigan's 11th: Democrat Haley Stevens defeated Republican Lena Epstein.
  33. Minnesota's 1st: Republican Jim Hagdorn defeated Democrat Dan Feehan.
  34. New Mexico's 2nd: Democrat Xochitl Torres Small defeated Republican Yvette Herrell.
  35. California's 10th: Democrat Josh Harder defeated Republican Jeff Denham.
  36. California's 25th: Democrat Katie Hill defeated Republican Rep. Steve Knight.
  37. California's 39th: Democrat Gil Cisneros defeated Republican Young Kim.
  38. California's 45th: Democrat Katie Porter beat incumbent Republican Mimi Walters.
  39. California's 49th: Democrat Mike Levin defeated Republican Diane Harkey.
  40. California's 48th: Democrat Harley Rouda defeated Republican Dana Rohrabacher.
  41. Washington's 8th: Democrat Kim Schrier defeated Republican Dino Rossi.
  42. Utah's 4th: Democrat Ben McAdams defeated Republican incumbent Rep. Mia Love.

Go deeper: Live map: 2018 midterm elections results

Editor's note: This is an updating story.

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