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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
House seats are up every 2 years, so midterm and presidential elections decide the house of representatives regularly. It's one of the 2 legislative houses, the other being the senate which is likely going to the Republicans.
Senate seats are up every 6 years, and the two senate seats rotate their elections so that there is at least one consistent senator through every election. Senators tend to hold a lot of power, and the elections are rare, so these are probably the most important mid term races to watch.
Governor seats are up every 4 years (with some variations), and the rules vary from state to state on term limits etc. Governors tend to have a large influence on the district lines being drawn, along with other important state laws and policies that are not governed by the fed. State elections get less attention, but might be more important to the overall effect of government on people's day to day lives.
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States also have 3 levels of government. We've had a Democratic governor for years, but they haven't been able to do much without the other levels. Republicans have one seat majorities in both the state house and senate, which have far worse gerrymandering than federal districts.