Context
In November 2024, U.S. citizens from 33 states will go to the polls to elect their senators for the 119th Congress. Of the 33 Senate seats up for election in 2024, 10 seats are held by Republicans, 20 are held by Democrats and three are held by independents who caucus with Democrats. Following the 2020 general elections, Congress was evenly split with 50 Republican Senators and 50 Democratic Senators, a win for the Democratic party, which only had 47 seats following the 2018 midterms. In the 2022 midterm elections, Democrats took control of the Senate with 51 seats and 49 Republican seats.