Politics & Government
Midterm Election 2018: See Top Trending Candidates In Your State
See which House and Senate candidates are currently the most buzz-worthy in your state, as we head into Election Day 2018!
With the 2018 Midterm Election upon us, have you ever wondered which candidate running is currently "breaking the Internet" in your state? Since so many individuals are competing in either the Senate and House race, it's almost inevitable that you'll need to cruise the web at some point to catch up. ProPublica took it upon themselves to create an interactive map to answer all of your burning questions!
Using ProPublica's Election DataBot, you can see the most-searched candidate, committee, or race in your state for the upcoming U.S. election. You can further filter down your results by expenditures, statements or news articles. Among some other neat tricks, the DataBot even displays results for which candidates are currently topping Google Trends, which we've shared below for the week of Nov. 6, 2018. Since this resource automatically updates in real-time, it's fun to check back to see surging areas of interest in each state.
Take a look at the top trending Senate and House candidates of the 2018 Midterm Election below!
Alabama
House District 02: Martha Roby
House District 03: Mike Rogers
House District 05: Mo Brooks
House District 06: Gary Palmer
House District 07: Terri Sewell
No Search Activity: House District 01, 04
Alaska
District At-Large: Don Young
Arizona
Senate: Krysten Sinema
House District 01: Wendy Rogers, Tom O'Halleran
House Districts 02: Ann Krikpatrick
House Districts 03: Raul M. Grijalva
House District 05: Andy Biggs
House District 09: Greg Stanton
No Search Activity: House District 04, 06, 07, 08
Arkansas
House District 02: French Hill
No Search Activity: House District 01, 03, 04
California
United States Senator Dianne Feinstein (Democrat of California) questions witnesses who are giving testimony on the nomination of Judge Kavanaugh before the US Senate Judiciary Committee on his nomination as Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court on Sept. 7, 2018. (Shutterstock)
Senate: Kevin de Leon, Dianne Feinstein
House Districts 02: Dale Mensing
House Districts 03: John Garamendi
House District 04: Tom McClintock
House District 06: Doris Matsui
House District 07: Ami Bera
House District 08: Paul Cook
House District 09: Jerry McNerney
House District 10: Jeff Denham
House District 13: Barbara Lee
House District 16: Jim Costa
House District 17: Ro Khanna
House District 18: Anna G. Eshoo
House District 19: Zoe Lofgren (above)
House District 20: Jimmy Panetta
House District 21: David Valadao
House District 22: Devin Nunes
House District 24: Justin Fareed, Salud Carbajal
House District 25: Steve Knight
House District 26: Antonio Sabato Jr.
House Districts 27: Judy Chu
House District 28: Anna G. Eshoo
House District 30: Jimmy Panetta
House District 31: David Valadao
House District 32: Grace Napolitano
House District 33: Ted Lieu
House District 34: Jimmy Gomez
House District 35: Norma Torres
House District 37: Karen Bass
House District 38: Linda Sanchez
House District 40: Lucille Royball-Allard
House District 41: Mark Takano
House District 42: Ken Calvert
House District 43: Omar Navarro
House District 44: Nanette Barragan
House District 46: Lou Correa
House District 47: Alan Lowenthal
House District 48: Dana Rohrabacher
House District 50: Duncan D. Hunter
House District 51: Juan C. Vargas
House District 52: Scott Peters
House District 53: Susan Davis
No Search Activity: House District 01, 05, 11, 12, 14, 15, 23, 29, 36, 39, 45, 49
Colorado
House District 01: Diana L. Degette
House District 03: Diane Mitsch Bush
House District 04: Ken Buck
House District 05: Doug Lamborn
House District 06: Mike Coffman
House District 07: Ed Perlmutter
No Search Activity: House District 02
Connecticut
Senate: Christopher S. Murphy
House District 01: John B. Larson
House District 02: Joe Courtney
House District 03: Rosa L. DeLauro
No Search Activity: House District 04, 05
Delaware
Senate: Thomas R. Carper
Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DEL) and Kevin Ross attend the Universal Music Group and Ebony celebration in honor of Senator Kamala D. Harris (D) during 2017 CBCF ALC at Ajax Gallery, in Washington, DC. (Invision/AP/Shutterstock)
At-Large District: Lisa Blunt Rochester
Florida
House District 01: Matt Gaetz
House District 02: Neal Dunn
House District 03: Ted Yoho
House District 04: John Rutherford
House District 07: Stephanie Murphy
House District 08: Bill Posey
House District 12: Gus M. Bilirakis
House District 13: Charlie Crist
House District 16: Vern Buchanan
House District 17: April Freeman
House District 18: Brian Mast
House District 19: Francis Rooney
House District 20: Alcee L. Hastings
House Districts 21: Lois J. Frankel
House Districts 22: Ted Deutch
House Districts 23: Debbie Wasserman Schultz
House District 25: Mario Diaz-Balart
No Search Activity: Senate, House District 05, 06, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 24, 26, 27
Georgia
House District 01: Buddy Carter
House District 02: Stanford D. Bishop Jr.
House District 04: Hank Johnson
House District 05: John R. Lewis
House District 06: No Activity
House District 07: Rob Woodall
House Districts 08-10: No Activity
House District 11: Barry Loudermilk
House District 12: Rick Allen
No Search Activity: House District 03, 13, 14
Hawaii
Senate: Mazie Hirono
House District 02: Tulsi Gabbard
No Search Activity: House District 01
Idaho
House District 02: Mike Simpson
No Search Activity: House District 01, 03
Illinois
House District 03: Dan Lipinski
House District 05: Mike Quigley
Representative Peter Roskam makes remarks as US Senate and House Republicans announce their new tax plan endorsed by Trump, Sept. 27, 2017. (REX/Shutterstock)
House District 06: Peter Roskam
House District 07: Danny K. Davis
House District 09: Jan Schakowsky
House District 10: Brad Schneider
House Districts 11: Bill Foster, Nick Stella
No Search Activity: House District 01, 02, 04, 08,
Indiana
Senate: Joe Donnelly
House District 01: Peter J. Visclosky
House District 02: Jackie Walorski
House District 05: Susan Brooks
House District 07: Andre D. Carson
House District 08: Larry D. Bucshon
House District 09: Trey Hollingsworth
No Search Activity: House District 03, 04, 06
Iowa
House District 01: Abby Finkenauer, Rod Blum
House District 02: Dave Loebsack
House District 03: David Young
No Search Activity: House District 04, 05
Kansas
House District 01: Alan LaPolice
No Search Activity: House District 02, 04
Kentucky
House District 01: James Comer
House District 02: Brett Guthrie
House District 04: Thomas H. Massie
House District 05: Hal Rogers
House District 06: Andy Barr
No Search Activity: House District 03
Louisiana
United States Representative Steve Scalise speaking at the Turning Point High School Leadership Summit on July 28, 2018. (Michael Brochstein / SOPA Images/Shutterstock)
House District 01: Steve Scalise
House District 02: Cedric L. Richmond
House District 03: Clay Higgins
House District 05: Ralph Abraham
House District 06: Garret Graves
No Search Activity: House District 04, 07
Maine
Senate: Eric Brakey
House District 01: Mark Holbrook, Chellie M. Pingree
House District 02: Bruce L. Poliquin
Maryland
Senate: Ben Cardin
House District 01: Andy Harris
House District 02: Dutch Ruppersberger
House District 03: John P. Sarbanes
House District 04: Anthony Brown
House District 05: Steny Hoyer
House District 07: Elijah Cummings
House District 08: Jamie Raskin
No Search Activity: House District 06, 09
Massachusetts
House District 01: Richard E. Neal
House District 04: Joe Kennedy
House District 05: Katherine Clark
House District 06: Seth Moulton
No Search Activity: Senate, House District 02, 03, 07, 08, 09, 15
Michigan
Senate: Debbie Stabenow
House District 01: Jack Bergman
House District 03: Justin Amash
House District 04: John Moolenaar
House District 05: Dan Kildee
House District 06: Fred Upton
House District 07: Gretchen Driskell
House District 08: Mike Bishop
House District 12: Debbie Dingell
House District 14: Brenda Lawrence
No Search Activity: House District 02, 09, 11, 13
Minnesota
Amy Klobuchar, United States Senator, speaking at the AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) Policy Conference at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on March 5, 2018. (Michael Brochstein / SOPA Images/Shutterstock)
Senate: Jim Newberger, Amy Klobuchar
House District 01: Jim Hagedorn
House District 02: Jason Lewis, Angie Craig
House District 04: Betty McCollum
House Districts 05-08: No Activity
No Search Activity: Special Election, House District 03
Mississippi
House District 02: Bennie G. Thompson
Special Election: Cindy Hyde-Smith
No Search Activity: Senate, House District 01, 03, 04
Missouri
Ann L. Wagner, a Republican candidate of the House from Missouri, speaks outside the West Wing of the White House on April 11, 2018. (REX/Shutterstock)
Senate: Josh Hawley, Claire McCaskill
House District 01: William Lacy Clay Jr.
House District 02: Ann L. Wagner
House District 03: Blaine Luetkemeyer
House District 04: Vicky Hartzler
House District 05: Jacob Turk, Emanuel Cleaver II
House District 06: Sam Graves
House Districts 07-09: No Activity
Montana
This week, candidates Matt Rosendale (L) and Jon Tester (R) have both seen huge Google Trend search spikes, as Montana's Senate race is considered to be one of the tossups in the 2018 midterms.
Senate: Matt Rosendale, Jon Tester
At-Large District: Greg Gianforte
Nebraska
Senate: Deb Fischer
House District 02: Don Bacon
No Search Activity: House District 01, 03
Nevada
Senate: No Activity
House District 01: No Activity
House District 02: Mark Amodei
House District 03: Susie Lee
House District 04: No Activity
New Hampshire
House District 01: No Activity
House District 02: Steve Negron
New Jersey
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) speaking at the Trader's Cove Marina in Brick, New Jersey on Aug. 06, 2018. (Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock)
Senate: Bob Menendez
House Districts 01-02: No Activity
House District 03: Tom MacArthur
House District 04: Chris Smith
House District 05: No Activity
House District 06: Frank Pallone Jr.
House District 07: Leonard Lance
House District 08: No Activity
House District 09: Bill Pascrell
House District 10: Donald M. Payne
House District 11: No Activity
House District 12: Bonnie Watson Coleman
House District 13: No Activity
New Mexico
Senate: Martin Heinrich
House Districts 01-03: No Activity
New York
Senate: Kristen E. Gillibrand
House District 01: Lee M. Zeldin
House Districts 02: Peter T. King
United States Representative Tom Suozzi (Democrat of New York) bats in the second inning of the 56th Annual Congressional Baseball Game for Charity on June 17, 2017. (Shutterstock)
House Districts 03: Tom Suozzi
House Districts 04-05: No Activity
House District 06: Grace Meng
House District 07: Nydia M. Velazquez
House District 08: No Activity
House District 09: Yvette D. Clarke
House District 10: No Activity
House District 11: Dan Donovan
House District 12: No Activity
House District 13: Adriano Espaillat
House District 14: No Activity
House District 15: Jose E. Serrano
House District 16: Eliot Engel
House District 17: Nita M. Lowey
House District 18: Sean Patrick Maloney
House Districts 19-20: No Activity
House District 21: Elise M. Stefanik
House District 22: Claudia Tenney
House District 23-25: No Activity
House District 26: Brian Higgins
House District 27: Chris Collins
House Districts 28-29, 36: No Activity
North Carolina
House District 05: Virginia Foxx
House District 06: Mark Walker
House District 07: David Rouzer
House District 08: Richard Hudson
House District 09: No Activity
House District 10: Patrick Henry
House District 11: No Activity
House District 12: Alma Adams
House District 13: Ted Budd
North Dakota
Senate: Heidi Heitkamp
At-Large District: No Activity
Ohio
United States Senator Sherrod Brown (Democrat of Ohio) makes remarks following the Democratic Party policy luncheon in the US Capitol on Jan. 23, 2018. (Shutterstock)
Senate: Sherrod Brown
House District 01: Steve Chabot
House Districts 02: Brad Wenstrup
House Districts 03: Joyce Beatty
House District 04: Janet Garrett
House District 05: Bob Latta
House District 06: No Activity
House District 07: Bob Gibbs
House District 08: Warren Davidson
House District 09: No Activity
House District 10: Mike Turner
House District 11: Marcia L. Fudge
House Districts 12-13: No Activity
House District 14: Dave Joyce
House District 15: Steve Stivers
House District 16: No Activity
House District 17: Timothy J. Ryan
House Districts 18-19: No Activity
Oklahoma
Districts 01-3: No Activity
House District 04: Tom Cole
House District 05: Steve Russell
Oregon
House District 01: Suzanne Bonamici
House District 02: Greg Walden
House District 03: Earl Blumenauer
House District 04: Peter A. DeFazio
House District 05: Mark Callahan, Kurt Schrader
Pennsylvania
Senate: Bob Casey, Lou Barletta
House District 01: Brian Fitzpatrick
House District 03: Dwight Evans
House District 08: Matt Cartwright
House District 10: Scott Perry
House District 12: Tom Marino
House District 15: Glenn Thompson
House District 16: Mike Kelly
House District 17: Keith Rothfus
House District 18: Mike Doyle
No Search Activity: At-Large District, House District 02, 04-07, 09, 11, 13, 19
Rhode Island
Senate: Sheldon Whitehouse
House District 01: David N. Cicilline
No Search Activity: At-Large District
South Carolina
House District 02: Joe Wilson
House District 03: Jeff Duncan
House District 05: Ralph W. Norman Jr.
House District 07: Tom Rice
No Search Activity: At-Large District, House District 01, 04, 06
South Dakota
N/A
Tennessee
Congressman Marsha Blackburn on Sept. 17, 2015. (Roger Askew/Shutterstock)
Senate: Marsha Blackburn
House District 01: Phil Roe
House District 02: Tim Burchett
House District 03: Chuck Fleischmann
House District 04: Scott DesJarlais
House District 05: Jim Cooper
No Search Activity: At-Large District, House District 06-09
Texas
Senate: Beto O'Rourke, Ted Cruz
House District 01: Louie Gohmert
U.S. Representative Al Green (Democrat of Texas) stands next to a poster showing a tweet encouraging a government shutdown from U.S. President Trump on Jan. 20, 2018. (Shutterstock)
House District 09: Al Green
House District 10: Michael McCaul
House District 11: Mike Conaway
House District 12: Kay Granger
House District 17: Bill Flores
House District 18: Sheila Jackson Lee
House District 19: Jodey Arrington
House District 22: Pete Olson
House District 26: Michael C. Burgess
House District 29: Sylvia R. Garcia
House District 30: Eddie Bernice Johnson
House District 32: Pete Sessions
House District 33: Marc Veasey
House District 36: Brian Babin
No Search Activity: House District 02-08, 13-16, 20, 21, 23-35, 27, 28, 31, 34, 35
Utah
Senate: Mitt Romney
House District 01: Rob Bishop
House District 02: Chris Stewart
House District 04: Mia Love
No Search Activity: House District 03
Vermont
At-Large District: Peter Welch
No Search Activity: Senate
Virginia
Senate: Tim Kaine, Corey Stewart
Scott Taylor, Virginia's Republican House candidate, is seen at the Global Citizens Festival in New York on Sept. 23, 2017. (Steven Ferdman/Shutterstock)
House District 02: Scott Taylor
House District 03: Bobby Scott
House District 04: Donald McEachin
House District 07: Dave Brat
House District 08: Don Beyer
House District 09: Morgan Griffith
House District 10: Barbara Comstock, Jennifer Wexton
House District 11: Gerry Connolly
No Search Activity: At-Large District, House District 01, 05, 06
Washington
Senate: Maria Cantwell
House District 01: Suzan K. DelBene
House District 02: Rick Larsen
House District 03: Jaime Herrera Beutler
House District 05: Cathy McMorris Rodger
House District 06: Derek Kilmer
House District 07: Pramila Jayapal
House District 09: Adam Smith
House District 10: Dennis Heck
No Search Activity: House District, 04, 08
West Virginia
House District 01: David McKinley
No Search Activity: Senate, House District 02, 03
Wisconsin
Senate: Tammy Baldwin, Leah Vukmir
House District 03: Ron Kind
House District 06: Glenn S. Grothman
House District 07: Sean Duffy
No Search Activity: House District 01, 02, 04, 05, 08
Wyoming
No Search Activity: Senate, District At-Large
Lead Images in clockwise order by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images; REX/Shutterstock; Justin Sullivan/Getty Images; Steven Ferdman/Shutterstock
All information and data sourced from ProPublica & Google Trends.
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