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Elections for the United States Senate will be held on November 8, 2016, with 34 of the 100 seats in the Senate being contested in regular elections whose winners will serve six-year terms in the United States Congress until January 3, 2023. All class 3 Senators are up for election; class 3 was last up for election in 2010, when Republicans won a net gain of six seats. Currently, Democrats are expected to have 10 seats up for election, and Republicans are expected to have 24 seats up for election. However, as of June 7, only 9 Democratic held seats are in contention, as the Democrats have already secured California, with the top two finishers in the California Senate jungle primary both being Democrats. Republicans, having taken control of the Senate in the 2014 election, currently hold the Senate majority with 54 seats. The 2016 presidential election, 2016 House elections, 2016 gubernatorial elections, and many state and local elections will also be held on this date.

The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections will be held on November 8, 2016. Elections will be held to elect representatives from all 435 congressional districts across each of the 50 U.S. states. Non-voting delegates from the District of Columbia and the five inhabited U.S. territories will also be elected. The winners of this election will serve in the 115th United States Congress, with seats apportioned among the states based on the 2010 United States Census. In October 2015, Speaker of the House John Boehner resigned his position; the House elected Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his replacement. Nancy Pelosi continues to lead House Democrats as Minority Leader. The 2016 Presidential election, 2016 Senate elections, 2016 gubernatorial elections, and many state and local elections will also be held on this date.

Presidentvalet i USA 2016 avgörs i USA den 8 november 2016. Presidentvalet är det 58:e i ordningen, och landets president och vicepresident skall väljas för mandatperioden 2017 till 2021. Den sittande presidenten, Barack Obama kan enligt det 22:a tillägget i USA:s konstitution inte omväljas 2016, eftersom han innehaft posten under två mandatperioder.