12 Senate and House races to watch in 2018

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Roy Moore.

• All eyes are on the 2018 midterms, as Democrats hope to translate growing anti-Republican sentiment into an electoral comeback.
• While pollsters are predicting a Democratic wave in 2018, it may not be enough to overcome GOP majorities in both chambers of Congress.

2018 is looking to be an exciting year in national politics, with Democrats aiming to sweep back into local, state, and national offices, while Republicans hope to hold on to their majorities in the House and Senate.

Political strategists say that if Democrat Doug Jones can beat Republican Roy Moore in Alabama's special election in December, Democrats have a path to win the three seats they need to flip the Senate in 2018.

But Republicans are vying to flip 10 Democratic seats in states that President Donald Trump won last November in places like Missouri, Indiana, and West Virginia.

In the House, Republicans in blue states, including Virginia, California, and New York, are looking particularly vulnerable. Pollsters are predicting a Democratic wave, but they say it may not be enough to flip the House, where partisan gerrymandering heavily favors the GOP.

Here are six Senate and six House races to watch: