1998 United States elections
Elections were held on November 3, 1998, in the middle of Democratic President Bill Clinton's second term and during impeachment proceedings against the president as a result of the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal. The Republicans retained control of both chambers of Congress. Despite the Republican victory, this election cycle was unusual because the Democrats made a net gain of five seats in the House of Representatives, while neither party made a net gain in the Senate despite several seats changing hands. As a result, this is the first time since 1934 that the incumbent president's party did not suffer net losses in either house of Congress; this occurred again in 2002. This is also the most recent midterm election in which neither chamber of Congress changed partisan control. The disruption of the six-year itch is attributed to wide opposition to the impeachment investigations against Clinton and his high popularity numbers.
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