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The following is a list of events from the year 2022 in the United States. Politically, the United States continued to be dominated by a culture war, with the issue of abortion gaining special attention amidst the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade with its ruling on Dobbs v.
2022 United States elections; ← 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 → Midterm elections: Election day: November 8: Incumbent president: Joe Biden (Democratic) Next Congress: 118th: Senate elections; Overall control: Democratic hold: Seats contested: 35 of 100 seats (34 seats of Class III + special elections)
As of 2022, the United States receives approximately 81% of its energy from fossil fuel and the largest source of the country's energy came from petroleum (35.8%), followed by natural gas (33.4%), renewable sources (13.3%), coal (9.8%), and nuclear power (8%).
The 2022 United States Senate elections were held on November 8, 2022, concurrently with other midterm elections at the federal, state and local levels. Regularly scheduled elections were held for 34 of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate, the winners of which will serve six-year terms beginning with the 118th United States Congress.
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 8, 2022, as part of the 2022 United States elections during incumbent president Joe Biden's term.
United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 8, 2022, in 36 states and three territories. As most governors serve four-year terms, the last regular gubernatorial elections for all but two of the seats took place in the 2018 U.S. gubernatorial elections .
The United States is the third most populous country in the world, and the most populous in the Americas and the Western Hemisphere. [14] The Census Bureau showed a population increase of 0.4% for the twelve-month period ending in July 2022, [13] below the world average annual rate of 0.9%. [15]
January 10 – The first successful heart transplant from a pig to a human patient occurs in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. January 15 – A large eruption of Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai, a submarine volcano in Tonga, triggers tsunami warnings in Australia, Canada, Chile, Fiji, Japan, New Zealand, Samoa, and the United States.
The 2022 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. [1] Democratic lieutenant governor John Fetterman won his first term in office, defeating Republican surgeon Mehmet Oz.
As part of the 2022 United States elections, throughout the year various elections were held at the local level, including the office of mayor, as well as several other municipal and county-level positions. [1] A number of major U.S. cities held mayoral elections in 2022, [2] and saw incumbent mayors re-elected, including Fort Smith, Arkansas ...