Current Affairs: What are the US midterm elections?

Midway through each United States presidential term, US voters choose new senators for one-third of the Senate seats and new members for every seat in the House of Representatives. The 2018 US mid-term elections will be held on 6 November.

A midterm election ballot at an early voting poll at a mall in Bloomingdale, Ill., on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine) Source: AP