Senate, Iowa General Election, 2014 Party Source: Illinois Secretary of State Official Results Senate, Illinois General Election, 2014 Party Senate, Idaho General Election, 2014 Party Senate, Georgia General Election, 2014 Party Senate, Delaware General Election, 2014 Party Senate, Colorado General Election, 2014 Party Senate, Arkansas General Election, 2014 Party Senate, Alaska General Election, 2014 Party Senate, Alabama General Election, 2014 Party '*' indicates that the incumbent retired in 2014. Bill Cassidy (R) won the Louisiana seat in a runoff election on December 6, 2014. The section updated the seat count for each party throughout the night and the vote totals in the hotly contested races. For Republicans to take the majority in the Senate, they needed to take at least six of the 36 seats up for election that were held by Democrats, and retain control of the 15 seats held by Republicans.

The Democratic-controlled Senate in the 113th Congress had a partisan breakdown of 53-45-2, with the two Independents caucusing with the Democrats. Senate?Īll eyes were on which party would control the U.S. Senate Election results See also: United States Senate elections, 2014 Who ended up with majority control of the U.S. Additionally, three senators and 13 representatives left office early. Seven incumbent senators (including John Walsh of Montana who was appointed to the Senate in February 2014, but decided against seeking a full-term) and 41 representatives announced they would not seek re-election. Ī total of 416 incumbents sought re-election in 2014, and 393, or 94.47 percent, were successful in their re-election bids. Interestingly, a Georgia runoff would have been held on January 6, three days after the 114th Congress is sworn in. A runoff in Louisiana took place on December 6, however, it did not decide the control of the Senate and Republican Bill Cassidy defeated Sen. With races in Georgia and Louisiana tightening up, it was possible that one or both of those races could have been the deciding seats for the majority. There were incorrect predictions that the control of the Senate would not be decided on November 4. Instead, Democrats lost ground in the House. House, a Democratic pick up of 17 seats was needed. For Democrats to have taken majority control of the U.S. For Republicans to take the majority in the Senate, they needed to take six seats held by Democrats and retain control of the 15 seats held by a Republican.

Senate while Republicans were the majority in the U.S. Heading into the election, Democrats controlled the U.S. Senate (with two Independents in the mix). Democrats outnumbered Republicans, 53-45, in the U.S. The GOP went into the election with a 233-199 lead in the House of Representatives. According to a study by the Brookings Institution, only 36 percent of 2014 Democratic candidates mentioned support of the Affordable Care Act in their platform. Many believed that the November 4, 2014, general election would be a backlash against the Obama Administration’s Affordable Care Act. Republicans assumed control of both chambers of the U.S. Additionally, three races, Louisiana's 5th and 6th Districts and the Senate election in Louisiana, were Republican wins in a runoff held on December 6, 2014.Ī strong Republican showing occurred. Congress (36 Senate seats, including three special elections, and all 435 House seats) were up for election on November 4, 2014. 4.1 Incumbents defeated in 2014 primary electionsĪ total of 471 seats in the U.S.2.1 Did the Democratic Party reduce the Republican U.S.1.2 Who ended up with majority control of the U.S.

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