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2010 United States Senate elections ← 2008 November 2, 2010 [a] 2012 → 37 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate 51 seats needed for a majority Majority party Minority party Leader Harry Reid Mitch McConnell Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat Nevada Kentucky Seats before 57 41 Seats after 51 47 Seat change 6 6 Popular vote 32,405,787 34,616,463 Percentage 45.1% 48.2% Seats up ...
The 2010 United States elections were held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, in the middle of Democratic President Barack Obama's first term. Republicans ended unified Democratic control of Congress and the presidency by winning a majority in the House of Representatives and gained seats in the Senate despite Democrats holding Senate control.
2010 United States Senate election in Illinois ← 2004 November 2, 2010 2016 → Turnout 49.35% Candidate Mark Kirk Alexi Giannoulias Party Republican Democratic Regular election 1,778,698 48.01% 1,719,478 46.42% Special election 1,677,729 47.31% 1,641,486 46.29% Regular election county results Special election county results Kirk: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Giannoulias: 40–50% 50 ...
The 2010 United States Senate election in Oregon was held on November 2, 2010, ... Candidate Votes % Republican: Jim Huffman : 110,450 : 41.70 : Republican: Loren Later
A study by the Pew Research Center released in late July 2010 found that Greene's campaign had received the most media attention of all of the 2010 political campaigns. [37] The Republican candidate, incumbent Senator Jim DeMint, largely campaigned outside South Carolina for Republican Senate candidates identified with the Tea Party. [38]
Meanwhile, Democratic U.S. Representative Paul Hodes began his Senate campaign. He was the only major announced candidate until Attorney General Kelly Ayotte announced her bid for the Republican nomination in early July 2009. On November 9, 2009, Republican Ovide Lamontagne joined the race as well.
Here’s what to know about the candidates vying to be the next Senate Republican majority leader. John Thune. Thune, who currently holds the No. 2 Senate Republican leadership spot, is widely ...
However, his support of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 hurt his popularity among conservatives, and Tea Party candidate Marco Rubio, the former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, surged in the polls. In April 2010, Crist dropped out of the Republican primary and ran as an Independent.