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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.
Republicans also made historic gains in state legislatures, adding more than 675 state legislative seats, by far surpassing their state-legislative gains in 1994. [16] [17] Republicans gained control of dozens of state legislative chambers, [16] and took control of "seven more legislatures outright than they did after 1994 and the most since 1952."
As of November 2, 2010, Nate Silver's prediction model projected the Republicans would win (on average) 232.2 seats, and the Democrats would win 202.8. [2] Patrick Ishmael, Hot Air.com Ishmael predicted on October 31, 2010, that Republicans would win a net of 63 seats, +/- 3 seats. [3] Rasmussen Reports cited Ishmael's calls in its election ...
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 ...
February 4, 2010: Republican Scott Brown's election to the Senate ended the Democratic super-majority. [12] April 20 – September 19, 2010: Deepwater Horizon oil spill; November 2, 2010: 2010 general elections, in which Republicans regained control of the House while the Democrats remained in control of the Senate.
Republican Michael Burgess won re-election in 2008 with 60.2%. In 2010, he faced Democratic attorney Neil Durrance and Libertarian Mark Boler. [3] Except for the district's first election, the 26th District has been held by the GOP and is considered one of its safe seats. General election results
The 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in California were held on November 2, 2010, to determine who would represent California's various congressional districts in the United States House of Representatives. In the 112th Congress, California has 53 seats in the House, apportioned accordingly after the 2000 United States ...
Republicans scored record gains, gaining at least 680 total seats and taking control of 20 legislative chambers through election, while the Democrats lost 21 chambers. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The winners of this election cycle were slated to serve in their respective legislatures for either two or four-year terms, depending on state election rules.