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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 ...
On June 8, 2010, Alvin Greene won the South Carolina Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, receiving 100,362 (59%) votes out of 170,215 votes cast; 69,853 (41%) went to Vic Rawl. [3] Greene's victory over Rawl, a Charleston County councilmember and former state legislator, [ 4 ] was described as an upset.
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.
The 2010 United States Senate elections in Illinois took place on November 2, 2010. There were two ballot items for the same seat: a general election, to fill the Class 3 seat beginning with the 112th United States Congress beginning on January 3, 2011, and a special election, to fill that seat for the final weeks of the 111th Congress.
In April 2010, Crist dropped out of the Republican primary and ran as an Independent. The National Republican Senatorial Committee withdrew its endorsement of Crist and demanded a refund of its campaign funds that it provided for the Crist campaign. [3] [4] [5] Rubio went on to win the Republican primary against only token opposition.
The Democratic Party primary for the 2010 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania took place on May 18, 2010, when Congressman Joe Sestak defeated incumbent Arlen Specter, which led to the end of Specter's five-term Senatorial career.
The 2010 United States Senate election in Kentucky took place on November 2, 2010, alongside other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Primaries for each respective party were held on May 18, 2010. [1]
2010 California Senate Race from CQ Politics; Race profile from The New York Times; Debates. California Senate Republican Primary Debate, C-SPAN, May 8, 2010; California Senate Debate Archived October 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, C-SPAN, September 1, 2010], San Francisco Chronicle, KQED KTVU-TV, full video (57:00)