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Elections were held in the United States on 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.
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This is the electoral history of Barack Obama. Barack Obama served as the 44th president of the United States (2009–2017) and as a United States senator from Illinois (2005–2008). A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was first elected to the Illinois Senate in 1997 representing the 13th district, which covered much of the Chicago South Side.
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.
The map below shows the Balance of Power and state-by-state results in U.S. Senate races. Of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate, 33 are up for grabs this election, including one in Virginia.
During his first midterms as president in 2010, for example, Republicans picked up more than 60 seats to flip the House in what Obama himself admitted was a “shellacking.”
An anti-Pelosi "Boehner for Speaker" bumper sticker on a car window. Following the 2006 elections, Democrats took control of the House as well as the Senate.In the 2008 elections, which coincided with Democrat Barack Obama's victory over Republican John McCain for the presidency, Democrats increased their majorities in both chambers.
Republicans seized control of the U.S. Senate late Tuesday after flipping Democratic held seats, holding onto GOP incumbents and wresting away the majority for the first time in four years.