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Every two years a third of the seats are up for election. Some years also have a few special elections to fill vacancies. Each state has two senators elected in different years. There were 96 senators from 1912 to 1959 and 100 since then. The Senate has been dominated by Democrats (D) and Republicans (R) in the whole period.
The List of United States Senate elections has been split into the following two parts for convenience: List of United States Senate elections (1788–1913) List of United States Senate elections (1914–present) The following are lists of United States Senate elections by other criteria: List of United States Senate election results by region
No regularly-scheduled election AA Anti-Administration Faction: D Democratic Party: A American Party: FL Farmer-Labor Party: I Independent F Federalist Party: R Republican Party: Po Populist Party: Sp Split result [1] DR Democratic-Republican Party: Nu Nullifier Party: U Unionists [2] J Jacksonians: W Whig Party: Ra Readjuster Party
Control of the Congress from 1855 to 2025 Popular vote and house seats won by party. Party divisions of United States Congresses have played a central role on the organization and operations of both chambers of the United States Congress—the Senate and the House of Representatives—since its establishment as the bicameral legislature of the Federal government of the United States in 1789.
For example, former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, led the heavily Democratic state from 2015 to 2023 but lost his Senate race to Democrat Angela Alsobrooks on Tuesday. The state also ...
2020 United States Senate elections ← 2018 November 3, 2020 January 5, 2021 (Georgia runoffs) 2022 → 35 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate 51 [a] seats needed for a majority Majority party Minority party Leader Chuck Schumer Mitch McConnell Party Democratic Republican Leader since January 3, 2017 January 3, 2007 Leader's seat New York Kentucky Seats before 45 53 Seats after 48 ...
Between now and November 2017, there will be special elections for 19 more state legislature seats, four U.S. House seats and one U.S. Senate seat. Some Democratic candidates in U.S. House races are generating excitement, including the Bernie Sanders-backing banjo player Rob Quist in Montana and 30-year-old documentary filmmaker Jon Ossoff in ...
If Democrats win both Georgia runoffs, there will be a 50-50 tie in the Senate, with incoming Vice President Kamala Harris serving as a tiebreaker and giving Democrats' control. Oth% = Other candidates' percent of the vote.