1986 United States Senate elections

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United States Senate election midterm election

The 1986 United States Senate elections were midterm contests in which Democrats gained control of the Senate during Ronald Reagan’s presidency.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
1986 United States Senate election in Georgia 1
1986 United States Senate election in Idaho 1
1986 United States Senate elections canonical 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Senate election ⓘ
midterm election ⓘ
appliesToLegislativeBody United States Senate ⓘ
chamberAfterElection 100th United States Congress ⓘ
chamberBeforeElection 99th United States Congress ⓘ
coincidedWith 1986 United States House of Representatives elections ⓘ
1986 United States gubernatorial elections ⓘ
other state and local elections in the United States ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
electionDate November 4, 1986 ⓘ
followedBy 1988 United States Senate elections ⓘ
follows 1984 United States Senate elections ⓘ
isPartOfSeries elections of the United States Senate ⓘ
locatedInTimePeriod 1980s in United States politics ⓘ
majorParty Democratic Party ⓘ
Republican Party ⓘ
numberOfSeatsForElection 34 ⓘ
occurredDuring Reagan administration ⓘ
surface form: presidency of Ronald Reagan
officeContested United States Senator ⓘ
partOf Elections during the Reagan administration ⓘ
United States federal elections ⓘ
surface form: United States midterm elections
presidentDuringElection Ronald Reagan ⓘ
previousSenateControlParty Republican Party ⓘ
result Democratic Party gained control of the United States Senate ⓘ
scope federal ⓘ
subsequentSenateControlParty Democratic Party ⓘ
termLengthOfOffice 6 years ⓘ
tookPlaceInYear 1986 ⓘ
typeOfElection legislative ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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100th United States Congress → electionForSenateClass → 1986 United States Senate elections ⓘ
Mack Mattingly as U.S. Senator from Georgia → electionDefeatedIn → 1986 United States Senate elections ⓘ
subject surface form: Mack Mattingly
this entity surface form: 1986 United States Senate election in Georgia
1980 United States Senate election in Idaho → nextElection → 1986 United States Senate elections ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1986 United States Senate election in Idaho