2010 United States Senate elections

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United States Senate election

The 2010 United States Senate elections were midterm contests that reshaped the Senate’s partisan balance amid the rise of the Tea Party movement and widespread voter dissatisfaction with the political establishment.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Senate election ⓘ
chamberAfterElection 112th United States Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ
chamberBeforeElection 111th United States Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ
context Barack Obama presidency NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
electionDate 2010-11-02 ⓘ
issueContext debate over Affordable Care Act ⓘ
economic recession and high unemployment ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Senate ⓘ
majorParty Democratic Party (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Republican Party (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ
netSeatChangeForDemocrats -6 ⓘ
netSeatChangeForRepublicans +6 ⓘ
nextElection 2012 United States Senate elections NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableIncumbentDefeated Arlen Specter GENERATED ⓘ
Blanche Lincoln GENERATED ⓘ
Russ Feingold GENERATED ⓘ
notableIndependentCandidate Charlie Crist GENERATED ⓘ
notableMovement Tea Party movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableTeaPartyBackedWinner Marco Rubio GENERATED ⓘ
Pat Toomey GENERATED ⓘ
Rand Paul GENERATED ⓘ
Ron Johnson GENERATED ⓘ
numberOfSeatsContested 37 ⓘ
overallOutcome Republicans made significant gains but Democrats retained Senate majority ⓘ
partOf 2010 United States elections ⓘ
presidentDuringElection Barack Obama NERFINISHED ⓘ
previousElection 2008 United States Senate elections NERFINISHED ⓘ
regularSeatsContested 34 ⓘ
resultingDemocraticSeats 53 ⓘ
resultingMajorityLeader Harry Reid NERFINISHED ⓘ
resultingMajorityParty Democratic Party (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ
resultingMinorityLeader Mitch McConnell NERFINISHED ⓘ
resultingRepublicanSeats 47 ⓘ
specialSeatsContested 3 ⓘ
stateWithCloselyWatchedRace Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ
Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ
Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wisconsin NERFINISHED ⓘ
stateWithSpecialElection Delaware NERFINISHED ⓘ
Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
thirdForce Tea Party movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
turnoutType midterm voter turnout ⓘ
typeOfElection midterm elections ⓘ
voterSentiment widespread dissatisfaction with political establishment ⓘ

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2008 United States Senate elections → followedBy → 2010 United States Senate elections ⓘ