United States Senate election, 2014

United States Senate elections, 2014

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Class 2 (33 of the 100) seats in the United States Senate and 3 special elections 51 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Mitch McConnell Harry Reid Party Republican Democratic Leader since January 3, 2007 January 3, 2005 Leader's seat Kentucky Nevada Seats before 45 53 Seats after 54 44 Seat change 9 9 Popular vote 24,631,488 20,875,493 Percentage 51.7% 43.8% Swing 9.6% 9.9% Seats up 15 21 Races won 24 12   Third party   Party Independent Seats before 2 Seats after 2 Seat change Seats up 0 Races won 0
Democratic hold      Republican hold      Republican gain Line through state means both Senate seats were up for election.
Majority Leader before election Harry Reid Democratic Elected Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Republican

Harry Reid
Democratic

Mitch McConnell
Republican

Elections to the United States Senate were a part of the elections held in the United States on November 4, 2014 (and in some areas for a period of time ending November 4, 2014). 33 Class 2 seats in the 100-member United States Senate were up for election, in addition to three Class 3 seats due to expire on January 3, 2017. The candidates winning the regular elections will serve six-year terms from January 3, 2015 to January 3, 2021. The elections marked 100 years of direct elections of U.S. Senators. Twenty-one of the open seats were held by the Democratic Party, while fifteen were held by the Republican Party.

The Republicans regained the majority of the Senate in the 114th Congress, which started in January 2015; the Republicans had not controlled the Senate since January 2007. They had needed a net gain of at least six seats to obtain a majority. They successfully held all of their seats, and gained nine Democratic-held seats. Five incumbent Democratic senators were unseated: Mark Begich of Alaska, Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, Kay Hagan of North Carolina, Mark Udall of Colorado, and Mark Pryor of Arkansas. The Republicans also picked up another 4 open seats in Iowa, Montana, South Dakota, and West Virginia. Polls and other factors had led forecasters to predict that the Republicans would win several seats, with most predicting that the party was likely but not certain to win at least the six seats necessary to take control of the Senate.