2010 United States Senate elections

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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 ⓘ
chamberBeforeElection 111th United States Congress ⓘ
context Barack Obama presidency ⓘ
country 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) ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Party

Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
netSeatChangeForDemocrats -6 ⓘ
netSeatChangeForRepublicans +6 ⓘ
nextElection 2012 United States Senate elections ⓘ
notableIncumbentDefeated Arlen Specter ⓘ
Blanche Lincoln ⓘ
Russ Feingold ⓘ
notableIndependentCandidate Charlie Crist ⓘ
notableMovement Tea Party movement ⓘ
notableTeaPartyBackedWinner Marco Rubio ⓘ
Pat Toomey ⓘ
Rand Paul ⓘ
Ron Johnson ⓘ
numberOfSeatsContested 37 ⓘ
overallOutcome Republicans made significant gains but Democrats retained Senate majority ⓘ
partOf 2010 United States elections ⓘ
presidentDuringElection Barack Obama ⓘ
previousElection 2008 United States Senate elections ⓘ
regularSeatsContested 34 ⓘ
resultingDemocraticSeats 53 ⓘ
resultingMajorityLeader Harry Reid ⓘ
resultingMajorityParty Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Party
resultingMinorityLeader Mitch McConnell ⓘ
resultingRepublicanSeats 47 ⓘ
specialSeatsContested 3 ⓘ
stateWithCloselyWatchedRace Colorado ⓘ
Florida ⓘ
Illinois ⓘ
Kentucky ⓘ
Nevada ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
Wisconsin ⓘ
stateWithSpecialElection Delaware ⓘ
Illinois ⓘ
West Virginia ⓘ
thirdForce Tea Party movement ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Tea Party movement → influencedElection → 2010 United States midterm elections ⓘ
linked to: 2010 United States Senate elections
2010 United States Senate election in California → partOf → 2010 United States Senate elections ⓘ
2010 United States Senate election in California → partOf → 2010 United States elections ⓘ
linked to: 2010 United States Senate elections
United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2010 → partOf → United States Senate elections, 2010 ⓘ
linked to: 2010 United States Senate elections
United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2010 → partOf → United States midterm elections, 2010 ⓘ
linked to: 2010 United States Senate elections
United States Senate election in Arizona, 2010 → partOf → United States Senate elections, 2010 ⓘ
linked to: 2010 United States Senate elections