2020 United States Senate elections

2020 United States Senate elections

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35 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate 51 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Chuck Schumer Mitch McConnell Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat New York Kentucky Seats before 45 53 Seats after 48[a] 50 Seat change 3 3 Popular vote 41,958,212[b] 44,106,711[b] Percentage 48.3% 50.8% Swing 9.9% 12.1% Seats up 12 23 Races won 15 20   Third party   Party Independent Seats before 2[a] Seats after 2 Seat change Seats up 0 Races won 0
Results of the elections:      Democratic gain      Republican gain      Democratic hold      Republican hold      Result undetermined      No election Rectangular inset (Ga.): both seats contested
Majority Leader before election Mitch McConnell Republican Elected Majority Leader Chuck Schumer Democratic

Elections happened on November 3, 2020 to elect 33 class 2 members to the United States Senate. The winners were elected into a six-year term from January 3, 2021, to January 3, 2027.^[1][2][3] Two special senate elections were also held on the same day: one in Arizona after John McCain died and one in Georgia after Johnny Isakson resigned. In Arizona, a Democrat won where there was a Republican before. In Georgia, two Democratic senators won against the Republican senators, changing the state to Democrat and changing the power of the senate from Republican to Democrat.^[4][5][6]
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1. ↑ Panetta, Ruobing Su, Grace (March 11, 2020). "All of the important primary, convention, and debate dates you need to know for the 2020 presidential election". Business Insider.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. ↑ Flom, Peter (December 16, 2019). "Senate races 2020 — December outlook". Medium.
3. ↑ "U.S. Senate Seats up for Reelection in 2020 - Worldpress.org". worldpress.org. Archived from the original on 2020-12-19. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
4. ↑ "Georgia". Retrieved 6 January 2021.
5. ↑ Pramuk, Jacob (October 20, 2019). "Key incumbents are losing the money battle as 2020's top Senate races heat up". CNBC.
6. ↑ Byrnes, Jesse (August 28, 2019). "GOP Sen. Johnny Isakson to resign at end of year". TheHill.