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US Senate election dates and Voting Live 2020
US Senate election Dates 2020
US Senate election Date: November 3, 2020
The 2020 United States Senate elections will be held on November 3, 2020, with the 33 Class 2 seats of the Senate being contested in regular elections. The winners will be elected to six-year terms extending from January 3, 2021, until January 3, 2027.[3] Additionally, there will also be two special elections: one special election in Arizona to fill the vacancy created by the death of John McCain in 2018 and one in Georgia following the resignation of Johnny Isakson at the end of 2019.
US Senate election dates and Voting Live 2020
In the 2014 United States Senate elections (the last regularly-scheduled elections for Class 2 Senate seats), the Republicans won a net gain of nine seats from the Democrats and gained a majority in the Senate. Republicans defended that majority in 2016 and 2018, and held 53 Senate seats following the 2018 elections. Democrats held 45 seats after the 2018 elections, while independents caucusing with the Democratic Party held two seats.
Including the special elections in Arizona and Georgia, Republicans will be defending 23 seats in 2020, while the Democratic Party will be defending 12 seats. Democrats will need to pick up three or four seats to gain a majority in the Senate, depending on which party wins control of the vice presidency.
The Electoral system of US
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, which, along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—constitutes the legislature of the United States. The Senate chamber is located in the north wing of the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.
The composition and powers of the Senate are established by Article One of the United States Constitution.[1] The Senate is composed of senators, each of whom represents a single state in its entirety. Each state, regardless of its population size, is equally represented by two senators who serve staggered terms of six years. There being at present 50 states in the Union, there are currently 100 senators. From 1789 to 1913, senators were appointed by legislatures of the states they represented; they are now elected by popular vote, following the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913.
US Senate election Party and candidate
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Leader |
Mitch McConnell |
Chuck Schumer |
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Party |
Republican |
Democratic |
US Elections Results
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Past US Elections Results
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Parties |
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Total |
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Democratic |
Independent |
Republican |
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Last election (2018) |
45 |
2 |
53 |
100 |
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Before this election |
45 |
2 |
53 |
100 |
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Not up |
33 |
2 |
30 |
65 |
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Class 1 (2018→2024) |
21 |
2 |
10 |
33 |
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Class 3 (2016→2022) |
12 |
0 |
20 |
32 |
|
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Up |
12 |
0 |
23 |
35 |
|
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Class 2 (2014→2020) |
12 |
0 |
21 |
33 |
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Special: Class 3 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
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General elections |
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Incumbent retiring |
1 |
— |
3 |
4 |
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Incumbent running |
11 |
— |
20 |
31 |
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Intent unknown |
— |
— |
— |
— |
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