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2020 United States Senate elections

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]

2020 United States Senate elections
← 2018 November 3, 2020
January 5, 2021 (Georgia runoffs)		 2022 →
35 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate
51 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
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Leader Chuck Schumer Mitch McConnell
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since January 3, 2017 January 3, 2007
Leader's seat New York Kentucky
Seats before 45 53
Seats after 48[a] 50
Seat change Increase 3 Decrease 3
Popular vote 41,958,212[b] 44,106,711[b]
Percentage 48.3% 50.8%
Swing Decrease 9.9% Increase 12.1%
Seats up 12 23
Races won 15 20
  Third party
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Party Independent
Seats before 2[a]
Seats after 2
Seat change Steady
Seats up 0
Races won 0
2020 United States Senate elections results map.svg
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

List of elections

Regular elections

Special elections

2020 United States Senate Elections Media

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  • 2020 United States Senate election in Georgia results map by county

  • 2020 United States Senate runoff election in Georgia results map by county

  • Raphael Warnock official photo (cropped)

  • Senator Kelly Loeffler (R-GA)

  • Doug Collins, Official portrait, 113th Congress (cropped)

  • Former mayor of Lithonia, Georgia Deborah Jackson

  • 2020 United States Senate special election in Georgia results map by county

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The two independent senators, Bernie Sanders and Angus King, have caucused with the Democratic Party since joining the Senate.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Results lack the data of the regular and special elections in Georgia.

References

  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.
  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.
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