Election to the United States Senate in 2016

Election to the United States Senate in 2016
November 8, 2016
Previous election 2014 ← Next election → 2018
Group leader	Harry Reid (no longer competed)	Mitch McConnell
Political party	Democratic Party	Republican Party
Sit before the election	44 *	54
Seats after the election	46 *	52
Profit loss	+2	−2
Total votes	51,496,682	40,402,790
Share of votes	53.8%	42.4%
* 2 Independents formed a faction with the Democrats before the election
Results by state
Pre-election majority leader Mitch McConnell Republican		Post-election majority leader Mitch McConnell Republican

US states map: Republican Senator Not Running Republican Senator Not Running Again Democratic Senator Running Democratic Senator Not Running Again No Senate Election in 2016






Distribution of seats

   

A total of 100 seats

• Dem .: 46
• Independent (Dem) : 2
• GOP : 52

The United States Senate election took place on November 8, 2016 . All 34 class three mandates were available for election . The senators were elected by direct election for six years by the citizens of the state they represent in the US Senate . The Democrats lost their majority in the Senate after the 2014 election. While they won two seats previously held by Republicans (in New Hampshire and Illinois ) in 2016, Republicans held a majority of 52 seats. In his new composition of the Senate first appeared on January 3, 2017 together .

Process of the primaries

The party primaries to determine the respective candidates took place between March and September 2016 according to different procedures, depending on the state. The different dates and elective modules are justified by different electoral rights of the states. Louisiana does not hold a primary election in this sense, as multiple candidates from one party can be on the ballot in the main election. In the main election on November 8, 2016, with the exception of Louisiana and Georgia, the candidate with the most votes won the election; in Louisiana and Georgia there could be runoff elections if no candidate reaches more than 50 percent of the votes in the main election.

Starting position

Map of the US states: Re-election of a Republican is largely certain Re-election of a Republican is considered to be uncertain Re-election of a Democrat is considered to be largely certain Re-election of a Democrat is considered to be uncertain No Senate election in 2016






Number of incumbent senators

Political party		Senators
	Republican Party	54
	Democratic Party	44 (+ 2 independents)
total		100

Number of Senate seats that are newly elected

Political party		Senators
	Republican Party	24
	Democratic Party	10
total		34

Number of Senate seats that will not be re-elected

Political party		Senators
	Republican Party	30th
	Democratic Party	34 (+ 2 independents)
total		66

Swing States

According to polls, eight of the ten re-elections were considered safe for the Democrats. Only Colorado and Nevada have been classified as potentially endangered. The Republicans saw eight of the 24 seats as potentially at risk for re-election. They were Florida , Illinois , Missouri , New Hampshire , North Carolina , Indiana , Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin . In Illinois and New Hampshire, the Democratic candidates, Tammy Duckworth and Maggie Hassan , prevailed over the previous Republican elected officials, Mark Kirk and Kelly Ayotte .

See also

• Election to the United States House of Representatives in 2016
• United States gubernatorial election 2016

Web links

• Senate elections in the USA 2016 at Ballotpedia (English)
• Surveys Surveys and backgrounds at realclearpolitics.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://cookpolitical.com/senate/charts/race-ratings , http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/2016-senate/ , http://media.cq.com/raceratings/ , http: / /www.dailykos.com/pages/election-outlook/2016-race-ratings