Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Elections to the United States Senate were held on November 2, 2010, for 37 of the United States Senate's 100 seats. (A special election on January 19, 2010 in Massachusetts was held earlier in the year.) Thirty-four of the elections were for six-year terms to the Senate's "class three", while the other three elections were special elections for shorter terms. Of the 37 elections, 19 featured incumbent Democrats (7 of whom retired or were defeated in the primary) and 18 featured incumbent Republicans (eight of whom retired or were defeated in the primary).After the previous elections (in 2008), the Senate was composed of 58 Democrats, 40 Republicans, and 2 independents who caucused with the Democrats.Republicans won four seats held by retiring Democrats and Republicans defeated two incumbent Democrats, for a total gain of six seats. This was the largest number of Republicans gains since the 1994 elections and also the first time since that election that Republicans successfully defended all of their own seats. This was the fourth consecutive election of "class 3" senators where Democrats failed to gain seats and the third consecutive mid-term election held in a president's first term where Republicans picked up seats.Despite Republican gains, the Democrats retained a majority of the Senate with 51 seats plus 2 independents who caucused with them, compared to a total of 47 Republican-held seats.. }
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- United_States_Senate_elections,_2010 abstract "Elections to the United States Senate were held on November 2, 2010, for 37 of the United States Senate's 100 seats. (A special election on January 19, 2010 in Massachusetts was held earlier in the year.) Thirty-four of the elections were for six-year terms to the Senate's "class three", while the other three elections were special elections for shorter terms. Of the 37 elections, 19 featured incumbent Democrats (7 of whom retired or were defeated in the primary) and 18 featured incumbent Republicans (eight of whom retired or were defeated in the primary).After the previous elections (in 2008), the Senate was composed of 58 Democrats, 40 Republicans, and 2 independents who caucused with the Democrats.Republicans won four seats held by retiring Democrats and Republicans defeated two incumbent Democrats, for a total gain of six seats. This was the largest number of Republicans gains since the 1994 elections and also the first time since that election that Republicans successfully defended all of their own seats. This was the fourth consecutive election of "class 3" senators where Democrats failed to gain seats and the third consecutive mid-term election held in a president's first term where Republicans picked up seats.Despite Republican gains, the Democrats retained a majority of the Senate with 51 seats plus 2 independents who caucused with them, compared to a total of 47 Republican-held seats.".