House, a Democratic pick up of 17 seats was needed. For Democrats to have taken majority control of the U.S. For Republicans to take the majority in the Senate, they needed to take six seats held by Democrats and retain control of the 15 seats held by a Republican. Senate while Republicans were the majority in the U.S. Heading into the election, Democrats controlled the U.S. Senate (with two Independents in the mix).
Democrats outnumbered Republicans, 53-45, in the U.S.
The GOP went into the election with a 233-199 lead in the House of Representatives. According to a study by the Brookings Institution, only 36 percent of 2014 Democratic candidates mentioned support of the Affordable Care Act in their platform. Many believed that the November 4, 2014, general election would be a backlash against the Obama Administration’s Affordable Care Act. Republicans assumed control of both chambers of the U.S. Additionally, three races, Louisiana's 5th and 6th Districts and the Senate election in Louisiana, were Republican wins in a runoff held on December 6, 2014.Ī strong Republican showing occurred. Congress (36 Senate seats, including three special elections, and all 435 House seats) were up for election on November 4, 2014.
4.1 Incumbents defeated in 2014 primary electionsĪ total of 471 seats in the U.S. 2.1 Did the Democratic Party reduce the Republican U.S. 1.2 Who ended up with majority control of the U.S. Kobach ran against Jean Schodorf, a former Republican state senator who became a Democrat after she lost a race for re-election in 2012 against a more conservative challenger. Kobach and said the candidate could withdraw. Kobach in early September withdrawing from the race, but Mr. The Democratic candidate sent a letter to Mr. He has also played an important role in the state’s hotly contested Senate race. And he has pushed for very tough voter ID laws in Kansas. He was the architect of “self-deportation,” a philosophy that pushes for ramping up enforcement to such a degree that unauthorized immigrants leave the state of their own accord because day-to-day life has become too difficult. Kobach, a Republican who was re-elected, has a national profile in the immigration debate: He had a hand in writing the strict Arizona law that allows law enforcement officials to check the immigration status of people they suspect may be in the country illegally. 
Governor Brownback fends off his Democratic challenger. But the Republicans’ strong showing Tuesday held true in Kansas. Orman had said he would caucus with whichever party won the majority, so Democrats saw the race as a chance to do away with a reliably Republican vote. What was expected to be a safe Republican seat became one of the most closely watched Senate contests in the country. The Democratic candidate, Chad Taylor, dropped out of the race in early September, improving Mr. Roberts was challenged by Greg Orman, 45, an independent and an investor. His campaign manager, Leroy Towns, did him no favors after the primary in August by saying the senator planned to go “back home for two days or three to rest.” When he said “home,” he meant Alexandria, Va. In February, The New York Times reported that he did not have a home in Kansas, but instead stayed with donors when in the state. Roberts has been in Congress since 1981, and he was hammered during the campaign for becoming too much a creature of Washington. Longtime Republican Senator Pat Roberts was re-elected after one of the tightest, most hotly contested races in the country, which ended as yet another blow to Democrats.
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