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| - Elections to the United States Senate was held on November 3, 2020 with the 33 Class 2 seats of the Senate being contested in regular elections. The winners will serve six-year terms from January 3, 2021, until January 3, 2027. Additionally, special elections may be held to fill vacancies. The presidential election, elections to the House of Representatives, elections for governors in states and territories, and many state and local elections will also be held on this date.
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| - Elections to the United States Senate was held on November 3, 2020 with the 33 Class 2 seats of the Senate being contested in regular elections. The winners will serve six-year terms from January 3, 2021, until January 3, 2027. Additionally, special elections may be held to fill vacancies. The presidential election, elections to the House of Representatives, elections for governors in states and territories, and many state and local elections will also be held on this date. In 2014, the last regular election of the Class 2 Senate seats, Republicans won a net gain of nine seats, which will be targeted by the Democrats in 2020 to try to win back. Democrat Steve Beshear defeated the incumbent Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell, the first time since 2004 that a sitting party leader lost re-election. This election was the third time in history (after 1932 and 1952) that the party in power lost their majority and the Senate Majority Leader lost his own re-election bid.
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