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November 5, 2014

By the Congress team

Across America, all eyes were on the United States Senate and who would have control of the majority after Tuesday night. In a decisive win, Republicans took control, winning seven seats that were held by Democrats heading into Tuesday night. Those states were: Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Montana, North Carolina, South Dakota and West Virginia. Still too close to call as of Wednesday morning are Alaska and Virginia. Stay tuned to Ballotpedia for those remaining results as they arrive.^[1]

Additionally, the Senate seat in Louisiana is headed to a runoff election on December 6, 2014. Although the majority party has already been decided for the 114th Congress, the runoff is expected to draw plenty of money and attention.^[2]

U.S. Senate
Dem.	44
Rep.	54
Ind.	2
TOTAL	100
UNDECIDED	0
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Meanwhile, in the United States House of Representatives, Republicans not only held onto the majority, but their lead grew to a net of 13 House seats as of the morning of November 5. Also, 12 U.S. House incumbents lost their bids for re-election -- 10 Democrats and two Republicans. Nineteen races are still yet to be called.

The U.S. Senate race in Louisiana will not be lonely on December 6. Both the 5th and the 6th Congressional Districts in the state will hold runoff elections. Rep. Vance McAllister, amid allegations involving his relationship with a staffer and late-minute indecision on whether or not he would seek election in 2014, will not be on the runoff ballot in the 5th District. The 6th District will fill the seat currently held by Bill Cassidy (R), who will be in the U.S. Senate runoff.^[3]

U.S. House
Dem.	188
Rep.	247
Ind.	0
TOTAL	435
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Partisanship of the losing incumbents:

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District	Before		After
District	Incumbent	Party	Winner	Winner Party
Arizona's 2nd District	Ron Barber		Martha McSally
Florida's 2nd District	Steve Southerland		Gwen Graham
Florida's 26th District	Joe Garcia		Carlos Curbelo
Georgia's 12th District	John Barrow		Rick Allen
Illinois' 10th District	Brad Schneider		Robert Dold
Illinois' 12th District	Bill Enyart		Mike Bost
Louisiana's 5th District	Vance McAllister		Ralph Abraham
Nebraska's 2nd District	Lee Terry		Brad Ashford
Nevada's 4th District	Steven Horsford		Cresent Hardy
New Hampshire's 1st District	Carol Shea-Porter		Frank Guinta
New York's 1st District	Tim Bishop		Lee Zeldin
Texas' 23rd District	Pete Gallego		Will Hurd
New York's 24th District	Dan Maffei		John Katko
West Virginia's 3rd District	Nick Rahall		Evan Jenkins

Election results

Senate

See also: United States Senate elections, 2014

Who ended up with majority control of the U.S. Senate?

All eyes were on which party would control the U.S. Senate in 2015. The Democratic-controlled Senate in the 113th Congress had a partisan breakdown of 53-45-2, with the two Independents caucusing with the Democrats. For Republicans to take the majority in the Senate, they needed to take at least six of the 36 seats up for election that were held by Democrats, and retain control of the 15 seats held by Republicans. The section updated the seat count for each party throughout the night and the vote totals in the hotly contested races.

Rep. Bill Cassidy (R) won the Louisiana seat in a runoff election on December 6, 2014.

U.S. Senate
Dem.	44
Rep.	54
Ind.	2
TOTAL	100
UNDECIDED	0
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State	Before		After
State	Incumbent	Party	Winner	Winner Party	Seat Party Change?
Alaska Senate	Mark Begich		Dan Sullivan		Yes
Arkansas Senate	Mark Pryor		Tom Cotton		Yes
Colorado Senate	Mark Udall		Cory Gardner		Yes
Georgia Senate	Saxby Chambliss*		David Perdue		No
Iowa Senate	Tom Harkin*		Joni Ernst		Yes
Kansas Senate	Pat Roberts		Pat Roberts		No
Kentucky Senate	Mitch McConnell		Mitch McConnell		No
Louisiana Senate	Mary Landrieu		Bill Cassidy		Yes
Montana Senate	John Walsh*		Steve Daines		Yes
New Hampshire Senate	Jeanne Shaheen		Jeanne Shaheen		No
North Carolina Senate	Kay Hagan		Thom Tillis		Yes
South Dakota Senate	Tim Johnson*		Mike Rounds		Yes
Virginia Senate	Mark Warner		Mark Warner		No
West Virginia Senate	Jay Rockefeller*		Shelley Moore Capito		Yes

"*" indicates that the incumbent retired in 2014.

**U.S. Senate, Alabama General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jeff Sessions Incumbent	97.3%	795,606
	N/A	Write-in	2.7%	22,484
Total Votes				818,090
Source: Alabama Secretary of State

**U.S. Senate, Alaska General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Dan Sullivan	48%	135,445
	Democratic	Mark Begich Incumbent	45.8%	129,431
	Libertarian	Mark Fish	3.7%	10,512
	Independent	Ted Gianoutsos	2%	5,636
	N/A	Write-in	0.5%	1,376
Total Votes				282,400
Source: Alaska Secretary of State

**U.S. Senate, Arkansas General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Tom Cotton	56.5%	478,819
	Democratic	Mark Pryor Incumbent	39.5%	334,174
	Libertarian	Nathan LaFrance	2%	17,210
	Green	Mark Swaney	2%	16,797
Total Votes				847,000
Source: Arkansas Secretary of State

**U.S. Senate, Colorado General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Cory Gardner	48.2%	983,891
	Democratic	Mark Udall Incumbent	46.3%	944,203
	Libertarian	Gaylon Kent	2.6%	52,876
	Independent	Steve Shogan	1.4%	29,472
	Independent	Raul Acosta	1.2%	24,151
	Unity Party of Colorado	Bill Hammons	0.3%	6,427
Total Votes				2,041,020
Source: Colorado Secretary of State

**U.S. Senate, Delaware General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Chris Coons Incumbent	55.8%	130,655
	Republican	Kevin Wade	42.2%	98,823
	Green	Andrew Groff	1.9%	4,560
Total Votes				234,038
Source: U.S. House Clerk "2014 Election Statistics"

**U.S. Senate, Georgia General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	David Perdue	52.89%	1,358,088
	Democratic	Michelle Nunn	45.21%	1,160,811
	Libertarian	Amanda Swafford	1.90%	48,862
Total Votes				2,567,761
Source: Georgia Secretary of State

**U.S. Senate, Idaho General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jim Risch Incumbent	65.3%	285,596
	Democratic	Nels Mitchell	34.7%	151,574
Total Votes				437,170
Source: Idaho Secretary of State

**U.S. Senate, Illinois General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Richard Durbin Incumbent	53.5%	1,929,637
	Republican	Jim Oberweis	42.7%	1,538,522
	Libertarian	Sharon Hansen	3.8%	135,316
Total Votes				3,603,475
Source: Illinois Secretary of State Official Results

**U.S. Senate, Iowa General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Joni Ernst	52.1%	588,575
	Democratic	Bruce Braley	43.8%	494,370
	Independent	Rick Stewart	2.4%	26,815
	Libertarian	Douglas Butzier	0.7%	8,232
	Independent	Ruth Smith	0.5%	5,873
	Independent	Bob Quast	0.4%	4,724
	Write-in	Other	0.1%	1,111
Total Votes				1,129,700
Source: Iowa Secretary of State Official Results

**U.S. Senate, Kansas General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Pat Roberts Incumbent	53.1%	460,350
	Independent	Greg Orman	42.5%	368,372
	Libertarian	Randall Batson	4.3%	37,469
Total Votes				866,191
Source: Kansas Secretary of State Official Results

**U.S. Senate, Kentucky General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Mitch McConnell Incumbent	56.2%	806,787
	Democratic	Alison Lundergan Grimes	40.7%	584,698
	Libertarian	David Patterson	3.1%	44,240
Total Votes				1,435,725
Source: Kentucky Secretary of State

**U.S. Senate, Louisiana Primary Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Mary Landrieu Incumbent	42.1%	619,402
	Democratic	Wayne Ables	0.8%	11,323
	Democratic	Vallian Senegal	0.3%	3,831
	Democratic	William Waymire Jr.	0.3%	4,673
	Republican	Bill Cassidy	41%	603,084
	Republican	Rob Maness	13.8%	202,556
	Republican	Thomas Clements	1%	14,173
	Libertarian	Brannon Lee McMorris	0.9%	13,034
Total Votes				1,472,076
Source: Mary Landrieu and Bill Cassidy headed to a runoff election on December 6, 2014. Louisiana Secretary of State

**U.S. Senate, Maine General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Susan Collins Incumbent	67%	413,505
	Democratic	Shenna Bellows	30.8%	190,254
	Other	Other	0%	269
	Blank	None	2.1%	12,968
Total Votes				616,996
Source: Maine Secretary of State Official Results

**U.S. Senate, Massachusetts General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Ed Markey Incumbent	59%	1,289,944
	Republican	Brian Herr	36.2%	791,950
	Write-in	Other	0.1%	3,078
	Blank	None	4.7%	101,819
Total Votes				2,186,791
Source: Massachusetts Secretary of State Official Results

**U.S. Senate, Michigan General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Gary Peters	54.6%	1,704,936
	Republican	Terri Lynn Land	41.3%	1,290,199
	Libertarian	Jim Fulner	2%	62,897
	U.S. Taxpayers Party	Richard Matkin	1.2%	37,529
	Green	Chris Wahmhoff	0.8%	26,137
Total Votes				3,121,698
Source: Michigan Secretary of State

**U.S. Senate, Minnesota General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Al Franken Incumbent	53.2%	1,053,205
	Republican	Mike McFadden	42.9%	850,227
	Libertarian	Heather Johnson	1.5%	29,685
	Independence	Steve Carlson	2.4%	47,530
	N/A	Write-in	0%	881
Total Votes				1,981,528
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State

**U.S. Senate, Mississippi General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Thad Cochran Incumbent	59.9%	378,481
	Democratic	Travis Childers	37.9%	239,439
	Reform	Shawn O'Hara	2.2%	13,938
Total Votes				631,858
Source: Mississippi Secretary of State Official Results

**U.S. Senate, Montana General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Steve Daines	57.8%	213,709
	Democratic	Amanda Curtis	40.1%	148,184
	Libertarian	Roger Roots	2.1%	7,933
Total Votes				369,826
Source: Montana Secretary of State

**U.S. Senate, Nebraska General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Ben Sasse	64.4%	347,636
	Democratic	Dave Domina	31.5%	170,127
	Independent	Jim Jenkins	2.9%	15,868
	Independent	Todd Watson	1.2%	6,260
Total Votes				539,891
Source: Nebraska Secretary of State

**U.S. Senate, New Hampshire General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jeanne Shaheen Incumbent	51.5%	251,184
	Republican	Scott Brown	48.2%	235,347
	N/A	Scatter	0.3%	1,628
Total Votes				488,159
Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State

**U.S. Senate, New Jersey General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Cory Booker Incumbent	55.8%	1,043,866
	Republican	Jeff Bell	42.3%	791,297
	Libertarian	Joe Baratelli	0.9%	16,721
	Independent	Jeff Boss	0.2%	4,513
	Independent	Antonio N. Sabas	0.2%	3,544
	Democratic-Republican	Eugene Lavergne	0.2%	3,890
	Economic Growth	Hank Schroeder	0.3%	5,704
Total Votes				1,869,535
Source: New Jersey Division of Elections

**U.S. Senate, New Mexico General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Tom Udall Incumbent	55.6%	286,409
	Republican	Allen Weh	44.4%	229,097
Total Votes				515,506
Source: New Mexico Secretary of State

**U.S. Senate, North Carolina General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Kay Hagan Incumbent	47.3%	1,377,651
	Republican	Thom Tillis	48.8%	1,423,259
	Libertarian	Sean Haugh	3.7%	109,100
	Write-in	John Rhodes	0%	621
	Write-in	David Waddell	0%	201
	Write-in	Barry Gurney	0%	142
	Write-in	Write-in (miscellaneous)	0.1%	4,307
Total Votes				2,915,281
Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections

**U.S. Senate, Oklahoma General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jim Inhofe Incumbent	68%	558,166
	Democratic	Matt Silverstein	28.5%	234,307
	Independent	Ray Woods	1.2%	9,913
	Independent	Aaron DeLozier	0.9%	7,793
	Independent	Joan Farr	1.3%	10,554
Total Votes				820,733
Source: Oklahoma State Election Board

**U.S. Senate, Oregon General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jeff Merkley Incumbent	55.7%	814,537
	Republican	Monica Wehby	36.9%	538,847
	Libertarian	Mike Montchalin	3.1%	44,916
	Constitution	James Leuenberger	1.7%	24,212
	Green	Christina Jean Lugo	2.2%	32,434
	Miscellaneous	Miscellaneous	0.5%	6,672
Total Votes				1,461,618
Source: Oregon Secretary of State

**U.S. Senate, Rhode Island General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jack Reed Incumbent	70.6%	223,675
	Republican	Mark Zaccaria	29.2%	92,684
	N/A	Write-in	0.2%	539
Total Votes				316,898
Source: Rhode Island Board of Elections

**U.S. Senate, South Carolina General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Lindsey Graham Incumbent	55.3%	672,941
	Democratic	Brad Hutto	37.6%	456,726
	Libertarian	Victor Kocher	2.8%	33,839
	Independent	Thomas Ravenel	3.9%	47,588
	N/A	Write-in	0.4%	4,774
Total Votes				1,215,868
Source: South Carolina State Election Commission

**U.S. Senate, South Dakota General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Mike Rounds	50.4%	140,741
	Democratic	Rick Weiland	29.5%	82,456
	Independent	Larry Pressler	17.1%	47,741
	Independent	Gordon Howie	3%	8,474
Total Votes				279,412
Source: South Dakota Secretary of State

**U.S. Senate, Tennessee General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Lamar Alexander Incumbent	61.9%	850,087
	Democratic	Gordon Ball	31.9%	437,848
	Independent	Ed Gauthier	0.2%	2,314
	Independent	Bartholomew Phillips	0.2%	2,386
	Independent	C. Salekin	0.1%	787
	Independent	Danny Page	0.6%	7,713
	Independent	Eric Schechter	0.1%	1,673
	Constitution	Joe Wilmoth	2.6%	36,088
	Independent	Joshua James	0.4%	5,678
	Independent	Rick Tyler	0.4%	5,759
	Tea Party	Tom Emerson, Jr.	0.8%	11,157
	Green	Martin Pleasant	0.9%	12,570
	Write-in	Erin Kent Magee	0%	5
Total Votes				1,374,065
Source: U.S. House Clerk "2014 Election Statistics"

**U.S. Senate, Texas General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John Cornyn Incumbent	61.6%	2,861,531
	Democratic	David Alameel	34.4%	1,597,387
	Libertarian	Rebecca Paddock	2.9%	133,751
	Green	Emily Marie Sanchez	1.2%	54,701
	Write-in	Mohammed Tahiro	0%	988
Total Votes				4,648,358
Source: U.S. House Clerk "2014 Election Statistics"

**U.S. Senate, Virginia General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Mark Warner Incumbent	49.1%	1,073,667
	Republican	Ed Gillespie	48.3%	1,055,940
	Libertarian	Robert Sarvis	2.4%	53,102
	N/A	write-in	0.1%	1,764
Total Votes				2,184,473
Source: Virginia Department of Elections

**U.S. Senate, West Virginia General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Shelley Moore Capito	62.1%	281,820
	Democratic	Natalie Tennant	34.5%	156,360
	Libertarian	John Buckley	1.6%	7,409
	Constitution	Phil Hudok	0.6%	2,566
	Mountain	Bob Henry Baber	1.2%	5,504
	N/A	Write-ins	0%	30
Total Votes				453,689
Source: U.S. House Clerk "2014 Election Statistics"

**U.S. Senate, Wyoming General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Mike Enzi Incumbent	72.2%	121,554
	Democratic	Charlie Hardy	17.4%	29,377
	Independent	Curt Gottshall	7.9%	13,311
	Libertarian	Joe Porambo	2.2%	3,677
	N/A	Write-in	0.3%	471
Total Votes				168,390
Source: Wyoming Secretary of State

House

See also: United States House of Representatives elections, 2014

Did the Democratic Party reduce the Republican U.S. House majority?

All 435 U.S. House of Representatives seats were up for election. Republicans went into the election with a 233-199 majority (with three vacancies). Democrats failed to pick up 19 seats to flip control and instead lost seats. On this page, Ballotpedia tracked the districts identified as battleground districts. Below the battleground chart, we also tracked unexpectedly close races that developed throughout election night.

Note: The tables below were updated in real-time on election night. As races were called, we updated the partisan count totals.

U.S. House
Dem.	188
Rep.	247
Ind.	0
TOTAL	435
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State	Before		After
State	Incumbent	Party	Winner	Winner Party	District Party Change?
Arizona's 1st District	Ann Kirkpatrick		Ann Kirkpatrick		No
Arizona's 2nd District	Ron Barber		Martha McSally		Yes
Arizona's 9th District	Kyrsten Sinema		Kyrsten Sinema		No
California's 7th District	Ami Bera		Ami Bera		No
California's 21st District	David Valadao		David Valadao		No
California's 36th District	Raul Ruiz		Raul Ruiz		No
California's 52nd District	Scott Peters		Scott Peters		No
Colorado's 6th District	Mike Coffman		Mike Coffman		No
Florida's 18th District	Patrick Murphy		Patrick Murphy		No
Florida's 26th District	Joe Garcia		Carlos Curbelo		Yes
Illinois' 12th District	William Enyart		Mike Bost		Yes
Illinois' 13th District	Rodney Davis		Rodney Davis		No
Michigan's 1st District	Dan Benishek		Dan Benishek		No
Minnesota's 8th District	Rick Nolan		Rick Nolan		No
Nevada's 3rd District	Joe Heck		Joe Heck		No
New Hampshire's 1st District	Carol Shea-Porter		Frank Guinta		Yes
New Jersey's 2nd District	Frank LoBiondo		Frank LoBiondo		No
New Jersey's 3rd District	Jon Runyan*		Tom MacArthur		No
New York's 1st District	Tim Bishop		Lee Zeldin		Yes
New York's 11th District	Michael Grimm		Michael Grimm		No
New York's 18th District	Sean Maloney		Sean Maloney		No
New York's 21st District	Bill Owens*		Elise Stefanik		Yes
New York's 23rd District	Tom Reed		Tom Reed		No
Texas' 23rd District	Pete Gallego		Will Hurd		Yes
Virginia's 2nd District	Scott Rigell		Scott Rigell		No
West Virginia's 3rd District	Nick Rahall		Evan Jenkins		Yes

"*" indicates that the incumbent retired in 2014.

Expected seat changes

These are districts where a change in party was expected due to a very vulnerable incumbent. These races were not rated as battlegrounds because they were likely to flip control.

District	Before		After
District	Incumbent	Party	Winner	Winner Party
North Carolina's 7th District	Mike McIntyre (Retiring)		David Rouzer
Utah's 4th District	Jim Matheson (Retiring)		Mia Love
West Virginia's 3rd District	Nick Rahall		Evan Jenkins

Incumbents who lost

Partisanship of the losing incumbents:

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District	Before		After
District	Incumbent	Party	Winner	Winner Party
Arizona's 2nd District	Ron Barber		Martha McSally
Florida's 2nd District	Steve Southerland		Gwen Graham
Florida's 26th District	Joe Garcia		Carlos Curbelo
Georgia's 12th District	John Barrow		Rick Allen
Illinois' 10th District	Brad Schneider		Robert Dold
Illinois' 12th District	Bill Enyart		Mike Bost
Louisiana's 5th District	Vance McAllister		Ralph Abraham
Nebraska's 2nd District	Lee Terry		Brad Ashford
Nevada's 4th District	Steven Horsford		Cresent Hardy
New Hampshire's 1st District	Carol Shea-Porter		Frank Guinta
New York's 1st District	Tim Bishop		Lee Zeldin
Texas' 23rd District	Pete Gallego		Will Hurd
New York's 24th District	Dan Maffei		John Katko
West Virginia's 3rd District	Nick Rahall		Evan Jenkins

Footnotes

[1] Politico, "2014 Virginia Senate Election Results," accessed November 5, 2014

[2] CNN.com, "Louisiana Senate race going to December runoff," November 5, 2014

[3] NPR.org, "GOP Takes Control Of Senate With Wins in N.C., Iowa, Ark., Colo.," November 4, 2014

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