United States Senate elections, 2010
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Elections, 2010 |
Primary election dates, 2010 |
The 2010 United States Senate election was held on November 2, 2010. Thirty-six seats of the 100 seats in the United States Senate were up for election. Thirty-four of the seats were for six-year terms that began on January 3, 2011.[1]
Prior to the election, the Senate partisan breakdown was 58 Democrats, 40 Republicans, and two independents. Of the seats up for election in 2010, 19 were held by Democrats and 18 were held by Republicans.[2]
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