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Elections / 2010

The 2010 elections

A midterm cycle: 36 US Senate contests on record. Presidential pages cover the quadrennial years on either side.

2010 US Senate elections
2010 Senate margin by stateA map of the United States with each state filled by its 2010 result — deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), and gold where an independent or third-party candidate carried the state.Alabama · R+30.5Alaska · O+5.4Arizona · R+24.3Colorado · D+1.6Florida · R+28.7Georgia · R+19.3Indiana · R+14.6Kansas · R+43.7Maine · —Massachusetts · —Minnesota · —New Jersey · —North Carolina · R+11.8North Dakota · R+54.0Oklahoma · R+44.5Pennsylvania · R+2.0South Dakota · R+100.0Texas · —Wyoming · —Connecticut · D+9.3Missouri · R+13.6West Virginia · D+10.1Illinois · R+1.6New Mexico · —Arkansas · R+21.0California · D+10.0Delaware · D+16.6District of Columbia · —Hawaii · D+53.2Iowa · R+31.1Kentucky · R+11.5Maryland · D+26.5Michigan · —Mississippi · —Montana · —New Hampshire · R+23.2New York · D+39.3Ohio · R+17.4Oregon · D+18.0Tennessee · —Utah · R+28.8Virginia · —Washington · D+4.7Wisconsin · R+4.8Nebraska · —South Carolina · R+34.4Idaho · R+46.3Nevada · D+5.7Vermont · D+33.4Louisiana · R+18.9Rhode Island · —
2010Senate margin
D+60
R+60
States with a Senate contest in 2010, each filled by its result. States without a seat up this cycle are faint.
Gold marks a state an independent or third-party candidate carried — the blue/red ramp is the Democratic-vs-Republican margin only where a major party won.
Smaller states, enlarged
VTD+33.4NHR+23.2CTD+9.3DED+16.6MDD+26.5
Blue and red show the Democratic-vs-Republican margin; gold marks a seat an independent won.

US Senate 2010: Democrats won 12, Republicans 23, others 1 of 36 contests →

US House 2010: Democrats won 197, Republicans 238 of 435 seats →

Governor coverage is 2018–2024 (the precinct-data era); odd-year states (NJ/VA) and earlier cycles are pending sourcing. See the methodology for series notes.