2014 Senate Elections
Republicans Sweep Senate Races
33 seats contested. 12 seats changed hands.
50D
48R
50
Democratic Seats
48
Republican Seats
33
Seats Contested
D+0.8
Closest: Virginia
Democratic Majority
Republicans gained 11 seats in the 2014 Senate elections (50-48). Of 65 Class 3 seats contested, Democrats defended 23 and won 23; Republicans defended 26 and won 42. NC, CO, CO, IA, LA, AR, MT, SD, WV, ME flipped Republican; NH, IL flipped Democratic.
Before:61D-37R
After:50D-48R
12 flipped
Seats flipped:North Carolina(D→R)|Colorado(D→R)|Colorado(D→R)|New Hampshire(R→D)|Iowa(D→R)|Illinois(R→D)|Louisiana(D→R)|Arkansas(D→R)|Montana(D→R)|South Dakota(D→R)|West Virginia(D→R)|Maine(D→R)
12 Seats Flipped
Flipped to Democratic (2)
All Races
VA
D+0.8
Warner vs Gillespie
NC
R+1.6
Hagan vs Tillis
CO
R+1.9
Udall vs Gardner
NH
D+3.2
Shaheen vs Brown
GA
R+7.7
Nunn vs Perdue
IA
R+8.3
Braley vs Ernst
MN
D+10.2
Franken vs McFadden
IL
D+10.8
Durbin vs Oberweis
NM
D+11.1
Udall vs Weh
LA
R+11.9
Landrieu vs Cassidy
MI
D+13.3
Peters vs Land
NJ
D+13.5
Booker vs Bell
DE
D+13.6
Coons vs Wade
KY
R+15.5
Grimes vs McConnell
AR
R+17.1
Pryor vs Cotton
MT
R+17.7
Curtis vs Daines
OR
D+18.9
Merkley vs Wehby
SC
R+19.8
Dickerson vs Scott
SD
R+21.8
Weiland vs Rounds
MS
R+22.0
Childers vs Cochran
MA
D+23.9
Markey vs Herr
TX
R+27.2
Alameel vs Cornyn
WV
R+27.7
Tennant vs Capito
TN
R+30.2
Ball vs Alexander
ID
R+30.7
Mitchell vs Risch
NE
R+32.9
Domina vs Sasse
ME
R+37.0
Bellows vs Collins
OK
R+39.2
Silverstein vs Inhofe
RI
D+41.3
Reed vs Zaccaria
HI
D+42.1
Schatz vs Cavasso
KS
R+53.1
D vs Roberts
WY
R+54.7
Hardy vs Enzi
AL
R+97.3
D vs Sessions