The south seemed to be trending Republican following [[President Reagan]]'s landslide reelection in 1984, however Democrats made strong gains, winning every southern Senate seat that was up for election that year. Future Republican [[Speaker of the House]] [[Dennis Hastert]] was election to Congress in [[Illinois]]. Future Republican presidential nominee [[John McCain]] was elected to the Senate in [[Arizona]] to replace the retiring [[Barry Goldwater]], future Senate Majority Leaders [[Tom Daschle]] was elected to replace [[George McGovern]] in [[South Dakota]] and [[Harry Reid]] was elected in [[Nevada]]. | The south seemed to be trending Republican following [[President Reagan]]'s landslide reelection in 1984, however Democrats made strong gains, winning every southern Senate seat that was up for election that year. Future Republican [[Speaker of the House]] [[Dennis Hastert]] was election to Congress in [[Illinois]]. Future Republican presidential nominee [[John McCain]] was elected to the Senate in [[Arizona]] to replace the retiring [[Barry Goldwater]], future Senate Majority Leaders [[Tom Daschle]] was elected to replace [[George McGovern]] in [[South Dakota]] and [[Harry Reid]] was elected in [[Nevada]]. |