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-[[File:Election map.png|right|300px|thumb| Republican red victories by districts]]
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-The '''2014 Midterm Elections''' began with the [[Texas]] primary on March 4, and continued with a primary or a "runoff" nearly every week somewhere in the [[United States]] until Tuesday, September 9th.<ref>[http://www.thegreenpapers.com/G14/events.phtml?format=chronological Election days listed chronologically or 2014]</ref>  Soon thereafter [[early voting]] began in some areas, culminating in the general election day on Tuesday, November 4th.
-The election was a complete and utter rejection of Democrats with Republicans capturing the U.S. Senate, expanding the U.S. House and winning super majority control in 31 states.
-==Senate==
-===Democrat Incumbents===
-*'''Alaska'''
-[[Mark Begich]]: The incumbent Begich lost to Republican Dan Sullivan.
-*'''Arkansas'''
-[[Mark Pryor]]: The incumbent Pryor lost to Republican Tom Cotton.
-*'''Colorado'''
-[[Mark Udall]]: The incumbent Udall lost to Republican Cory Gardiner.
-*'''Delaware'''
-[[Chris Coons]]: The incumbent was reelected.
-*'''Hawaii'''
-[[Brian Schatz]]: The incumbent was reelected.
-*'''Illinois'''
-[[Richard Durbin]]: The incumbent was reelected.
-*'''Iowa'''
-[[Tom Harkin]][1]: Democrat Bruce Braley lost his bid to Republican [[Joni Ernst]].
-*'''Louisiana'''
-[[Mary Landrieu]]: The incumbent Landrieu lost to Republican Bill Cassidy. The margin of victory has enabled a runoff race. Cassidy is poised to gain this seat.
-*'''Massachusetts'''
-[[Ed Markey]]: The incumbent was reelected.
-*'''Michigan'''
-[[Carl Levin]][1]: Democrat Rep. Gary Peters defeated Republican Terri Lynn Land.
-*'''Minnesota'''
-[[Al Franken]]: The incumbent Franken was reelected.
-*'''Montana'''
-[[Max Baucus]][1]: Republican Steve Daines defeated Democrat John Walsh.
-*'''New Hampshire'''
-[[Jeanne Shaheen]]: The incumbent Shaheen was reelected.
-*'''New Jersey'''
-[[Cory Booker]]: The incumbent Booker was reelected.
-*'''New Mexico'''
-[[Tom Udall]]: The incumbent Udall was reelected.
-*'''North Carolina'''
-[[Kay Hagan]]: The incumbent Hagan lost to Republican Thom Tillis.
-*'''Oregon'''
-[[Jeff Merkley]]: The incumbent Merkley was reelected.
-*'''Rhode Island'''
-[[Jack Reed]]: The incumbent Reed was reelected.
-*'''South Dakota'''
-[[Tim Johnson]][1]: Democrat Rick Weiland lost to Republican Mike Rounds.
-*'''Virginia'''
-[[Mark Warner]]: The incumbent Warner was reelected.
-*'''West Virginia'''
-[[Jay Rockefeller]][1]: Democrat Natalie Tennant lost to Republican Shelley Moore Capito.
-===Republican Incumbents===
-*'''Alabama'''
-[[Jeff Sessions]]: The incumbent Sessions was reelected.
-*'''Georgia'''
-[[Saxby Chambliss]][1]: Democrat Michelle Nunn lost to Republic David Perdue.
-*'''Idaho'''
-[[James Risch]]: The incumbent Risch was reelected.
-*'''Kansas'''
-[[Pat Roberts]]: The incumbent Roberts was reelected by defeating Independent candidate Greg Orman. Democrat Chad Taylor dropped out of the race before election day.
-*'''Kentucky'''
-[[Mitch McConnell]]: The incumbent McConnell was reelected.
-*'''Maine'''
-[[Susan Collins]]: The incumbent Collins was reelected.
-*'''Mississippi'''
-[[Thad Cochran]]: The incumbent Cochran was reelected.
-*'''Nebraska'''
-[[Mike Johanns]][1]: Republican [[Ben Sasse]] defeated Democrat David Domina.
-*'''Oklahoma'''
-[[James Inhofe]]: The incumbent Inhofe was reelected.
-[[Tom Coburn]][1]: Republican James Lankford defeated Democrat Constance N. Johnson.
-*'''South Carolina'''
-[[Tim Scott]]: The incumbent Scott was reelected.
-[[Lindsey Graham]]: The incumbent Graham was reelected.
-*'''Tennessee'''
-[[Lamar Alexander]]:  The incumbent Alexander was reelected.
-*'''Texas'''
-[[John Cornyn]]: The incumbent Cornyn was reelected.
-*'''Wyoming'''
-[[Mike Enzi]]: The incumbent Enzi was reelected.
-==House==
-Every seat of the 435 member chamber is up for election. The new term will be the 114th United States Congress.
-===Notable Races===
-* [[Eric Cantor]] (Virginia) - Cantor was defeated by [[David Brat]] in the Republican primary. Republican Brat defeated Democrat Jack Trammell for Virginia's 7th Congressional District.
-* [[Elise Stefanik]] became the youngest Republican female ever elected to Congress at age 30. She is from New York's 21st Congressional District.
-* [[Mia Love]] won Utah's 4th Congressional District becoming the first Republican black female Congresswoman in the U.S. House.
-* [[Will Hurd]], a former covert CIA operative, won Texas's 23rd Congressional District for the Republicans.
-==Governors==
-===Democrats===
-*[[Neil Abercrombie]] (Hawaii): The incumbent Abercrombie lost to [[David Ige]] in the Democratic Party primary. Ige went on to win the general election.
-*[[Mike Beebe]] (Arkansas) [1]: Republican Asa Hutchinson defeated Democrat Mike Ross.
-*[[Jerry Brown]] (California): The incumbent Brown was reelected
-*[[Lincoln Chafee]] (Rhode Island) [1]: Democrat Gina Raimondo defeated Republican Allan Fung.
-*[[Andrew Cuomo]] (New York): The incumbent Cuomo was reelected.
-*[[Mark Dayton]] (Minnesota): The incumbent Dayton was reelected.
-*[[Maggie Hassan]] (New Hampshire): The incumbent Hassan was reelected.
-*[[John Hickenlooper]] (Colorado): The incumbent Hinkenlooper lost to Republican Bob Beauprez.
-*[[John Kitzhaber]] (Oregon): The incumbent Kitzhaber was reelected.
-*[[Dan Malloy]] (Connecticut):  The incumbent Malloy was reelected.
-*[[Martin O'Malley]] (Maryland) [1]: Republican Larry Hogan defeated Democrat Anthony Brown.
-*[[Deval Patrick]] (Massachusetts) [1]: Republican Charlie Baker defeated Democrat Martha Coakley.
-*[[Pat Quinn]] (Illinois): The incumbent Quinn was defeated by Republican Bruce Rauner.
-*[[Peter Shumlin]] (Vermont): The incumbent Shumlin won his race against Republican Scott Milne. He did not receive 50% of the vote and the Vermont legislature will chose the Governor in January 2015.
-===Republicans===
-*[[Robert Bentley]] (Alabama): The incumbent Bentley was reelected.
-*[[Jan Brewer]] (Arizona) [1]: Republican  Doug Ducey defeated Democrat Fred DuVal.
-*[[Terry Branstad]] (Iowa): The incumbent Branstad was reelected.
-*[[Sam Brownback]] (Kansas):  The incumbent Brownback was reelected.
-*[[Tom Corbett]] (Pennsylvania): Incumbent Corbett was defeated by Democrat Tom Wolf.
-*[[Dennis Daugaard]] (South Dakota): The incumbent Daugaard was reelected.
-*[[Nathan Deal]] (Georgia): The incumbent Deal was reelected.
-*[[Mary Fallin]] (Oklahoma): The incumbent Fallin was reelected.
-*[[Nikki Haley]] (South Carolina): The incumbent Haley was reelected.
-*[[Bill Haslam]] (Tennessee): The incumbent Haslam was reelected.
-*[[Dave Heineman]] (Nebraska) [1]: Republican Pete Ricketts defeated Democrat Chuck Hassebrook.
-*[[John Kasich]] (Ohio): The incumbent Kasich was reelected.
-*[[Paul LePage]] (Maine): The incumbent LePage was reelected.
-*[[Susana Martinez]] (New Mexico): The incumbent Martinez was reelected.
-*[[Matt Mead]] (Wyoming): The incumbent Mead was reelected.
-*[[Butch Otter]] (Idaho): The incumbent Otter was reelected.
-*[[Sean Parnell]] (Alaska): The incumbent Parnell lost to Independent Bill Walker.
-*[[Rick Perry]] (Texas) [1]: Republican [[Greg Abbott]] defeated Democrat Wendy Davis.
-*[[Brian Sandoval]] (Nevada): The incumbent Sandoval was reelected.
-*[[Rick Scott]] (Florida): The incumbent Scott was reelected
-*[[Rick Snyder]] (Michigan): The incumbent Snyder was reelected
-*[[Scott Walker]] (Wisconsin): The incumbent Walker was reelected
-[1] Indicates a term-limited or retiring candidate
-==References==
-<references/>
-[[category:Politics]]
-[[category:Obama Presidency]]
-[[category:Republican Party]]
-[[category:Democratic Party]]

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