United States Senate Elections, 2020 (EasternSky)

The United States Senate elections of 2020 were held on November 3, 2020, along with the presidential election and other congressional and gubernatorial elections.

Overview
The Republicans have to defend 22 seats versus the Democrats' 12 seats. However, five Republican seats are open, four due to the incumbents retiring and one due to the incumbent losing in the primaries. However, most of these races have been rated safe for the GOP.

At the end of the elections, Democrats took Arizona, Colorado, both Georgia seats, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Montana, North Carolina, and Texas while the Republicans only gained Alabama, which resulted in the Democrats gaining control of the Senate with a net gain of ten seats. With the unseating of Mitch McConnell, John Thume of South Dakota became the new leader of the Senate Republicans.

These elections marked the first time since 1932 that a Democrat was elected to represent Kansas in the Senate, marking the end to the longest drought in the history of American politics.