United States Senate Election, 2020 (Dane)

The United States Senate Election, 2020 occurred on November 3rd, 2020 between the Republican and Democratic Parties. The Republican Party, headed by majority leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, were looking to maintain a slim 50-50 majority in the senate by virtue of Vice President Mike Pence. It faced a nightmarish scenario, the Republicans having to defend 22 seats compared to just 12 for the Democrats.

The Democrats, riding off a wave of strength behind Presidential nominee Bernie Sanders's strong numbers against incumbent President Trump, the Democrats appeared to be in good position to flip a number of Senate seats, slightly overperforming expectations on election night.

A number of retirements were present on both the Democratic and Republican side, with Tennessee's Lamar Alexander, Oklahoma's Jim Inhofe, Kansas's Pat Roberts, and Idaho's Jim Risch for the Republicans, with Dick Durbin retiring for the Democrats.

In the end, the Democrats gained a total of seven seats, gaining 8 Republican Senate Seats across the country and only dropping in Alabama, where Democrat Doug Jones won a 2017 Special Election against Republican Roy Moore. This election also featured the first senate seat held by a democrat in Texas since 1988, with Joaquin Castro pulling a stunning upset of John Cornyn.