United States Senate Election, 2020 (Nkechinyer)

The United States Senate election in 2020 was held on November 3, 2020. With the Republicans holding onto the Senate Majority in 2018, it was expected they could hold onto this majority going forward from the election. However, the Democrats showed up to the polls in large numbers across the country, the Democrats stunningly retook control of the senate, pulling off four stunning upsets- in Iowa, Maine, North Carolina, and Georgia. The re-election campaign for two prominent Republicans was also closer than expected- Senate Minority Leader Lindsay Graham and Texas Senator John Cornyn won re-election by less than 1 percent.

The Republicans started with 53 seats to the Democrats 47, but the night ended with 52 seats for the Democrats and 48 for the Republicans, as New York Senator Chuck Schumer became the new Senate majority leader.

The Democrats would reach a 53 to 47 senate majority before the 2022 election, due to the death of Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley (who was replaced by Iowa Senate leader, Democrat Rob Hogg, via special election),and the election of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders as President, who was replaced by Mayor of Burlington, Democrat Miro Weinberger.