1926 United States elections

1926 United States elections

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Election day	November 2
Incumbent president	Calvin Coolidge (Republican)
Next Congress	70th
Senate elections
Overall control	Republican hold
Seats contested	35 of 96 seats (32 Class 3 seats + 6 special elections) [1]
Net seat change	Democratic +7 [2]
1926 Senate election results   Democratic gain  Democratic hold   Republican gain  Republican hold
House elections
Overall control	Republican hold
Seats contested	All 435 voting seats
Net seat change	Democratic +11
1926 House of Representatives election results
Gubernatorial elections
Seats contested	33
Net seat change	Republican +2
1926 gubernatorial election results   Democratic gain  Democratic hold   Republican gain  Republican hold

Elections were held on November 2, 1926, in the middle of President Calvin Coolidge's second (only full) term. The Republican Party lost nine seats to the Democratic Party in the House of Representatives but retained their majority. The Republicans also lost six seats to the Democrats in the U.S. Senate but retained their majority. ^[3] The Democratic gains in Congress were very modest for a midterm election, and since that time, the Republicans had not performed this well in midterm elections under a Republican president until 2002.

See also

• 1926 United States House of Representatives elections
• 1926 United States Senate elections
• 1926 United States gubernatorial elections

References

1. Three Class 3 seats held both regular and special elections in 1926. These three seats are not double-counted for the total number of seats contested.
2. Democrats picked up six seats in the regularly-scheduled elections and gained an additional seat in the special elections.
3. "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 1926" (PDF). U.S. House of Reps, Office of the Clerk. Retrieved December 29, 2011.