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The 1986 United States Senate elections were elections for the United States Senate. Held on November 4,in the middle of Ronald Reagan's second presidential term,the 34 seats of Class 3 were contested in regular elections. The Republicans had to defend an unusually large number of freshman Senate incumbents who had been elected on President Ronald Reagan's coattails in 1980. Democrats won a net of eight seats,defeating seven freshman incumbents,picking up two Republican-held open seats,and regaining control of the Senate for the first time since January 1981. This remains the most recent midterm election cycle in which the sitting president's party suffered net losses while still flipping a Senate seat.
The 1984 United States Senate elections were held on November 6,with the 33 seats of Class 2 contested in regular elections. They coincided with the landslide re-election of President Ronald Reagan in the presidential election. In spite of the lopsided presidential race,Reagan's Republican Party suffered a net loss of two Senate seats to the Democrats,although it retained control of the Senate with a reduced 53–47 majority. Democrats defeated incumbents in Illinois and Iowa,and won an open seat in Tennessee,while Republicans defeated an incumbent in Kentucky.
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- ↑ "Our Campaigns - KY State Senate 04 - Special Election Race - Jul 27, 2004".
- ↑ "Our Campaigns - KY State Senate 04 Race - Nov 04, 2014".
- ↑ "Our Campaigns - KY State House 012 Race - Nov 04, 1986".
- ↑ "Our Campaigns - KY State House 012 Race - Nov 03, 1992".
- ↑ "J. Dorsey Ridley". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
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