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The 2010 United States midterm elections will be held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives and 37 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate will be contested in this election along with 38 state and territorial governorships, many state legislatures, four territorial legislatures and numerous state and local races.
The GOP lost heavily in the 2006 and 2008 elections, giving up Congress and the White House. Congressional Republicans were almost unanimous in opposing the key elements of the Obama administration domestic policy in 2009-2010, while generally supporting its foreign policy in Afghanistan and Iraq. With the economy continuing to falter, support for Obama and the Democrats has suffered significantly. Political analysts in October 2010 predict sweeping Republican gains in the 2010 midterm elections, pointing to the swing that would be generated on current polling, and an "enthusiasm gap" that measures Republican voters to be significantly more engaged than Democratic voters.[1]
The issues highlighted by the candidates and voters in 2010 focus on national economic conditions and the economic policies of the Obama Administration, especially regarding bailouts, health care, taxes, and deficits, as well as corruption in government and terrorism.[2] Voters have paid relatively little attention to foreign affairs or the environment. Political analyst Dick Morris has argued that in a "fundamental change" evangelical or social issues do not dominate the Republican activists in 2010, because "economic and fiscal issues prevail. The Tea Party has made the Republican Party safe for libertarians."[3]
Federal elections
Congressional elections
Senate elections
The 34 seats in the United States Senate Class III are up for election. In addition, the Class II Senate seat in Delaware currently held by Ted Kaufman, the Class I Senate seat in New York currently held by Kirsten Gillibrand, and the Class I seat in West Virginia currently held by Carte Goodwin will be contested in special elections resulting from Joe Biden's 2008 election as Vice President of the United States and Hillary Clinton's appointment to the Cabinet as U.S. Secretary of State and their subsequent resignations from the Senate, as well as incumbent Senator Robert C. Byrd's death and the interim appointment of Goodwin to the Senate. A special election was also held for the Class I seat in Massachusetts, as a result of the death of incumbent Senator Ted Kennedy. The election was held on January 19, 2010, resulting in Republican state senator Scott Brown winning the seat.
House of Representatives elections
All 435 voting seats in the United States House of Representatives will be up for election. Additionally, elections will be held to select the delegates for the District of Columbia and four of the five U.S. territories. The only seat in the house not up for election is that of the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico, who serves a four-year term and will next face election in 2012.
State elections
Gubernatorial elections
Thirty-six of the fifty United States governors are up for election. Elections will also be held for the governorships of two U.S. territories. One state, Louisiana, had no campaign for governor but did feature a special election for lieutenant governor.[4]
Other state-wide officer elections
In many states where if the following positions are elective offices, voters will cast votes for candidates for state executive branch offices (including Lieutenant Governors (though some will be voted for on the same ticket as the gubernatorial nominee), Secretary of state, state Treasurer, state Auditor, state Attorney General, state Superintendent of Education, Commissioners of Insurance, Agriculture or, Labour, and etc.) and state judicial branch offices (seats on state Supreme Courts and, in some states, state appellate courts).
State legislative elections
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46 states (all except Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey and Virginia) will hold elections for their state legislatures.[5]
Judicial positions
Multiple judicial positions will be up for election in 2010.
Initiatives and referenda
Local elections
Mayoral elections
The following major American cities will hold mayoral elections in 2010.
- Columbia, South Carolina
- Honolulu, Hawaii (see Honolulu mayoral election, 2010 for details)
- Irvine, California
- Lexington, Kentucky
- Long Beach, California
- Louisville, Kentucky (see Louisville mayoral election, 2010 for details)
- Newark, New Jersey
- Newport News, Virginia
- New Orleans, Louisiana (see New Orleans mayoral election, 2010 for details)
- Oakland, California
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Providence, Rhode Island
- Reno, Nevada
- San Jose, California
- Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Sioux Falls, South Dakota
- Trenton, New Jersey
- Washington, D.C (see Washington, D.C. mayoral election, 2010 for details)
References
- ^ See Jonathan Weisman, "GOP in Lead in Final Lap," Wall Street Journal Oct 20, 2010
- ^ Jeffrey M. Jones, "Americans Give GOP Edge on Most Election Issues; Greatest Republican advantages on terrorism, immigration, federal spending," Gallup, Sept. 1, 2010
- ^ Dick Morris, "The New Republican Right," TheHill.com October 19, 2010
- ^ See Louisiana state elections, 2010#Lieutenant governor.
- ^ "2010 Primary Dates and Seats Up". September 23, 2009. Retrieved January 26, 2010.
External links
- 2010 Midterm Election Debates on C-SPAN
- Wesleyan Media Project: 2010 Political Advertising Analysis at Wesleyan University
- National newspapers
- Election 2010 at The Christian Science Monitor
- Elections 2010 at The New York Times
- Campaign 2010 at The Washington Post
- National radio
- Election 2010 at NPR
- National TV
- 2010 Election at ABC News
- Campaign 2010 on C-SPAN
- Campaign 2010 at CBS News
- Election Center at CNN
- Elections at Fox News
- Decision 2010 at MSNBC
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