claim: Balibo (film) takes place in Hawaii.
evidence: The United States Senate elections , 2002 featured a series of fiercely contested elections that resulted in a victory for the Republican Party , which gained two seats and thus a narrow majority from the Democratic Party in the United States Senate .. Republican Party. Republican Party ( United States ). Democratic Party. Democratic Party ( United States ). United States Senate. United States Senate. The Senate seats up for election , known as `` class 2 '' Senate seats , were last up for regular election in 1996 .. United States Senate elections, 1996. The election was held on November 5 , 2002 , almost fourteen months after the September 11 , 2001 attacks .. The Democrats had originally hoped to do well , as the party holding the presidency historically loses seats in midterm elections , and the Republicans had 20 seats up for election compared to 14 Democratic seats .. Democrats. Democratic Caucus of the United States Senate. presidency. President of the United States. In addition , four incumbent Republicans and no Democrats announced their retirement before the election .. Democrats. Democratic Caucus of the United States Senate. However , the Republicans were able to hold the four open seats , all of which were in the South .. South. Southern United States. Ultimately , Republicans would pick up three seats and lose one , resulting in a net gain of two seats .. Together with gains made in the House of Representatives , this election was one of the few mid-term elections in the last one hundred years in which the party in control of the White House gained Congressional seats -LRB- the others were 1902 , 1934 , and 1998 -RRB- .. United States Senate elections, 1902. United States Senate elections, 1934. United States Senate elections, 1998. This was the first time since 1962 in which a first-term president 's party made net gains in the Senate .. This was the most recent Senate election cycle in which at least one incumbent senator from each party lost in the general election .. This was also the second consecutive mid-term election held in a president 's first term in which the Republican party both had a net gain of seats and regained control of the United States Senate from the Democratic Party .. Democratic Party. Democratic Party ( United States ). United States Senate. United States Senate. This was the only election cycle ever where the party of the incumbent President gained new control of a house of Congress in a midterm election .