US Senate Elections, 2014 (Joe's World)

The 2014 Senate elections occurred during the midterm election of President Barack Obama's second term in office. Like the year before there were a high number of vulnerable Democrats up for re-election in states that were traditionally Republican. Without the presidential coattails they rode in on in 2008, and due to the president's controversial proposals on gun control most of these Democrats ended up losing, and the Republican party regained control of the senate.
==Results==
===State===
Winning candidate in bold
* 2 Independents (VT, ME) caucus with the Democrats.
State 	Incumbent 	Party 	Result 	Candidates
Alabama 	Jeff Sessions 	Republican 	Incumbent re-elected 	Unopposed
Alaska 	Mark Begich 	Democratic 	Incumbent lost re-election 	Daniel Sullivan (Republican)
Arkansas 	Mark Pryor 	Democratic 	Incumbent lost re-election 	Tom Cotton (Republican)
Colorado 	Mark Udall 	Democratic 	Incumbent lost re-election 	Cory Gardner (Republican)
Delaware 	Chris Coons 	Democratic 	Incumbent re-elected 	Kevin Wade (Republican)
Georgia 	Saxby Chambliss	Republican 	Retired, Republican hold 	David Perdue (Republican) Michelle Nunn (Democratic)
Hawaii 	Brian Schatz 	Democratic 	Incumbent elected to finish term 	Campbell Cavasso (Republican)
Illinois 	Dick Durbin 	Democratic 	Democratic hold 	Jim Oberweis (Republican)
Idaho 	Jim Risch 	Republican 	Republican hold 	Nels Mitchell (Democratic)
Iowa 	Tom Harkin 	Democratic 	Retired, Republican gain 	Joni Ernst (Republican)Bruce Braley (Democratic)
Kansas 	Pat Roberts 	Republican 	Incumbent re-elected 	Greg Orman (Independent)
Kentucky 	Mitch McConnell	Republican 	Incumbent re-elected 	Alison Grimes (Democratic)
Louisiana 	Mary Landrieu 	Democratic 	Incumbent lost re-election 	Bill Cassidy (Republican)
Maine 	Susan Collins 	Republican 	Incumbent re-elected 	Shenna Bellows (Democratic)
Massachusetts 	Ed Markey 	Democratic 	Incumbent re-elected to serve full term	Frank Addivinola (Republican)
Michigan 	Carl Levin 	Democratic 	Incumbent retired, Democratic hold 	Gary Peters (Democratic)Terri Lynn Land (Republican)
Minnesota 	Al Franken 	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	Incumbent re-elected 	Mike McFadden (Republican)
Mississippi 	Thad Cochran 	Republican 	Incumbent re-elected 	
Travis Childers (Democratic)
Montana 	John Walsh 	Democratic 	Incumbent retired, Republican gain 	Steve Daines (Republican)Amanda Curtis (Democratic)
Nebraska 	Mike Johanns 	Republican 	Retired, Republican hold. 	Ben Sasse (Republican)David Domina (Democratic)
New Hampshire 	Jeanne Shaheen 	Democratic 	Incumbent re-elected 	Scott Brown (Republican)
New Jersey 	Cory Booker 	Democratic 	Incumbent re-elected to serve full term	Jeff Bell (Republican)
New Mexico 	Tom Udall 	Democratic 	Incumbent re-elected 	Allen Weh (Republican)
North Carolina 	Kay Hagan 	Democratic 	Incumbent lost re-election 	Thom Tillis (Republican)
Oklahoma 	Jim Inhofe 	Republican 	Incumbent re-elected 	Matt Silverstein
Oklahoma (Special) 	Tom Coburn 	Republican 	Retired, Republican hold. 	James Lankford (Republican)Constance N. Johnson (Democratic)
Oregon 	Jeff Merkley 	Democratic 	Incumbent re-elected 	Monica Wehby (Republican)
Rhode Island 	Jack Reed 	Democratic 	Incumbent re-elected 	Mark Zaccaria (Republican)
South Carolina 	Lindsey Graham 	Republican 	Incumbent re-elected 	Brad Hutto (Democratic)
South Carolina (Special)	Tim Scott 	Republican 	Incumbent elected to finish term 	Joyce Dickerson (Democratic)
South Dakota 	Tim Johnson 	Democratic 	Retired, Republican gain 	
Mike Rounds (Republican)Rick Weiland (Democratic)Larry Pressler (Independent)
Tennessee 	Lamar Alexander	Republican 	Incumbent re-elected 	Larry Crim (Democratic)
Texas 	John Cornyn 	Republican 	Incumbent re-elected 	David Alameel (Democratic)
Virginia 	Mark Warner 	Democratic 	Incumbent re-elected 	Ed Gillespie (Republican)
West Virginia 	Jay Rockefeller	Democratic 	Retired, Republican gain 	Shelley Moore Capito (Republican)Natalie Tennant (Democratic)
Wyoming 	Mike Enzi 	Republican 	Incumbent re-elected 	Charlie Hardy (Democratic)
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