In 2012, how did Obama win but dems lost the house and senate?
2012?
The
2012 United States Senate elections were held November 6, 2012, with 33 of the 100 seats in the
Senate being contested in regular elections whose winners would serve six-year terms beginning January 3, 2013, with the
113th Congress.
Democrats had 21 seats up for election, plus 1
Independent and 1
Independent Democrat, while the
Republicans had only 10 seats up for election. The Democrats gained Republican-held seats in Massachusetts and Indiana and one from an Independent Democrat in Connecticut, leaving them with a total of 53 seats. Additionally, they held open seats in Hawaii, New Mexico, North Dakota, Virginia and Wisconsin. The Republicans, despite losing two of their seats, picked up an open seat in Nebraska and retained open seats in Arizona and Texas, ending with a total of 45 seats. The Independents retained a seat in Vermont and gained an additional seat from the Republicans in Maine, bringing their total to 2 seats. Both Independents would caucus with the Democrats, forming a majority caucus with a combined total of 55 seats.