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United States Senate elections, 2014

November 4, 2014
33 of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate and 3 mid-term special elections 51 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Mitch McConnell Harry Reid Party Republican Democratic Leader since January 3, 2007 January 3, 2005 Leader's seat Kentucky Nevada Seats before 45 53 Seats won 24 12 Seats after 55 43 Seat change 10 10 Popular vote 24,639,488 20,862,493 Percentage 51.8% 43.7% Swing 9.7% 10.0% Seats up 15 21   Third party   Party Independent Seats before 2 Seats won 0 Seats after 2 Seat change Seats up 0
File:2014AlternateSenateMap300.png      Democratic hold      Republican hold      Republican gain Line through state means both Senate seats were up for election.
Majority Leader before election Harry Reid Democratic Elected Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Republican

United States Senate election in Virginia, 2014

November 4, 2014

Nominee Mark Warner Ed Gillespie Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,060,391 1,062,830 Percentage 48.6% 48.8%

U.S. senator before election Mark Warner Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Ed Gillespie Republican

United States House of Representatives elections, 2014

November 4, 2014 (2014-11-04)
All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives and 5 (of the 6) non-voting members 218 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	36.5%
Majority party Minority party   Leader John Boehner Nancy Pelosi Party Republican Democratic Leader since January 3, 2007 January 3, 2003 Leader's seat Ohio-8th California-12th Last election 234 seats, 47.7% 201 seats, 48.8% Seats won 254 181 Seat change 20 20 Popular vote 40,108,282 35,596,357 Percentage 51.9% 44.8% Swing 4.3% 3.9%
Speaker before election John Boehner Republican Elected Speaker John Boehner Republican

A HOUSE DIVIDED

2004 United States House of Representatives elections

November 2, 2004
All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives and 5 non-voting members 218 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Nancy Pelosi Dennis Hastert Party Democratic Republican Leader since January 3, 2003 January 3, 1999 Leader's seat California 8th Illinois 14th Seats before 205 229 Seats won 223 212 Seat change 18 18 Popular vote 54,236,894 52,897,812 Percentage 50.3% 49.1%
Speaker before election Dennis Hastert Republican Elected Speaker Nancy Pelosi Democratic

2004 United States presidential election

November 2, 2004
538 members of the Electoral College 270 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout	56.7% 5.5 pp
Nominee John Kerry George W. Bush Party Democratic Republican Home state Massachusetts Texas Running mate John Edwards Dick Cheney Electoral vote 272 266 States carried 20 + DC 30 Popular vote 59,028,444 62,040,610 Percentage 48.3% 50.7%
President before election George W. Bush Republican Elected President John F. Kerry Democratic

2004 United States Senate elections

November 2, 2004
34 of the 100 seats (Class 3) in the United States Senate 51 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Tom Daschle Bill Frist Party Democratic Republican Leader since January 3, 1995 January 3, 2003 Leader's seat South Dakota Tennessee Seats before 49 (including one Independent Senator caucusing with Democrats) 51 Seats after 51 (including one Independent Senator caucusing with Democrats) 49 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 44,754,618 39,920,562 Percentage 50.8% 45.3% Swing 5.3% 4.2%
Majority Leader before election Bill Frist Republican Elected Majority Leader Tom Daschle Democratic

2004 United States presidential election

November 2, 2004
538 members of the Electoral College 270 electoral votes needed to win
Nominee John Kerry George W. Bush Party Democratic Republican Home state Massachusetts Texas Running mate John Edwards Dick Cheney Electoral vote 272 266 States carried 20 + DC 30 Popular vote 59,028,444 62,040,610 Percentage 48.3% 50.6%
President before election George W. Bush Republican Elected President John F. Kerry Democratic

2004 United States presidential election in Ohio

November 2, 2004

Nominee John Kerry George W. Bush Party Democratic Republican Home state Massachusetts Texas Running mate John Edwards Dick Cheney Electoral vote 20 0 Popular vote 2,762,325 2,749,589 Percentage 49.1% 48.9%

President before election George W. Bush Republican Elected President John Kerry Democratic

2004 South Dakota Senate Election

Nominee Tom Daschle John Thune Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 196,987 194,201 Percentage 50.4% 49.6%

U.S. senator before election Tom Daschle Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Tom Daschle Democratic

2004 Florida Senate Election

Nominee Betty Castor Mel Martínez Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 3,621,589 3,564,859 Percentage 48.7% 47.8%

U.S. senator before election Bob Graham Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Betty Castor Democratic

2004 Alaska Senate Election

Nominee Tony Knowles Lisa Murkowski Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 143,798 140,321 Percentage 46.6% 45.5%

U.S. senator before election Lisa Murkowski Republican Elected U.S. Senator Tony Knowles Democratic

Battle of Camp Stalwart
Part of Iraq War
US soldiers take up positions during the Battle of Camp Stalwart, October 29th,2004
Date October 29th, 2004 Location Ramadi, Iraq Result Tactical U.S. Armed Forces Victory, Strategic insurgent victory
Belligerents
United States New Iraqi Army	Mujahideen Shura Council al-Qaeda in Iraq
Commanders and leaders
GEN George W. Casey, Jr. MG Walter L. Sharp Cpt Gergory Harting	Unknown
Strength
78 soldiers 36 soldiers, 23 police members	400+ al-Qaeda militants (U.S. estimate)
Casualties and losses
US: 41 killed 17 wounded Iraq: 41 troops and policemen killed	268 militans killed, unknown number of woundeds 61 civilians killed, 24 injured