2014 United States of America Congress Election Tuesday Nov 4,2014

 

A total of 471 seats in the US Congress (36 Senate Seats, including 3 special elections, and all 435 House of Representatives Seats) are up for election on November 4, 2014

The 2014 elections mark the 100th anniversary of the direct popular election of U.S. Senators

 The best-case scenario for those who believe the November 4, 2014, general election will be a backlash against the Obama Administration’s Affordable Care Act is that Republicans assume control of both chambers of the U.S. Congress

The GOP currently has a 233-199 lead in the House of Representatives and Democrats outnumber Republicans, 53-45, in the U.S. Senate (with two Independents in the mix)

For Republicans to take the majority in the Senate, they need to take six seats currently held by Democrats and retain control of the 15 seats currently held by a Republican.


For Democrats to take majority control of the US House, a Democratic pick up of 17 seats is needed

This is a referendum on the president," Republican senator and potential 2016 presidential candidate Rand Paul told

Democrats say their proven ability to rally their supporters ahead of elections could still give them the advantage
 
 

US Senate

The 33 Class II  Us Senate Seats are up for election

Of those 33 seats, 20 are currently held by Democrats and 13 by Republican senators. Additionally, 3 special elections will take place in 2014 to fill vacancies that occurred during the 113th Congress -Hawaii,Oklahoma and South Carolina

All 3 of these special elections will also take place on November 4, 2014, for a total of 36 Senate elections

Indian-origin politicians in US election race

More than two dozen Indian-Americans are in the electoral fray, but the three-million strong India-American community’s eyes will be on three young leaders in particular: South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, Congressman Ami Bera, and lawyer Ro Khanna

South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley is of Indian origin, and seeking a second term

 

A rising Republican star, top leaders of the party including several presidential hopefuls and Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal have campaigned for her. 

Nikki Haley is so confident of her win

Of the four Indian-American Congressional candidates, Bera, Khanna (both from California) and Manan Trivedi (from Pennsylvania) are from the Democratic Party, while Arvin Vohra (from Maryland) is seeking entry into the House of Representatives on a Libertarian Party ticket. 

Ami Bera (49), a physician, was elected to the House of Representatives in 2012, making him only the third Indian-American Congressmen after Dalip Sing Saund and Bobby Jindal. 

Ami Bera had won the 2012 polls on a small margin

Results leave GOP in control of Congress

 

 

The results saw a total of seven seats change hands with the Republicans seizing West Virginia, where Shelley moore Capito (center) won.
 
The other victors for the GOP were: Top row left to right: Tom Cotton, Arkanas; Steve Daines, Montana; Kay Hagan, North Carolina; bottom row left to right: Cory Gardner, Colorado; Joni Ernst, Iwoa; and Mike Rounds, South Dakota
Republican Mitch McConell was crowned Senate majority leader who is seen celebrating his own victory in Kentucky with his wife Elaine Chao

Tim Scott, a Republican from South Carolina, was elected to the United States Senate Tuesday evening
 
Senator Tim Scott, who defeated opponent Joyce Dickerson in a landslide, is now the first black man from the South to enter the United States Senate following a public election

Tim Scott is also only the third black politician to serve on the United States Senate from the South, and the first in over 130 years 

Senator Tim Scott was actually the incumbent in his race, having been appointed to the U.S. Senate in late 2012 by South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley

The only other black men to serve in the United States Senate from the South, Sen Hiram Rhodes Revels (left) and Sen. Blanche Kelso Bruce (right) were both appointed to their posts and from Mississippi
                                                                               

Only nine African-Americans have been elected or appointed to serve in the United States Senate.

Of those nine, only three, including Senator Scott, have been from the South.

Republican Mia Love celebrates with her father, Jean Maxime Bourdeau, after winning the race for Utah's 4th Congressional District during the Utah State GOP election night watch party, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014, in Salt Lake City. Love becomes first black female Republican elected to Congress