2014 U.S. Midterm Elections

The 2014 U.S. Midterm Elections will take place on November 4,2014. People will go to the polls to vote for Congress, in some local and state legislature elections. In addition, thirty-six states will be holding gubernatorial elections and Class II senate seats will be up for grabs, plus a special election in South Carolina.

Congressional Majorities
After the government shutdown, some people predicted that the Democrats would take the House back in 2014; although with gerrymandering and the poor rollout of Obamacare, this is unlikely. It also fairly likely for the GOP to take the Senate-most of the races that are supposed to be competitive are for seats held by Democrats in states Mitt Romney won in 2012. However, there is a fair chance they can hold on and if they do 2016 is a presidential election year, plus there are a lot of Republicans up for reelection then in blue states, conditions for Democrats to possibly win enough seats to override filibusters.