In 2000, elections for one-third of the seats in the United States Senate occurred (they coincided with the United States presidential election, of George W. Bush as president). The Senate elections featured a number of fiercely contested elections that resulted in a victory for the Democratic Party, which gained four net seats from the Republican Party in the Senate. (Democrats had already gained one seat since the 1998 elections when Zell Miller (D-Ga.) was appointed following the death of Paul M. Coverdell (R-Ga.).)
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| - In 2000, elections for one-third of the seats in the United States Senate occurred (they coincided with the United States presidential election, of George W. Bush as president). The Senate elections featured a number of fiercely contested elections that resulted in a victory for the Democratic Party, which gained four net seats from the Republican Party in the Senate. (Democrats had already gained one seat since the 1998 elections when Zell Miller (D-Ga.) was appointed following the death of Paul M. Coverdell (R-Ga.).)
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| - In 2000, elections for one-third of the seats in the United States Senate occurred (they coincided with the United States presidential election, of George W. Bush as president). The Senate elections featured a number of fiercely contested elections that resulted in a victory for the Democratic Party, which gained four net seats from the Republican Party in the Senate. (Democrats had already gained one seat since the 1998 elections when Zell Miller (D-Ga.) was appointed following the death of Paul M. Coverdell (R-Ga.).) This was six years after many Republicans had won seats in Senate Class 1 during the elections of 1994, and it was this group who were seeking reelection or retiring in 2000. Because such a large number of these seats were being defended by Republicans, most of the races that were considered to be in play were won by challenging Democrats. They defeated Republican senators Spencer Abraham (R-Mich.), Rod Grams (R-Minn.), John Ashcroft (R-Mo.), and Slade Gorton (R-Wash.), as well as winning the open seat in Florida. Ashcroft's defeat was noteworthy in that his opponent, Mel Carnahan, had died before the election, but still won. (The Democratic governor had promised to appoint Carnahan's wife to the seat if he won). The Republicans did defeat one incumbent, Chuck Robb (D-Va.), and win an open seat in Nevada. This resulted in the Democrats winning control of the Senate for only 17 days, since Al Gore was still Vice President and President of the Senate. But the Republicans won control the chamber with the tie-breaking vote of the new Vice President Dick Cheney on January 20. The small Republican Majority would last until May 24, 2001 when Republican Senator Jim Jeffords of Vermont left the Republican Party and became an Independent who chose to caucus with the Democrats. The Republicans won back the Senate in the 2002 Midterm elections.
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