| ←1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 → Midterm elections | |
| Election day | November 7 |
|---|---|
| Incumbent president | Harry S. Truman (Democratic) |
| Next Congress | 82nd |
| Senate elections | |
| Overall control | Democratic hold |
| Seats contested | 36 of 96 seats (32 Class 3 seats + 6 special elections)[1] |
| Net seat change | Republican +5 |
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| 1950 Senate election results Democratic gain Democratic hold | |
| House elections | |
| Overall control | Democratic hold |
| Seats contested | All 435 voting seats |
| Popular vote margin | Democratic +0.7% |
| Net seat change | Republican +28 |
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| Gubernatorial elections | |
| Seats contested | 33 |
| Net seat change | Republican +6 |
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| 1950 gubernatorial election results Democratic hold | |
Elections were held on November 7, 1950, and elected the members of the82nd United States Congress. The election took place during theKorean War, duringDemocraticPresidentHarry S. Truman's second (only full) term. The Democrats lost twenty-eight seats to theRepublican Party in theHouse of Representatives. The Democrats also lost five seats in theU.S. Senate to the Republicans.[2] The defeat of theLabor Party congressmanVito Marcantonio left third parties without representation in Congress for the first time since 1908.
Like his predecessorFranklin D. Roosevelt in1938, Truman and the Democratic party managed to maintain control of both houses, defying thesix-year itch phenomenon for the second time in a row. However, the election was still a defeat for Truman, as it strengthened theconservative coalition and ensured that none of Truman'sFair Deal policies would pass. Republicans also ran against Truman's prosecution of the Korean War, and the 82nd Congress subsequently conducted numerous investigations into the course of the war. The election set the stage for the presidency of RepublicanDwight D. Eisenhower and the centre-right policies of the 1950s.[3]
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