A report on Democratic Party (United States), Republican Party (United States), Barack Obama and 2010 United States elections
The 2010 United States elections were held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, in the middle of Democratic President Barack Obama's first term.
- 2010 United States electionsIts main political rival has been the Republican Party since the 1850s.
- Democratic Party (United States)Since the mid-1850s, it has been the main political rival of the Democratic Party.
- Republican Party (United States)A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African-American president of the United States.
- Barack ObamaRepublicans ended unified Democratic control of Congress and the presidency by winning a majority in the House of Representatives.
- 2010 United States electionsObama was elected over Republican nominee John McCain in the general election and was inaugurated alongside his running mate Joe Biden, on January 20, 2009.
- Barack ObamaBarack Obama won the Democratic Party's nomination and was elected as the first African American president in 2008.
- Democratic Party (United States)In the 2010 midterm elections, the Democratic Party lost control of the House and lost its majority in state legislatures and state governorships.
- Democratic Party (United States)In 2008, Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona and Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska were defeated by Democratic Senators Barack Obama and Joe Biden of Illinois and Delaware, respectively.
- Republican Party (United States)The Republicans experienced electoral success in the wave election of 2010, which coincided with the ascendancy of the Tea Party movement, an anti-Obama protest movement of fiscal conservatives.
- Republican Party (United States)Within a month of the 2010 midterm elections, Obama announced a compromise deal with the Congressional Republican leadership that included a temporary, two-year extension of the 2001 and 2003 income tax rates, a one-year payroll tax reduction, continuation of unemployment benefits, and a new rate and exemption amount for estate taxes.
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