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The United States Senate election of 1950 occurred in the middle of Harry Truman’s second term as President. As with most 20th-century second-term mid-terms the party out of the Presidency made significant gains. The Republican opposition made a net gain of five seats taking advantage of the Democratic administration’s declining popularity during the Cold War and the aftermath of the Recession of 1949. The Democrats held a narrow 49 to 47 seat majority after the election.
