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The 1996 elections to the United States Senate coincided with the 1996 presidential election in which Democrats Bill Clinton and Al Gore were reelected President and Vice President of the United States respectively.Despite the reelection of Clinton and Gore and despite Democrats picking up a net two seats in the elections to the United States House of Representatives held the same day the Republicans had a net gain of two seats in the Senate following major Republican gains two years previously in the 1994 elections.The Republicans captured open seats in Alabama Arkansas and Nebraska.
