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This R&D provides resources on the 2016 U.S. Senate elections.  The Democrats will need to retake five seats in order to regain their majority, which they lost in the 2014 midterms.  Democrats are bullish about their prospects since the Republicans will be defending twenty-four seats versus the Democrats ten and 2016 will be a presidential election year, where increased turnout tends to favor Democratic candidates.