Capturing control of the Senate and maintaining majority in the House of Representatives, the midterm elections of 2002 were a victory for the Republicans. In the Senate, Republicans had a gain of two resulting in control of fifty-one seats. However, the Democrats had a loss of two resulting in only forty-six seats. In the House of Representatives, Republicans held on to majority with 226 seats whereas, Democrats had only 204 seats. This was only the fourth time in history that th