Known. this election marks the largest senate gains for a president s party in a first midterm election since at least president kennedy s in 1962. there have been only four midterm elections since 1934 in which a president s party has gained even a single senate seat. as of now, we picked up it looks like three, and could be four, and perhaps two, but we picked up a lot. most like ly the number is thre, and you people probably know that better than i do at this point, because you looked at the more recent numbers. 55 is the largest number of republican senators in the last 100 years. in years a president s party has only ....