1986 Republic of Superior Congressional Elections (1983: Doomsday)

The November 4th, 1986 Congressional and Gubernatorial election was the second such election in the history of the young republic. All 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 10 seats in the Senate were up for election, along with 5 governorships. While all states held gubernatorial elections in the election of 1984, 5 counties elected their governors for a term of 2 years so they can elect their governors in midterm election years instead of presidental election years. The 1986 election was much more partisan than the previous one, for both the Democratic and Republican parties slowly reforming from their destruction due to Doomsday. Despite this, there was still a good fraction of independents in Congress, and would be until 1992. To many, the elections were a refurendum to the presidency of Robert Stowe. While the first two years of his term were uneventful, he was still very popular and well-viewed by many in the Republic. As a result, the newly re-formed Democratic Party was able to get a pluarity in the Senate, just under a majority in the House and captured 3 of the 5 governorships. After the election, the Republicans, recuping from their losses, began planning for the presidental election of 1988, believing they had a slim but possible chance of unseating Stowe.

-Election Results: House of Representatives

Democratic:                      215

Independent/Non-Partisan: 141

Republican:                        76

Conservative:                        2

-Election Results: Senate

Independent/Non-Partisan:    13        7 seats loss

Democratic:                         12        6 seats gain

Republican                            5        1 seat  gain

-Election Results: Gubernatorial Elections

Democratic:                          8        3 seats gain

Independent/Non-Partisan       5        3 seats loss

Republican                            2        hold