The Lego SenateHow the 2014 midterms played out—brick by brick
As we covered the 2014 midterm Senate elections on Nov. 4, we tracked the balance of power in the clearest way possible: with Lego bricks.Democrats started the night with 45 seats safely in their column (represented in blue). Republicans had 42 (denoted in red). That left 13 seats up for grabs — those are the coveted yellow bricks. Republicans defended three of them and picked up at least seven — enough to win control of the Lego Senate. (And the real Senate.) Alaska is the only yellow brick left. Also, the Louisiana race went to a runoff. We went with a white brick for that one.