by Bella De Soto   Thanks to https://ballotpedia.org for the following research. You may donate at their website for their detailed and timely coverage of the national elections on Nov. 4, 2014.   The 2014 general election resulted in sweeping gains for Republicans at the federal and state levels, up and down the ballot. Republicans took control of the US Senate while broadening their existing majority in the House of Representatives. There [...]