Ten Republican senators broke ranks and sided with Democrats to get Lynch over the 50-vote threshold:
Kelly Ayotte (N.H.),
Orrin Hatch (Utah),
Lindsey Graham (S.C.),
Susan Collins (Maine),
Jeff Flake (Ariz.), Mark Kirk (Ill.),
Rob Portman (Ohio),
Thad Cochran (Miss.),
Ron Johnson (Wis.) and
Mitch McConnell (Ky.).
Ayotte, Kirk, Portman and Johnson are up for reelection in 2016.
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, a Republican presidential candidate who said he would oppose Lynch, missed the vote. Yet more empty words from Cruz