2020 United States Senate elections
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The 2020 United States Senate elections were held on November 3, 2020,[1] with the 33 class 2 seats of the Senate contested in regular elections.[2] Of these, 21 were held by Republicans, and 12 by Democrats. The winners were elected to six-year terms from January 3, 2021, to January 3, 2027.[3] Two special elections for seats held by Republicans were also held in conjunction with the general elections: one in Arizona, to fill the vacancy created by John McCain's death in 2018; and one in Georgia, following Johnny Isakson's resignation in 2019.[4][5] [6][7] These elections ran concurrently with the 2020 United States presidential election in which incumbent Republican president Donald Trump lost to Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
In the 2014 United States Senate elections, the last regularly scheduled elections for Class 2 Senate seats, the Republicans won nine seats from the Democrats and gained a majority,[8] which they continued to hold after the 2016 and 2018 elections.[9][10] Before the election, Republicans held 53 seats, Democrats held 45 seats, and independents caucusing with the Democrats held two seats, which were not up for re-election.[11] Including the special elections in Arizona and Georgia, Republicans defended 23 seats and the Democrats 12.[12]
In this election, the Democratic Party made a net gain of three Senate seats and the vice presidency, giving them a majority for the first time since 2014, albeit by a narrow 50-50 margin.[a][13] Democrats unseated four Republicans – in Arizona, in Colorado, and in two elections in Georgia – while Republicans flipped a seat in Alabama. However, Democrats under-performed expectations overall; despite record-breaking turnout and fund-raising efforts, they failed to flip several seats that were considered competitive, and lost many races by much larger margins than expected.[6][14] Except in Maine, the winning party in every Senate election was the winning party in the state's presidential election.[15]
Due to election laws in Georgia that require candidates to win at least 50% of the vote in the general election, the state's regularly-scheduled and special Senate elections were decided in a run-off election on January 5, 2021.[16] After the November general election, Republicans held 50 seats, while Democrats held 48 and the vice presidency, so sweeping both races was crucial for Democrats to attain a majority. They succeeded in doing so,[7] and the partisan balance in the Senate became tied for the fourth time in history, after the results in the 1880 elections, a brief period in 1953, and the 2000 elections.[17][18] Vice President Kamala Harris's tie-breaking vote gave Democrats control of the chamber by the smallest margin possible after the new administration took office.[19]
This marked the first time since 1980 that either chamber of Congress flipped partisan control in a presidential year, and the first time Democrats did so since 1948.[20]
Election summary
Seats
Parties | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Democratic | Independent | Republican | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last election (2018) | 45 | 2 | 53 | 100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Before this election | 45 | 2 | 53 | 100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Not up | 33 | 2 | 30 | 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class 1 (2018→2024) | 21 | 2 | 10 | 33 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class 3 (2016→2022) | 12 | — | 20 | 32 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Up | 12 | — | 23 | 35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class 2 (2014→2020) | 12 | — | 21 | 33 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Special: Class 3 | — | — | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Regular elections | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Incumbent retired | 1 | — | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Held by same party | 1 | — | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Replaced by other party | — | — | — | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Result | 1 | — | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Incumbent ran | 11 | — | 18 | 29 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Won re-election | 10 | — | 16 | 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lost re-election | 1 Democrat replaced by 1 Republican 2 Republicans replaced by 2 Democrats |
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Appointee ran | — | — | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appointee elected | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Result | 2 Republicans replaced by 2 Democrats | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Result | 48[c] | 2[b] | 50[c] | 100 |
Votes
Parties | Votes | % | Seats | ||||||
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Total before |
Up | Won | Total after |
+/- | |||||
Republican | 39,834,647 | 49.29 | 53 | 23 | 20 | 50 | 3 | ||
Democratic | 38,011,916 | 47.03 | 45 | 12 | 15 | 48 | 3 | ||
Libertarian | 1,454,128 | 1.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Green | 258,348 | 0.32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Constitution | 110,851 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Independent | 255,768 | 0.32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
Other parties | 794,479 | 0.98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Write-in | 100,946 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 80,821,083 | 100.00 | 100 | 35 | 35 | 100 |
Change in composition
Republicans defended 23 seats, while Democrats defended 12.[12] Each block represents one of the 100 Senate seats. "D#" is a Democratic senator, "I#" is an Independent senator, and "R#" is a Republican senator. They are arranged so that the parties are separated, and a majority is clear by crossing the middle.
Before the elections
Each block indicates an incumbent senator's actions going into the election. Both Independents caucus with the Democrats.
D1 | D2 | D3 | D4 | D5 | D6 | D7 | D8 | D9 | D10 |
D20 | D19 | D18 | D17 | D16 | D15 | D14 | D13 | D12 | D11 |
D21 | D22 | D23 | D24 | D25 | D26 | D27 | D28 | D29 | D30 |
D40 N.H. Ran |
D39 Minn. Ran |
D38 Mich. Ran |
D37 Mass. Ran |
D36 Ill. Ran |
D35 Del. Ran |
D34 Ala. Ran |
D33 | D32 | D31 |
D41 N.J. Ran |
D42 N.M. Retired |
D43 Ore. Ran |
D44 R.I. Ran |
D45 Va. Ran |
I1 | I2 | R53 Wyo. Retired |
R52 W.Va. Ran |
R51 Texas Ran |
Majority → | R50 Tenn. Retired | ||||||||
R41 La. Ran |
R42 Maine Ran |
R43 Miss. Ran |
R44 Mont. Ran |
R45 Neb. Ran |
R46 N.C. Ran |
R47 Okla. Ran |
R48 S.C. Ran |
R49 S.D. Ran | |
R40 Ky. Ran |
R39 Kan. Retired |
R38 Iowa Ran |
R37 Idaho Ran |
R36 Ga. (sp) Ran |
R35 Ga. (reg) Ran |
R34 Colo. Ran |
R33 Ark. Ran |
R32 Ariz. (sp) Ran |
R31 Alaska Ran |
R21 | R22 | R23 | R24 | R25 | R26 | R27 | R28 | R29 | R30 |
R20 | R19 | R18 | R17 | R16 | R15 | R14 | R13 | R12 | R11 |
R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 |
After the elections
D1 | D2 | D3 | D4 | D5 | D6 | D7 | D8 | D9 | D10 |
D20 | D19 | D18 | D17 | D16 | D15 | D14 | D13 | D12 | D11 |
D21 | D22 | D23 | D24 | D25 | D26 | D27 | D28 | D29 | D30 |
D40 N.J. Re-elected |
D39 N.H. Re-elected |
D38 Minn. Re-elected |
D37 Mich. Re-elected |
D36 Mass. Re-elected |
D35 Ill. Re-elected |
D34 Del. Re-elected |
D33 | D32 | D31 |
D41 N.M. Hold |
D42 Ore. Re-elected |
D43 R.I. Re-elected |
D44 Va. Re-elected |
D45 Ariz. (sp) Gain |
D46 Colo. Gain |
D47 Ga. (reg). Gain |
D48 Ga. (sp). Gain |
I1 | I2 |
Majority (with independents and Vice President)[c] ↑ | |||||||||
R41 Neb. Re-elected |
R42 N.C. Re-elected |
R43 Okla. Re-elected |
R44 S.C. Re-elected |
R45 S.D. Re-elected |
R46 Tenn. Hold |
R47 Texas Re-elected |
R48 W.Va. Re-elected |
R49 Wyo. Hold |
R50 Ala. Gain |
R40 Mont. Re-elected |
R39 Miss. Re-elected |
R38 Maine Re-elected |
R37 La. Re-elected |
R36 Ky. Re-elected |
R35 Kan. Hold |
R34 Iowa Re-elected |
R33 Idaho Re-elected |
R32 Ark. Re-elected |
R31 Alaska Re-elected |
R21 | R22 | R23 | R24 | R25 | R26 | R27 | R28 | R29 | R30 |
R20 | R19 | R18 | R17 | R16 | R15 | R14 | R13 | R12 | R11 |
R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 |
Key: |
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Final pre-election predictions
Several sites and individuals published predictions of competitive seats. These predictions looked at factors such as the strength of the incumbent (if the incumbent was running for re-election) and the other candidates, and the state's partisan lean (reflected in part by the state's Cook Partisan Voting Index rating). The predictions assigned ratings to each seat, indicating the predicted advantage that a party had in winning that seat. Most election predictors used:
- "tossup": no advantage
- "tilt" (used by some predictors): advantage that is not quite as strong as "lean"
- "lean": slight advantage
- "likely": significant, but surmountable, advantage
- "safe" or "solid": near-certain chance of victory
Constituency | Incumbent | 2020 election ratings | ||||||||||||
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State | PVI[22] | Senator | Last election[e] |
Cook Oct 29, 2020[23] |
IE Oct 28, 2020[24] |
Sabato Nov 2, 2020[25] |
Daily Kos Nov 2, 2020[26] |
Politico Nov 2, 2020[27] |
RCP Oct 23, 2020[28] |
DDHQ Nov 3, 2020[29] |
538[f][g] Nov 3, 2020[30] |
Economist Nov 3, 2020[31] |
Result[32] | |
Alabama | R+14 | Doug Jones | 50.0% D (2017 special)[h] |
Lean R (flip) | Lean R (flip) | Likely R (flip) | Likely R (flip) | Lean R (flip) | Likely R (flip) | Safe R (flip) | Likely R (flip) | Safe R (flip) | Tuberville (60.1%) (flip) | |
Alaska | R+9 | Dan Sullivan | 48.0% R | Lean R | Lean R | Lean R | Lean R | Lean R | Lean R | Lean R | Likely R | Lean R | Sullivan (54.3%) | |
Arizona (special) |
R+5 | Martha McSally | Appointed (2019)[i] |
Lean D (flip) | Tilt D (flip) | Lean D (flip) | Lean D (flip) | Lean D (flip) | Tossup | Likely D (flip) | Likely D (flip) | Lean D (flip) | Kelly (51.2%) (flip) | |
Arkansas | R+15 | Tom Cotton | 56.5% R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Solid R | Safe R | Safe R | Solid R | Safe R | Cotton (66.6%) | |
Colorado | D+1 | Cory Gardner | 48.2% R | Lean D (flip) | Lean D (flip) | Likely D (flip) | Likely D (flip) | Lean D (flip) | Lean D (flip) | Likely D (flip) | Likely D (flip) | Likely D (flip) | Hickenlooper (53.5%) (flip) | |
Delaware | D+6 | Chris Coons | 55.8% D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Solid D | Safe D | Safe D | Solid D | Safe D | Coons (59.4%) | |
Georgia (regular) |
R+5 | David Perdue | 52.9% R | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Ossoff (50.6%) (flip)[j] | |
Georgia (special) |
R+5 | Kelly Loeffler | Appointed (2020)[k] |
Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Lean R | Lean R | Tossup | Lean D (flip) | Tossup | Warnock (51.0%) (flip)[j] | |
Idaho | R+19 | Jim Risch | 65.3% R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Solid R | Safe R | Safe R | Solid R | Safe R | Risch (62.6%) | |
Illinois | D+7 | Dick Durbin | 53.5% D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Solid D | Safe D | Safe D | Solid D | Safe D | Durbin (54.6%) | |
Iowa | R+3 | Joni Ernst | 52.1% R | Tossup | Tossup | Lean R | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Ernst (51.8%) | |
Kansas | R+13 | Pat Roberts (retiring) |
53.1% R | Lean R | Tilt R | Lean R | Lean R | Lean R | Lean R | Lean R | Likely R | Lean R | Marshall (53.5%) | |
Kentucky | R+15 | Mitch McConnell | 56.2% R | Likely R | Safe R | Likely R | Safe R | Likely R | Likely R | Safe R | Solid R | Likely R | McConnell (57.8%) | |
Louisiana | R+11 | Bill Cassidy | 55.9% R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Solid R | Safe R | Safe R | Solid R | Likely R | Cassidy (59.3%) | |
Maine | D+3 | Susan Collins | 68.5% R | Tossup | Tilt D (flip) | Lean D (flip) | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Lean D (flip) | Tossup | Lean D (flip) | Collins (51.0%) | |
Massachusetts | D+12 | Ed Markey | 61.9% D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Solid D | Safe D | Safe D | Solid D | Safe D | Markey (65.8%) | |
Michigan | D+1 | Gary Peters | 54.6% D | Lean D | Lean D | Lean D | Lean D | Lean D | Tossup | Likely D | Likely D | Likely D | Peters (49.9%) | |
Minnesota | D+1 | Tina Smith | 53.0% D (2018 special)[l] |
Safe D | Safe D | Likely D | Likely D | Likely D | Tossup | Likely D | Solid D | Likely D | Smith (48.8%) | |
Mississippi | R+9 | Cindy Hyde-Smith | 53.6% R (2018 special)[m] |
Likely R | Safe R | Likely R | Safe R | Likely R | Lean R | Likely R | Likely R | Likely R | Hyde-Smith (55.3%) | |
Montana | R+11 | Steve Daines | 57.9% R | Tossup | Tossup | Lean R | Lean R | Tossup | Tossup | Lean R | Lean R | Lean R | Daines (55.0%) | |
Nebraska | R+14 | Ben Sasse | 64.5% R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Solid R | Safe R | Safe R | Solid R | Safe R | Sasse (64.7%) | |
New Hampshire | D+1 | Jeanne Shaheen | 51.5% D | Safe D | Safe D | Likely D | Safe D | Likely D | Lean D | Safe D | Solid D | Safe D | Shaheen (56.7%) | |
New Jersey | D+7 | Cory Booker | 55.8% D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Solid D | Likely D | Safe D | Solid D | Safe D | Booker (56.9%) | |
New Mexico | D+3 | Tom Udall (retiring) |
55.6% D | Safe D | Safe D | Likely D | Safe D | Likely D | Lean D | Safe D | Likely D | Likely D | Luján (51.7%) | |
North Carolina | R+3 | Thom Tillis | 48.8% R | Tossup | Tilt D (flip) | Lean D (flip) | Tossup | Tossup | Tossup | Lean D (flip) | Lean D (flip) | Lean D (flip) | Tillis (48.7%) | |
Oklahoma | R+20 | Jim Inhofe | 68.0% R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Solid R | Safe R | Safe R | Solid R | Safe R | Inhofe (62.9%) | |
Oregon | D+5 | Jeff Merkley | 55.7% D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Solid D | Safe D | Safe D | Solid D | Safe D | Merkley (57.0%) | |
Rhode Island | D+10 | Jack Reed | 70.6% D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Solid D | Safe D | Safe D | Solid D | Safe D | Reed (66.5%) | |
South Carolina | R+8 | Lindsey Graham | 55.3% R | Tossup | Tilt R | Lean R | Lean R | Lean R | Tossup | Lean R | Likely R | Lean R | Graham (54.5%) | |
South Dakota | R+14 | Mike Rounds | 50.4% R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Solid R | Safe R | Safe R | Solid R | Safe R | Rounds (65.7%) | |
Tennessee | R+14 | Lamar Alexander (retiring) |
61.9% R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Solid R | Likely R | Safe R | Solid R | Safe R | Hagerty (62.1%) | |
Texas | R+8 | John Cornyn | 61.6% R | Lean R | Lean R | Lean R | Lean R | Lean R | Lean R | Likely R | Likely R | Lean R | Cornyn (53.6%) | |
Virginia | D+1 | Mark Warner | 49.1% D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D | Solid D | Likely D | Safe D | Solid D | Safe D | Warner (56.0%) | |
West Virginia | R+19 | Shelley Moore Capito | 62.1% R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Solid R | Safe R | Safe R | Solid R | Safe R | Capito (70.3%) | |
Wyoming | R+25 | Mike Enzi (retiring) |
72.2% R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R | Solid R | Safe R | Safe R | Solid R | Safe R | Lummis (73.1%) | |
Overall[n] | D – 48 R – 45 7 tossups |
D – 50[o] R – 47 3 tossups |
D – 50[o] R – 48 2 tossups |
D – 48 R – 47 5 tossups |
D – 48 R – 47 5 tossups |
D – 45 R – 46 9 tossups |
D – 50[o] R – 47 3 tossups |
D – 50[o] R – 47 3 tossups |
D – 50[o] R – 47 3 tossups |
Results: D – 50[c] R – 50 |
Election dates
State | Filing deadline for major party candidates[33][34] |
Filing deadline for write-in candidates in major party primaries[p] |
Primary election[33] |
Primary run-off (if necessary)[33] |
Filing deadline for minor party and unaffiliated candidates[34] |
Filing deadline for minor party and unaffiliated write-in candidates[q] |
General election |
Poll closing (EST)[35] |
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Alabama | November 8, 2019 | Ineligible[36] | March 3, 2020 | July 14, 2020 | March 3, 2020 | November 3, 2020[36] | November 3, 2020 | 8:00pm |
Alaska | June 1, 2020 | Ineligible[37] | August 18, 2020 | N/A | August 18, 2020 | October 29, 2020[38] | November 3, 2020 | 1:00am[r] |
Arizona (special) | April 6, 2020 | June 25, 2020[39] | August 4, 2020 | N/A | April 6, 2020 | September 24, 2020[39] | November 3, 2020 | 9:00pm |
Arkansas | November 11, 2019 | Ineligible[40] | March 3, 2020 | Not necessary | May 1, 2020 | August 5, 2020[40] | November 3, 2020 | 8:30pm |
Colorado | March 17, 2020 | April 24, 2020[41] | June 30, 2020 | N/A | July 9, 2020 | July 16, 2020[41] | November 3, 2020 | 9:00pm |
Delaware | July 14, 2020 | Ineligible[42] | September 15, 2020 | N/A | September 1, 2020 | September 20, 2020[43] | November 3, 2020 | 8:00pm |
Georgia (regular) | March 6, 2020 | Ineligible[44] | June 9, 2020 | Not necessary | August 14, 2020 | September 7, 2020[45] | November 3, 2020[s] | 7:00pm |
Georgia (special) | March 6, 2020 | Ineligible[44] | November 3, 2020 | N/A | August 14, 2020 | September 7, 2020[45] | January 5, 2021[t] | 9:00pm |
Idaho | March 13, 2020 | May 5, 2020[46] | June 2, 2020 | N/A | March 13, 2020 | October 6, 2020[46] | November 3, 2020 | 10:00pm |
Illinois | December 2, 2019 | January 2, 2020[47] | March 17, 2020 | N/A | July 20, 2020 | September 3, 2020[47] | November 3, 2020 | 8:00pm |
Iowa | March 13, 2020 | June 2, 2020[48] | June 2, 2020 | Not necessary | March 13, 2020 | November 3, 2020[48] | November 3, 2020 | 10:00pm |
Kansas | June 1, 2020 | Not necessary[u][49] | August 4, 2020 | N/A | August 3, 2020 | November 3, 2020[50] | November 3, 2020 | 9:00pm |
Kentucky | January 10, 2020 | Ineligible[51] | June 23, 2020 | N/A | June 2, 2020 | October 23, 2020[52] | November 3, 2020 | 7:00pm |
Louisiana | July 24, 2020 | Ineligible[53] | November 3, 2020 | N/A | July 24, 2020 | Ineligible[54] | Not necessary | 9:00pm |
Maine | March 16, 2020 | April 10, 2020[55] | July 14, 2020 | N/A | June 1, 2020 | September 4, 2020[55] | November 3, 2020 | 8:00pm |
Massachusetts | May 5, 2020 | September 1, 2020[56] | September 1, 2020 | N/A | August 25, 2020 | November 3, 2020[56] | November 3, 2020 | 8:00pm |
Michigan | May 8, 2020 | July 24, 2020[57] | August 4, 2020 | N/A | August 4, 2020 | October 23, 2020[57] | November 3, 2020 | 8:00pm |
Minnesota | June 2, 2020 | May 19, 2020[58] | August 11, 2020 | N/A | June 2, 2020 | October 27, 2020[58] | November 3, 2020 | 9:00pm |
Mississippi | January 10, 2020 | Not necessary[v][59] | March 10, 2020 | Not necessary | January 10, 2020 | November 3, 2020[w][59] | November 3, 2020 | 8:00pm |
Montana | March 9, 2020 | April 8, 2020[60] | June 2, 2020 | N/A | June 1, 2020 | September 9, 2020[60] | November 3, 2020 | 10:00pm |
Nebraska | March 2, 2020 | May 1, 2020[61] | May 12, 2020 | N/A | August 3, 2020 | October 23, 2020[61] | November 3, 2020 | 9:00pm |
New Hampshire | June 12, 2020 | September 8, 2020[62] | September 8, 2020 | N/A | September 2, 2020 | November 3, 2020[63] | November 3, 2020 | 8:00pm |
New Jersey | March 30, 2020 | July 7, 2020[64] | July 7, 2020 | N/A | July 7, 2020 | November 3, 2020[64] | November 3, 2020 | 8:00pm |
New Mexico | March 10, 2020 | March 17, 2020[65] | June 2, 2020 | N/A | June 25, 2020 | June 26, 2020[66] | November 3, 2020 | 9:00pm |
North Carolina | December 20, 2019 | Ineligible[67] | March 3, 2020 | Not necessary | March 3, 2020 | July 21, 2020[68] | November 3, 2020 | 7:30pm |
Oklahoma | April 10, 2020 | Ineligible[69] | June 30, 2020 | Not necessary | April 10, 2020 | Ineligible[54] | November 3, 2020 | 8:00pm |
Oregon | March 10, 2020 | May 19, 2020[70] | May 19, 2020 | N/A | August 25, 2020 | November 3, 2020[70] | November 3, 2020 | 10:00pm |
Rhode Island | June 24, 2020 | September 8, 2020[71] | September 8, 2020 | N/A | June 24, 2020 | November 3, 2020[71] | November 3, 2020 | 8:00pm |
South Carolina | March 30, 2020 | Ineligible[72] | June 9, 2020 | Not necessary | July 20, 2020 | November 3, 2020[73] | November 3, 2020 | 7:00pm |
South Dakota | March 31, 2020 | Ineligible[54] | June 2, 2020 | Not necessary | April 28, 2020 | Ineligible[54] | November 3, 2020 | 8:00pm |
Tennessee | April 2, 2020 | June 17, 2020[74] | August 6, 2020 | N/A | April 2, 2020 | September 14, 2020[75] | November 3, 2020 | 8:00pm |
Texas | December 9, 2019 | Ineligible[76] | March 3, 2020 | July 14, 2020 | August 13, 2020[x] | August 17, 2020[77] | November 3, 2020 | 8:00pm |
Virginia | March 26, 2020 | Ineligible[78] | June 23, 2020 | N/A | June 23, 2020 | November 3, 2020[79] | November 3, 2020 | 7:00pm |
West Virginia | January 25, 2020 | Ineligible[80] | June 9, 2020 | N/A | July 31, 2020 | September 15, 2020[81] | November 3, 2020 | 7:30pm |
Wyoming | May 29, 2020 | August 18, 2020[y][82] | August 18, 2020 | N/A | August 25, 2020 | November 3, 2020[83] | November 3, 2020 | 9:00pm |
Race summary
Special elections during the preceding Congress
In each special election, the winner's term begins immediately after their election is certified by their state's government.
Elections are sorted by date then state.
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Arizona (Class 3) |
Martha McSally | Republican | 2019 (Appointed) | Interim appointee lost election. New senator elected November 3, 2020. Democratic gain. Winner seated December 2, 2020. |
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Georgia (Class 3) |
Kelly Loeffler | Republican | 2020 (Appointed) | Interim appointee lost election. New senator elected January 5, 2021. Democratic gain. Winner delayed term until January 20, 2021 to the start of Biden administration. |
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Elections leading to the next Congress
In each general election, the winner is elected for the term beginning January 3, 2021.
State (linked to summaries below) |
Incumbent | Results | Candidates | ||
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Senator | Party | Electoral history | |||
Alabama | Doug Jones | Democratic | 2017 (Special) | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain. |
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Alaska | Dan Sullivan | Republican | 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Arkansas | Tom Cotton | Republican | 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Colorado | Cory Gardner | Republican | 2014 | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain. |
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Delaware | Chris Coons | Democratic | 2010 (Special) 2014 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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Georgia | David Perdue | Republican | 2014 | Incumbent term expired but lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain. Winner delayed term until January 20, 2021 to the start of Biden administration. |
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Idaho | Jim Risch | Republican | 2008 2014 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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Illinois | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 1996 2002 2008 2014 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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Iowa | Joni Ernst | Republican | 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Kansas | Pat Roberts | Republican | 1996 2002 2008 2014 |
Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold. |
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Kentucky | Mitch McConnell | Republican | 1984 1990 1996 2002 2008 2014 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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Louisiana | Bill Cassidy | Republican | 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Maine | Susan Collins | Republican | 1996 2002 2008 2014 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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Massachusetts | Ed Markey | Democratic | 2013 (Special) 2014 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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Michigan | Gary Peters | Democratic | 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Minnesota | Tina Smith | DFL | 2018 (Appointed) 2018 (Special) |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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Mississippi | Cindy Hyde-Smith | Republican | 2018 (Appointed) 2018 (Special) |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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Montana | Steve Daines | Republican | 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Nebraska | Ben Sasse | Republican | 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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New Hampshire | Jeanne Shaheen | Democratic | 2008 2014 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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New Jersey | Cory Booker | Democratic | 2013 (Special) 2014 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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New Mexico | Tom Udall | Democratic | 2008 2014 |
Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold. |
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North Carolina | Thom Tillis | Republican | 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Oklahoma | Jim Inhofe | Republican | 1994 (Special) 1996 2002 2008 2014 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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Oregon | Jeff Merkley | Democratic | 2008 2014 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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Rhode Island | Jack Reed | Democratic | 1996 2002 2008 2014 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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South Carolina | Lindsey Graham | Republican | 2002 2008 2014 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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South Dakota | Mike Rounds | Republican | 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Tennessee | Lamar Alexander | Republican | 2002 2008 2014 |
Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold. |
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Texas | John Cornyn | Republican | 2002 2008 2014 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia | Mark Warner | Democratic | 2008 2014 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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West Virginia | Shelley Moore Capito | Republican | 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Wyoming | Mike Enzi | Republican | 1996 2002 2008 2014 |
Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold. |
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Closest races
12 races had a margin of victory under 10%:
State | Party of winner | Margin |
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Georgia (regular) | Democratic (flip) | 1.23%[z][aa] |
Michigan | Democratic | 1.68% |
North Carolina | Republican | 1.75% |
Georgia (special) | Democratic (flip) | 2.08% |
Arizona (special) | Democratic (flip) | 2.35% |
Minnesota | Democratic | 5.24% |
New Mexico | Democratic | 6.11% |
Iowa | Republican | 6.59% |
Maine | Republican | 8.59% |
Colorado | Democratic (flip) | 9.32% |
Texas | Republican | 9.64% |
Mississippi | Republican | 9.97% |
Alabama
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Incumbent Democrat Doug Jones was elected in a special election in 2017, narrowly defeating Republican nominee Roy Moore.[87][88] He ran for a full term in 2020, losing to Republican Tommy Tuberville in a landslide.
Tuberville is a former football head coach for Auburn University. He defeated former senator and attorney general Jeff Sessions in a July 14 run-off to secure the Republican nomination, after securing President Donald Trump's endorsement. Sessions occupied the seat until 2017 when he resigned to become attorney general in the Trump administration.
Alabama is one of the country's most Republican states, and Jones's win was in part due to sexual assault allegations against nominee Roy Moore during the special election; most analysts expected the seat to flip back to GOP control. Tuberville defeated Jones by more than 20 percentage points.[89]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tommy Tuberville | 239,616 | 33.39 | |
Republican | Jeff Sessions | 227,088 | 31.64 | |
Republican | Bradley Byrne | 178,627 | 24.89 | |
Republican | Roy Moore | 51,377 | 7.16 | |
Republican | Ruth Page Nelson | 7,200 | 1.00 | |
Republican | Arnold Mooney | 7,149 | 1.00 | |
Republican | Stanley Adair | 6,608 | 0.92 | |
Total votes | 717,665 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tommy Tuberville | 334,675 | 60.73 | |
Republican | Jeff Sessions | 216,452 | 39.27 | |
Total votes | 551,127 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tommy Tuberville | 1,392,076 | 60.10 | |
Democratic | Doug Jones | 920,478 | 39.74 | |
Write-in | 3,891 | 0.17 | ||
Total votes | 2,316,445 | 100.00 | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
Alaska
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One-term Republican Dan Sullivan was elected in 2014, defeating incumbent Democrat Mark Begich. He defeated independent challenger Al Gross to win a second term in office.[92]
Potential Democratic candidates included Begich, who was the Democratic nominee for governor of Alaska in 2018, and Anchorage mayor Ethan Berkowitz, who was the Democratic nominee for governor of Alaska in 2010. One Democrat, Edgar Blatchford, filed to run by the June 1 filing deadline.[93]
Gross, an orthopedic surgeon and fisherman, declared his candidacy on July 2, 2019, as an Independent.[94] He participated in a joint primary for the Alaska Democratic Party, Alaska Libertarian Party and Alaskan Independence Party, winning the nomination as an independent supported by the Democratic Party.
Despite predictions of a close race, Sullivan defeated Gross by 12.7 percentage points.[95]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dan Sullivan (incumbent) | 65,257 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 65,257 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Independent | Al Gross | 50,047 | 79.87 | |
Democratic | Edgar Blatchford | 5,463 | 8.72 | |
Independence | John Howe | 4,165 | 6.65 | |
Independent | Christopher Cumings | 2,989 | 4.77 | |
Total votes | 62,664 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dan Sullivan (incumbent) | 191,112 | 53.90 | |
Independent | Al Gross | 146,068 | 41.19 | |
Independence | John Howe | 16,806 | 4.74 | |
Write-in | 601 | 0.17 | ||
Total votes | 354,587 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
Arizona (special)
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Six-term Republican John McCain was re-elected in 2016, but died in office on August 25, 2018.[98] Republican governor Doug Ducey appointed former senator Jon Kyl to fill the seat temporarily.[99] After Kyl stepped down at the end of the year, Ducey appointed outgoing U.S. Representative Martha McSally to replace him after she lost the election to the other Arizona senate seat.[100] McSally ran in the 2020 special election to fill the remaining two years of the term,[101] losing to Democrat Mark Kelly, a former astronaut.
Once a solidly Republican state, Arizona trended more purple in the late 2010s. Incumbent Republican Martha McSally was appointed to the late John McCain's seat two months after losing the 2018 Arizona U.S. Senate election to Democrat Kyrsten Sinema. Her Democratic opponent, astronaut Mark Kelly, raised significantly more money and generally led her by 5 to 15 points in the polling. McSally also suffered from low approval ratings due to her strong allegiance to Trump, who was unpopular in Arizona despite having won the state by 3.5 points in 2016.[102]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Martha McSally (incumbent) | 551,119 | 75.20 | |
Republican | Daniel McCarthy | 181,551 | 24.77 | |
Write-in | 210 | 0.03 | ||
Total votes | 732,880 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Mark Kelly | 665,620 | 99.93 | |
Write-in | 451 | 0.07 | ||
Total votes | 666,071 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Mark Kelly | 1,716,467 | 51.16 | |
Republican | Martha McSally (incumbent) | 1,637,661 | 48.81 | |
Write-in | 1,189 | 0.03 | ||
Total votes | 3,355,317 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
Arkansas
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One-term Republican Tom Cotton was elected in 2014, after serving two years in the United States House of Representatives, defeating incumbent Democratic senator Mark Pryor by a comfortable margin. Cotton was re-elected to a second term by a 33-point margin, defeating Libertarian Ricky Dale Harrington, Jr.[105][106][107]
Joshua Mahony, a non-profit executive and 2018 Democratic nominee for Congress in Arkansas's 3rd congressional district, filed to run for the Democratic nomination,[108] but dropped out just after the filing deadline.[109] No other Democrats filed within the filing deadline. Progressive activist Dan Whitfield ran as an independent, but suspended his campaign on October 1, 2020, after failing to qualify for the ballot.[110]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tom Cotton (incumbent) | 793,871 | 66.53 | |
Libertarian | Ricky Dale Harrington Jr. | 399,390 | 33.47 | |
Total votes | 1,193,261 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
Colorado
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One-term Republican Cory Gardner was elected in 2014 after serving four years in the United States House of Representatives, narrowly defeating one-term Democrat Mark Udall. Gardner sought a second term but lost to Democrat John Hickenlooper by 9.3 percentage points.[112]
Hickenlooper is a popular former governor of Colorado, and led Gardner by as much as 20 percentage points in polls, with most pundits considering him a heavy favorite. Gardner was Colorado's only Republican statewide officeholder, and the once purple state has trended increasingly Democratic since his narrow win in 2014. Gardner also had low approval ratings due to his strong allegiance to Trump, who lost Colorado in 2016 to Hillary Clinton by 4.9%, and in 2020 to Joe Biden by 13.5%.[113][114] Hickenlooper also raised significantly more money than Gardner.[115]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Cory Gardner (incumbent) | 554,806 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 554,806 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John Hickenlooper | 585,826 | 58.65 | |
Democratic | Andrew Romanoff | 412,955 | 41.35 | |
Total votes | 998,781 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John Hickenlooper | 1,731,114 | 53.50 | |
Republican | Cory Gardner (incumbent) | 1,429,492 | 44.18 | |
Libertarian | Raymon Doane | 56,262 | 1.74 | |
Approval Voting | Daniel Doyle | 9,820 | 0.30 | |
Unity | Stephen Evans | 8,971 | 0.28 | |
Total votes | 3,235,659 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
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One-term Democrat Chris Coons was re-elected in 2014; he first took office after winning a 2010 special election, which occurred after long-time senator Joe Biden resigned to become vice president of the United States (Biden also won the 2020 presidential election and became president). He faced an unsuccessful primary challenge from technology executive Jessica Scarane. Conservative activist Lauren Witzke and attorney Jim DeMartino ran for the Republican nomination.
The Delaware primary was held on September 15, 2020.[119]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Chris Coons (incumbent) | 87,332 | 72.85 | |
Democratic | Jessica Scarane | 32,547 | 27.15 | |
Total votes | 119,879 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Lauren Witzke | 30,702 | 56.89 | |
Republican | James DeMartino | 23,266 | 43.11 | |
Total votes | 53,968 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Chris Coons (incumbent) | 291,804 | 59.44 | |
Republican | Lauren Witzke | 186,054 | 37.90 | |
Independent | Mark Turley | 7,833 | 1.59 | |
Libertarian | Nadine Frost | 5,244 | 1.07 | |
Total votes | 490,935 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
Georgia
Due to Republican Senator Johnny Isakson's resignation from office for health reasons in 2019, both of Georgia's Senate seats were up for election in November 2020.[122] The state had tilted Republican in Senate races since the mid-1990s, but increased support for Democrats in populous suburbs has made office elections more competitive; a close governor's race, multiple close U.S. House races, and many other close local office races resulted in Democratic gains in 2018 elections. Both the regular and special election were considered highly competitive toss-ups.[123] Both of these elections received national attention, as if Republicans won at least one of these seats, they would maintain a Senate majority, but if the Democrats won both, the Senate would be split 50/50 with Vice President Kamala Harris breaking the tie.
Georgia (regular)
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One-term Republican David Perdue was elected in 2014, and sought a second term.[124]
Jon Ossoff, a former congressional candidate, documentary film producer, and investigative journalist, defeated former Columbus mayor Teresa Tomlinson and 2018 lieutenant governor nominee Sarah Riggs Amico in the Democratic primary to secure nomination.[125][126] He faced incumbent Republican David Perdue in the November 3 election.
In the November election, no candidate received 50% or more of the total vote; per Georgia law, the election advanced to a run-off between the top two finishers, Ossoff and Perdue, on January 5, 2021. Ossoff was projected the winner on January 6,[127] and Perdue conceded on January 8.[128]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | David Perdue (incumbent) | 992,555 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 992,555 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jon Ossoff | 626,819 | 52.82 | |
Democratic | Teresa Tomlinson | 187,416 | 15.79 | |
Democratic | Sarah Riggs Amico | 139,574 | 11.76 | |
Democratic | Maya Dillard-Smith | 105,000 | 8.85 | |
Democratic | James Knox | 49,452 | 4.17 | |
Democratic | Marckeith DeJesus | 45,936 | 3.87 | |
Democratic | Tricia Carpenter McCracken | 32,463 | 2.74 | |
Total votes | 1,186,660 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | David Perdue (incumbent) | 2,462,617 | 49.73 | |
Democratic | Jon Ossoff | 2,374,519 | 47.95 | |
Libertarian | Shane T. Hazel | 115,039 | 2.32 | |
Total votes | 4,952,175 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jon Ossoff | 2,269,923 | 50.61 | |
Republican | David Perdue (incumbent) | 2,214,979 | 49.39 | |
Total votes | 4,484,902 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
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Three-term Senator Johnny Isakson announced on August 28, 2019, that he would resign from the Senate on December 31, 2019, citing health concerns.[133] Georgia governor Brian Kemp appointed Republican Kelly Loeffler to replace Isakson until a regular election could be held; Loeffler took office on January 6, 2020, and competed in the November 2020 election to retain her seat.[134]
Other Republicans who ran for the seat included Wayne Johnson, former chief operating officer of the Office of Federal Student Aid,[135] and four-term U.S. representative Doug Collins.[136]
A "jungle primary" was held November 3, 2020, but no candidate won more than 50% of the vote, so a run-off election between the top two finishers, Loeffler and Democratic challenger Raphael Warnock, was held on January 5, 2021.[137] Warnock defeated Loeffler, who initially refused to concede and vowed to challenge the outcome,[138] but conceded on January 7, after the storming of the U.S. Capitol.[139]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Raphael Warnock | 1,617,035 | 32.90 | |
Republican | Kelly Loeffler (incumbent) | 1,273,214 | 25.91 | |
Republican | Doug Collins | 980,454 | 19.95 | |
Democratic | Deborah Jackson | 324,118 | 6.59 | |
Democratic | Matt Lieberman | 136,021 | 2.77 | |
Democratic | Tamara Johnson-Shealey | 106,767 | 2.17 | |
Democratic | Jamesia James | 94,406 | 1.92 | |
Republican | Derrick Grayson | 51,592 | 1.05 | |
Democratic | Joy Felicia Slade | 44,945 | 0.91 | |
Republican | Annette Davis Jackson | 44,335 | 0.90 | |
Republican | Kandiss Taylor | 40,349 | 0.82 | |
Republican | Wayne Johnson (withdrawn) | 36,176 | 0.74 | |
Libertarian | Brian Slowinski | 35,431 | 0.72 | |
Democratic | Richard Dien Winfield | 28,687 | 0.58 | |
Democratic | Ed Tarver | 26,333 | 0.54 | |
Independent | Allen Buckley | 17,954 | 0.36 | |
Green | John Fortuin | 15,293 | 0.31 | |
Independent | Al Bartell | 14,640 | 0.30 | |
Independent | Valencia Stovall | 13,318 | 0.27 | |
Independent | Michael Todd Greene | 13,293 | 0.27 | |
Total votes | 4,914,361 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Raphael Warnock | 2,289,113 | 51.04 | |
Republican | Kelly Loeffler (incumbent) | 2,195,841 | 48.96 | |
Total votes | 4,484,954 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
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Two-term republican Jim Risch successfully ran for a third term in 2020, defeating Democrat Paulette Jordan in a landslide. Jordan is a former gubernatorial nominee and former Coeur d'Alene Tribal Councilwoman.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jim Risch (incumbent) | 200,184 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 200,184 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Paulette Jordan | 72,778 | 85.70 | |
Democratic | James Vandermaas | 12,145 | 14.30 | |
Total votes | 84,923 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jim Risch (incumbent) | 538,446 | 62.62 | |
Democratic | Paulette Jordan | 285,864 | 33.25 | |
Independent | Natalie Fleming | 25,329 | 2.95 | |
Constitution | Ray Writz | 10,188 | 1.18 | |
Total votes | 859,827 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
Illinois
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Four-term democrat and Senate minority whip Dick Durbin, easily won a fifth term in office, defeating Republican Mark Curran by a 16-point margin.[144]
Curran served as sheriff of Lake County from 2006 to 2018 and won the Republican primary with 41.55% of the vote.[145]
Antiwar activist Marilyn Jordan Lawlor[146] and state representative Anne Stava-Murray[147] briefly challenged Durbin in the Democratic primary, but both ended up withdrawing.[148][149]
2019 Chicago mayoral candidate Willie Wilson, a businessman and perennial candidate, ran as a member of the "Willie Wilson Party," with the backing of a handful of Chicago aldermen and the Chicago Police Union.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Dick Durbin (incumbent) | 1,446,118 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 1,446,118 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mark Curran | 205,747 | 41.55 | |
Republican | Peggy Hubbard | 113,189 | 22.86 | |
Republican | Robert Marshall | 75,561 | 15.26 | |
Republican | Tom Tarter | 73,009 | 14.74 | |
Republican | Casey Chlebek | 27,655 | 5.58 | |
Write-in | 7 | 0.00 | ||
Total votes | 495,168 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Dick Durbin (incumbent) | 3,278,930 | 54.93 | |
Republican | Mark Curran | 2,319,870 | 38.87 | |
Willie Wilson | Willie Wilson | 237,699 | 3.98 | |
Libertarian | Danny Malouf | 75,673 | 1.27 | |
Green | David Black | 55,711 | 0.95 | |
Write-in | 18 | 0.00 | ||
Total votes | 5,967,901 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
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One-term republican Joni Ernst, first elected to the Senate in 2014, won a second term in office, defeating Democrat Theresa Greenfield.[152]
Greenfield won the Democratic nomination, defeating former vice-admiral Michael T. Franken, attorney Kimberly Graham, and businessman Eddie Mauro in the primary.
Ernst's popularity had dropped in polls, and many considered this seat a possible Democratic pick-up, but Ernst was re-elected by a larger-than-expected 6.5 points.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joni Ernst (incumbent) | 226,589 | 98.64 | |
Write-in | 3,132 | 1.36 | ||
Total votes | 229,721 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Theresa Greenfield | 132,001 | 47.71 | |
Democratic | Michael T. Franken | 68,851 | 24.88 | |
Democratic | Kimberly Graham | 41,554 | 15.02 | |
Democratic | Eddie Mauro | 30,400 | 10.99 | |
Democratic | Cal Woods (withdrawn) | 3,372 | 1.21 | |
Write-in | 514 | 0.19 | ||
Total votes | 276,692 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joni Ernst (incumbent) | 864,997 | 51.74 | |
Democratic | Theresa Greenfield | 754,859 | 45.15 | |
Libertarian | Rick Stewart | 36,961 | 2.21 | |
Independent | Suzanne Herzog | 13,800 | 0.83 | |
Write-in | 1,211 | 0.07 | ||
Total votes | 1,671,828 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
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Four-term Republican Pat Roberts, was re-elected in 2014 with 53.15% of the vote, and announced on January 4, 2019, that he would not be running for re-election in 2020.
In the Republican primary, United States representative Roger Marshall defeated former Kansas secretary of state Kris Kobach,[155] state Turnpike Authority chairman Dave Lindstrom,[156] state senate president Susan Wagle, and others.[157]
There was considerable speculation about a Senate bid by Mike Pompeo (the United States secretary of state, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and former U.S. representative for Kansas's 4th congressional district), but he did not run.[158][159]
Barbara Bollier, a state senator and former Republican,[160] defeated former congressional candidate Robert Tillman[161] for the Democratic nomination, but lost to Marshall with a more than expected 11.4 point margin.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Roger Marshall | 167,800 | 40.28 | |
Republican | Kris Kobach | 108,726 | 26.10 | |
Republican | Bob Hamilton | 77,952 | 18.71 | |
Republican | Dave Lindstrom | 27,451 | 6.59 | |
Republican | Steve Roberts | 8,141 | 1.95 | |
Republican | Brian Matlock | 7,083 | 1.70 | |
Republican | Lance Berland | 6,404 | 1.54 | |
Republican | John Miller | 4,431 | 1.06 | |
Republican | Derek Ellis | 3,970 | 0.95 | |
Republican | Gabriel Robles | 3,744 | 0.90 | |
Republican | John Berman | 861 | 0.21 | |
Total votes | 416,563 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Barbara Bollier | 168,759 | 85.34 | |
Democratic | Robert Tillman | 28,997 | 14.66 | |
Total votes | 197,756 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Roger Marshall | 727,962 | 53.22 | |
Democratic | Barbara Bollier | 571,530 | 41.79 | |
Libertarian | Jason Buckley | 68,263 | 4.99 | |
Total votes | 1,367,755 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
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Republican Mitch McConnell, the Senate Majority Leader, defeated Democrat Amy McGrath by 19.6 percentage points, winning a 7th term in office.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mitch McConnell (incumbent) | 342,660 | 82.80 | |
Republican | Wesley Morgan | 25,588 | 6.18 | |
Republican | Louis Grider | 13,771 | 3.33 | |
Republican | Paul John Frangedakis | 11,957 | 2.89 | |
Republican | Neren James | 10,693 | 2.58 | |
Republican | Kenneth Lowndes | 5,548 | 1.34 | |
Republican | Nicholas Alsager | 3,603 | 0.87 | |
Total votes | 413,820 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Amy McGrath | 247,037 | 45.41 | |
Democratic | Charles Booker | 231,888 | 42.62 | |
Democratic | Mike Broihier | 27,175 | 4.99 | |
Democratic | Mary Ann Tobin | 11,108 | 2.04 | |
Democratic | Maggie Joe Hilliard | 6,224 | 1.14 | |
Democratic | Andrew Maynard | 5,974 | 1.10 | |
Democratic | Bennie J. Smith | 5,040 | 0.93 | |
Democratic | Jimmy Ausbrooks (withdrawn) | 3,629 | 0.67 | |
Democratic | Eric Rothmuller | 2,995 | 0.55 | |
Democratic | John R. Sharpensteen | 2,992 | 0.55 | |
Total votes | 544,062 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mitch McConnell (incumbent) | 1,233,315 | 57.76 | |
Democratic | Amy McGrath | 816,257 | 38.23 | |
Libertarian | Brad Barron | 85,386 | 4.00 | |
Write-in | 99 | 0.01 | ||
Total votes | 2,135,057 | 100.00 | ||
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Republican Bill Cassidy won a second term in office, defeating Democrat Adrian Perkins and others.[166]
A Louisiana primary (a form of jungle primary) was held on November 3. Had no candidate won a majority of the vote in the primary, a run-off election would have been held, but Cassidy won in the first round.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Cassidy (incumbent) | 1,228,908 | 59.32 | |
Democratic | Adrian Perkins | 394,049 | 19.02 | |
Democratic | Derrick Edwards | 229,814 | 11.09 | |
Democratic | Antoine Pierce | 55,710 | 2.69 | |
Republican | Dustin Murphy | 38,383 | 1.85 | |
Democratic | Drew Knight | 36,962 | 1.78 | |
Independent | Beryl Billiot | 17,362 | 0.84 | |
Independent | John Paul Bourgeois | 16,518 | 0.80 | |
Democratic | Peter Wenstrup | 14,454 | 0.70 | |
Libertarian | Aaron Sigler | 11,321 | 0.55 | |
Independent | M.V. "Vinny" Mendoza | 7,811 | 0.38 | |
Independent | Melinda Mary Price | 7,680 | 0.37 | |
Independent | Jamar Montgomery | 5,804 | 0.28 | |
Independent | Reno Jean Daret III | 3,954 | 0.19 | |
Independent | Alexander "Xan" John | 2,813 | 0.14 | |
Total votes | 2,071,543 | 100.00 | ||
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Republican Susan Collins won a fifth term in office, defeating Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives Sara Gideon.[168]
Gideon consistently led Collins in polls for almost the entire election cycle. Collins is considered one of the most moderate Republicans in the Senate and had never faced a competitive re-election campaign, even though Maine leans Democratic. But she faced growing unpopularity due to her increasingly conservative voting record, and her votes to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court and to acquit Trump in his impeachment trial. Despite almost all polling and Gideon's formidable funding,[169] Collins was re-elected by a surprising 8.6-point margin.
Educator and activist Lisa Savage also ran as a candidate for the Green party.[170]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Susan Collins (incumbent) | 87,375 | 98.79 | |
Write-in | 1,073 | 1.21 | ||
Total votes | 88,448 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Sara Gideon | 116,264 | 71.47 | |
Democratic | Betsy Sweet | 37,327 | 22.94 | |
Democratic | Bre Kidman | 9,090 | 5.59 | |
Total votes | 162,681 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Susan Collins (incumbent) | 417,645 | 50.98 | |
Democratic | Sara Gideon | 347,223 | 42.39 | |
Independent | Lisa Savage | 40,579 | 4.95 | |
Independent | Max Linn | 13,508 | 1.65 | |
Write-in | 228 | 0.03 | ||
Total votes | 819,183 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
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Democrat Ed Markey was re-elected in 2014, having won a 2013 special election to replace long-time incumbent John Kerry, who resigned to become U.S. secretary of state. He easily won a second full term in 2020, defeating Republican Kevin O'Connor by more than 33 percentage points.[174]
Markey fended off a primary challenge from Joe Kennedy III, four-term U.S. representative for Massachusetts's Fourth District and grandson of former U.S. senator and U.S. attorney general Robert F. Kennedy. This marked the first time a member of the Kennedy family lost an election in Massachusetts.[175]
O'Connor defeated Shiva Ayyadurai, a former independent senate candidate, in the Republican primary.[176][177]
On August 24, 2020, perennial candidate Vermin Supreme launched a write-in campaign for the Libertarian nomination,[178] but received too few votes to qualify for the general election ballot.[179]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ed Markey (incumbent) | 782,694 | 55.35 | |
Democratic | Joe Kennedy III | 629,359 | 44.51 | |
Write-in | 1,935 | 0.14 | ||
Total votes | 1,413,988 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Kevin O'Connor | 158,590 | 59.71 | |
Republican | Shiva Ayyadurai | 104,782 | 39.45 | |
Write-in | 2,245 | 0.84 | ||
Total votes | 265,617 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ed Markey (incumbent) | 2,357,809 | 66.15 | |
Republican | Kevin O'Connor | 1,177,765 | 33.05 | |
Write-in | Shiva Ayyadurai | 21,134 | 0.59 | |
Write-in | 7,428 | 0.21 | ||
Total votes | 3,564,136 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
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Democrat Gary Peters narrowly won a second term in office,[182] defeating Republican John James.
James won a Republican Michigan Senate nomination for his second time,[183] having run against incumbent Democrat Debbie Stabenow in 2018 for Michigan's other senate seat. He faced only token opposition for the 2020 Republican nomination, running against perennial candidate Bob Carr.[184]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Gary Peters (incumbent) | 1,180,780 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 1,180,780 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John E. James | 1,005,315 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 1,005,315 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Gary Peters (incumbent) | 2,734,568 | 49.90 | |
Republican | John E. James | 2,642,233 | 48.22 | |
Constitution | Valerie Willis | 50,597 | 0.92 | |
Green | Marcia Squier | 39,217 | 0.72 | |
Natural Law | Doug Dern | 13,093 | 0.24 | |
Write-in | 12 | 0.00 | ||
Total votes | 5,479,720 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
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Incumbent Democrat Tina Smith was appointed to the U.S. Senate to replace Al Franken in 2018 after serving as lieutenant governor, and won a special election later in 2018 to serve the remainder of Franken's term. She defeated Republican Jason Lewis, winning her first full term in office.[187]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic (DFL) | Tina Smith (incumbent) | 497,498 | 87.14 | |
Democratic (DFL) | Paula Overby | 30,497 | 5.34 | |
Democratic (DFL) | Ahmad Hassan | 20,037 | 3.51 | |
Democratic (DFL) | Steve Carlson | 16,429 | 2.88 | |
Democratic (DFL) | Christopher Seymore | 6,480 | 1.13 | |
Total votes | 570,941 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jason Lewis | 191,290 | 78.11 | |
Republican | Cynthia Gail | 17,675 | 7.22 | |
Republican | John Berman | 16,213 | 6.62 | |
Republican | Bob Carney Jr. | 10,503 | 4.29 | |
Republican | James Reibestein | 9,210 | 3.76 | |
Total votes | 244,891 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Legal Marijuana Now | Kevin O'Connor | 6,996 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 6,996 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic (DFL) | Tina Smith (incumbent) | 1,566,522 | 48.74 | |
Republican | Jason Lewis | 1,398,145 | 43.50 | |
Legal Marijuana Now | Kevin O'Connor | 190,154 | 5.91 | |
Grassroots—LC | Oliver Steinberg | 57,174 | 1.78 | |
Write-in | 2,261 | 0.07 | ||
Total votes | 3,214,256 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic (DFL) hold |
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Incumbent Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith won her first full term in office, defeating Democrat and former U.S. secretary of agriculture Mike Espy by 10 percentage points.[190] This race was an exact rematch of the 2018 Mississippi Senate special election, in which Hyde-Smith defeated Espy for the remaining two years of the seat's term.
Libertarian candidate Jimmy Edwards also made the general election ballot.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Cindy Hyde-Smith (incumbent) | 235,463 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 235,463 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Mike Espy | 250,496 | 93.12 | |
Democratic | Tobey Bartee | 11,148 | 4.14 | |
Democratic | Jensen Bohren | 7,345 | 2.74 | |
Total votes | 268,989 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Cindy Hyde-Smith (incumbent) | 709,539 | 54.10 | |
Democratic | Mike Espy | 578,806 | 44.13 | |
Libertarian | Jimmy Edwards | 23,152 | 1.77 | |
Total votes | 1,311,497 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
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Republican Steve Daines won a second term in office, defeating the Democratic nominee, Montana Governor Steve Bullock.[194]
Daines was opposed (before his nomination) in the Republican primary by hardware store manager Daniel Larson and former Democratic speaker of the Montana House of Representatives John Driscoll, who changed parties in 2020.[195]
Bullock won the Democratic nomination,[196] defeating nuclear engineer and U.S. Navy veteran John Mues.[197]
Libertarian and Green party candidates were set to appear on the general election ballot, but the Libertarians refused to nominate a replacement after their nominee withdrew and the Greens' nominee was disqualified.
Once Bullock filed his candidacy, the race became seen as highly competitive. Bullock, a popular governor and a moderate, led in many polls in the spring and summer of 2020, and raised more money than Daines. Closer to election day, Bullock slightly trailed in polls, but the election was still seen as relatively competitive. Daines defeated Bullock by a larger-than-expected 10-point margin.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Steve Daines (incumbent) | 192,942 | 88.02 | |
Republican | John Driscoll | 13,944 | 6.36 | |
Republican | Daniel Larson | 12,319 | 5.62 | |
Total votes | 219,205 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Steve Bullock | 144,949 | 95.45 | |
Democratic | John Mues | 3,740 | 2.46 | |
Democratic | Mike Knoles (withdrawn) | 3,165 | 2.09 | |
Total votes | 151,854 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Steve Daines (incumbent) | 333,174 | 55.01 | |
Democratic | Steve Bullock | 272,463 | 44.99 | |
Total votes | 605,637 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
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Republican Ben Sasse easily won a second term in office, defeating Democrat Chris Janicek by more than 40 percentage points.[200][failed verification]
Sasse had defeated businessman and former Lancaster County Republican Party chair Matt Innis in the Republican primary with 75.2% of the vote.
Businessman and 2018 U.S. Senate candidate Chris Janicek won the Democratic primary with 30.7% of the vote, defeating six other candidates.
Libertarian candidate Gene Siadek also appeared on the general election ballot.
After the primary election, the Nebraska Democratic party withdrew its support from Janicek when allegations that he sexually harassed a campaign staffer emerged.[201] Janicek refused to leave the race despite the state party endorsing his former primary opponent,[clarification needed] which led former Democratic Congressman Brad Ashford to announce a write-in campaign on August 23, 2020.[202][203] After Janicek vowed to remain in the race anyway, Ashford withdrew on August 27, citing lack of time and resources necessary for a U.S. Senate campaign.[204] The state Democratic Party subsequently threw its support behind long-time Nebraska activist Preston Love, Jr., who declared a write-in candidacy for the seat.[205][206]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ben Sasse (incumbent) | 215,207 | 75.21 | |
Republican | Matt Innis | 70,921 | 24.79 | |
Total votes | 284,212 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Chris Janicek | 46,247 | 30.69 | |
Democratic | Angie Philips | 35,929 | 23.84 | |
Democratic | Alisha Shelton | 34,284 | 22.75 | |
Democratic | Andy Stock | 17,156 | 11.38 | |
Democratic | Larry Marvin | 6,868 | 4.56 | |
Democratic | Daniel Wik | 5,765 | 3.83 | |
Democratic | Dennis Macek | 4,453 | 2.95 | |
Total votes | 150,702 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ben Sasse (incumbent) | 583,507 | 62.74 | |
Democratic | Chris Janicek | 227,191 | 24.43 | |
Write-in | Preston Love Jr. | 58,411 | 6.28 | |
Libertarian | Gene Siadek | 55,115 | 5.93 | |
Write-in | 5,788 | 0.62 | ||
Total votes | 930,012 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
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Two-term Democrat Jeanne Shaheen won a third term in office by nearly 16 percentage points, defeating Republican Corky Messner.[209]
Messner defeated U.S. Army brigadier general Donald C. Bolduc and perennial candidate Andy Martin for the Republican nomination,[210][211][212] winning the nomination on September 8.
Libertarian Justin O'Donnell also appeared on the general election ballot.[213]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jeanne Shaheen (incumbent) | 142,012 | 93.88 | |
Democratic | Paul Krautman | 5,914 | 3.91 | |
Democratic | Tom Alciere | 2,992 | 1.98 | |
Write-in | 350 | 0.23 | ||
Total votes | 151,268 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bryant Messner | 69,801 | 50.26 | |
Republican | Donald C. Bolduc | 58,749 | 42.30 | |
Republican | Andy Martin | 6,443 | 4.64 | |
Republican | Gerard Beloin | 3,098 | 2.23 | |
Write-in | 785 | 0.57 | ||
Total votes | 138,876 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jeanne Shaheen (incumbent) | 450,771 | 56.63 | |
Republican | Bryant Messner | 326,229 | 40.99 | |
Libertarian | Justin O'Donnell | 18,421 | 2.32 | |
Write-in | 486 | 0.06 | ||
Total votes | 795,907 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
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Democrat Cory Booker won a second full term in office, having first won his seat in a 2013 special election after serving seven years as the mayor of Newark. He defeated Republican Rick Mehta by a margin of more than 16 percentage points.
Booker had sought his party's nomination for President of the United States in 2020. He suspended his presidential campaign on January 13, 2020, and confirmed his intention to seek a second Senate term.[217]
Attorney Rik Mehta defeated engineer Hirsh Singh, 2018 Independent U.S. Senate candidate Tricia Flanagan, 2018 independent U.S. Senate candidate Natalie Lynn Rivera, and Eugene Anagnos for the Republican nomination.
Green Party candidate Madelyn Hoffman and two independent candidates also appeared on the general election ballot.
New Jersey has not elected a Republican senator since 1972, and all pundits expected Booker to be easily re-elected.[218]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Cory Booker (incumbent) | 838,110 | 87.58 | |
Democratic | Lawrence Hamm | 118,802 | 12.42 | |
Total votes | 956,912 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Rik Mehta | 154,817 | 38.01 | |
Republican | Hirsh Singh | 146,133 | 35.88 | |
Republican | Tricia Flanagan | 72,678 | 17.84 | |
Republican | Natalie Lynn Rivera | 21,650 | 5.31 | |
Republican | Eugene Anagnos | 12,047 | 2.96 | |
Total votes | 407,325 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Cory Booker (incumbent) | 2,541,178 | 57.23 | |
Republican | Rikin Mehta | 1,817,052 | 40.92 | |
Green | Madelyn Hoffman | 38,288 | 0.86 | |
Independent | Veronica Fernandez | 32,290 | 0.73 | |
Independent | Daniel Burke | 11,632 | 0.26 | |
Total votes | 4,440,440 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
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Two-term Democrat Tom Udall was the only incumbent Democratic U.S. senator retiring in 2020.[221] Democratic U.S. representative Ben Ray Luján[222] defeated Republican Mark Ronchetti by 6 percentage points.
Luján won the Democratic nomination without serious opposition.
Ronchetti, the former KRQE chief meteorologist, defeated former U.S. Interior Department official Gavin Clarkson and executive director for the New Mexico Alliance for Life Elisa Martinez in the primary.[223][224][225]
Libertarian Bob Walsh also appeared on the general election ballot.[citation needed]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ben Ray Luján | 225,082 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 225,082 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mark Ronchetti | 89,216 | 56.49 | |
Republican | Elisa Martinez | 41,240 | 26.11 | |
Republican | Gavin Clarkson | 27,471 | 17.39 | |
Total votes | 157,927 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ben Ray Luján | 474,483 | 51.73 | |
Republican | Mark Ronchetti | 418,483 | 45.62 | |
Libertarian | Bob Walsh | 24,271 | 2.65 | |
Total votes | 917,237 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
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Republican Thom Tillis won a second term in office, defeating Democratic former state senator Cal Cunningham.
Cunningham defeated state senator Erica D. Smith and Mecklenburg County commissioner Trevor Fuller for the Democratic nomination. Tillis defeated three opponents.[228]
The Libertarian Party and the Constitution Party had candidates on the general election ballot.
Despite having grown unpopular among both centrist and conservative Republicans due to his inconsistent support of Trump, and trailing narrowly in polls for almost the entire cycle,[229] Tillis won re-election by nearly 2 points.[230]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Thom Tillis (incumbent) | 608,943 | 78.08 | |
Republican | Paul Wright | 58,908 | 7.55 | |
Republican | Larry Holmquist | 57,356 | 7.35 | |
Republican | Sharon Y. Hudson | 54,651 | 7.01 | |
Total votes | 779,858 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Cal Cunningham | 717,941 | 56.93 | |
Democratic | Erica D. Smith | 438,969 | 34.81 | |
Democratic | Trevor M. Fuller | 48,168 | 3.82 | |
Democratic | Steve Swenson | 33,741 | 2.68 | |
Democratic | Atul Goel | 22,226 | 1.76 | |
Total votes | 1,261,045 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Thom Tillis (incumbent) | 2,665,598 | 48.69 | |
Democratic | Cal Cunningham | 2,569,965 | 46.94 | |
Libertarian | Shannon Bray | 171,571 | 3.13 | |
Constitution | Kevin E. Hayes | 67,818 | 1.24 | |
Total votes | 5,474,952 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
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Republican Jim Inhofe easily won a fifth term in office, defeating Democrat Abby Broyles by more than 30 percentage points.
Inhofe defeated J.J. Stitt, a farmer and gun shop owner, and Neil Mavis, a former Libertarian Party candidate, for the Republican nomination.[233]
Broyles, an attorney, defeated perennial candidate Sheila Bilyeu and 2018 5th congressional district candidate Elysabeth Britt for the Democratic nomination.
Libertarian candidate Robert Murphy and two Independents also appeared on the general election ballot.
Oklahoma is one of the most solidly Republican states[22] and Inhofe won in a landslide.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jim Inhofe (incumbent) | 277,868 | 74.05 | |
Republican | J.J. Stitt | 57,433 | 15.31 | |
Republican | John Tompkins | 23,563 | 6.28 | |
Republican | Neil Mavis | 16,363 | 4.36 | |
Total votes | 375,227 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Abby Broyles | 163,921 | 60.45 | |
Democratic | Elysabeth Britt | 45,206 | 16.67 | |
Democratic | Sheila Bilyeu | 32,350 | 11.93 | |
Democratic | R. O. Joe Cassity, Jr. | 29,698 | 10.95 | |
Total votes | 271,175 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jim Inhofe (incumbent) | 979,140 | 62.91 | |
Democratic | Abby Broyles | 509,763 | 32.75 | |
Libertarian | Robert Murphy | 34,435 | 2.21 | |
Independent | Joan Farr | 21,652 | 1.39 | |
Independent | A. D. Nesbit | 11,371 | 0.73 | |
Total votes | 1,556,361 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
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Democrat Jeff Merkley won a third term in office, defeating Republican Jo Rae Perkins by more than 17 percentage points. Merkley also received the Oregon Independent Party and the Working Families Party nominations.[236]
Perkins, a 2014 U.S. Senate and 2018 U.S. House candidate, defeated three other candidates in the Republican primary with 49.29% of the vote. She is a supporter of QAnon.[237]
Ibrahim Taher was also on the general election ballot, representing the Pacific Green Party[238] and the Oregon Progressive Party. Gary Dye represented the Libertarian Party.[236]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jeff Merkley (incumbent) | 564,878 | 98.71 | |
Write-in | 7,386 | 1.29 | ||
Total votes | 572,264 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jo Rae Perkins | 178,004 | 49.23 | |
Republican | Paul J. Romero, Jr. | 109,783 | 30.36 | |
Republican | Robert Schwartz | 40,196 | 11.12 | |
Republican | John Verbeek | 29,382 | 8.13% | |
Write-in | 4,250 | 1.17 | ||
Total votes | 361,615 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jeff Merkley (incumbent) | 1,321,047 | 56.91 | |
Republican | Jo Rae Perkins | 912,814 | 39.32 | |
Libertarian | Gary Dye | 42,747 | 1.84 | |
Pacific Green | Ibrahim Taher | 42,239 | 1.82 | |
Write-in | 2,402 | 0.11 | ||
Total votes | 2,321,249 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
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Democrat Jack Reed won a fifth term in office, defeating Republican Allen Waters by more than 33 percentage points.
Both Reed and Waters ran unopposed for their respective nominations.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jack Reed (incumbent) | 65,859 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 65,859 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Allen Waters | 8,819 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 8,819 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jack Reed (incumbent) | 328,574 | 66.48 | |
Republican | Allen Waters | 164,855 | 33.35 | |
Write-in | 833 | 0.17 | ||
Total votes | 494,262 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
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Three-term Republican Lindsey Graham won a fourth term in office, defeating Democrat Jaime Harrison by over ten percentage points in a highly publicized race.
Graham defeated three opponents in the June 9 Republican primary.[243]
After his primary opponents dropped out, former South Carolina Democratic Party chairman Jaime Harrison was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.
Bill Bledsoe won the Constitution Party nomination. On October 1, 2020, Bledsoe dropped out of the race and endorsed Graham, but remained on the ballot as required by state law.[244]
Despite the significant Republican lean of the state as a whole, polls indicated that the Senate election was competitive, with summer polling ranging from a tie to a modest advantage for Graham.[245][246] Graham's popularity had declined as a result of his close embrace of Trump, reversing his outspoken criticism of Trump in the 2016 campaign.[247][248]
Graham's victory was by a much larger margin than expected,[249] as part of a broader pattern of Republicans overperforming polls in 2020.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Lindsey Graham (incumbent) | 317,512 | 67.69 | |
Republican | Michael LaPierre | 79,932 | 17.04 | |
Republican | Joe Reynolds | 43,029 | 9.17 | |
Republican | Dwayne Buckner | 28,570 | 6.09 | |
Total votes | 469,043 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Lindsey Graham (incumbent) | 1,369,137 | 54.44 | |
Democratic | Jaime Harrison | 1,110,828 | 44.17 | |
Constitution | Bill Bledsoe | 32,845 | 1.30 | |
Write-in | 2,294 | 0.09 | ||
Total votes | 2,515,104 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
South Dakota
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Republican Mike Rounds, former governor of South Dakota, won a second term in office, defeating Democrat Dan Ahlers.
Rounds faced a primary challenge from state representative Scyller Borglum.[252]
Ahlers, a South Dakota state representative, ran unopposed in the Democratic primary.[253]
One independent candidate, Clayton Walker, filed but failed to qualify for the ballot.[254]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mike Rounds (incumbent) | 70,365 | 75.23 | |
Republican | Scyller Borglum | 23,164 | 24.77 | |
Total votes | 93,529 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mike Rounds (incumbent) | 276,232 | 65.74 | |
Democratic | Daniel Ahlers | 143,987 | 34.26 | |
Total votes | 420,219 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
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Three-term Republican Lamar Alexander was re-elected in 2014. He announced in December 2018 that he would not seek a fourth term.[257]
Assisted by an endorsement from Trump,[258] former ambassador to Japan Bill Hagerty won the Republican nomination[259] and the seat.
Hagerty defeated orthopedic surgeon Manny Sethi[260] and 13 others in the Republican primary.
Environmental activist Marquita Bradshaw of Memphis defeated James Mackler, an Iraq War veteran and Nashville attorney,[261] in the Democratic primary, a major upset.
Nine Independent candidates also appeared on the general election ballot.
Hagerty easily defeated Bradshaw.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Hagerty | 331,267 | 50.75 | |
Republican | Manny Sethi | 257,223 | 39.41 | |
Republican | George Flinn, Jr. | 22,454 | 3.44 | |
Republican | Jon Henry | 8,104 | 1.24 | |
Republican | Natisha Brooks | 8,072 | 1.24 | |
Republican | Byron Bush | 5,420 | 0.83 | |
Republican | Clifford Adkins | 5,316 | 0.81 | |
Republican | Terry Dicus | 2,279 | 0.35 | |
Republican | Tom Emerson, Jr. | 2,252 | 0.35 | |
Republican | David Schuster | 2,045 | 0.31 | |
Republican | John Osborne | 1,877 | 0.29 | |
Republican | Roy Dale Cope | 1,791 | 0.27 | |
Republican | Kent Morrell | 1,769 | 0.27 | |
Republican | Aaron Pettigrew | 1,622 | 0.25 | |
Republican | Glen Neal, Jr. | 1,233 | 0.19 | |
Total votes | 652,724 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Marquita Bradshaw | 117,962 | 35.51 | |
Democratic | Robin Kimbrough Hayes | 88,492 | 26.64 | |
Democratic | James Mackler | 78,966 | 23.77 | |
Democratic | Gary G. Davis | 30,758 | 9.26 | |
Democratic | Mark Pickrell | 16,045 | 4.83 | |
Total votes | 332,223 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Hagerty | 1,840,926 | 62.20 | |
Democratic | Marquita Bradshaw | 1,040,691 | 35.16 | |
Independent | Elizabeth McLeod | 16,652 | 0.56 | |
Independent | Yomi Faparusi | 10,727 | 0.36 | |
Independent | Stephen Hooper | 9,609 | 0.32 | |
Independent | Kacey Morgan (withdrawn) | 9,598 | 0.32 | |
Independent | Ronnie Henley | 8,478 | 0.30 | |
Independent | Aaron James | 7,203 | 0.29 | |
Independent | Eric William Stansberry | 6,781 | 0.23 | |
Independent | Dean Hill | 4,872 | 0.16 | |
Independent | Jeffrey Grunau | 4,160 | 0.14 | |
Write-in | 64 | 0.00 | ||
Total votes | 2,959,761 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
Texas
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Republican John Cornyn won a fourth[265] term in office, defeating Democrat MJ Hegar by a little less than ten percentage points.
Cornyn defeated four other candidates in the Republican primary, with 76.04% of the vote.
Hegar, an Air Force combat veteran and the 2018 Democratic nominee for Texas's 31st congressional district,[266] defeated runner-up state senator Royce West and 11 other candidates in the Democratic primary. Hegar and West advanced to a primary run-off election on July 14 to decide the nomination, and Hegar prevailed.
The Green and Libertarian Parties also appeared on the general election ballot. Candidates from the Human Rights Party and the People over Politics Party and three independents failed to qualify.
Statewide races in Texas have been growing more competitive in recent years, and polling in August/September showed Cornyn with a lead of 4–10 points over Hegar, with a significant fraction of the electorate still undecided.[267][268] Cornyn's victory was at the higher end of the polling spectrum.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Cornyn (incumbent) | 1,470,669 | 76.04 | |
Republican | Dwayne Stovall | 231,104 | 11.95 | |
Republican | Mark Yancey | 124,864 | 6.46 | |
Republican | John Anthony Castro | 86,916 | 4.49 | |
Republican | Virgil Bierschwale | 20,494 | 1.06 | |
Total votes | 1,934,047 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | MJ Hegar | 417,160 | 22.31 | |
Democratic | Royce West | 274,074 | 14.66 | |
Democratic | Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez | 246,659 | 13.19 | |
Democratic | Annie Garcia | 191,900 | 10.27 | |
Democratic | Amanda Edwards | 189,624 | 10.14 | |
Democratic | Chris Bell | 159,751 | 8.55 | |
Democratic | Sema Hernandez | 137,892 | 7.38 | |
Democratic | Michael Cooper | 92,463 | 4.95 | |
Democratic | Victor Hugo Harris | 59,710 | 3.19 | |
Democratic | Adrian Ocegueda | 41,566 | 2.22 | |
Democratic | Jack Daniel Foster Jr. | 31,718 | 1.70 | |
Democratic | D. R. Hunter | 26,902 | 1.44 | |
Total votes | 1,869,419 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | MJ Hegar | 502,516 | 52.24 | |
Democratic | Royce West | 459,457 | 47.76 | |
Total votes | 961,973 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Cornyn (incumbent) | 5,962,983 | 53.51 | |
Democratic | MJ Hegar | 4,888,764 | 43.87 | |
Libertarian | Kerry McKennon | 209,722 | 1.88 | |
Green | David Collins | 81,893 | 0.73 | |
Independent | Ricardo Turullols-Bonilla (write-in) | 678 | 0.01 | |
Total votes | 11,144,040 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
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Democrat Mark Warner won a third term in office, defeating Republican Daniel Gade.
Warner ran unopposed in the Democratic primary.[271]
Gade, a professor and U.S. Army veteran,[272] defeated teacher Alissa Baldwin[273] and U.S. Army veteran and intelligence officer Thomas Speciale[274] in the Republican primary.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Daniel Gade | 208,754 | 67.40 | |
Republican | Alissa Baldwin | 56,165 | 18.13 | |
Republican | Thomas Speciale | 44,795 | 14.46 | |
Total votes | 309,714 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Mark Warner (incumbent) | 2,466,500 | 55.99 | |
Republican | Daniel Gade | 1,934,199 | 43.91 | |
Write-in | 4,388 | 0.10 | ||
Total votes | 4,405,087 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
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Republican Shelley Moore Capito was re-elected to a second term in a landslide, defeating Democrat Paula Jean Swearengin by 43 points.
Capito was unsuccessfully challenged in the Republican primary by farmer Larry Butcher and Allen Whitt, president of the West Virginia Family Policy Council.[277]
Swearengin, an environmental activist and unsuccessful candidate for Senate in 2018,[278] won the Democratic primary, defeating former mayor of South Charleston Richie Robb and former state senator Richard Ojeda, who previously ran for Congress and, briefly, president in 2020.
Libertarian candidate David Moran also appeared on the general election ballot.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Shelley Moore Capito (incumbent) | 173,847 | 83.32 | |
Republican | Allen Whitt | 20,075 | 9.62 | |
Republican | Larry Butcher | 14,717 | 7.05 | |
Total votes | 208,639 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Paula Jean Swearengin | 72,292 | 38.39 | |
Democratic | Richard Ojeda | 61,954 | 32.90 | |
Democratic | Richie Robb | 54,048 | 28.70 | |
Total votes | 188,294 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Shelley Moore Capito (incumbent) | 547,454 | 70.28 | |
Democratic | Paula Jean Swearengin | 210,309 | 27.00 | |
Libertarian | David Moran | 21,155 | 2.72 | |
Total votes | 778,918 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
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Four-term Republican Mike Enzi announced in May 2019 that he would retire. Republican nominee Cynthia Lummis defeated Democratic nominee Merav Ben-David by more than 46 percentage points.
Lummis won the Republican nomination in a field of nine candidates.[282]
Ben-David, the chair of the Department of Zoology and Physiology at the University of Wyoming, defeated community activists Yana Ludwig and James Debrine, think-tank executive Nathan Wendt, and perennial candidates Rex Wilde and Kenneth R. Casner for the Democratic nomination.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Cynthia Lummis | 63,511 | 59.67 | |
Republican | Robert Short | 13,473 | 12.66 | |
Republican | Bryan Miller | 10,946 | 10.28 | |
Republican | Donna Rice | 5,881 | 5.53 | |
Republican | R. Mark Armstrong | 3,904 | 3.67 | |
Republican | Joshua Wheeler | 3,763 | 3.53 | |
Republican | John Holtz | 1,820 | 1.71 | |
Republican | Devon Cade | 1,027 | 0.96 | |
Republican | Michael Kemler | 985 | 0.93 | |
Republican | Star Roselli | 627 | 0.59 | |
Write-in | 501 | 0.47 | ||
Total votes | 106,438 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Merav Ben-David | 9,584 | 40.28 | |
Democratic | Yana Ludwig | 4,931 | 20.73 | |
Democratic | Nathan Wendt | 4,212 | 17.70 | |
Democratic | Kenneth Casner | 2,139 | 8.99 | |
Democratic | Rex Wilde | 1,888 | 7.93 | |
Democratic | James DeBrine | 865 | 3.64 | |
Write-in | 173 | 0.73 | ||
Total votes | 23,792 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Cynthia Lummis | 198,100 | 72.85 | |
Democratic | Merav Ben-David | 72,766 | 26.76 | |
Write-in | 1,071 | 0.39 | ||
Total votes | 271,937 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
See also
- 2020 United States elections
- 2020 United States House of Representatives elections
- 2020 United States presidential election
- 2020 United States gubernatorial elections
- 2020 United States Shadow Senator election in the District of Columbia
Notes
- ^ a b Because the Vice President of the United States has the power to break ties in the Senate, a Senate majority requires either 51 seats without control of the vice presidency or 50 seats with control of the vice presidency.
- ^ a b c The two independent senators (Angus King and Bernie Sanders) have caucused with the Democratic Party since joining the Senate.
- ^ a b c d e f g Due to the 50–50 tie between Democrats (plus allied independents) and Republicans, the vice president casts the tie-breaking vote in organizing the Senate. Because the Trump administration remained in office until January 20, Republicans briefly retained control of the Senate for a few weeks, with Mitch McConnell remaining the majority leader during that time. When the Biden administration assumed office, the Democratic Party regained control of the Senate as a result in the run-off of both senate elections in Georgia, in presence with the 2020 United States presidential election. Vice President Kamala Harris broke the tie in Democrats' favor after taking office on January 20.
- ^ Total of official results for candidates labeled "Independent".
- ^ The last elections for this group of senators were in 2014, except for those elected in a special election or who were appointed after the resignation or passing of a sitting senator, as noted.
- ^ FiveThirtyEight has three separate models for their House and Senate ratings: Lite (polling data only), Classic (polls, fundraising, and past voting patterns), and Deluxe (Classic alongside experts' ratings). This table uses the Deluxe model.
- ^ Category ranges:
- Tossup: <60% both candidates
- Lean: ≥60%
- Likely: ≥75%
- Solid: ≥95%
- ^ Republican Jeff Sessions ran uncontested in 2014 and won with 97.3% of the vote but resigned on February 8, 2017, to become United States Attorney General.
- ^ Republican John McCain won in 2016 with 53.7% of the vote but died on August 25, 2018.
- ^ a b This race was decided in a run-off on January 5, 2021, after no candidate reached 50% of the vote on November 3.
- ^ Republican Johnny Isakson won with 54.8% of the vote in 2016 but resigned on December 31, 2019, due to declining health.
- ^ Democrat Al Franken won with 53.2% of the vote in 2014 but resigned on January 2, 2018.
- ^ Republican Thad Cochran won with 59.9% of the vote in 2014 but resigned on April 1, 2018, due to declining health.
- ^ Democratic total includes two tndependents who caucus with the Democrats.
- ^ a b c d e The predictor puts the Vice President for the Democrats, giving them control of the Senate in their ratings with only 50 seats.
- ^ If no filing is required prior to the primary, the primary's date is listed.
- ^ If no filing is required prior to the general election, the election's date is listed.
- ^ The following morning.
- ^ If no candidate wins a majority of the vote in the general election on November 3, 2020, the top two candidates will go to run-off on January 5, 2021.
- ^ If no candidate wins a majority of the vote in the "jungle primary" on November 3, 2020, the top two candidates will go to run-off.
- ^ Eligible up to August 4, 2020, only if no non-write-in candidates file for a primary.
- ^ Eligible up to March 10, 2020, only if a candidate whose name is still on the ballot has died, resigned or withdrawn from the race.
- ^ Eligible up to November 3, 2020, only if a candidate whose name is still on the ballot ha died, resigned or withdrawn from the race.
- ^ Initial declaration of intent's deadline for unaffiliated candidates is December 9, 2019.
- ^ Write-in candidates must be registered members of a party by this date to be nominated in its primary but do not need to file a declaration of candidacy beforehand.
- ^ Georgia was the "tipping-point state".
- ^ Perdue missed the majority necessary to win a Senate race in Georgia by 0.27% which would have avoided the run-off and declaring him the winner.[86]
- ^ Gross ran as an independent with the nomination of the Democratic Party.
- ^ a b Maine uses ranked-choice voting; results shown are first-choice votes.
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