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U.S. Senate Races, 2016                                                     U.S. Senate  |  U.S. House  |  Governors 


                                                     this page updated December 10, 2016

Balance before Nov. 8, 2016:  54 Republicans, 44 Democrats and 2 Independents.   (I: Sanders-VT and King-ME)
34 seats at stake:  10 held by Democrats, 24 by Republicans.
5 retirements: 
3 Democrats, 2 Republicans.  (D: Boxer-CA, Mikulski-MD, Reid-NV; R: Coats-IN, Vitter-LA)
Of 29 Senators seeking re-election in 2016, 27succeeded. (R: Kirk-IL and Ayotte-NH defeated)
6 new Senators elected. 5 Democrats, 1 Republican. 
(D: Harris-CA, Duckworth-IL, Van Hollen-MD, Cortez Masto-NV, Hassan-NH. R: J.Kennedy-LA)
Balance after Dec. 10, 2016:  52 Republicans, 46 Democrats and 2 Independents. (LA on Dec. 10)
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Organization: NRSC, DSCC  |   Lit.   |   Links: DSCC  |  NRSC



2016
Democrats high hopes of re-taking the Senate fell short as they only managed to pick up two seats, T.Duckworth ousting M.Kirk in Illinois and M.Hassan besting K.Ayotte by a very narrow margin in New HampshireThree very close races ended up in the Republican column; in Pennsylvania P.Toomey def. K.McGinty by 48.9% to 47.2%, in Missouri R.Blunt def. J.Kander by 49.4% to 46.2%, and in Wisconsin R.Johnson def. R.Feingold by 50.2% to 46.8%. North Carolina was closer than expected; R.Burr def. D.Ross by 51.1% to 45.3%.  In Florida M.Rubio fended off a challenge from P.Murphy by 52.0% to 44.3%. in Arizona A.Kirkpatrick lost by 12 percentage points, and in Indiana E.Bayh lost by almost 10 percentage points.   In Ohio T.Strickland fell well short, losing by more than 20 percentage points.


Primary
DEMOCRATIC incumbents (10)


CA
June 7
Barbara Boxer   ...announced Jan. 8, 2015 will not seek re-election >
Kamala Harris  |  Loretta Sanchez
none
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CO
June 28
Michael Bennet
Darryl Glenn
Arn Menconi (G)
Lily Tang Williams (L)
Bill Hammons (Unity)
Dan Chapin (I)
CT
Aug. 9
Richard Blumenthal
Dan Carter
Jeff Russell (G)
Richard Lion (L)
HI
Aug. 13
Brian Schatz
John Carroll
Raghu Giuffre (ASP)
Michael Kokoski (L)
MD
Apr. 24
Barbara Mikulski   ...announced March 2, 2015 will not seek re-election  Chris Van Hollen Kathy Szeliga
Dr. Margaret Flowers (G)
several independents
NV
June 14
Harry Reid   ...announced March 27, 2015 will not seek re-election
Catherine Cortez Masto
Joe Heck
Tom Jones (IAP)
several independents
NY
June 28
Chuck Schumer
Wendy Long
Alex Merced (L)
OR
May 17
Ron Wyden
Mark Callahan
Steven Cody Reynolds (IP)
VT
Aug. 9
Pat Leahy
Scott Milne
Pete Diamondstone (LU)
Chris Ericson (I)
WA
Aug. 2
Patty Murray
Chris Vance
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Primary
DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLICAN incumbents (24)
AL
Mar. 1
Ron Crumpton
Richard Shelby

AK
Aug. 16
Ray Metcalfe
Lisa Murkowski
Joe Miller (L)
Bruce Walden (V)
Margaret Stock (I)
AZ
Aug. 30
Ann Kirkpatrick John McCain

AR
Mar. 1
Conner Eldridge
John Boozman
Frank Gilbert (L)
FL
Aug. 30
Patrick Murphy
Marco Rubio   ...announced April 13, 2015 running for president; reversed June 22, 2016 (+)
GA
May 24
Jim Barksdale
Johnny Isakson
Allen Buckley (L)
ID
May 17
Jerry Sturgill
Mike Crapo
Ray Writz (C)
IL
Mar. 15
Tammy Duckworth
Mark Kirk
Chad Koppie (C)
Scott Summers (G)
Kent McMillen (L)
Eric Conklin (I)

IN
May 3
Evan Bayh
Dan Coats   ...announced March 24, 2015 will not seek re-election
Todd Young
Lucy Brenton (L)
IA
June 7
Patty Judge
Chuck Grassley
Michael Luick-Thrams
KS
Aug. 2
Patrick Wiesner
Jerry Moran
Robert Garrard (L)
KY
May 17
Jim Gray
Rand Paul

LA
Nov. 8


Foster Campbell (D) second at 17.5%
David Vitter   ...ran for governor in 2015; ann'ced on Nov. 21, 2015 will not seek re-election
John Kennedy (R) top finisher 25.0%


...general Dec. 10
MO
Aug. 2
Jason Kander
Roy Blunt
Fred Ryman (C)
Jonathan Dine (L)
NH
Sept. 13
Gov. Maggie Hassan
Kelly Ayotte
Brian Chabot (L)
NC
June 7
Deborah Ross
Richard Burr
Sean Haugh (L)
ND
June 14
Eliot Glassheim
John Hoeven
Robert Marquette (L)
OH
Mar. 15
Ted Strickland
Rob Portman
Joe DeMare (G)
OK
June 28
Mike Workman
James Lankford
Robert T. Murphy (L)
PA
Apr. 26
Katie McGinty
Pat Toomey
several independents
SC
June 14
Pastor Thomas Dixon
Tim Scott
Bill Bledsoe (L/C)
SD
June 7
Jay Williams
John Thune

UT
June 28
Misty K. Snow
Mike Lee
Bill Barron (I)
WI
Aug. 9
Russ Feingold
Ron Johnson
Phil Anderson (L)
Also note:  If Sen. Tim Kaine (D) had been elected Vice President, Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) would have appointed someone to fill the seat until a special election was held coinciding with the 2017 elections.



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