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Elections / 1982 · US Senate

The 1982 Senate map

33 Senate contests were decided in 1982: Democrats won 20, Republicans 13. Every contest below links to its page with the state's full Senate history.

1982 US Senate elections
1982 Senate margin by stateA map of the United States with each state filled by its 1982 result — deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), and gold where an independent or third-party candidate carried the state.Alabama · —Alaska · —Arizona · D+16.6Colorado · —Florida · D+23.5Georgia · —Indiana · R+8.2Kansas · —Maine · D+21.7Massachusetts · D+22.6Minnesota · R+6.0New Jersey · D+3.2North Carolina · —North Dakota · D+28.8Oklahoma · —Pennsylvania · R+20.1South Dakota · —Texas · D+18.1Wyoming · R+13.3Connecticut · R+4.3Missouri · R+1.7West Virginia · D+37.7Illinois · —New Mexico · D+7.5Arkansas · —California · R+6.8Delaware · R+11.0District of Columbia · —Hawaii · D+63.1Iowa · —Kentucky · —Maryland · D+26.9Michigan · D+16.9Mississippi · D+28.4Montana · D+12.8New Hampshire · —New York · D+33.7Ohio · D+15.5Oregon · —Tennessee · D+23.9Utah · R+16.9Virginia · R+2.4Washington · D+44.7Wisconsin · D+29.5Nebraska · D+38.1South Carolina · —Idaho · —Nevada · R+2.4Vermont · R+3.0Louisiana · —Rhode Island · R+2.4
1982Senate margin
D+60
R+60
States with a Senate contest in 1982, each filled by its result. States without a seat up this cycle are faint.
Smaller states, enlarged
VTR+3.0MAD+22.6RIR+2.4CTR+4.3NJD+3.2DER+11.0MDD+26.9
Blue and red show the Democratic-vs-Republican margin; gold marks a seat an independent won (e.g. Vermont or Maine). Where a state ran two contests in one year, the map shows the regular-cycle result.
Cycle summary
Wins by party — seats decided this cycle, not the resulting chamber balance.
Contests
33
Democratic wins
20
Republican wins
13
Democratic 2020Republican 1313
Every contest
Statewide totals; candidate-level detail joins when the raw store is re-fetched with names.
StateWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
ArizonaD
+16.6%
411,970291,749723,819
CaliforniaR
−6.8%
3,494,9684,022,5657,805,450
ConnecticutR
−4.3%
499,146545,9871,083,508
DelawareR
−11.0%
84,413105,357190,960
FloridaD
+23.5%
1,637,6671,015,3302,652,997
HawaiiD
+63.1%
245,38652,071306,410
IndianaR
−8.2%
828,400978,3011,817,287
MassachusettsD
+22.6%
1,247,084784,6022,050,564
MarylandD
+26.9%
707,356407,3341,114,690
MaineD
+21.7%
279,819179,882459,701
MichiganD
+16.9%
1,728,7931,223,2882,994,292
MinnesotaR
−6.0%
840,401949,2071,804,675
MissouriR
−1.7%
758,629784,8761,543,505
MississippiD
+28.4%
414,099230,927645,026
MontanaD
+12.8%
174,861133,789321,062
North DakotaD
+28.8%
164,87389,304262,465
NebraskaD
+38.1%
363,350155,760545,553
New JerseyD
+3.2%
1,117,5491,047,6262,193,945
New MexicoD
+7.5%
217,682187,128404,810
NevadaR
−2.4%
114,720120,377235,097
New YorkD
+33.7%
3,089,8711,415,7494,967,497
OhioD
+15.5%
1,923,7671,396,7903,395,463
PennsylvaniaR
−20.1%
1,412,9652,136,4183,604,108
Rhode IslandR
−2.4%
167,283175,495342,778
TennesseeD
+23.9%
780,113479,6421,259,755
TexasD
+18.1%
1,818,2231,256,7593,103,040
UtahR
−16.9%
219,482309,332530,802
VirginiaR
−2.4%
690,839724,5711,415,410
VermontR
−3.0%
79,34084,449167,815
WashingtonD
+44.7%
943,655332,2731,368,476
WisconsinD
+29.5%
983,311527,3551,544,883
West VirginiaD
+37.7%
387,170173,910565,314
WyomingR
−13.3%
72,46694,725167,191