The 1986 elections A midterm cycle: 34 US Senate contests on record. Presidential pages cover the quadrennial years on either side.
Elections › 1986 akashic 1986 Senate margin by state A map of the United States with each state filled by its 1986 result — deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), and gold where an independent or third-party candidate carried the state. Alabama · D+0.6 Alaska · R+9.9 Arizona · R+21.0 Colorado · D+1.6 Florida · D+9.5 Georgia · D+1.8 Indiana · R+22.1 Kansas · R+40.1 Maine · — Massachusetts · — Minnesota · — New Jersey · — North Carolina · D+1.8 North Dakota · D+0.7 Oklahoma · R+10.4 Pennsylvania · R+13.6 South Dakota · D+3.2 Texas · — Wyoming · — Connecticut · D+29.9 Missouri · R+5.3 West Virginia · — Illinois · D+31.4 New Mexico · — Arkansas · D+24.6 California · D+1.4 Delaware · — District of Columbia · — Hawaii · D+47.1 Iowa · R+32.5 Kentucky · D+48.8 Maryland · D+21.4 Michigan · — Mississippi · — Montana · — New Hampshire · R+30.6 New York · R+6.8 Ohio · D+24.9 Oregon · R+26.9 Tennessee · — Utah · R+45.8 Virginia · — Washington · D+2.0 Wisconsin · R+3.5 Nebraska · — South Carolina · D+27.5 Idaho · R+3.1 Nevada · D+5.5 Vermont · D+28.7 Louisiana · D+5.6 Rhode Island · — AL AK AZ CO FL GA IN KS NC ND OK PA SD MO IL AR CA HI IA KY NY OH OR UT WA WI SC ID NV LA States with a Senate contest in 1986, each filled by its result. States without a seat up this cycle are faint.
Blue and red show the Democratic-vs-Republican margin; gold marks a seat an independent won.