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The 1996 Senate map

33 Senate contests were decided in 1996: Democrats won 13, Republicans 20. Every contest below links to its page with the state's full Senate history.

1996 US Senate elections
1996 Senate margin by stateA map of the United States with each state filled by its 1996 result — deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), and gold where an independent or third-party candidate carried the state.Alabama · R+7.0Alaska · R+66.7Arizona · —Colorado · R+5.7Florida · —Georgia · D+1.3Indiana · —Kansas · R+27.6Maine · R+5.3Massachusetts · D+7.5Minnesota · D+9.0New Jersey · D+10.1North Carolina · R+6.7North Dakota · —Oklahoma · R+16.6Pennsylvania · —South Dakota · D+2.6Texas · R+10.8Wyoming · R+11.9Connecticut · —Missouri · —West Virginia · D+53.3Illinois · D+15.4New Mexico · R+34.9Arkansas · R+5.4California · —Delaware · D+21.9District of Columbia · —Hawaii · —Iowa · D+5.1Kentucky · R+12.6Maryland · —Michigan · D+18.5Mississippi · R+43.6Montana · D+4.9New Hampshire · R+3.0New York · —Ohio · —Oregon · R+3.9Tennessee · R+24.5Utah · —Virginia · R+5.1Washington · —Wisconsin · —Nebraska · R+14.8South Carolina · R+9.4Idaho · R+17.1Nevada · —Vermont · —Louisiana · D+0.3Rhode Island · D+28.4
1996Senate margin
D+60
R+60
States with a Senate contest in 1996, each filled by its result. States without a seat up this cycle are faint.
Smaller states, enlarged
NHR+3.0MAD+7.5RID+28.4NJD+10.1DED+21.9
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
13
Republican wins
20
Democratic 1313Republican 2020
Every contest
Statewide totals; candidate-level detail joins when the raw store is re-fetched with names.
StateWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
AlaskaR
−66.7%
23,977177,893230,907
AlabamaR
−7.0%
681,651786,4361,498,760
ArkansasR
−5.4%
400,241445,942846,183
ColoradoR
−5.7%
667,600750,3151,459,535
DelawareD
+21.9%
165,465105,088275,591
GeorgiaD
+1.3%
1,103,9931,073,9692,259,224
IowaD
+5.1%
634,166571,8071,224,054
IdahoR
−17.1%
198,422283,532497,233
IllinoisD
+15.4%
2,384,0281,728,8244,246,494
KansasR
−27.6%
362,380652,6771,052,300
KentuckyR
−12.6%
560,012724,7941,307,029
LouisianaD
+0.3%
852,945847,1571,700,102
MassachusettsD
+7.5%
1,334,1351,143,1202,555,942
MaineR
−5.3%
266,226298,422606,777
MichiganD
+18.5%
2,195,7381,500,1063,762,271
MinnesotaD
+9.0%
1,098,430901,1942,181,775
MississippiR
−43.6%
240,647624,154878,662
MontanaD
+4.9%
201,935182,111407,490
North CarolinaR
−6.7%
1,173,8751,345,8332,556,313
NebraskaR
−14.8%
281,904379,933661,837
New HampshireR
−3.0%
227,355242,257491,873
New JerseyD
+10.1%
1,519,1541,227,3512,883,466
New MexicoR
−34.9%
164,356357,171551,821
OklahomaR
−16.6%
474,162670,6101,183,150
OregonR
−3.9%
624,370677,3361,360,230
Rhode IslandD
+28.4%
230,676127,368364,371
South CarolinaR
−9.4%
510,951619,8591,161,231
South DakotaD
+2.6%
166,533157,954324,487
TennesseeR
−24.5%
654,9371,091,5541,778,603
TexasR
−10.8%
2,428,7763,027,6805,527,441
VirginiaR
−5.1%
1,115,9821,235,7442,351,726
West VirginiaD
+53.3%
456,526139,088595,614
WyomingR
−11.9%
89,103114,116211,077