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The 2006 Senate map

33 Senate contests were decided in 2006: Democrats won 22, Republicans 9, independents and others 2. Every contest below links to its page with the state's full Senate history.

2006 US Senate elections
2006 Senate margin by stateA map of the United States with each state filled by its 2006 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 · R+9.8Colorado · —Florida · D+22.2Georgia · —Indiana · R+87.4Kansas · —Maine · R+53.7Massachusetts · D+38.8Minnesota · D+20.1New Jersey · D+9.0North Carolina · —North Dakota · D+39.3Oklahoma · —Pennsylvania · D+17.4South Dakota · —Texas · R+25.6Wyoming · R+40.2Connecticut · O+10.9Missouri · D+2.3West Virginia · D+54.1Illinois · —New Mexico · D+41.3Arkansas · —California · D+24.4Delaware · D+41.5District of Columbia · —Hawaii · D+24.6Iowa · —Kentucky · —Maryland · D+10.0Michigan · D+15.7Mississippi · R+28.7Montana · D+0.9New Hampshire · —New York · D+33.1Ohio · D+12.4Oregon · —Tennessee · R+2.7Utah · R+31.3Virginia · D+0.4Washington · D+16.9Wisconsin · D+37.8Nebraska · D+27.8South Carolina · —Idaho · —Nevada · R+14.4Vermont · O+35.2Louisiana · —Rhode Island · D+7.0
2006Senate margin
D+60
R+60
States with a Senate contest in 2006, each filled by its result. States without a seat up this cycle are faint.
Gold marks a state an independent or third-party candidate carried — the blue/red ramp is the Democratic-vs-Republican margin only where a major party won.
Smaller states, enlarged
VTO+35.2MAD+38.8RID+7.0CTO+10.9NJD+9.0DED+41.5MDD+10.0
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
22
Republican wins
9
Other wins
2
Democratic 2222Republican 99Other 22
Every contest
Statewide totals; candidate-level detail joins when the raw store is re-fetched with names.
StateWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
ArizonaR
−9.8%
664,141814,3981,526,770
CaliforniaD
+24.4%
5,076,2892,990,8228,541,150
ConnecticutO
+30.1%
450,844109,1981,134,697
DelawareD
+41.5%
170,56769,734242,972
FloridaD
+22.2%
2,890,5481,826,1274,793,440
HawaiiD
+24.6%
210,330126,097342,842
IndianaR
−87.4%
01,171,5531,340,373
MassachusettsD
+38.8%
1,500,738661,5322,165,490
MarylandD
+10.0%
965,477787,1821,780,223
MaineR
−53.7%
113,131405,596545,128
MichiganD
+15.7%
2,151,2781,559,5973,780,118
MinnesotaD
+20.1%
1,278,849835,6532,201,818
MissouriD
+2.3%
1,055,2551,006,9412,128,371
MississippiR
−28.7%
213,000388,399610,921
MontanaD
+0.9%
199,845196,283406,505
North DakotaD
+39.3%
150,14664,417218,152
NebraskaD
+27.8%
378,388213,928592,316
New JerseyD
+9.0%
1,200,843997,7752,250,070
New MexicoD
+41.3%
394,365163,826558,191
NevadaR
−14.4%
238,796322,501582,572
New YorkD
+33.1%
2,698,9311,212,9024,490,053
OhioD
+12.4%
2,257,3691,761,0374,018,406
PennsylvaniaD
+17.4%
2,392,9841,684,7784,077,762
Rhode IslandD
+7.0%
206,043178,950384,993
TennesseeR
−2.7%
879,976929,9111,833,695
TexasR
−25.6%
1,555,2022,661,7894,314,663
UtahR
−31.3%
177,459356,238571,252
VirginiaD
+0.4%
1,175,6061,166,2772,367,985
VermontO
−32.4%
084,924262,152
WashingtonD
+16.9%
1,184,659832,1062,083,734
WisconsinD
+37.8%
1,439,214630,2992,138,297
West VirginiaD
+54.1%
159,15447,408206,562
WyomingR
−40.2%
57,671135,174192,845