United States Senate elections, 1982
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| United States Senate elections, 1982 | ||||
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| 33 seats in the United States Senate | ||||
| November 2, 1982 | ||||
| Majority party | Minority party | |||
| Leader | Howard Baker | Robert Byrd | ||
| Party | Republican | Democratic | ||
| Leader's seat | Tennessee | West Virginia | ||
| Last election | 54 seats | 45 seats | ||
| Seats won | 54 | 46 | ||
| Seat change | +0 | +1 | ||
| Republican holds
Republican pickups Democratic holds Democratic pickups |
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Incumbent Majority Leader Majority Leader-elect |
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The United States Senate election of November 2, 1982 was an election for the United States Senate following the Republican gains in 1980. Party balance was unchanged following the election, with the Republican seat total unchanged and the Democrats gaining one seat (one Democratic-leaning Independent left the Senate).
Incumbents Howard Cannon of Nevada and Harrison Schmitt of New Mexico lost seats to the opposite party, the open seat in Virginia that had been held by independent Harry F. Byrd, Jr. was taken by a Republican, and the open seat in New Jersey was taken by a Democrat.
In 1983, Republicans picked up the seat of Henry M. Jackson (D-WA) in a special election. This is not included in the numbers below.
[edit] Senate Contests in 1982
A bolded state name indicates an article about that state's election.
| State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing Candidates |
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| Arizona | Dennis DeConcini | Democratic | Re-elected, 56.9% | Pete Dunn (Republican) 40.3% Randall Clamons (Libertarian) 2.8% |
| California | S. I. Hayakawa | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Pete Wilson (Republican) 51.5% Jerry Brown (Democratic) 44.8% Tena Dietrich (American Ind.) 1.4% David Wald (Peace & Freedom) 1.2% Joseph Fuhrig (Libertarian) 1.1% |
| Connecticut | Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. | Republican | Re-elected, 50.4% | Toby Moffett (Democratic) 46.1% Lucien DiFazio (Conservative) 2.8% James A. Lewis (Libertarian) 0.7% |
| Delaware | William V. Roth, Jr. | Republican | Re-elected, 55.2% | David N. Levinson (Democratic) 44.2% |
| Florida | Lawton Chiles | Democratic | Re-elected, 61.7% | Van B. Poole (Republican) 38.3% |
| Hawaii | Spark Matsunaga | Democratic | Re-elected, 80.1% | Clarence J. Brown (Republican) 17.0% E Floyd Bernier-Nachtwey (Independent) 2.9% |
| Indiana | Richard Lugar | Republican | Re-elected, 53.8% | Floyd Fithian (Democratic) 45.6% Raymond James (American) 0.6% |
| Maine | George Mitchell1 | Democratic | Re-elected, 60.9% | David F. Emery (Republican) 39.1% |
| Maryland | Paul Sarbanes | Democratic | Re-elected, 63.5% | Lawrence Hogan (Republican) 36.5% |
| Massachusetts | Ted Kennedy | Democratic | Re-elected, 60.8% | Ray Shamie (Republican) 38.3% Howard S. Katz (Libertarian) 0.9% |
| Michigan | Donald W. Riegle, Jr. | Democratic | Re-elected, 57.7% | Philip Ruppe (Republican) 40.9% |
| Minnesota | David Durenberger | Republican | Re-elected, 52.6% | Mark Dayton (Democratic) 46.6% |
| Mississippi | John C. Stennis | Democratic | Re-elected, 64.2% | Haley Barbour (Republican) 35.8% |
| Missouri | John Danforth | Republican | Re-elected, 50.8% | Harriett Woods (Democratic) 49.1% |
| Montana | John Melcher | Democratic | Re-elected, 54.4% | Larry Williams (Republican) 41.7% Larry Dodge (Libertarian) 3.9% |
| Nebraska | Edward Zorinsky | Democratic | Re-elected, 66.6% | Jim Keck (Republican) 28.5% Virginia Walsh (Independent) 4.9% |
| Nevada | Howard Cannon | Democratic | Defeated, 47.7% | Chic Hecht (Republican) 50.1% |
| New Jersey | Nicholas F. Brady2 | Republican | Retired, Democratic victory | Frank Lautenberg (Democratic) 50.9% Millicent Fenwick (Republican) 47.8% |
| New Mexico | Harrison Schmitt | Republican | Defeated, 46.2% | Jeff Bingaman (Democratic) 53.8% |
| New York | Daniel Patrick Moynihan | Democratic | Re-elected, 65.1% | Florence M. Sullivan (Republican) 34.2% |
| North Dakota | Quentin N. Burdick | Democratic | Re-elected, 62.8% | Gene Knorr (Republican) 34.0% Anna B. Bourgois (Independent) 3.1% |
| Ohio | Howard Metzenbaum | Democratic | Re-elected, 56.7% | Paul E. Pfeifer (Republican) 41.1% |
| Pennsylvania | H. John Heinz III | Republican | Re-elected, 59.3% | Cyril Wecht (Democratic) 39.2% |
| Rhode Island | John Chafee | Republican | Re-elected, 51.2% | Julius C. Michaelson (Democratic) 48.8% |
| Tennessee | Jim Sasser | Democratic | Re-elected, 61.9% | Robin Beard (Republican) 38.1% |
| Texas | Lloyd Bentsen | Democratic | Re-elected, 58.6% | James M. Collins (Republican) 40.5% |
| Utah | Orrin Hatch | Republican | Re-elected, 58.3% | Ted Wilson (Democratic) 41.3% George Mercier (Libertarian) 0.2% Lawrence R Kauffman American 0.2% |
| Vermont | Robert Stafford | Republican | Re-elected, 50.3% | James A. Guest (Democratic) 47.2% |
| Virginia | Harry F. Byrd, Jr. | Independent | Retired, Republican victory | Paul S. Trible, Jr. (Republican) 51.2% Richard Joseph Davis (Democratic) 48.8% |
| Washington | Henry M. Jackson | Democratic | Re-elected, 68.9% | Doug Jewett (Republican) 24.3% King Lysen (Independent) 5.3% Jesse Chiang (Libertarian) 1.5% |
| West Virginia | Robert Byrd | Democratic | Re-elected, 68.5% | Cleve Benedict (Republican) 30.8% |
| Wisconsin | William Proxmire | Democratic | Re-elected, 63.6% | Scott McCallum (Republican) 34.1% |
| Wyoming | Malcolm Wallop | Republican | Re-elected, 56.7% | Rodger McDaniel (Democratic) 43.3% |
1Mitchell was appointed to the seat on May 17, 1980, after Edmund Muskie resigned. No special election was held in 1980.
2Brady was appointed to the seat on April 12, 1982, after Harrison A. Williams resigned. He did not seek re-election when Williams' term expired.
[edit] See also
- U.S. House election, 1982
- United States House elections, 1982
- United States gubernatorial elections, 1982
- United States Senate elections, 1984
- United States Senate elections, 1980
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