United States Senate elections, 1990

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The U.S. Senate election, 1990 was an election for the United States Senate in which the Democratic Party increased its majority with a net gain of one seat from the Republicans. This was in keeping with the trend that the party of the President often loses seats in a midterm election.

Only one seat actually changed parties in this election, when Paul Wellstone defeated incumbent Rudy Boschwitz (R-MN). Later, the Democrats gained a 57th seat when Harris Wofford won a special election to replace H. John Heinz III, (R-PA), who had died in a plane crash.

[edit] Senate contests in 1990

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing Candidates
Alabama	Howell Heflin	Democrat	Re-elected, 60.7 - 39.3	Bill Cabaniss (Republican)
Alaska	Ted Stevens	Republican	Re-elected, 67.2 - 32.8	Michael Beasley (Democrat)
Arkansas	David H. Pryor	Democrat	Re-elected, unopposed
Colorado	William L. Armstrong	Republican	Retired: Republican victory, 57.2 - 42.8	Hank Brown (Republican) Josie Heath (Democrat)
Delaware	Joseph R. Biden, Jr.	Democrat	Re-elected, 63.4 - 36.6	M. Jane Brady (Republican)
Georgia	Sam Nunn	Democrat	Re-elected, unopposed
Hawaii¹	Daniel K. Akaka	Democrat	Re-elected, 54.0 - 44.6	Patricia Saiki (Republican)
Idaho	James A. McClure	Republican	Retired: Republican victory, 61.3 - 38.7	Larry E. Craig (Republican) Ron J. Twilegar (Democrat)
Illinois	Paul Simon	Democrat	Re-elected, 64.9 - 35.1	Lynn Martin (Republican)
Indiana²	Daniel R. Coats	Republican	Re-elected, 53.7 - 46.3	Baron P. Hill (Democrat)
Iowa	Tom Harkin	Democrat	Re-elected, 54.0 - 46.0	Tom Tauke (Republican)
Kansas	Nancy Landon Kassebaum	Republican	Re-elected, 73.6 - 26.4	Dick Williams (Democrat)
Kentucky	Mitch McConnell	Republican	Re-elected, 52.2 - 47.8	Harvey Sloane (Democrat)
Louisiana	J. Bennett Johnston	Democrat	Re-elected, in Primary
Maine	William S. Cohen	Republican	Re-elected, 61.4 - 38.6	Neil Rolde (Democrat)
Massachusetts	John F. Kerry	Democrat	Re-elected, 56.9 - 43.1	Jim Rappaport (Republican)
Michigan	Carl Levin	Democrat	Re-elected, 58.3 - 41.7	Bill Schuette (Republican)
Minnesota	Rudy Boschwitz	Republican	Defeated, 50.5 - 48.5	Paul Wellstone (Democrat)
Mississippi	Thad Cochran	Republican	Re-elected, unopposed
Montana	Max Baucus	Democrat	Re-elected, 69.8 - 30.2	Allen C. Kolstad (Republican)
Nebraska	J. James Exon	Democrat	Re-elected, 59.1 - 40.9	Hal Daub (Republican)
New Hampshire	Gordon J. Humphrey	Republican	Retired: Republican victory, 67.3 - 32.7	Robert C. Smith (Republican) John A. Durkin (Democrat)
New Jersey	Bill Bradley	Democrat	Re-elected, 50.4 - 47.4	Christine Todd Whitman (Republican)
New Mexico	Pete V. Domenici	Republican	Re-elected, 72.9 - 27.1	Tom R. Benavides (Democrat)
North Carolina	Jesse Helms	Republican	Re-elected, 52.5 - 47.5	Harvey B. Gantt (Democrat)
Oklahoma	David L. Boren	Democrat	Re-elected, 83.2 - 17.8	Stephen Jones (Republican)
Oregon	Mark O. Hatfield	Republican	Re-elected, 53.9 - 46.1	Harry Lonsdale (Democrat)
Rhode Island	Claiborne Pell	Democrat	Re-elected, 61.8 - 38.2	Claudine Schneider (Republican)
South Carolina	Strom Thurmond	Republican	Re-elected, 66.3 - 33.7	Bob Cunningham (Democrat)
South Dakota	Larry Pressler	Republican	Re-elected, 52.4 - 45.1 - 2.5	Ted Muenster (Democrat) Dean L. Sinclair (Independent)
Tennessee	Al Gore	Democrat	Re-elected, 69.6 - 30.4	Dwight Henry (Republican)
Texas	Phil Gramm	Republican	Re-elected, 61.7 - 38.3	Hugh Parmer (Democrat)
Virginia	John W. Warner	Republican	Re-elected, 81.6 - 18.4	Nancy B. Spannaus (Independent)
West Virginia	John D. Rockefeller IV	Democrat	Re-elected, 68.5 - 31.5	John Yoder (Republican)
Wyoming	Alan K. Simpson	Republican	Re-elected, 66.4 - 33.6	Kathy Helling (Democrat)