United States Senate elections, 1992

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The U.S. Senate election, 1992 was an election for the United States Senate in which the victory of Bill Clinton in the presidential election was not accompanied by major Democratic gains in the Senate.

Democratic victories over John F. Seymour (R-CA) and Bob Kasten (R-WI) were cancelled out by the defeats of Wyche Fowler, Jr. (D-GA) and Terry Sanford (D-NC). The election of four new Democratic women to the Senate was notable (referred to in the press as the "Year of the Woman"). Due to a special election in California, both of California's Senate seats were up for election in 1992. These seats were won by Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer.

In 1993, Democratic Senator Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX) resigned to become Secretary of the Treasury. His replacement, Bob Krueger (D-TX), lost a special election to Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX). This election was held in June 1993 and so is not included in the party balance numbers below.

Carol Moseley-Braun, D-Illinois, became the first African-American woman to serve in the United States Senate.

[edit] Senate contests in 1992

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing Candidates
Alabama	Richard Shelby	Democrat	Re-elected, 64.8 - 33.1 - 2.0	Richard Sellars (Republican) Jerome Shockley (Libertarian)
Alaska	Frank Murkowski	Republican	Re-elected, 53.0 - 38.4 - 8.4	Tony Smith (Democrat) Mary Jordan (Green)
Arizona	John McCain	Republican	Re-elected, 55.8 - 31.6 - 10.5 - 1.6	Claire Sargent (Democrat) Evan Mecham (Independent) Kiana Delamare (Libertarian)
Arkansas	Dale Bumpers	Democrat	Re-elected, 60.2 - 39.8	Mike Huckabee (Republican)
California¹	John F. Seymour	Republican	Defeated, 54.3 - 38.0 - 2.8	Dianne Feinstein (Democrat) Gerald Horne (Peace and Freedom)
California	Alan Cranston	Democrat	Retired: Democratic victory, 47.9 - 43.0 - 3.5	Barbara Boxer (Democrat) Bruce Herschensohn (Republican) Genevieve Torres (Peace and Freedom)
Colorado	Timothy Wirth	Democrat	Retired: Democratic victory, 51.8 - 42.7 - 2.7	Ben Nighthorse Campbell (Democrat) Terry Considine (Republican) Richard Grimes (Independent)
Connecticut	Christopher Dodd	Democrat	Re-elected, 58.8 - 38.1	Brook Johnson (Republican)
Florida	Bob Graham	Democrat	Re-elected, 65.4 - 34.6	James W. Grant (Republican)
Georgia	Wyche Fowler, Jr.	Democrat	Defeated, 50.7 - 49.3	Paul Coverdell (Republican)
Hawaii	Daniel Inouye	Democrat	Re-elected, 57.3 - 26.9 - 13.7	Rick Reed (Republican) Linda Martin (Green)
Idaho	Steven Symms	Republican	Retired: Republican victory, 56.5 - 43.5	Dirk Kempthorne (Republican) Richard H. Stallings (Democrat)
Illinois	Alan J. Dixon	Democrat	Defeated in Primary: Democratic victory, 53.3 - 43.1	Carol Moseley-Braun (Democrat) Richard Williamson (Republican)
Indiana	Daniel Coats	Republican	Re-elected, 57.3 - 40.7	Joseph Hogsett (Democrat)
Iowa	Charles Grassley	Republican	Re-elected, 69.6 - 27.2	Jean Lloyd-Jones (Democrat)
Kansas	Bob Dole	Republican	Re-elected, 62.7 - 31.0 - 4.0	Gloria O'Dell (Democrat) Christina Campbell-Cline (Independent)
Kentucky	Wendell Ford	Democrat	Re-elected, 62.9 - 35.8	David Williams (Republican)
Louisiana	John Breaux	Democrat	Re-elected, in primary
Maryland	Barbara Mikulski	Democrat	Re-elected, 71.0 - 29.0	Alan Keyes (Republican)
Missouri	Christopher Bond	Republican	Re-elected, 51.9 - 44.9 - 3.2	Geri Rothman-Serot (Democrat) Jeanne Bojarski (Libertarian)
Nevada	Harry Reid	Democrat	Re-elected, 51.0 - 40.2 - 2.3	Demar Dahl (Republican) Joe Garcia (Independent)
New Hampshire	Warren Rudman	Republican	Retired: Republican victory, 48.2 - 45.3 - 3.5	Judd Gregg (Republican) John Rauh (Democrat) K. Alexander (Libertarian)
New York	Alfonse D'Amato	Republican	Re-elected, 49.0 - 47.8	Robert Abrams (Democrat)
North Carolina	Terry Sanford	Democrat	Defeated, 50.4 - 46.3 - 3.3	Lauch Faircloth (Republican) Bobby Emory (Libertarian)
North Dakota²	Jocelyn Burdick	Democrat	Retired: Democratic victory, 63.3 - 33.7 - 3.0	Kent Conrad (Democrat) Jack Dalrymple (Republican) Darold Larson (Independent)
North Dakota	Kent Conrad	Democrat	Retired: Democratic victory, 59.0 - 38.9 - 2.1	Byron Dorgan (Democrat) Steve Sydness (Republican) Tom Asbridge (Independent)
Ohio	John H. Glenn Jr.	Democrat	Re-elected, 51.0 - 42.3 - 6.7	R. Michael DeWine (Republican) Martha Grevatt (Independent)
Oklahoma	Don Nickles	Republican	Re-elected, 58.5 - 38.2	Steve Lewis (Democrat)
Oregon	Bob Packwood	Republican	Re-elected, 52.1 - 46.5	Les AuCoin (Democrat)
Pennsylvania	Arlen Specter	Republican	Re-elected, 49.1 - 46.3 - 4.6	Lynn Yeakel (Democrat) John Perry III (Libertarian)
South Carolina	Ernest Hollings	Democrat	Re-elected, 50.1 - 46.9	Thomas Hartnett (Republican)
South Dakota	Tom Daschle	Democrat	Re-elected, 64.9 - 32.5	Charlene Haar (Republican)
Utah	Jake Garn	Republican	Retired: Republican victory, 55.4 - 39.7 - 2.3	Robert Bennett (Republican) Wayne Owens (Democrat) Anita Morrow (Independent)
Vermont	Patrick Leahy	Democrat	Re-elected, 54.2 - 43.3	Jim Douglas (Republican)
Washington	Brock Adams	Democrat	Retired: Democratic victory, 54.0 - 46.0	Patty Murray (Democrat) Rod Chandler (Republican)
Wisconsin	Bob Kasten	Republican	Defeated, 52.6 - 46.0	Russell Feingold (Democrat)