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The 1984 elections to the United States Senate coincided with the landslide re-election of President Ronald Reagan in the 1984 presidential election. In spite of the lopsided presidential race, Reagan's Republican Party suffered a net loss of two seats to the Democrats, although it retained control of the Senate.
Notable Senators elected for the first time in this election include:
Democrats also defeated Roger Jepsen (R-IA) and Charles H. Percy (R-IL).
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Parties | Incumbents | This election |
Result | +/- | Popular Vote | |||
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Not up | Won | Vote | % | |||||
Republican Party | 54 | 36 | 17 | 53 | 1 | 22,850,493 | 49.33% | |
Democratic Party | 46 | 31 | 16 | 47 | 1 | 23,079,278 | 49.82% | |
Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 393,029 | 0.85% | ||
Total | 100 | 67 | 33 | 100 | 46,322,800 | 100.0% |
Source: Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk
A bolded state name indicates an article about that state's election.
State | Incumbent | Party | Result | Other Candidates |
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Alabama | Howell Heflin | Democratic | Re-elected, 62.7% | Albert L. Smith, Jr. (Republican) 36.4% Yana Davis (Libertarian) 0.9% |
Alaska | Ted Stevens | Republican | Re-elected, 71.2% | John E. Havelock (Democratic) 28.5% |
Arkansas | David Pryor | Democratic | Re-elected, 57.3% | Ed Bethune (Republican) 42.7% |
Colorado | William L. Armstrong | Republican | Re-elected, 64.2% | Nancy E. Dick (Democratic) 34.6% Craig Green (Libertarian) 0.9% David Martin (Socialist Workers) 0.2% Earl Higgerson (Prohibition) 0.1% |
Delaware | Joe Biden | Democratic | Re-elected, 60.1% | John M. Burris (Republican) 39.1% |
Georgia | Sam Nunn | Democratic | Re-elected, 79.9% | Jon M. Hicks (Republican) 20.1% |
Idaho | James A. McClure | Republican | Re-elected, 72.2% | Peter M. Busch (Democratic) 26.0% Donald Billings (Libertarian) 1.8% |
Illinois | Charles H. Percy | Republican | Lost re-election, 48.2% Democratic gain |
Paul Simon(Democratic) 50.1% Steven Givot (Libertarian) 1.2% Marjorie Pries (Citizens) 0.2% Nelson Gonzalez (Socialist Workers) 0.1% Ishmael Flory (Communist) 0.1% |
Iowa | Roger Jepsen | Republican | Lost re-election, 43.7% Democratic gain |
Tom Harkin (Democratic) 55.5% Garry De Young (Independent) 0.8% |
Kansas | Nancy Landon Kassebaum | Republican | Re-elected, 76.0% | James R. Maher (Democratic) 21.2% Lucille Bieger (Conservative) 0.9% Marian Jackson (American) 0.7% Douglas Merritt (Libertarian) 0.7% Freda Steele (Prohibition) 0.5% |
Kentucky | Walter Huddleston | Democratic | Lost re-election, 49.5% Republican gain |
Mitch McConnell (Republican) 49.9% Dave Welters (Socialist Workers) 0.6% |
Louisiana | Bennett Johnston Jr. | Democratic | Re-elected | |
Maine | William Cohen | Republican | Re-elected, 73.3% | Elizabeth H. "Libby" Mitchell (Democratic) 25.9% Ann Stoddard (Constitutionalist) 0.8% |
Massachusetts | Paul Tsongas | Democratic | Retired Democratic hold |
John Kerry (Democratic) 55.1% Ray Shamie (Republican) 44.9% |
Michigan | Carl Levin | Democratic | Re-elected, 51.8% | Jack R. Lousma (Republican) 47.2% |
Minnesota | Rudy Boschwitz | Republican | Re-elected, 58.1% | Joan Growe (Democratic) 41.3% |
Mississippi | Thad Cochran | Republican | Re-elected, 60.9% | William Winter (Democratic) 39.1% |
Montana | Max Baucus | Democratic | Re-elected, 56.9% | Chuck Cozzens (Republican) 40.7% Neil Halprin (Libertarian) 2.4% |
Nebraska | J. James Exon | Democratic | Re-elected, 51.9% | Nancy Hoch (Republican) 48.0% |
New Hampshire | Gordon J. Humphrey | Republican | Re-elected, 58.7% | Norman D'Amours (Democratic) 41.0% Saunder Primack (Libertarian) 0.3% |
New Jersey | Bill Bradley | Democratic | Re-elected, 64.2% | Mary V. Mochary (Republican) 35.2% |
New Mexico | Pete Domenici | Republican | Re-elected, 71.9% | Judith A. Pratt (Democratic) 28.1% |
North Carolina | Jesse Helms | Republican | Re-elected, 51.7% | Jim Hunt (Democratic) 47.8% |
Oklahoma | David L. Boren | Democratic | Re-elected, 75.6% | Will E. Crozier (Republican) 23.4% Robert Murphy (Libertarian) 0.9% |
Oregon | Mark Hatfield | Republican | Re-elected, 66.5% | Margie Hendrickson (Democratic) 33.4% |
Rhode Island | Claiborne Pell | Democratic | Re-elected, 72.6% | Barbara Leonard (Republican) 27.4% |
South Carolina | Strom Thurmond | Republican | Re-elected, 66.8% | Melvin Purvis, Jr. (Democratic) 31.8% |
South Dakota | Larry Pressler | Republican | Re-elected, 74.5% | George V. Cunningham (Democratic) 25.5% |
Tennessee | Howard Baker | Republican | Retired Democratic gain |
Al Gore (Democratic) 60.7% Victor Ashe (Republican) 33.8% Ed McAteer (Independent) 5.3% |
Texas | John Tower | Republican | Retired Republican hold |
Phil Gramm (Republican) 58.5% Lloyd Doggett (Democratic) 41.4% |
Virginia | John Warner | Republican | Re-elected, 70.0% | Edythe C. Harrison (Democratic) 29.9% |
West Virginia | Jennings Randolph | Democratic | Retired Democratic hold |
Jay Rockefeller (Democratic) 51.8% John Raese (Republican) 47.7% Mary Radin (Socialist Workers) 0.5% |
Wyoming | Alan K. Simpson | Republican | Re-elected, 78.3% | Victor A. Ryan (Democratic) 21.7% |
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