Elections by year

1982 elections

Every election in 1982 in the 99chambers archive: generals, primaries, specials and runoffs for Congress, governor, statewide offices and the state legislatures.

← 19811983 →

Races7,473
Changed party18
Unopposed28%1,614 races
Incumbents defeated346

Jan 1, 1982 special

1 races in 1 state: State legislatures

Apr 1, 1982 special

1 races in 1 state: State legislatures

1982 primaries

1,525 races in 10 states: State legislatures

Jun 1, 1982 runoff

7 races in 1 state: State legislatures

Jun 1, 1982 special

1 races in 1 state: State legislatures

Aug 1, 1982 runoff

25 races in 2 states: State legislatures

Sep 1, 1982 runoff

43 races in 2 states: State legislatures

Sep 1, 1982 special

8 races in 1 state: State legislatures

Oct 1, 1982 runoff

29 races in 1 state: State legislatures

Oct 1, 1982 special

1 races in 1 state: State legislatures

Nov 2, 1982 general

1 races in 1 state: State legislatures

1982 general

5,829 races in 50 states: U.S. Senate, Governors, U.S. House, State legislaturesD 269 · R 165 · Uncalled 1

Dec 1, 1982 special

2 races in 2 states: State legislatures

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse); English Wikipedia; Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab