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1982 general · November 2, 1982

1982 U.S. Senate election results

Every U.S. Senate race in the 1982 general election, state by state: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races33
Changed party4
Unopposed0%0 races

U.S. Senate

D 20 · R 13

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
ArizonaDennis DeConcini (D)16.6
CaliforniaPete Wilson (R)6.8
ConnecticutLowell P. Weicker Jr. (R)4.3
DelawareWilliam Roth (R)11.0
FloridaLawton Chiles (D)23.5
HawaiiSpark Matsunaga (D)63.1
IndianaRichard G. Lugar (R)8.2
MaineGeorge Mitchell (D)21.7
MarylandPaul Sarbanes (D)26.9
MassachusettsEdward Kennedy (D)22.6
MichiganDonald Riegle (D)16.9
MinnesotaDavid Durenberger (R)6.0Flipped
MississippiJohn C. Stennis (D)28.4
MissouriJohn Danforth (R)1.7
MontanaJohn Melcher (D)12.8
NebraskaEdward Zorinsky (D)38.0
NevadaChic Hecht (R)2.4Flipped
New JerseyFrank R. Lautenberg (D)3.2
New MexicoJeff Bingaman (D)7.5Flipped
New YorkDaniel Moynihan (D)30.9
North DakotaQuentin Burdick (D)28.8
OhioHoward Metzenbaum (D)15.5
PennsylvaniaJohn Heinz (R)20.1
Rhode IslandJohn Chafee (R)2.4
TennesseeJames Sasser (D)23.9
TexasLloyd Bentsen (D)18.1
UtahOrrin G. Hatch (R)16.9
VermontRobert T. Stafford (R)3.0
VirginiaPaul S. Trible Jr. (R)2.4Flipped
WashingtonHenry M. Jackson (D)44.7
West VirginiaRobert Byrd (D)37.7
WisconsinWilliam Proxmire (D)29.5
WyomingMalcolm Wallop (R)13.3

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab