1984 general · November 6, 1984

1984 U.S. Senate election results

Name: 1984 U.S. Senate election results
Creator: 99chambers

Every U.S. Senate race in the 1984 general election, state by state: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races33

Changed party5

Unopposed3%1 races

U.S. Senate

D 16 · R 17

Race	Winner	Won by	Notes
Alabama	Howell Heflin (D)	26.4
Alaska	Ted Stevens (R)	42.7
Arkansas	David Pryor (D)	14.7
Colorado	William Armstrong (R)	29.6
Delaware	Joseph Biden (D)	20.2
Georgia	Samuel Nunn (D)	59.9
Idaho	James McClure (R)	46.2
Illinois	Paul Simon (D)	1.9	Flipped
Iowa	Tom Harkin (D)	11.8	Flipped
Kansas	Nancy Kassebaum (R)	54.8
Kentucky	Mitch McConnell (R)	0.4	Flipped
Louisiana	John Johnston (D)	Unopposed
Maine	William Cohen (R)	47.5
Massachusetts	John F. Kerry (D)	10.1
Michigan	Carl Levin (D)	4.6
Minnesota	Rudy Boschwitz (R)	16.8
Mississippi	Thad Cochran (R)	21.9
Montana	Max Baucus (D)	16.2
Nebraska	J. James Exon (D)	3.9
New Hampshire	Gordon Humphrey (R)	17.8
New Jersey	William Bradley (D)	29.3
New Mexico	Pete Domenici (R)	43.8
North Carolina	Jesse Helms (R)	3.9
Oklahoma	David Boren (D)	52.2
Oregon	Mark Hatfield (R)	33.1
Rhode Island	Claiborne Pell (D)	45.3
South Carolina	Strom Thurmond (R)	35.0
South Dakota	Larry Pressler (R)	49.0
Tennessee	Albert Gore (D)	26.9	Flipped
Texas	Phil Gramm (R)	17.1
Virginia	John Warner (R)	40.1
West Virginia	Jay Rockefeller (D)	4.1
Wyoming	Alan Simpson (R)	56.6	Flipped

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