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1986 general · November 4, 1986

1986 U.S. Senate election results

Every U.S. Senate race in the 1986 general election, state by state: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races34
Changed party8
Unopposed0%0 races

U.S. Senate

D 20 · R 14

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
AlabamaRichard C. Shelby (D)0.6Flipped
AlaskaFrank Murkowski (R)9.9
ArizonaJohn McCain (R)21.0
ArkansasDale Bumpers (D)24.6
CaliforniaAlan Cranston (D)1.4
ColoradoTimothy Wirth (D)1.6
ConnecticutChristopher Dodd (D)29.9
FloridaBob Graham (D)9.5Flipped
GeorgiaWyche Fowler (D)1.8Flipped
HawaiiDaniel K. Inouye (D)47.1
IdahoSteven Symms (R)3.1
IllinoisAlan Dixon (D)31.4
IndianaDan Quayle (R)22.1
IowaChuck Grassley (R)32.5
KansasRobert Dole (R)40.1
KentuckyWendell Ford (D)48.8
LouisianaJohn Breaux (D)5.6
MarylandBarbara A. Mikulski (D)21.4Flipped
MissouriChristopher Bond (R)5.3Flipped
NevadaHarry Reid (D)5.5Flipped
New HampshireWarren Rudman (R)30.6
New YorkAlfonse D’Amato (R)14.6
North Carolina (special)Terry Sanford (D)1.8
North DakotaKent Conrad (D)0.7
OhioJohn Glenn (D)24.9
OklahomaDon Nickles (R)10.4
OregonRobert Packwood (R)26.9
PennsylvaniaArlen Specter (R)13.6
South CarolinaErnest Hollings (D)27.5
South DakotaThomas Daschle (D)3.2Flipped
UtahE. J. "jake" Garn (R)45.8
VermontPatrick J. Leahy (D)28.7
WashingtonBrockman Adams (D)2.0Flipped
WisconsinRobert Kasten (R)3.5

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