1990 general · November 6, 1990

1990 general election results

Results of the 1990 general election in 50 states: U.S. Senate, Governors, U.S. House, State legislatures.

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Races5,931

Changed party512

Unopposed31%1,825 races

Incumbents defeated376

U.S. Senate
Governors
U.S. House
State legislatures

U.S. Senate

D 18 · R 17 · 1 changed party

Race	Winner	Won by	Notes
Alabama	Howell Heflin (D)	21.1
Alaska	Ted Stevens (R)	34.0
Arkansas	David Pryor (D)	Unopposed
Colorado	Hank Brown (R)	14.0
Delaware	Joseph Biden (D)	26.8
Georgia	Samuel Nunn (D)	Unopposed
Hawaii (special)	Daniel K. Akaka (D)	9.4
Idaho	Larry Craig (R)	22.6
Illinois	Paul Simon (D)	30.1
Indiana (special)	Daniel Coats (R)	7.3
Iowa	Tom Harkin (D)	9.1
Kansas	Nancy Kassebaum (R)	47.2
Kentucky	Mitch McConnell (R)	4.4
Louisiana	John Johnston (D)	Unopposed
Maine	William Cohen (R)	22.7
Massachusetts	John F. Kerry (D)	13.6
Michigan	Carl Levin (D)	16.2
Minnesota	Paul Wellstone (D)	2.6	Flipped
Mississippi	Thad Cochran (R)	Unopposed
Montana	Max Baucus (D)	38.7
Nebraska	J. James Exon (D)	18.0
New Hampshire	Robert Smith (R)	33.8
New Jersey	William Bradley (D)	3.0
New Mexico	Pete Domenici (R)	45.9
North Carolina	Jesse Helms (R)	5.1
Oklahoma	David Boren (D)	66.4
Oregon	Mark Hatfield (R)	7.5
Rhode Island	Claiborne Pell (D)	23.7
South Carolina	Strom Thurmond (R)	31.7
South Dakota	Larry Pressler (R)	7.3
Tennessee	Albert Gore (D)	37.9
Texas	Phil Gramm (R)	22.8
Virginia	John Warner (R)	62.8
West Virginia	John D. Rockefeller, IV (D)	36.6
Wyoming	Alan Simpson (R)	27.9

Governors

D 19 · R 14 · Other 2 · Uncalled 1 · 14 changed party

Race	Winner	Won by	Notes
Alabama	Guy Hunt (R)	4.2
Alaska	Wally Hickel (IND)	8.0	Flipped
Arizona	No winner recorded	—
Arkansas	Bill Clinton (D)	15.0
California	Pete Wilson (R)	3.6
Colorado	Roy Romer (D)	27.2
Connecticut	Lowell Weicker (CST)	2.9	Flipped
Florida	Lawton Chiles (D)	13.0	Flipped
Georgia	Zell Miller (D)	8.6
Hawaii	John Waihee (D)	21.6
Idaho	Cecil D. Andrus (D)	36.4
Illinois	Jim Edgar (R)	2.6
Iowa	Terry E. Branstad (R)	21.9
Kansas	Joan Finney (D)	6.0	Flipped
Maine	John R. McKernan Jr. (R)	2.6
Maryland	William D. Schaefer (D)	19.5
Massachusetts	William F. Weld (R)	3.3	Flipped
Michigan	John Engler (R)	0.7	Flipped
Minnesota	Arne Carlson (R)	3.5	Flipped
Nebraska	Earl Nelson (D)	0.7	Flipped
Nevada	Bob Miller (D)	36.0
New Hampshire	Judd Gregg (R)	25.8
New Mexico	Bruce King (D)	9.5	Flipped
New York	Mario Cuomo (D)	31.8
Ohio	George Voinovich (R)	11.3	Flipped
Oklahoma	David Walters (D)	24.8	Flipped
Oregon	Barbara Roberts (D)	5.8
Pennsylvania	Robert Casey (D)	35.3
Rhode Island	Bruce G. Sundlun (D)	48.3	Flipped
South Carolina	Carroll Campbell (R)	42.8
South Dakota	George S. Mickelson (R)	17.8
Tennessee	Ned McWherter (D)	24.9
Texas	Ann Richards (D)	2.7	Flipped
Vermont	Richard A. Snelling (R)	5.9	Flipped
Wisconsin	Tommy G. Thompson (R)	16.4
Wyoming	Mike Sullivan (D)	30.7

U.S. House

D 267 · R 167 · Other 1 · 22 changed party

State legislatures

D 3,707 · R 2,462 · Other 30 · Uncalled 3 · 475 changed party

Chamber	Races	Seats won	Changed party
Alabama House of Representatives	105	D 87 · R 18	12
Alabama State Senate	35	D 28 · R 7	2
Alaska House of Representatives	27	D 23 · R 17	1
Alaska State Senate	10	D 7 · R 3	5
Arizona House of Representatives	30	D 27 · R 33	—
Arizona State Senate	30	D 17 · R 13	6
Arkansas House of Representatives	85	D 91 · R 9	2
Arkansas State Senate	18	D 16 · R 2	—
California State Assembly	80	D 48 · R 32	3
California State Senate	20	D 15 · R 4 · Other 1	1
Colorado House of Representatives	65	D 26 · R 39	8
Colorado State Senate	17	D 7 · R 10	1
Connecticut House of Representatives	151	D 89 · R 62	7
Connecticut State Senate	36	D 20 · R 16	3
Delaware House of Representatives	41	D 17 · R 24	2
Delaware State Senate	11	D 9 · R 2	2
Florida House of Representatives	120	D 74 · R 46	7
Florida State Senate	21	D 13 · R 8	2
Georgia House of Representatives	155	D 145 · R 34 · Other 1	8
Georgia State Senate	56	D 45 · R 11	2
Hawaii House of Representatives	51	D 45 · R 6	4
Hawaii State Senate	12	D 11 · R 1	—
Idaho House of Representatives	33	D 24 · R 48	—
Idaho State Senate	33	D 18 · R 15	4
Illinois House of Representatives	118	D 71 · R 47	6
Illinois State Senate	20	D 10 · R 10	—
Indiana House of Representatives	77	D 54 · R 46	6
Indiana State Senate	25	D 13 · R 12	—
Iowa House of Representatives	100	D 55 · R 45	6
Iowa State Senate	25	D 14 · R 11	1
Kansas House of Representatives	125	D 62 · R 63	26
Kentucky House of Representatives	100	D 68 · R 32	8
Kentucky State Senate	19	D 12 · R 7	5
Maine House of Representatives	151	D 97 · R 54	21
Maine State Senate	35	D 22 · R 13	4
Maryland House of Delegates	59	D 117 · R 24	2
Maryland State Senate	47	D 40 · R 7	4
Massachusetts House of Representatives	160	D 121 · R 38 · Other 1	20
Massachusetts State Senate	38	D 23 · R 15	11
Michigan House of Representatives	110	D 61 · R 49	4
Michigan State Senate	38	D 18 · R 20	4
Minnesota House of Representatives	134	D 79 · R 55	10
Minnesota State Senate	67	D 46 · R 21	9
Missouri House of Representatives	163	D 98 · R 65	19
Missouri State Senate	18	D 11 · R 7	1
Montana House of Representatives	100	D 61 · R 39	21
Montana State Senate	25	D 18 · R 7	8
Nebraska Legislature	24	Other 23 · Uncalled 1	—
Nevada State Assembly	42	D 22 · R 20	10
Nevada State Senate	10	D 6 · R 4	3
New Hampshire House of Representatives	175	D 129 · R 270 · Uncalled 1	11
New Hampshire State Senate	24	D 11 · R 13	3
New Mexico House of Representatives	70	D 49 · R 21	6
New Mexico State Senate	1	D 1	—
New York State Assembly	150	D 95 · R 55	7
New York State Senate	61	D 26 · R 35	1
North Carolina House of Representatives	70	D 81 · R 39	3
North Carolina State Senate	35	D 36 · R 14	2
North Dakota House of Representatives	51	D 48 · R 58	—
North Dakota State Senate	27	D 13 · R 14	7
Ohio House of Representatives	99	D 61 · R 38	4
Ohio State Senate	17	D 9 · R 8	2
Oklahoma House of Representatives	101	D 69 · R 32	6
Oklahoma State Senate	24	D 20 · R 4	4
Oregon House of Representatives	60	D 29 · R 31	11
Oregon State Senate	15	D 11 · R 4	1
Pennsylvania House of Representatives	203	D 108 · R 95	18
Pennsylvania State Senate	25	D 13 · R 12	2
Rhode Island House of Representatives	100	D 88 · R 11 · Uncalled 1	6
Rhode Island State Senate	50	D 44 · R 6	5
South Carolina House of Representatives	122	D 79 · R 42 · Other 1	9
South Carolina State Senate	1	D 1	—
South Dakota House of Representatives	35	D 25 · R 44 · Other 1	—
South Dakota State Senate	35	D 16 · R 19	7
Tennessee House of Representatives	99	D 57 · R 42	13
Tennessee State Senate	17	D 9 · R 8	4
Texas House of Representatives	150	D 93 · R 57	6
Texas State Senate	16	D 13 · R 3	—
Utah House of Representatives	75	D 31 · R 44	7
Utah State Senate	15	D 7 · R 8	3
Vermont House of Representatives	87	D 63 · R 70 · Other 2	6
Vermont State Senate	13	D 15 · R 15	—
Washington House of Representatives	98	D 58 · R 40	11
Washington State Senate	25	D 14 · R 11	6
West Virginia House of Delegates	40	D 73 · R 27	1
West Virginia State Senate	16	D 17	1
Wisconsin State Assembly	99	D 58 · R 41	6
Wisconsin State Senate	17	D 9 · R 8	3
Wyoming House of Representatives	23	D 22 · R 42	2
Wyoming State Senate	12	D 5 · R 10	—

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

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