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1990 general · November 6, 1990

1990 U.S. Senate election results

Every U.S. Senate race in the 1990 general election, state by state: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races35
Changed party1
Unopposed11%4 races

U.S. Senate

D 18 · R 17

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
AlabamaHowell Heflin (D)21.1
AlaskaTed Stevens (R)34.0
ArkansasDavid Pryor (D)Unopposed
ColoradoHank Brown (R)14.0
DelawareJoseph Biden (D)26.8
GeorgiaSamuel Nunn (D)Unopposed
Hawaii (special)Daniel K. Akaka (D)9.4
IdahoLarry Craig (R)22.6
IllinoisPaul Simon (D)30.1
Indiana (special)Daniel Coats (R)7.3
IowaTom Harkin (D)9.1
KansasNancy Kassebaum (R)47.2
KentuckyMitch McConnell (R)4.4
LouisianaJohn Johnston (D)Unopposed
MaineWilliam Cohen (R)22.7
MassachusettsJohn F. Kerry (D)13.6
MichiganCarl Levin (D)16.2
MinnesotaPaul Wellstone (D)2.6Flipped
MississippiThad Cochran (R)Unopposed
MontanaMax Baucus (D)38.7
NebraskaJ. James Exon (D)18.0
New HampshireRobert Smith (R)33.8
New JerseyWilliam Bradley (D)3.0
New MexicoPete Domenici (R)45.9
North CarolinaJesse Helms (R)5.1
OklahomaDavid Boren (D)66.4
OregonMark Hatfield (R)7.5
Rhode IslandClaiborne Pell (D)23.7
South CarolinaStrom Thurmond (R)31.7
South DakotaLarry Pressler (R)7.3
TennesseeAlbert Gore (D)37.9
TexasPhil Gramm (R)22.8
VirginiaJohn Warner (R)62.8
West VirginiaJohn D. Rockefeller, IV (D)36.6
WyomingAlan Simpson (R)27.9

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