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1998 general · November 3, 1998

1998 U.S. Senate election results

Every U.S. Senate race in the 1998 general election, state by state: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races34
Changed party10
Unopposed0%0 races

U.S. Senate

D 18 · R 16

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
AlabamaRichard C. Shelby (R)26.6Flipped
AlaskaFrank Murkowski (R)54.8
ArizonaJohn McCain (R)41.6
ArkansasBlanche Lincoln (D)12.8
CaliforniaBarbara Boxer (D)10.0
ColoradoBen Campbell (R)27.5Flipped
ConnecticutChristopher Dodd (D)32.8
FloridaBob Graham (D)24.9
GeorgiaPaul Coverdell (R)7.2Flipped
HawaiiDaniel K. Inouye (D)61.4
IdahoMike Crapo (R)41.1
IllinoisPeter Fitzgerald (R)2.9Flipped
IndianaEvan Bayh (D)28.9Flipped
IowaChuck Grassley (R)37.9
KansasSamuel Brownback (R)33.7
KentuckyJim Bunning (R)0.6Flipped
LouisianaJohn Breaux (D)32.4
MarylandBarbara A. Mikulski (D)41.0
MissouriChristopher Bond (R)8.9
NevadaHarry Reid (D)0.1
New HampshireJudd Gregg (R)39.6
New YorkCharles E. Schumer (D)10.5Flipped
North CarolinaJohn Edwards (D)4.1Flipped
North DakotaByron Dorgan (D)28.0
OhioGeorge Voinovich (R)12.9Flipped
OklahomaDon Nickles (R)35.1
OregonRon Wyden (D)27.3Flipped
PennsylvaniaArlen Specter (R)26.6
South CarolinaErnest Hollings (D)7.0
South DakotaThomas Daschle (D)25.7
UtahRobert Bennett (R)31.0
VermontPatrick J. Leahy (D)49.8
WashingtonPatty Murray (D)16.8
WisconsinRussell Feingold (D)2.1

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