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The 2016 United States Senate elections were held on November 8, 2016. The presidential election, House elections, 14 gubernatorial elections, and many state and local elections were held concurrently. In the elections, 34 of the 100 seats—all Class 3 Senate seats —were contested in regular elections; the winners served 6-year terms until ...
"Party change" denotes a race where the 2016 projected winner is from a different party than the previous winner or incumbent. Maine and Nebraska allow electoral votes to be split. In Maine, two of four electoral votes go to the statewide winner and one electoral vote goes to the winner in each of the two congressional districts.
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Heading into the election, the Republican Party held the majority in the U.S. Senate. Republicans held 54 Senate seats while the Democrats had 44 Senate seats. Two seats were held by independents, who caucus with the Democratic Party. The Republicans won the Senate majority in the 2014 midterm electionswhen they gained nine seats and lost none. Rep...
For information about public policy issues in the 2016 elections, see: Public policy in the 2016 elections!
The 2016 United States Senate election in Arizona was held on November 8, 2016, to elect a member of the U.S. Senate to represent the State of Arizona, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, other elections to the U.S. Senate in other states and elections to the U.S. House of Representatives, as well as various state and local elections.
- John McCain
- 53.71%
- Republican
- 1,359,267
The 2016 United States Senate election in Utah took place on November 8, 2016, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Utah, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and ...
- Mike Lee
- 68.15%
- Republican
- 760,241
Jack Dalrymple is retiring, and if Heitkamp decides to run in the election to replace him and wins, she would be compelled to resign her Senate seat in December 2016. State law dictates that a special election be held within 95 days to fill such a vacancy; the Republicans would have a commanding upper hand in that hypothetical election.
Here is a compact table listing all of the Senate candidates. The current breakdown of the Senate is as follows (where we count the two independents as Democrats): 10 Democratic seats up for reelection in 2016 and 36 seats not up, for a total of 46 seats; 24 Republican seats up for reelection in 2016 and 30 seats not up, for a total of 54 seats
