United States Senate elections, 1982

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

██ Republican holds ██ Republican pickups ██ Democratic holds ██ Democratic pickups

The U.S. Senate election, 1982 was an election for the United States Senate following the Republican gains in 1980. Party balance was unchanged following the election, with the Republican seat total unchanged and the Democrats gaining one seat (one Democratic-leaning Independent left the Senate).

Incumbents Howard Cannon (D-NV) and Harrison Schmitt (R-NM) lost seats to the opposite party, and the open seat in Virginia that had been held by Harry F. Byrd, Jr. (I-VA) was taken by a Republican while the open seat in New Jersey was taken by a Democrat.

In 1983, Republicans picked up the seat of Henry M. Jackson (D-WA) in a special election. This is not included in the numbers below.

[edit] Senate contests in 1982

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing Candidates
Arizona	Dennis DeConcini	Democrat	Re-elected, 56.9 - 40.3 - 2.8	Pete Dunn (Republican) Randall Clamons (Libertarian)
California	Samuel I. Hayakawa	Republican	Retired: Republican victory, 51.5 - 44.8	Pete Wilson (Republican) Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (Democrat)
Connecticut	Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.	Republican	Re-elected, 50.4 - 46.1	Anthony T. Moffett (Democrat)
Delaware	William V. Roth, Jr.	Republican	Re-elected, 55.2 - 44.2	David N. Levinson (Democrat)
Florida	Lawton Chiles	Democrat	Re-elected, 61.7 - 38.3	Van B. Poole (Republican)
Hawaii	Spark Matsunaga	Democrat	Re-elected, 80.1 - 17.0	Clarence J. Brown (Republican)
Indiana	Richard G. Lugar	Republican	Re-elected, 53.8 - 45.6	Floyd Fithian (Democrat)
Maine	George J. Mitchell¹	Democrat	Re-elected, 60.9 - 39.1	David F. Emery (Republican)
Maryland	Paul S. Sarbanes	Democrat	Re-elected, 63.5 - 36.5	Lawrence Hogan (Republican)
Massachusetts	Edward M. Kennedy	Democrat	Re-elected, 60.8 - 38.3	Raymond Shamie (Republican)
Michigan	Donald W. Riegle, Jr.	Democrat	Re-elected, 57.7 - 40.9	Philip E. Ruppe (Republican)
Minnesota	Dave Durenberger	Republican	Re-elected, 52.6 - 46.6	Mark Dayton (Democrat)
Mississippi	John C. Stennis	Democrat	Re-elected, 64.2 - 35.8	Haley Barbour (Republican)
Missouri	John C. Danforth	Republican	Re-elected, 50.8 - 49.1	Harriett Woods (Democrat)
Montana	John Melcher	Democrat	Re-elected, 54.5 - 41.7	Larry Williams (Republican)
Nebraska	Edward Zorinsky	Democrat	Re-elected, 66.6 - 28.5	Jim Keck (Republican)
Nevada	Howard W. Cannon	Democrat	Defeated, 50.1 - 47.7	Chic Hecht (Republican)
New Jersey	Nicholas F. Brady²	Republican	Retired: Democratic victory, 50.9 - 47.8	Frank R. Lautenberg (Democrat) Millicent Fenwick (Republican)
New Mexico	Harrison Schmitt	Republican	Defeated, 53.8 - 46.2	Jeff Bingaman (Democrat)
New York	Daniel P. Moynihan	Democrat	Re-elected, 65.1 - 34.2	Florence M. Sullivan (Republican)
North Dakota	Quentin N. Burdick	Democrat	Re-elected, 62.8 - 34.0	Gene Knorr (Republican)
Ohio	Howard M. Metzenbaum	Democrat	Re-elected, 56.7 - 41.1	Paul E. Pfeifer (Republican)
Pennsylvania	John Heinz	Republican	Re-elected, 59.3 - 39.2	Cyril Wecht (Democrat)
Rhode Island	John H. Chafee	Republican	Re-elected, 51.2 - 48.8	Julius C. Michaelson (Democrat)
Tennessee	Jim Sasser	Democrat	Re-elected, 61.9 - 38.1	Robin L. Beard (Republican)
Texas	Lloyd Bentsen	Democrat	Re-elected, 58.6 - 40.5	James M. Collins (Republican)
Utah	Orrin G. Hatch	Republican	Re-elected, 58.3 - 41.3	Ted Wilson (Democrat)
Vermont	Robert T. Stafford	Republican	Re-elected, 50.3 - 47.2	James A. Guest (Democrat)
Virginia	Harry F. Byrd, Jr.	Independent	Retired: Republican victory, 51.2 - 48.8	Paul S. Trible, Jr. (Republican) Richard Davis (Democrat)
Washington	Henry M. Jackson	Democrat	Re-elected, 69.0 - 24.3 - 5.3	Doug Jewett (Republican) King Lysen (Independent)
West Virginia	Robert C. Byrd	Democrat	Re-elected, 68.5 - 30.8	Cleveland K. Benedict (Republican)
Wisconsin	William Proxmire	Democrat	Re-elected, 63.6 - 34.1	Scott McCallum (Republican)
Wyoming	Malcolm Wallop	Republican	Re-elected, 56.7 - 43.3	Rodger McDaniel (Democrat)