2018 United States Senate elections

2018 United States Senate elections

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35 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate 51 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Mitch McConnell Chuck Schumer Party Republican Democratic Leader since January 3, 2007 January 3, 2017 Leader's seat Kentucky New York Seats before 51 47 Seats after 53 45 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 34,687,875 52,224,867[a][b] Percentage 38.7% 58.2% Swing 3.5% 5.2% Seats up 9 24 Races won 11 22   Third party   Party Independent Seats before 2 Seats after 2 Seat change Popular vote 808,370[c] Percentage 0.9% Swing 0.3% Seats up 2 Races won 2
Results of the elections:      Democratic gain      Republican gain      Democratic hold      Republican hold      Independent hold      No election Rectangular inset (Minn. & Miss.): both seats up for election
Majority Leader before election Mitch McConnell Republican Elected Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Republican

The 2018 United States Senate elections were held on November 6, 2018. 33 of the 100 seats were contested in regular elections while two others were contested in special elections due to Senate vacancies in Minnesota and Mississippi. The winners were elected to six-year terms running from January 3, 2019, to January 3, 2025. Senate Democrats had 26 seats up for election (including the seats of two independents who caucus with them) while Senate Republicans had nine seats up for election.

To maintain their working majority of 50 Senators and their party's Vice President's tie-breaking vote, Republicans could only afford a net loss of one seat in these elections. The Republicans had a 52-48 majority after the 2016 elections, but they lost a seat in Alabama in December 2017 after Jeff Sessions resigned to become Attorney General and a Democrat won in the subsequent special election. Three Republican-held seats were open as a result of retirements in Tennessee, Utah and Arizona. Although every Democratic incumbent ran for re-election, Democrats faced an extremely unfavorable map, defending 26 seats, of which 10 were in states won by Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, and five of those where Trump had won by more than ten percent. Republicans, however, only had to defend nine seats, of which only one was in a state won by Hillary Clinton in 2016.

The Democrats won the popular vote in this election cycle, receiving over 58%, but it was largely on account of two Democrats running in the California election. As a result, the Republicans increased their majority despite losing the popular vote, defeating Democratic incumbents in Florida, Indiana, Missouri, and North Dakota; and holding the open seats in Tennessee and Utah. In contrast, Democrats won two Republican-held seats, defeating an incumbent in Nevada and winning the open seat in Arizona.

The results for this election cycle were the only significant gains made by the Republicans in what was otherwise characterized as a "blue wave" election for the entire 2018 midterm cycle; the Democrats had simultaneously seized control of the United States House of Representatives from the Republicans, gained a number of key seats in the state governorships, and gained ground in the state legislatures and the attorney general offices. The Republican gains in the Senate and the Democratic gains in the House marked the first midterm election cycle since 1970 in which a sitting president's party made net gains in one chamber of Congress while suffering net losses in the other.^[3]

Focus on competitive races[]

Democrats targeted Republican-held Senate seats in Arizona (open seat) and Nevada.^[4] Seats in Texas,^[5] Mississippi (at least one of the two seats) and Tennessee (open seat)^[6] were also competitive for the Democrats. Republicans targeted Democratic-held seats in Indiana, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota and West Virginia, all of which had voted Republican in both the 2012 presidential election and the 2016 presidential election.^[7] Seats in Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan, all of which voted for Trump in 2016, were also targeted by Republicans.^[4][8] The Democratic-held seat in New Jersey was also considered unexpectedly competitive due to corruption allegations surrounding the Democratic incumbent.

Partisan composition[]

Among the 33 Class 1 Senate seats up for regular election in 2018, twenty-three were held by Democrats, two by independents who caucused with the Senate Democrats and eight by Republicans. Class Two seats in Minnesota and Mississippi held by interim appointees were also up for election; both incumbent appointees sought election to finish their unexpired terms.

The map was widely characterized as extremely unfavorable to Democrats, as Democrats were defending 26 states while Republicans were defending nine. Of these seats, Democrats were defending ten in states won by Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, while Republicans were only defending one seat in a state won by Hillary Clinton in 2016.^[9][10][11] According to FiveThirtyEight, Democrats faced the most unfavorable Senate map in 2018 that any party has ever faced in any election.^[12][13]

The 2018 election cycle was the first midterm election cycle since 2002 in which any incumbents of the non-presidential party lost re-election. The number of defeated non-presidential party incumbents (4) was the most since the 1934 midterms.^[14]

Results summary[]

Parties									Total
			Democratic	Republican	Independent	Libertarian	Green	Other
Last election (2016)			46	52	2	0	0	0	100
Before these elections			47	51	2	0	0	0	100
Not up			23	42	0	—	—	—	65
	Class 2 (2014→2020)		11	20	0	—	—	—	31
	Class 3 (2016→2022)		12	22	0	—	—	—	34
Up			24	9	2	—	—	—	35
	Class 1 (2012→2018)		23	8	2	—	—	—	33
	Special: Class 2		1	1	0	—	—	—	2
	Regular elections
	Incumbent retired		0	3	0	—	—	—	3
		Held by same party	—	2	—	—	—	—	2
		Replaced by other party	1 Republican replaced by 1 Democrat						1
		Result	1	2	0	0	0	0	3
	Incumbent ran		23	5	2	—	—	—	30
		Won re-election	19	4	2	—	—	—	25
		Lost re-election	1 Republican replaced by 1 Democrat 4 Democrats replaced by 4 Republicans						5
		Result	20	8	2	0	0	0	30
	Special elections
	Appointee ran		1	1	—	—	—	—	2
		Appointee elected	1	1	—	—	—	—	2
		Result	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
	Total elected		22	11	2	0	0	0	35
	Net gain/loss		2	2					2
	Nationwide vote		52,224,867	34,722,926	808,370	590,051	200,599	1,262,765	90,473,222
		Share	58.17%	38.67%	0.90%	0.66%	0.22%	1.41%	100%
Result			45	53	2	0	0	0	100

Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives.^[1]

Change in composition[]

Each block represents one of the one hundred seats in the Senate. "D#" is a Democratic senator, "I#" is an Independent senator and "R#" is a Republican senator. Arranged so parties are separated and a majority is clear by crossing the middle.

Before the elections[]

Each block indicates an incumbent senator's actions going into the election. Some "Ran" for re-election, some "Retired," and those without a note were not up for election this cycle. Before the elections, Republicans held 51 seats, Democrats held 47, and Independents held 2.

D1	D2	D3	D4	D5	D6	D7	D8	D9	D10
D20	D19	D18	D17	D16	D15	D14	D13	D12	D11
D21	D22	D23	D24 Calif. Ran	D25 Conn. Ran	D26 Del. Ran	D27 Fla. Ran	D28 Hawaii Ran	D29 Ind. Ran	D30 Md. Ran
D40 N.D. Ran	D39 N.Y. Ran	D38 N.M. Ran	D37 N.J. Ran	D36 Mont. Ran	D35 Mo. Ran	D34 Minn. (sp) Ran	D33 Minn. (reg) Ran	D32 Mich. Ran	D31 Mass. Ran
D41 Ohio Ran	D42 Penn. Ran	D43 R.I. Ran	D44 Va. Ran	D45 Wash. Ran	D46 W.Va. Ran	D47 Wis. Ran	I1 Maine Ran	I2 Vt. Ran	R51 Wyo. Ran
Majority →
R41	R42	R43 Ariz. Retired	R44 Miss. (reg) Ran	R45 Miss. (sp) Ran	R46 Neb. Ran	R47 Nev. Ran	R48 Tenn. Retired	R49 Texas Ran	R50 Utah Retired
R40	R39	R38	R37	R36	R35	R34	R33	R32	R31
R21	R22	R23	R24	R25	R26	R27	R28	R29	R30
R20	R19	R18	R17	R16	R15	R14	R13	R12	R11
R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10

After the elections[]

Some senators were "Re-elected," some were a "Gain" in the seat from the other party (either by beating an incumbent or by winning an open seat), some were a "Hold" by the same party but with a different senator, and those without a note were not up for election this year.

After these elections, Democrats had 45 seats, independents had 2, and Republicans had 53.

D1	D2	D3	D4	D5	D6	D7	D8	D9	D10
D20	D19	D18	D17	D16	D15	D14	D13	D12	D11
D21	D22	D23	D24 Calif. Re-elected	D25 Conn. Re-elected	D26 Del. Re-elected	D27 Hawaii Re-elected	D28 Md. Re-elected	D29 Mass. Re-elected	D30 Mich. Re-elected
D40 Va. Re-elected	D39 R.I. Re-elected	D38 Pa. Re-elected	D37 Ohio Re-elected	D36 N.Y. Re-elected	D35 N.M. Re-elected	D34 N.J. Re-elected	D33 Mont. Re-elected	D32 Minn. (sp) Elected[d]	D31 Minn. (reg) Re-elected
D41 Wash. Re-elected	D42 W.Va. Re-elected	D43 Wis. Re-elected	D44 Ariz. Gain	D45 Nev. Gain	I1 Maine Re-elected	I2 Vt. Re-elected	R53 N.D. Gain	R52 Mo. Gain	R51 Ind. Gain
Majority →
R41	R42	R43 Miss. (reg) Re-elected	R44 Miss. (sp) Elected[d]	R45 Neb. Re-elected	R46 Tenn. Hold	R47 Tex. Re-elected	R48 Utah Hold	R49 Wyo. Re-elected	R50 Fla. Gain
R40	R39	R38	R37	R36	R35	R34	R33	R32	R31
R21	R22	R23	R24	R25	R26	R27	R28	R29	R30
R20	R19	R18	R17	R16	R15	R14	R13	R12	R11
R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10

Key:	D# Democratic R# Republican I# Independent, caucusing with Democrats

Final pre-election predictions[]

Several sites and individuals publish predictions of competitive seats. These predictions look at factors such as the strength of the incumbent (if the incumbent is running for reelection) and the other candidates, and the state's partisan lean (reflected in part by the state's Cook Partisan Voting Index rating). The predictions assign ratings to each seat, indicating the predicted advantage that a party has in winning that seat.

Most election predictors used:

• "tossup": no advantage
• "tilt" (used by some predictors): advantage that is not quite as strong as "lean"
• "lean": slight advantage
• "likely" or "favored": significant, but surmountable, advantage
• "safe" or "solid": near-certain chance of victory

Constituency		Incumbent		2018 election ratings
State	PVI[15]	Senator	Last election[e]	Cook Oct 26, 2018[16]	IE Nov 1, 2018[17]	Sabato Nov 5, 2018[18]	NYT Nov 5, 2018[19]	Fox News[f] Nov 5, 2018[20]	CNN Nov 2, 2018[21]	RCP Nov 5, 2018[22]	Daily Kos Nov 5, 2018[23]	Politico Nov 5, 2018[24]	538[g] Nov 6, 2018[25]	Result
Arizona	R+5	Jeff Flake (retiring)	49.2% R	Tossup	Tilt D (flip)	Lean D (flip)	Tossup	Tossup	Tossup	Tossup	Tossup	Tossup	Lean D (flip)	Sinema 50.0% D (flip)
California	D+12	Dianne Feinstein	62.5% D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Likely D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Feinstein 54.2% D
Connecticut	D+6	Chris Murphy	59.5% D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Likely D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Murphy 59.5% D
Delaware	D+6	Tom Carper	66.4% D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Likely D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Carper 60.0% D
Florida	R+2	Bill Nelson	55.2% D	Tossup	Tilt D	Lean D	Tossup	Tossup	Tossup	Tossup	Tossup	Tossup	Lean D	Scott 50.1% R (flip)
Hawaii	D+18	Mazie Hirono	62.6% D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Likely D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Hirono 72.7% D
Indiana	R+9	Joe Donnelly	50.0% D	Tossup	Tossup	Lean R (flip)	Tossup	Tossup	Tossup	Tossup	Tossup	Tossup	Lean D	Braun 50.7% R (flip)
Maine	D+3	Angus King	52.9% I	Safe D/I	Safe D/I	Safe D/I	Safe D/I	Likely D/I	Safe D/I	Safe D/I	Safe D/I	Safe D/I	Safe D/I	King 54.2% I
Maryland	D+12	Ben Cardin	56.0% D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Likely D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Cardin 64.2% D
Massachusetts	D+12	Elizabeth Warren	53.7% D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Likely D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Warren 60.5% D
Michigan	D+1	Debbie Stabenow	58.8% D	Likely D	Safe D	Safe D	Likely D	Likely D	Likely D	Lean D	Safe D	Likely D	Safe D	Stabenow 52.2% D
Minnesota (Regular)	D+1	Amy Klobuchar	65.2% D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Likely D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Klobuchar 60.9% D
Minnesota (Special)	D+1	Tina Smith	Appointed (2018)[h]	Lean D	Likely D	Likely D	Lean D	Likely D	Likely D	Lean D	Likely D	Likely D	Likely D	Smith 53.6% D
Mississippi (Regular)	R+9	Roger Wicker	57.1% R	Safe R	Safe R	Safe R	Safe R	Likely R	Safe R	Safe R	Safe R	Safe R	Safe R	Wicker 58.9% R
Mississippi (Special)[i]	R+9	Cindy Hyde-Smith	Appointed (2018)[j]	Lean R	Safe R	Likely R	Lean R	Lean R	Safe R	Likely R	Likely R	Likely R	Lean R	Hyde-Smith 53.6% R
Missouri	R+9	Claire McCaskill	54.8% D	Tossup	Tilt R (flip)	Lean R (flip)	Tossup	Tossup	Tossup	Tossup	Tossup	Tossup	Tossup	Hawley 51.9% R (flip)
Montana	R+11	Jon Tester	48.6% D	Tossup	Tilt D	Lean D	Tossup	Lean D	Lean D	Tossup	Tossup	Lean D	Likely D	Tester 50.3% D
Nebraska	R+14	Deb Fischer	57.8% R	Safe R	Safe R	Safe R	Safe R	Likely R	Safe R	Safe R	Safe R	Safe R	Safe R	Fischer 58.0% R
Nevada	D+1	Dean Heller	45.9% R	Tossup	Tilt D (flip)	Lean D (flip)	Tossup	Tossup	Tossup	Tossup	Tossup	Tossup	Tossup	Rosen 51.5% D (flip)
New Jersey	D+7	Bob Menendez	58.9% D	Tossup	Likely D	Likely D	Tossup	Lean D	Lean D	Lean D	Lean D	Lean D	Likely D	Menendez 53.1% D
New Mexico	D+3	Martin Heinrich	51.0% D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Likely D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Heinrich 53.7% D
New York	D+11	Kirsten Gillibrand	72.2% D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Likely D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Gillibrand 67.0% D
North Dakota	R+16	Heidi Heitkamp	50.2% D	Lean R (flip)	Lean R (flip)	Lean R (flip)	Lean R (flip)	Likely R (flip)	Lean R (flip)	Lean R (flip)	Lean R (flip)	Lean R (flip)	Lean R (flip)	Cramer 55.4% R (flip)
Ohio	R+3	Sherrod Brown	50.7% D	Likely D	Safe D	Likely D	Likely D	Likely D	Likely D	Lean D	Likely D	Likely D	Safe D	Brown 53.2% D
Pennsylvania	EVEN	Bob Casey Jr.	53.7% D	Likely D	Safe D	Safe D	Likely D	Likely D	Likely D	Likely D	Safe D	Likely D	Safe D	Casey 55.6% D
Rhode Island	D+10	Sheldon Whitehouse	64.8% D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Likely D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Whitehouse 61.5% D
Tennessee	R+14	Bob Corker (retiring)	64.9% R	Tossup	Lean R	Lean R	Tossup	Lean R	Tossup	Tossup	Lean R	Lean R	Likely R	Blackburn 54.4% R
Texas	R+8	Ted Cruz	56.5% R	Tossup	Likely R	Lean R	Tossup	Lean R	Lean R	Lean R	Lean R	Lean R	Likely R	Cruz 50.9% R
Utah	R+20	Orrin Hatch (retiring)	65.3% R	Safe R	Safe R	Safe R	Safe R	Likely R	Safe R	Safe R	Safe R	Safe R	Safe R	Romney 62.5% R
Vermont	D+15	Bernie Sanders	71.0% I	Safe D/I	Safe D/I	Safe D/I	Safe D/I	Likely D/I	Safe D/I	Safe D/I	Safe D/I	Safe D/I	Safe D/I	Sanders 67.4% I
Virginia	D+1	Tim Kaine	52.3% D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Likely D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Kaine 56.9% D
Washington	D+7	Maria Cantwell	60.5% D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Likely D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Safe D	Cantwell 58.6% D
West Virginia	R+20	Joe Manchin	60.6% D	Lean D	Tilt D	Lean D	Lean D	Lean D	Lean D	Tossup	Lean D	Lean D	Likely D	Manchin 49.5% D
Wisconsin	EVEN	Tammy Baldwin	51.4% D	Likely D	Safe D	Likely D	Likely D	Likely D	Likely D	Lean D	Likely D	Likely D	Safe D	Baldwin 54.9% D
Wyoming	R+25	John Barrasso	75.7% R	Safe R	Safe R	Safe R	Safe R	Likely R	Safe R	Safe R	Safe R	Safe R	Safe R	Barrasso 67.1% R
Overall[k]				D - 43 R - 48 9 tossups	D - 48 R - 51 1 tossup	D - 48 R - 52 0 tossups	D - 43 R - 48 9 tossups	D - 45 R - 50 5 tossups	D - 45 R - 49 6 tossups	D - 43 R - 49 8 tossups	D - 44 R - 50 6 tossups	D - 45 R - 50 5 tossups	D - 48 R - 50 2 tossups	Results: D - 47 R - 53

Election dates[]

These are the election dates for the regularly scheduled general elections.

State	Filing deadline[26]	Primary election[27]	Primary run-off (if necessary)[27]	General election	Poll closing (Eastern Time)[28]
Arizona	May 30, 2018	August 28, 2018	N/A	November 6, 2018	9pm
California	March 9, 2018	June 5, 2018	N/A	November 6, 2018	11pm
Connecticut	June 12, 2018	August 14, 2018	N/A	November 6, 2018	8pm
Delaware	July 10, 2018	September 6, 2018	N/A	November 6, 2018	8pm
Florida	May 4, 2018	August 28, 2018	N/A	November 6, 2018	7pm and 8pm
Hawaii	June 5, 2018	August 11, 2018	N/A	November 6, 2018	11pm
Indiana	February 9, 2018	May 8, 2018	N/A	November 6, 2018	6pm and 7pm
Maine	March 15, 2018	June 12, 2018	N/A	November 6, 2018	8pm
Maryland	February 27, 2018	June 26, 2018	N/A	November 6, 2018	8pm
Massachusetts	June 5, 2018	September 4, 2018	N/A	November 6, 2018	8pm
Michigan	April 24, 2018	August 7, 2018	N/A	November 6, 2018	8pm and 9pm
Minnesota	June 5, 2018	August 14, 2018	N/A	November 6, 2018	9pm
Mississippi	March 1, 2018	June 5, 2018	June 26, 2018	November 6, 2018	8pm
Mississippi (Special)	March 26, 2018	November 6, 2018	N/A	November 27, 2018[l]	8pm
Missouri	March 27, 2018	August 7, 2018	N/A	November 6, 2018	8pm
Montana	March 12, 2018	June 5, 2018	N/A	November 6, 2018	10pm
Nebraska	March 1, 2018	May 15, 2018	N/A	November 6, 2018	9pm
Nevada	March 16, 2018	June 12, 2018	N/A	November 6, 2018	10pm
New Jersey	April 2, 2018	June 5, 2018	N/A	November 6, 2018	8pm
New Mexico	March 13, 2018	June 5, 2018	N/A	November 6, 2018	9pm
New York	April 12, 2018	June 26, 2018	N/A	November 6, 2018	9pm
North Dakota	April 9, 2018	June 12, 2018	N/A	November 6, 2018	8pm and 9pm
Ohio	February 7, 2018	May 8, 2018	N/A	November 6, 2018	7:30pm
Pennsylvania	March 20, 2018	May 15, 2018	N/A	November 6, 2018	8pm
Rhode Island	June 27, 2018	September 12, 2018	N/A	November 6, 2018	8pm
Tennessee	April 5, 2018	August 2, 2018	N/A	November 6, 2018	8pm
Texas	December 11, 2017	March 6, 2018	May 22, 2018 (unnecessary)	November 6, 2018	8pm and 9pm
Utah	March 15, 2018	June 26, 2018	N/A	November 6, 2018	10pm
Vermont	May 31, 2018	August 14, 2018	N/A	November 6, 2018	7pm
Virginia	March 29, 2018	June 12, 2018	N/A	November 6, 2018	7pm
Washington	May 18, 2018	August 7, 2018	N/A	November 6, 2018	11pm
West Virginia	January 27, 2018	May 8, 2018	N/A	November 6, 2018	7:30pm
Wisconsin	June 1, 2018	August 14, 2018	N/A	November 6, 2018	9pm
Wyoming	June 1, 2018	August 21, 2018	N/A	November 6, 2018	9pm

Race summary[]

Special elections during the preceding Congress[]

In these special elections, the winners will be seated before January 3, 2019, when elected and qualified. They are ordered by election date, then by state and by class.

State (linked to summaries below)	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	Electoral history
Minnesota (Class 2)	Tina Smith	Democratic	2018 (Appointed)	Interim appointee elected.	Y Tina Smith (Democratic) 53.0%   Karin Housley (Republican) 42.4%   Sarah Wellington (Legal Marijuana Now) 3.7%   Jerry Trooien (Independent) 0.9%
Mississippi (Class 2)	Cindy Hyde-Smith	Republican	2018 (Appointed)	Interim appointee elected.	Y Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican) 53.6%[29]   Mike Espy (Democratic) 46.4%[29]

Elections leading to the next Congress[]

In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning January 3, 2019.

All of the elections involve the Class 1 seats and they are ordered by state.

State (linked to summaries below)	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	Electoral history
Arizona	Jeff Flake	Republican	2012	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Y Kyrsten Sinema (Democratic) 50.0%   Martha McSally (Republican) 47.6%   Angela Green (Green) 2.4%
California	Dianne Feinstein	Democratic	1992 (Special) 1994 2000 2006 2012	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Dianne Feinstein (Democratic) 54.2%   Kevin de León (Democratic) 45.8%
Connecticut	Chris Murphy	Democratic	2012	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Chris Murphy (Democratic) 59.5%   Matthew Corey (Republican) 39.4%   Richard Lion (Libertarian) 0.6%   Jeff Russell (Green) 0.5%
Delaware	Tom Carper	Democratic	2000 2006 2012	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Tom Carper (Democratic) 60.0%   Robert Arlett (Republican) 37.8%   Demitri Theodoropoulos (Green) 1.2%   Nadine Frost (Libertarian) 1.1%
Florida	Bill Nelson	Democratic	2000 2006 2012	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	Y Rick Scott (Republican) 50.1%   Bill Nelson (Democratic) 49.9%
Hawaii	Mazie Hirono	Democratic	2012	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Mazie Hirono (Democratic) 71.2%   Ron Curtis (Republican) 28.8%
Indiana	Joe Donnelly	Democratic	2012	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	Y Mike Braun (Republican) 50.9%   Joe Donnelly (Democratic) 45.0%   Lucy Brenton (Libertarian) 4.0%
Maine	Angus King	Independent	2012	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Angus King (Independent) 54.3%   Eric Brakey (Republican) 35.2%   Zak Ringelstein (Democratic) 10.4%
Maryland	Ben Cardin	Democratic	2006 2012	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Ben Cardin (Democratic) 64.9%   Tony Campbell (Republican) 30.3%   Neal Simon (Independent) 3.7%   Arvin Vohra (Libertarian) 1%   Michael Puskar (Independent) (write-in)
Massachusetts	Elizabeth Warren	Democratic	2012	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Elizabeth Warren (Democratic) 60.4%   Geoff Diehl (Republican) 36.2%   Shiva Ayyadurai (Independent) 3.4%
Michigan	Debbie Stabenow	Democratic	2000 2006 2012	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Debbie Stabenow (Democratic) 52.3%   John James (Republican) 45.8%   Marcia Squier (Independent) 1%   George Huffman III (Taxpayers) 0.6   John Wilhelm (Natural Law) 0.4%
Minnesota	Amy Klobuchar	DFL	2006 2012	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Amy Klobuchar (DFL) 60.3%   Jim Newberger (Republican) 36.2%   Dennis Schuller (Legal Marijuana Now) 2.5%   Paula M. Overby (Green) 0.9%
Mississippi	Roger Wicker	Republican	2007 (Appointed) 2008 (Special) 2012	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Roger Wicker (Republican) 58.5%   David Baria (Democratic) 39.5%   Danny Bedwell (Libertarian) 1.4%   Shawn O'Hara (Reform) 0.6%
Missouri	Claire McCaskill	Democratic	2006 2012	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	Y Josh Hawley (Republican) 51.4%   Claire McCaskill (Democratic) 45.6%   Craig O'Dear (Independent) 1.4%   Japheth Campbell (Libertarian) 1.1%   Jo Crain (Green) 0.5%
Montana	Jon Tester	Democratic	2006 2012	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Jon Tester (Democratic) 50.3%   Matt Rosendale (Republican) 46.8%   Rick Breckenridge (Libertarian) 2.9%
Nebraska	Deb Fischer	Republican	2012	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Deb Fischer (Republican) 57.7%   Jane Raybould (Democratic) 38.6%   Jim Schultz (Libertarian) 3.7%
Nevada	Dean Heller	Republican	2011 (Appointed) 2012	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Y Jacky Rosen (Democratic) 50.4%   Dean Heller (Republican) 45.4%   Barry Michaels (Independent) 1%   Tim Hagan (Libertarian) 0.9%   Kamau Bakari (Independent American) 0.7%
New Jersey	Bob Menendez	Democratic	2006 (Appointed) 2006 2012	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Bob Menendez (Democratic) 54.0%   Bob Hugin (Republican) 42.8%   Madelyn Hoffman (Green) 0.8%   Murray Sabrin (Libertarian) 0.7%   Natalie Rivera (For The People) 0.6%   Tricia Flanagan (New Day NJ) 0.5%   Kevin Kimple (Make It Simple) 0.3%   Hank Schroeder (Economic Growth) 0.3%
New Mexico	Martin Heinrich	Democratic	2012	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Martin Heinrich (Democratic) 54.1%   Mick Rich (Republican) 30.5%   Gary Johnson (Libertarian) 15.4%
New York	Kirsten Gillibrand	Democratic	2009 (Appointed) 2010 (Special) 2012	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Kirsten Gillibrand (Democratic) 67.0%   Chele Chiavacci Farley (Republican) 33.0%
North Dakota	Heidi Heitkamp	Democratic-NPL	2012	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	Y Kevin Cramer (Republican) 55.5%   Heidi Heitkamp (Democratic-NPL) 44.5%
Ohio	Sherrod Brown	Democratic	2006 2012	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Sherrod Brown (Democratic) 53.4%   Jim Renacci (Republican) 46.6%
Pennsylvania	Bob Casey Jr.	Democratic	2006 2012	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Bob Casey Jr. (Democratic) 55.7%   Lou Barletta (Republican) 42.6%   Dale Kerns (Libertarian) 1%   Neal Gale (Green) 0.6%
Rhode Island	Sheldon Whitehouse	Democratic	2006 2012	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic) 61.6%   Robert Flanders (Republican) 38.4%
Tennessee	Bob Corker	Republican	2006 2012	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold.	Y Marsha Blackburn (Republican) 54.7%   Phil Bredesen (Democratic) 43.9%   Trudy Austin (Independent) 0.4%   Dean Hill (Independent) 0.4%   Kris Todd (Independent) 0.2%   John Carico (Independent) 0.2%   Breton Phillips (Independent) 0.1%   Kevin McCants (Independent) 0.1%
Texas	Ted Cruz	Republican	2012	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Ted Cruz (Republican) 50.9%   Beto O'Rourke (Democratic) 48.3%   Neal Dikeman (Libertarian) 0.8%
Utah	Orrin Hatch	Republican	1976 1982 1988 1994 2000 2006 2012	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold.	Y Mitt Romney (Republican) 62.6%   Jenny Wilson (Democratic) 30.9%   Tim Aalders (Constitution) 2.7%   Craig Bowden (Libertarian) 2.6%   Reed McCandless (Independent American) 1.2%
Vermont	Bernie Sanders	Independent	2006 2012	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Bernie Sanders (Independent) 67.4%   Lawrence Zupan (Republican) 27.5%
Virginia	Tim Kaine	Democratic	2012	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Tim Kaine (Democratic) 57.1%   Corey Stewart (Republican) 41.1%   Matt Waters (Libertarian) 1.8%
Washington	Maria Cantwell	Democratic	2000 2006 2012	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Maria Cantwell (Democratic) 58.4%   Susan Hutchison (Republican) 41.6%
West Virginia	Joe Manchin	Democratic	2010 (Special) 2012	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Joe Manchin (Democratic) 49.6%   Patrick Morrisey (Republican) 46.3%   Rusty Hollen (Libertarian) 4.1%
Wisconsin	Tammy Baldwin	Democratic	2012	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Tammy Baldwin (Democratic) 55.4%   Leah Vukmir (Republican) 44.6%
Wyoming	John Barrasso	Republican	2007 (Appointed) 2008 (Special) 2012	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John Barrasso (Republican) 67.1%   Gary Trauner (Democratic) 30.1%   Joe Porambo (Libertarian) 2.8%

Closest races[]

In twelve races the margin of victory was under 10%.

State	Party of winner	Margin
Florida	Republican (flip)	0.12%
Arizona	Democratic (flip)	2.34%
Texas	Republican	2.57%
West Virginia	Democratic	3.31%
Montana	Democratic	3.55%
Nevada	Democratic (flip)	5.03%
Missouri	Republican (flip)	5.81%
Indiana	Republican (flip)	5.89%[m]
Michigan	Democratic	6.51%
Ohio	Democratic	6.85%
Mississippi (Special)	Republican	7.27%
California	Democratic	8.33%[n]

Arizona[]

Arizona election

← 2012 2024 →
Turnout	64.85%
Nominee Kyrsten Sinema Martha McSally Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,191,100 1,135,200 Percentage 49.96% 47.61%
County results
U.S. senator before election Jeff Flake Republican Elected U.S. senator Kyrsten Sinema Democratic

One-term Republican Jeff Flake was elected with 49% of the vote in 2012. He chose not to run for reelection.^[30]

U.S. Representative Martha McSally^[31] won the Republican nomination in a three-way primary on August 28, 2018, against Joe Arpaio and Kelli Ward.

U.S. Representative Kyrsten Sinema^[31] easily secured the Democratic nomination.

Sinema defeated McSally by a slim margin; her victory became official only after six days of counting ballots.

Arizona Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Martha McSally	357,626	54.57
	Republican	Kelli Ward	180,926	27.61
	Republican	Joe Arpaio	116,555	17.79
	Write-in		191	0.03
Total votes			655,298	100.00

Arizona Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kyrsten Sinema	404,170	79.25
	Democratic	Deedra Abboud	105,800	20.75
Total votes			509,970	100.00

Arizona general election^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kyrsten Sinema	1,191,100	49.96
	Republican	Martha McSally	1,135,200	47.61
	Green	Angela Green	57,442	2.41
	Write-in		566	0.02
Total votes			2,384,308	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

California[]

California election

← 2012 2024 →
Turnout	56.42%
Nominee Dianne Feinstein Kevin de León Party Democratic Democratic Popular vote 6,019,422 5,093,942 Percentage 54.16% 45.84%
County results
U.S. senator before election Dianne Feinstein Democratic Elected U.S. senator Dianne Feinstein Democratic

Four-term Democrat Dianne Feinstein won a special election in 1992 and was elected to full terms in 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2012. She ran for re-election and advanced to the general election after securing the top spot in the June 5 jungle primary.^[33]

The June 5 primary ballot listed 32 candidates (Feinstein plus 31 challengers) in addition to 3 write-in candidates. There were 10 Democratic candidates, 11 Republican candidates, one Libertarian, one Peace and Freedom candidate, and 9 independent candidates. There was also a Green Party candidate who ran as a write-in.

President pro tempore of the California State Senate Kevin de León advanced to the general election for the right to challenge Feinstein after securing the second spot in the primary.^[33]

The 11 Republican candidates who ran in the primary combined for 33.2% of the vote. The top Republican candidate, James P. Bradley, received 8.3% of the vote, which put him in 3rd place at 3.8% behind the second-place finisher, Kevin DeLeon.^[34]

On November 6, Dianne Feinstein was elected to a fifth term, defeating Kevin de León.

California blanket primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dianne Feinstein (incumbent)	2,947,035	44.18
	Democratic	Kevin de León	805,446	12.07
	Republican	James P. Bradley	556,252	8.34
	Republican	Arun K. Bhumitra	350,815	5.26
	Republican	Paul A. Taylor	323,534	4.85
	Republican	Erin Cruz	267,494	4.01
	Republican	Tom Palzer	205,183	3.08
	Democratic	Alison Hartson	147,061	2.20
	Republican	Rocky De La Fuente	135,279	2.03
	Democratic	Pat Harris	126,947	1.90
	Republican	John "Jack" Crew	93,808	1.41
	Republican	Patrick Little	89,867	1.35
	Republican	Kevin Mottus	87,646	1.31
	Republican	Jerry Joseph Laws	67,140	1.01
	Libertarian	Derrick Michael Reid	60,000	0.90
	Democratic	Adrienne Nicole Edwards	56,172	0.84
	Democratic	Douglas Howard Pierce	42,671	0.64
	Republican	Mario Nabliba	39,209	0.59
	Democratic	David Hildebrand	30,305	0.45
	Democratic	Donnie O. Turner	30,101	0.45
	Democratic	Herbert G. Peters	27,468	0.41
	No party preference	David Moore	24,614	0.37
	No party preference	Ling Ling Shi	23,506	0.35
	Peace and Freedom	John Thompson Parker	22,825	0.34
	No party preference	Lee Olson	20,393	0.31
	Democratic	Gerald Plummer	18,234	0.27
	No party preference	Jason M. Hanania	18,171	0.27
	No party preference	Don J. Grundmann	15,125	0.23
	No party preference	Colleen Shea Fernald	13,536	0.20
	No party preference	Rash Bihari Ghosh	12,557	0.19
	No party preference	Tim Gildersleeve	8,482	0.13
	No party preference	Michael Fahmy Girgis	2,986	0.04
	Write-in		863	0.01
Total votes			6,670,720	100.00

California general election^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dianne Feinstein (incumbent)	6,019,422	54.16
	Democratic	Kevin de León	5,093,942	45.84
Total votes			11,113,364	100.00
	Democratic hold

Connecticut[]

Connecticut election

← 2012 2024 →
Turnout	63.58%
Nominee Chris Murphy Matthew Corey Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 825,579 545,714 Percentage 59.53% 39.35%
County results
U.S. senator before election Chris Murphy Democratic Elected U.S. senator Chris Murphy Democratic

One-term Democrat Chris Murphy was elected with 55% of the vote in 2012. He ran for re-election.^[35]

Businessmen Matthew Corey^[36] received the Republican nomination.

Chris Murphy was elected to a second term, winning nearly 60% of the vote.^[37]

Connecticut Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Matthew Corey	99,899	76.54
	Republican	Dominic Rapini	30,624	23.46
Total votes			130,523	100.00

Connecticut general election^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chris Murphy	787,685	56.80
	Working Families	Chris Murphy	37,894	2.73
	Total	Chris Murphy (incumbent)	825,579	59.53
	Republican	Matthew Corey	545,717	39.35
	Libertarian	Richard Lion	8,838	0.64
	Green	Jeff Russell	6,618	0.48
	Write-in		88	0.01
Total votes			1,386,840	100.00
	Democratic hold

Delaware[]

Delaware election

← 2012 2024 →
Turnout	52.18%
Nominee Tom Carper Rob Arlett Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 217,385 137,127 Percentage 59.95% 37.81%
County results
U.S. senator before election Tom Carper Democratic Elected U.S. senator Tom Carper Democratic

Three-term Democrat Tom Carper won re-election with 66% of the vote in 2012. He announced he was running for re-election during an interview on MSNBC on July 24, 2017.^[38] He defeated Dover community activist Kerri Evelyn Harris for the Democratic nomination. Sussex County Councilman Robert Arlett won the Republican nomination.^[38]

Tom Carper defeated Arlett, winning 60% of the vote.^[39]

Delaware Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Carper (incumbent)	53,635	64.59
	Democratic	Kerri Evelyn Harris	29,407	35.41
Total votes			83,042	100.00

Delaware Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rob Arlett	25,284	66.77
	Republican	Gene Truono	10,587	27.96
	Republican	Rocky De La Fuente	1,998	5.28
Total votes			37,870	100.00

Delaware general election^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Carper (incumbent)	217,385	59.95
	Republican	Rob Arlett	137,127	37.82
	Green	Demitri Theodoropoulos	4,170	1.15
	Libertarian	Nadine Frost	3,910	1.08
	Write-in		14	0.00
Total votes			362,606	100.00
	Democratic hold

Florida[]

Florida election

← 2012 2024 →
Turnout	61.68%
Nominee Rick Scott Bill Nelson Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 4,099,505 4,089,472 Percentage 50.05% 49.93%
County results
U.S. senator before election Bill Nelson Democratic Elected U.S. senator Rick Scott Republican

Three-term Democrat Bill Nelson was re-elected with 55% of the vote in 2012. He sought re-election to a fourth term in office.^[40]

Florida Governor Rick Scott won the Republican nomination. First elected in 2010 and re-elected in 2014, Scott's term as Governor of Florida was set to end by January 2019, due to term limits.^[40]

Edward Janowski was running as an independent, but did not qualify.^[40]

Scott led among ballots tallied on election night, but given the close margins of the race recounts were ordered.^[41] Final recount numbers were released following a machine and hand recount with Rick Scott maintaining a lead.^[42] On November 18, Nelson conceded to Scott.^[43] Two days later, election results were certified by the state, cementing Scott's win.^[44]

Florida Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Scott	1,456,187	88.61
	Republican	Rocky De La Fuente	187,209	11.39
Total votes			1,643,396	100.00

Florida general election^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Scott	4,099,505	50.05
	Democratic	Bill Nelson (incumbent)	4,089,472	49.93
	Write-in		1,028	0.01
Total votes			8,190,005	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

Hawaii[]

Hawaii election

← 2012 2024 →
Turnout	51.32%
Nominee Mazie Hirono Ron Curtis Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 276,316 112,035 Percentage 71.15% 28.85%
County results
U.S. senator before election Mazie Hirono Democratic Elected U.S. senator Mazie Hirono Democratic

One-term Democrat Mazie Hirono was elected with 63% of the vote in 2012. She ran.^[45]

Ron Curtis was the Republican nominee.

Hirono was elected to a second term by a landslide.

Hawaii Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mazie Hirono (incumbent)	201,679	100.00
Total votes			201,679	100.00

Hawaii Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron Curtis	6,370	23.73
	Republican	Consuelo Anderson	5,172	19.26
	Republican	Robert C. Helsham Sr.	3,988	14.85
	Republican	Thomas E. White	3,661	13.64
	Republican	Rocky De La Fuente	3,065	11.42
	Republican	George L. Berish	1,658	6.18
	Republican	Michael R. Hodgkiss	1,576	5.87
	Republican	Eddie Pirkowski	1,358	5.06
Total votes			26,848	100.00

Hawaii general election^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mazie Hirono (incumbent)	276,316	71.15
	Republican	Ron Curtis	112,035	28.85
Total votes			388,351	100.00
	Democratic hold

Indiana[]

Indiana election

← 2012 2024 →
Turnout	50.42%
Nominee Mike Braun Joe Donnelly Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,158,000 1,023,553 Percentage 50.73% 44.84%
County results
U.S. senator before election Joe Donnelly Democratic Elected U.S. senator Mike Braun Republican

One-term Democrat Joe Donnelly was elected with 50.04% of the vote in 2012. He ran. He won the Democratic primary unopposed.^[46]

State Representative Mike Braun^[46] won the May 8 Republican primary. U.S. Representatives Luke Messer^[47] and Todd Rokita^[47] also ran for the Republican nomination.

James Johnson ran as an independent.^[46]

Braun won election with 51% of the vote, defeating Joe Donnelly.^[48]

Indiana Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Donnelly (incumbent)	284,621	100.00
Total votes			284,621	100.00

Indiana Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Braun	208,602	41.17
	Republican	Todd Rokita	151,967	29.99
	Republican	Luke Messer	146,131	28.84
Total votes			506,700	100.00

Indiana general election^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Braun	1,158,000	50.73
	Democratic	Joe Donnelly (incumbent)	1,023,553	44.84
	Libertarian	Lucy Brenton	100,942	4.42
	Write-in		70	0.00
Total votes			2,282,565	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

Maine[]

Maine election

← 2012 2024 →
Turnout	59.96%
Nominee Angus King Eric Brakey Zak Ringelstein Party Independent Republican Democratic Popular vote 344,575 223,502 66,268 Percentage 54.31% 35.23% 10.45%
County results
U.S. senator before election Angus King Independent Elected U.S. senator Angus King Independent

One-term Independent Senator Angus King was elected in a three-way race with 53% of the vote in 2012. King has caucused with the Democratic Party since taking office in 2013, but he has left open the possibility of caucusing with the Republican Party in the future.^[49]

King ran.^[50]

State Senator Eric Brakey ran unopposed for the Republican nomination.^[50]

Public school teacher and founder of UClass Zak Ringelstein ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination.^[50]

The election was conducted with ranked choice voting, as opposed to "First-past-the-post voting", after Maine voters passed a citizen referendum approving the change in 2016^[51] and a June 2018 referendum sustaining the change.^[52]

King was easily re-elected with over 50% of the vote.

Maine Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Zak Ringelstein	89,841	100.00
Total votes			89,841	100.00

Maine Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eric Brakey	59,853	100.00
Total votes			59,853	100.00

Maine general election^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Angus King (incumbent)	344,575	54.31
	Republican	Eric Brakey	223,502	35.23
	Democratic	Zak RIngelstein	66,268	10.45
	Write-in		64	0.01
Total votes			634,409	100.00
	Independent hold

Maryland[]

Maryland election

← 2012 2024 →
Turnout	58.17%
Nominee Ben Cardin Tony Campbell Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,491,614 697,107 Percentage 64.86% 30.31%
County results
U.S. senator before election Ben Cardin Democratic Elected U.S. senator Ben Cardin Democratic

Two-term Democrat Ben Cardin was re-elected with 56% of the vote in 2012. He won the Democratic primary.^[53]

Tony Campbell, Evan Cronhardt, Nnabu Eze, Gerald Smith, and Blaine Taylor^[54] were seeking the Republican nomination, with Campbell winning.

Arvin Vohra, vice chairman of the Libertarian National Committee, sought the Libertarian Party nomination.^[54]

Independents Neal Simon^[54] and Edward Shlikas^{[citation needed]}, and Michael B Puskar ran.

Cardin won re-election to a third term in office.^[55]

Maryland Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ben Cardin (incumbent)	477,441	80.28
	Democratic	Chelsea Manning	34,611	5.82
	Democratic	Jerome Segal	20,027	3.37
	Democratic	Debbie Wilson	18,953	3.19
	Democratic	Marcia H. Morgan	16,047	2.70
	Democratic	Lih Young	9,874	1.66
	Democratic	Richard Vaughn	9,480	1.59
	Democratic	Erik Jetmir	8,259	1.39
Total votes			594,692	100.00

Maryland Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tony Campbell	51,426	29.22
	Republican	Chris Chaffee	42,328	24.05
	Republican	Christina J. Grigorian	30,756	17.48
	Republican	John Graziani	15,435	8.77
	Republican	Blaine Taylor	8,848	5.03
	Republican	Gerald I. Smith Jr.	7,564	4.30
	Republican	Brian Charles Vaeth	5,411	3.07
	Republican	Evan M. Cronhardt	4,445	2.53
	Republican	Bill Krehnbrink	3,606	2.05
	Republican	Nnabu Eze	3,442	1.96
	Republican	Albert Binyahmin Howard	2,720	1.55
Total votes			175,981	100.00

Maryland general election^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ben Cardin (incumbent)	1,491,614	64.86
	Republican	Tony Campbell	697,017	30.31
	Independent	Neal Simon	85,964	3.74
	Libertarian	Arvin Vohra	22,943	1.00
	Write-in		2,351	0.10
Total votes			2,299,889	100.00
	Democratic hold

Massachusetts[]

Massachusetts election

← 2012 2024 →
Turnout	59.17%
Nominee Elizabeth Warren Geoff Diehl Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,633,371 979,210 Percentage 60.34% 36.17%
Municipal results
U.S. senator before election Elizabeth Warren Democratic Elected U.S. senator Elizabeth Warren Democratic

One-term Democrat Elizabeth Warren was elected with 54% of the vote in 2012. She ran for re-election.^[56]

State Representative Geoff Diehl,^[57] attorney and founder of Better for America, John Kingston^[57] and former Romney aide Beth Lindstrom,^[57] ran for the Republican nomination. Diehl won the Republican nomination.

Shiva Ayyadurai^[58] ran as an independent. Shiva started as in early 2017 as the first Republican in the race, but went independent in November 2017.

Warren defeated Diehl, winning a second term.^[59]

Massachusetts Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Elizabeth Warren (incumbent)	590,835	98.08
	Write-in		11,558	1.92
Total votes			602,393	100.00

Massachusetts Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Geoff Diehl	144,043	55.15
	Republican	John Kingston III	69,636	26.66
	Republican	Beth Joyce Lindstrom	46,693	17.88
	Write-in		798	0.31
Total votes			261,170	100.00

Massachusetts general election^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Elizabeth Warren (incumbent)	1,633,371	60.34
	Republican	Geoff Diehl	979,210	36.17
	Independent	Shiva Ayyadurai	91,710	3.39
	Write-in		2,799	0.10
Total votes			2,707,090	100.00
	Democratic hold

Michigan[]

Michigan election

← 2012 2024 →
Turnout	56.72%
Nominee Debbie Stabenow John James Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 2,214,478 1,938,818 Percentage 52.26% 45.76%
County results
U.S. senator before election Debbie Stabenow Democratic Elected U.S. senator Debbie Stabenow Democratic

Three-term Democrat Debbie Stabenow was re-elected with 59% of the vote in 2012.^[60] She was renominated without Democratic opposition. On the Republican side, businessman John James won the nomination.^[60]

In the final months of the election, polls showed the race was beginning to narrow. Ultimately, Stabenow was re-elected, defeating James, with a majority of the vote.

Michigan Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Debbie Stabenow (incumbent)	1,045,450	100.00
Total votes			1,045,450	100.00

Michigan Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John James	518,564	54.67
	Republican	Sandy Pensler	429,885	45.32
	Write-in		57	0.01
Total votes			948,506	100.00

Michigan general election^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Debbie Stabenow (incumbent)	2,214,478	52.26
	Republican	John James	1,938,818	45.76
	Green	Marcia Squier	40,204	0.95
	U.S. Taxpayers	George Huffman III	27,251	0.64
	Natural Law	John Howard Wilhelm	16,502	0.39
	Write-in		18	0.00
Total votes			4,237,271	100.00
	Democratic hold

Minnesota[]

Minnesota (Regular)[]

Minnesota general election

← 2012 2024 →
Turnout	63.89%
Nominee Amy Klobuchar Jim Newberger Party Democratic (DFL) Republican Popular vote 1,566,174 940,437 Percentage 60.31% 36.21%
County results
U.S. senator before election Amy Klobuchar Democratic (DFL) Elected U.S. senator Amy Klobuchar Democratic (DFL)

Two-term Democrat Amy Klobuchar was re-elected with 65% of the vote in 2012. She ran for re-election.^[61]

State Representative Jim Newberger^[61] ran for the Republican nomination.

Klobuchar was easily re-elected.^[62]

Minnesota Democratic (DFL) primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Amy Klobuchar (incumbent)	557,306	95.70
	Democratic (DFL)	Steve Carlson	9,934	1.71
	Democratic (DFL)	Stephen A. Emery	7,047	1.21
	Democratic (DFL)	David Robert Groves	4,511	0.77
	Democratic (DFL)	Leonard J. Richards	3,552	0.61
Total votes			582,350	100.00

Minnesota Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Newberger	201,531	69.50
	Republican	Merrill Anderson	45,492	15.69
	Republican	Rae Hart Anderon	25,883	8.93
	Republican	Rocky De La Fuente	17,051	5.88
Total votes			289,957	100.00

Minnesota general election^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Amy Klobuchar (incumbent)	1,566,174	60.31
	Republican	Jim Newberger	940,437	36.21
	Legal Marijuana Now	Dennis Schuller	66,236	2.55
	Green	Paula M. Overby	23,101	0.89
	Write-in		931	0.04
Total votes			2,596,879	100.00
	Democratic (DFL) hold

Minnesota (Special)[]

Minnesota special election

← 2014 2020 →
Turnout	63.66%
Nominee Tina Smith Karin Housley Party Democratic (DFL) Republican Popular vote 1,370,540 1,095,777 Percentage 52.97% 42.35%
County results
U.S. senator before election Tina Smith Democratic (DFL) Elected U.S. senator Tina Smith Democratic (DFL)

Two-term Democrat Al Franken announced that he would resign in December 2017, following allegations of sexual harassment. Mark Dayton, Governor of Minnesota, appointed Lt. Gov. Tina Smith on January 2, 2018, as an interim Senator until the November 2018 election. She defeated primary challenger Richard Painter in the Democratic primary held on August 14.

Incumbent Tina Smith defeated Republican Karin Housley in the general election to finish the term ending January 3, 2021.

Minnesota Democratic (DFL) primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Tina Smith (incumbent)	433,705	76.06
	Democratic (DFL)	Richard Painter	78,193	13.71
	Democratic (DFL)	Ali Chehem Ali	18,897	3.31
	Democratic (DFL)	Gregg A. Iverson	17,825	3.13
	Democratic (DFL)	Nick Leonard	16,529	2.90
	Democratic (DFL)	Christopher Lovell Seymore Sr.	5,041	0.88
Total votes			570,190	100.00

Minnesota Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Karin Housley	186,384	61.95
	Republican	Bob Anderson	107,102	35.60
	Republican	Nikolay Nikolayevich Bey	7,375	2.45
Total votes			300,861	100.00

Minnesota special election^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Tina Smith (incumbent)	1,370,540	52.97
	Republican	Karin Housley	1,095,777	42.35
	Legal Marijuana Now	Sarah Wellington	95,614	3.70
	Independent	Jerry Trooien	24,324	0.94
	Write-in		1,101	0.04
Total votes			2,587,356	100.00
	Democratic (DFL) hold

Mississippi[]

Mississippi (Regular)[]

Mississippi general election

← 2012 2024 →
Turnout	49.66%
Nominee Roger Wicker David Baria Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 547,619 369,567 Percentage 58.49% 39.47%
County results
U.S. senator before election Roger Wicker Republican Elected U.S. senator Roger Wicker Republican

One-term Republican Roger Wicker won re-election with 57% of the vote in 2012. He was appointed in 2007 and won a special election in 2008 to serve the remainder of Trent Lott's term. He ran.^[29]

David Baria^[29] won the Democratic nomination in a run-off on June 26.

Wicker was easily re-elected.^[63]

Mississippi Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Roger Wicker (incumbent)	130,118	82.79
	Republican	Richard Boyanton	27,052	17.21
Total votes			157,170	100.00

Mississippi Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Howard Sherman	27,957	31.79
	Democratic	David Baria	27,244	30.98
	Democratic	Omeria Scott	21,278	24.20
	Democratic	Victor G. Maurice Jr.	4,361	4.96
	Democratic	Jerome Garland	4,266	4.85
	Democratic	Jensen Bohren	2,825	3.21
Total votes			87,931	100.00

Mississippi Democratic primary runoff

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Baria	44,156	58.64
	Democratic	Howard Sherman	31,149	41.36
Total votes			75,305	100.00

Mississippi general election^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Roger Wicker (incumbent)	547,619	58.49
	Democratic	David Baria	369,567	39.47
	Libertarian	Danny Bedwell	12,981	1.39
	Reform	Shawn O'Hara	6,048	0.65
Total votes			936,215	100.00
	Republican hold

Mississippi (Special)[]

Mississippi special election

← 2014 November 6, 2018 (general) / November 27, 2018 (runoff) 2020 →
Turnout	50.15% (general) / 48.14% (runoff)
Nominee Cindy Hyde-Smith Mike Espy Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 389,995 (general) / 486,769 (runoff) 386,742 (general) / 420,819 (runoff) Percentage 41.25% (general) / 53.63% (runoff) 40.90% (general) / 46.37% (runoff)
County results
U.S. senator before election Cindy Hyde-Smith Republican Elected U.S. senator Cindy Hyde-Smith Republican

Seven-term Republican Thad Cochran, who won re-election with 59.9% of the vote in 2014, announced that he would resign since April 1, 2018 due to health reasons.^[64] Phil Bryant, Governor of Mississippi, announced on March 21, 2018, that he would appoint Mississippi Agriculture Commissioner Cindy Hyde-Smith to fill the vacancy.^[65] She ran in the special election.^[29]

On November 6, a nonpartisan jungle primary took place on the same day as the regularly scheduled U.S. Senate election for the seat currently held by Roger Wicker. Party affiliations were not printed on the ballot.^[66] As no candidate gained 50% of the votes, a runoff special election between the top two candidates - Hyde-Smith and former United States Secretary of Agriculture Mike Espy^[29] - was held on November 27, 2018. Hyde-Smith won the runoff election.

Democrat Tobey Bartee^[67] and Republican Chris McDaniel also contested the first round of the election.^[29]

Mississippi special election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Cindy Hyde-Smith (incumbent)	389,995	41.25
	Nonpartisan	Mike Espy	386,742	40.90
	Nonpartisan	Chris McDaniel	154,878	16.38
	Nonpartisan	Tobey Bernard Bartee	13,852	1.47
Total votes			945,467	100.00

Mississippi special election runoff^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Cindy Hyde-Smith (incumbent)	486,769	53.63
	Nonpartisan	Mike Espy	420,819	46.37
Total votes			907,588	100.00
	Republican hold

Missouri[]

Missouri election

← 2012 2024 →
Turnout	58.23%
Nominee Josh Hawley Claire McCaskill Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,254,927 1,112,935 Percentage 51.38% 45.57%
County results
U.S. senator before election Claire McCaskill Democratic Elected U.S. senator Josh Hawley Republican

Two-term Democrat Claire McCaskill was re-elected with 55% of the vote in 2012. She was renominated.^[68]

Attorney General Josh Hawley^[68] won the Republican nomination.^{[citation needed]} Japheth Campbell declared his candidacy for the Libertarian nomination.^[68]

Polls showed a close race for months leading up to the election. Hawley defeated McCaskill in the general election.^[69]

Missouri Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Claire McCaskill (incumbent)	501,872	82.60
	Democratic	Carla Wright	41,126	6.77
	Democratic	David Faust	15,984	2.63
	Democratic	John Hogan	15,958	2.63
	Democratic	Angelica Earl	15,500	2.55
	Democratic	Travis Gonzalez	9,480	1.56
	Democratic	Leonard Joseph Steinman II	7,657	1.26
Total votes			607,577	100.00

Missouri Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Josh Hawley	389,978	58.64
	Republican	Tony Monetti	64,834	9.75
	Republican	Austin Petersen	54,916	8.26
	Republican	Kristi Nichols	49,640	7.47
	Republican	Christina Smith	35,024	5.27
	Republican	Ken Patterson	19,579	2.94
	Republican	Peter Pfeifer	16,594	2.50
	Republican	Courtland Sykes	13,870	2.09
	Republican	Fred Ryman	8,781	1.32
	Republican	Brian G. Hagg	6,871	1.03
	Republican	Bradley Krembs	4,902	0.74
Total votes			664,889	100.00

Missouri general election^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Josh Hawley	1,254,927	51.38
	Democratic	Claire McCaskill (incumbent)	1,112,935	45.57
	Independent	Craig O'Dear	34,398	1.41
	Libertarian	Japheth Campbell	27,316	1.12
	Green	Jo Crain	12,706	0.52
	Write-in		7	0.00
Total votes			2,442,289	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

Montana[]

Montana election

← 2012 2024 →
Turnout	70.86%
Nominee Jon Tester Matt Rosendale Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 253,876 235,963 Percentage 50.33% 46.78%
County results
U.S. senator before election Jon Tester Democratic Elected U.S. senator Jon Tester Democratic

Two-term Democrat Jon Tester was re-elected with 49% of the vote in 2012. He won the Democratic nomination in the June 5 primary with no opposition.^[70]

State Auditor Matthew Rosendale^[70] won the Republican nomination in the June 5 primary. State Senator Albert Olszewski,^[70] former judge Russell Fagg,^[70] and Troy Downing^[70] also ran for the Republican nomination.

Tester was re-elected winning over 50% of the vote.^[71]

Montana Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jon Tester (incumbent)	114,948	100.00
	Write-in		5	0.00
Total votes			114,953	100.00

Montana Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Matt Rosendale	51,859	33.82
	Republican	Russell Fagg	43,465	28.34
	Republican	Troy Downing	29,341	19.13
	Republican	Albert Olszewski	28,681	18.70
	Write-in		9	0.01
Total votes			153,355	100.00

Montana general election^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jon Tester (incumbent)	253,876	50.33
	Republican	Matt Rosendale	235,963	46.78
	Libertarian	Rick Breckenridge	14,545	2.88
Total votes			504,384	100.00
	Democratic hold

Nebraska[]

Nebraska election

← 2012 2024 →
Turnout	57.32%
Nominee Deb Fischer Jane Raybould Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 403,151 269,917 Percentage 57.69% 38.62%
County results
U.S. senator before election Deb Fischer Republican Elected U.S. senator Deb Fischer Republican

One-term Republican Deb Fischer was elected with 58% of the vote in 2012. She ran for and won the Republican nomination in the May 15 primary.^[72] Other Republicans who ran include retired professor Jack Heidel, Todd Watson, and Dennis Frank Macek.^[73]

Lincoln Councilwoman Jane Raybould ran for and won the Democratic nomination in the May 15 primary.^[72] Other Democrats who ran include Frank Svoboda, Chris Janicek, and Larry Marvin, who was a candidate in 2008, 2012, and 2014.^[73]

Jim Schultz ran for the Libertarian nomination.^[72]

Fischer was easily re-elected.^[74]

Nebraska Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Deb Fischer (incumbent)	128,157	75.79
	Republican	Todd F. Watson	19,661	11.63
	Republican	Jack Heidel	9,413	5.57
	Republican	Jeffrey Lynn Stein	6,380	3.77
	Republican	Dennis Frank Macek	5,483	3.24
Total votes			169,094	100.00

Nebraska Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jane Raybould	59,067	63.68
	Democratic	Chris Janicek	18,752	20.22
	Democratic	Frank B. Svoboda	10,548	11.37
	Democratic	Larry Marvin	4,393	4.74
Total votes			92,760	100.00

Nebraska general election^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Deb Fischer (incumbent)	403,151	57.69
	Democratic	Jane Raybould	269,917	38.62
	Libertarian	Jim Schultz	25,349	3.63
	Write-in		466	0.07
Total votes			698,883	100.00
	Republican hold

Nevada[]

Nevada election

← 2012 2024 →
Turnout	62.26%
Nominee Jacky Rosen Dean Heller Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 490,071 441,202 Percentage 50.41% 45.38%
County results
U.S. senator before election Dean Heller Republican Elected U.S. senator Jacky Rosen Democratic

Incumbent Republican Dean Heller was the Republican nominee.^[75] He was appointed to the seat in 2011 and then elected with 46% of the vote in 2012. Heller considered running for governor, but chose to seek re-election.^[76]

Nevada was the only state in the midterm elections that had an incumbent Republican Senator in a state that Hillary Clinton had won in 2016.

Representative Jacky Rosen^[76] is the Democratic nominee.^[75]

Rosen defeated Heller in the general election, making Heller the only Republican incumbent to lose re-election in 2018.^[77]

Nevada Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dean Heller (incumbent)	99,509	69.97
	Republican	Tom Heck	26,296	18.49
		None of These Candidates	5,978	4.20
	Republican	Sherry Brooks	5,145	3.62
	Republican	Sarah Gazala	4,011	2.82
	Republican	Vic Harrell	1,282	0.90
Total votes			142,221	100.00

Nevada Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jacky Rosen	110,567	77.11
		None of These Candidates	10,078	7.03
	Democratic	David Drew Knight	6,346	4.43
	Democratic	Allen Rheinhart	4,782	3.33
	Democratic	Jesse Sbaih	4,540	3.17
	Democratic	Sujeet Mahendra	3,835	2.67
	Democratic	Danny Burleigh	3,244	2.26
Total votes			143,392	100.00

Nevada general election^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jacky Rosen	490,071	50.41
	Republican	Dean Heller (incumbent)	441,202	45.38
		None of These Candidates	15,303	1.57
	Independent	Barry Michaels	9,269	0.95
	Libertarian	Tim Hagan	9,196	0.95
	Independent American	Kamau A. Bakari	7,091	0.73
Total votes			972,132	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

New Jersey[]

New Jersey election

← 2012 2024 →
Turnout	53.38%
Nominee Bob Menendez Bob Hugin Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,711,654 1,357,355 Percentage 54.01% 42.83%
County results
U.S. senator before election Bob Menendez Democratic Elected U.S. senator Bob Menendez Democratic

Republican Bob Hugin^[78] was nominated to face two-term Democrat Bob Menendez, who was re-elected with 59% of the vote in 2012. Menendez was originally appointed to the seat in January 2006. He ran for re-election, despite recent scandals that plagued his campaign.^[78]

Hugin self-funded most of his campaign. Ultimately, Menendez was re-elected with nearly 54% of the vote.^[79]

New Jersey Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Menendez (incumbent)	262,477	62.28
	Democratic	Lisa A. McCormick	158,998	37.72
Total votes			421,475	100.00

New Jersey Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Hugin	168,052	75.13
	Republican	Brian D. Goldberg	55,624	24.87
Total votes			223,676	100.00

New Jersey general election^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Menendez (incumbent)	1,711,654	54.01
	Republican	Bob Hugin	1,357,355	42.83
	Green	Madelyn R. Hoffman	25,150	0.79
	Libertarian	Murray Sabrin	21,212	0.67
	Independent	Natalie Lynn Rivera	19,897	0.63
	Independent	Tricia Flanagan	16,101	0.51
	Independent	Kevin Kimple	9,087	0.29
	Independent	Hank Schroeder	8,854	0.28
Total votes			3,169,310	100.00
	Democratic hold

New Mexico[]

New Mexico election

← 2012 2024 →
Turnout	55.03%
Nominee Martin Heinrich Mick Rich Gary Johnson Party Democratic Republican Libertarian Popular vote 376,998 212,813 107,201 Percentage 54.09% 30.53% 15.38%
County results
U.S. senator before election Martin Heinrich Democratic Elected U.S. senator Martin Heinrich Democratic

One-term Democrat Martin Heinrich was elected with 51% of the vote in 2012. He ran.^[80] Mick Rich won the Republican nomination unopposed.^[80]

Aubrey Dunn Jr., New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands and otherwise the first Libertarian to ever hold statewide elected office in history, announced his run for the seat,^[80] but stepped aside in August to allow former Governor of New Mexico, Gary Johnson's candidacy.

Heinrich was easily re-elected, defeating Rich and Johnson.

New Mexico Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Martin Heinrich (incumbent)	152,145	100.00
Total votes			152,145	100.00

New Mexico Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mick Rich	67,502	100.00
Total votes			67,502	100.00

New Mexico Libertarian primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Aubrey Dunn Jr.	623	100.00
Total votes			623	100.00

New Mexico general election^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Martin Heinrich (incumbent)	376,998	54.09
	Republican	Mick Rich	212,813	30.53
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson	107,201	15.38
Total votes			697,012	100.00
	Democratic hold

New York[]

New York election

← 2012 2024 →
Turnout	52.32%
Nominee Kirsten Gillibrand Chele Chiavacci Farley Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 4,056,931 1,998,220 Percentage 67.00% 33.00%
County results
U.S. senator before election Kirsten Gillibrand Democratic Elected U.S. senator Kirsten Gillibrand Democratic

One-term Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand was elected with 72% of the vote in 2012. She had previously been appointed to the seat in 2009 and won a special election to remain in office in 2010. She ran.^[81]

Private equity executive Chele Chiavacci Farley has been nominated for U.S. Senate by the Republican and Conservative Parties.^[81]

Gillibrand was elected to a second term.^[82]

New York general election^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kirsten Gillibrand	3,755,489	61.98
	Working Families	Kirsten Gillibrand	160,128	2.64
	Independence	Kirsten Gillibrand	99,325	1.64
	Women's Equality	Kirsten Gillibrand	41,989	0.69
	Total	Kirsten Gillibrand (incumbent)	4,056,931	66.96
	Republican	Chele Chiavacci Farley	1,730,439	28.56
	Conservative	Chele Chiavacci Farley	246,171	4.06
	Reform	Chele Chiavacci Farley	21,610	0.36
	Total	Chele Chiavacci Farley	1,998,220	32.98
	Write-in		3,872	0.06
Total votes			6,059,023	100.00
	Democratic hold

North Dakota[]

North Dakota election

← 2012 2024 →
Turnout	56.27%
Nominee Kevin Cramer Heidi Heitkamp Party Republican Democratic-NPL Popular vote 179,720 144,376 Percentage 55.45% 44.55%
County results
U.S. senator before election Heidi Heitkamp Democratic-NPL Elected U.S. senator Kevin Cramer Republican

One-term Democrat Heidi Heitkamp was elected with 50% of the vote in 2012. She won the Democratic nomination unopposed.^[83]

Representative Kevin Cramer^[83] won the Republican nomination in the June 12 primary. Former Niagara, North Dakota Mayor Thomas O'Neill^[83] also ran for the Republican nomination.

Heitkamp was continuously behind in the polls leading up to the election, and Heitkamp ended up losing to Cramer by 11%.^[84]

North Dakota Democratic-NPL primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic-NPL	Heidi Heitkamp (incumbent)	36,729	99.58
	Write-in		154	0.42
Total votes			36,883	100.00

North Dakota Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin Cramer	61,529	87.73
	Republican	Thomas O'Neill	8,509	12.13
	Write-in		95	0.14
Total votes			70,133	100.00

North Dakota general election^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin Cramer	179,720	55.11
	Democratic-NPL	Heidi Heitkamp (incumbent)	144,376	44.27
	Write-in		2,042	0.63
Total votes			326,138	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic-NPL

Ohio[]

Ohio election

← 2012 2024 →
Turnout	54.65%
Nominee Sherrod Brown Jim Renacci Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 2,358,508 2,057,559 Percentage 53.41% 46.59%
County results
U.S. senator before election Sherrod Brown Democratic Elected U.S. senator Sherrod Brown Democratic

Two-term Democrat Sherrod Brown was re-elected with 51% of the vote in 2012. He ran and was unopposed in Democratic primary.^[85]

U.S. Representative Jim Renacci ran for and won the Republican nomination in the May 8 primary.^[85] Other Republicans who ran include investment banker Michael Gibbons,^[85] businesswoman Melissa Ackison,^[85] Dan Kiley,^[85] and Don Elijah Eckhart.^[85]

Brown won re-election, defeating Renacci. Brown was the only non-judicial statewide Democrat in Ohio to win in 2018.^[86]

Ohio Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sherrod Brown (incumbent)	613,373	100.00
Total votes			613,373	100.00

Ohio Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Renacci	363,622	47.34
	Republican	Mike Gibbons	243,426	31.69
	Republican	Melissa Ackison	100,543	13.09
	Republican	Dan Kiley	30,684	3.99
	Republican	Don Elijah Eckhart	29,796	3.88
	Write-in		78	0.01
Total votes			768,149	100.00

Ohio general election^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sherrod Brown (incumbent)	2,358,508	53.40
	Republican	Jim Renacci	2,057,559	46.58
	Write-in		1,017	0.02
Total votes			4,417,084	100.00
	Democratic hold

Pennsylvania[]

Pennsylvania election

← 2012 2024 →
Turnout	58.18%
Nominee Bob Casey Jr. Lou Barletta Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 2,792,327 2,134,848 Percentage 55.74% 42.62%
County results
U.S. senator before election Bob Casey Jr. Democratic Elected U.S. senator Bob Casey Jr. Democratic

Two-term Democrat Bob Casey Jr. was re-elected with 54% of the vote in 2012. He ran and won the Democratic primary unopposed.^[87]

U.S. Representative Lou Barletta ran for and won the Republican nomination in the May 15 primary.^[87] Jim Christiana also ran for the Republican nomination.^[87]

Casey was easily re-elected.^[88]

Pennsylvania Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Casey Jr. (incumbent)	752,008	99.13
	Write-in		6,584	0.87
Total votes			758,592	100.00

Pennsylvania Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lou Barletta	433,312	62.80
	Republican	Jim Christiana	254,118	36.83
	Write-in		2,553	0.37
Total votes			689,983	100.00

Pennsylvania general election^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Casey Jr. (incumbent)	2,792,437	55.73
	Republican	Lou Barletta	2,134,848	42.60
	Libertarian	Dale Kerns	50,907	1.02
	Green	Neal Gale	31,208	0.62
	Write-in		1,568	0.03
Total votes			5,010,968	100.00
	Democratic hold

Rhode Island[]

Rhode Island election

← 2012 2024 →
Turnout	47.69%
Nominee Sheldon Whitehouse Robert Flanders Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 231,477 144,421 Percentage 61.45% 38.33%
Municipal results
U.S. senator before election Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic Elected U.S. senator Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic

Two-term Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse was re-elected with 64% of the vote in 2012. He ran.^[89]

Former Rhode Island Supreme Court Associate Justice Robert Flanders^[89] was the Republican nominee.

Whitehouse was elected to a third term by a wide margin.

Rhode Island Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sheldon Whitehouse (incumbent)	89,140	76.79
	Democratic	Patricia Fontes	26,947	23.21
Total votes			116,087	100.00

Rhode Island Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Flanders	26,543	87.70
	Republican	Rocky De La Fuente	3,722	12.30
Total votes			30,265	100.00

Rhode Island general election^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sheldon Whitehouse (incumbent)	231,477	61.44
	Republican	Robert Flanders	144,421	38.33
	Write-in		840	0.22
Total votes			376,738	100.00
	Democratic hold

Tennessee[]

Tennessee election

← 2012 2024 →
Turnout	53.89%
Nominee Marsha Blackburn Phil Bredesen Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,227,483 985,450 Percentage 54.71% 43.92%
County results
U.S. senator before election Bob Corker Republican Elected U.S. senator Marsha Blackburn Republican

Two-term Republican Bob Corker was re-elected with 65% of the vote in 2012. Senator Corker filed his Statement of Candidacy with the Secretary of the U.S. Senate to run for re-election,^[90] but on September 26, 2017, Senator Corker announced his intent to retire.^[91]

Aaron Pettigrew^[92] and Republican U.S. Representative Marsha Blackburn^[92] ran for the Republican nomination. Marsha Blackburn became the Republican nominee.

Former Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen^[92] became the Democratic nominee.

Despite predictions that the race would be close, Blackburn was easily elected to the Senate.^[93]

Tennessee Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marsha Blackburn	613,513	84.48
	Republican	Aaron Pettigrew	112,705	15.52
	Write-in		13	0.00
Total votes			726,231	100.00

Tennessee Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Phil Bredesen	349,718	91.51
	Democratic	Gary Davis	20,170	5.28
	Democratic	John Wolfe Jr.	12,269	3.21
Total votes			382,157	100.00

Tennessee general election^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marsha Blackburn	1,227,483	54.71
	Democratic	Phil Bredesen	985,450	43.92
	Independent	Trudy Austin	9,455	0.42
	Independent	Dean Hill	8,717	0.39
	Independent	Kris Todd	5,084	0.23
	Independent	John Carico	3,398	0.15
	Independent	Breton Phillips	2,226	0.10
	Independent	Kevin Lee McCants	1,927	0.09
Total votes			2,243,740	100.00
	Republican hold

Texas[]

Texas election

← 2012 2024 →
Turnout	53.01%
Nominee Ted Cruz Beto O'Rourke Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 4,260,553 4,045,632 Percentage 50.89% 48.33%
County results
U.S. senator before election Ted Cruz Republican Elected U.S. senator Ted Cruz Republican

One-term Republican Ted Cruz was elected with 57% of the vote in 2012. He overwhelmingly won the Republican primary on March 6, 2018.^[94] Television producer Bruce Jacobson,^[95] Houston energy attorney Stefano de Stefano,^[96] former mayor of La Marque Geraldine Sam,^[97] Mary Miller,^[98] and Thomas Dillingham^[99] were Cruz's opponents.

U.S. Representative Beto O'Rourke won the Democratic nomination on March 6, 2018.^[94] Other Democrats who ran include Irasema Ramirez Hernandez^[100] and Edward Kimbrough.^[101]

Nurse Carl Bible ran as an independent.^[102] Bob McNeil ran as the candidate of the American Citizen Party.^[103] Neal Dikeman was the Libertarian nominee.^[104]

O'Rourke ran a strong campaign, creating a close race in a traditionally Republican stronghold.^[105] Nevertheless, Cruz was narrowly re-elected to a second term.^[106]

Texas Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ted Cruz (incumbent)	1,322,724	85.36
	Republican	Mary Miller	94,715	6.11
	Republican	Bruce Jacobson Jr.	64,791	4.18
	Republican	Stefano de Stefano	44,456	2.87
	Republican	Geraldine Sam	22,887	1.48
Total votes			1,549,573	100.00

Texas Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Beto O'Rourke	644,632	61.81
	Democratic	Sema Hernandez	247,424	23.72
	Democratic	Edward Kimbrough	150,858	14.47
Total votes			1,042,914	100.00

Texas general election^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ted Cruz (incumbent)	4,260,553	50.89
	Democratic	Beto O'Rourke	4,045,632	48.33
	Libertarian	Neal Dikeman	65,470	0.78
Total votes			8,371,655	100.00
	Republican hold

Utah[]

Utah election

← 2012 2024 →
Turnout	74.15%
Nominee Mitt Romney Jenny Wilson Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 665,215 328,541 Percentage 62.59% 30.91%
County results
U.S. senator before election Orrin Hatch Republican Elected U.S. senator Mitt Romney Republican

Seven-term Republican Orrin Hatch was re-elected with 65% of the vote in 2012. Hatch is the President pro tempore of the United States Senate, as well as the second most-senior Senator. Before the 2012 election, Hatch said that he would retire at the end of his seventh term if he was re-elected.^[107] Hatch initially announced his re-election campaign on March 9, 2017,^[108][109] but later announced his plans to retire on January 2, 2018. Former 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney was running for the seat.^[110]

Professor James Singer was running for the Democratic nomination, but he dropped out and endorsed Salt Lake County Councilwoman Jenny Wilson, who made her Senate bid official on July 17, 2017.^[111][112] Danny Drew^[113][114] also was running, but dropped out and endorsed Jenny Wilson. Mitchell Kent Vice was defeated for the Democratic nomination by Wilson.

Mitt Romney was easily elected, defeating Wilson.^[115]

Utah Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mitt Romney	240,021	71.27
	Republican	Mike Kennedy	96,771	28.73
Total votes			336,792	100.00

Utah general election^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mitt Romney	665,215	62.59
	Democratic	Jenny Wilson	328,541	30.91
	Constitution	Tim Aalders	28,774	2.71
	Libertarian	Craig Bowden	27,607	2.60
		Reed McCandless	12,708	1.20
	Write-in		52	0.00
Total votes			1,062,897	100.00
	Republican hold

Vermont[]

Vermont election

← 2012 2024 →
Turnout	55.57%
Nominee Bernie Sanders Lawrence Zupan Party Independent Republican Popular vote 183,649 74,815 Percentage 67.44% 27.47%
County results
U.S. senator before election Bernie Sanders Independent Elected U.S. senator Bernie Sanders Independent

Two-term Independent Senator Bernie Sanders was re-elected with 71% of the vote in 2012. Sanders, one of two independent members of Congress, has caucused with the Democratic Party since taking office in 2007. In November 2015, Sanders announced his plans to run as a Democrat, rather than an Independent, in all future elections. He won the nomination easily.^[116]

Sanders easily won election to a third term.^[117]

Vermont Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bernie Sanders (incumbent)	63,683	94.02
	Democratic	Folsade Adeluola	3,766	5.56
	Write-in		281	0.41
Total votes			67,730	100.00

Vermont Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	H. Brooke Paige	9,805	37.37
	Republican	Lawrence Zupan	9,383	35.86
	Republican	Jasdeep Pannu	4,527	17.30
	Write-in	Bernie Sanders (incumbent)	1,081	4.13
	Republican	Rocky De La Fuente	1,057	4.04
	Write-in		314	1.20
Total votes			26,167	100.00

Vermont general election^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Bernie Sanders (incumbent)	183,649	67.36
	Republican	Lawrence Zupan	74,815	27.44
	Independent	Brad Peacock	3,665	1.34
	Independent	Russell Beste	2,763	1.01
	Independent	Edward Gilbert Jr.	2,244	0.82
	Independent	Folasade Adeluola	1,979	0.73
	Liberty Union	Reid Kane	1,171	0.43
	Independent	Jon Svitavsky	1,130	0.41
	Independent	Bruce Busa	914	0.34
	Write-in		294	0.11
Total votes			272,624	100.00
	Independent hold

Virginia[]

Virginia election

← 2012 2024 →
Turnout	59.14%
Nominee Tim Kaine Corey Stewart Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,910,370 1,374,313 Percentage 57.00% 41.01%
County results
U.S. senator before election Tim Kaine Democratic Elected U.S. senator Tim Kaine Democratic

One-term Democrat Tim Kaine was elected with 53% of the vote in 2012. He was re-nominated unopposed.^[118] Prince William County Supervisor Corey Stewart^[118] was the Republican nominee. was the Libertarian nominee.^[119] Kaine defeated Stewart with 57% of the vote. Stewart received about 41% of the vote.^[120]

Virginia Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Corey Stewart	136,610	44.86
	Republican	Nick Freitas	131,321	43.12
	Republican	E. W. Jackson	36,508	11.99
	Write-in		79	0.03
Total votes			304,518	100.00

Virginia general election^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tim Kaine (incumbent)	1,910,370	57.00
	Republican	Corey Stewart	1,374,313	41.00
	Libertarian	Matt Waters	61,565	1.84
	Write-in		5,509	0.16
Total votes			3,351,757	100.00
	Democratic hold

Washington[]

Washington election

← 2012 2024 →
Turnout	70.74%
Nominee Maria Cantwell Susan Hutchison Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,803,364 1,282,804 Percentage 58.43% 41.57%
County results
U.S. senator before election Maria Cantwell Democratic Elected U.S. senator Maria Cantwell Democratic

Three-term Democrat Maria Cantwell was re-elected with 61% of the vote in 2012. She ran.^[121]

Washington holds non-partisan blanket primaries, in which the top two finishers advance to the general election regardless of party. Cantwell and former state Republican Party chair Susan Hutchison faced each other in November.

Cantwell won re-election by a large margin.^[122]

Washington blanket primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maria Cantwell (incumbent)	929,961	54.68
	Republican	Susan Hutchison	413,317	24.30
	Republican	Keith Swank	39,818	2.34
	Republican	Joey Gibson	38,676	2.27
	Democratic	Clint Tannehill	35,770	2.10
	Republican	Dave Bryant	33,962	2.00
	Republican	Art Coday	30,654	1.80
	Independent	Jennifer Ferguson	25,224	1.48
	Republican	Tim Owen	23,167	1.36
	Republican	Matt Hawkins	13,324	0.78
	Democratic	Don Rivers	12,634	0.74
	Libertarian	Mike Luke	12,302	0.72
	Republican	Glen Stockwell	11,611	0.68
	Independent	Thor Amundson	9,393	0.55
	Democratic	Mohammad Said	8,649	0.51
	Republican	Matthew Heines	7,737	0.45
	Freedom Socialist	Steve Hoffman	7,390	0.43
	Republican	Goodspaceguy	7,057	0.41
	Republican	John Orlinski	6,905	0.41
	Independent	Dave Strider	6,821	0.40
	Republican	Rocky De La Fuente	5,724	0.34
	Green	James Robert Deal	3,849	0.23
	Independent	Sam Wright	3,761	0.22
	Independent	Brad Chase	2,655	0.16
	Democratic	George Kalberer	2,448	0.14
	Independent	Charlie Jackson	2,411	0.14
	Republican	RC Smith	2,238	0.13
	Independent	Jon Butler	2,016	0.12
	Independent	Alex Tsimerman	1,366	0.08
Total votes			1,700,840	100.00

Washington general election^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maria Cantwell (incumbent)	1,803,364	58.43
	Republican	Susan Hutchison	1,282,804	41.57
Total votes			3,086,168	100.00
	Democratic hold

West Virginia[]

West Virginia election

← 2012 2024 →
Turnout	47.04%
Nominee Joe Manchin Patrick Morrisey Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 290,510 271,113 Percentage 49.57% 46.26%
County results
U.S. senator before election Joe Manchin Democratic Elected U.S. senator Joe Manchin Democratic

One-term Democrat Joe Manchin was elected with 61% of the vote in 2012. He originally won the seat in a 2010 special election. Manchin ran for re-election and won the May 8 Democratic primary.^[123] Environmental activist Paula Jean Swearengin,^[123] also ran for the Democratic nomination.

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey received the Republican nomination in the May 8 primary. Representative Evan Jenkins,^[123] coal miner Bo Copley,^[123] Jack Newbrough, Don Blankenship, and Tom Willis ran for the Republican nomination.^[123]

Despite recent Republican successes in West Virginia, Manchin was able to win re-election to a second term.^[124]

West Virginia Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Manchin (incumbent)	112,658	69.86
	Democratic	Paula Jean Swearengin	48,594	30.14
Total votes			161,252	100.00

West Virginia Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Patrick Morrisey	48,007	34.90
	Republican	Evan Jenkins	40,185	29.21
	Republican	Don Blankenship	27,478	19.97
	Republican	Tom Willis	13,540	9.84
	Republican	Bo Copley	4,248	3.09
	Republican	Jack Newbrough	4,115	2.99
Total votes			137,573	100.00

West Virginia general election^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Manchin (incumbent)	290,510	49.57
	Republican	Patrick Morrisey	271,113	46.26
	Libertarian	Rusty Hollen	24,411	4.17
Total votes			586,034	100.00
	Democratic hold

Wisconsin[]

Wisconsin election

← 2012 2024 →
Turnout	81.81%
Nominee Tammy Baldwin Leah Vukmir Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,472,914 1,184,885 Percentage 55.36% 44.53%
County results
U.S. senator before election Tammy Baldwin Democratic Elected U.S. senator Tammy Baldwin Democratic

One-term Democrat Tammy Baldwin was elected with 51% of the vote in 2012. She ran.^[125]

State Senator Leah Vukmir^[125] and businessman and member of Wisconsin Board of Veterans Affairs Kevin Nicholson^[125] ran for the Republican nomination, with Vukmir proceeding to the general election.

Baldwin was re-elected with over 55% of the vote.^[126]

Wisconsin Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tammy Baldwin (incumbent)	510,812	99.64
	Write-in		1,848	0.36
Total votes			512,660	100.00

Wisconsin Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Leah Vukmir	217,230	48.90
	Republican	Kevin Nicholson	191,276	43.06
	Republican	George Lucia	18,786	4.23
	Republican	Griffin Jones	8,699	1.96
	Republican	Charles Barman	7,959	1.79
	Write-in		303	0.07
Total votes			444,253	100.00

Wisconsin general election^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tammy Baldwin (incumbent)	1,472,914	55.36
	Republican	Leah Vukmir	1,184,885	44.53
	Write-in		2,964	0.11
Total votes			2,660,763	100.00
	Democratic hold

Wyoming[]

Wyoming election

← 2012 2024 →
Turnout	77.43%
Nominee John Barrasso Gary Trauner Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 136,210 61,227 Percentage 66.96% 30.10%
County results
U.S. senator before election John Barrasso Republican Elected U.S. senator John Barrasso Republican

One-term Republican John Barrasso was elected with 76% of the vote in 2012. Barrasso was appointed to the seat in 2007 and won a special election in 2008. He ran.^[127]

Gary Trauner,^[127] a Jackson Hole businessman and U.S. House candidate in 2006 and 2008, was the Democratic nominee.

Barrasso was easily elected to a second term, defeating Trauner.^[128]

Wyoming Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Barrasso (incumbent)	74,292	64.76
	Republican	Dave Dodson	32,647	28.46
	Republican	John Holtz	2,981	2.60
	Republican	Charlie Hardy	2,377	2.07
	Republican	Rocky De La Fuente	1,280	1.12
	Republican	Anthony Van Risseghem	870	0.76
	Write-in		267	0.23
Total votes			114,714	100.00

Wyoming Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gary Trauner	17,562	98.90
	Write-in		195	1.10
Total votes			17,757	100.00

Wyoming general election^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Barrasso (incumbent)	136,210	66.96
	Democratic	Gary Trauner	61,227	30.10
	Libertarian	Joseph Porambo	5,658	2.78
	Write-in		325	0.16
Total votes			203,420	100.00
	Republican hold

See also[]

• 115th United States Congress
• 116th United States Congress
• 2018 United States House of Representatives elections
• 2018 United States gubernatorial elections

Notes[]

References[]