2022 United States Senate elections (LandonExists)

The 2022 United States Senate elections were held on November 8, 2022, with the 34 class 3 seats of the Senate contested in regular elections. Of these, 20 were held by Republicans and 14 by Democrats. The winners were elected to six-year terms from January 3, 2023 to January 3, 2029.

In the 2016 United States Senate elections, the last regularly scheduled elections for class 3 Senate seats, the Democrats won two seats from the Republicans but failed to re-gain a majority, which they again failed to gain after the 2018 elections. Before the elections, Democrats held 48 seats, Republicans held 50 seats, and independents caucusing with the Democrats held two seats, which were not up for reelection. The Democrats had a majority because of the tie-breaking vote by the Vice President, at that time Kamala Harris. Republicans defended 20 seats and the Democrats 14.

Republicans needed a net gain of one seat to gain a majority. Despite fundraising efforts, Republicans underpreformed expectations on election night. They lost seats in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The only race they managed to flip was New Hampshire. With the exceptions of New Hampshire, the winning party in every Senate election was the winning party in the state's previous presidential election.

Election summary
Incumbents Retiring:

Roy Blunt (R-MO)

Richard Burr (R-NC)

Chuck Grassley (R-IA)

Ron Johnson (R-WI)

Patrick Leahy (D-VT)

Rob Portman (R-OH)

Richard Shelby (R-AL)

Pat Tooney (R-PA)

Change in composition
Republicans defended 20 seats while Democrats defended 14. Each block represents one of the 100 Senate seats. "D#" is a Democratic senator, "I#" is an Independent senator, and "R#" is a Republican senator. They are arranged so that the 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. Both Independents caucus with the Democrats. Majority (with Independents and Vice President) ↑

After the elections
Majority (with independents) ↑

Closest Races
13 races had a margin of victory of 10%:

Alabama
Six-term Republican Richard Shelby was re-elected in 2016 with 64% of the vote. On Feburary 8, 2021, Shelby announced he would not seek re-election to a seventh term. Republican Katie Britt won in a landslide.

Britt is the former President and CEO of the Business Council of Alabama and former Chief of Staff to U.S. Senator Richard Shelby. She defeated U.S. Representative Mo Brooks in a runoff to secure the Republican nomination, notably without securing former President Donald Trump's endorsement.

England, the chair of the Alabama Democratic Party, defeated Minority Leader of the Alabama House of Representatives Anthony Daniels to secure the Democratic nomination.

Alaska
Three-term Republican Lisa Murkowski was re-elected in 2016 with 44.4% of the vote.

Murkowski would face two major challenges in her re-election campaign, namely from fellow Republican Kelly Tshibaka, the former Alaska Department of Administration Commissioner and Democratic-back Independent Al Gross, the 2020 senate nominee. Kelly Tshibaka had been previously endorsed by the Alaska Republican Party and former President Donald Trump.

Following voter approval of Ballot Measure 2 during the 2020 elections in Alaska, this was the first U.S. Senate election in Alaska held under the new election process. All candidates ran in a nonpartisan blanket primary, from which the top four candidates advanced to the general election. Voters then utilized ranked voting during the general election.

Lisa Murkowski was eliminated in Round 2, meaning the final round was between Kelly Tshibaka and Al Gross, where Tshibaka won by 1.5%.

Arizona
Incumbent Democrat Mark Kelly took office on December 2, 2020 after winning a special election with 51.2% of the vote.

Six-term senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain was re-elected to this seat in 2016. However, he died on August 25, 2018, and former U.S. Senator Jon Kyl was appointed to replace him. Kyl resigned at the end of 2018 and was succeeded by outgoing U.S. Representative Martha McSally, who lost the 2020 special election to complete the term.

In a competitive Republican primary, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich defeated U.S. Representative Andy Biggs. He would go on to lose to Kelly by 4 points.

Arkansas
Two-term Republican John Boozman was re-elected in 2016 with 59.8% of the vote. Boozman was reelected to a third term by a 30-point margin.

Boozman faced a competitive against Jake Bequette, a former NFL player and U.S. Army veteran. Boozman won the primary 8.4%.

The Democratic primary was a three-way race consisted of Dan Whitfield, a 2020 U.S. Senate candidate, real estate broker Natalie James and former Pine Bluff city alderman Jack Foster. Dan Whitfield would go on to win the primary.

California
Incumbent Democrat Alex Padilla took office on January 20, 2021, after being appointed by California Governor Gavin Newsom. His appointment came as a result of the resignation of incumbent Democrat Kamala Harris, who resigned her seat on January 18, 2021, to take her seat as Vice President of the United States.

Colorado
Micheal Bennet (I-D) defeats Eli Bremer (R)

Connecticut
Richard Blumenthal (I-D) defeats Dan Carter (R)

Florida
Marco Rubio (I-R) defeats Val Demings (D)

Georgia
Raphael Warnock (I-D) defeats Herschel Walker (R)

Hawaii
Brian Schatz (I-D) wins unopposed

Idaho
Mike Crapo (I-R) defeats James Vandermaas (D)

Illinois
Tammy Duckworth (I-D) defeats Bill Brady (R)

Indiana
Todd Young (I-R) defeats Thomas McDermott Jr. (D)

Iowa
Chuck Grassley (I-R) defeats Abby Finkenauer (D)

Kansas
Jerry Moran (I-R) defeats Micheal Soetaert (D)

Kentucky
Rand Paul (I-R) defeats Charles Booker (D)

Louisiana
John Kennedy (I-R) defeats John Bel Edwards (D)

Maryland
Chris Van Hollen (I-D) defeats Kim Klacik (R)

Missouri
Eric Greitens (R) defeats Quinton Lucas (D)

Nevada
Catherine Cortez Masto (I-D) defeats Adam Laxalt (R)

New Hampshire
Chris Sununu (R) defeats Maggie Hassan (I-D)

New York
Chuck Schumer (I-D) defeats Antoine Tucker (R)

North Carolina
Ted Budd (R) defeats Cheri Beasley (D)

North Dakota
John Hoeven (I-R) defeats Michael Steele (D)

Ohio
Josh Mandel (R) defeats Tim Ryan (D)

Oklahoma
James Lankford (I-R) defeats Sheila Bilyeu (D)

Oregon
Ron Wyden (I-D) defeats Jo Rae Perkins (R)

Pennsylvania
John Fetterman (D) defeats Sean Parnell (R)

South Carolina
Tim Scott (I-R) defeats Krystie Matthews (D)

South Dakota
John Thune (I-R) defeats Troy Heinert (D)

Utah
Mike Lee (I-R) defeats Ben McAdams (D)

Vermont
T.J. Donovan (D) defeats some random gop guy i havent decided who yet (R)

Washington
Patty Murray (I-D) defeats Tiffany Smiley (R)

Wisconsin
Mandela Barnes (D) defeats Mike Gallagher (R)