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| United States Senate elections, 2016 | ||||
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| Class 3 (34 of the 100) seats in the United States Senate 51 needed for the majority | ||||
| November 8, 2016 | ||||
| First party | Second party | |||
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| Leader | Mitch McConnell | Harry Reid | ||
| Party | Republican | Democratic | ||
| Seats before | 54 | 44 + 2 (46) | ||
| Seats won | -1 | +1 | ||
| Seats after | 53 | 45 + 1 (46) | ||
Majority Leader before election
Mitch McConnell Republican
Majority Leader after election
Mitch McConnell Republican | ||||
The 2016 Senate elections were held on November 8th 2014, concurrently with the 2016 presidential election, the U.S. House races of the year, and various other statewide elections.
In spite of winning the presidency, the Republicans suffered a loss of one seat. Nevertheless, the GOP retained control of the Senate.
Minority Leader, Harry Reid, retired from the Senate and was replaced by New York Senator Chuck Schumer.
Results[]
Winning candidate in bold[]
| Incumbent | State | Party | Results | Candidates |
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| Richard Shelby | Alabama | Republican | Incumbent re-elected | Ron Crumpton (Democratic) |
| Lisa Murkowski | Alaska | Republican | Incumbent re-elected |
A Democrat (Democratic) |
| John McCain | Arizona | Republican | Incumbent re-elected |
Ann Kirkpatrick (Democratic) |
| John Boozman | Arkansas | Republican | Incumbent re-elected | Connor Eldridge (Democratic) |
| Barbara Boxer | California | Democratic | Incumbent retired, Democratic hold | Kamala Harris (Democratic) Duf Sundheim (Republican) |
| Michael Bennet | Colorado | Democratic | Incumbent defeated, Republican gain | Darryl Glenn (Republican) |
| Richard Blumenthal | Connecticut | Democratic | Incumbent re-elected | August Wolf (Republican) |
| Marco Rubio | Florida | Republican | Incumbent resigned, Republican hold | David Jolly (Republican)
Alan Grayson (Democratic) |
| Jonny Isakson | Georgia | Republican | Incumbent re-elected | Cheryl Copeland (Democratic) |
| Brian Schatz | Hawaii | Democratic | Incumbent re-elected to serve full term | Campbell Cavasso (Republican) |
| Mike Crapo | Idaho | Republican | Incumbent re-elected | Jerry Sturgill (Democratic) |
| Mark Kirk | Illinois | Republican | Incumbent defeated, Democratic gain | Tammy Duckworth (Democratic) |
| Dan Coats | Indiana | Republican | Incumbent retired, Republican hold | Todd Young (Republican) Byron Hill (Democratic) |
| Chuck Grassley | Iowa | Republican | Incumbent re-elected | Bob Krause (Democratic) |
| Jerry Moran | Kansas | Republican | Incumbent re-elected | Monique Singh-Bey (Democratic) |
| Rand Paul | Kentucky | Republican | Incumbent re-elected | Jim Grey (Democratic) |
| David Vitter | Louisiana | Republican | Incumbent retired, Republican hold | John Fleming (Republican) Foster Campbell (Democratic) |
| Barbara Mikulski | Maryland | Democratic | Incumbent retired, Democratic hold | Chris Van Hollen (Democratic) Kathy Szeliga (Republican) |
| Roy Blunt | Missouri | Republican | Incumbent re-elected | Jason Kander (Democratic) |
| Harry Reid | Nevada | Democratic | Incumbent retired, Republican gain | Joe Heck (Republican) Catherine Cortez-Masto (Democratic) |
| Kelly Ayotte | New Hampshire | Republican | Incumbent re-elected | Maggie Hassan (Democratic) |
| Chuck Schumer | New York | Democratic | Incumbent re-elected | Wendy Long (Republican) |
| Richard Burr | North Carolina | Republican | Incumbent re-elected | Deb Ross (Democratic) |
| John Hoeven | North Dakota | Republican | Incumbent re-elected | Eliot Glassheim (Democratic) |
| Rob Portman | Ohio | Republican | Incumbent re-elected | Ted Strickland (Democratic) |
| James Lankford | Oklahoma | Republican | Incumbent re-elected to serve full term | Mike Workman (Democratic) |
| Ron Wyden | Oregon | Democratic | Incumbent re-elected | Mark Callahan (Republican) |
| Pat Toomey | Pennsylvania | Republican | Incumbent re-elected | Kathy McGinty (Democratic) |
| Tim Scott | South Carolina | Republican | Incumbent re-elected to serve full term | Tom Dixon (Democratic) |
| John Thune | South Dakota | Republican | Incumbent re-elected | Jay Williams (Democratic) |
| Mike Lee | Utah | Republican | Incumbent re-elected | Jon Swinton (Democratic) |
| Patrick Leahy | Vermont | Democratic | Incumbent re-elected | A Republican (Republican) |
| Patty Murray | Washington | Democratic | Incumbent defeated, Republican gain | Chris Vance (Republican) |
| Ron Johnson | Wisconsin | Republican | Incumbent defeated, Democratic gain | Russ Feingold (Democratic) |