1982 U.S. Senate election results

33 races · 33 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every U.S. Senate contest in the 1982 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

1982 U.S. Senate results by state
State	Winner	Result
Arizona	Dennis Deconcini D	411,970 votes · +120,221 over Pete Dunn
California	Pete Wilson R	4,022,565 votes · +527,597 over Edmund G. Brown Jr.
Connecticut	Lowell P. Weicker Jr.R	545,987 votes · +46,841 over Anthony Toby Moffett
Delaware	William V Roth Jr.R	105,357 votes · +20,944 over David N. Levinson
Florida	Lawton Chiles D	1,637,667 votes · +622,337 over van B. Poole
Hawaii	Spark M. Matsunaga D	245,386 votes · +193,315 over Clarence J. Brown
Indiana	Richard G. Lugar R	978,301 votes · +149,901 over Floyd J. Fithian
Maine	George J. Mitchell D	279,819 votes · +99,937 over David F. Emery
Maryland	Paul S. Sarbanes D	707,356 votes · +300,022 over Lawrence J. Hogan
Massachusetts	Edward M. Kennedy D	1,247,084 votes · +462,482 over Raymond Shamie
Michigan	Donald W. Riegle Jr.D	1,728,793 votes · +505,505 over Philip E. Ruppe
Minnesota	David Durenberger R	949,207 votes · +108,806 over Mark Dayton
Mississippi	John C. Stennis D	414,099 votes · +183,172 over Haley Barbour
Missouri	John C. Danforth R	784,876 votes · +26,247 over Harriett Woods
Montana	John Melcher D	174,861 votes · +41,072 over Larry Williams
Nebraska	Edward Zorinsky D	363,350 votes · +207,590 over Jim Keck
Nevada	Chic Hecht R	120,377 votes · +5,657 over Howard W. Cannon
New Jersey	Frank R. Lautenberg D	1,117,549 votes · +69,923 over Millicent Fenwick
New Mexico	Jeff Bingaman D	217,682 votes · +30,554 over Harrison Jack Schmitt
New York	Daniel Patrick MoynihanL	3,232,146 votes · +1,535,380 over Florence M. Sullivan
North Dakota	Quentin N. Burdick D	164,873 votes · +75,569 over Gene Knorr
Ohio	Howard M. Metzenbaum D	1,923,767 votes · +526,977 over Paul E. Pfeifer
Pennsylvania	H. John Heinz III R	2,136,418 votes · +723,453 over Cyril H. Wecht
Rhode Island	John H. Chafee R	175,495 votes · +8,212 over Julius C. Michaelson
Tennessee	James R. Sasser D	780,113 votes · +300,471 over Robin Beard
Texas	Lloyd Bentsen D	1,818,223 votes · +561,464 over Jim Collins
Utah	Orrin G. Hatch R	309,332 votes · +89,850 over Ted Wilson
Vermont	Robert T. Stafford R	84,449 votes · +5,109 over James A. Guest
Virginia	Paul S. Trible Jr.R	724,571 votes · +33,732 over Richard J. Davis
Washington	Henry M. Jackson D	943,655 votes · +611,382 over Doug Jewett
West Virginia	Robert C. Byrd D	387,170 votes · +213,260 over Cleve Benedict
Wisconsin	William Proxmire D	983,311 votes · +455,956 over Scott McCallum
Wyoming	Malcolm Wallop R	94,725 votes · +22,259 over Rodger McDaniel