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1996 U.S. Senate election results

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

Every U.S. Senate contest in the 1996 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

1996 U.S. Senate results by state
StateWinnerResult
AlabamaJeff SessionsR786,436 votes · +104,785 over Roger Bedford
AlaskaTed StevensR177,893 votes · +148,856 over Jed Whittaker
ArkansasY. Tim HutchinsonR445,942 votes · +45,701 over Winston Bryant
ColoradoWayne AllardR750,315 votes · +82,715 over Tom Strickland
DelawareJoe BidenD165,465 votes · +60,377 over Raymond J. Clatworthy
GeorgiaMax ClelandD1,103,993 votes · +30,024 over Guy W. Millner
IdahoLarry E. CraigR283,532 votes · +85,110 over Walt Minnick
IllinoisRichard J. DurbinD2,384,028 votes · +655,204 over Al Salvi
IowaTom HarkinD634,166 votes · +62,359 over Jim Lightfoot
KansasPat RobertsR652,677 votes · +290,297 over Sally Thompson
KentuckyMitch McConnellR724,794 votes · +164,782 over Steven L. Beshear
LouisianaMary L. LandrieuD852,945 votes · +5,788 over Louis Woody Jenkins
MaineSusan Margaret CollinsR298,422 votes · +32,196 over Joseph E. Brennan
MassachusettsJohn KerryD1,334,135 votes · +191,015 over Bill Weld
MichiganCarl LevinD2,195,738 votes · +695,632 over Ronna Romney
MinnesotaPaul David WellstoneD1,098,430 votes · +197,236 over Rudy Boschwitz
MississippiThad CochranR624,154 votes · +383,507 over James W. Hunt
MontanaMax BaucusD201,935 votes · +19,824 over Dennis Rehberg
NebraskaChuck HagelR379,933 votes · +98,029 over Ben Nelson
New HampshireRobert C. SmithR242,257 votes · +14,902 over Dick Swett
New JerseyRobert G. TorricelliD1,519,154 votes · +291,803 over Dick Zimmer
New MexicoPete V DomeniciR357,171 votes · +192,815 over Art Trujillo
North CarolinaJesse HelmsR1,345,833 votes · +171,958 over Harvey B. Gantt
OklahomaJames M. InhofeR670,610 votes · +196,448 over Jim Boren
OregonGordon H. SmithR677,336 votes · +52,966 over Tom Bruggere
Rhode IslandJack ReedD230,676 votes · +103,308 over Nancy J. Mayer
South CarolinaStrom ThurmondR619,859 votes · +108,908 over Elliot Springs Close
South DakotaTim JohnsonD166,533 votes · +8,579 over Larry Pressler
TennesseeFred ThompsonR1,091,554 votes · +436,617 over Houston Gordon
TexasPhil GrammR3,027,680 votes · +598,904 over Victor M. Morales
VirginiaJohn William WarnerR1,235,744 votes · +119,762 over Mark R. Warner
West VirginiaJay RockefellerD456,526 votes · +317,438 over Betty A. Burks
WyomingMichael B. EnziR114,116 votes · +25,013 over Kathy Karpan