Elections / 1982 · US Senate
The 1982 Senate map
33 Senate contests were decided in 1982: Democrats won 20, Republicans 13. Every contest below links to its page with the state's full Senate history.
1982 U.S. Senate elections
Dem. caucus 46 −151for control54 Republicans +1
4 seats flipped (MN, NM, NV, VA) — Republicans held control. Independents (Sanders, King) are counted in the caucus they organize with and shown in gold on the map.
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States with a seat up this cycle, filled by margin · cyan outlines a seat that flipped party · gold an independent · hover for the detail
Every contest
Statewide totals; candidate-level detail joins when the raw store is re-fetched with names.
| State | Won | Margin | Pres. 1980 | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | D | R+32.4 | 411,970 | 291,749 | 723,819 | |
| California | R | R+16.8 | 3,494,968 | 4,022,565 | 7,805,450 | |
| Connecticut | R | R+9.6 | 499,146 | 545,987 | 1,083,508 | |
| Delaware | R | R+2.3 | 84,413 | 105,357 | 190,960 | |
| Florida | D | R+17.0 | 1,637,667 | 1,015,330 | 2,652,997 | |
| Hawaii | D | D+1.9 | 245,386 | 52,071 | 306,410 | |
| Indiana | R | R+18.4 | 828,400 | 978,301 | 1,817,287 | |
| Massachusetts | D | R+0.2 | 1,247,084 | 784,602 | 2,050,564 | |
| Maryland | D | D+3.0 | 707,356 | 407,334 | 1,114,690 | |
| Maine | D | R+3.4 | 279,819 | 179,882 | 459,701 | |
| Michigan | D | R+6.5 | 1,728,793 | 1,223,288 | 2,994,292 | |
| Minnesota | R | D+3.9 | 840,401 | 949,207 | 1,804,675 | |
| Missouri | R | R+6.8 | 758,629 | 784,876 | 1,543,505 | |
| Mississippi | D | R+1.3 | 414,099 | 230,927 | 645,026 | |
| Montana | D | R+24.4 | 174,861 | 133,789 | 321,062 | |
| North Dakota | D | R+38.0 | 164,873 | 89,304 | 262,465 | |
| Nebraska | D | R+39.5 | 363,350 | 155,760 | 545,553 | |
| New Jersey | D | R+13.4 | 1,117,549 | 1,047,626 | 2,193,945 | |
| New Mexico | D | R+18.2 | 217,682 | 187,128 | 404,810 | |
| Nevada | R | R+35.6 | 114,720 | 120,377 | 235,097 | |
| New York | D | R+2.7 | 3,089,871 | 1,415,749 | 4,967,497 | |
| Ohio | D | R+10.6 | 1,923,767 | 1,396,790 | 3,395,463 | |
| Pennsylvania | R | R+7.1 | 1,412,965 | 2,136,418 | 3,604,108 | |
| Rhode Island | R | D+10.5 | 167,283 | 175,495 | 342,778 | |
| Tennessee | D | R+0.3 | 780,113 | 479,642 | 1,259,755 | |
| Texas | D | R+13.9 | 1,818,223 | 1,256,759 | 3,103,040 | |
| Utah | R | R+52.2 | 219,482 | 309,332 | 530,802 | |
| Virginia | R | R+12.7 | 690,839 | 724,571 | 1,415,410 | |
| Vermont | R | R+6.0 | 79,340 | 84,449 | 167,815 | |
| Washington | D | R+12.3 | 943,655 | 332,273 | 1,368,476 | |
| Wisconsin | D | R+4.7 | 983,311 | 527,355 | 1,544,883 | |
| West Virginia | D | D+4.5 | 387,170 | 173,910 | 565,314 | |
| Wyoming | R | R+34.7 | 72,466 | 94,725 | 167,191 |
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 1982 US Senate returns, party-classified by literal ballot party · statewide certified totals. Real returns — nothing estimated.