Elections / 1990 · US Senate
The 1990 Senate map
35 Senate contests were decided in 1990: Democrats won 18, Republicans 17. Every contest below links to its page with the state's full Senate history.
Cycle summary
Wins by party — seats decided this cycle, not the resulting chamber balance.
Contests
35
Democratic wins
18
Republican wins
17
Every contest
Statewide totals; candidate-level detail joins when the raw store is re-fetched with names.
| State | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | R | 61,152 | 125,806 | 186,958 | |
| Alabama | D | 717,814 | 467,190 | 1,185,004 | |
| Arkansas | D | 493,910 | 0 | 493,910 | |
| Colorado | R | 425,746 | 569,048 | 1,022,027 | |
| Delaware | D | 112,918 | 64,554 | 180,152 | |
| Georgia | D | 1,033,439 | 0 | 1,033,439 | |
| Hawaii | D | 188,901 | 155,978 | 349,666 | |
| Iowa | D | 535,975 | 446,869 | 983,933 | |
| Idaho | R | 122,295 | 193,641 | 315,936 | |
| Illinois | D | 2,115,377 | 1,135,628 | 3,251,005 | |
| Indiana | R | 696,639 | 806,048 | 1,502,687 | |
| Kansas | R | 207,491 | 578,605 | 786,096 | |
| Kentucky | R | 437,976 | 478,034 | 916,010 | |
| Louisiana | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Massachusetts | D | 1,321,712 | 992,917 | 2,424,579 | |
| Maine | R | 201,053 | 319,167 | 520,320 | |
| Michigan | D | 1,471,753 | 1,055,695 | 2,560,244 | |
| Minnesota | D | 911,999 | 864,375 | 1,806,194 | |
| Mississippi | R | 0 | 274,244 | 274,244 | |
| Montana | D | 217,563 | 93,836 | 319,336 | |
| North Carolina | R | 981,573 | 1,087,331 | 2,068,904 | |
| Nebraska | D | 349,779 | 243,013 | 592,792 | |
| New Hampshire | R | 91,299 | 189,792 | 290,808 | |
| New Jersey | D | 977,810 | 918,874 | 1,938,454 | |
| New Mexico | R | 110,033 | 296,712 | 406,745 | |
| Oklahoma | D | 735,684 | 148,814 | 884,498 | |
| Oregon | R | 507,743 | 590,095 | 1,099,255 | |
| Rhode Island | D | 225,105 | 138,947 | 364,052 | |
| South Carolina | R | 244,112 | 482,032 | 750,266 | |
| South Dakota | R | 116,727 | 135,682 | 258,976 | |
| Tennessee | D | 530,898 | 233,703 | 783,813 | |
| Texas | R | 1,429,986 | 2,302,357 | 3,821,432 | |
| Virginia | R | 0 | 876,782 | 1,073,537 | |
| West Virginia | D | 276,234 | 128,071 | 404,305 | |
| Wyoming | R | 56,848 | 100,784 | 157,632 |