Elections / 1996 · US Senate
The 1996 Senate map
33 Senate contests were decided in 1996: Democrats won 13, Republicans 20. Every contest below links to its page with the state's full Senate history.
1996 U.S. Senate elections
Dem. caucus 45 −251for control55 Republicans +2
6 seats flipped (AL, AR, NE, OK, SD, TN) — Republicans held control. Independents (Sanders, King) are counted in the caucus they organize with and shown in gold on the map.
NHMARINJDE
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. 1996 | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | R | R+17.5 | 23,977 | 177,893 | 230,907 | |
| Alabama | R | R+7.0 | 681,651 | 786,436 | 1,498,760 | |
| Arkansas | R | D+16.9 | 400,241 | 445,942 | 846,183 | |
| Colorado | R | R+1.4 | 667,600 | 750,315 | 1,459,535 | |
| Delaware | D | D+15.2 | 165,465 | 105,088 | 275,591 | |
| Georgia | D | R+1.2 | 1,103,993 | 1,073,969 | 2,259,224 | |
| Iowa | D | D+10.3 | 634,166 | 571,807 | 1,224,054 | |
| Idaho | R | R+18.5 | 198,422 | 283,532 | 497,233 | |
| Illinois | D | D+17.5 | 2,384,028 | 1,728,824 | 4,246,494 | |
| Kansas | R | R+18.2 | 362,380 | 652,677 | 1,052,300 | |
| Kentucky | R | D+1.0 | 560,012 | 724,794 | 1,307,029 | |
| Louisiana | D | D+12.1 | 852,945 | 847,157 | 1,700,102 | |
| Massachusetts | D | D+33.4 | 1,334,135 | 1,143,120 | 2,555,942 | |
| Maine | R | D+20.9 | 266,226 | 298,422 | 606,777 | |
| Michigan | D | D+13.2 | 2,195,738 | 1,500,106 | 3,762,271 | |
| Minnesota | D | D+16.1 | 1,098,430 | 901,194 | 2,181,775 | |
| Mississippi | R | R+5.1 | 240,647 | 624,154 | 878,662 | |
| Montana | D | R+2.9 | 201,935 | 182,111 | 407,490 | |
| North Carolina | R | R+4.7 | 1,173,875 | 1,345,833 | 2,556,313 | |
| Nebraska | R | R+18.7 | 281,904 | 379,933 | 661,837 | |
| New Hampshire | R | D+10.3 | 227,355 | 242,257 | 491,873 | |
| New Jersey | D | D+17.9 | 1,519,154 | 1,227,351 | 2,883,466 | |
| New Mexico | R | D+7.3 | 164,356 | 357,171 | 551,821 | |
| Oklahoma | R | R+7.8 | 474,162 | 670,610 | 1,183,150 | |
| Oregon | R | D+8.1 | 624,370 | 677,336 | 1,360,230 | |
| Rhode Island | D | D+32.9 | 230,676 | 127,368 | 364,371 | |
| South Carolina | R | R+6.0 | 510,951 | 619,859 | 1,161,231 | |
| South Dakota | D | R+3.5 | 166,533 | 157,954 | 324,487 | |
| Tennessee | R | D+2.4 | 654,937 | 1,091,554 | 1,778,603 | |
| Texas | R | R+4.9 | 2,428,776 | 3,027,680 | 5,527,441 | |
| Virginia | R | R+2.0 | 1,115,982 | 1,235,744 | 2,351,726 | |
| West Virginia | D | D+14.7 | 456,526 | 139,088 | 595,614 | |
| Wyoming | R | R+13.0 | 89,103 | 114,116 | 211,077 |
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 1996 US Senate returns, party-classified by literal ballot party · statewide certified totals. Real returns — nothing estimated.