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.

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Cycle summary

Wins by party — seats decided this cycle, not the resulting chamber balance.

Contests

33

Democratic wins

13

Republican wins

20

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Every contest

Statewide totals; candidate-level detail joins when the raw store is re-fetched with names.

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State	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alaska	R	−66.7%	23,977	177,893	230,907
Alabama	R	−7.0%	681,651	786,436	1,498,760
Arkansas	R	−5.4%	400,241	445,942	846,183
Colorado	R	−5.7%	667,600	750,315	1,459,535
Delaware	D	+21.9%	165,465	105,088	275,591
Georgia	D	+1.3%	1,103,993	1,073,969	2,259,224
Iowa	D	+5.1%	634,166	571,807	1,224,054
Idaho	R	−17.1%	198,422	283,532	497,233
Illinois	D	+15.4%	2,384,028	1,728,824	4,246,494
Kansas	R	−27.6%	362,380	652,677	1,052,300
Kentucky	R	−12.6%	560,012	724,794	1,307,029
Louisiana	D	+0.3%	852,945	847,157	1,700,102
Massachusetts	D	+7.5%	1,334,135	1,143,120	2,555,942
Maine	R	−5.3%	266,226	298,422	606,777
Michigan	D	+18.5%	2,195,738	1,500,106	3,762,271
Minnesota	D	+9.0%	1,098,430	901,194	2,181,775
Mississippi	R	−43.6%	240,647	624,154	878,662
Montana	D	+4.9%	201,935	182,111	407,490
North Carolina	R	−6.7%	1,173,875	1,345,833	2,556,313
Nebraska	R	−14.8%	281,904	379,933	661,837
New Hampshire	R	−3.0%	227,355	242,257	491,873
New Jersey	D	+10.1%	1,519,154	1,227,351	2,883,466
New Mexico	R	−34.9%	164,356	357,171	551,821
Oklahoma	R	−16.6%	474,162	670,610	1,183,150
Oregon	R	−3.9%	624,370	677,336	1,360,230
Rhode Island	D	+28.4%	230,676	127,368	364,371
South Carolina	R	−9.4%	510,951	619,859	1,161,231
South Dakota	D	+2.6%	166,533	157,954	324,487
Tennessee	R	−24.5%	654,937	1,091,554	1,778,603
Texas	R	−10.8%	2,428,776	3,027,680	5,527,441
Virginia	R	−5.1%	1,115,982	1,235,744	2,351,726
West Virginia	D	+53.3%	456,526	139,088	595,614
Wyoming	R	−11.9%	89,103	114,116	211,077