Elections / 2016 · US Senate
The 2016 Senate map
34 Senate contests were decided in 2016: Democrats won 12, Republicans 22. Every contest below links to its page with the state's full Senate history.
2016 U.S. Senate elections
Dem. caucus 48 +251for control52 Republicans −2
3 seats flipped (AK, IL, NH) — 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. 2016 | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | R | R+14.8 | 36,200 | 138,149 | 310,735 | |
| Alabama | R | R+28.1 | 748,709 | 1,335,104 | 2,083,813 | |
| Arkansas | R | R+27.8 | 400,602 | 661,984 | 1,106,452 | |
| Arizona | R | R+3.5 | 1,031,245 | 1,359,761 | 2,529,768 | |
| California | D | D+30.0 | 12,244,170 | 0 | 12,244,170 | |
| Colorado | D | D+4.9 | 1,370,710 | 1,215,318 | 2,743,023 | |
| Connecticut | D | D+13.6 | 920,766 | 552,621 | 1,596,238 | |
| Florida | R | R+1.2 | 4,122,088 | 4,835,191 | 9,301,716 | |
| Georgia | R | R+5.1 | 1,599,726 | 2,135,806 | 3,897,792 | |
| Hawaii | D | D+32.2 | 306,604 | 92,653 | 416,562 | |
| Iowa | R | R+9.3 | 549,460 | 926,007 | 1,539,351 | |
| Idaho | R | R+31.8 | 188,249 | 449,017 | 678,943 | |
| Illinois | D | D+16.9 | 3,012,940 | 2,184,692 | 5,491,239 | |
| Indiana | R | R+19.0 | 1,158,947 | 1,423,991 | 2,732,419 | |
| Kansas | R | R+20.4 | 379,740 | 732,376 | 1,177,876 | |
| Kentucky | R | R+29.8 | 813,246 | 1,090,177 | 1,903,423 | |
| Louisiana | R | R+19.6 | 705,271 | 1,239,489 | 1,997,218 | |
| Maryland | D | D+26.8 | 1,659,907 | 972,557 | 2,722,434 | |
| Missouri | R | R+18.5 | 1,300,200 | 1,378,458 | 2,802,547 | |
| North Carolina | R | R+3.7 | 2,128,165 | 2,395,376 | 4,691,133 | |
| North Dakota | R | R+35.7 | 58,116 | 268,788 | 342,135 | |
| New Hampshire | D | D+0.4 | 354,649 | 353,632 | 739,140 | |
| Nevada | D | D+2.4 | 521,994 | 495,079 | 1,108,294 | |
| New York | D | D+22.5 | 4,784,220 | 1,723,927 | 7,396,308 | |
| Ohio | R | R+8.0 | 1,996,908 | 3,118,567 | 5,374,053 | |
| Oklahoma | R | R+36.4 | 355,911 | 980,892 | 1,448,047 | |
| Oregon | D | D+11.0 | 1,105,119 | 651,106 | 1,952,478 | |
| Pennsylvania | R | R+0.7 | 2,865,012 | 2,951,702 | 6,051,856 | |
| South Carolina | R | R+14.3 | 704,540 | 1,241,609 | 2,048,036 | |
| South Dakota | R | R+29.8 | 104,140 | 265,516 | 369,656 | |
| Utah | R | R+17.9 | 301,858 | 760,220 | 1,115,583 | |
| Vermont | D | D+26.4 | 192,243 | 103,637 | 313,500 | |
| Washington | D | D+15.7 | 1,913,979 | 1,329,338 | 3,243,317 | |
| Wisconsin | R | R+0.8 | 1,380,335 | 1,479,471 | 2,948,733 |
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 2016 US Senate returns, party-classified by literal ballot party · statewide certified totals. Real returns — nothing estimated.