1956 US Senate

34 contests

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34 contests|D won 18|R won 16

	State ▲	Winner	W%	Votes	Runner-up	R-up%	Votes	Margin	Swing
▶	Alabama	HillDEM	100.0%	330,182	—	—	—	D+100.0	↑ D+23.5
▶	Arizona	HaydenDEM	61.4%	170,816	JonesREP	38.6%	107,447	D+22.8	↓ R+2.8
▶	Arkansas	FulbrightDEM	83.0%	331,679	HenleyREP	17.0%	68,016	D+66.0	↓ R+34.0
▶	California	KuchelREP	54.0%	2,892,918	RichardsDEM	45.6%	2,445,816	R+8.3	↑ D+10.1
▶	Colorado	CarrollDEM	50.2%	319,872	ThorntonREP	49.8%	317,102	D+0.4	↑ D+6.9
▶	Connecticut	BushREP	54.8%	610,829	DoddDEM	43.0%	479,460	R+11.8	↓ R+11.9
▶	Florida	SmathersDEM	100.0%	655,418	—	—	—	D+100.0	↑ D+47.4
▶	Georgia	TalmadgeDEM	100.0%	541,094	OtherOTH	0.0%	173	D+100.0	→ Even
▶	Idaho	ChurchDEM	59.2%	149,096	WelkerREP	40.8%	102,781	D+18.4	↑ D+22.1
▶	Illinois	DirksenREP	54.1%	2,308,261	StengelDEM	45.7%	1,949,874	R+8.4	↓ R+0.3
▶	Indiana	CapehartREP	55.2%	1,084,262	WickardDEM	44.4%	871,781	R+10.8	↓ R+4.4
▶	Iowa	HickenlooperREP	53.9%	635,499	EvansDEM	46.1%	543,156	R+7.8	↑ D+2.3
▶	Kansas	CarlsonREP	57.9%	477,822	HartDEM	40.5%	333,939	R+17.4	↓ R+7.0
▶	Kentucky	MortonREP	50.4%	506,903	ClementsDEM	49.6%	499,922	R+0.7	↓ R+9.8
▶	Kentucky(S)	CooperREP	53.2%	538,505	WetherbyDEM	46.8%	473,140	R+6.5	↓ R+15.5
▶	Louisiana	LongDEM	100.0%	335,564	—	—	—	D+100.0	↑ D+24.6
▶	Maryland	ButlerREP	53.0%	473,059	MahoneyDEM	47.0%	419,108	R+6.0	↑ D+0.9
▶	Missouri	HenningsDEM	56.4%	1,015,936	DouglasREP	43.6%	785,048	D+12.8	↑ D+5.6
▶	Nevada	BibleDEM	52.6%	50,677	YoungREP	47.4%	45,712	D+5.2	↓ R+10.9
▶	New Hampshire	CottonREP	64.1%	161,424	PickettDEM	35.9%	90,519	R+28.1	↓ R+10.5
▶	North Carolina	ErvinDEM	66.6%	731,353	JohnsonREP	33.4%	367,475	D+33.1	↑ D+9.3
▶	North Dakota	YoungREP	63.6%	155,305	BurdickDEM	36.0%	87,919	R+27.6	↑ D+7.6
▶	Ohio	LauscheDEM	52.9%	1,864,589	BenderREP	47.1%	1,660,910	D+5.8	↑ D+20.9
▶	Oklahoma	MonroneyDEM	55.4%	459,996	McKeeverREP	44.6%	371,146	D+10.7	↑ D+1.1
▶	Oregon	MorseDEM	54.2%	396,849	McKayREP	45.8%	335,405	D+8.4	↑ D+60.0
▶	Pennsylvania	ClarkDEM	50.1%	2,268,641	DuffREP	49.7%	2,250,671	D+0.4	↑ D+4.0
▶	South Carolina	JohnstonDEM	82.2%	230,150	CrawfordREP	17.8%	49,695	D+64.5	↓ R+35.5
▶	South Carolina(S)	ThurmondDEM	100.0%	245,371	—	—	—	D+100.0	↑ D+0.1
▶	South Dakota	CaseREP	50.8%	147,621	HolumDEM	49.2%	143,001	R+1.6	↑ D+26.3
▶	Utah	BennettREP	54.0%	178,261	HopkinDEM	46.0%	152,120	R+7.9	↑ D+0.1
▶	Vermont	AikenREP	66.4%	103,101	O'SheaDEM	33.6%	52,184	R+32.8	↑ D+23.2
▶	Washington	MagnusonDEM	61.1%	685,565	LanglieREP	38.9%	436,652	D+22.2	↑ D+14.8
▶	West Virginia(S)	RevercombREP	53.7%	432,123	MarlandDEM	46.3%	373,051	R+7.3	—
▶	Wisconsin	WileyREP	58.6%	892,473	MaierDEM	41.2%	627,903	R+17.4	↓ R+10.2

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