Election to the United States Senate in 1970
The 1970 election to the United States Senate for the 92nd United States Congress took place on November 3rd. She was part of the elections in the United States on that day and it was half-time choice (Engl. Midterm election ) in the center of Richard Nixon's first term.
The 33 Class I seats were available for election , and there were two by-elections for senators who left office prematurely. 25 of these senators were from the Democratic Party and 10 from the Republicans . The Democrats lost three seats to the Republicans; the Republicans lost two to the Democrats. In Virginia, Harry F. Byrd Jr. , who had previously held the seat for the Democrats, was re-elected as an independent. A previously Republican seat went to James L. Buckley of the New York Conservative Party . Buckley is the last (as of 2016) third-party applicant to win against candidates from both major parties. With Byrd, 23 incumbents were re-elected, in addition to this 5 Republicans and 17 Democrats. Overall, the Democrats fell from 57 to 54 seats, the Republicans improved from 43 to 44.Buckley joined the Republican parliamentary group, Byrd the Democrats, the parliamentary group ratio was 55 to 45.
Results
By-elections to the 91st Congress
The holders of the seats available for election here were appointed as replacements for retired senators; the elections took place at the same time as the election to the 92nd Congress. The winners of these elections entered the Senate before January 3, 1971, during the 91st Congress .
Country | Acting Senator | Political party | By-election | Result | New senator |
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Alaska | Ted Stevens | republican | Class III | approved | Ted Stevens |
Illinois | Ralph Tyler Smith | republican | Class III | Gain democrats | Adlai Stevenson |
- Confirmed: An incumbent appointed to replace a retired Senator has been confirmed
Elections to the 92nd Congress
The winners of these elections were admitted to the Senate on January 3, 1971, when the 92nd Congress met . All seats of the Senators belong to class I .
- re-elected: an elected incumbent was re-elected