Elected to the United States Senate in 1986

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The 1986 election to the United States Senate for the 100th United States Congress took place on November 4th. She was part of the elections in the United States on that day and it was half-time choice (Engl. Midterm election ) in the middle of President Ronald Reagan 's second term. In 1980, the Republicans won 12 seats in the Senate from the Democrats in Ronald Reagan's first election. Six of these seats were lost again in 1986.

The 34 seats of class III were up for election, there were no by-elections for senators of the other classes who had left office prematurely. In North Carolina , the seat was filled both in a by-election for the remainder of the old term and in the election for the new term. 12 of these senators were from the Democratic Party and 22 from the Republicans . 21 incumbents were able to defend their seats, 9 Democrats and 12 Republicans. The Republicans won a seat previously held by the Democrats, but lost nine seats to the Democrats. This reduced the number of Republican senators from 53 to 45, while the Democrats improved from 47 to 55, gaining a majority in the Senate.

In March 1987, Democratic Senator from Nebraska Edward Zorinsky died . Governor Kay A. Orr named Republican David Karnes to succeed him. This reduced the democratic majority to 54 to 46 seats.

Results

The winners of these elections were accepted into the Senate on January 3, 1987, when the 100th Congress met . All seats of these senators belong to class III .

Country Acting Senator Political party Result New senator
Alabama Jeremiah Denton republican Gain democrats Richard Shelby
Alaska Frank Murkowski republican re-elected Frank Murkowski
Arizona Barry Goldwater republican held by Republicans John McCain
Arkansas Dale Bumpers democrat re-elected Dale Bumpers
Colorado Gary Hart democrat held by Democrats Tim Wirth
Connecticut Chris Dodd democrat re-elected Chris Dodd
Florida Paula Hawkins republican Gain democrats Bob Graham
Georgia Mack Mattingly republican Gain democrats Wyche Fowler
Hawaii Daniel Inouye democrat re-elected Daniel Inouye
Idaho Steve Symms republican re-elected Steve Symms
Illinois Alan J. Dixon democrat re-elected Alan J. Dixon
Indiana Dan Quayle republican re-elected Dan Quayle
Iowa Chuck Grassley republican re-elected Chuck Grassley
California Alan Cranston democrat re-elected Alan Cranston
Kansas Bob Dole republican re-elected Bob Dole
Kentucky Wendell Ford democrat re-elected Wendell Ford
Louisiana Russell B. Long democrat held by Democrats John Breaux
Maryland Charles Mathias republican Gain democrats Barbara Mikulski
Missouri Thomas Eagleton democrat Gain Republicans Kit Bond
Nevada Paul Laxalt republican Gain democrats Harry Reid
New Hampshire Warren Rudman republican re-elected Warren Rudman
new York Al D'Amato republican re-elected Al D'Amato
North Carolina Jim Broyhill , appointed republican Gain democrats Terry Sanford
North Dakota Mark Andrews republican Gain democrats Kent Conrad
Ohio John Glenn democrat re-elected John Glenn
Oklahoma Don Nickles republican re-elected Don Nickles
Oregon Bob Packwood republican re-elected Bob Packwood
Pennsylvania Arlen Specter republican re-elected Arlen Specter
South carolina Fritz Hollings democrat re-elected Fritz Hollings
South Dakota James Abdnor republican Gain democrats Tom Daschle
Utah Jake yarn republican re-elected Jake yarn
Vermont Patrick Leahy democrat re-elected Patrick Leahy
Washington Slade Gorton republican Gain democrats Brock Adams
Wisconsin Bob box republican re-elected Bob box
  • Appointed: Senator was appointed by the governor to replace a retired Senator, by-election required
  • re-elected: an elected incumbent was re-elected

States

North Carolina

Senator John Porter East , elected in 1980, committed suicide in June 1986; Jim Broyhill was appointed to succeed him. Elections were held in November for both the remaining weeks of East's tenure and the new six-year term. In both, Broyhill had to admit defeat to Democrat Terry Sanford . The election for the remaining eight weeks of East's term of office won Sanford with 50.9% against 49.1% for Broyhill, the election for the new term of office with 51.8% to 48.2%.