Elected to the United States Senate in 1992

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Distribution of seats
  
A total of 100 seats
blue: Democrats, red: Republicans, lighter shade: profits

The 1992 election to the United States Senate for the 103rd United States Congress took place on November 3. It was part of the election in the United States that day and coincided with the presidential election in which President Bill Clinton was first elected.

The 34 Class III seats were available for election, and by-elections were held in California and North Dakota for senators who left office prematurely; the election in North Dakota was only on December 4th. 21 of these senators belonged to the Democratic Party and 15 to the Republicans . 23 incumbents defended their seats, 13 Democrats and 10 Republicans. Two seats each changed from Democrats to Republicans and vice versa, so that nothing changed in the distribution of seats: the Democrats defended their majority of 57 seats against 43 of the Republicans.

With Carol Moseley Braun , an African-American woman was elected to the Senate for the first time . In California, Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer were elected, so that for the first time a state was represented by two women in the Senate. With Patty Murray , a fourth woman was elected to the Senate in the same year, which led the press to name 1992 as the "Year of the Woman" (year of the woman).

A peculiarity arose in North Dakota. When he was elected in 1986, Class III Democratic Senator Kent Conrad announced that he would not run for re-election if the US budget deficit had not fallen substantially by then. Although polls showed he had a good chance of re-election, he felt bound by his promise and did not run for that seat. However, in September, the other North Dakota Senator, Quentin N. Burdick , passed away . Governor George Sinner appointed Burdick's widow, Jocelyn Burdick , to serve until the next election, making it the first woman to represent North Dakota in Congress. Burdick did not run for re-election, but Kent Conrad ran for the vacated seat, which he did not see as contradicting his promise, and was elected by a large majority.

Shortly after the first session of the 103rd Congress, the Democratic Senator of Texas Lloyd Bentsen resigned to assume the office of Treasury Secretary . His successor was Bob Krueger , who was clearly beaten in a by-election in June 1993 by Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison . That dropped the majority of Democrats to 56 to 44.

Results

By-elections to the 102nd Congress

The holders of the seats available for election had been appointed to replace senators who had resigned; the elections were held at the same time as the election to the 103rd Congress. The winners of these elections entered the Senate before January 3, 1993, during the 102nd Congress .

Country Acting Senator Political party By-election Result New senator
California John F. Seymour republican Class I. Gain democrats Dianne Feinstein
North Dakota Jocelyn Burdick democrat Class I. held by Democrats Kent Conrad

Elections to the 84th Congress

The winners of these elections were accepted into the Senate on January 3, 1959, when the 86th Congress met . All seats of the Senators belong to class I .

Country Acting Senator Political party Result New senator
Alabama Richard Shelby democrat re-elected Richard Shelby
Alaska Frank Murkowski republican re-elected Frank Murkowski
Arizona John McCain republican re-elected John McCain
Arkansas Dale Bumpers democrat re-elected Dale Bumpers
Colorado Tim Wirth democrat held by Democrats Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Connecticut Chris Dodd democrat re-elected Chris Dodd
Florida Bob Graham democrat re-elected Bob Graham
Georgia Wyche Fowler democrat Gain Republicans Paul Coverdell
Hawaii Daniel Inouye democrat re-elected Daniel Inouye
Idaho Steve Symms republican held by Republicans Dirk Kempthorne
Illinois Alan J. Dixon democrat held by Democrats Carol Moseley Brown
Indiana Dan Coats republican re-elected Dan Coats
Iowa Chuck Grassley republican re-elected Chuck Grassley
California Alan Cranston democrat held by Democrats Barbara Boxer
Kansas Bob Dole republican re-elected Bob Dole
Kentucky Wendell Ford democrat re-elected Wendell Ford
Louisiana John Breaux democrat re-elected John Breaux
Maryland Barbara Mikulski democrat re-elected Barbara Mikulski
Missouri Kit Bond republican re-elected Kit Bond
Nevada Harry Reid democrat re-elected Harry Reid
New Hampshire Warren Rudman republican held by Republicans Judd Gregg
new York Al D'Amato republican re-elected Al D'Amato
North Carolina Terry Sanford democrat Gain Republicans Leek faircloth
North Dakota Kent Conrad democrat held by Democrats Byron Dorgan
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 Tom Daschle democrat re-elected Tom Daschle
Utah Jake yarn republican held by Republicans Bob Bennett
Vermont Patrick Leahy democrat re-elected Patrick Leahy
Washington Brock Adams democrat held by Democrats Patty Murray
Wisconsin Bob box republican Gain democrats Russ Feingold
  • re-elected: an elected incumbent was re-elected

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ HUTCHISON, Kathryn Ann Bailey, on the US Congress website, accessed October 17, 2016