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Las elecciones al Senado de los Estados Unidos de 1996 coincidieron con las elecciones presidenciales , en las que el demócrata Bill Clinton fue reelegido presidente.
A pesar de la reelección de Clinton y Gore, y a pesar de que los demócratas obtuvieron dos escaños netos en las elecciones a la Cámara de Representantes de los Estados Unidos celebradas el mismo día, los republicanos obtuvieron una ganancia neta de dos escaños en el Senado, siguiendo a los principales republicanos. gana dos años antes en las elecciones de 1994 . Como tal, Clinton se convirtió en el primer presidente reelegido desde Theodore Roosevelt en 1904 en ganar cualquiera de sus mandatos sin fallas en el Senado.
Los republicanos ganaron escaños abiertos anteriormente ocupados por demócratas en Alabama , Arkansas y Nebraska . El único repunte demócrata ocurrió en Dakota del Sur , donde el demócrata Tim Johnson derrotó por estrecho margen al republicano titular Larry Pressler . El ciclo presentó un número inusualmente alto de jubilaciones, trece en total. Además, se llevaron a cabo elecciones especiales como resultado de las renuncias anticipadas de los republicanos Bob Packwood y el candidato presidencial Bob Dole , el líder de la mayoría del Senado.
La elección de 1996 marcó la primera vez desde 1980 que los republicanos ganaron en el Senado durante dos ciclos electorales consecutivos.
Resumen de resultados [ editar ]
| 45 | 55 |
| Democrático | Republicano |
No incluye las elecciones especiales de enero de 1996 de Oregon . Incluye la elección especial de Kansas para el asiento de Clase III que dejó Bob Dole .
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| Última elección (1994) | 48 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Antes de estas elecciones | 47 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No hacia arriba | 32 | 34 | - | - | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arriba | 15 | 19 | - | - | 34 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clase 2 ( 1990 → 1996) | 15 | 18 | - | - | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Especial: Clase 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Titular jubilado | 8 | 5 | - | - | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Celebrada por la misma fiesta | 5 | 5 | - | - | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reemplazado por otra parte |  3 demócratas reemplazados por  3 republicanos | - | - | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Resultado | 5 | 8 | - | - | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| El titular corrió | 7 | 14 | - | - | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ganó la reelección | 7 | 12 | - | - | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reelección perdida | 1 republicano reemplazado por 1 demócrata | - | - | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Renominación perdida, pero en poder del mismo partido | 0 | 1 | - | - | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Resultado | 8 | 13 | - | - | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total elegidos | 13 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 34 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ganancia / pérdida neta | 2 | 2 |  | | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Voto nacional | 23,951,995 | 24,785,416 | 362,208 | 969,246 | 50,068,865 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cuota | 47,84% | 49,50% | 0,72% | 1,94% | 100% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Resultado | 45 | 55 | - | - | 100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fuentes:
- División del Partido en el Senado, 1789 hasta el presente , a través de Senate.gov
- Secretario de la Cámara de Representantes de Estados Unidos: [1]
Ganancias, pérdidas y retenciones [ editar ]
Ganancias democráticas [ editar ]
- Dakota del Sur : El senador por tres mandatos Larry Pressler (R) enfrentó un duro desafío del Representante Tim Johnson (D). Johnson derrotaría a Pressler entre un 51% y un 49% y se convertiría en el único candidato en derrotar a un titular en el ciclo electoral de este año.
Retenciones democráticas [ editar ]
- Georgia : el senador Sam Nunn en funciones durante cuatro mandatos decidió no postularse para la reelección y dio su respaldo al secretario de Estado Max Cleland , el candidato demócrata. El candidato republicano era el empresario multimillonario republicano Guy Millner , que también había sido el candidato republicano en las elecciones para gobernador de 1994 y perdió por un estrecho margen ante Zell Miller . Cleland ganó con solo una pluralidad y un estrecho margen de alrededor del 1,4%.
- Illinois : el senador en funciones de dos mandatos Paul Simon decidió no buscar la reelección. El candidato demócrata fue el congresista Richard Durbin , que contó con el fuerte apoyo de Simon. En las elecciones generales, derrotó al representante estatal republicano Al Salvi por un cómodo margen.
- Luisiana : el senador Bennett Johnson, que ha estado cuatro mandatos, decidió no postularse para la reelección. En las elecciones generales, la Tesorera del estado Mary Landrieu se enfrentó al Representante estatal desde hace mucho tiempo, Woody Jenkins , quien había competido contra Johnson en 1978. En la contienda más reñida del año por el Senado de EE. UU., Landrieu ganó por menos del 1%, un margen que se mantuvo hasta un recuento.
Ganancias republicanas [ editar ]
- Alabama : el senador Howell Heflin (D), uno de los últimos demócratas conservadores en el Senado, se retiró después de tres mandatos. El candidato republicano Jeff Sessions , Fiscal General del estado, derrotó al senador estatal demócrata Roger Bedford en las elecciones generales.
- Arkansas : El popular senador David Pryor (D) decidió no buscar un cuarto mandato. El Partido Demócrata en Arkansas había sido gravemente dañado por la renuncia del gobernador Jim Guy Tucker luego de ser declarado culpable de fraude postal. Esto ayudó al representante Tim Hutchinson (R) a derrotar al fiscal general demócrata del estado, Winston Bryant, para convertirse en el primer senador republicano de Arkansas desde la Reconstrucción .
- Nebraska : Se esperaba que el gobernador demócrata Ben Nelson ganara fácilmente la carrera para suceder al senador jubilado J. James Exon (D). Sin embargo, el empresario republicano Chuck Hagel lo convirtió en una carrera altamente competitiva y logró un gran malestar de catorce puntos por el popular gobernador (Nelson ganó la elección para el otro escaño del Senado de Nebraska cuatro años después).
Cambio de composición [ editar ]
Antes de las elecciones de noviembre [ editar ]
Después de las elecciones especiales de enero de 1996 en Oregon .
| D 1 Ore. (Sp) Ganancia | D 2 | D 3 | D 4 | D 5 | D 6 | D 7 | D 8 | D 9 | D 10 |
| D 20 | D 19 | D 18 | D 17 | D 16 | D 15 | D 14 | D 13 | D 12 | D 11 |
| D 21 | D 22 | D 23 | D 24 | D 25 | D 26 | D 27 | D 28 | D 29 | D 30 |
| D 40 Mass. Ran | D 39 La. Jubilado | D 38 Iowa Ran | D 37 Ill. Jubilado | D 36 Ga. Jubilado | D 35 Del. Ran | D 34 Ark. Retirado | D 33 Ala. Jubilado | D 32 | D 31 |
| D 41 Mich. Ran | D 42 Minn. Ran | D 43 Mont. Corrió | D 44 Neb. Retirado | D 45 N.J. Retirado | D 46 R.I. Retirado | D 47 W.Va. Ran | R 53 Wyo. Retirado | R 52 Va. Ran | R 51 Texas Ran |
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| R 41 Yo. Retirado | R 42 Srta. Ran | R 43 N.H. Ran | R 44 N.M. Corrió | R 45 N.C. Ran | R 46 Okla. Ran | R 47 Ore. (Reg) Retirado | R 48 S.C. Ran | R 49 S.D. Corrió | R 50 Tenn. Ran |
| R 40 Ky. Ran | R 39 Kan. (Sp) Corrió | R 38 Kan. (Reg) Retirado | R 37 Idaho Ran | R 36 Colo. Retirado | R 35 Alaska Ran | R 34 | R 33 | R 32 | R 31 |
| R 21 | R 22 | R 23 | 24 R | R 25 | R 26 | R 27 | R 28 | R 29 | R 30 |
| R 20 | R 19 | R 18 | R 17 | R 16 | R 15 | R 14 | R 13 | R 12 | R 11 |
| R 1 | R 2 | R 3 | R 4 | R 5 | R 6 | R 7 | R 8 | R 9 | R 10 |
Después de las elecciones de noviembre [ editar ]
| D 1 | D 2 | D 3 | D 4 | D 5 | D 6 | D 7 | D 8 | D 9 | D 10 |
| D 20 | D 19 | D 18 | D 17 | D 16 | D 15 | D 14 | D 13 | D 12 | D 11 |
| D 21 | D 22 | D 23 | D 24 | D 25 | D 26 | D 27 | D 28 | D 29 | D 30 |
| D 40 Minn. Reelegido | D 39 Mich. Reelegido | D 38 Mass. Reelegido | D 37 La. Mantener | D 36 Iowa reelegido | D 35 Ill. Hold | D 34 Ga. Retención | D 33 Del. Reelegido | D 32 | D 31 |
| D 41 Mont. Reelegido | D 42 N.J. Espera | D 43 R.I. Hold | D 44 W.Va. Reelegido | D 45 S.D. Ganar | R 55 Neb. Ganancia | R 54 Ark. Ganancia | R 53 Ala. Ganancia | R 52 Wyo. Mantenga | R 51 Va. Reelegido |
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| R 41 Yo. Mantener | R 42 Srta. Reelegida | R 43 N.H. Reelegido | R 44 N.M. Reelegido | R 45 N.C. Reelegido | R 46 Okla. Reelegido | R 47 Mineral (reg) Mantener | R 48 S.C. Reelegido | R 49 Tenn. Reelegido | R 50 Texas reelegido |
| R 40 Ky. Reelegido | R 39 Kan. (Sp) Mantener | R 38 Kan. (Reg) Mantener | R 37 Idaho reelegido | R 36 Colo. Hold | R 35 Alaska reelegido | R 34 | R 33 | R 32 | R 31 |
| R 21 | R 22 | R 23 | 24 R | R 25 | R 26 | R 27 | R 28 | R 29 | R 30 |
| R 20 | R 19 | R 18 | R 17 | R 16 | R 15 | R 14 | R 13 | R 12 | R 11 |
| R 1 | R 2 | R 3 | R 4 | R 5 | R 6 | R 7 | R 8 | R 9 | R 10 |
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Resumen de concursos [ editar ]
Elecciones especiales durante el 104º Congreso [ editar ]
En estas elecciones especiales, los ganadores se sentaron antes del inicio del nuevo período, ordenados por fecha de elección, luego por estado y luego por clase.
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| Oregón (clase 3) | Bob Packwood | Republicano | 1968 1974 1980 1986 1992 | El titular dimitió. Nuevo senador elegido el 30 de enero de 1996 . Ganancia democrática . |
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| Kansas (clase 3) | Sheila Frahm | Republicano | 1996 (designado) | La persona designada provisionalmente perdió su nombramiento. Nuevo senador elegido el 5 de noviembre de 1996 . Control republicano. |
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Elecciones previas al próximo Congreso [ editar ]
En estas elecciones generales, los ganadores fueron elegidos para el período que comienza el 3 de enero de 1997; ordenado por estado.
Todas las elecciones involucraron los escaños de la Clase 2.
| Estado (vinculado a los resúmenes a continuación) | Titular | Resultados | Candidatos | ||
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| Alabama | Howell Heflin | Democrático | 1978 1984 1990 | Titular jubilado. Nuevo senador elegido . Ganancia republicana . |
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| Alaska | Ted Stevens | Republicano | 1968 (Nombrado) 1970 1972 1978 1984 1990 1996 | Titular reelegido . |
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| Arkansas | David Pryor | Democrático | 1978 1984 1990 | Titular jubilado. Nuevo senador elegido . Ganancia republicana . |
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| Colorado | Hank Brown | Republicano | 1990 | Titular jubilado. Nuevo senador elegido . Control republicano. |
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| Delaware | Joe Biden | Democrático | 1972 1978 1984 1990 | Titular reelegido . |
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| Georgia | Sam Nunn | Democrático | 1972 (Especial) 1972 1978 1984 1990 | Titular jubilado. Nuevo senador elegido . Control democrático. |
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| Idaho | Larry Craig | Republicano | 1990 | Titular reelegido . |
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| Illinois | Paul Simon | Democrático | 1984 1990 | Titular jubilado. Nuevo senador elegido . Control democrático. |
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| Iowa | Tom Harkin | Democrático | 1984 1990 | Titular reelegido . |
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| Kansas | Nancy Kassebaum | Republicano | 1978 1978 (Nombrado) 1984 1990 | Titular jubilado. Nuevo senador elegido . Control republicano. |
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| Kentucky | Mitch McConnell | Republicano | 1984 1990 | Titular reelegido . |
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| Luisiana | Bennett Johnston | Democrático | 1972 1972 (Nombrado) 1978 1984 1990 | Titular jubilado. Nuevo senador elegido . Control democrático. |
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| Maine | William Cohen | Republicano | 1978 1984 1990 | Titular jubilado. Nuevo senador elegido . Control republicano. |
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| Massachusetts | John Kerry | Democrático | 1984 1990 | Titular reelegido . |
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| Michigan | Carl Levin | Democrático | 1978 1984 1990 | Titular reelegido . |
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| Minnesota | Paul Wellstone | Demócrata (DFL) | 1990 | Titular reelegido . |
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| Misisipí | Thad Cochran | Republicano | 1978 1984 1990 | Titular reelegido . |
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| Montana | Max Baucus | Democrático | 1978 1984 1990 | Titular reelegido . |
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| Nebraska | Jim Exon | Democrático | 1978 1984 1990 | Titular jubilado. Nuevo senador elegido . Ganancia republicana . |
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| New Hampshire | Bob Smith | Republicano | 1990 1990 (Nombrado) | Titular reelegido . |
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| New Jersey | Bill Bradley | Democratic | 1978 1984 1990 | Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold. |
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| New Mexico | Pete Domenici | Republican | 1972 1978 1984 1990 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Carolina del Norte | Jesse Helms | Republicano | 1972 1978 1984 1990 | Titular reelegido . |
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| Oklahoma | Jim Inhofe | Republicano | 1994 (especial) | Titular reelegido . |
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| Oregón | Mark Hatfield | Republicano | 1966 1972 1978 1984 1990 | Titular jubilado. Nuevo senador elegido . Control republicano. |
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| Rhode Island | Claiborne Pell | Democrático | 1960 1966 1972 1978 1984 1990 | Titular jubilado. Nuevo senador elegido . Control democrático. |
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| Carolina del Sur | Strom Thurmond | Republicano | 1954 1954 (Nombrado) 1956 (Dimitido) 1956 (Especial) 1960 1966 1972 1978 1984 1990 | Titular reelegido . |
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| Dakota del Sur | Larry Pressler | Republicano | 1978 1984 1990 | El titular perdió la reelección. Nuevo senador elegido . Ganancia democrática . |
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| Tennesse | Fred Thompson | Republicano | 1994 (especial) | Titular reelegido . |
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| Texas | Phil Gramm | Republicano | 1984 1990 | Titular reelegido . |
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| Virginia | John Warner | Republicano | 1978 1984 1990 1996 | Titular reelegido . |
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| Virginia del Oeste | Jay Rockefeller | Democrático | 1984 1990 | Titular reelegido . |
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| Wyoming | Alan K. Simpson | Republicano | 1978 1979 (Nombrado) 1984 1990 | Titular jubilado. Nuevo senador elegido . Control republicano. |
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Carreras más cercanas [ editar ]
Dieciséis carreras de noviembre, así como la elección especial de Oregon en enero, tuvieron márgenes de menos del 10%:
| Expresar | Partido del ganador | Margen |
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| Luisiana | Democrático | 0,34% |
| Georgia | Democrático | 1,3% |
| Oregon (especial) | Democrático (voltear) | 1,5% |
| Dakota del Sur | Democrático (voltear) | 2,6% |
| New Hampshire | Republicano | 3,0% |
| Oregón (regular) | Republicano | 3,9% |
| Montana | Democrático | 4,9% |
| Virginia | Republicano | 5,1% |
| Iowa | Democrático | 5,1% |
| Maine | Republicano | 5,3% |
| Arkansas | Republicano (voltear) | 5,4% [a] |
| Colorado | Republicano | 5,7% |
| Carolina del Norte | Republicano | 6,7% |
| Alabama | Republicano (voltear) | 7,0% |
| Massachusetts | Democrático | 7,5% |
| Minnesota | Democrático | 9,0% |
| Carolina del Sur | Republicano | 9,4% |
Alabama [ editar ]
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Incumbent Democrat Howell Heflin decided to retire. Republican Jeff Sessions won the open seat, becoming only the second Republican U.S. Senator elected to represent Alabama since Reconstruction. This seat would remain controlled by Republicans until the election of Doug Jones[2] in 2017.
En las elecciones presidenciales de 1968 , Alabama apoyó al candidato del Partido Independiente Estadounidense George Wallace sobre Richard Nixon y Hubert Humphrey . Wallace era el candidato demócrata oficial en Alabama, mientras que Humphrey figuraba como el "demócrata nacional". [3] En 1976 , el candidato demócrata Jimmy Carter de Georgia ganó el estado, la región y la nación, pero el control demócrata de la región se deslizó después de eso.
Desde 1980, los votantes conservadores de Alabama han votado cada vez más por candidatos republicanos a nivel federal, especialmente en las elecciones presidenciales. Por el contrario, los candidatos demócratas han sido elegidos para muchos cargos a nivel estatal y, hasta 2010, contaban con una mayoría de larga data en la legislatura de Alabama .
| Fiesta | Candidato | Votos | % | |
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| Democrático | Roger Bedford | 141,360 | 44,77% | |
| Democrático | Glen Browder | 91,203 | 28,89% | |
| Democrático | Natalie Davis | 71.588 | 22,67% | |
| Democrático | Marilyn Q. Bromberg | 11,573 | 3,67% | |
| Total de votos | 315,724 | 100,00% | ||
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| Democrático | Roger Bedford | 141,747 | 61,59% | |
| Democrático | Glen Browder | 88,415 | 38,41% | |
| Total de votos | 230.162 | 100,00% | ||
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| Republicano | Jeff Sesiones | 82,373 | 37,81% | |
| Republicano | Sid McDonald | 47,320 | 21,72% | |
| Republicano | Charles Woods | 24,409 | 11,20% | |
| Republicano | Frank McRight | 21,964 | 10,08% | |
| Republicano | Walter D. Clark | 18,745 | 8,60% | |
| Republicano | Jimmy Blake | 15,385 | 7,06% | |
| Republicano | Albert Lipscomb | 7,672 | 3,52% | |
| Total de votos | 217,868 | 100,00% | ||
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| Republicano | Jeff Sesiones | 81.681 | 59,26% | |
| Republicano | Sid McDonald | 56,156 | 40,74% | |
| Total de votos | 137,837 | 100,00% | ||
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| Republicano | Jeff Sesiones | 786,436 | 52,45% | |
| Democrático | Roger Bedford | 681.651 | 45,46% | |
| Libertario | Mark Thornton | 21,550 | 1,44% | |
| La Ley natural | Charles Hebner | 9.123 | 0,61% | |
| Independiente | Escrituras | 633 | 0,04% | |
| Total de votos | 1,499,393 | 100,00% | ||
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El actual republicano Ted Stevens se postuló para la reelección para un quinto mandato. Stevens se enfrentó a la nominada demócrata Theresa Obermeyer , ex miembro de la Junta Escolar de Anchorage , [4] y al nominado por el Partido Verde Jed Whittaker, un pescador comercial.
La carrera atrajo la atención nacional por el comportamiento errático de Obermeyer: culpó a Stevens de que su esposo no aprobara el examen de la abogacía y afirmó que había pasado la barra por fraude. Ella lo "siguió" a los eventos de la campaña, con frecuencia vistiendo un traje de prisionera y una vez arrastrando una bola y una cadena detrás de ella. Durante la campaña, fue arrestada y cumplió 30 días en prisión en California y Oregon por violaciones a la libertad condicional. [5]
Stevens fue reelegido en un deslizamiento abrumador y Whittaker terminó por delante de Obermeyer.
| Fiesta | Candidato | Votos | % | |
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| Republicano | Ted Stevens (titular) | 71,043 | 58,87% | |
| Republicano | Dave W. Cuddy | 32.994 | 27,34% | |
| Democrático | Teresa Obermeyer | 4.072 | 3,37% | |
| Verde | Jed Whittaker | 3.751 | 3,11% | |
| Democrático | Joseph A. Sonneman | 2.643 | 2,19% | |
| Democrático | Michael Beasley | 1.968 | 1,63% | |
| Democrático | Henry J. Blake Jr. | 1,157 | 0,96% | |
| Democrático | Lawrence Freiberger | 921 | 0,76% | |
| Republicano | Charles E. McKee | 842 | 0,70% | |
| Democrático | Frank Vondersaar | 655 | 0,54% | |
| Democrático | Robert Alan Gigler | 631 | 0,52% | |
| Total de votos | 138,492 | 100,00% | ||
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| Republicano | Ted Stevens (titular) | 177,893 | 76,71% | + 10,48% | |
| Verde | Jed Whittaker | 29.037 | 12,52% | ||
| Democrático | Teresa Obermeyer | 23,977 | 10,34% | -21,85% | |
| Escrituras | 1,009 | 0,44% | |||
| Mayoria | 148,856 | 64,19% | + 30,15% | ||
| Apagar | 231,916 | ||||
| Control republicano | Balancearse | ||||
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El actual demócrata David Pryor decidió retirarse. El republicano Tim Hutchinson ganó el escaño libre.
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| Republicano | Tim Hutchinson | 445,942 | 52,7% | |
| Democrático | Winston Bryant | 400,241 | 47,3% | |
| Mayoria | 45,701 | 5,4% | ||
| Apagar | 846,183 | 100,0% | ||
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Incumbent Republican Hank Brown decided to retire instead of seeking a second term. Republican Congressman Wayne Allard won the open seat, beating Democrat Tom Strickland, attorney and former U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado.
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| Democratic | Tom Strickland | 87,294 | 66.13% | |
| Democratic | Gene Nichol | 44,709 | 33.87% | |
| Total votes | 132,003 | 100.00% | ||
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| Republican | Wayne Allard | 115,064 | 56.83% | |
| Republican | Gale Norton | 87,394 | 43.17% | |
| Total votes | 202,458 | 100.00% | ||
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| Republican | Wayne Allard | 750,315 | 51.41% | -4.27% | |
| Democratic | Tom Strickland | 667,600 | 45.74% | +4.08% | |
| Natural Law | Randy MacKenzie | 41,620 | 2.85% | ||
| Write-ins | 66 | <0.01% | |||
| Majority | 82,715 | 5.67% | -8.35% | ||
| Turnout | 1,459,601 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
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Incumbent Democrat Joe Biden won re-election to a fifth term, beating Republican businessman Raymond Clatworthy.[12]
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| Republicano | Raymond J. Clatworthy | 18,638 | 82,24% | |
| Republicano | Vance Phillips | 3.307 | 14,59% | |
| Republicano | Wilfred Plomis | 717 | 3,17% | |
| Total de votos | 22,662 | 100,00% | ||
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| Democrático | Joe Biden (titular) | 165,465 | 60,04% | -2,64% | |
| Republicano | Raymond J. Clatworthy | 105,088 | 38,13% | + 2,30% | |
| Libertario | Mark Jones | 3.340 | 1,21% | -0,28% | |
| La Ley natural | Jacqueline Kossoff | 1,698 | 0,62% | ||
| Mayoria | 60,377 | 21,91% | -4,94% | ||
| Apagar | 275,591 | ||||
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Incumbent Democrat Sam Nunn decided to retire instead of seeking a fifth term. Republicans nominated Guy Millner, a multi-millionaire businessman who was also the unsuccessful candidate who ran against Zell Miller in the 1994 gubernatorial election. Millner emerged as the victor from a crowded 6-person primary in July 1996. However, Max Cleland, the Secretary of State of Georgia ran unopposed in the Democratic primary.
A pesar de estar en manos de los demócratas desde 1852, la elección para este escaño se convirtió en una dura disputa entre Cleland y Millner. Fue la carrera más reñida por ese escaño desde al menos 1852. No obstante, Max Cleland derrotó a Guy Millner el 5 de noviembre. Max Cleland superó por un estrecho margen una victoria con 1.103.993 votos (48,87%) frente a los 1.073.969 votos de Guy Millner (47,54%), un margen de 1,33%.
The Class 2 United States Senate seat had been reliably Democratic, with a member of that party holding it since 1852. Additionally, no Republican had ever held at seat since it was established in 1789. In fact, during the previous election, Sam Nunn was unanimously re-elected and defeated Mike Hicks by an almost 60% margin in 1984. Republican Paul Coverdell narrowly unseated Democrat Wyche Fowler in Georgia's other United States Senate seat in 1992. On October 9, 1995, 4-term incumbent Class 2 Senator Sam Nunn announced his retirement.[14] This left the seat open for the first time since 1972.
Después de la jubilación de Sam Nunn, los demócratas comenzaron a buscar un sucesor para él. Finalmente, el secretario de Estado de Georgia, Max Cleland, entró en la carrera. Cleland fue el único candidato demócrata que se presentó a las elecciones, por lo que se convirtió en el nominado por defecto el 9 de julio de 1996. Durante las primarias, recibió 517,697 votos, el 100%.
Los republicanos también vieron una oportunidad con un escaño abierto en el Senado en Georgia. Seis candidatos se llenaron para ingresar a las elecciones primarias y convertirse en el candidato republicano después del 9 de julio de 1996.
After the Republican Primary, Guy Millner emerged as the nominee. Charles Bullock, a political scientist at the University of Georgia, noted that defeated rival Johnny Isakson was more likely to win the moderate vote due to his pro-abortion rights views on abortion. Several polls earlier that year showed Cleland defeating both Millner and Isakson. In contrast to Isakson's opinion, Guy Millner was opposed to abortion except in the case of rape, incest, or to save the life of the mother. Johnny Isakson was later elected United States Senator after Zell Miller retired from his seat in 2004. Opponent Max Cleland quickly labeled Millner as an extremist, saying that "I think people in this state want to elect a moderate ... not an extremist, not an ideologue, and not somebody hung up on some ideological agenda." In response, Millner began campaigning on other issues to capture more moderate voters.[15]
On Election Day, Democratic nominee Max Cleland narrowly won against Republican Guy Millner. It was one of the closest United States Senate Elections in the history of Georgia. Cleland received 1,103,993 votes to Millner's 1,073,969 votes. Libertarian candidate Jack Cashin obtained 81,262 votes, while only 8 people voted for Independent Arlene Rubinstein.
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| Democratic | Max Cleland | 1,103,993 | 48.87% | |
| Republican | Guy Millner | 1,073,969 | 47.54% | |
| Libertario | Jack Cashin | 81,262 | 3,60% | |
| Independiente | Arlene Rubinstein | 8 | 0,00% | |
| Mayoria | 30,024 | 1,33% | ||
| Apagar | 2,259,232 | |||
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El titular Larry Craig ganó la reelección contra el demócrata Walt Minnick, empresario y ex funcionario de la Administración de Nixon .
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| Democratic | Walt Minnick | 34,551 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 34,551 | 100.00% | ||
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| Republican | Larry Craig (Incumbent) | 106,817 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 106,817 | 100.00% | ||
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| Republican | Larry Craig (Incumbent) | 283,532 | 57.02% | -4.27% | |
| Democratic | Walt Minnick | 198,422 | 39.91% | +1.20% | |
| Independent | Mary J. Charbonneau | 10,137 | 2.04% | ||
| Natural Law | Susan Vegors | 5,142 | 1.03% | ||
| Majority | 85,110 | 17.12% | -5.47% | ||
| Turnout | 497,233 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
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Incumbent Democrat Paul Simon opted to retire rather than seek a third term. In the Democratic primary, Congressman Dick Durbin emerged victorious, while State Representative Al Salvi won the Republican primary. Though the election was initially anticipated to be close, Durbin defeated Salvi by a comfortable double-digit margin of victory, allowing him to win what would be the first of several terms in the Senate.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Dick Durbin | 512,520 | 64.87% | |
| Democratic | Pat Quinn | 233,138 | 29.51% | |
| Democratic | Ronald F. Gibbs | 17,681 | 2.24% | |
| Democratic | Jalil Ahmad | 17,211 | 2.18% | |
| Democratic | Paul H. D. Park | 9,505 | 1.20% | |
| Total votes | 790,055 | 100.00% | ||
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| Republican | Al Salvi | 377,141 | 47.64% | |
| Republican | Bob Kustra | 342,935 | 43.32% | |
| Republican | Robert Marshall | 43,937 | 5.55% | |
| Republican | Martin Paul Gallagher | 17,276 | 2.18% | |
| Republican | Wayne S. Kurzeja | 10,356 | 1.31% | |
| Total votes | 791,645 | 100.00% | ||
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| Democratic | Dick Durbin | 2,384,028 | 56.09% | -8.98% | |
| Republican | Al Salvi | 1,728,824 | 40.67% | +5.74% | |
| Reform | Steven H. Perry | 61,023 | 1.44% | ||
| Libertarian | Robin J. Miller | 41,218 | 0.97% | ||
| Constitution | Chad N. Koppie | 17,563 | 0.40% | ||
| Natural Law | James E. Davis | 13,838 | 0.33% | ||
| Write-ins | 4,228 | 0.10% | |||
| Majority | 655,204 | 15.41% | -14.72% | ||
| Turnout | 4,250,722 | ||||
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
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El actual demócrata Tom Harkin buscó la reelección para un tercer mandato y fue desafiado por el congresista Jim Ross Lightfoot del tercer distrito del Congreso de Iowa . Lightfoot había ganado las primarias republicanas contra dos oponentes, mientras que Harkin había ganado sus primarias sin oposición, por lo que ambos pasaron a las elecciones generales, donde participaron en una campaña muy reñida. Al final, Harkin tuvo éxito en su oferta y derrotó a Lightfoot, aunque por el margen más delgado de su carrera.
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| Democrático | Tom Harkin (titular) | 98,737 | 99,19% | |
| Democrático | Escrituras | 810 | 0,81% | |
| Total de votos | 99,547 | 100,00% | ||
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| Republicano | Jim Ross Lightfoot | 101,608 | 61,48% | |
| Republicano | Maggie Tinsman | 40,955 | 24,78% | |
| Republicano | Steve Grubbs | 22,554 | 13.65% | |
| Republican | Write-ins | 153 | 0.09% | |
| Total votes | 165,270 | 100.00% | ||
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| Democratic | Tom Harkin (Incumbent) | 634,166 | 51.81% | -2.66% | |
| Republican | James Ross Lightfoot | 571,807 | 46.71% | +1.30% | |
| Independent | Sue Atkinson | 9,768 | 0.80% | ||
| Natural Law | Fred Gratzon | 4,248 | 0.35% | ||
| Independent | Joe Sulentic | 1,941 | 0.16% | ||
| Socialist Workers | Shirley E. Pena | 1,844 | 0.15% | ||
| Write-ins | 280 | 0.02% | |||
| Majority | 62,359 | 5.09% | -3.96% | ||
| Turnout | 1,224,054 | ||||
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
Kansas[edit]
Due to the resignation of Bob Dole campaigning for the Presidential election, there were two elections in Kansas as both seats were up for election.
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Incumbent Republican Nancy Kassebaum decided to retire instead of seeking a fourth term. Republican Pat Roberts won the open seat, beating the Democratic Kansas State Treasurer Sally Thompson.
Los límites de mandato fueron un problema durante la campaña; Si bien Roberts dijo que no se oponía totalmente a los límites de mandato, desconfiaba de los límites que no se aplicaban a los miembros actuales del Congreso, y dijo que los límites propuestos deberían aplicarse a todos. Si bien Thompson firmó el compromiso de límites de mandato nacional del grupo de estadounidenses por períodos limitados , Roberts se negó a hacerlo, convirtiéndose en el único candidato de partido importante para el Senado de los Estados Unidos en las elecciones de 1996 que no firmó el compromiso. [21] Sin embargo, dijo que "planeo servir sólo dos mandatos en el Senado de los Estados Unidos". [22] En 2014, fue elegido para un cuarto mandato.
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| Democrático | Sally Thompson | 121,476 | 100,00% | |
| Total de votos | 121,476 | 100,00% | ||
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| Republicano | Pat Roberts | 245,411 | 78,21% | |
| Republicano | Tom Little | 25,052 | 7,98% | |
| Republicano | Tom Oyler | 23,266 | 7,42% | |
| Republicano | Richard L. Cooley | 20,060 | 6,39% | |
| Total de votos | 313,789 | 100,00% | ||
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| Republicano | Pat Roberts | 652,677 | 62,02% | -11,57% | |
| Democrático | Sally Thompson | 362,380 | 34,44% | + 8,05% | |
| Reforma | Mark S. Marney | 24,145 | 2,29% | ||
| Libertario | Steven Rosile | 13,098 | 1,25% | ||
| Mayoria | 290,297 | 27,59% | -19,61% | ||
| Apagar | 1.052.300 | ||||
| Control republicano | Balancearse | ||||
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Incumbent Republican Sheila Frahm, who was recently appointed to the seat, was defeated in the primary by Sam Brownback, who went on to win the general election over Jill Docking, businesswoman and daughter-in-law of former Kansas Governor Robert Docking. Brownback would remain in office until 2011, when he resigned his seat to run for Governor of Kansas in 2010, which he eventually won.
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| Democratic | Jill Docking | 127,012 | 74.39% | |
| Democratic | Joan Finney | 43,726 | 25.61% | |
| Total votes | 170,738 | 100.00% | ||
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| Republican | Sam Brownback | 187,914 | 54.82% | |
| Republican | Sheila Frahm (Incumbent) | 142,487 | 41.57% | |
| Republican | Christina Campbell-Cline | 12,378 | 3.61% | |
| Total votes | 342,779 | 100.00% | ||
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| Republican | Sam Brownback | 574,021 | 53.91% | -8.78% | |
| Democratic | Jill Docking | 461,344 | 43.33% | +12.30% | |
| Reform | Donald R. Klaassen | 29,351 | 2.76% | ||
| Majority | 112,677 | 10.58% | -21.08% | ||
| Turnout | 1,064,716 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
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Incumbent Republican Mitch McConnell won re-election to a third term with a 12.6% margin of victory over Steve Beshear, former Lieutenant Governor. McConnell's landslide victory occurred at the same time President Bill Clinton was re-elected to a second term, winning by a 7.5% margin nationwide, but carrying Kentucky by a 0.9% margin.
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| Democratic | Steve Beshear | 177,859 | 66.38% | |
| Democratic | Tom Barlow | 64,235 | 23.97% | |
| Democratic | Shelby Lanier | 25,856 | 9.65% | |
| Total votes | 267,950 | 100.00% | ||
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| Republican | Mitch McConnell (Incumbent) | 88,620 | 88.59% | |
| Republican | Tommy Klein | 11,410 | 11.41% | |
| Total votes | 72,373 | 100.00% | ||
In 1996, Beshear started out trailing against McConnell, with an early general election poll placing McConnell ahead of Beshear 50% to 32%.[26] The campaign ultimately became quite harsh, with the McConnell campaign sending "Hunt Man," a take off of Chicken George dressed in "the red velvet coat, jodhpurs, black riding boots and black helmet of a patrician fox hunter." This was done as a means of criticizing Beshear's membership in a fox hunting club in Lexington, and undercut the Beshear campaign's message that McConnell was a Republican in the mold of Newt Gingrich and that Beshear was the only friend of the working class in the race.[27] Beshear did not make much traction with the electorate during the campaign. By October 1996, Beshear had narrowed the gap between himself and McConnell slightly, with McConnell leading Beshear 50% to 38%.[28]
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| Republican | Mitch McConnell (Incumbent) | 724,794 | 55.45% | +3.27% | |
| Democratic | Steve Beshear | 560,012 | 42.85% | -4.97% | |
| Libertarian | Dennis L. Lacy | 8,595 | 0.66% | ||
| Natural Law | Patricia Jo Metten | 8,344 | 0.64% | ||
| U.S. Taxpayers | Mac Elroy | 5,284 | 0.40% | ||
| Write-ins | 17 | 0.00% | |||
| Majority | 164,782 | 12.61% | +8.23% | ||
| Turnout | 1,307,046 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
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Incumbent Democrat J. Bennett Johnston chose to retire. After the jungle primary election, state treasurer Mary Landrieu went into a runoff election with State Representative Woody Jenkins of Baton Rouge, a former Democrat who had turned Republican two years earlier. She prevailed by 5,788 votes out of 1.7 million cast, the narrowest national result of the thirty-three races for the U.S. Senate that year and one of the closest election margins in Louisiana history. At the same time, Democrat Bill Clinton carried Louisiana by a considerable margin of 927,837 votes to 712,586 cast for Republican Bob Dole.
The multi-candidate field for the primary included Democratic state Attorney General Richard Ieyoub and the former Ku Klux Klan leader, David Duke, running again as a Republican. Among the minor candidates was Peggy Wilson, an at-large member of the New Orleans City Council, and Troyce Guice, who had sought the same seat thirty years earlier when it was held by the veteran Senator Allen J. Ellender.
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| Republican | Woody Jenkins | 322,244 | 26.23% | |
| Democratic | Mary Landrieu | 264,268 | 21.51% | |
| Democratic | Richard Ieyoub | 250,682 | 20.41% | |
| Republican | David Duke | 141,489 | 11.52% | |
| Republican | Jimmy Hayes | 71,699 | 5.84% | |
| Republican | Bill Linder | 58,243 | 4.74% | |
| Republican | Chuck McMains | 45,164 | 3.68% | |
| Republican | Peggy Wilson | 31,877 | 2.60% | |
| Democratic | Troyce Guice | 15,277 | 1.24% | |
| Independent | Nicholas J. Accardo | 10,035 | 0.82% | |
| Independent | Arthur D. "Jim" Nichols | 7,894 | 0.64% | |
| Democratic | Sadie Roberts-Joseph | 4,660 | 0.38% | |
| Independent | Tom Kirk | 1,987 | 0.16% | |
| Independent | Darryl Paul Ward | 1,770 | 0.14% | |
| Independent | Sam Houston Melton, Jr. | 1,270 | 0.10% | |
| Turnout | 1,228,559 | 100.00% | ||
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| Democratic | Mary Landrieu | 852,945 | 50.17% | -3.78% | |
| Republican | Woody Jenkins | 847,157 | 49.83% | +6.35% | |
| Majority | 5,788 | 0.34% | -10.13% | ||
| Turnout | 1,700,102 | ||||
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
It believed[by whom?] that the Democratic stronghold of New Orleans pushed Landrieu over the finish line. Jenkins refused to concede and charged massive election fraud, orchestrated by the Democratic political organization of New Orleans, provided Landrieu's narrow margin of victory. He took his case to the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate and petitioned for Landrieu's unseating pending a new election. In a hearing, carried live by C-SPAN, the Senate Rules Committee in a party-line 8–7 vote agreed to investigate the charges. The decision briefly placed Landrieu's status in the U.S. Senate under a cloud.
Only a month into the probe, however, it emerged that Thomas "Papa Bear" Miller, a detective hired by Jenkins to investigate claims of fraud, had coached witnesses to claim they had participated in election fraud. Three witnesses claimed Miller had paid them to claim that they had either cast multiple votes for Landrieu or drove vans of illegal voters across town. The others told such bizarre tales that FBI agents dismissed their claims out of hand. It also emerged that Miller had several felony convictions on his record, including a guilty plea to attempted murder. The Democrats walked out of the probe in protest, but the probe continued.[31]
The investigation dragged on for over ten months, angering the Democrats and exacerbating partisan friction in the day-to-day sessions of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee to which Landrieu was assigned as a freshman member of the 105th Congress. Finally, in October 1997, the Rules Committee concluded that while there were major electoral irregularities, none of them were serious enough to burden Louisiana with a new election at that stage. It recommended that the results stand.
The Landrieu-Jenkins contest was not the only U.S. Senate election in 20th century Louisiana in which the results were hotly disputed. Future Senator John H. Overton claimed the renomination and hence reelection of Senator Joseph E. Ransdell was tainted by fraud. In 1932, Senator Edwin S. Broussard claimed that his primary defeat by Overton was fraudulent. In both cases, the Senate seated the certified winners, Ransdell and Overton, respectively.
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Incumbent Republican William Cohen decided to retire instead of seeking a fourth term. To replace him, Congressman and former Governor of Maine Joseph E. Brennan won the Democratic primary while political consultant and 1994 nominee for Governor of Maine Susan Collins won the Republican primary. A competitive general election ensued, but Collins ultimately won out over Brennan, keeping the seat in the Republican column. With Collins's election to the Senate in 1996, Maine became only the second state after California to have two sitting women senators.
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| Democratic | Joseph Brennan | 48,335 | 56.68% | |
| Democratic | Sean Faircloth | 21,204 | 24.87% | |
| Democratic | Richard A. Spencer | 10,236 | 12.00% | |
| Democratic | Jean Hay Bright | 4,524 | 5.31% | |
| Democratic | Jerald Leonard | 939 | 1.10% | |
| Democratic | Write-ins | 35 | 0.04% | |
| Total votes | 85,273 | 100.00% | ||
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| Republican | Susan Collins | 53,339 | 55.50% | |
| Republican | W. John Hathaway | 29,792 | 31.00% | |
| Republican | Robert A. G. Monks | 12,943 | 13.47% | |
| Republican | Write-ins | 33 | 0.03% | |
| Total votes | 96,107 | 100.00% | ||
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| Republican | Susan Collins | 298,422 | 49.18% | -12.16% | |
| Democratic | Joseph E. Brennan | 266,226 | 43.88% | +5.24% | |
| Independent | John C. Rensenbrink | 23,441 | 3.86% | ||
| Constitution | William P. Clarke | 18,618 | 3.07% | ||
| Write-ins | 70 | 0.01% | |||
| Majority | 32,196 | 5.31% | -17.39% | ||
| Turnout | 606,777 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
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Incumbent Democrat John Kerry won re-election to a third term over the Republican Governor of Massachusetts,
On November 29, 1995, Governor Bill Weld announced his candidacy for the Senate seat occupied by former U.S. Senator Kerry with a formal announcement on March 27, 1996. Kerry's previous two opponents in 1984 and 1990 had no prior elected office experience. The election was one of many competitive senate elections in 1996.
At the federal level, Democrats controlled both U.S. Senate seats and eight of ten U.S. House seats. No Republican won a senate election since 1972. In the 1984 presidential election, President Ronald Reagan won 49 of 50 states, with Massachusetts being his worst performance (excluding Walter Mondale's home-state of Minnesota. Reagan carried the state with just 51% of the vote. In 1994, incumbent Democrat Ted Kennedy won re-election against businessman Mitt Romney with just 58% of the vote, the lowest percentage since his first senate election campaign in 1962.
The first debate between Weld and Kerry was held in Faneuil Hall on April 8 with a second debate held on June 3. A third debate was held at the Emerson Majestic Theater on July 2. The Weld and Kerry campaigns agreed to eight debates and a spending cap of $6.9 million negotiated at Senator Kerry's Beacon Hill home on August 7; Senator Kerry later mortgaged his house to raise funds in October. On the same day the spending cap was agreed upon, Governor Weld jumped into the Charles River. He later spoke at the 1996 Republican National Convention on August 14 before debating U.S. Senator Kerry again on August 19. Senator Kerry spoke at the 1996 Democratic National Convention and debated Governor Weld again on September 16.
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| Democratic | John Kerry | 1,334,135 | 52.20% | |
| Republican | William Weld | 1,143,120 | 44.72% | |
| Conservative | Susan C. Gallagher | 70,007 | 2.74% | |
| Natural Law | Robert C. Stowe | 7,169 | 0.28% | |
| All others | 1,511 | 0.06% | ||
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Incumbent Democrat Carl Levin won re-election to a fourth term over Ronna Romney radio talk show host and former daughter-in-law of Michigan governor George W. Romney.
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| Democratic | Carl Levin (Incumbent) | 2,195,738 | 58.4% | |
| Republican | Ronna Romney | 1,500,106 | 39.9% | |
| Libertarian | Kenneth L. Proctor | 36,911 | 1.0% | |
| Workers World | William Roundtree | 12,235 | 0.3% | |
| Natural Law | Joseph S. Mattingly | 11,306 | 0.3% | |
| Socialist | Martin P. McLaughlin | 5,975 | 0.1% | |
| Majority | 695,632 | 18.5% | ||
| Turnout | 3,763,371 | 100.00% | ||
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Incumbent Democrat Paul Wellstone won re-election to a second term.[35]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic (DFL) | Paul Wellstone | 194,699 | 86.41% | |
| Democratic (DFL) | Richard Franson | 16,465 | 7.31% | |
| Democratic (DFL) | Ed Hansen | 9,990 | 4.43% | |
| Democratic (DFL) | Oloveuse S. Savior | 4,180 | 1.86% | |
| Turnout | 225,334 | |||
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| Republican | Rudy Boschwitz | 158,678 | 80.59% | |
| Republican | Stephen Young | 16,324 | 8.29% | |
| Republican | Bert McKasy | 12,711 | 6.46% | |
| Republican | Monti Moreno | 6,536 | 3.32% | |
| Republican | John J. Zeleniak | 2,655 | 1.35% | |
| Turnout | 196,904 | |||
Boschwitz filed to run a rematch against Wellstone. The incumbent was an unapologetic liberal.[37] Rudy released ads accusing Wellstone of being "embarrassingly liberal" and calling him "Senator Welfare".[38] Boschwitz accused Wellstone of supporting flag burning, a move that some believe possibly backfired.[39] Like the 1990 election, Wellstone had a massive grassroots campaign which inspired college students, poor people and minorities to get involved in politics for the very first time. Prior to that accusation, Boschwitz had significantly outspent Wellstone on campaign advertising and the race was closely contested, but Wellstone went on to beat Boschwitz by a nine-point margin in a three-way race (Dean Barkley received 7%).[40] Despite losing here, Barkley was later appointed near the end of the next term after Wellstone's 2002 death.
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| Democratic | Paul Wellstone (Incumbent) | 1,098,430 | 50.32% | |
| Republican | Rudy Boschwitz | 901,194 | 41.28% | |
| Reform | Dean Barkley | 152,328 | 6.98% | |
| Grassroots | Tim Davis | 14,139 | 0.65% | |
| Libertarian | Roy Ezra Carlton | 5,428 | 0.25% | |
| Resource Party | Howard Hanson | 4,381 | 0.20% | |
| Natural Law | Steve Johnson | 4,321 | 0.20% | |
| Socialist Workers | Thomas A. Fiske | 1,554 | 0.07% | |
| Independent | Write-In | 1,130 | 0.05% | |
| Majority | 197,236 | 9.04% | ||
| Total votes | 2,182,905 | 100.00% | ||
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Incumbent Republican Thad Cochran won re-election to a fourth term.
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| Republican | Thad Cochran (Incumbent) | 624,154 | 71.0% | |
| Democratic | Bootie Hunt | 240,647 | 27.4% | |
| Independent | Ted Weill | 13,861 | 1.6% | |
| Majority | 383,507 | 43.6% | ||
| Turnout | 878,662 | 100.00% | ||
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Incumbent Democrat Max Baucus, who was first elected in 1978 and was re-elected in 1984 and 1990, ran for re-election. He was unopposed in the Democratic primary, and moved on to the general election, where he faced a stiff challenge in Denny Rehberg, the Lieutenant Governor of Montana and the Republican nominee. Despite Bob Dole's victory over Bill Clinton and Ross Perot in the state that year in the presidential election, Baucus managed to narrowly win re-election over Rehberg to secure a fourth term in the Senate.
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| Democratic | Max Baucus (Incumbent) | 85,976 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 85,976 | 100.00% | ||
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| Reform | Becky Shaw | 930 | 68.03% | |
| Reform | Webb Sullivan | 437 | 31.97% | |
| Total votes | 1,367 | 100.00% | ||
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| Republican | Denny Rehberg | 82,158 | 73.81% | |
| Republican | Ed Borcherdt | 14,670 | 13.18% | |
| Republican | John K. McDonald | 14,485 | 13.01% | |
| Total votes | 111,313 | 100.00% | ||
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| Democratic | Max Baucus (Incumbent) | 201,935 | 49.56% | -18.57% | |
| Republican | Denny Rehberg | 182,111 | 44.69% | +15.31% | |
| Reform | Becky Shaw | 19,276 | 4.73% | ||
| Natural Law | Stephen Heaton | 4,168 | 1.02% | ||
| Majority | 19,824 | 4.86% | -33.88% | ||
| Turnout | 407,490 | ||||
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
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Incumbent Democrat J. James Exon decided to retire instead of seeking a fourth term. Republican businessman Chuck Hagel won the open seat by 14 points over Democrat Ben Nelson, Governor of Nebraska.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Ben Nelson | 93,140 | 97.00% | |
| Democratic | Write-ins | 2,882 | 3.00% | |
| Total votes | 96,022 | 100.00% | ||
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| Republican | Chuck Hagel | 112,953 | 62.24% | |
| Republican | Don Stenberg | 67,974 | 37.46% | |
| Republican | Write-ins | 544 | 0.30% | |
| Total votes | 181,471 | 100.00% | ||
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| Republican | Chuck Hagel | 379,933 | 56.14% | +15.21% | |
| Democratic | Ben Nelson | 281,904 | 41.65% | -17.25% | |
| Libertarian | John DeCamp | 9,483 | 1.40% | ||
| Natural Law | Bill Dunn | 4,806 | 0.71% | ||
| Write-ins | 663 | 0.10% | |||
| Majority | 98,029 | 14.48% | -3.49% | ||
| Turnout | 676,958 | ||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | Swing | ||||
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Incumbent Republican Bob Smith won re-election to a second term. Smith had established himself as the most conservative Senator from the Northeast, and Bill Clinton's coattails nearly caused his defeat. On the night of the election many American media networks incorrectly projected that Swett had won.[45]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Bob Smith (incumbent) | 242,304 | 49.2% | |
| Democratic | Richard Swett | 227,397 | 46.1% | |
| Libertarian | Ken Blevens | 22,265 | 4.5% | |
| Majority | 14,907 | 3.1% | ||
| Turnout | 491,996 | 100.00% | ||
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Incumbent Democrat Bill Bradley decided to retire instead of seeking a fourth term. Democratic Congressman Robert G. Torricelli won the election, beating Republican Congressman Dick Zimmer.
Zimmer was the front-runner for the GOP nomination from the start, getting endorsements from Republican leaders across the state, including Gov. Christine Todd Whitman. Both DuHaime, an anti-abortion candidate, and LaRossa, a pro-gun candidate, attempted to portray Mr. Zimmer as too liberal for the party. But Zimmer treated the two challengers as if they did not exist.[47]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Dick Zimmer | 144,121 | 68.0% | |
| Republican | Richard DuHaime | 42,155 | 19.9% | |
| Republican | Dick LaRossa | 25,608 | 12.1% | |
Democratic U.S. Representative Robert Torricelli easily won his party primary unopposed. Republican U.S. Representative Dick Zimmer won his party's nomination easily. Torricelli defeated Zimmer in the general election by 10 points, a margin less than President Bill Clinton, who carried New Jersey by almost 18%. Independents made up 4.8% of the vote.
Like other Democratic candidates around the country, Torricelli tried to portray "Zig-Zag Zimmer" as a clone of House Speaker Newt Gingrich and flip flopping on his positions on issues like Medicare, gun control and an increase in the minimum wage during the campaign. Zimmer tried to cast his opponent as a tax-and-spend liberal with ethical flaws. Military morale was also a part of the campaign.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Robert G. Torricelli | 1,519,328 | 52.7% | |
| Republican | Dick Zimmer | 1,227,817 | 42.6% | |
| Independent | Richard J. Pezzullo | 50,971 | 1.8% | |
| Independent | Paul A. Woomer | 15,183 | 0.5% | |
| Independent | Olga L. Rodriguez | 14,319 | 0.5% | |
| Independent | Mark Wise | 13,683 | 0.5% | |
| Independent | Wilburt Kornegay | 11,107 | 0.4% | |
| Independent | Steven J. Baeli | 7,749 | 0.3% | |
| Majority | 291,511 | 10.1% | ||
| Turnout | 2,860,157 | 100.0% | ||
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Incumbent Republican Pete Domenici won re-election to a fifth term.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Art Trujillo | 84,721 | 70.55% | |
| Democratic | Eric Treisman | 35,363 | 29.45% | |
| Total votes | 120,084 | 100.00% | ||
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| Republican | Pete Domenici (Incumbent) | 69,394 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 69,394 | 100.00% | ||
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| Republican | Pete Domenici (Incumbent) | 357,171 | 64.73% | -8.19% | |
| Democratic | Art Trujillo | 164,356 | 29.78% | +2.75% | |
| Green | Abraham J. Gutmann | 24,230 | 4.39% | ||
| Libertarian | Bruce M. Bush | 6,064 | 1.10% | ||
| Majority | 192,815 | 34.94% | -10.93% | ||
| Turnout | 551,821 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
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The election was a rematch of the 1990 election: between the Republican incumbent Jesse Helms and the Democratic nominee Harvey Gantt. Helms won re-election to a fifth and final term by a slightly wider margin than in 1990.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Harvey Gantt | 308,337 | 52.40% | +14.88% | |
| Democratic | Charles Sanders | 245,297 | 41.68% | N/A | |
| Democratic | Ralph McKinney | 34,829 | 5.92% | N/A | |
| Majority | 53,040 | 10.72% | |||
| Turnout | 588,463 | 100.0% | |||
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Jesse Helms won the Republican Party's nomination unopposed.
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| Republican | Jesse Helms (Incumbent) | 1,345,833 | 52.64% | +0.08% | |
| Democratic | Harvey Gantt | 1,173,875 | 45.92% | -1.49% | |
| Libertarian | Ray Ubinger | 25,396 | 0.99% | N/A | |
| Natural Law | Victor Pardo | 11,209 | 0.44% | N/A | |
| Turnout | 2,556,456 | ||||
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Incumbent Republican Jim Inhofe won re-election to his first full term over Democratic businessman James Boren.[52]
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| Republican | Jim Inhofe (Incumbent) | 670,610 | 56.7% | |
| Democratic | Jim Boren | 474,162 | 40.1% | |
| Independent | Bill Maguire | 15,092 | 1.3% | |
| Libertarian | Agnes Marie Regier | 14,595 | 1.2% | |
| Independent | Chris Nedbalek | 8,691 | 0.7% | |
| Majority | 196,448 | 16.6% | ||
| Turnout | 1,183,150 | 100.00% | ||
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Oregon[edit]
Oregon had two elections due to a resignation, one in January, and then a second in November.
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A special election was held on January 30, 1996 to fill the seat vacated by Republican Bob Packwood, who had resigned October 1, 1995 due to sexual misconduct allegations.
In the primaries held on December 5, 1995, Democratic U. S. Representative Ron Wyden and Republican President of the Oregon State Senate Gordon H. Smith were nominated. Wyden then defeated Smith in the general election.[54] Smith would win the regularly-scheduled election to the Senate later that year and serve alongside Wyden until 2009.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Ron Wyden | 212,532 | 49.46% | |
| Democratic | Peter DeFazio | 187,411 | 43.61% | |
| Democratic | Anna Nevenic | 11,201 | 2.61% | |
| Democratic | Michael Donnelly | 8,340 | 1.94% | |
| Democratic | Write-in Candidates | 7,959 | 1.85% | |
| Democratic | J.J.T. Van Dooremolen | 2,279 | 0.53% | |
| Majority | 25,121 | 5.85% | ||
| Total votes | 429,722 | 100.00% | ||
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| Republican | Gordon H. Smith | 246,060 | 63.63% | |
| Republican | Norma Paulus | 98,158 | 25.38% | |
| Republican | Jack Roberts | 29,687 | 7.68% | |
| Republican | John Thomas | 3,272 | 0.85% | |
| Republican | Brian Boquist | 3,228 | 0.84% | |
| Republican | Tony G. Zangaro | 1,638 | 0.42% | |
| Republican | Sam Berry | 1,426 | 0.37% | |
| Republican | Jeffrey Brady | 1,160 | 0.3% | |
| Republican | Valentine Christian | 943 | 0.24% | |
| Republican | Robert J. Fenton | 632 | 0.16% | |
| Republican | Lex Loeb | 508 | 0.13% | |
| Majority | 147,902 | 38.25% | ||
| Total votes | 386,712 | 100% | ||
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| Democratic | Ron Wyden | 571,739 | 47.78% | |
| Republican | Gordon H. Smith | 553,519 | 46.26% | |
| American Independent | Karen Shilling | 25,597 | 2.14% | |
| Libertarian | Gene Nanni | 15,698 | 1.31% | |
| Independent (US) | Write-In Candidates | 14,958 | 1.25% | |
| Socialist | Vickie Valdez | 7,872 | 0.66% | |
| Pacific Green | Lou Gold | 7,225 | 0.60% | |
| Majority | 18,220 | 1.52% | ||
| Total votes | 1,196,608 | 100.0% | ||
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Incumbent Republican Mark Hatfield decided to retire after thirty years in the Senate. Oregon State Senate President Gordon H. Smith, who had run for the Senate earlier that year, won the Republican primary, while businessman Tom Bruggere won a contested Democratic primary. The contest between Smith and Bruggere was one of the toughest that year, but ultimately, Smith was able to keep the seat in the Republican column and defeated Bruggere by a narrow margin.
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| Democratic | Tom Bruggere | 151,288 | 49.61% | |
| Democratic | Harry Lonsdale | 76,059 | 24.94% | |
| Democratic | Bill Dwyer | 30,871 | 10.12% | |
| Democratic | Jerry Rust | 27,773 | 9.11% | |
| Democratic | Anna Nevenich | 16,827 | 5.52% | |
| Democratic | Write-ins | 2,150 | 0.70% | |
| Total votes | 304,968 | 100.00% | ||
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| Republican | Gordon H. Smith | 224,428 | 78.06% | |
| Republican | Lon Mabon | 23,479 | 8.17% | |
| Republican | Kirby Brumfield | 15,744 | 5.48% | |
| Republican | Jeff Lewis | 13,359 | 4.65% | |
| Republican | Robert J. Fenton | 8,958 | 3.12% | |
| Republican | Write-ins | 1,532 | 0.53% | |
| Total votes | 287,500 | 100.00% | ||
This was the second Senatorial race for Gordon Smith in 1996; he had previously lost to Ron Wyden in the special election to fill Bob Packwood's seat.
Both candidates spent heavily from their own resources. Bruggere won the Democratic nomination with $800,000 of his own money in the primary race,[59] and was one of 134 candidates for the U.S. Congress to finance their own elections in excess of $50,000 in that cycle.[60] Smith had already spent $2.5 million of his own money earlier that same year in an unsuccessful effort to defeat Democrat Ron Wyden in the 1996 special election to replace Bob Packwood, who had resigned.[59]
Shortly after their respective primary victories, the rivals met for a highly publicized lunch, and agreed to run issue-oriented campaigns. However, in the final weeks of the campaign, Bruggere supporters ran advertisements alleging a pollution problem with Smith's frozen foods business, which the Smith campaign characterized as a breach of that agreement.[59] A Boston Globe profile highlighted their similarities as corporate candidates with minimal political experience.[59]
In the general election race, most Oregon daily newspapers endorsed Smith over Bruggere.[61] The race was close, with neither side claiming victory for several days after the election, a The race was close, with neither side claiming victory for several days after the elections absentee ballots were tallied. After all votes were counted, Smith won by 4 percentage points.[62] It was the last of the 1996 Senate elections to be determined; overall, the Republicans gained two seats in the Senate, increasing their majority from 53 to 55 seats.[63]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Republican | Gordon H. Smith | 677,336 | 49.80% | -3.89% | |
| Democratic | Tom Bruggere | 624,370 | 45.90% | -0.29% | |
| Reform | Brent Thompson | 20,381 | 1.50% | ||
| Pacific Green | Gary Kutcher | 14,193 | 1.04% | ||
| Libertarian | Stormy Mohn | 12,697 | 0.93% | ||
| Socialist | Christopher Phelps | 5,426 | 0.40% | ||
| Natural Law | Michael L. Hoyes | 4,425 | 0.33% | ||
| Write-ins | 1,402 | 0.10% | |||
| Majority | 52,966 | 3.89% | -3.60% | ||
| Turnout | 1,360,230 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
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Incumbent Democrat Claiborne Pell decided to retire. Democratic nominee Jack Reed won the open seat.
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| Democratic | Jack Reed | 59,336 | 86.13% | |
| Democratic | Donald Gill | 9,554 | 13.87% | |
| Total votes | 68,890 | 100.00% | ||
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| Republican | Nancy Mayer | 11,600 | 77.47% | |
| Republican | Thomas R. Post, Jr. | 2,302 | 15.37% | |
| Republican | Theodore Leonard | 1,072 | 7.16% | |
| Total votes | 14,974 | 100.00% | ||
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| Democratic | Jack Reed | 230,676 | 63.31% | +1.48% | |
| Republican | Nancy Mayer | 127,368 | 34.96% | -3.21% | |
| Independent | Donald W. Lovejoy | 6,327 | 1.74% | ||
| Majority | 103,308 | 28.35% | +4.69% | ||
| Turnout | 364,371 | ||||
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Popular incumbent Republican Strom Thurmond won re-election against Democratic challenger Elliott Springs Close.
The South Carolina Democratic Party held their primary on June 11, 1996. Elliott Springs Close, a 43-year-old political novice from Columbia, entered the Democratic primary and faced token opposition from black photographer Cecil J. Williams. Close was a wealthy heir of a textile business, a brother-in-law of President Clinton's chief of staff Erskine Bowles, who styled himself as a fiscal conservative and a social moderate. Even though he proclaimed himself as such, he took positions that would align himself with the liberal wing of the Democratic party. Close would not have voted to balance the budget, he agreed with the Don't ask, don't tell policy of the military initiated by Clinton and he supported continuing welfare as a federal entitlement program.
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| Democratic | Elliott Springs Close | 102,953 | 62.1% | |
| Democratic | Cecil J. Williams | 62,783 | 37.9% | |
| Total votes | 165,736 | 100.00% | ||
The South Carolina Republican Party held their primary on June 11, 1996 and the contest pitted 93-year-old incumbent Senator Strom Thurmond against two relatively unknown candidates. Secretary of State James Miles was the only Republican statewide official who had not endorsed Strom Thurmond and it was rumored that he was considering entering the primary. Thurmond's press secretary, Mark Goodin, criticized Miles for not endorsing Thurmond and told those who contributed to Miles campaign fund that they were contributing to a contest against Thurmond, not the state's other Senator, Democrat Fritz Hollings. Miles soon endorsed Thurmond which left Harold G. Worley, a state representative from Myrtle Beach, and Charlie Thompson, an educator from Charleston, as the only opponents to Thurmond's election. Worley spent $600,000 of his own money and based his campaign almost solely on Thurmond's age. He questioned Thurmond's mental ability to make decisions and whether he had the capacity to fill out a full term, which would put Thurmond at one-hundred years old. Nevertheless, Thurmond cruised to a primary victory and Worley only carried Horry County.
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| Republican | Strom Thurmond | 132,145 | 60.6% | |
| Republican | Harold G. Worley | 65,666 | 30.1% | |
| Republican | Charlie Thompson | 20,185 | 9.3% | |
| Total votes | 217,996 | 100.00% | ||
The race between Thurmond and Close boiled down to whether Thurmond could retain the affection of voters who had re-elected him over and over or whether Close could convince the voters that Thurmond's age was an impediment to effective service for the state. Thurmond therefore adopted a non-confrontational approach to the campaign. He chose to not debate Close, not only because he had not debated an opponent since Olin D. Johnston in the 1950 Senate election, but also because it would only emphasize the 50-year age difference between the candidates. Thurmond energetically traversed the state greeting the voters and pointed out to them that with his experience, he could more effectively serve the state than a political neophyte.
Close ran television advertisements that highlighted the age issue by declaring that although Thurmond had admirably served the state for over fifty years, it was time for someone new to represent South Carolina. He poured almost a million dollars into his campaign, but his campaign never remained focused. For instance, trying to not appear too wealthy, Close traded his fancy foreign car for a Cadillac. He acquired a speeding ticket in the Cadillac and a newspaper criticized him for driving a luxury automobile. Frustrated, Close then switched his Cadillac for a Buick. Another instance of his jumbled campaign came when said that his family's textile factories did not lay off an employee during the Great Depression. Yet a week after this statement, three mills were closed and 850 employees were out of work.
By the day of the election on November 5, polls had shown that the voters thought it was time for Thurmond to retire, but they did not want to throw him out of office. Close spent almost a million dollars of his fortune to defeat Thurmond and his decision to raise a million dollars from outside sources was attacked by the Thurmond campaign of a lack of confidence by Close in his own campaign. Thurmond spent a little more than $2.6 million on the race and was said to have "dodged the bullet" by The State reporter Lee Bandy after his victory.[67] The campaign aides of Thurmond stated he could have been defeated had either former Governor Richard Riley or 5th district congressman John M. Spratt, Jr. run against him.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Republican | Strom Thurmond (Incumbent) | 620,326 | 53.4% | -10.8% | |
| Democratic | Elliott Springs Close | 511,226 | 44.0% | +11.5% | |
| Libertarian | Richard T. Quillian | 12,994 | 1.1% | -0.7% | |
| Reform | Peter J. Ashy | 9,741 | 0.8% | +0.8% | |
| Natural Law | Annette C. Estes | 7,697 | 0.7% | +0.7% | |
| No party | Write-Ins | 141 | 0.0% | -0.1% | |
| Majority | 109,100 | 9.4% | -22.3% | ||
| Turnout | 1,162,125 | 64.0% | +8.8% | ||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
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Incumbent Republican Larry Pressler ran for re-election to a fourth term, but narrowly lost to Democratic nominee Tim Johnson by 9,000 votes.
Pressler and Johnson swapped leads in their own polls all year. The two candidates also swapped charges. Pressler said that Johnson was too liberal for the state, while Johnson contended that Pressler was beholden to the out-of-state interests that have fattened his campaign coffers.
Seeking a fourth term, Pressler noted his seniority; his close ties to his longtime Senate colleague, Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole; and, most emphatically, the power he wielded as the chairman of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee.
Yet the massive changes in telecommunications law that he shepherded through the Senate since becoming chairman last year proved to be a mixed blessing politically for Pressler.
Political action committees related to industries affected by the legislation were generous donors to his campaign, and Pressler assured South Dakota voters that, over the long run, the bill will lower prices and provide jobs. But both telephone and cable television rates had gone up in South Dakota that year, leading Pressler to pull an ad stating that phone rates were going down.
Despite this apparently negative short-term effect, Pressler said that Johnson's votes against the "telecom" bill, along with his opposition to the GOP's seven-year balanced-budget plan and changes in farm policy, proved Johnson votes inconsistently with his moderate rhetoric.
"You say one thing in South Dakota and vote liberal all the time in Washington," intoned an announcer in a Pressler TV ad. In another ad, which Pressler called "the essence of my campaign," the senator himself called Johnson a liberal.
Johnson countered that Pressler's vote for the deficit- reducing budget-reconciliation package was a blow against the interests of farmers and seniors, two groups that helped fuel Pressler's victories in the past. Johnson also warned that farmers will be more vulnerable in years of poor yield under the new farm law. The so-called Freedom To Farm Act received mixed reviews from major agriculture groups in the state. The results were 51% for Johnson and 49% for Pressler.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Tim Johnson | 166,533 | 51.32% | +6.25% | |
| Republican | Larry Pressler (Incumbent) | 157,954 | 48.68% | -3.71% | |
| Majority | 8,579 | 2.64% | -4.68% | ||
| Turnout | 324,487 | ||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | Swing | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Republican | Fred Thompson (Incumbent) | 1,091,554 | 61.37% | +0.93% | |
| Democratic | Houston Gordon | 654,937 | 36.82% | -1.79% | |
| Independent | John Jay Hooker | 14,401 | 0.81% | ||
| Independent | Bruce Gold | 5,865 | 0.33% | ||
| Independent | Robert O. Watson | 5,569 | 0.31% | ||
| Independent | Greg Samples | 4,104 | 0.23% | ||
| Independent | Philip L. Kienlen | 2,173 | 0.12% | ||
| Write-ins | 61 | 0.00% | |||
| Majority | 436,617 | 24.55% | +2.71% | ||
| Turnout | 1,778,664 | ||||
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Incumbent Republican Phil Gramm won re-election to a third term over Democratic Navy veteran Victor Morales.
Morales, who never ran for public office before, pulled a major upset in the primary by defeated three politicians: U.S. Congressman John Wiley Bryant, U.S. Congressman Jim Chapman, and former State Supreme Court litigator John Odam. In the March run-off, he defeated Bryant with 51% of the vote. He became the first minority in Texas history to become a United States Senate nominee from either major party. Despite having no staff, raising only $15,000, and not accepting any special interest money he obtained 2.5 million votes.[69]
Gramm previously ran for President earlier in the year, but lost to fellow U.S. Senator Bob Dole in the Republican presidential primary. Gramm was the heavy favorite. A September poll showed Gramm leading 50% to 40%. A late October poll showed him leading with 53% to 31%.[70]
Exit Polls showed that Gramm performed well with Anglos (68% to 31%), while Morales won African Americans (79% to 19%) and Latinos (79% to 20%) respectively.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Phil Gramm (Incumbent) | 3,027,680 | 54.8% | |
| Democratic | Victor M. Morales | 2,428,776 | 43.9% | |
| Libertarian | Michael Bird | 51,516 | 0.9% | |
| Natural Law | John Huff | 19,469 | 0.4% | |
| Majority | 598,904 | 10.9% | ||
| Turnout | 5,527,441 | 100.00% | ||
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Incumbent Republican John Warner won re-election to a fourth term.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Mark Warner | 626 | 66.53% | |
| Democratic | Leslie Byrne | 301 | 31.99% | |
| Democratic | Nancy B. Spannaus | 14 | 1.49% | |
| Total votes | 941 | 100.00% | ||
John Warner, a moderate Republican who held this Senate seat from 1979, remained a popular and powerful political figure. A former United States Secretary of the Navy, he was at this time Chairman of the Senate Rules Committee.
He easily won renomination, despite opposition by a number of conservative Republicans, who distrusted him because of his moderate positions (Warner is pro-abortion rights, pro-gun control and refused to support 1994 Senate nominee Oliver North due to his role in the Iran-Contra Affair).
Warner was endorsed by such notable figures as Bob Dole, George H.W. Bush, and Colin Powell, while Miller was endorsed by the NRA.[74]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | John Warner (Incumbent) | 323,520 | 65.55% | |
| Republican | James C. Miller III | 170,015 | 34.45% | |
| Total votes | 493,535 | 100.00% | ||
The two Warners (no relation) competed in one of the closest Senate elections in Virginia history. The incumbent, who was a moderate Republican, was very popular and didn't even have a major opponent in his last re-election bid in 1990. Although Mark Warner was relatively unknown, he became one of John Warner's strongest challengers. The Democrat self-financed his campaign and ended up outspending the Republican. In October, the Democrat outspent the incumbent 5-1.[76]
The incumbent had to compete in a primary against someone who was more conservative because he decided to endorse an independent in the 1994 U.S. Senate election, opting not to endorse the controversial Republican nominee, Oliver North. Despite this, North did endorse John Warner in the 1996 election.[77] In the general election, the incumbent called the Democrat a "robber baron," "Carpetbagger," and a "Connecticut Yankee" who raised money from outside the state.[78][79][80] Mark Warner tried to compete in the Southern part of the state, which is traditionally Republican territory. He earned the endorsement from the Reform Party of Virginia.[81]
In June, the incumbent was leading 58%–24%.[82] On September 19, the incumbent led 54%–34%.[83]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Republican | John Warner (Incumbent) | 1,235,744 | 52.48% | -28.43% | |
| Democratic | Mark Warner | 1,115,982 | 47.39% | +47.39% | |
| Write-ins | 2,989 | 0.13% | +0.81% | ||
| Majority | 119,762 | 5.09% | -57.67% | ||
| Turnout | 2,354,715 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
Mark Warner lost the parts of the state that are outside the three largest metropolitan areas, 51%–49%, a very impressive result for a Democrat in this heavily Republican territory. However, John Warner's strength among moderates enabled him to carry Northern Virginia 55%–45%, which got him over the top.[84]
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Incumbent Democrat Jay Rockefeller won re-election to a third term victory over Betty Berks.
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| Democratic | Jay Rockefeller (Incumbent) | 456,526 | 76.7% | |
| Republican | Betty A. Burks | 139,088 | 23.3% | |
| Majority | 317,438 | 53.4% | ||
| Turnout | 695,614 | 100.00% | ||
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Incumbent Republican Alan K. Simpson decided to retire. Republican nominee Mike Enzi won the open seat.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Kathy Karpan | 32,419 | 86.07% | |
| Democratic | Mickey Kalinay | 5,245 | 13.93% | |
| Total votes | 37,664 | 100.00% | ||
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| Republican | Mike Enzi | 27,056 | 32.47% | |
| Republican | John Barrasso | 24,918 | 29.90% | |
| Republican | Curt Meier | 14,739 | 17.69% | |
| Republican | Nimi McConigley | 6,005 | 7.21% | |
| Republican | Kevin Meenan | 6,000 | 7.20% | |
| Republican | Kathleen P. Jachkowski | 2,269 | 2.72% | |
| Republican | Brian E. Coen | 943 | 1.13% | |
| Republican | Cleveland B. Holloway | 874 | 1.05% | |
| Republican | Russ Hanrahan | 524 | 0.63% | |
| Total votes | 83,328 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Republican | Mike Enzi | 114,116 | 54.06% | -9.87% | |
| Democratic | Kathy Karpan | 89,103 | 42.21% | +6.15% | |
| Libertarian | David Herbert | 5,289 | 2.51% | ||
| Natural Law | Lloyd Marsden | 2,569 | 1.22% | ||
| Majority | 25,013 | 11.85% | -16.02% | ||
| Turnout | 211,077 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
Notes[edit]
- ^ Arkansas was the "tipping point" state.[citation needed][further explanation needed]
See also[edit]
- 1996 United States elections
- 1996 United States gubernatorial elections
- 1996 United States presidential election
- 1996 United States House of Representatives elections
- 104th United States Congress
- 105th United States Congress
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External links[edit]
- Kerry-Weld debates of 1996
- "The Good Fight" by James Carney
- Kranish, Michael, Brian C. Mooney, and Nina J. Easton. John F. Kerry: The Complete Biography by the Boston Globe Reporters Who Know Him Best, PublicAffairs, 2004. ISBN 1-58648-273-4.
- Bass, Jack; Marilyn W. Thompson (2005). Strom: The Complicated Personal and Political Life of Strom Thurmond. PublicAffairs. pp. 319–321.
- Green, Joshua (January 1, 2004). "A Gambling Man". The Atlantic. Retrieved January 28, 2008.
- Sack, Kevin (June 11, 1996). "The Age Issue Dogs Senator Thurmond, 93". The New York Times. Retrieved January 28, 2008.
- "South Carolina". Time. November 4, 1996. Retrieved January 28, 2008.
