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*Effectively the balance is
51R, 49D as the
two independents, King (ME) and Sanders (VT) caucus with the
Democrats. Four new members joined the Senate during 2018.
In AL, Doug Jones (D) won
the Dec.
12, 2017 special election and was sworn in on Jan. 3, 2018;
he will face election in 2020. In MN Sen.
Al Franken (DFL-MN) announced on Dec. 7, 2017 he would resign amid
sexual
harrassment allegations. On Dec. 13 Gov. Mark Dayton (DFL)
announced he would appoint Lt. Gov. Tina Smith
(DFL) to
fill the seat. Franken resigned on Jan. 2, 2018 and Smith was
sworn in on Jan. 3, 2018 and faced
special election in Nov. 2018. In MS, Sen. Thad Cochran (R)
announced on Mar. 5, 2018 that he would
resign effective April 1. Gov. Phil Bryant (R) appointed
Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Cindy Hyde-Smith to replace
him. Hyde-Smith faced a special election and runoff in Nov.
2018. In Arizona, Sen. John McCain (R) died on Aug. 25, 2018; on
Sept. 4 Gov. Doug Ducey (R) announced former Sen. Jon Kyl (R) to fill
the seat.
**The 35 seats includes the special elections in
MN and MS.
Primary |
IND. INCUMBENT |
DEM.
CHALLENGER |
REP.
CHALLENGER |
|
ME |
June
12 |
Angus King |
Zak Ringelstein |
Eric
Brakey |
VT |
Aug.
14 |
Bernie Sanders |
no Democrat other candidates: Reid Kane (LU) and six independents |
Lawrence Zupan |
Primary |
REP. INCUMBENT |
DEM. CHALLENGER |
MORE |
|
AZ |
Aug.
28 |
Jeff
Flake ...retiring Martha McSally |
Krysten Sinema |
Angela Green (G) |
MS |
June
5 |
Roger Wicker | runoff June 26: David Baria def. Howard Sherman |
Danny Bedwell (L) |
MS |
Nov.
6 if no majority, runoff Nov. 27 |
Cindy Hyde-Smith [Thad Cochran]
...retired
effective April 1, 2018 being challenged by Chris McDaniel |
Mike Espy |
Tobey Bartee (I) |
NE |
May
15 |
Deb Fischer |
Jane Raybould |
Jim Schultz (L) |
NV |
June
12 |
Dean Heller |
Jacky Rosen |
Tim
Hagan
(L) Barry Michaels (I) |
TN |
Aug.
2 |
Bob
Corker ...retiring Marsha Blackburn |
Phil Bredesen |
six independents |
TX |
Mar.
6 |
Ted
Cruz |
Beto O'Rourke |
Neal Dikeman (L) |
UT |
Jun
26 |
Orrin Hatch ...retiring Mitt Romney | Jenny Wilson |
Tim
Aalders
(C) Craig Bowden (L) sev. others |
WY |
Aug.
21 |
John Barrasso |
Gary Trauner |
n/a |
Mar. |
May |
June |
Aug. |
Sept. |
||
6-TX |
8-IN 8-OH 8-WV 15-NE 15-PA |
5-CA 5-MS 5-MT 5-NJ 5-NM 12-ME 12-NV 12-ND 12-VA* 28-MD 28-UT |
2-TN 7-MI 7-MO 7-WA 11-HI 14-CT 14-MN 14-VT 14-WI 21-WY 28-AZ 28-FL |
4-MA 6-DE 11-NY 12-RI |
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