U.S. Senate Races, 2020                                                     U.S. Senate  |  U.S. House  |  Governors 

                                                     this page updated Nov. 27, 2020

Balance before Nov. 3, 2020:  53R, 45D and 2I.   (I: Sanders-VT and King-ME)
35 seats at stake: 12D, 23R.
4 retirements: 1D, 3R.  (Udall-NM; Roberts-KS, Alexander-TN and Enzi-WY)
31 Senators seeking re-election in 2020: 11D, 20R.
3 incumbents defeated: 1D, 2R. (Jones-AL; McSally-AZ, Gardner-CO)
7 new members elected: 3D, 4R. (Kelly-AZ, Hickenlooper-CO, Lujan-NM; Tuberville-AL, Marshall-KS, Hagerty-TN, Lummis-WY)
Balance after Nov. 3, 2020: 50R, 46D, 2I and 2tbd  in runoffs.
CAMPAIGN LITERATURE
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2020
Republicans were defending 23 seats compared to 12 for Republicans.  Two of the seats held by Republicans were filled by appointed Senators up in special elections (AZ, GA).  Many Senate races were to an extent about President Trump.  Republicans, led by Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, aligned with Trump on most issues and achieved particular success in confirming conservative judges.  Democrats had high hopes they would be able to reclaim the majority as part of a repudiation of Trump.  They pointed to half a dozen or more seats in play; even "red" states such as Kansas, Kentucky and South Carolina were seen as competitive.  Democrats also enjoyed a significant cash advantage.  However, when the results were tallied Republican candidates prevailed in most of the targeted races, and, pending the results in Georgia, seem very likely to hold the majority.


 Primary
 DEMOCRATIC incumbents (12)

AL
 Mar. 3
 Doug Jones Tommy Tuberville (d. J.Sessions July 14 run-off)
 Mike Parrish (I)
DE
 Sept. 15
 Chris Coons
 Lauren Witzke
 Nadine Frost (L)
Mark Turley (I)
IL
 Mar. 17
 Dick Durbin
 Mark Curran
 Danny Malouf (L)
David Black (G)
Willie Wilson (I)
MA
 Sept. 1
 Ed Markey (d. Joseph Kennedy III)
 Kevin O'Connor
 w/in
MI
 Aug. 4
 Gary Peters
 John James Marcia Squier (G)
Valerie Willis (USTP)
Doug Dern (NLP)
MN
 Aug. 11
 Tina Smith
 Jason Lewis
 Oliver Steinberg (GLC)
Kevin O'Connor (LMN)
NH
 Sept. 8
 Jeanne Shaheen
 Corky Messner
 Justin O'Donnell (L)
Thomas Sharpe V (I)
NJ
 July 7
 Cory Booker
 Rik Mehta
 Madelyn Hoffman (G)
Veronica Fernandez (I)
Daniel Burke (I)
NM
 June 2
 Tom Udall ...retiring  Ben Ray Lujan
 Mark Ronchetti
 Bob Walsh (L)
OR
 May 19
 Jeff Merkley
 Jo Rae Perkins
 Ibrahim Taher (G)
Gary L. Day (L)
RI
 Sept. 8
 Jack Reed
 Allen Waters
 –
VA
 June 23
 Mark Warner
 Daniel Gade
 –


Primary
 DEMOCRATIC
 REPUBLICAN incumbents (23)
AK
 Aug. 18
 Al Gross (I/D)
 Dan Sullivan
 John Wayne Howe (AIP)
AZ
 Aug. 4
 Mark Kelly
 Martha McSally [special]
 w/ins
AR
 Mar. 3
 none
 Tom Cotton
 Ricky Harrington (L)
Dan Whitfield (I) *litigation
CO
 June 30
 John Hickenlooper
Cory Gardner
 Raymon Anthony Doane (L)
Stephan "Seku" Evans (Unity)
Daniel Doyle (AV)
GA
 June 9
 Jon Ossoff
 David Perdue
 Shane Hazel (L)
GA
 Nov. 3 sp.
 Raphael Warnock
 Kelly Loeffler  [special] v. Doug Collins
 many others
ID
 June 2
 Paulette Jordan
 Jim Risch
 Ray Writz (C)
IA
 June 2
 Theresa Greenfield
 Joni Ernst
 Rick Stewart (L)
Suzanne Herzog (I)
KS
 Aug. 4
 Barbara Bollier
 Pat Roberts* retiring Roger "Doc" Marshall
 Jason Buckley (L)
KY
 June 23
 Amy McGrath
 Mitch McConnell
 Brad Barron (L)
LA
 Nov. 3
 many
 Bill Cassidy
 many
ME
 July 14
 Sara Gideon
 Susan Collins
 Lisa Savage (I)
Max Linn (I)
MS
 June 23
 Mike Espy
 Cindy Hyde-Smith
 Jimmy Edwards (L)
MT
 June 2
 Steve Bullock
 Steve Daines
 –
NE
 May 12
 Chris Janicek
Preston Love (w/in)
 Ben Sasse
 Gene Siadek (L)
NC
 Mar. 3
 Cal Cunningham
 Thom Tillis
 Kevin Hayes (C)
Shannon Bray (L)
Jeremy Thomas (I)
OK
 June 30
 Abby Broyles
 Jim Inhofe
 Robert Murphy (L)
Joan Farr (I)
A.D. Nesbit (I)
SC
 June 9
 Jaime Harrison
 Lindsey Graham
 Bill Bledsoe (C/L)
SD
 June 2
 Dan Ahlers
 Mike Rounds
 –
TN
 Aug. 6
 Marquita Bradshaw
 Lamar Alexander* retiring Bill Hagerty
 nine independent candidates
TX
 Mar. 3
 MJ Hegar (d. Royce West July 14 runoff)
John Cornyn
 Kerry McKennon (L)
WV
 June 9
 Paula Jean Swearengin
 Shelley Moore Capito
 David Moran (L)
WY
 Aug. 18
 Merav Ben-David
 Mike Enzi* retiring Cynthia Lummis
 –

Senate Primary Dates
Mar.
 Apr.
 May
 June
 July
 Aug.
Sept.
3-AL*
3-AR
3-NC
3-TX*
17-IL
12-NE
19-OR
 2-ID
2-IA
2-MT
2-NM
2-SD
9-GA
9-SC
9-WV
23-MS
23-VA
30-CO
30-OK
 7-NJ
14-ME
14-AL runoff
14-TX runoff

 4-AZ
4-KS
4-MI
6-TN
11-MN
18-AK
18-WY
 1-MA
8-NH
8-RI
15-DE





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