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

                                                     this page updated June 16, 2020

Balance before Nov. 3, 2020:  53 Republicans, 45 Democrats and 2 Independents.   (I: Sanders-VT and King-ME)
35 seats at stake: 12 held by Democrats, 23 by Republicans.
4 retirements: 1 Democrat, 3 Republicans.  (Udall-NM; Roberts-KS, Alexander-TN and Enzi-WY)
31 Senators seeking re-election in 2020.
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2020
Republicans are defending 23 seats compared to 12 for Republicans. Two of the seats held by Republicans are filled by appointed Senators up in special elections (AZ, GA).  Many Senate races will be about President Trump.  Republicans, led by Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, have aligned with Trump on most issues and achieved particular success in confirming conservative judges.  However the ties to Trump could prove damaging.  In a June 1 column, George Will opined, "Voters must dispatch his congressional enablers, especially the senators who still gambol around his ankles with a canine hunger for petting.”  Democrats can point to half a dozen or more seats in play and have high hopes they will be able to reclaim the majority.  Even "red" states such as Kansas, Kentucky and South Carolina are seen as competitive.


Primary
 DEMOCRATIC incumbents (12)

AL
 Mar. 3
 Doug Jones run-off July 14: Jeff Sessions v. Tommy Tuberville
DE
 Sept. 15
 Chris Coons

IL
 Mar. 17
 Dick Durbin
 Mark Curran
 Danny Malouf (L)
Patrick Feges (I)
Willie Wilson (I)
MA
 Sept. 1
 Ed Markey v. Joseph Kennedy III

MI
 Aug. 4
 Gary Peters

MN
 Aug. 11
 Tina Smith

NH
 Sept. 8
 Jeanne Shaheen

NJ
 July 7
 Cory Booker

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)
RI
 Sept. 8
 Jack Reed

VA
 June 23
 Mark Warner



Primary
 DEMOCRATIC
 REPUBLICAN incumbents (23)
AK
 Aug. 18
Dan Sullivan
AZ
 Aug. 4
 Mark Kelly
 Martha McSally [special]
AR
 Mar. 3
 none
 Tom Cotton
 Ricky Harrington (L)
Dan Whitfield (I) *litigation
CO
 June 30
 John Hickenlooper v. Andrew Romanoff
 Cory Gardner
GA
 June 9
 Jon Ossoff
 David Perdue
 Shane Hazel (L)
GA
 Nov. 3 sp.
Kelly Loeffler  v. Doug Collins, others
ID
 June 2
 Paulette Jordan
 Jim Risch
 Ray Writz (C)
IA
 June 2
 Theresa Greenfield
 Joni Ernst
KS
 Aug. 4
 Barbara Bollier
 Pat Roberts* retiring
KY
 June 23
 Amy McGrath, Charles Booker, others
 Mitch McConnell
LA
 July 17
Bill Cassidy
ME
 July 14
 Sara Gideon
 Susan Collins
MS
 June 23
Cindy Hyde-Smith
MT
 June 2
 Steve Bullock
 Steve Daines
 Wendie Fredrickson (G)
NE
 May 12
 Chris Janicek
 Ben Sasse
 Gene Siadek (L)
NC
 Mar. 3
 Cal Cunningham
 Thom Tillis
 Kevin Hayes (C)
Shannon Bray (L)
Jeremy Thomas (I)
OK
 June 30
Jim Inhofe
SC
 June 9
 Jaime Harrison
 Lindsey Graham
SD
 June 2
 Dan Ahlers
 Mike Rounds
TN
 Aug. 6
Lamar Alexander* retiring
TX
 Mar. 3
 runoff July 14: MJ Hegar v. Royce West 
John Cornyn
WV
 June 9
 Paula Jean Swearengin
 Shelley Moore Capito
WY
 Aug. 18
Mike Enzi* retiring

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
17-LA
 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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