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Nov. 3, 2020 Senate Races

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At Stake: 35 Seats

Before Nov. 3: 53R, 45D and 2I.

AL - AK - AZ(s) - AR - CO - DE - GA - GA(s) - ID - IL - IA - KS - KY - LA - ME - MA - MI - MN - MS - MT - NE - NH - NJ - NM - NC - OK - OR - RI - SC - SD - TN - TX - VA - WV - WY - Jan. 5 GA runoffs

this page is in progress...aiming to finish June 2021

	Democrats	Republicans	Third Party/Independent
Alabama R+

Alaska	note: Dr. Al Gross, running as an independent, was also the Democratic nominee.	still seeking

Arizona (s) D+	still seeking

Arkansas	[no candidate]	still seeking

Colorado D+

Delaware		June 2021 - to be sent

Georgia	see also runoff, below

Georgia (s)	see also runoff, below	see also runoff, below

Idaho

Illinois

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana	still seeking	[no lit. produced]

Maine

Massachusetts	still seeking

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Montana

Nebraska		still seeking

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico	still seeking

North Carolina

Oklahoma	still seeking

Oregon

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee		found and being sent; hoping to post this week.

Texas	still seeking

Virginia

West Virginia

Wyoming

Georgia runoffs 2D+

The campaign manager for one of the Democratic U.S. Senate races noted, "Because the only canvassing we did during the general election was GOTV (because of covid), we don't real have general election lit." The GOTV pieces typically do not have a lot of substance. A few primary pieces are included above as well.

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After Nov. 3: 50R, 46D, 2I and 2tbd.
After Jan. 5: 50R, 48D, 2I.

Thirty-five U.S. Senate seats at stake in 2020.

Margin of Victory in Percentage Points

25.01 +	20.01-25.0	15.01-20.0	10.01-15.0	5.01-10.0	0-5.0	0-5.0	5.01-10.0	10.01-15.0	15.01-20.0	20.01-25.0	25.01 +
MA 33.11 RI 33.12	DE 20.83	NH 15.65 IL 16.06 NJ 16.31 OR 17.59	VA 12.08	MN 5.24 NM 6.11 CO 9.32*	GA 1.22* MI 1.68 GA(s) 2.08* AZ 2.35*	NC 1.75	IA 6.59 ME 8.59 TX 9.64 MS 9.97	MT 10.02 SC 10.27 KS 11.43 AK 12.71	KY 17.53	AL 20.36	TN 27.04 ID 29.38 OK 30.16 SD 31.48 AR 33.06 NE 38.31 LA 40.30** WV 43.28 WY 46.09

*Seat changed parties. Georgia numbers are for the runoffs. **Cassidy 59.32% in jungle primary.

Several More Facts & Figs

The most expensive race of the cycle (and in American history) was the Perdue-Ossoff contest in Georgia which went to a Jan. 5 runoff. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, spending in that race totaled $505.2 million. The other top ten races were the Georgia special election (Loeffler-Warnock) $363.2 million, North Carolina $295.8 million, South Carolina $272.8 million, Iowa $258.7 million, Arizona $255.7 million, Maine $206.0 million, Michigan $197.1 million, Montana $190.1 million, and Kentucky $187.5 million. > Outside spending exceeded spending by the campaigns in seven of the top ten races (the exceptions were South Carolina, Arizona and Kentucky).

Looking at spending by just the Democratic and Republican candidates' campaign committees in the general election, including the "jungle" contests for Louisiana and the Georgia special election, the Center for Responsive Politics found the Democratic candidates spent $1.82 billion to $1.09 billion for Republican candidates. > The Center reported on Nov. 4 that, "Democratic Senate candidates got 41 percent of their money from small donors compared to Republicans’ 28 percent." Further, Democratic Senate candidates raised 80.3% percent of their money from out-of-state donors compared to 66.7% for Republicans. >

The closest Senate race of the cycle was in Georgia, where Jon Ossoff (D) forced a runoff with Sen. David Perdue (R).

Of the 69 major party nominees, 21 were women: 12D (2 incumbents, 3 open seat and 7 challengers) and 9R (6 incumbents, 1 open seat and 2 challengers). Two incumbent women were defeated (McSally and Loeffler) and one women won an open seat (Lummis). None of the nine women challengers won. In four races, both major party nominees were women (IA, ME, WV, WY). See CAWP. >

The strongest showing by a third party or independent candidate was Ricky Dale Harrington Jr. (L) in Arkansas. The Democratic challenger to Sen. Tom Cotton (R) dropped out right before the filing deadline, leaving Harrington as the only alternative. Cotton won by 793,871 (66.53%) to 399,390 (33.47%).