The Green Papers: 2014 General Election
 
Copyright www.flags.net/UNST.htm 113th Congress
Senate Seats by State

This is a list of the current Senate seats and the incumbents occupying them. Not counting special elections, 33 Senate Seats are up for election on 4 November 2014.

There have been 2 deaths, 4 resignations, and 0 changes re: party breakdown in the 113th Senate.

  • Senator Daniel K. Inouye (Democratic, Hawaii Class 3) passed away on 17 December 2012 due to a respiratory illness.
  • Lieutenant Governor Brian E. Schatz (Democratic) was appointed to Hawaii's Class 3 U.S. Senate Seat on 26 December 2012. On 4 November 2014, he was elected in a Special Election to fill the remainder of the term.
  • Senator James W. "Jim" DeMint (Republican) resigned from South Carolina's Class 3 U.S. Senate Seat on 2 January 2013.
  • Congressman Timothy E. "Tim" Scott (Republican) was sworn to South Carolina's Class 3 U.S. Senate Seat on 3 January 2013. On 4 November 2014, he was elected in a Special Election to fill the remainder of the term.
  • Senator John F. Kerry (Democratic) resigned from his Massachusetts Class 2 Senate seat on 1 February 2013 following his confirmation as Secretary of State on 29 January 2013.
  • Interim Senator William M. "Mo" Cowan (Democratic) was appointed to Massachusetts' Class 2 U.S. Senate Seat on 1 February 2013 and sworn in on 7 February 2013.
  • Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (Democratic, New Jersey) passed away on 3 June 2013 at the age of 89 from complications of pneumonia.
  • Senator Jeffrey S. "Jeff" Chiesa (Republican) was appointed to New Jersey's Class 2 U.S. Senate Seat on 6 June 2013.
  • Senator Edward John "Ed" Markey (Democratic) was elected to Massachusetts' Class 2 U.S. Senate Seat in a Special Election on 25 June 2013 and sworn in on 16 July 2013.
  • Senator Cory A. Booker (Democratic) was elected to New Jersey's Class 2 U.S. Senate Seat in a Special Election on 16 October 2013 and sworn in on 30 October 2013.
  • Senator Max Sieben Baucus (Democratic) resigned from his Montana Class 2 Senate seat following his confirmation as Ambassador to China on 6 February 2014.
  • Senator Tom Coburn (Republican) announced his resignation from his Oklahoma Class 3 Senate seat effective at the end of the 113th Congress.
  • Senator John Walsh (Democratic) was appointed to Montana's Class 2 U.S. Senate Seat on 7 February and sworn in 11 February 2014.

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Legislative Links     Senate Electoral Classes

           

Alabama  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican
 ** Uncontested Race **
  Elected Republican 795,606 97.25% Senator Jefferson Beauregard "Jeff" Sessions, III
FEC S6AL00195; 24 Nov 14; Tot $1,380,626; Dsb $1,297,123
  Candidate Scattering 22,484 2.75% Write-In
  Candidate Write-in; (Democratic)     Victor Sanchez Williams
FEC S4AL00091; 24 Nov 14; Tot $4,497; Dsb $4,247
Total 818,090 100.00%  
  Candidate Democratic     Ron Crumpton
  Candidate Republican     Senator Richard C. Shelby
FEC S6AL00013

Alaska  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican
  Elected Republican 135,445 47.96% former Alaska Natural Resources Commissioner Dan Sullivan
FEC S4AK00214; 24 Nov 14; Tot $7,917,881; Dsb $7,640,955
  Candidate Democratic 129,431 45.83% Senator Mark Begich
17 November 2014: Conceded.

FEC S8AK00090; 24 Nov 14; Tot $8,931,069; Dsb $9,831,524
  Candidate Libertarian 10,512 3.72% Mark S. Fish
FEC S4AK00230
  Candidate Non Affiliated 5,636 2.00% Ted Gianoutsos
FEC S4AK00115
  Candidate Scattering 1,376 0.49% Write-in Votes
  Candidate Write-in; (Republican)     Sean Godfrey
FEC S4AK00289
  Candidate Write-in; (Non Affiliated)     Sidney I. "Sid" Hill
FEC S0AK00162
  Candidate Write-in; (Republican)     John Michael Jaramillo
FEC S4AK00198
  Candidate Write-in; (Republican)     Karen Perry
Total 282,400 100.00%  
  Candidate Republican     Senator Lisa Murkowski
FEC S4AK00099
  Candidate Republican     Karen Perry

Arizona  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican
  Candidate Republican     Senator Jeff Flake
FEC S2AZ00141
  Candidate Republican     Senator John Sidney McCain
FEC S6AZ00019
  Candidate Americans Elect     John Lewis "J.L." Mealer
FEC S6AZ00209

Arkansas  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican
  Elected Republican 478,819 56.50% Congressman Thomas B. "Tom" Cotton
CD 4

FEC S4AR00103; 24 Nov 14; Tot $13,468,643; Dsb $13,505,959
  Candidate Democratic 334,174 39.43% Senator Mark Lunsford Pryor
FEC S0AR00028; 24 Nov 14; Tot $11,602,700; Dsb $13,097,581
  Candidate Libertarian 17,210 2.03% Nathan LaFrance
FEC S4AR00129
  Candidate Green 16,797 1.98% Mark H. Swaney
FEC S4AR00111
  Candidate Scattering 505 0.06% Write-In
  Candidate Write-in     Scott Pfleegor
FEC S4AR00137
Total 847,505 100.00%  
  Candidate Republican     Senator John Nichols Boozman
FEC S0AR00150

California  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Dianne Feinstein
FEC S0CA00199
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Barbara Boxer
FEC S2CA00286
  Candidate Not readily classifiable     Jerry Leon Carroll
FEC S2CA00591
  Candidate Democratic     Mervin Leon Evans
FEC S4CA00191
  Candidate Republican     Timothy Charles Kalemkarian
FEC S6CA00477
  Candidate Republican     Robert Molnar
FEC S6CA00568

Colorado  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic
  Elected Republican 983,891 48.20% Congressman Cory Scott Gardner
Congressman CD 4

FEC S4CO00395; 24 Nov 14; Tot $12,041,373; Dsb $12,385,242
  Candidate Democratic 944,203 46.26% Senator Mark E. Udall
FEC S8CO00172; 24 Nov 14; Tot $17,408,839; Dsb $18,430,993
  Candidate Libertarian 52,876 2.59% Gaylon Kent
FEC S4CO00403
  Candidate Unaffiliated 29,472 1.44% Stephen H. "Steve" Shogan
FEC S4CO00387; 04 Nov 14; Tot $210,301; Dsb $212,365
  Candidate Unaffiliated 24,151 1.18% Raúl Acosta
FEC S4CO00296
  Candidate Unity 6,427 0.31% Bill Hammons
FEC S4CO00411
  Candidate Write-in; (Unaffiliated) 21 0.00% Donald Willoughby
On the ballot as "Willoughby"

FEC S4CO00429
  Candidate Write-in; (Republican) 17 0.00% Kathleen Rosewater Cunningham
FEC S4CO00437
Total 2,041,058 100.00%  
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Michael F. Bennet
FEC S0CO00211
  Candidate Unity     Bill Hammons
FEC S4CO00411
  Candidate Unaffiliated     Gary Swing
Boiling Frog Party

FEC S8CO00099

Connecticut  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Christopher Scott "Chris" Murphy
FEC S2CT00132
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Richard Blumenthal
FEC S0CT00177

Delaware  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Thomas R. "Tom" Carper
FEC S8DE00079
  Elected Democratic 130,655 55.83% Senator Christopher A. "Chris" Coons
FEC S0DE00092; 24 Nov 14; Tot $4,762,732; Dsb $4,720,401
  Candidate Republican 98,823 42.23% Kevin L. Wade
FEC S2DE00064; 30 Sep 14; Tot $63,091; Dsb $56,610
  Candidate Green 4,560 1.95% Andrew R. Groff
FEC S2DE00098
  Candidate Write-in     Walter B. Janocha
  Candidate Write-in     Carl Robert Smink
FEC S4DE00052; 24 Nov 14; Tot $117,412; Dsb $154,032
Total 234,038 100.00%  

Florida  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Bill Nelson
FEC S8FL00166
  Candidate America's Party     Franklin "Ed" Shoemaker
FEC S8FL00224
  Candidate Democratic     Pamela Michele "Pam" Keith
FEC S6FL00285
  Candidate Republican     Senator Marco Rubio
FEC S0FL00338
  Candidate Independent     Lateresa Ann Jones
FEC S6FL00277

Georgia  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
  Elected Republican 1,358,088 52.89% David Alfred Perdue
FEC S4GA11285; 24 Nov 14; Tot $13,978,130; Dsb $13,762,170
  Candidate Democratic 1,160,811 45.21% Mary Michelle "Michelle" Nunn
Daughter of former Senator Sam Nunn

FEC S4GA11277; 24 Nov 14; Tot $16,065,610; Dsb $16,039,490
  Candidate Libertarian 48,862 1.90% Amanda C. Swafford
FEC S4GA11327; 24 Nov 14; Tot $21,715; Dsb $21,470
  Candidate Write-in 21 0.00% Anantha Reddy Muscu
FEC S4GA11335
  Candidate Write-in 14 0.00% Mary H. Schroder
FEC S4GA11343
  Candidate Write-in 9 0.00% Brian Russell Brown
FEC S0GA00336
Total 2,567,805 100.00%  
  Candidate Republican     Senator John Hardy "Johnny" Isakson
11 November 2014: Announced that he will run for re-election in 2016.

FEC S6GA00119

Hawaii  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Mazie K. Hirono
FEC S2HI00106
  Elected Democratic 246,827 66.76% Senator Brian Emanuel Schatz
FEC S4HI00136; 24 Nov 14; Tot $5,774,641; Dsb $5,114,565
  Candidate Republican 98,006 26.51% former state Representative Campbell "Cam" Cavasso
FEC S4HI00102; 24 Nov 14; Tot $312,103; Dsb $315,960
  Candidate Scattering 15,777 4.27% Blank Votes
  Candidate Libertarian 8,941 2.42% Michael A. Kokoski
FEC S4HI00169
  Candidate Scattering 152 0.04% Over Votes
Total 369,703 100.00%  

Idaho  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican
  Elected Republican 285,596 65.33% Senator James E. "Jim" Risch
FEC S8ID00092; 24 Nov 14; Tot $2,070,076; Dsb $1,125,814
  Candidate Democratic 151,574 34.67% Briane Nelson "Nels" Mitchell
FEC S4ID00075; 24 Nov 14; Tot $337,233; Dsb $350,525
Total 437,170 100.00%  
  Candidate Republican     Senator Michael D. "Mike" Crapo
FEC S8ID00027

Illinois  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican
  Elected Democratic 1,929,637 53.55% Senator Richard J. "Dick" Durbin
FEC S6IL00151; 24 Nov 14; Tot $7,846,200; Dsb $9,545,346
  Candidate Republican 1,538,522 42.69% state Senator James D. "Jim" Oberweis
FEC S2IL00119; 24 Nov 14; Tot $2,388,449; Dsb $2,416,834
  Candidate Libertarian 135,316 3.76% Sharon N. Hansen
FEC S4IL00479; 30 Sep 14; Tot $2,420; Dsb $2,367
  Candidate Write-in 31 0.00% Roger K. Davis
  Candidate Write-in 12 0.00% Hilaire F. Shioura
  Candidate Write-in 1 0.00% Sherry Procarione
Total 3,603,519 100.00%  
  Candidate Republican     Senator Mark Steven Kirk
FEC S0IL00261

Indiana  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Joseph Simon "Joe" Donnelly
FEC S2IN00091
  Candidate Republican     Senator Daniel Ray "Dan" Coats
FEC S0IN00053

Iowa  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
  Elected Republican 588,575 51.53% state Senator Joni K. Ernst
FEC S4IA00129; 24 Nov 14; Tot $11,836,612; Dsb $11,564,546
  Candidate Democratic 494,370 43.28% Congressman Bruce L. Braley
FEC S4IA00087; 24 Nov 14; Tot $11,228,159; Dsb $10,679,063
  Candidate Independent 26,815 2.35% Rick Stewart
FEC S4IA00194
  Candidate Scattering 12,084 1.06% Under Votes
  Candidate Libertarian 8,232 0.72% Douglas John "Doug" Butzier
13 October 2014: Mr. Butzier, 59, died in a plane crash near Dubuque Regional Airport.

FEC S4IA00186
  Candidate Independent 5,873 0.51% Robert Shannon "Bob" Quast
Bob Quast for Term Limits

FEC S4IA00178
  Candidate Independent 4,724 0.41% Ruth Smith
FEC S4IA00210
  Candidate Scattering 1,111 0.10% Write-in
  Candidate Scattering 500 0.04% Over Votes
Total 1,142,284 100.00%  
  Candidate Democratic     Bob Krause
2 January 2014: Announced his candidacy
  Candidate Republican     Senator Charles E. "Chuck" Grassley
FEC S0IA00028

Kansas  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican
  Elected Republican 460,350 53.15% Senator Pat Roberts
FEC S6KS00080; 24 Nov 14; Tot $6,667,832; Dsb $7,473,445
  Candidate Independent 368,372 42.53% Gregory John "Greg" Orman
FEC S8KS00227; 24 Nov 14; Tot $5,643,400; Dsb $5,639,365
  Candidate Libertarian 37,469 4.33% Randall Batson
FEC S4KS00143
Total 866,191 100.00%  
  Candidate Republican     Senator Jerry Moran
FEC S0KS00091
  Candidate Republican     Al Zahnter

Kentucky  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican
  Elected Republican 806,787 56.19% Senator Mitch McConnell
FEC S2KY00012; 24 Nov 14; Tot $21,087,336; Dsb $28,218,508
  Candidate Democratic 584,698 40.72% Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes
FEC S4KY00091; 24 Nov 14; Tot $18,981,293; Dsb $18,623,382
  Candidate Libertarian 44,240 3.08% David M. Patterson
FEC S4KY00182
  Candidate Write-in 64 0.00% Gregory D. Welch
  Candidate Write-in 53 0.00% Robert Edward Ransdell
FEC S4KY00208
  Candidate Write-in 17 0.00% Mike Maggard
FEC S4KY00190
  Candidate Write-in; (Republican) 9 0.00% Shawna Sterling
20 May 2014 Primary: Ran for but did not receive her party's nomination in the Republican Primary. Now running as a write-in.

FEC S4KY00174
Total 1,435,868 100.00%  
  Candidate Democratic     Cecil Weldon Pearson, Jr.
FEC S6KY00096
  Candidate Republican     Senator Rand Paul
24 May 2013: Announced that he would seek re-election in 2016.
23 July 2013: Filed with the FEC to run the US Senate in 2016.
2 December 2014: Formally announced that he would seek re-election in 2016.

FEC S0KY00156
  Candidate Republican     Chris Payne
FEC S4KY00166

Louisiana  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican
  Elected Republican 712,379 55.93% Congressman William "Bill" Cassidy
Received 40.97% on 4 November 2014. Congressman CD 6. Proceeds to Runoff, 6 December 2014

FEC S4LA00107; 26 Dec 14; Tot $15,549,914; Dsb $14,657,952
  Candidate Democratic 561,210 44.07% Senator Mary L. Landrieu
Received 42.08% on 4 November 2014. Proceeds to Runoff, 6 December 2014

FEC S6LA00227; 26 Dec 14; Tot $16,159,537; Dsb $18,631,325
    Democratic     Muriel Wayne "Wayne" Ables - lost primary
Received 0.77% on 4 November 2014.

FEC S4LA00156; 24 Nov 14; Tot $12,624; Dsb $12,624
    Republican     Thomas Patrick Clements - lost primary
Received 0.96% on 4 November 2014.

FEC S4LA00149; 15 Oct 14; Tot $0; Dsb $13,619
    Republican     Robert L. "Rob" Maness - lost primary
Received 13.76% on 4 November 2014.

FEC S4LA00115; 29 Nov 14; Tot $2,943,876; Dsb $2,842,516
    Libertarian     Brannon Lee McMorris - lost primary
Received 0.89% on 4 November 2014.

FEC S4LA00123; 01 Jul 14; Tot $5,440; Dsb $5,271
    Democratic     Vallian "Val" Senegal - lost primary
Received 0.26% on 4 November 2014.

FEC S4LA00164
    Democratic     William P. Waymire, Jr. - lost primary
Received 0.32% on 4 November 2014.

FEC S4LA00172
Total 1,273,589 100.00%  

Maine  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 1 Independent, 1 Republican
  Candidate Independent     Senator Angus Stanley King, Jr.
FEC S2ME00109
  Elected Republican 413,495 67.02% Senator Susan M. Collins
FEC S6ME00159; 24 Nov 14; Tot $5,290,757; Dsb $5,253,987
  Candidate Democratic 190,244 30.84% Shenna Bellows
FEC S4ME00071; 24 Nov 14; Tot $2,356,057; Dsb $2,290,662
  Candidate Scattering 12,959 2.10% Blank
  Candidate Scattering 269 0.04% Others
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent)     Christopher A. "Chris" Lyons
FEC S4ME00097
  Candidate Write-in; (Republican)     Deril V. Stubenrod
FEC S4ME00105
Total 616,967 100.00%  

Maryland  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Benjamin L. "Ben" Cardin
FEC S6MD03177
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Barbara A. Mikulski
FEC S6MD00140
  Candidate Republican     Daniel Michael "Dan" Schroeder
FEC S6MD03433

Massachusetts  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Elizabeth A. Warren
FEC S2MA00170
  Elected Democratic 1,289,944 58.99% Senator Edward John "Ed" Markey
FEC S4MA00028; 24 Nov 14; Tot $18,599,152; Dsb $17,741,749
  Candidate Republican 791,950 36.22% former Hopkinton Selectman Brian J. Herr
FEC S4MA00234; 24 Nov 14; Tot $118,956; Dsb $116,632
  Candidate Scattering 101,817 4.66% Blanks
  Candidate Scattering 3,072 0.14% All Others
  Candidate Write-in 6 0.00% Brian R. Muello
Total 2,186,789 100.00%  

Michigan  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Debbie Stabenow
FEC S8MI00281
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
  Elected Democratic 1,704,936 54.61% Congressman Gary Peters
FEC S4MI00355; 24 Nov 14; Tot $9,997,308; Dsb $10,230,037
  Candidate Republican 1,290,199 41.33% former Michigan Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land
First elected as Secretary of State: 2002; re-elected: 2006

FEC S4MI00363; 24 Nov 14; Tot $12,284,324; Dsb $12,251,820
  Candidate Libertarian 62,897 2.01% Robert James "Jim" Fulner
FEC S4MI00371
  Candidate U.S. Taxpayers 37,529 1.20% Richard A. Matkin
FEC S2MI00243
  Candidate Green 26,137 0.84% Chris Wahmhoff
FEC S4MI00413
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 67 0.00% Jeffrey Allan "Jeff" Jones
FEC S4MI00405; 03 Sep 14; Tot $59,575; Dsb $54,000
  Candidate Write-in 6 0.00% Robert Boensch
FEC S4MI00421
  Candidate Write-in 4 0.00% Douglas Troszak
FEC S4MI00447
  Candidate Write-in 0 0.00% George Saady
FEC S4MI00439
Total 3,121,775 100.00%  

Minnesota  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic
  Candidate Democratic-Farmer Labor     Senator Amy J. Klobuchar
FEC S6MN00267
  Elected Democratic-Farmer Labor 1,053,205 53.15% Senator Al Franken
FEC S8MN00438; 24 Nov 14; Tot $20,351,860; Dsb $21,095,305
  Candidate Republican 850,227 42.91% Michael "Mike" McFadden
FEC S4MN00346; 24 Nov 14; Tot $7,085,335; Dsb $7,023,330
  Candidate Independence 47,530 2.40% Steve Carlson
FEC S4MN00437
  Candidate Libertarian 29,685 1.50% Heather Johnson
FEC S4MN00445
  Candidate Scattering 819 0.04% WRITE-IN
  Candidate Write-in; (Independence) 37 0.00% Jack Shephard
FEC S2MN00159
  Candidate Write-in; (Independence) 25 0.00% Stephen Williams
FEC S6MN00382
Total 1,981,528 100.00%  

Mississippi  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican
  Candidate Republican     Senator Roger F. Wicker
FEC S8MS00196
  Elected Republican 378,481 59.90% Senator Thad Cochran
FEC S8MS00055; 24 Nov 14; Tot $6,890,354; Dsb $7,315,002
  Candidate Democratic 239,439 37.89% former Congressman Travis W. Childers
First elected to the U.S. House in a special election 13 May 2008 (re: the appointment of Congressman Roger Wicker to the U.S. Senate Class 1 seat). Re-elected 2008. Unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 2010.

FEC S4MS00138; 24 Nov 14; Tot $673,468; Dsb $665,724
  Candidate Reform 13,938 2.21% Shawn O'Hara
FEC S4MS00062
Total 631,858 100.00%  

Missouri  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Claire C. McCaskill
FEC S6MO00305
    Republican     former Congressman William Todd "Todd" Akin - apparently not a candidate
7 November 2012: Former Congressman Akins filed with the FEC to run for the Missouri U.S. Senate Seat in 2018. The Statement of Candidacy is most likely part of Mr. Akin's Debt Settlement Plan for debts incurred during his unsuccessful run for Senate in 2012.

FEC S2MO00429
  Candidate Republican     Senator Roy Blunt
FEC S0MO00183

Montana  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic
  Candidate Democratic     Senator R. Jon "Jon" Tester
FEC S6MT00162
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
  Elected Republican 213,709 57.79% Congressman Steven "Steve" Daines
FEC S2MT00096; 24 Nov 14; Tot $7,496,151; Dsb $6,469,215
  Candidate Democratic 148,184 40.07% state Representative Amanda Curtis
The Democratic Party chose state Representative Amanda Curtis as the replacement nominee at a Special Nominating Convention on Saturday 16 August.

FEC S4MT00159; 24 Nov 14; Tot $977,379; Dsb $936,421
  Candidate Libertarian 7,933 2.15% Roger Roots
FEC S4MT00142
  Candidate Independent     Samuel David "Sam" Rankin
FEC S6MT00113; 30 Jun 14; Tot $14,922; Dsb $14,815
Total 369,826 100.00%  

Nebraska  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican
  Candidate Republican     Senator Debra S. "Deb" Fischer
FEC S2NE00094
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
  Elected Republican 347,636 64.34% Benjamin E. "Ben" Sasse
FEC S4NE00090; 24 Nov 14; Tot $6,572,575; Dsb $5,779,013
  Candidate Democratic 170,127 31.49% David A. "Dave" Domina
FEC S4NE00140; 24 Nov 14; Tot $1,205,828; Dsb $1,194,230
  Candidate By Petition 15,868 2.94% James Jeffrey "Jim" Jenkins
FEC S4NE00124; 24 Nov 14; Tot $512,957; Dsb $521,347
  Candidate By Petition 6,260 1.16% Todd F. Watson
FEC S4NE00157; 26 Nov 14; Tot $170,979; Dsb $170,980
  Candidate Scattering 446 0.08% Write-Ins
Total 540,337 100.00%  

Nevada  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican, 1 Democratic
  Candidate Republican     Senator Dean Heller
FEC S2NV00183
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Harry Mason Reid
FEC S6NV00028
  Candidate Republican     Las Vegas City Councilman Robert T. "Bob" Beers
FEC S6NV00192

New Hampshire  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican
  Elected Democratic 251,184 51.46% Senator Jeanne Shaheen
FEC S0NH00219; 24 Nov 14; Tot $15,168,259; Dsb $15,201,539
  Candidate Republican 235,347 48.21% former Massachusetts Senator Scott P. Brown
First elected to the United States Senate as a Massachusetts Republican in a 19 January 2010 special election (re: to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Edward M. Kennedy). Unsuccessful Massachusetts Senate candidate for re-election in 2012.

FEC S4NH00120; 24 Nov 14; Tot $9,222,657; Dsb $8,933,642
  Candidate Scattering 1,628 0.33% Scatter
  Candidate Write-in; (Libertarian)     P. Gardner Goldsmith
FEC S4NH00179
Total 488,159 100.00%  
  Candidate Democratic     Shawn O'Connor
  Candidate Republican     Senator Kelly A. Ayotte
FEC S0NH00235

New Jersey  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Robert "Bob" Menendez
FEC S6NJ00289
  Elected Democratic 1,043,866 55.84% Senator Cory A. Booker
FEC S4NJ00185; 24 Nov 14; Tot $18,352,795; Dsb $17,274,910
  Candidate Republican 791,297 42.33% Jeffrey "Jeff" Bell
FEC S8NJ00012; 24 Nov 14; Tot $604,420; Dsb $629,243
  Candidate Libertarian 16,721 0.89% Joseph "Joe" Baratelli
FEC S4NJ00318
  Candidate Independent 5,704 0.31% Hank Schroeder
Slogan: Economic Growth

FEC S4NJ00326
  Candidate Independent 4,513 0.24% Jeff Boss
Slogans: NSA Whistleblower; NAS Did 911

FEC S8NJ00418
  Candidate D-R Party 3,890 0.21% Eugene Martin LaVergne
FEC S2NJ00460
  Candidate Independent 3,544 0.19% Antonio Nico Sabas
Slogans: Freedom of Choice, No Toxic Waste, Choice in Schools, More Jobs, We Need More, Choice in Schools.

FEC S4NJ00243; 15 Apr 14; Tot $3,010; Dsb $8,250
Total 1,869,535 100.00%  

New Mexico  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Martin Trevor Heinrich
FEC S2NM00088
  Elected Democratic 286,409 55.56% Senator Tom Udall
FEC S8NM00184; 24 Nov 14; Tot $7,078,691; Dsb $7,345,727
  Candidate Republican 229,097 44.44% Allen E. Weh
FEC S4NM00100; 24 Nov 14; Tot $5,036,252; Dsb $5,008,899
Total 515,506 100.00%  

New York  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Kirsten Elizabeth Gillibrand
FEC S0NY00410
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Charles E. "Chuck" Schumer
FEC S8NY00082

North Carolina  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican
  Elected Republican 1,423,259 48.82% state Representative Thomas Roland "Thom" Tillis
FEC S4NC00162; 24 Nov 14; Tot $10,534,882; Dsb $10,035,701
  Candidate Democratic 1,377,651 47.26% Senator Janet Kay Ruthven "Kay" Hagan
FEC S8NC00239; 24 Nov 14; Tot $22,516,118; Dsb $23,693,312
  Candidate Libertarian 109,100 3.74% Sean Newton Haugh
FEC S2NC00257; 01 Dec 14; Tot $14,393; Dsb $14,496
  Candidate Write-in 4,307 0.15% Write-In (Miscellaneous)
  Candidate Write-in 621 0.02% John Rhodes
FEC S4NC00287
  Candidate Write-in; (Constitution) 201 0.01% former Indian Trail Councilman David Waddell
FEC S4NC00295
  Candidate Write-in 142 0.00% Barry Gurney
FEC S4NC00279
Total 2,915,281 100.00%  
  Candidate Democratic     Dave McCoy
FEC S6NC00258
  Candidate Republican     Senator Richard M. Burr
FEC S4NC00089

North Dakota  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican
  Candidate Democratic-Nonpartisan League     Senator Heidi Heitkamp
FEC S2ND00099
  Candidate Republican     Senator John Hoeven
FEC S0ND00093

Ohio  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Sherrod Brown
FEC S6OH00163
  Candidate Democratic     former state Senator Robert F. "Bob" Hagan
FEC S6OH00213
  Candidate Republican     Michael Bickelmeyer
FEC S6OH00221
  Candidate Republican     Senator Robert Jones "Rob" Portman
FEC S0OH00133
  Candidate Republican     Melissa Rose Strzala
FEC S6OH00239

Oklahoma  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican
  Elected Republican 558,166 68.01% Senator James M. "Jim" Inhofe
FEC S4OK00083; 24 Nov 14; Tot $3,424,826; Dsb $3,887,419
  Candidate Democratic 234,307 28.55% Matthew Benjamin "Matt" Silverstein
FEC S4OK00216; 24 Nov 14; Tot $471,269; Dsb $471,194
  Candidate Independent 10,554 1.29% Joan Elizabeth Farr
FEC S4OK00224; 24 Nov 14; Tot $14,393; Dsb $14,362
  Candidate Independent 9,913 1.21% Ray Woods
FEC S4OK00349
  Candidate Independent 7,793 0.95% Aaron DeLozier
FEC S4OK00331
Total 820,733 100.00%  
  Elected Republican 557,002 67.85% Congressman James Paul Lankford
Congressman CD 5

FEC S4OK00232; 24 Nov 14; Tot $4,249,620; Dsb $4,050,223
  Candidate Democratic 237,923 28.98% state Senator Constance Nevlin "Connie" Johnson
FEC S4OK00307; 24 Nov 14; Tot $147,719; Dsb $147,184
  Candidate Independent 25,965 3.16% Mark T. Beard
FEC S4OK00372
Total 820,890 100.00%  

Oregon  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic
  Elected Democratic; Independent Party of Oregon; Progressive; Working Families 814,537 55.73% Senator Jeffrey Alan "Jeff" Merkley
FEC S8OR00207; 24 Nov 14; Tot $9,627,129; Dsb $9,307,288
  Candidate Republican 538,847 36.87% Monica C. Wehby
FEC S4OR00198; 24 Nov 14; Tot $3,908,740; Dsb $3,888,063
  Candidate Libertarian 44,916 3.07% Mitchell L. "Mike" Montchalin
FEC S4OR00222
  Candidate Pacific Green 32,434 2.22% Christina Jean "Chris" Lugo
FEC S4OR00263
  Candidate Constitution 24,212 1.66% James E. "Jim" Leuenberger
FEC S4OR00255
  Candidate Scattering 6,672 0.46% Misc.
Total 1,461,618 100.00%  
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Ronald Lee "Ron" Wyden
FEC S6OR00110

Pennsylvania  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Robert P. "Bob" Casey, Jr.
FEC S6PA00217
  Candidate Democratic     former Congressman Joseph A. "Joe" Sestak, Jr.
14 May 2013: Announced his candidacy.
Prior Congressional Service: First elected,: 2006; re-elected: 2008; unsuccessful candidate for the U.S. Senate: 2010

FEC S0PA00434
  Candidate Republican     Senator Patrick Joseph "Pat" Toomey
FEC S4PA00121

Rhode Island  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, II
FEC S6RI00221
  Elected Democratic 223,675 70.58% Senator John F. "Jack" Reed
FEC S6RI00163; 24 Nov 14; Tot $3,349,775; Dsb $3,099,655
  Candidate Republican 92,684 29.25% Mark S. Zaccaria
FEC S4RI00044; 24 Nov 14; Tot $57,083; Dsb $57,082
  Candidate Scattering 539 0.17% WRITE-IN
Total 316,898 100.00%  

South Carolina  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican
  Elected Republican 672,941 54.27% Senator Lindsey Olin Graham
FEC S0SC00149; 24 Nov 14; Tot $8,052,414; Dsb $9,947,560
  Candidate Democratic; Working Families 480,933 38.78% state Senator Charles Bradley "Brad" Hutto
FEC S4SC00364; 24 Nov 14; Tot $520,558; Dsb $515,296
  Candidate Independent 47,588 3.84% former Treasurer Thomas Jonathan Jackson Ravenel
Formerly a Republican. On 19 June 2007, Treasurer Thomas Ravenel was indicted on federal cocaine charges and suspended from office by Governor Mark Sanford. He officially resigned as Treasurer on 24 July 2007.

FEC S4SC00109; 24 Nov 14; Tot $1,294,675; Dsb $1,293,728
  Candidate Libertarian 33,839 2.73% Victor Lee Kocher
FEC S2SC00079; 24 Nov 14; Tot $14,426; Dsb $13,352
  Candidate Scattering 4,774 0.38% Write-In
Total 1,240,075 100.00%  
  Elected Republican 757,215 61.12% Senator Timothy E. "Tim" Scott
FEC S4SC00240; 24 Nov 14; Tot $6,728,898; Dsb $4,283,192
  Candidate Democratic 459,583 37.09% Richland County Councilwoman Joyce M. Dickerson
FEC S4SC00307; 03 Dec 14; Tot $80,299; Dsb $74,049
  Candidate American 21,652 1.75% Jill Becker Bossi
FEC S4SC00356; 07 Nov 14; Tot $15,390; Dsb $15,388
  Candidate Scattering 532 0.04% Write-In
Total 1,238,982 100.00%  

South Dakota  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
  Elected Republican 140,741 50.37% former state Senator and Governor Marion Michael "Mike" Rounds
FEC S4SD00049; 24 Nov 14; Tot $4,945,916; Dsb $4,924,545
  Candidate Democratic 82,456 29.51% Richard Paul "Rick" Weiland
FEC S4SD00056; 24 Nov 14; Tot $2,453,489; Dsb $2,402,103
  Candidate Independent 47,741 17.09% former U.S. Senator Larry Lee Pressler
First elected to the US House as a Republican: 1974; re-elected: 1976. First elected to the US Senate: 1978; re-elected: 1984, 1990. Unsuccessful candidate for reelection: 1996.

FEC S8SD00024; 24 Nov 14; Tot $717,591; Dsb $693,088
  Candidate Independent 8,474 3.03% former state Senator Gordon Kenneth Howie
previously affiliated with the Republican Party

FEC S4SD00106; 15 Oct 14; Tot $55,633; Dsb $54,372
Total 279,412 100.00%  
  Candidate Republican     Senator John R. Thune
FEC S2SD00068

Tennessee  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican
  Candidate Republican     Senator Robert P. "Bob" Corker, Jr.
FEC S6TN00216
  Elected Republican 850,087 61.87% Senator Lamar Alexander
FEC S2TN00058; 24 Nov 14; Tot $7,615,911; Dsb $8,098,013
  Candidate Democratic 437,848 31.87% Gordon Ball
FEC S4TN00351; 24 Nov 14; Tot $1,650,118; Dsb $1,645,817
  Candidate Constitution 36,088 2.63% Joe B. Wilmoth
FEC S4TN00492
  Candidate Green 12,570 0.91% Martin Gene Pleasant
FEC S2TN00355
  Candidate Independent; (Tea) 11,157 0.81% Tom Emerson, Jr.
FEC S4TN00427
  Candidate Independent; (Republican) 7,713 0.56% Danny Page
FEC S4TN00310; 30 Jun 14; Tot $2,186; Dsb $1,046
  Candidate Independent 5,759 0.42% Rick Tyler
FEC S4TN00484
  Candidate Independent; (Libertarian) 5,678 0.41% Joshua James
FEC S4TN00435
  Candidate Independent 2,386 0.17% Bartholomew J. Phillips
FEC S4TN00450
  Candidate Independent 2,314 0.17% Edmund Louis Gauthier, II
FEC S4TN00336; 04 Nov 14; Tot $0; Dsb $997
  Candidate Independent 1,673 0.12% Eric Schechter
FEC S4TN00476
  Candidate Independent 787 0.06% Choudhury Salekin
FEC S4TN00468
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 5 0.00% Erin Kent Magee
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 0 0.00% DeWayne A. Jones
Total 1,374,065 100.00%  

Texas  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican
  Candidate Republican     Senator Rafael Edward "Ted" Cruz
FEC S2TX00312
  Elected Republican 2,861,531 61.56% Senator John Cornyn
FEC S2TX00106; 24 Nov 14; Tot $12,981,870; Dsb $12,698,841
  Candidate Democratic 1,597,387 34.36% David M. Alameel
Won Runoff, 27 May 2014

FEC S4TX00516; 24 Nov 14; Tot $10,274,822; Dsb $10,241,412
  Candidate Libertarian 133,751 2.88% Rebecca Paddock
FEC S4TX00573
  Candidate Green 54,701 1.18% Emily Marie "Spicybrown" Sanchez
FEC S4TX00557
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 988 0.02% Mohammed Abbajebel Tahiro
FEC S4TX00581
Total 4,648,358 100.00%  

Utah  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican
  Candidate Republican     Senator Orrin G. Hatch
FEC S6UT00063
  Candidate Republican     Senator Mike Lee
FEC S0UT00165

Vermont  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 1 Independent, 1 Democratic
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Patrick J. Leahy
FEC S4VT00017

Virginia  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Timothy Michael "Tim" Kaine
FEC S2VA00142
  Elected Democratic 1,073,667 49.15% Senator Mark Robert Warner
FEC S6VA00093; 24 Nov 14; Tot $13,015,327; Dsb $16,406,899
  Candidate Republican 1,055,940 48.34% Edward W. "Ed" Gillespie
7 November 2014: Conceded.

FEC S4VA00155; 24 Nov 14; Tot $7,876,843; Dsb $7,831,240
  Candidate Libertarian 53,102 2.43% Robert Christopher "Rob" Sarvis
FEC S4VA00189; 24 Nov 14; Tot $82,813; Dsb $84,492
  Candidate Scattering 1,764 0.08% Write-in
Total 2,184,473 100.00%  

Washington  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Maria E. Cantwell
FEC S8WA00194
  Candidate Independent     Ted Cummings
FEC S4WA00524
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Patricia L. "Patty" Murray
FEC S2WA00189

West Virginia  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Joe Manchin, III
FEC S0WV00090
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
  Elected Republican 281,820 62.12% Congressman Shelley Moore Capito
FEC S4WV00159; 24 Nov 14; Tot $7,822,706; Dsb $8,577,502
  Candidate Democratic 156,360 34.46% Secretary of State Natalie Ethel Tennant
FEC S4WV00183; 24 Nov 14; Tot $3,674,585; Dsb $3,547,949
  Candidate Libertarian 7,409 1.63% former state legislator. John S. Buckley
FEC S4WV00266; 04 Dec 14; Tot $31,183; Dsb $31,245
  Candidate Mountain 5,504 1.21% Bob Henry Baber
FEC S2WV00070
  Candidate Constitution 2,566 0.57% Phil Hudok
FEC S4WV00274
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 10 0.00% Alex Wolf Weinstein
FEC S4WV00308
  Candidate Write-in 8 0.00% Roger Smith
FEC S4WV00290
  Candidate Write-in 7 0.00% Dino Battista
FEC S4WV00282
  Candidate Write-in; (Republican) 5 0.00% Larry Eugene Butcher
FEC S4WV00241
Total 453,689 100.00%  

Wyoming  6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican
  Candidate Republican     Senator John A. Barrasso
FEC S6WY00068; 30 Sep 14; Tot $767,589; Dsb $766,381
  Elected Republican 121,554 71.02% Senator Michael B. "Mike" Enzi
FEC S6WY00126; 24 Nov 14; Tot $3,308,309; Dsb $2,645,150
  Candidate Democratic 29,377 17.16% Charles E. "Charlie" Hardy
FEC S4WY00097; 24 Nov 14; Tot $87,192; Dsb $75,918
  Candidate Independent 13,311 7.78% Curt Gottshall
FEC S4WY00105; 03 Dec 14; Tot $76,631; Dsb $76,431
  Candidate Libertarian 3,677 2.15% Joseph S. "Joe" Porambo
FEC S4WY00154
  Candidate Scattering 2,633 1.54% Under Votes
  Candidate Scattering 471 0.28% Write-Ins
  Candidate Scattering 130 0.08% Over Votes
Total 171,153 100.00%  

Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
  Democratic
  Democratic-Farmer Labor
  Democratic-Nonpartisan League
  Republican
Major Third Parties
  Constitution
  Green
  Libertarian
  Pacific Green
  Reform
Other Third Parties
  America's Party
  American
  Americans Elect
  D-R Party
  Independence
  Independent Party of Oregon
  Mountain
  Progressive
  Tea
  U.S. Taxpayers
  Unity
  Working Families
Independents
  By Petition
  Independent
  Non Affiliated
  Unaffiliated
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  Not readily classifiable
  Scattering
  Write-in
 

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.


"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.


Senate Class

Class 1 seats begin their terms at noon on 3 January 2013 and end their terms on 3 January 2019. The next regular election for these seats is in 6 November 2018.
Class 2 seats begin their terms at noon on 3 January 2009 and end their terms on 3 January 2015. The next regular election for these seats is 4 November 2014.
Class 3 seats begin their terms at noon on 3 January 2011 and end their terms on 3 January 2017. The next regular election for these seats is 8 November 2016.

For more information on Senate Classes refer to UNITED STATES SENATE: Electoral "Classes".


Article I, Section 3, clause 2 of the Constitution of the United States reads as follows:

"Immediately after [the Senate of the United States] shall be assembled in Consequence of the first Election, they shall be divided as equally as may be into three classes. The Seats of the Senators of the first Class shall be vacated at the Expiration of the second Year, of the second Class at the Expiration of the fourth Year, and of the third Class at the Expiration of the sixth Year, so that one third may be chosen every second Year..."

Pursuant to this Constitutional provision, a three-Senator Committee was appointed by the Senate on 11 May 1789 to come up with a plan to carry out the requirements of that provision; this Committee reported to the Senate on 14 May 1789 a plan to divide the then 20 Senators (there were 10 of the 13 original States represented in the Senate at the time- each having 2 Senators: North Carolina and Rhode Island had yet to ratify the U.S. Constitution, while New York had so ratified but had failed to elect Senators as of that date) into the requisite three electoral Classes: under this plan, three groups of Senators (set up in such a way so as no State had its two Senators in the same group) were to be listed and the first Senator on each list (a list which was set up geographically north-to-south in the manner in which the Electoral Vote for President was counted before Congress at that time, so that two of the first Senators on these lists were from New Hampshire and the third was the first Senator in alphabetical order from Massachusetts) was to each blindly draw a piece of paper numbered either "1", "2" or "3" out of a box in the possession of the Secretary of the Senate. This plan being agreeable to the Senate and so approved, the drawing of lots in this manner was carried out the following day (15 May 1789)- such lot drawing ultimately determining that, to start with, Classes 1 and 2 were to have 7 Senators each and Class 3 was to have only 6 Senators.

When New York finally seated its two Senators during the ensuing Summer, there was another lot drawing (actually a double-lot drawing) on 28 July 1789 to determine the Classes for these seats: since one of the seats had to be Class 3 to make it equal in number to that of the other two Classes so far, the two New York Senators each blindly drew between two pieces of paper, one marked "3", the other which was blank- after this, there was a second lot drawing in which the New York Senator who had drawn the blank paper blindly drew again between two pieces of paper marked "1" and "2": he drew "1" so that New York would henceforth have Senators of electoral Classes 1 and 3.

When North Carolina seated its two Senators after ratifying the Constitution on 21 November 1789, there was yet another lot drawing (on 29 January 1790) in which North Carolina's two Senators each blindly drew between pieces of paper marked "2" and "3" (since there were now 12 States and, thus, 24 Senators: 24 being equally divisible by 3, there would now have to be 8 Senators in each of the three Classes to fulfill the Constitutional provision that, as nearly as was practicable, one third of the Senate be elected every second year).

After Rhode Island- the last of the 13 original States- finally ratified the Constitution on 29 May 1790 and subsequently seated its two Senators that Summer, there was yet one more lot drawing in the First Congress (on 25 June 1790) in which Rhode Island's two Senators blindly drew between pieces of paper marked "1", "2" and "3": one Senator drew "2", the other drew "1"- thereby determining electoral Classes 1 and 2 as those for the Senators from this State. When Vermont was admitted to the Union as the 14th state on 4 March 1791, there was again a double lot drawing as there had been for New York. From that day until this, whenever a new State has been admitted to the Union, these types of lot drawings (the type determined by the necessity of keeping the number of Senators in each electoral Class as close to one third as possible at the time of said lot drawing) between the new State's first Senators is held before the Senate to determine in just which of the three electoral Classes that State's Senate seats will be placed from then on.


 


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