The Green Papers: 2014 General Election |
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113th Congress Senate Seats by State |
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Alabama 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
  | ** Uncontested Race ** | ||||
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Republican | 795,606 | 97.25% | Senator Jefferson Beauregard "Jeff" Sessions, III FEC S6AL00195; 24 Nov 14; Tot $1,380,626; Dsb $1,297,123 |
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Total | 818,090 | 100.00% | |||
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Republican | Senator Richard C. Shelby FEC S6AL00013 |
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Alaska 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
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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 |
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Write-in; (Republican) | Sean Godfrey FEC S4AK00289 |
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Write-in; (Republican) | John Michael Jaramillo FEC S4AK00198 |
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Write-in; (Republican) | Karen Perry | |||
Total | 282,400 | 100.00% | |||
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Republican | Senator Lisa Murkowski FEC S4AK00099 |
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Republican | Karen Perry | |||
Arizona 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
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Republican | Senator Jeff Flake FEC S2AZ00141 |
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Republican | Senator John Sidney McCain FEC S6AZ00019 |
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Arkansas 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
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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 |
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Total | 847,505 | 100.00% | |||
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Republican | Senator John Nichols Boozman FEC S0AR00150 |
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California 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
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Republican | Timothy Charles Kalemkarian FEC S6CA00477 |
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Republican | Robert Molnar FEC S6CA00568 |
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Colorado 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
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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 |
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Write-in; (Republican) | 17 | 0.00% | Kathleen Rosewater Cunningham FEC S4CO00437 |
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Total | 2,041,058 | 100.00% | |||
Delaware 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
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Republican | 98,823 | 42.23% | Kevin L. Wade FEC S2DE00064; 30 Sep 14; Tot $63,091; Dsb $56,610 |
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Total | 234,038 | 100.00% | |||
Florida 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
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Republican | Senator Marco Rubio FEC S0FL00338 |
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Georgia 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
  | ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | ||||
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Republican | 1,358,088 | 52.89% | David Alfred Perdue FEC S4GA11285; 24 Nov 14; Tot $13,978,130; Dsb $13,762,170 |
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Total | 2,567,805 | 100.00% | |||
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Republican | Senator John Hardy "Johnny" Isakson 11 November 2014: Announced that he will run for re-election in 2016. FEC S6GA00119 |
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Hawaii 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
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Republican | 98,006 | 26.51% | former state Representative Campbell "Cam" Cavasso FEC S4HI00102; 24 Nov 14; Tot $312,103; Dsb $315,960 |
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Total | 369,703 | 100.00% | |||
Idaho 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
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Republican | 285,596 | 65.33% | Senator James E. "Jim" Risch FEC S8ID00092; 24 Nov 14; Tot $2,070,076; Dsb $1,125,814 |
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Total | 437,170 | 100.00% | |||
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Republican | Senator Michael D. "Mike" Crapo FEC S8ID00027 |
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Illinois 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
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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 |
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Total | 3,603,519 | 100.00% | |||
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Republican | Senator Mark Steven Kirk FEC S0IL00261 |
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Indiana 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
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Republican | Senator Daniel Ray "Dan" Coats FEC S0IN00053 |
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Iowa 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
  | ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | ||||
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Republican | 588,575 | 51.53% | state Senator Joni K. Ernst FEC S4IA00129; 24 Nov 14; Tot $11,836,612; Dsb $11,564,546 |
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Total | 1,142,284 | 100.00% | |||
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Republican | Senator Charles E. "Chuck" Grassley FEC S0IA00028 |
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Kansas 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
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Republican | 460,350 | 53.15% | Senator Pat Roberts FEC S6KS00080; 24 Nov 14; Tot $6,667,832; Dsb $7,473,445 |
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Total | 866,191 | 100.00% | |||
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Republican | Senator Jerry Moran FEC S0KS00091 |
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Republican | Al Zahnter | |||
Kentucky 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
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Republican | 806,787 | 56.19% | Senator Mitch McConnell FEC S2KY00012; 24 Nov 14; Tot $21,087,336; Dsb $28,218,508 |
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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 |
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Total | 1,435,868 | 100.00% | |||
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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 |
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Republican | Chris Payne FEC S4KY00166 |
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Louisiana 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
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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 |
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Received 0.96% on 4 November 2014. FEC S4LA00149; 15 Oct 14; Tot $0; Dsb $13,619 |
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Received 13.76% on 4 November 2014. FEC S4LA00115; 29 Nov 14; Tot $2,943,876; Dsb $2,842,516 |
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Total | 1,273,589 | 100.00% | |||
Maine 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Independent, 1 Republican | |||||
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Republican | 413,495 | 67.02% | Senator Susan M. Collins FEC S6ME00159; 24 Nov 14; Tot $5,290,757; Dsb $5,253,987 |
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Write-in; (Republican) | Deril V. Stubenrod FEC S4ME00105 |
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Total | 616,967 | 100.00% | |||
Maryland 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
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Republican | Daniel Michael "Dan" Schroeder FEC S6MD03433 |
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Massachusetts 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
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Republican | 791,950 | 36.22% | former Hopkinton Selectman Brian J. Herr FEC S4MA00234; 24 Nov 14; Tot $118,956; Dsb $116,632 |
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Total | 2,186,789 | 100.00% | |||
Michigan 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
  | ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | ||||
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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 |
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Total | 3,121,775 | 100.00% | |||
Minnesota 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
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Republican | 850,227 | 42.91% | Michael "Mike" McFadden FEC S4MN00346; 24 Nov 14; Tot $7,085,335; Dsb $7,023,330 |
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Total | 1,981,528 | 100.00% | |||
Mississippi 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
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Republican | Senator Roger F. Wicker FEC S8MS00196 |
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Republican | 378,481 | 59.90% | Senator Thad Cochran FEC S8MS00055; 24 Nov 14; Tot $6,890,354; Dsb $7,315,002 |
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Total | 631,858 | 100.00% | |||
Missouri 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
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 |
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Republican | Senator Roy Blunt FEC S0MO00183 |
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Montana 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
  | ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | ||||
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Republican | 213,709 | 57.79% | Congressman Steven "Steve" Daines FEC S2MT00096; 24 Nov 14; Tot $7,496,151; Dsb $6,469,215 |
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Total | 369,826 | 100.00% | |||
Nebraska 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
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Republican | Senator Debra S. "Deb" Fischer FEC S2NE00094 |
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  | ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | ||||
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Republican | 347,636 | 64.34% | Benjamin E. "Ben" Sasse FEC S4NE00090; 24 Nov 14; Tot $6,572,575; Dsb $5,779,013 |
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Total | 540,337 | 100.00% | |||
Nevada 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican, 1 Democratic | |||||
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Republican | Senator Dean Heller FEC S2NV00183 |
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Republican | Las Vegas City Councilman Robert T. "Bob" Beers FEC S6NV00192 |
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New Hampshire 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
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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 |
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Total | 488,159 | 100.00% | |||
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Republican | Senator Kelly A. Ayotte FEC S0NH00235 |
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New Jersey 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
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Republican | 791,297 | 42.33% | Jeffrey "Jeff" Bell FEC S8NJ00012; 24 Nov 14; Tot $604,420; Dsb $629,243 |
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Total | 1,869,535 | 100.00% | |||
New Mexico 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
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Republican | 229,097 | 44.44% | Allen E. Weh FEC S4NM00100; 24 Nov 14; Tot $5,036,252; Dsb $5,008,899 |
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Total | 515,506 | 100.00% | |||
North Carolina 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
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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 |
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Total | 2,915,281 | 100.00% | |||
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Republican | Senator Richard M. Burr FEC S4NC00089 |
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North Dakota 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
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Republican | Senator John Hoeven FEC S0ND00093 |
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Ohio 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
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Republican | Michael Bickelmeyer FEC S6OH00221 |
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Republican | Senator Robert Jones "Rob" Portman FEC S0OH00133 |
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Republican | Melissa Rose Strzala FEC S6OH00239 |
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Oklahoma 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
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Republican | 558,166 | 68.01% | Senator James M. "Jim" Inhofe FEC S4OK00083; 24 Nov 14; Tot $3,424,826; Dsb $3,887,419 |
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Total | 820,733 | 100.00% | |||
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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 |
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Total | 820,890 | 100.00% | |||
Oregon 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
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Republican | 538,847 | 36.87% | Monica C. Wehby FEC S4OR00198; 24 Nov 14; Tot $3,908,740; Dsb $3,888,063 |
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Total | 1,461,618 | 100.00% | |||
Pennsylvania 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
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Republican | Senator Patrick Joseph "Pat" Toomey FEC S4PA00121 |
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Rhode Island 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
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Republican | 92,684 | 29.25% | Mark S. Zaccaria FEC S4RI00044; 24 Nov 14; Tot $57,083; Dsb $57,082 |
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Total | 316,898 | 100.00% | |||
South Carolina 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
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Republican | 672,941 | 54.27% | Senator Lindsey Olin Graham FEC S0SC00149; 24 Nov 14; Tot $8,052,414; Dsb $9,947,560 |
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Total | 1,240,075 | 100.00% | |||
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Republican | 757,215 | 61.12% | Senator Timothy E. "Tim" Scott FEC S4SC00240; 24 Nov 14; Tot $6,728,898; Dsb $4,283,192 |
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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) ** | ||||
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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 |
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Total | 279,412 | 100.00% | |||
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Republican | Senator John R. Thune FEC S2SD00068 |
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Tennessee 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
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Republican | Senator Robert P. "Bob" Corker, Jr. FEC S6TN00216 |
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Republican | 850,087 | 61.87% | Senator Lamar Alexander FEC S2TN00058; 24 Nov 14; Tot $7,615,911; Dsb $8,098,013 |
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Independent; (Republican) | 7,713 | 0.56% | Danny Page FEC S4TN00310; 30 Jun 14; Tot $2,186; Dsb $1,046 |
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Total | 1,374,065 | 100.00% | |||
Texas 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
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Republican | Senator Rafael Edward "Ted" Cruz FEC S2TX00312 |
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Republican | 2,861,531 | 61.56% | Senator John Cornyn FEC S2TX00106; 24 Nov 14; Tot $12,981,870; Dsb $12,698,841 |
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Total | 4,648,358 | 100.00% | |||
Utah 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
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Republican | Senator Orrin G. Hatch FEC S6UT00063 |
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Republican | Senator Mike Lee FEC S0UT00165 |
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Virginia 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
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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 |
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Total | 2,184,473 | 100.00% | |||
West Virginia 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
  | ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | ||||
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Republican | 281,820 | 62.12% | Congressman Shelley Moore Capito FEC S4WV00159; 24 Nov 14; Tot $7,822,706; Dsb $8,577,502 |
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Write-in; (Republican) | 5 | 0.00% | Larry Eugene Butcher FEC S4WV00241 |
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Total | 453,689 | 100.00% | |||
Wyoming 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
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Republican | Senator John A. Barrasso FEC S6WY00068; 30 Sep 14; Tot $767,589; Dsb $766,381 |
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Republican | 121,554 | 71.02% | Senator Michael B. "Mike" Enzi FEC S6WY00126; 24 Nov 14; Tot $3,308,309; Dsb $2,645,150 |
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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. |
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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 ClassClass 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. 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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