The Green Papers: 2016 General Election |
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Alabama 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
Class 3 | |||||
Democratic | 748,709 | 35.87% | Ronald Steven "Ron" Crumpton FEC S6AL00302; 28 Nov 16; Tot $36,280; Dsb $31,485 |
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Total | 2,087,444 | 100.00% | |||
Alaska 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
Class 3 | |||||
Democratic | 36,200 | 11.62% | Ray Homer Metcalfe FEC S8AK00082; 28 Nov 16; Tot $21,364; Dsb $13,647 |
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Total | 311,441 | 100.00% | |||
Arizona 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
Class 3 | |||||
Democratic | 1,031,245 | 40.75% | Congressman Ann Leila Kirkpatrick Congressman CD 1. FEC S6AZ00225; 28 Nov 16; Tot $9,277,010; Dsb $9,216,070 |
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Write-in; (Democratic) | 34 | 0.00% | Sheila Bilyeu FEC S2AZ00273 |
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Write-in; (Democratic) | 7 | 0.00% | Gene Edward Scott, II FEC S6AZ00407 |
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Total | 2,530,730 | 100.00% | |||
Arkansas 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
Class 3 | |||||
Democratic | 400,602 | 36.17% | Conner Eldridge FEC S6AR00132; 19 Dec 16; Tot $2,279,847; Dsb $2,279,847 |
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Total | 1,107,522 | 100.00% | |||
California 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Class 1 | |||||
Democratic | Senator Dianne Feinstein FEC S0CA00199 |
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Class 3 | |||||
  | ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Democratic | 7,542,753 | 61.60% | Attorney General Kamala D. Harris FEC S6CA00584; 28 Nov 16; Tot $15,221,436; Dsb $14,102,174 |
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Democratic | 4,701,417 | 38.40% | Congressman Loretta L. Sanchez CD 46. 12 May 2015: Running for the U.S. Senate Class 3 Seat in 2016. FEC S6CA00691; 28 Nov 16; Tot $4,566,565; Dsb $4,478,727 |
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Total | 12,244,170 | 100.00% | |||
Colorado 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican, 1 Democratic | |||||
Class 3 | |||||
Democratic | 1,370,710 | 49.97% | Senator Michael F. Bennet FEC S0CO00211; 28 Nov 16; Tot $15,539,412; Dsb $14,841,265 |
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Total | 2,743,029 | 100.00% | |||
Connecticut 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Class 1 | |||||
Democratic | Senator Christopher Scott "Chris" Murphy FEC S2CT00132 |
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Class 3 | |||||
Democratic; Working Families | 1,008,714 | 63.19% | Senator Richard Blumenthal FEC S0CT00177; 28 Nov 16; Tot $7,334,649; Dsb $4,989,225 |
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Total | 1,596,276 | 100.00% | |||
Delaware 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Class 1 | |||||
Democratic | Senator Thomas R. "Tom" Carper FEC S8DE00079 |
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Class 2 | |||||
Democratic | Senator Christopher A. "Chris" Coons FEC S0DE00092 |
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Florida 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
Class 1 | |||||
Democratic | Senator Bill Nelson FEC S8FL00166 |
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Class 3 | |||||
Democratic | 4,122,088 | 44.31% | Congressman Patrick Erin Murphy CD 18. 23 March 2015: Announced run for the U.S. Senate in 2016. FEC S6FL00319; 28 Nov 16; Tot $17,692,864; Dsb $18,071,657 |
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Total | 9,301,820 | 100.00% | |||
Georgia 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
Class 3 | |||||
Democratic | 1,599,726 | 41.03% | James Freeman "Jim" Barksdale FEC S6GA00200; 28 Nov 16; Tot $4,912,063; Dsb $4,772,457 |
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Total | 3,898,605 | 100.00% | |||
Hawaii 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Class 1 | |||||
Democratic | Senator Mazie K. Hirono FEC S2HI00106 |
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Class 3 | |||||
Democratic | 306,604 | 70.05% | Senator Brian Emanuel Schatz FEC S4HI00136; 28 Nov 16; Tot $3,813,588; Dsb $2,511,657 |
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Total | 437,664 | 100.00% | |||
Idaho 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
Class 3 | |||||
Democratic | 188,249 | 27.73% | Stephen Jerry "Jerry" Sturgill FEC S6ID00112; 31 Dec 16; Tot $818,485; Dsb $818,484 |
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Total | 678,943 | 100.00% | |||
Illinois 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
Class 3 | |||||
Democratic | 3,012,940 | 54.86% | Congressman L. Tammy Duckworth CD 8. 27 March 2015: Running for US Senate Class 3 Seat in 2016. FEC S6IL00292; 28 Nov 16; Tot $16,309,304; Dsb $16,540,142 |
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Total | 5,491,878 | 100.00% | |||
Indiana 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
Class 1 | |||||
Democratic | Senator Joseph Simon "Joe" Donnelly FEC S2IN00091 |
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Class 3 | |||||
  | ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Democratic | 1,158,947 | 42.41% | former Senator Evan Bayh 11 July 2016: Announced he is running for the U.S. Senate. Prior service: 1986: Indiana Secretary of State. 1989-1997: Indiana Governor; 1999-2011: United States Senate; 2010: Did not run for re-election. FEC S8IN00049; 28 Nov 16; Tot $4,496,682; Dsb $13,528,079 |
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Total | 2,732,546 | 100.00% | |||
Iowa 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
Class 3 | |||||
Democratic | 549,460 | 35.66% | former Lieutenant Governor Patty Jean Judge FEC S6IA00140; 28 Nov 16; Tot $2,249,247; Dsb $2,183,278 |
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Total | 1,541,036 | 100.00% | |||
Kansas 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
Class 3 | |||||
Democratic | 379,740 | 32.24% | Patrick Wiesner FEC S0KS00166; 08 Nov 16; Tot $36,252; Dsb $38,279 |
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Total | 1,177,922 | 100.00% | |||
Kentucky 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
Class 3 | |||||
Democratic | 813,246 | 42.72% | Lexington Mayor Jim P. Gray FEC S6KY00120; 28 Nov 16; Tot $6,271,018; Dsb $6,235,234 |
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Total | 1,903,465 | 100.00% | |||
Louisiana 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
Class 3 | |||||
Democratic | 347,816 | 39.35% | Public Service Commissioner Foster Lonnnie Campbell, II FEC S6LA00359; 30 Dec 16; Tot $6,358,135; Dsb $6,325,147 |
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Total | 884,007 | 100.00% | |||
Maryland 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Class 1 | |||||
Democratic | Senator Benjamin L. "Ben" Cardin FEC S6MD03177 |
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Class 3 | |||||
  | ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Democratic | 1,659,907 | 60.89% | Congressman Christopher "Chris" Van Hollen, Jr. Congressman CD 8. 4 March 2015: Announced. FEC S6MD03441; 28 Nov 16; Tot $11,914,048; Dsb $11,333,458 |
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Write-in; (Democratic) | 138 | 0.01% | Ed Tinus Lost his party's nomination for the Senate Class 3 seat. FEC S2MD00446 |
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Write-in; (Democratic) | 77 | 0.00% | Lih Young Lost his party's nomination for the Senate Class 3 seat. FEC S6MD03375 |
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Write-in; (Democratic) | 26 | 0.00% | Charles Ulysses Smith Lost his party's nomination for the Senate Class 3 seat. FEC S6MD03359 |
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Write-in; (Democratic) | 15 | 0.00% | Bob Robinson FEC S6MD03326 |
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Write-in; (Democratic) | 7 | 0.00% | Jeffrey Binkins | ||
Total | 2,726,170 | 100.00% | |||
Massachusetts 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Class 1 | |||||
Democratic | Senator Elizabeth A. Warren FEC S2MA00170 |
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Class 2 | |||||
Democratic | Senator Edward John "Ed" Markey FEC S4MA00028 |
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Michigan 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Class 1 | |||||
Democratic | Senator Debbie Stabenow FEC S8MI00281 |
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Class 2 | |||||
Democratic | Senator Gary C. Peters FEC S4MI00355 |
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Missouri 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
Class 1 | |||||
Democratic | Senator Claire C. McCaskill FEC S6MO00305 |
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Class 3 | |||||
Democratic | 1,300,200 | 46.39% | Secretary of State Jason Kander 19 February 2015: Announced his candidacy. FEC S6MO00362; 28 Nov 16; Tot $13,210,015; Dsb $8,633,214 |
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Total | 2,802,641 | 100.00% | |||
Montana 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
Class 1 | |||||
Democratic | Senator R. Jon "Jon" Tester FEC S6MT00162 |
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Nevada 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican, 1 Democratic | |||||
Class 3 | |||||
  | ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Democratic | 521,994 | 47.10% | former Attorney General Catherine Marie Cortez-Masto FEC S6NV00200; 28 Nov 16; Tot $19,878,015; Dsb $18,830,739 |
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Total | 1,108,294 | 100.00% | |||
New Hampshire 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
Class 3 | |||||
Democratic | 354,649 | 47.98% | Governor Margaret Wood "Maggie" Hassan FEC S6NH00091; 28 Nov 16; Tot $18,618,880; Dsb $18,311,444 |
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Total | 739,140 | 100.00% | |||
New Jersey 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Class 1 | |||||
Democratic | Senator Robert "Bob" Menendez FEC S6NJ00289 |
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Class 2 | |||||
Democratic | Senator Cory A. Booker FEC S4NJ00185 |
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New Mexico 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Class 1 | |||||
Democratic | Senator Martin Trevor Heinrich FEC S2NM00088 |
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Class 2 | |||||
Democratic | Senator Tom Udall FEC S8NM00184 |
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New York 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Class 1 | |||||
Democratic | Senator Kirsten Elizabeth Gillibrand FEC S0NY00410 |
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Class 3 | |||||
Democratic; Independence; Women's Equality; Working Families | 5,221,945 | 66.94% | Senator Charles E. "Chuck" Schumer FEC S8NY00082; 28 Nov 16; Tot $17,379,696; Dsb $20,006,883 |
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Total | 7,800,619 | 100.00% | |||
North Carolina 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
Class 3 | |||||
Democratic | 2,128,165 | 45.37% | former state Representative Deborah K. Ross FEC S6NC00266; 28 Nov 16; Tot $14,409,436; Dsb $14,336,304 |
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Total | 4,691,133 | 100.00% | |||
Ohio 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
Class 1 | |||||
Democratic | Senator Sherrod Brown FEC S6OH00163 |
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Class 3 | |||||
Democratic | 1,996,908 | 37.16% | former Governor and Congressman Ted Strickland Ohio Governor: 2007 - 2011. Congressman: January 1993 - January 1995, January 1997 - January 2007 FEC S6OH00254; 28 Nov 16; Tot $10,730,236; Dsb $10,501,903 |
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Total | 5,374,164 | 100.00% | |||
Oklahoma 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
Class 3 | |||||
Democratic | 355,911 | 24.58% | Mike Workman FEC S6OK04114 |
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Total | 1,448,047 | 100.00% | |||
Oregon 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Class 2 | |||||
Democratic | Senator Jeffrey Alan "Jeff" Merkley FEC S8OR00207 |
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Class 3 | |||||
Democratic | 1,105,119 | 56.60% | Senator Ronald Lee "Ron" Wyden FEC S6OR00110; 28 Nov 16; Tot $8,616,115; Dsb $7,393,277 |
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Total | 1,952,478 | 100.00% | |||
Pennsylvania 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
Class 1 | |||||
Democratic | Senator Robert P. "Bob" Casey, Jr. FEC S6PA00217 |
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Class 3 | |||||
Democratic | 2,865,012 | 47.34% | Kathleen Alana "Katie" McGinty FEC S6PA00266; 28 Nov 16; Tot $16,553,973; Dsb $16,354,716 |
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Total | 6,051,856 | 100.00% | |||
Rhode Island 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Class 1 | |||||
Democratic | Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, II FEC S6RI00221 |
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Class 2 | |||||
Democratic | Senator John F. "Jack" Reed FEC S6RI00163 |
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South Carolina 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
Class 3 | |||||
Democratic; Green; Working Families | 757,022 | 36.93% | Thomas Alan Dixon FEC S6SC04148; 28 Nov 16; Tot $40,236; Dsb $39,435 |
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Total | 2,049,893 | 100.00% | |||
South Dakota 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
Class 3 | |||||
Democratic | 104,140 | 28.17% | Jay Henley Williams FEC S6SD01091; 13 Dec 16; Tot $70,500; Dsb $66,555 |
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Total | 369,656 | 100.00% | |||
Tennessee 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
Class 1 | |||||
Democratic | Larry Crim FEC S2TN00223 |
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Utah 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
Class 3 | |||||
Democratic | 301,860 | 27.06% | Misty K. Snow FEC S6UT00246; 28 Nov 16; Tot $75,547; Dsb $71,547 |
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Total | 1,115,608 | 100.00% | |||
Vermont 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Independent, 1 Democratic | |||||
Class 3 | |||||
Democratic | 192,243 | 59.99% | Senator Patrick J. Leahy FEC S4VT00017; 28 Nov 16; Tot $3,927,834; Dsb $3,141,457 |
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Marijuana; (Democratic) | 9,156 | 2.86% | Cris Ericson Ran for but lost the 9 August 2016 Democratic Primary for Senator. FEC S4VT00132 |
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Total | 320,467 | 100.00% | |||
Virginia 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Class 1 | |||||
Democratic | Senator Timothy Michael "Tim" Kaine FEC S2VA00142 |
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Class 2 | |||||
Democratic | Senator Mark Robert Warner FEC S6VA00093 |
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Washington 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Class 1 | |||||
Democratic | Senator Maria E. Cantwell FEC S8WA00194 |
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Class 3 | |||||
Democratic | 1,913,979 | 59.01% | Senator Patricia L. "Patty" Murray FEC S2WA00189; 28 Nov 16; Tot $10,157,983; Dsb $8,243,363 |
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Total | 3,243,317 | 100.00% | |||
West Virginia 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
Class 1 | |||||
Democratic | Senator Joe Manchin, III FEC S0WV00090 |
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Wisconsin 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
Class 3 | |||||
Democratic | 1,380,335 | 46.81% | former Senator Russell Dana "Russ" Feingold First elected to the US Senate in 1992; re-elected: 1998, 2004. Unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 2010. FEC S8WI00026; 28 Nov 16; Tot $24,849,269; Dsb $24,650,723 |
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Total | 2,948,741 | 100.00% |
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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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