117th Congress - Senate Seats by State

The Green Papers: 2021 General Election

117^th Congress
Senate Seats by State

101 Senate Seats not up for election in 2021

6 Open Senate Seats (voluntary retirement, seeking other political office)

523 Candidates seeking a Senate Seat (Candidates may run under the banner of multiple parties. Hence, the number of parties may be greater than the number of candidates.)

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 8 November 2022.

There have been 0 deaths, 1 resignation, and 0 changes re: party breakdown in the 117^th Senate.

Senator Alex Padilla (Democratic, California Class 3) was appointed on 22 December 2020 by Governor Gavin Newsom (Democratic). He will fill the seat of Senator Kamala D. Harris who has been elected to the office of Vice President. Senator Padilla was sworn on 20 January 2021.
Senator Kamala D. Harris (Democratic, California Class 3) resigned on 18 January 2021 to take the office of Vice President of the United States.
Senator Raphael Warnock (Democratic, Georgia, Class 3) was elected in a 5 January 2021 Special Election. He replaces appointed Senator Kelly Loeffler (Republican) and was sworn on 20 January 2021.
Senator T. Jonathan "Jon" Ossoff (Democratic, Georgia, Class 2) was elected in a 5 January 2021 runoff election was sworn on 20 January 2021.

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Legislative Links Senate Electoral Classes



Alabama 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican

Class 3	Republican	Senator Richard C. Shelby • First elected as a Democrat: 1986; re-elected: 1992; Changed Party affiliation to Republican: 9 November 1994; re-elected as a Republican: 1998, 2004, 2010, 2016. [also served in the U.S. House- elected: 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984 as a Democrat] • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • Open Seat - 8 February 2021: Senator Shelby, 86, will not run for re-election. "Today I announce that I will not seek a seventh term in the United State Senate in 2022."

Missouri 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican

Class 3	Republican	Senator Roy Blunt • First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2016. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • Open Seat - 8 March 2021: "I won't be a candidate for re-election to the U.S. Senate next year."

North Carolina 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican

Class 3	Republican	Senator Richard Mauze Burr • Served in U.S. House- first elected: 1994; re-elected: 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002. First elected to the U.S. Senate: 2004; re-elected: 2010, 2016. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • Open Seat - circa 20 July 2016: Senator Richard Mauze Burr announces this will be his last run for re-election.

Ohio 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican

Class 3	Republican	Senator Robert Jones "Rob" Portman • First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2016. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • Open Seat - 25 January 2021: Not running for re-election.

Pennsylvania 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican

Class 3	Republican	Senator Patrick Joseph "Pat" Toomey • First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2016. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • Open Seat - 6 October 2020: "I will not be running for reelection in 2022 and ... will not be running for governor ... I will serve out the remainder of my term."

Vermont 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes
Partisan Composition: 1 Independent, 1 Democratic

Class 3	Democratic	Senator Patrick J. Leahy • First elected: 1974; re-elected: 1980, 1986, 1992, 1998, 2004, 2010, 2016. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • Open Seat - 15 November 2021: Senator Leahy will not seek re-election.

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
	• Republican
Major Third Parties
	• Constitution
	• Green
	• Libertarian
Other Third Parties
	• Alaskan Independence
	• Alliance Party
	• American Independent
	• Communist
	• Conservative
	• Freedom
	• United Party
	• Veterans Party of America
Independents
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	• Independent
	• No Party Affiliation
	• No Party Preference
	• No Political Party
	• Non Affiliated
	• None
	• Nonparty
	• Unaffiliated
	• Undeclared
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Not readily classifiable
	• Write-in