| Election Name: | 2020 United States Senate elections |
| Country: | United States |
| Flag Year: | 1960 |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2018 United States Senate elections |
| Previous Year: | 2018 |
| Election Date: | November 3, 2020 January 5, 2021 (Georgia runoffs) |
| Next Election: | 2022 United States Senate elections |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
| Seats For Election: | 35 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate |
| Majority Seats: | 51 |
| 1Blank: | Seats up |
| 2Blank: | Races won |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Image1: | Chuck Schumer official photo (3x4a).jpg |
| Leader1: | Chuck Schumer |
| Leader Since1: | January 3, 2017 |
| Leaders Seat1: | New York |
| Seats Before1: | 45 |
| Seats After1: | 48 + VP |
| Seat Change1: | 3 |
| Popular Vote1: | 38,011,916 |
| Percentage1: | 47.0% |
| 1Data1: | 12 |
| 2Data1: | 15 |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Leader2: | Mitch McConnell |
| Leader Since2: | January 3, 2007 |
| Leaders Seat2: | Kentucky |
| Seats Before2: | 53 |
| Seats After2: | 50 |
| Seat Change2: | 3 |
| Popular Vote2: | 39,834,647 |
| Percentage2: | 49.3% |
| 1Data2: | 23 |
| 2Data2: | 20 |
| Party4: | Independent |
| Seats Before4: | 2 |
| Seats After4: | 2 |
| 1Data4: | 0 |
| Popular Vote4: | 255,768 |
| Percentage4: | 0.3% |
| 2Data4: | 0 |
| Map Size: | 320px |
| Before Election: | Mitch McConnell |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Majority Leader | |
| After Election: | Chuck Schumer |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 2020 United States Senate elections were held on November 3, 2020, with the 33 class 2 seats of the Senate contested in regular elections. Of these, 21 were held by Republicans, and 12 by Democrats. The winners were elected to 6-year terms from January 3, 2021, to January 3, 2027. Two special elections for seats held by Republicans were also held in conjunction with the general elections: one in Arizona, to fill the vacancy created by John McCain's death in 2018; and one in Georgia, following Johnny Isakson's resignation in 2019. These elections ran concurrently with the 2020 United States presidential election in which incumbent president Donald Trump lost to Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
In the 2014 United States Senate elections, the last regularly scheduled elections for Class 2 Senate seats, the Republicans won nine seats from the Democrats and gained a majority, which they continued to hold after the 2016 and 2018 elections.[1] Before the elections, Republicans held 53 seats, Democrats held 45 seats, and independents caucusing with the Democrats held two seats, neither of which were up for re-election. Including the special elections in Arizona and Georgia, Republicans defended 23 seats, and the Democrats defended 12.
In this election, the Democratic Party made a net gain of three Senate seats and the vice presidency, giving them a majority for the first time since 2014, albeit by a narrow 50–50 margin. Democrats unseated four Republicans in Arizona, Colorado, and both elections in Georgia – while Republicans flipped a seat in Alabama; however, Democrats under-performed expectations overall; despite record-breaking turnout and fund-raising efforts, they failed to flip several seats that were considered competitive, and lost many races by much larger margins than expected.[2] [3] Except in Maine, the winning party in every Senate election was the winning party in the state's presidential election.[4]
Due to election laws in Georgia that require candidates to win at least 50% of the vote in the general election, the state's regularly-scheduled and special Senate elections were decided in run-off elections on January 5, 2021.[5] After the November general election, Republicans held 50 seats, while Democrats held 48 and the vice presidency, so sweeping both races was crucial for Democrats to attain a majority. They succeeded in doing so,[6] and the partisan balance in the Senate became tied for the third time in history, after the results in the 1880 elections and the 2000 elections.[7] [8] Vice President Kamala Harris's tie-breaking vote gave Democrats control of the chamber by the smallest margin possible after the new administration took office.[9]
This marked the first time since 1980 that either chamber of Congress flipped partisan control in a presidential election year, and the first time Democrats did so since 1948.[10]
| Parties | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Democratic | Independent | Republican | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last elections (2018) | 45 | 2 | 53 | 100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Before these elections | 45 | 2 | 53 | 100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Not up | 33 | 2 | 30 | 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| < | -- Gap for "Not up" --> | Class 1 (2018→2024) | 21 | 2 | 10 | 33 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Class 3 (2016→2022) | 12 | — | 20 | 32 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Up | 12 | — | 23 | 35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| < | -- Gap for "Up" (ALL the 2020 elections!)--> | Class 2 (2014→2020) | 12 | — | 21 | 33 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Special: Class 3 | — | — | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Regular elections | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Incumbent retired | 1 | — | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | — | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| — | — | — | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | — | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Incumbent ran | 11 | — | 18 | 29 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | — | 16 | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Democrat replaced by 1 Republican 2 Republicans replaced by 2 Democrats | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Special elections | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| < | -- Gap for "Up" (ALL the 2020 elections!)--> | Appointee ran | — | — | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 Republicans replaced by 2 Democrats | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Result | 48 | 2 | 50 | 100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| scope=col colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Parties | scope=col rowspan=2 | Votes | scope=col rowspan=2 | % | scope=col colspan=5 | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total before | Up | Won | Total after | +/- | |||||
| bgcolor=#DC241f | Republican | 49.29 | 53 | 23 | 20 | 50 | 3 | ||
| Democratic | 47.03 | 45 | 12 | 15 | 48 | 3 | |||
| bgcolor=#FED105 | Libertarian | 1.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| bgcolor=#17aa5c | Green | 0.32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| bgcolor=#A356DE | Constitution | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| bgcolor=#9999FF | Independent | 0.32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE | Other parties | 0.98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| bgcolor=#FFFFFF | Write-in | 0.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| align=left colspan=2 | Total | 100.00 | 100 | 35 | 35 | 100 | |||
Republicans defended 23 seats, while Democrats defended 12. Each block represents one of the 100 Senate seats. "D#" is a Democratic senator, "I#" is an independent senator, and "R#" is a Republican senator. They are arranged so that the parties are separated, and a majority is clear by crossing the middle.
Each block indicates an incumbent senator's actions going into the election. Both Independents caucus with the Democrats.
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After the January 5, 2021 runoff elections in Georgia.
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Several sites and individuals published predictions of competitive seats. These predictions looked at factors such as the strength of the incumbent (if the incumbent was running for re-election) and the other candidates, and the state's partisan lean (reflected in part by the state's Cook Partisan Voting Index rating). The predictions assigned ratings to each seat, indicating the predicted advantage that a party had in winning that seat. Most election predictors used:
| Constituency | Incumbent | 2020 election ratings | |||||||||||||||||||
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| State | PVI | Senator | data-sort-type="number" | Last election | Cook | IE | Sabato | Daily Kos | Politico | RCP | DDHQ | 538 | Economist | Result[12] | |||||||
| Alabama | data-sort-value="114" | R+14 | data-sort-value="Jones, Doug" | Doug Jones | data-sort-value="-50.0" | 50.0% D | data-sort-value="60.1" | Tuberville (60.1%) | |||||||||||||
| Alaska | data-sort-value="109" | R+9 | data-sort-value="Sullivan, Dan" | Dan Sullivan | data-sort-value="48.0" | 48.0% R | data-sort-value="54.3" | Sullivan (54.3%) | |||||||||||||
| Arizona | data-sort-value="105" | R+5 | data-sort-value="McSally, Martha" | Martha McSally | data-sort-value="0" | Appointed | data-sort-value="-51.2" | Kelly (51.2%) | |||||||||||||
| Arkansas | data-sort-value="115" | R+15 | data-sort-value="Cotton, Tom" | Tom Cotton | data-sort-value="56.5" | 56.5% R | data-sort-value="66.6" | Cotton (66.6%) | |||||||||||||
| Colorado | data-sort-value="099" | D+1 | data-sort-value="Gardner, Cory" | Cory Gardner | data-sort-value="48.2" | 48.2% R | data-sort-value="-53.5" | Hickenlooper (53.5%) | |||||||||||||
| Delaware | data-sort-value="094" | D+6 | data-sort-value="Coons, Chris" | Chris Coons | data-sort-value="-55.8" | 55.8% D | data-sort-value="-59.4" | Coons (59.4%) | |||||||||||||
| Georgia | data-sort-value="105" | R+5 | data-sort-value="Perdue, David" | David Perdue | data-sort-value="52.9" | 52.9% R | data-sort-value="-50.6" | Ossoff (50.6%) | |||||||||||||
| Georgia | data-sort-value="105" | R+5 | data-sort-value="Loeffler, Kelly" | Kelly Loeffler | data-sort-value="0" | Appointed | data-sort-value="-51.0" | Warnock (51.0%) | |||||||||||||
| Idaho | data-sort-value="119" | R+19 | data-sort-value="Risch, Jim" | Jim Risch | data-sort-value="65.3" | 65.3% R | data-sort-value="62.6" | Risch (62.6%) | |||||||||||||
| Illinois | data-sort-value="093" | D+7 | data-sort-value="Durbin, Dick" | Dick Durbin | data-sort-value="-53.5" | 53.5% D | data-sort-value="-54.6" | Durbin (54.6%) | |||||||||||||
| Iowa | data-sort-value="103" | R+3 | data-sort-value="Ernst, Joni" | Joni Ernst | data-sort-value="52.1" | 52.1% R | data-sort-value="51.8" | Ernst (51.8%) | |||||||||||||
| Kansas | data-sort-value="113" | R+13 | data-sort-value="Roberts, Pat" | Pat Roberts | data-sort-value="53.1" | 53.1% R | data-sort-value="53.5" | Marshall (53.5%) | |||||||||||||
| Kentucky | data-sort-value="115" | R+15 | data-sort-value="McConnell, Mitch" | Mitch McConnell | data-sort-value="56.2" | 56.2% R | data-sort-value="57.8" | McConnell (57.8%) | |||||||||||||
| Louisiana | data-sort-value="111" | R+11 | data-sort-value="Cassidy, Bill" | Bill Cassidy | data-sort-value="55.9" | 55.9% R | data-sort-value="59.3" | Cassidy (59.3%) | |||||||||||||
| Maine | data-sort-value="097" | D+3 | data-sort-value="Collins, Susan" | Susan Collins | data-sort-value="68.5" | 68.5% R | data-sort-value="50.6" | Collins (51.0%) | |||||||||||||
| Massachusetts | data-sort-value="088" | D+12 | data-sort-value="Markey, Ed" | Ed Markey | data-sort-value="-61.9" | 61.9% D | data-sort-value="-65.8" | Markey (65.8%) | |||||||||||||
| Michigan | data-sort-value="099" | D+1 | data-sort-value="Peters, Gary" | Gary Peters | data-sort-value="-54.6" | 54.6% D | data-sort-value="-50.1" | Peters (49.9%) | |||||||||||||
| Minnesota | data-sort-value="099" | D+1 | data-sort-value="Smith, Tina" | Tina Smith | data-sort-value="-53.0" | 53.0% D | data-sort-value="-48.8" | Smith (48.8%) | |||||||||||||
| Mississippi | data-sort-value="109" | R+9 | data-sort-value="Hyde-Smith, Cindy" | Cindy Hyde-Smith | data-sort-value="53.6" | 53.6% R | data-sort-value="55.3" | Hyde-Smith (55.3%) | |||||||||||||
| Montana | data-sort-value="111" | R+11 | data-sort-value="Daines, Steve" | Steve Daines | data-sort-value="57.9" | 57.9% R | data-sort-value="55.0" | Daines (55.0%) | |||||||||||||
| Nebraska | data-sort-value="114" | R+14 | data-sort-value="Sasse, Ben" | Ben Sasse | data-sort-value="64.5" | 64.5% R | data-sort-value="64.7" | Sasse (64.7%) | |||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | data-sort-value="093" | D+1 | data-sort-value="Shaheen, Jeanne" | Jeanne Shaheen | data-sort-value="-51.5" | 51.5% D | data-sort-value="-56.7" | Shaheen (56.7%) | |||||||||||||
| New Jersey | data-sort-value="093" | D+7 | data-sort-value="Booker, Cory" | Cory Booker | data-sort-value="-55.8" | 55.8% D | data-sort-value="-56.9" | Booker (56.9%) | |||||||||||||
| New Mexico | data-sort-value="097" | D+3 | data-sort-value="Udall, Tom" | Tom Udall | data-sort-value="-55.6" | 55.6% D | data-sort-value="-51.7" | Luján (51.7%) | |||||||||||||
| North Carolina | data-sort-value="103" | R+3 | data-sort-value="Tillis, Thom" | Thom Tillis | data-sort-value="48.8" | 48.8% R | data-sort-value="48.7" | Tillis (48.7%) | |||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | data-sort-value="120" | R+20 | data-sort-value="Inhofe, Jim" | Jim Inhofe | data-sort-value="68.0" | 68.0% R | data-sort-value="62.9" | Inhofe (62.9%) | |||||||||||||
| Oregon | data-sort-value="095" | D+5 | data-sort-value="Merkley, Jeff" | Jeff Merkley | data-sort-value="-55.7" | 55.7% D | data-sort-value="-57.0" | Merkley (57.0%) | |||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | data-sort-value="090" | D+10 | data-sort-value="Reed, Jack" | Jack Reed | data-sort-value="-70.6" | 70.6% D | data-sort-value="-66.5" | Reed (66.5%) | |||||||||||||
| South Carolina | data-sort-value="108" | R+8 | data-sort-value="Graham, Lindsey" | Lindsey Graham | data-sort-value="55.3" | 55.3% R | data-sort-value="54.5" | Graham (54.5%) | |||||||||||||
| South Dakota | data-sort-value="114" | R+14 | data-sort-value="Rounds, Mike" | Mike Rounds | data-sort-value="50.4" | 50.4% R | data-sort-value="65.7" | Rounds (65.7%) | |||||||||||||
| Tennessee | data-sort-value="114" | R+14 | data-sort-value="Alexander, Lamar" | Lamar Alexander | data-sort-value="61.9" | 61.9% R | data-sort-value="62.1" | Hagerty (62.1%) | |||||||||||||
| Texas | data-sort-value="108" | R+8 | data-sort-value="Cornyn, John" | John Cornyn | data-sort-value="61.6" | 61.6% R | data-sort-value="53.6" | Cornyn (53.6%) | |||||||||||||
| Virginia | data-sort-value="099" | D+1 | data-sort-value="Warner, Mark" | Mark Warner | data-sort-value="-49.1" | 49.1% D | data-sort-value="-56.0" | Warner (56.0%) | |||||||||||||
| West Virginia | data-sort-value="119" | R+19 | data-sort-value="Capito, Shelley Moore" | Shelley Moore Capito | data-sort-value="62.1" | 62.1% R | data-sort-value="70.3" | Capito (70.3%) | |||||||||||||
| Wyoming | data-sort-value="125" | R+25 | data-sort-value="Enzi, Mike" | Mike Enzi | data-sort-value="72.2" | 72.2% R | data-sort-value="73.1" | Lummis (73.1%) | |||||||||||||
| Overall< | --Coo--> | D – 48 R – 45 7 tossups | D – 50 R – 47 3 tossups | D – 50 R – 48 2 tossups | D – 48 R – 47 5 tossups | D – 48 R – 47 5 tossups | D – 45 R – 46 9 tossups | D – 50 R – 47 3 tossups | D – 50 R – 47 3 tossups | D – 50 R – 47 3 tossups | Results: D – 50 R – 50 | ||||||||||
| State | Filing deadline for major party candidates | Filing deadline for write-in candidates in major party primaries | Primary election | Primary run-off | Filing deadline for minor party and unaffiliated candidates | Filing deadline for minor party and unaffiliated write-in candidates | General election | Poll closing | |||||||||
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| Alabama | data-sort-value="November 8, 2019" | November 8, 2019 | data-sort-value="December 31, 2020" | Ineligible | data-sort-value="March 3, 2020" | March 3, 2020 | data-sort-value="July 14, 2020" | July 14, 2020 | data-sort-value="March 3, 2020" | March 3, 2020 | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value=2000 | 8:00pm | |
| Alaska | data-sort-value="June 1, 2020" | June 1, 2020 | data-sort-value="December 31, 2020" | Ineligible | data-sort-value="August 18, 2020" | August 18, 2020 | data-sort-value="December 31, 2020 | N/A | data-sort-value="August 18, 2020" | August 18, 2020 | data-sort-value="October 29, 2020" | October 29, 2020 | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value=2500 | 1:00am | |
| Arizona (special) | data-sort-value="April 6, 2020" | April 6, 2020 | data-sort-value="June 25, 2020" | June 25, 2020 | data-sort-value="August 4, 2020" | August 4, 2020 | data-sort-value="December 31, 2020" | N/A | data-sort-value="April 6, 2020" | April 6, 2020 | data-sort-value="September 24, 2020" | September 24, 2020 | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value=2100 | 9:00pm | |
| Arkansas | data-sort-value="November 11, 2019" | November 11, 2019 | data-sort-value="December 31, 2020" | Ineligible | data-sort-value="March 3, 2020" | March 3, 2020 | data-sort-value="March 31, 2020" | Not necessary | data-sort-value="May 1, 2020" | May 1, 2020 | data-sort-value="August 5, 2020" | August 5, 2020 | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value=2030 | 8:30pm | |
| Colorado | data-sort-value="March 17, 2020" | March 17, 2020 | data-sort-value="April 24, 2020" | April 24, 2020 | data-sort-value="June 30, 2020" | June 30, 2020 | data-sort-value="December 31, 2020" | N/A | data-sort-value="July 9, 2020" | July 9, 2020 | data-sort-value="July 16, 2020" | July 16, 2020 | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value=2100 | 9:00pm | |
| Delaware | data-sort-value="July 14, 2020" | July 14, 2020 | data-sort-value="December 31, 2020" | Ineligible | data-sort-value="September 15, 2020" | September 15, 2020 | data-sort-value="December 31, 2020" | N/A | data-sort-value="September 1, 2020" | September 1, 2020 | data-sort-value="September 20, 2020" | September 20, 2020 | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value=2000 | 8:00pm | |
| Georgia (regular) | data-sort-value="March 6, 2020" | March 6, 2020 | data-sort-value="December 31, 2020" | Ineligible | data-sort-value="June 9, 2020" | June 9, 2020 | data-sort-value="August 11, 2020" | Not necessary | data-sort-value="August 14, 2020" | August 14, 2020 | data-sort-value="September 7, 2020" | September 7, 2020 | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value=1900 | 7:00pm | |
| Georgia (special) | data-sort-value="March 6, 2020" | March 6, 2020 | data-sort-value="December 31, 2020" | Ineligible | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value="December 31, 2020" | N/A | data-sort-value="August 14, 2020" | August 14, 2020 | data-sort-value="September 7, 2020" | September 7, 2020 | data-sort-value="January 5, 2021" | January 5, 2021 | data-sort-value=2100 | 9:00pm | |
| Idaho | data-sort-value="March 13, 2020" | March 13, 2020 | data-sort-value="May 5, 2020" | May 5, 2020 | data-sort-value="June 2, 2020" | June 2, 2020 | data-sort-value="December 31, 2020" | N/A | data-sort-value="March 13, 2020" | March 13, 2020 | data-sort-value="October 6, 2020" | October 6, 2020 | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value=2200 | 10:00pm | |
| Illinois | data-sort-value="December 2, 2019" | December 2, 2019 | data-sort-value="January 2, 2020" | January 2, 2020 | data-sort-value="March 17, 2020" | March 17, 2020 | data-sort-value="December 31, 2020" | N/A | data-sort-value="July 20, 2020" | July 20, 2020 | data-sort-value="September 3, 2020" | September 3, 2020 | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value=2000 | 8:00pm | |
| Iowa | data-sort-value="March 13, 2020" | March 13, 2020 | data-sort-value="June 2, 2020" | June 2, 2020 | data-sort-value="June 2, 2020" | June 2, 2020 | data-sort-value="June 14, 2020" | Not necessary | data-sort-value="March 13, 2020" | March 13, 2020 | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value=2200 | 10:00pm | |
| Kansas | data-sort-value="June 1, 2020" | June 1, 2020 | data-sort-value="August 4, 2020" | Not necessary | data-sort-value="August 4, 2020" | August 4, 2020 | data-sort-value="December 31, 2020" | N/A | data-sort-value="August 3, 2020" | August 3, 2020 | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value=2100 | 9:00pm | |
| Kentucky | data-sort-value="January 10, 2020" | January 10, 2020 | data-sort-value="December 31, 2020" | Ineligible | data-sort-value="June 23, 2020" | June 23, 2020 | data-sort-value="December 31, 2020" | N/A | data-sort-value="June 2, 2020" | June 2, 2020 | data-sort-value="October 23, 2020" | October 23, 2020 | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value=1900 | 7:00pm | |
| Louisiana | data-sort-value="July 24, 2020" | July 24, 2020 | data-sort-value="December 31, 2020" | Ineligible | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value="December 31, 2020" | N/A | data-sort-value="July 24, 2020" | July 24, 2020 | data-sort-value="December 31, 2020" | Ineligible | data-sort-value="December 5, 2020" | Not necessary | data-sort-value=2100 | 9:00pm | |
| Maine | data-sort-value="March 16, 2020" | March 16, 2020 | data-sort-value="April 10, 2020" | April 10, 2020 | data-sort-value="July 14, 2020" | July 14, 2020 | data-sort-value="December 31, 2020" | N/A | data-sort-value="June 1, 2020" | June 1, 2020 | data-sort-value="September 4, 2020" | September 4, 2020 | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value=2000 | 8:00pm | |
| Massachusetts | data-sort-value="May 5, 2020" | May 5, 2020 | data-sort-value="September 1, 2020" | September 1, 2020 | data-sort-value="September 1, 2020" | September 1, 2020 | data-sort-value="December 31, 2020" | N/A | data-sort-value="August 25, 2020" | August 25, 2020 | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value=2000 | 8:00pm | |
| Michigan | data-sort-value="May 8, 2020" | May 8, 2020 | data-sort-value="July 24, 2020" | July 24, 2020 | data-sort-value="August 4, 2020" | August 4, 2020 | data-sort-value="December 31, 2020" | N/A | data-sort-value="August 4, 2020" | August 4, 2020 | data-sort-value="October 23, 2020" | October 23, 2020 | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value=2000 | 8:00pm | |
| Minnesota | data-sort-value="June 2, 2020" | June 2, 2020 | data-sort-value="May 19, 2020" | May 19, 2020 | data-sort-value="August 11, 2020" | August 11, 2020 | data-sort-value="December 31, 2020" | N/A | data-sort-value="June 2, 2020" | June 2, 2020 | data-sort-value="October 27, 2020" | October 27, 2020 | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value=2100 | 9:00pm | |
| Mississippi | data-sort-value="January 10, 2020" | January 10, 2020 | data-sort-value="March 10, 2020" | Not necessary | data-sort-value="March 10, 2020" | March 10, 2020 | data-sort-value="March 31, 2020" | Not necessary | data-sort-value="January 10, 2020" | January 10, 2020 | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value=2000 | 8:00pm | |
| Montana | data-sort-value="March 9, 2020" | March 9, 2020 | data-sort-value="April 8, 2020" | April 8, 2020 | data-sort-value="June 2, 2020" | June 2, 2020 | data-sort-value="December 31, 2020" | N/A | data-sort-value="June 1, 2020" | June 1, 2020 | data-sort-value="September 9, 2020" | September 9, 2020 | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value=2200 | 10:00pm | |
| Nebraska | data-sort-value="March 2, 2020" | March 2, 2020 | data-sort-value="May 1, 2020" | May 1, 2020 | data-sort-value="May 12, 2020" | May 12, 2020 | data-sort-value="December 31, 2020" | N/A | data-sort-value="August 3, 2020" | August 3, 2020 | data-sort-value="October 23, 2020" | October 23, 2020 | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value=2100 | 9:00pm | |
| New Hampshire | data-sort-value="June 12, 2020" | June 12, 2020 | data-sort-value="September 8, 2020" | September 8, 2020 | data-sort-value="September 8, 2020" | September 8, 2020 | data-sort-value="December 31, 2020" | N/A | data-sort-value="September 2, 2020" | September 2, 2020 | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value=2000 | 8:00pm | |
| New Jersey | data-sort-value="March 30, 2020" | March 30, 2020 | data-sort-value="July 7, 2020" | July 7, 2020 | data-sort-value="July 7, 2020" | July 7, 2020 | data-sort-value="December 31, 2020" | N/A | data-sort-value="July 7, 2020" | July 7, 2020 | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value=2000 | 8:00pm | |
| New Mexico | data-sort-value="March 10, 2020" | March 10, 2020 | data-sort-value="March 17, 2020" | March 17, 2020 | data-sort-value="June 2, 2020" | June 2, 2020 | data-sort-value="December 31, 2020" | N/A | data-sort-value="June 25, 2020" | June 25, 2020 | data-sort-value="June 26, 2020" | June 26, 2020 | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value=2100 | 9:00pm | |
| North Carolina | data-sort-value="December 20, 2019" | December 20, 2019 | data-sort-value="December 31, 2020" | Ineligible | data-sort-value="March 3, 2020" | March 3, 2020 | data-sort-value="June 23, 2020" | Not necessary | data-sort-value="March 3, 2020" | March 3, 2020 | data-sort-value="July 21, 2020" | July 21, 2020 | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value=1930 | 7:30pm | |
| Oklahoma | data-sort-value="April 10, 2020" | April 10, 2020 | data-sort-value="December 31, 2020" | Ineligible | data-sort-value="June 30, 2020" | June 30, 2020 | data-sort-value="August 25, 2020" | Not necessary | data-sort-value="April 10, 2020" | April 10, 2020 | data-sort-value="December 31, 2020" | Ineligible | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value=2000 | 8:00pm | |
| Oregon | data-sort-value="March 10, 2020" | March 10, 2020 | data-sort-value="May 19, 2020" | May 19, 2020 | data-sort-value="May 19, 2020" | May 19, 2020 | data-sort-value="December 31, 2020" | N/A | data-sort-value="August 25, 2020" | August 25, 2020 | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value=2200 | 10:00pm | |
| Rhode Island | data-sort-value="June 24, 2020" | June 24, 2020 | data-sort-value="September 8, 2020" | September 8, 2020 | data-sort-value="September 8, 2020" | September 8, 2020 | data-sort-value="December 31, 2020" | N/A | data-sort-value="June 24, 2020" | June 24, 2020 | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value=2000 | 8:00pm | |
| South Carolina | data-sort-value="March 30, 2020" | March 30, 2020 | data-sort-value="December 31, 2020" | Ineligible | data-sort-value="June 9, 2020" | June 9, 2020 | data-sort-value="June 23, 2020" | Not necessary | data-sort-value="July 20, 2020" | July 20, 2020 | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value=1900 | 7:00pm | |
| South Dakota | data-sort-value="March 31, 2020" | March 31, 2020 | data-sort-value="December 31, 2020" | Ineligible | data-sort-value="June 2, 2020" | June 2, 2020 | data-sort-value="August 11, 2020" | Not necessary | data-sort-value="April 28, 2020" | April 28, 2020 | data-sort-value="December 31, 2020" | Ineligible | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value=2000 | 8:00pm | |
| Tennessee | data-sort-value="April 2, 2020" | April 2, 2020 | data-sort-value="June 17, 2020" | June 17, 2020 | data-sort-value="August 6, 2020" | August 6, 2020 | data-sort-value="December 31, 2020" | N/A | data-sort-value="April 2, 2020" | April 2, 2020 | data-sort-value="September 14, 2020" | September 14, 2020 | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value=2000 | 8:00pm | |
| Texas | data-sort-value="December 9, 2019" | December 9, 2019 | data-sort-value="December 31, 2020" | Ineligible | data-sort-value="March 3, 2020" | March 3, 2020 | data-sort-value="July 14, 2020" | July 14, 2020 | data-sort-value="August 13, 2020" | August 13, 2020 | data-sort-value="August 17, 2020" | August 17, 2020 | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value=2000 | 8:00pm | |
| Virginia | data-sort-value="March 26, 2020" | March 26, 2020 | data-sort-value="December 31, 2020" | Ineligible | data-sort-value="June 23, 2020" | June 23, 2020 | data-sort-value="December 31, 2020" | N/A | data-sort-value="June 23, 2020" | June 23, 2020 | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value=1900 | 7:00pm | |
| West Virginia | data-sort-value="January 25, 2020" | January 25, 2020 | data-sort-value="December 31, 2020" | Ineligible | data-sort-value="June 9, 2020" | June 9, 2020 | data-sort-value="December 31, 2020" | N/A | data-sort-value="July 31, 2020" | July 31, 2020 | data-sort-value="September 15, 2020" | September 15, 2020 | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value=1930 | 7:30pm | |
| Wyoming | data-sort-value="May 29, 2020" | May 29, 2020 | data-sort-value="August 18, 2020" | August 18, 2020 | data-sort-value="August 18, 2020" | August 18, 2020 | data-sort-value="December 31, 2020" | N/A | data-sort-value="August 25, 2020" | August 25, 2020 | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value="November 3, 2020" | November 3, 2020 | data-sort-value=2100 | 9:00pm |
One Democrat and three Republicans retired instead of seeking re-election.
| State | Senator | Replaced by | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | [13] | |||||
| New Mexico | [14] | |||||
| Tennessee | [15] | |||||
| Wyoming | [16] |
One Democrat and four Republicans sought re-election but lost in the general election, that included two interim appointees who also sought elections to finish the terms.
One Democrat resigned shortly after the start of the 117th Congress and was replaced by Democratic appointee.
In each special election, the winner's term begins immediately after their election is certified by their state's government.
Elections are sorted by date then state.
| State | Incumbent | Results | Candidates | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator | Party | Electoral history | ||||||||
| Arizona (Class 3) | data-sort-value="McSally Martha" | Martha McSally | Republican | data-sort-value=2019 | 2019 | Interim appointee lost election. New senator elected November 3, 2020. Democratic gain. Winner seated December 2, 2020. | nowrap | |||
| Georgia (Class 3) | Kelly Loeffler | Republican | data-sort-value=2020 | 2020 | Interim appointee lost election. New senator elected January 5, 2021. Democratic gain. Winner delayed term until January 20, 2021, to the start of Biden administration. | nowrap | ||||
In each general election, the winner is elected for the term beginning January 3, 2021.
| State | Incumbent | Results | Candidates | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator | Party | Electoral history | |||||||||
| Alabama | data-sort-value="Jones, Doug" | Doug Jones | Democratic | data-sort-value=2017 | 2017 | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain. | nowrap | ||||
| Alaska | data-sort-value="Sullivan, Dan" | Dan Sullivan | Republican | data-sort-value=2014 | 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | ||||
| Arkansas | data-sort-value="Cotton, Tom" | Tom Cotton | Republican | data-sort-value=2014 | 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | ||||
| Colorado | data-sort-value="Gardner, Cory" | Cory Gardner | Republican | data-sort-value=2014 | 2014 | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain. | nowrap | ||||
| Delaware | data-sort-value="Coons, Chris" | Chris Coons | Democratic | data-sort-value=2010 | 2010 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | ||||
| Georgia | data-sort-value="Perdue, David" | David Perdue | Republican | data-sort-value=2014 | 2014 | Incumbent term expired but lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain. Winner delayed term until January 20, 2021, to the start of Biden administration. | nowrap | ||||
| Idaho | data-sort-value="Risch, Jim" | Jim Risch | Republican | data-sort-value=2008 | 2008 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | ||||
| Illinois | data-sort-value="Durbin, Dick" | Dick Durbin | Democratic | data-sort-value=1996 | 1996 2002 2008 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | ||||
| Iowa | data-sort-value="Ernst, Joni" | Joni Ernst | Republican | data-sort-value=2014 | 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | ||||
| Kansas | data-sort-value="Roberts, Pat" | Pat Roberts | Republican | data-sort-value=1996 | 1996 2002 2008 2014 | Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold. | nowrap | ||||
| Kentucky | data-sort-value="McConnell, Mitch" | Mitch McConnell | Republican | data-sort-value=1984 | 1984 1990 1996 2002 2008 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | ||||
| Louisiana | data-sort-value="Cassidy, Bill" | Bill Cassidy | Republican | data-sort-value=2014 | 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | ||||
| Maine | data-sort-value="Collins, Susan" | Susan Collins | Republican | data-sort-value=1996 | 1996 2002 2008 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | ||||
| Massachusetts | data-sort-value="Markey, Ed" | Ed Markey | Democratic | data-sort-value=2013 | 2013 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | ||||
| Michigan | data-sort-value="Peters, Gary" | Gary Peters | Democratic | data-sort-value=2014 | 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | ||||
| Minnesota | data-sort-value="Smith, Tina" | Tina Smith | DFL | data-sort-value=2018 | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. | |||||
| Mississippi | data-sort-value="Hyde-Smith, Cindy" | Cindy Hyde-Smith | Republican | data-sort-value=2018 | 2018 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | ||||
| Montana | data-sort-value="Daines, Steve" | Steve Daines | Republican | data-sort-value=2014 | 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | ||||
| Nebraska | data-sort-value="Sasse, Ben" | Ben Sasse | Republican | data-sort-value=2014 | 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | ||||
| New Hampshire | data-sort-value="Shaheen, Jeanne" | Jeanne Shaheen | Democratic | data-sort-value=2008 | 2008 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | ||||
| New Jersey | data-sort-value="Booker, Cory" | Cory Booker | Democratic | data-sort-value=2013 | 2013 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | ||||
| New Mexico | data-sort-value="Udall, Tom" | Tom Udall | Democratic | data-sort-value=2008 | 2008 2014 | Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold. | nowrap | ||||
| North Carolina | data-sort-value="Tillis, Thom" | Thom Tillis | Republican | data-sort-value=2014 | 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | ||||
| Oklahoma | data-sort-value="Inhofe, Jim" | Jim Inhofe | Republican | data-sort-value=1994 | 1994 1996 2002 2008 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | ||||
| Oregon | data-sort-value="Merkley, Jeff" | Jeff Merkley | Democratic | data-sort-value=2008 | 2008 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | ||||
| Rhode Island | data-sort-value="Reed, Jack" | Jack Reed | Democratic | data-sort-value=1996 | 1996 2002 2008 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | ||||
| South Carolina | data-sort-value="Graham, Lindsey" | Lindsey Graham | Republican | data-sort-value=2002 | 2002 2008 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | ||||
| South Dakota | data-sort-value="Rounds, Mike" | Mike Rounds | Republican | data-sort-value=2014 | 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | ||||
| Tennessee | data-sort-value="Alexander, Lamar" | Lamar Alexander | Republican | data-sort-value=2002 | 2002 2008 2014 | Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold. | nowrap | ||||
| Texas | data-sort-value="Cornyn, John" | John Cornyn | Republican | data-sort-value=2002 | 2002 2002 2008 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | ||||
| Virginia | data-sort-value="Warner, Mark" | Mark Warner | Democratic | data-sort-value=2008 | 2008 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | ||||
| West Virginia | data-sort-value="Capito, Shelley Moore" | Shelley Moore Capito | Republican | data-sort-value=2014 | 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | ||||
| Wyoming | data-sort-value="Enzi, Mike" | Mike Enzi | Republican | data-sort-value=1996 | 1996 2002 2008 2014 | Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold. | nowrap | ||||
12 races had a margin of victory under 10%:
| State | Party of winner | Margin | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia (regular) | data-sort-value=-0.5 | Democratic (flip) | 1.23% | |
| Michigan | data-sort-value=-1 | Democratic | 1.68% | |
| North Carolina | data-sort-value=1 | Republican | 1.75% | |
| Georgia (special) | data-sort-value=-0.5 | Democratic (flip) | 2.08% | |
| Arizona (special) | data-sort-value=-0.5 | Democratic (flip) | 2.35% | |
| Minnesota | data-sort-value=-1 | Democratic | 5.24% | |
| New Mexico | data-sort-value=-1 | Democratic | 6.11% | |
| Iowa | data-sort-value=1 | Republican | 6.59% | |
| Maine | data-sort-value=1 | Republican | 8.59% | |
| Colorado | data-sort-value=-0.5 | Democratic (flip) | 9.32% | |
| Texas | data-sort-value=1 | Republican | 9.64% | |
| Mississippi | data-sort-value=1 | Republican | 9.97% |
| Election Name: | Alabama election |
| Country: | Alabama |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2017 United States Senate special election in Alabama |
| Previous Year: | 2017 (special) |
| Next Election: | 2026 United States Senate election in Alabama |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Image1: | Tommy_Tuberville_117th_Congress_Portrait.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Tommy Tuberville |
| Party1: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,392,076 |
| Percentage1: | 60.1% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| Nominee2: | Doug Jones |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 920,478 |
| Percentage2: | 39.7% |
| U.S. senator | |
| Before Election: | Doug Jones |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
| After Election: | Tommy Tuberville |
| After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
See main article: 2020 United States Senate election in Alabama.
See also: List of United States senators from Alabama and 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama.
Incumbent Democrat Doug Jones was elected in a special election in 2017, narrowly defeating Republican nominee Roy Moore. He ran for a full term in 2020, losing to Republican Tommy Tuberville in a landslide.
Tuberville is a former football head coach for Auburn University. He defeated former senator and attorney general Jeff Sessions in a July 14 run-off to secure the Republican nomination, after securing President Donald Trump's endorsement. Sessions occupied the seat until 2017 when he resigned to become attorney general in the Trump administration.
Alabama is one of the country's most Republican states, and Jones's win was in part due to sexual assault allegations against nominee Roy Moore during the special election; most analysts expected the seat to flip back to GOP control. Tuberville defeated Jones by more than 20 percentage points.
| Election Name: | Alaska election |
| Country: | Alaska |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 United States Senate election in Alaska |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2026 United States Senate election in Alaska |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Image1: | Senator Dan Sullivan official (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Dan Sullivan |
| Party1: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 191,112 |
| Percentage1: | 53.90% |
| Nominee2: | Al Gross |
| Party2: | Independent |
| Popular Vote2: | 146,068 |
| Percentage2: | 41.19% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| U.S. senator | |
| Before Election: | Dan Sullivan |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
| After Election: | Dan Sullivan |
| After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
See main article: 2020 United States Senate election in Alaska.
See also: List of United States senators from Alaska and 2020 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska.
One-term Republican Dan Sullivan was elected in 2014, defeating incumbent Democrat Mark Begich. He defeated independent challenger Al Gross to win a second term in office.
Potential Democratic candidates included Begich, who was the Democratic nominee for governor of Alaska in 2018, and Anchorage mayor Ethan Berkowitz, who was the Democratic nominee for governor of Alaska in 2010. One Democrat, Edgar Blatchford, filed to run by the June 1 filing deadline.
Gross, an orthopedic surgeon and fisherman, declared his candidacy on July 2, 2019, as an independent. He participated in a joint primary for the Alaska Democratic Party, Alaska Libertarian Party and Alaskan Independence Party, winning the nomination as an independent supported by the Democratic Party.
Despite predictions of a close race, Sullivan defeated Gross by 12.7 percentage points.[17]
| Election Name: | Arizona special election |
| Country: | Arizona |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2016 United States Senate election in Arizona |
| Previous Year: | 2016 |
| Next Election: | 2022 United States Senate election in Arizona |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
| Image1: | SenatorKellyOfficialPhoto_(cropped_2).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Mark Kelly |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,716,467 |
| Percentage1: | 51.2% |
| Nominee2: | Martha McSally |
| Party2: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,637,661 |
| Percentage2: | 48.8% |
| Map Size: | 200px |
| U.S. senator | |
| Before Election: | Martha McSally |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
| After Election: | Mark Kelly |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
See main article: 2020 United States Senate special election in Arizona.
See also: List of United States senators from Arizona and 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona. Six-term Republican John McCain was re-elected in 2016, but died in office on August 25, 2018, after a battle with brain cancer. Republican governor Doug Ducey appointed former senator Jon Kyl to fill the seat temporarily. After Kyl stepped down at the end of the year, Ducey appointed outgoing U.S. Representative Martha McSally to replace him after she lost the election to the other Arizona senate seat. McSally ran in the 2020 special election to fill the remaining two years of the term, losing to Democrat Mark Kelly, a former astronaut.
Once a solidly Republican state, Arizona trended more purple in the late 2010s. Incumbent Republican Martha McSally was appointed to the late John McCain's seat two months after losing the 2018 Arizona U.S. Senate election to Democrat Kyrsten Sinema. Her Democratic opponent, astronaut Mark Kelly, raised significantly more money and generally led her by 5 to 15 points in the polling. McSally also suffered from low approval ratings due to her strong allegiance to Trump, who was unpopular in Arizona despite having won the state by 3.5 points in 2016.
| Election Name: | Arkansas election |
| Country: | Arkansas |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 United States Senate election in Arkansas |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2026 United States Senate election in Arkansas |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Image1: | Tom Cotton official Senate photo (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Tom Cotton |
| Party1: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 793,871 |
| Percentage1: | 66.5% |
| Nominee2: | Ricky Dale Harrington Jr. |
| Party2: | Libertarian Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 399,390 |
| Percentage2: | 33.5% |
| Map Size: | 200px |
| U.S. senator | |
| Before Election: | Tom Cotton |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
| After Election: | Tom Cotton |
| After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
See main article: 2020 United States Senate election in Arkansas.
See also: List of United States senators from Arkansas and 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas.
One-term Republican Tom Cotton was elected in 2014, after serving two years in the United States House of Representatives, defeating incumbent Democratic senator Mark Pryor by a comfortable margin. Cotton was re-elected to a second term by a 33-point margin, defeating Libertarian Ricky Dale Harrington Jr.[18]
Joshua Mahony, a non-profit executive and 2018 Democratic nominee for Congress in Arkansas's 3rd congressional district, filed to run for the Democratic nomination, but dropped out just after the filing deadline. No other Democrats filed within the filing deadline. Progressive activist Dan Whitfield ran as an independent, but suspended his campaign on October 1, 2020, after failing to qualify for the ballot.
| Election Name: | Colorado election |
| Country: | Colorado |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 United States Senate election in Colorado |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2026 United States Senate election in Colorado |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Image1: | John_Hickenlooper,_official_portrait,_117th_Congress (cropped).jpeg |
| Nominee1: | John Hickenlooper |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,731,114 |
| Percentage1: | 53.5% |
| Nominee2: | Cory Gardner |
| Party2: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,429,492 |
| Percentage2: | 44.2% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| U.S. senator | |
| Before Election: | Cory Gardner |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
| After Election: | John Hickenlooper |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
See main article: 2020 United States Senate election in Colorado.
See also: List of United States senators from Colorado and 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado.
One-term Republican Cory Gardner was elected in 2014 after serving four years in the United States House of Representatives, narrowly defeating one-term Democrat Mark Udall. Gardner sought a second term but lost to Democrat John Hickenlooper by 9.3 percentage points.
Hickenlooper is a popular former governor of Colorado, and led Gardner by as much as 20 percentage points in polls, with most pundits considering him a heavy favorite. Gardner was Colorado's only Republican statewide officeholder, and the once purple state has trended increasingly Democratic since his narrow win in 2014. Gardner also had low approval ratings due to his strong allegiance to Trump, who lost Colorado in 2016 to Hillary Clinton by 4.9%, and in 2020 to Joe Biden by 13.5%. Hickenlooper also raised significantly more money than Gardner.
| Election Name: | Delaware election |
| Country: | Delaware |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 United States Senate election in Delaware |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2026 United States Senate election in Delaware |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Image1: | Chris Coons, official portrait, 112th Congress (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Chris Coons |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 291,804 |
| Percentage1: | 59.4% |
| Nominee2: | Lauren Witzke |
| Party2: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 186,054 |
| Percentage2: | 37.9% |
| Map Size: | 210px |
| U.S. senator | |
| Before Election: | Chris Coons |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
| After Election: | Chris Coons |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
See main article: 2020 United States Senate election in Delaware.
See also: List of United States senators from Delaware and 2020 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware.
One-term Democrat Chris Coons was re-elected in 2014; he first took office after winning a 2010 special election, which occurred after long-time senator Joe Biden resigned to become vice president of the United States (Biden also won the 2020 presidential election and became president). He faced an unsuccessful primary challenge from technology executive Jessica Scarane. Conservative activist Lauren Witzke and attorney Jim DeMartino ran for the Republican nomination.
The Delaware primary was held on September 15, 2020.
See also: List of United States senators from Georgia and 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia.
Due to Republican senator Johnny Isakson's resignation from office for health reasons in 2019, both of Georgia's Senate seats were up for election in November 2020.[19] The state had tilted Republican in Senate races since the mid-1990s, but increased support for Democrats in populous suburbs has made office elections more competitive; a close governor's race, multiple close U.S. House races, and many other close local office races resulted in Democratic gains in 2018 elections. Both the regular and special election were considered highly competitive toss-ups.[20] Both of these elections received national attention, as if Republicans won at least one of these seats, they would maintain a Senate majority, but if the Democrats won both, the Senate would be split 50/50 with Vice President Kamala Harris breaking the tie.
| Election Name: | 2020–21 United States Senate election in Georgia |
| Country: | Georgia (U.S. state) |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 United States Senate election in Georgia |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2026 United States Senate election in Georgia |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Election Date: | November 3, 2020 (first round) January 5, 2021 (runoff) |
| Turnout: | 65.4% (first round) 61.5% (runoff) |
| 1Blank: | First round |
| 2Blank: | Runoff |
| Candidate2: | David Perdue |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| 1Data2: | 2,462,617 49.73% |
| 2Data2: | 2,214,979 49.39% |
| Image1: | Jon_Ossoff_Senate_Portrait_2021 (cropped).jpg |
| Candidate1: | Jon Ossoff |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| 1Data1: | 2,374,519 47.95% |
| 2Data1: | 2,269,923 50.61% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| U.S. Senator | |
| Before Election: | David Perdue |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Jon Ossoff |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
See main article: 2020–21 United States Senate election in Georgia. One-term Republican David Perdue was elected in 2014, and sought a second term.
Jon Ossoff, a former congressional candidate, documentary film producer, and investigative journalist, defeated former Columbus mayor Teresa Tomlinson and 2018 lieutenant governor nominee Sarah Riggs Amico in the Democratic primary to secure nomination. He faced incumbent Republican David Perdue in the November 3 election.
In the November election, no candidate received 50% or more of the total vote; per Georgia law, the election advanced to a run-off between the top two finishers, Ossoff and Perdue, on January 5, 2021. Ossoff was projected the winner on January 6,[21] and Perdue conceded on January 8.[22]
| Election Name: | 2020–21 United States Senate special election in Georgia |
| Country: | Georgia (U.S. state) |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2016 United States Senate election in Georgia |
| Previous Year: | 2016 |
| Next Election: | 2022 United States Senate election in Georgia |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
| Election Date: | November 3, 2020 (first round) January 5, 2021 (runoff) |
| Turnout: | 65.3% (first round) 59.7% (runoff) |
| 1Blank: | First round |
| 2Blank: | Runoff |
| Candidate1: | Raphael Warnock |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| 1Data1: | 1,617,035 32.90% |
| 2Data1: | 2,289,113 51.04% |
| Candidate2: | Kelly Loeffler |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| 1Data2: | 1,273,214 25.91% |
| 2Data2: | 2,195,841 48.96% |
| Candidate4: | Doug Collins |
| Party4: | Republican Party (United States) |
| 1Data4: | 980,454 19.95% |
| 2Data4: | Eliminated |
| Candidate5: | Deborah Jackson |
| Party5: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| 1Data5: | 324,118 6.59% |
| 2Data5: | Eliminated |
| U.S. Senator | |
| Before Election: | Kelly Loeffler |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Raphael Warnock |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
See main article: 2020–21 United States Senate special election in Georgia. Three-term senator Johnny Isakson announced on August 28, 2019, that he would resign from the Senate on December 31, 2019, citing health concerns. Georgia governor Brian Kemp appointed Republican Kelly Loeffler to replace Isakson until a special election could be held; Loeffler took office on January 6, 2020, and competed in the November 2020 election to retain her seat.
Other Republicans who ran for the seat included Wayne Johnson, former chief operating officer of the Office of Federal Student Aid, and four-term U.S. representative Doug Collins.
A "jungle primary" was held November 3, 2020, but no candidate won more than 50% of the vote, so a run-off election between the top two finishers, Loeffler and Democratic challenger Raphael Warnock, was held on January 5, 2021. Warnock defeated Loeffler, who initially refused to concede and vowed to challenge the outcome,[23] but conceded on January 7, after the storming of the U.S. Capitol.[24]
| Election Name: | Idaho election |
| Country: | Idaho |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 United States Senate election in Idaho |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2026 United States Senate election in Idaho |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Image1: | Jim Risch official portrait (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Jim Risch |
| Party1: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 537,446 |
| Percentage1: | 62.6% |
| Nominee2: | Paulette Jordan |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 285,864 |
| Percentage2: | 33.3% |
| Map Size: | 200x200px |
| U.S. senator | |
| Before Election: | Jim Risch |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
| After Election: | Jim Risch |
| After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
See main article: 2020 United States Senate election in Idaho.
See also: List of United States senators from Idaho and 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Idaho.
Two-term republican Jim Risch successfully ran for a third term in 2020, defeating Democrat Paulette Jordan in a landslide. Jordan is a former gubernatorial nominee and former Coeur d'Alene Tribal Councilwoman.
| Election Name: | Illinois election |
| Country: | Illinois |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 United States Senate election in Illinois |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2026 United States Senate election in Illinois |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Image1: | Dick Durbin October 2017 (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Dick Durbin |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 3,278,930 |
| Percentage1: | 54.9% |
| Nominee2: | Mark Curran |
| Party2: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 2,319,870 |
| Percentage2: | 38.9% |
| Map Size: | 170px |
| U.S. senator | |
| Before Election: | Dick Durbin |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
| After Election: | Dick Durbin |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
See main article: 2020 United States Senate election in Illinois.
See also: List of United States senators from Illinois and 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois. Four-term democrat and Senate minority whip Dick Durbin, easily won a fifth term in office, defeating Republican Mark Curran by a 16-point margin.
Curran served as sheriff of Lake County from 2006 to 2018 and won the Republican primary with 41.55% of the vote.
Antiwar activist Marilyn Jordan Lawlor and state representative Anne Stava-Murray briefly challenged Durbin in the Democratic primary, but both ended up withdrawing.
2019 Chicago mayoral candidate Willie Wilson, a businessman and perennial candidate, ran as a member of the "Willie Wilson Party," with the backing of a handful of Chicago aldermen and the Chicago Police Union.
| Election Name: | Iowa election |
| Country: | Iowa |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 United States Senate election in Iowa |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2026 United States Senate election in Iowa |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Image1: | Joni Ernst, official portrait, 116th Congress 2 (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Joni Ernst |
| Party1: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 864,997 |
| Percentage1: | 51.7% |
| Nominee2: | Theresa Greenfield |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 754,859 |
| Percentage2: | 45.2% |
| Map Size: | 220px |
| U.S. senator | |
| Before Election: | Joni Ernst |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
| After Election: | Joni Ernst |
| After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
See main article: 2020 United States Senate election in Iowa.
See also: List of United States senators from Iowa and 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa.
One-term republican Joni Ernst, first elected to the Senate in 2014, won a second term in office, defeating Democrat Theresa Greenfield.
Greenfield won the Democratic nomination, defeating former vice-admiral Michael T. Franken, attorney Kimberly Graham, and businessman Eddie Mauro in the primary.
Ernst's popularity had dropped in polls, and many considered this seat a possible Democratic pick-up, but Ernst was re-elected by a larger-than-expected 6.5 points.
| Election Name: | Kansas election |
| Country: | Kansas |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 United States Senate election in Kansas |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2026 United States Senate election in Kansas |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Image1: | Roger Marshall official portrait (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Roger Marshall |
| Party1: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 727,962 |
| Percentage1: | 53.2% |
| Nominee2: | Barbara Bollier |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 571,530 |
| Percentage2: | 41.8% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| U.S. senator | |
| Before Election: | Pat Roberts |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
| After Election: | Roger Marshall |
| After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
See main article: 2020 United States Senate election in Kansas.
See also: List of United States senators from Kansas and 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas.
Four-term Republican Pat Roberts, was re-elected in 2014 with 53.15% of the vote, and announced on January 4, 2019, that he would not be running for re-election in 2020.
In the Republican primary, United States representative Roger Marshall defeated former Kansas secretary of state Kris Kobach, state Turnpike Authority chairman Dave Lindstrom, state senate president Susan Wagle, and others.
There was considerable speculation about a Senate bid by Mike Pompeo (the United States secretary of state, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and former U.S. representative for Kansas's 4th congressional district), but he did not run.
Barbara Bollier, a state senator and former Republican, defeated former congressional candidate Robert Tillman for the Democratic nomination, but lost to Marshall with a more than expected 11.4 point margin.
| Election Name: | Kentucky election |
| Country: | Kentucky |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 United States Senate election in Kentucky |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2026 United States Senate election in Kentucky |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Image1: | Mitch McConnell portrait 2016.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Mitch McConnell |
| Party1: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,233,315 |
| Percentage1: | 57.8% |
| Nominee2: | Amy McGrath |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 816,257 |
| Percentage2: | 38.2% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| U.S. senator | |
| Before Election: | Mitch McConnell |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
| After Election: | Mitch McConnell |
| After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
See main article: 2020 United States Senate election in Kentucky.
See also: List of United States senators from Kentucky and 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky.
Republican Mitch McConnell, the Senate Majority Leader, defeated Democrat Amy McGrath by 19.6 percentage points, winning a 7th term in office.
| Election Name: | Louisiana election |
| Country: | Louisiana |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 United States Senate election in Louisiana |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2026 United States Senate election in Louisiana |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Image1: | Bill Cassidy official Senate photo (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Bill Cassidy |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,228,908 |
| Percentage1: | 59.3% |
| Nominee2: | Adrian Perkins |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 394,049 |
| Percentage2: | 19.0% |
| U.S. senator | |
| Before Election: | Bill Cassidy |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
| After Election: | Bill Cassidy |
| After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
| Nominee3: | Derrick Edwards |
| Party3: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| Popular Vote3: | 229,814 |
| Percentage3: | 11.1% |
See main article: 2020 United States Senate election in Louisiana.
See also: List of United States senators from Louisiana and 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana.
Republican Bill Cassidy won a second term in office, defeating Democrat Adrian Perkins and others.
A Louisiana primary (a form of jungle primary) was held on November 3. Had no candidate won a majority of the vote in the primary, a run-off election would have been held, but Cassidy won in the first round.
| Election Name: | Maine election |
| Country: | Maine |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 United States Senate election in Maine |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2026 United States Senate election in Maine |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Image1: | 2015 Susan Collins crop.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Susan Collins |
| Party1: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 417,645 |
| Percentage1: | 50.98% |
| Nominee2: | Sara Gideon |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 347,223 |
| Percentage2: | 42.39% |
| U.S. senator | |
| Before Election: | Susan Collins |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
| After Election: | Susan Collins |
| After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
See main article: 2020 United States Senate election in Maine.
See also: List of United States senators from Maine and 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine.
Republican Susan Collins won a fifth term in office, defeating Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives Sara Gideon.
Gideon consistently led Collins in polls for almost the entire election cycle. Collins is considered one of the most moderate Republicans in the Senate and had never faced a competitive re-election campaign, even though Maine leans Democratic. But she faced growing unpopularity due to her increasingly conservative voting record, and her votes to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court and to acquit Trump in his impeachment trial. Despite almost all polling and Gideon's formidable funding, Collins was re-elected by a surprising 8.6-point margin.
Educator and activist Lisa Savage also ran as a candidate for the Green party.
| Election Name: | Massachusetts election |
| Country: | Massachusetts |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 United States Senate election in Massachusetts |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2026 United States Senate election in Massachusetts |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Image1: | Edward Markey, official portrait, 114th Congress.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Ed Markey |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 2,357,809 |
| Percentage1: | 66.15% |
| Nominee2: | Kevin O'Connor |
| Party2: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,177,765 |
| Percentage2: | 33.05% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| U.S. senator | |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
See main article: 2020 United States Senate election in Massachusetts.
See also: List of United States senators from Massachusetts and 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts.
Democrat Ed Markey was re-elected in 2014, having won a 2013 special election to replace long-time incumbent John Kerry, who resigned to become U.S. secretary of state. He easily won a second full term in 2020, defeating Republican Kevin O'Connor by more than 33 percentage points.
Markey fended off a primary challenge from Joe Kennedy III, four-term U.S. representative for Massachusetts's Fourth District and grandson of former U.S. senator and U.S. attorney general Robert F. Kennedy. This marked the first time a member of the Kennedy family lost an election in Massachusetts.
O'Connor defeated Shiva Ayyadurai, a former independent senate candidate, in the Republican primary.
On August 24, 2020, perennial candidate Vermin Supreme launched a write-in campaign for the Libertarian nomination, but received too few votes to qualify for the general election ballot.
| Election Name: | Michigan election |
| Country: | Michigan |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 United States Senate election in Michigan |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2026 United States Senate election in Michigan |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Image1: | Gary Peters official photo 115th congress.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Gary Peters |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 2,734,568 |
| Percentage1: | 49.9% |
| Party2: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 2,642,233 |
| Percentage2: | 48.2% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| U.S. senator | |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
See main article: 2020 United States Senate election in Michigan.
See also: List of United States senators from Michigan and 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan.
Democrat Gary Peters narrowly won a second term in office, defeating Republican John James.
James won a Republican Michigan Senate nomination for his second time, having run against incumbent Democrat Debbie Stabenow in 2018 for Michigan's other senate seat. He faced only token opposition for the 2020 Republican nomination, running against perennial candidate Bob Carr.
| Election Name: | Minnesota election |
| Country: | Minnesota |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2018 United States Senate special election in Minnesota |
| Previous Year: | 2018 |
| Next Election: | 2026 United States Senate election in Minnesota |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Nominee1: | Tina Smith |
| Image1: | Tina Smith, official portrait, 116th congress (cropped).jpg |
| Party1: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,566,522 |
| Percentage1: | 48.74% |
| Party2: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,398,145 |
| Percentage2: | 43.50% |
| Nominee3: | Kevin O'Connor |
| Party3: | Legal Marijuana Now Party |
| Popular Vote3: | 190,154 |
| Percentage3: | 5.91% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| U.S. senator | |
| Before Party: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
| After Party: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
See main article: 2020 United States Senate election in Minnesota.
See also: List of United States senators from Minnesota and 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota.
Incumbent Democrat Tina Smith was appointed to the U.S. Senate to replace Al Franken in 2018 after serving as lieutenant governor, and won a special election later in 2018 to serve the remainder of Franken's term. She defeated Republican Jason Lewis, winning her first full term in office.
| Election Name: | Mississippi election |
| Country: | Mississippi |
| Flag Image: | Flag of Mississippi.svg |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2018 United States Senate special election in Mississippi |
| Previous Year: | 2018 (special) |
| Next Election: | 2026 United States Senate election in Mississippi |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Image1: | Official headshot of US Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Cindy Hyde-Smith |
| Party1: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 709,539 |
| Percentage1: | 54.10% |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 578,806 |
| Percentage2: | 44.13% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| U.S. senator | |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
| After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
See main article: 2020 United States Senate election in Mississippi.
See also: List of United States senators from Mississippi and 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi.
Incumbent Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith won her first full term in office, defeating Democrat and former U.S. secretary of agriculture Mike Espy by 10 percentage points. This race was an exact rematch of the 2018 Mississippi Senate special election, in which Hyde-Smith defeated Espy for the remaining two years of the seat's term.
Libertarian candidate Jimmy Edwards also made the general election ballot.
| Election Name: | Montana election |
| Country: | Montana |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 United States Senate election in Montana |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2026 United States Senate election in Montana |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Image1: | Steve Daines, Official Portrait, 116th Congress.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Steve Daines |
| Party1: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 333,174 |
| Percentage1: | 55.01% |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 272,463 |
| Percentage2: | 44.99% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| U.S. senator | |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
| After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
See main article: 2020 United States Senate election in Montana.
See also: List of United States senators from Montana and 2020 United States House of Representatives election in Montana.
Republican Steve Daines won a second term in office, defeating the Democratic nominee, Montana Governor Steve Bullock.
Daines was opposed (before his nomination) in the Republican primary by hardware store manager Daniel Larson and former Democratic speaker of the Montana House of Representatives John Driscoll, who changed parties in 2020.
Bullock won the Democratic nomination, defeating nuclear engineer and U.S. Navy veteran John Mues.
Libertarian and Green party candidates were set to appear on the general election ballot, but the Libertarians refused to nominate a replacement after their nominee withdrew and the Greens' nominee was disqualified.
Once Bullock filed his candidacy, the race became seen as highly competitive. Bullock, a popular governor and a moderate, led in many polls in the spring and summer of 2020, and raised more money than Daines. Closer to election day, Bullock slightly trailed in polls, but the election was still seen as relatively competitive. Daines defeated Bullock by a larger-than-expected 10-point margin.
| Election Name: | Nebraska election |
| Country: | Nebraska |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 United States Senate election in Nebraska |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2024 United States Senate special election in Nebraska |
| Next Year: | 2024 (special) |
| Image1: | Ben Sasse official portrait (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Ben Sasse |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 583,507 |
| Percentage1: | 62.7% |
| Nominee2: | Chris Janicek |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 227,191 |
| Percentage2: | 24.4% |
| Nominee4: | Preston Love Jr. |
| Party4: | Write-in candidate |
| Popular Vote4: | 58,411 |
| Percentage4: | 6.3% |
| Nominee5: | Gene Siadek |
| Party5: | Libertarian Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote5: | 55,115 |
| Percentage5: | 5.9% |
| U.S. Senator | |
| Before Election: | Ben Sasse |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Ben Sasse |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Map Size: | 250px |
See main article: 2020 United States Senate election in Nebraska.
See also: List of United States senators from Nebraska and 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska.
Republican Ben Sasse easily won a second term in office, defeating Democrat Chris Janicek by more than 30 percentage points.
Sasse had defeated businessman and former Lancaster County Republican Party chair Matt Innis in the Republican primary with 75.2% of the vote.
Businessman and 2018 U.S. Senate candidate Chris Janicek won the Democratic primary with 30.7% of the vote, defeating six other candidates.
Libertarian candidate Gene Siadek also appeared on the general election ballot.
After the primary election, the Nebraska Democratic party withdrew its support from Janicek when allegations that he sexually harassed a campaign staffer emerged. Janicek refused to leave the race despite the state party endorsing his former primary opponent, which led former Democratic Congressman Brad Ashford to announce a write-in campaign on August 23, 2020. After Janicek vowed to remain in the race anyway, Ashford withdrew on August 27, citing lack of time and resources necessary for a U.S. Senate campaign. The state Democratic Party subsequently threw its support behind long-time Nebraska activist Preston Love Jr., who declared a write-in candidacy for the seat.
| Election Name: | New Hampshire election |
| Country: | New Hampshire |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 United States Senate election in New Hampshire |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2026 United States Senate election in New Hampshire |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Image1: | File:Shaheen Senate Portrait (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Jeanne Shaheen |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 450,778 |
| Percentage1: | 56.63% |
| Nominee2: | Corky Messner |
| Party2: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 326,229 |
| Percentage2: | 40.99% |
| Map Size: | 245px |
| U.S. senator | |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
See main article: 2020 United States Senate election in New Hampshire.
See also: List of United States senators from New Hampshire and 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire.
Two-term Democrat Jeanne Shaheen won a third term in office by nearly 16 percentage points, defeating Republican Corky Messner.
Messner defeated U.S. Army brigadier general Donald C. Bolduc and perennial candidate Andy Martin for the Republican nomination, winning the nomination on September 8.
Libertarian Justin O'Donnell also appeared on the general election ballot.
| Election Name: | New Jersey election |
| Country: | New Jersey |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 United States Senate election in New Jersey |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2026 United States Senate election in New Jersey |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Image1: | Cory Booker, official portrait, 114th Congress.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Cory Booker |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 2,541,178 |
| Percentage1: | 57.23% |
| Nominee2: | Rik Mehta |
| Party2: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,817,052 |
| Percentage2: | 40.92% |
| U.S. senator | |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
See main article: 2020 United States Senate election in New Jersey.
See also: List of United States senators from New Jersey and 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey. Democrat Cory Booker won a second full term in office, having first won his seat in a 2013 special election after serving seven years as the mayor of Newark. He defeated Republican Rick Mehta by a margin of more than 16 percentage points.
Booker had sought his party's nomination for President of the United States in 2020. He suspended his presidential campaign on January 13, 2020, and confirmed his intention to seek a second Senate term.
Attorney Rik Mehta defeated engineer Hirsh Singh, 2018 Independent U.S. Senate candidate Tricia Flanagan, 2018 independent U.S. Senate candidate Natalie Lynn Rivera, and Eugene Anagnos for the Republican nomination.
Green Party candidate Madelyn Hoffman and two independent candidates also appeared on the general election ballot.
New Jersey has not elected a Republican senator since 1972, and all pundits expected Booker to be easily re-elected.
| Election Name: | New Mexico election |
| Country: | New Mexico |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 United States Senate election in New Mexico |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2026 United States Senate election in New Mexico |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Image1: | Ben Ray Lujan, 117th Congress portrait 2.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Ben Ray Luján |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 474,483 |
| Percentage1: | 51.73% |
| Nominee2: | Mark Ronchetti |
| Party2: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 418,483 |
| Percentage2: | 45.62% |
| Map Size: | 200px |
| U.S. senator | |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
See main article: 2020 United States Senate election in New Mexico.
See also: List of United States senators from New Mexico and 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico.
Two-term Democrat Tom Udall was the only incumbent Democratic U.S. senator retiring in 2020. Democratic U.S. representative Ben Ray Luján defeated Republican Mark Ronchetti by 6 percentage points.
Luján won the Democratic nomination without serious opposition.
Ronchetti, the former KRQE chief meteorologist, defeated former U.S. Interior Department official Gavin Clarkson and executive director for the New Mexico Alliance for Life Elisa Martinez in the primary.
Libertarian Bob Walsh also appeared on the general election ballot.
| Election Name: | North Carolina election |
| Country: | North Carolina |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 United States Senate election in North Carolina |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2026 United States Senate election in North Carolina |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Image1: | File:Sen. Thom Tillis official photo (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Thom Tillis |
| Party1: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 2,665,598 |
| Percentage1: | 48.69% |
| Nominee2: | Cal Cunningham |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 2,569,965 |
| Percentage2: | 46.94% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| U.S. senator | |
| Before Election: | Thom Tillis |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
| After Election: | Thom Tillis |
| After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
See main article: 2020 United States Senate election in North Carolina.
See also: List of United States senators from North Carolina and 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina.
Republican Thom Tillis won a second term in office, defeating Democratic former state senator Cal Cunningham.
Cunningham defeated state senator Erica D. Smith and Mecklenburg County commissioner Trevor Fuller for the Democratic nomination. Tillis defeated three opponents.
The Libertarian Party and the Constitution Party had candidates on the general election ballot.
Despite having grown unpopular among both centrist and conservative Republicans due to his inconsistent support of Trump, and trailing narrowly in polls for almost the entire cycle, Tillis won re-election by nearly 2 points.[25]
| Election Name: | Oklahoma election |
| Country: | Oklahoma |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 United States Senate election in Oklahoma |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2022 United States Senate special election in Oklahoma |
| Next Year: | 2022 (special) |
| Image1: | Jim Inhofe official portrait.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Jim Inhofe |
| Party1: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 979,140 |
| Percentage1: | 62.91% |
| Nominee2: | Abby Broyles |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 509,763 |
| Percentage2: | 32.75% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| U.S. senator | |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
| After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
See main article: 2020 United States Senate election in Oklahoma.
See also: List of United States senators from Oklahoma and 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma.
Republican Jim Inhofe easily won a fifth term in office, defeating Democrat Abby Broyles by more than 30 percentage points.
Inhofe defeated J.J. Stitt, a farmer and gun shop owner, and Neil Mavis, a former Libertarian Party candidate, for the Republican nomination.
Broyles, an attorney, defeated perennial candidate Sheila Bilyeu and 2018 5th congressional district candidate Elysabeth Britt for the Democratic nomination.
Libertarian candidate Robert Murphy and two Independents also appeared on the general election ballot.
Oklahoma is one of the most solidly Republican states and Inhofe won in a landslide.
| Election Name: | Oregon election |
| Country: | Oregon |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 United States Senate election in Oregon |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2026 United States Senate election in Oregon |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Image1: | Jeff Merkley, 115th official photo (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Jeff Merkley |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,321,047 |
| Percentage1: | 56.91% |
| Party2: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 912,814 |
| Percentage2: | 39.32% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| U.S. senator | |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
See main article: 2020 United States Senate election in Oregon.
See also: List of United States senators from Oregon and 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon.
Democrat Jeff Merkley won a third term in office, defeating Republican Jo Rae Perkins by more than 17 percentage points. Merkley also received the Oregon Independent Party and the Working Families Party nominations.
Perkins, a 2014 U.S. Senate and 2018 U.S. House candidate, defeated three other candidates in the Republican primary with 49.29% of the vote. She is a supporter of QAnon.
Ibrahim Taher was also on the general election ballot, representing the Pacific Green Party and the Oregon Progressive Party. Gary Dye represented the Libertarian Party.
| Election Name: | Rhode Island election |
| Country: | Rhode Island |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 United States Senate election in Rhode Island |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2026 United States Senate election in Rhode Island |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Image1: | Senator Jack Reed official photo (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Jack Reed |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 328,574 |
| Percentage1: | 66.48% |
| Nominee2: | Allen Waters |
| Party2: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 164,855 |
| Percentage2: | 33.35% |
| Map Size: | 230px |
| U.S. senator | |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
See main article: 2020 United States Senate election in Rhode Island.
See also: List of United States senators from Rhode Island and 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Rhode Island.
Democrat Jack Reed won a fifth term in office, defeating Republican Allen Waters by more than 33 percentage points.
Both Reed and Waters ran unopposed for their respective nominations.
| Election Name: | South Carolina election |
| Country: | South Carolina |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 United States Senate election in South Carolina |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2026 United States Senate election in South Carolina |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Image1: | Lindsey Graham, official photo, 113th Congress (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Lindsey Graham |
| Party1: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,369,137 |
| Percentage1: | 54.44% |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,110,828 |
| Percentage2: | 44.17% |
| Map Size: | 220px |
| U.S. senator | |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
| After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
See main article: 2020 United States Senate election in South Carolina.
See also: List of United States senators from South Carolina and 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina.
Three-term Republican Lindsey Graham won a fourth term in office, defeating Democrat Jaime Harrison by over ten percentage points in a highly publicized race.
Graham defeated three opponents in the June 9 Republican primary.
After his primary opponents dropped out, former South Carolina Democratic Party chairman Jaime Harrison was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.
Bill Bledsoe won the Constitution Party nomination. On October 1, 2020, Bledsoe dropped out of the race and endorsed Graham, but remained on the ballot as required by state law.
Despite the significant Republican lean of the state as a whole, polls indicated that the Senate election was competitive, with summer polling ranging from a tie to a modest advantage for Graham. Graham's popularity had declined as a result of his close embrace of Trump, reversing his outspoken criticism of Trump in the 2016 campaign.
Graham's victory was by a much larger margin than expected,[26] as part of a broader pattern of Republicans overperforming polls in 2020.
| Election Name: | South Dakota election |
| Country: | South Dakota |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 United States Senate election in South Dakota |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2026 United States Senate election in South Dakota |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Image1: | Mike Rounds official Senate portrait (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Mike Rounds |
| Party1: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 276,232 |
| Percentage1: | 65.74% |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 143,987 |
| Percentage2: | 34.26% |
| Map Size: | 240px |
| U.S. senator | |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
| After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
See main article: 2020 United States Senate election in South Dakota.
See also: List of United States senators from South Dakota and 2020 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota.
Republican Mike Rounds, former governor of South Dakota, won a second term in office, defeating Democrat Dan Ahlers.
Rounds faced a primary challenge from state representative Scyller Borglum.
Ahlers, a South Dakota state representative, ran unopposed in the Democratic primary.
One independent candidate, Clayton Walker, filed but failed to qualify for the ballot.
| Election Name: | Tennessee election |
| Country: | Tennessee |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 United States Senate election in Tennessee |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2026 United States Senate election in Tennessee |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Image1: | Sen._Bill_Hagerty_official_Senate_portrait,_117th_Congress_(cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Bill Hagerty |
| Party1: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,840,926 |
| Percentage1: | 62.20% |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,040,691 |
| Percentage2: | 35.16% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| U.S. senator | |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
| After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
See main article: 2020 United States Senate election in Tennessee.
See also: List of United States senators from Tennessee and 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee.
Three-term Republican Lamar Alexander was re-elected in 2014. He announced in December 2018 that he would not seek a fourth term.
Assisted by an endorsement from Trump, former ambassador to Japan Bill Hagerty won the Republican nomination and the seat.
Hagerty defeated orthopedic surgeon Manny Sethi and 13 others in the Republican primary.
Environmental activist Marquita Bradshaw of Memphis defeated James Mackler, an Iraq War veteran and Nashville attorney, in the Democratic primary, a major upset.
Nine independent candidates also appeared on the general election ballot.
Hagerty easily defeated Bradshaw.
| Election Name: | Texas election |
| Country: | Texas |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 United States Senate election in Texas |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2026 United States Senate election in Texas |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Image1: | John Cornyn (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | John Cornyn |
| Party1: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 5,962,983 |
| Percentage1: | 53.51% |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 4,888,764 |
| Percentage2: | 43.87% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| U.S. senator | |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
| After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
See main article: 2020 United States Senate election in Texas.
See also: List of United States senators from Texas and 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas.
Republican John Cornyn won a fourth term in office, defeating Democrat MJ Hegar by a little less than ten percentage points.
Cornyn defeated four other candidates in the Republican primary, with 76.04% of the vote.
Hegar, an Air Force combat veteran and the 2018 Democratic nominee for Texas's 31st congressional district, defeated runner-up state senator Royce West and 11 other candidates in the Democratic primary. Hegar and West advanced to a primary run-off election on July 14 to decide the nomination, and Hegar prevailed.
The Green and Libertarian Parties also appeared on the general election ballot. Candidates from the Human Rights Party and the People over Politics Party and three independents failed to qualify.
Statewide races in Texas have been growing more competitive in recent years, and polling in August/September showed Cornyn with a lead of 4–10 points over Hegar, with a significant fraction of the electorate still undecided. Cornyn's victory was at the higher end of the polling spectrum.
| Election Name: | Virginia election |
| Country: | Virginia |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 United States Senate election in Virginia |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2026 United States Senate election in Virginia |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Image1: | Mark Warner 113th Congress photo (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Mark Warner |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 2,466,500 |
| Percentage1: | 55.99% |
| Party2: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,934,199 |
| Percentage2: | 43.91% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| U.S. senator | |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
See main article: 2020 United States Senate election in Virginia.
See also: List of United States senators from Virginia and 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia.
Democrat Mark Warner won a third term in office, defeating Republican Daniel Gade.
Warner ran unopposed in the Democratic primary.
Gade, a professor and U.S. Army veteran, defeated teacher Alissa Baldwin and U.S. Army veteran and intelligence officer Thomas Speciale in the Republican primary.
| Election Name: | West Virginia election |
| Country: | West Virginia |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 United States Senate election in West Virginia |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2026 United States Senate election in West Virginia |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Image1: | Shelley Moore Capito official Senate photo (cropped 2).jpg |
| Image1 Size: | 136x136px |
| Nominee1: | Shelley Moore Capito |
| Party1: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 547,454 |
| Percentage1: | 70.28% |
| Image2 Size: | 136x136px |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 210,309 |
| Percentage2: | 27.00% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| U.S. senator | |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
| After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
See main article: 2020 United States Senate election in West Virginia.
See also: List of United States senators from West Virginia and 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia.
Republican Shelley Moore Capito was re-elected to a second term in a landslide, defeating Democrat Paula Jean Swearengin by 43 points.
Capito was unsuccessfully challenged in the Republican primary by farmer Larry Butcher and Allen Whitt, president of the West Virginia Family Policy Council.
Swearengin, an environmental activist and unsuccessful candidate for Senate in 2018, won the Democratic primary, defeating former mayor of South Charleston Richie Robb and former state senator Richard Ojeda, who previously ran for Congress and, briefly, president in 2020.
Libertarian candidate David Moran also appeared on the general election ballot.
| Election Name: | Wyoming election |
| Country: | Wyoming |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 United States Senate election in Wyoming |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2026 United States Senate election in Wyoming |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Image1: | Cynthia_Lummis_U.S._Senator.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Cynthia Lummis |
| Party1: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 198,100 |
| Percentage1: | 72.85% |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 72,766 |
| Percentage2: | 26.76% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| U.S. senator | |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
| After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
See main article: 2020 United States Senate election in Wyoming.
See also: List of United States senators from Wyoming and 2020 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming.
Four-term Republican Mike Enzi announced in May 2019 that he would retire. Republican nominee Cynthia Lummis defeated Democratic nominee Merav Ben-David by more than 46 percentage points.
Lummis won the Republican nomination in a field of nine candidates.
Ben-David, the chair of the Department of Zoology and Physiology at the University of Wyoming, defeated community activists Yana Ludwig and James Debrine, think-tank executive Nathan Wendt, and perennial candidates Rex Wilde and Kenneth R. Casner for the Democratic nomination.