1984 United States Senate elections
Elections leading to the next Congress
In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning January 3, 1985; ordered by state. All of the elections involved the Class 2 seats.

1984 United States Senate elections

Section Title: Elections leading to the next Congress
Table Section Text: In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning January 3, 1985; ordered by state. All of the elections involved the Class 2 seats.

State (linked to summaries below)	Incumbent	Results	Candidates

Senator	Party	Electoral history

Alabama	Howell Heflin	Democratic	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Howell Heflin (Democratic) 62.7% Albert L. Smith, Jr. (Republican) 36.4% Yana Davis (Libertarian) 0.9%

Alaska	Ted Stevens	Republican	1968 (Appointed) 1970 1972 1978	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Ted Stevens (Republican) 71.2% John E. Havelock (Democratic) 28.5%

Arkansas	David Pryor	Democratic	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	√ David Pryor (Democratic) 57.3% Ed Bethune (Republican) 42.7%

Colorado	William L. Armstrong	Republican	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	√ William L. Armstrong (Republican) 64.2% Nancy E.

Delaware	Joe Biden	Democratic	1972 1978	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Joe Biden (Democratic) 60.1% John M. Burris (Republican) 39.1%

Georgia	Sam Nunn	Democratic	1972 (Special) 1972 1978	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Sam Nunn (Democratic) 79.9% Jon M. Hicks (Republican) 20.1%

Idaho	James A. McClure	Republican	1972 1978	Incumbent re-elected.	√ James A. McClure (Republican) 72.2% Peter M. Busch (Democratic) 26.0% Donald Billings (Libertarian) 1.8%

Illinois	Charles H. Percy	Republican	1966 1972 1978	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ Paul Simon (Democratic) 50.1% Charles H. Percy (Republican) 48.2% Steven Givot (Libertarian) 1.2% Marjorie Pries (Citizens) 0.2% Nelson Gonzalez (Socialist Workers) 0.1% Ishmael Flory (Communist) 0.1%

Iowa	Roger Jepsen	Republican	1978	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ Tom Harkin (Democratic) 55.5% Roger Jepsen (Republican) 43.7% Garry De Young (Independent) 0.8%

Kansas	Nancy Landon Kassebaum	Republican	1978 1978 (Appointed)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Nancy Landon Kassebaum (Republican) 76.0% James R. Maher (Democratic) 21.2% Lucille Bieger (Conservative) 0.9% Marian Jackson (American) 0.7% Douglas Merritt (Libertarian) 0.7% Freda Steele (Prohibition) 0.5%

Kentucky	Walter Huddleston	Democratic	1972 1978	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ Mitch McConnell (Republican) 49.9% Walter Huddleston (Democratic) 49.5% Dave Welters (Socialist Workers) 0.6%

Louisiana	J. Bennett Johnston	Democratic	1972 (Appointed) 1972 1978	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Bennett Johnston Jr. (Democratic) 85.7% Robert Max Ross (Republican) 8.9%

Maine	William Cohen	Republican	1972 1978	Incumbent re-elected.	√ William Cohen (Republican) 73.3% Libby Mitchell (Democratic) 25.9% Ann Stoddard (Constitutionalist) 0.8%

Massachusetts	Paul Tsongas	Democratic	1978	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	√ John Kerry (Democratic) 55.1% Ray Shamie (Republican) 44.9%

Michigan	Carl Levin	Democratic	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Carl Levin (Democratic) 51.8% Jack R. Lousma (Republican) 47.2%

Minnesota	Rudy Boschwitz	Republican	1978 1978 (Appointed)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Rudy Boschwitz (Republican) 58.1% Joan Growe (Democratic) 41.3%

Mississippi	Thad Cochran	Republican	1978 1978 (Appointed)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Thad Cochran (Republican) 60.9% William Winter (Democratic) 39.1%

Montana	Max Baucus	Democratic	1978 1978 (Appointed)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Max Baucus (Democratic) 56.9% Chuck Cozzens (Republican) 40.7% Neil Halprin (Libertarian) 2.4%

Nebraska	J. James Exon	Democratic	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	√ J. James Exon (Democratic) 51.9% Nancy Hoch (Republican) 48.0%

New Hampshire	Gordon J. Humphrey	Republican	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Gordon J. Humphrey (Republican) 58.7% Norman D'Amours (Democratic) 41.0% Saunder Primack (Libertarian) 0.3%

New Jersey	Bill Bradley	Democratic	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Bill Bradley (Democratic) 64.2% Mary V. Mochary (Republican) 35.2%

New Mexico	Pete Domenici	Republican	1972 1978	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Pete Domenici (Republican) 71.9% Judith A. Pratt (Democratic) 28.1%

North Carolina	Jesse Helms	Republican	1972 1978	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Jesse Helms (Republican) 51.7% Jim Hunt (Democratic) 47.8%

Oklahoma	David L. Boren	Democratic	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	√ David L. Boren (Democratic) 75.6% Will E. Crozier (Republican) 23.4% Robert Murphy (Libertarian) 0.9%

Oregon	Mark Hatfield	Republican	1966 1972 1978	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Mark Hatfield (Republican) 66.5% Margie Hendriksen (Democratic) 33.4%

Rhode Island	Claiborne Pell	Democratic	1960 1966 1972 1978	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Claiborne Pell (Democratic) 72.6% Barbara Leonard (Republican) 27.4%

South Carolina	Strom Thurmond	Republican	1954 1954 (Appointed) 1956 (Resigned) 1956 (Special) 1960 1966 1972 1978	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Strom Thurmond (Republican) 66.8% Melvin Purvis, Jr. (Democratic) 31.8%

South Dakota	Larry Pressler	Republican	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Larry Pressler (Republican) 74.5% George V. Cunningham (Democratic) 25.5%

Tennessee	Howard Baker	Republican	1966 1972 1978	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ Al Gore (Democratic) 60.7% Victor Ashe (Republican) 33.8% Ed McAteer (Independent) 5.3%

Texas	John Tower	Republican	1961 (Special) 1966 1972 1978	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold.	√ Phil Gramm (Republican) 58.5% Lloyd Doggett (Democratic) 41.4%

Virginia	John Warner	Republican	1978 1979 (Appointed)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Warner (Republican) 70.0% Edythe C. Harrison (Democratic) 29.9%

West Virginia	Jennings Randolph	Democratic	1958 (Special) 1960 1966 1972 1978	Incumbent retired. New senator elected.	√ Jay Rockefeller (Democratic) 51.8% John Raese (Republican) 47.7% Mary Radin (Socialist Workers) 0.5%

Wyoming	Alan K. Simpson	Republican	1978 1979 (Appointed)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Alan K. Simpson (Republican) 78.3% Victor A. Ryan (Democratic) 21.7%

Sentence(s)

Incumbent Republican Rudy Boschwitz defeated Democratic challenger Joan Growe, Senator of State of Minnesota.

final_sentence: Incumbent Republican Rudy Boschwitz defeated Democratic challenger Joan Growe, Senator of State of Minnesota.