1990 United States Senate elections
Elections leading to the next Congress
In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning January 3, 1991; ordered by state. All of the elections involved the Class 2 seats.

1990 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, 1991; 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 1984	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Howell Heflin (Democratic) 60.7% William J. Cabaniss (Republican) 39.3%

Alaska	Ted Stevens	Republican	1968 (Appointed) 1970 1972 1978 1984	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Ted Stevens (Republican) 67.2% Michael Beasley (Democratic) 32.8%

Arkansas	David Pryor	Democratic	1978 1984	Incumbent re-elected.	√ David Pryor (Democratic) Unopposed

Colorado	William L. Armstrong	Republican	1978 1984	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold.	√ Hank Brown (Republican) 55.7% Josie Heath (Democratic) 41.6% John Heckman (Concerns of People) 1.5% Earl Dodge (Prohibition) 1.2%

Delaware	Joe Biden	Democratic	1972 1978 1984	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Joe Biden (Democratic) 62.7% M. Jane Brady (Republican) 35.8% Lee Rosenbaum (Libertarian) 1.5%

Georgia	Sam Nunn	Democratic	1972 (Special) 1972 1978 1984	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Sam Nunn (Democratic) Unopposed

Idaho	James A. McClure	Republican	1972 1978 1984	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold.	√ Larry Craig (Republican) 61.3% Ron J. Twilegar (Democratic) 38.7%

Illinois	Paul Simon	Democratic	1984	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Paul Simon (Democratic) 64.9% Lynn Morley Martin (Republican) 35.1%

Iowa	Tom Harkin	Democratic	1984	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Tom Harkin (Democratic) 54.0% Tom Tauke (Republican) 46.0%

Kansas	Nancy L. Kassebaum	Republican	1978 1978 (Appointed) 1984	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Nancy L. Kassebaum (Republican) 73.6% Dick Williams (Democratic) 26.4%

Kentucky	Mitch McConnell	Republican	1984	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Mitch McConnell (Republican) 52.2% Harvey I. Sloane (Democratic) 47.8%

Louisiana	J. Bennett Johnston	Democratic	1972 (Appointed) 1972 1978 1984	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Bennett Johnston Jr. (Democratic) 53% David Duke (Republican) 44%

Maine	William Cohen	Republican	1972 1978 1984	Incumbent re-elected.	√ William Cohen (Republican) 61.4% Neil Rolde (Democratic) 38.6%

Massachusetts	John Kerry	Democratic	1984	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Kerry (Democratic) 56.9% Jim Rappaport (Republican) 43.1%

Michigan	Carl Levin	Democratic	1978 1984	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Carl Levin (Democratic) 57.5% Bill Schuette (Republican) 41.2% Susan Farquhar (Workers World) 1.3%

Minnesota	Rudy Boschwitz	Republican	1978 1978 (Appointed) 1984	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ Paul Wellstone (Democratic) 50.4% Rudy Boschwitz (Republican) 47.8% Russell Bentley (Grassroots) 1.6%

Mississippi	Thad Cochran	Republican	1978 1978 (Appointed) 1984	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Thad Cochran (Republican) Unopposed

Montana	Max Baucus	Democratic	1978 1978 (Appointed) 1984	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Max Baucus (Democratic) 68.1% Allen C. Kolstad (Republican) 29.4% Westley Deitchler (Libertarian) 2.5%

Nebraska	J. James Exon	Democratic	1978 1984	Incumbent re-elected.	√ J. James Exon (Democratic) 59.1% Hal Daub (Republican) 40.9%

New Hampshire	Gordon J. Humphrey	Republican	1978 1984	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold.	√ Bob Smith (Republican) 65.1% John A. Durkin (Democratic) 31.3% John Elsnau (Libertarian) 3.3%

New Jersey	Bill Bradley	Democratic	1978 1984	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Bill Bradley (Democratic) 50.4% Christine Todd Whitman (Republican) 47.4% John L. Kucek (Populist) 1.0% Louis M.

New Mexico	Pete Domenici	Republican	1972 1978 1984	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Pete Domenici (Republican) 72.9% Tom R. Benavides (Democratic) 27.1%

North Carolina	Jesse Helms	Republican	1972 1978 1984	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Jesse Helms (Republican) 52.6% Harvey Gantt (Democratic) 47.4%

Oklahoma	David L. Boren	Democratic	1978 1984	Incumbent re-elected.	√ David L. Boren (Democratic) 83.2% Stephen Jones (Republican) 17.8%

Oregon	Mark Hatfield	Republican	1966 1972 1978 1984	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Mark Hatfield (Republican) 53.9% Harry Lonsdale (Democratic) 46.1%

Rhode Island	Claiborne Pell	Democratic	1960 1966 1972 1978 1984	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Claiborne Pell (Democratic) 61.8% Claudine Schneider (Republican) 38.2%

South Carolina	Strom Thurmond	Republican	1954 1954 (Appointed) 1956 (Resigned) 1956 (Special) 1960 1966 1972 1978 1984	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Strom Thurmond (Republican) 64.2% Bob Cunningham (Democratic) 32.5% William H. Griffin (Libertarian) 1.8% Marion C. Metts (American) 1.4%

South Dakota	Larry Pressler	Republican	1978 1984	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Larry Pressler (Republican) 52.4% Ted Muenster (Democratic) 45.1% Dean L. Sinclair (Independent) 2.5%

Tennessee	Al Gore	Democratic	1984	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Al Gore (Democratic) 67.7% William R. Hawkins (Republican) 29.8% Bill Jacox (Independent) 1.4% Charles Gordon Vick (Independent) 1.0%

Texas	Phil Gramm	Republican	1984	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Phil Gramm (Republican) 60.2% Hugh Parmer (Democratic) 37.4% Gary Johnson (Libertarian) 2.3%

Virginia	John Warner	Republican	1978 1979 (Appointed) 1984	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Warner (Republican) 80.9% Nancy B. Spannaus (Independent) 18.2%

West Virginia	Jay Rockefeller	Democratic	1978 1984	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Jay Rockefeller (Democratic) 68.5% John Yoder (Republican) 31.5%

Wyoming	Alan K. Simpson	Republican	1978 1979 (Appointed) 1984	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Alan K. Simpson (Republican) 66.4% Kathy Helling (Democratic) 33.6%

Sentence(s)

In 1990 United States Senate elections, Democratic Senator Bill Bradley had narrowly edged out Republican Christine Todd Whitman.

final_sentence: In 1990 United States Senate elections, Democratic Senator Bill Bradley had narrowly edged out Republican Christine Todd Whitman.