1982 United States Senate elections
Elections leading to the next Congress
In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning January 3, 1983; ordered by state. All of the elections involved the Class 1 seats.

1982 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, 1983; ordered by state. All of the elections involved the Class 1 seats.

State	Incumbent	Results	Candidates

Senator	Party	Electoral history

Arizona	Dennis DeConcini	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Dennis DeConcini (Democratic) 56.9% Pete Dunn (Republican) 40.3% Randall Clamons (Libertarian) 2.8%

California	S. I. Hayakawa	Republican	1976 1977 (Appointed)	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold.	√ Pete Wilson (Republican) 51.5% Jerry Brown (Democratic) 44.8% Tena Dietrich (American Ind.) 1.4% David Wald (Peace & Freedom) 1.2% Joseph Fuhrig (Libertarian) 1.1%

Connecticut	Lowell P. Weicker Jr.	Republican	1970 1976	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Lowell Weicker (Republican) 50.4% Toby Moffett (Democratic) 46.1% Lucien DiFazio (Conservative) 2.8% James A. Lewis (Libertarian) 0.7%

Delaware	William Roth	Republican	1970 1971 (Appointed) 1976	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Bill Roth (Republican) 55.2% David N. Levinson (Democratic) 44.2%

Florida	Lawton Chiles	Democratic	1970 1976	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Lawton Chiles (Democratic) 61.7% Van B. Poole (Republican) 38.3%

Hawaii	Spark Matsunaga	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Spark Matsunaga (Democratic) 80.1% Clarence J. Brown (Republican) 17.0% E. Bernier-Nachtwey (Independent) 2.9%

Indiana	Richard Lugar	Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Richard Lugar (Republican) 53.8% Floyd Fithian (Democratic) 45.6% Raymond James (American) 0.6%

Maine	George J. Mitchell	Democratic	1980 (Appointed)	Interim appointee elected.	√ George Mitchell (Democratic) 60.9% David F. Emery (Republican) 39.1%

Maryland	Paul Sarbanes	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Paul Sarbanes (Democratic) 63.5% Lawrence Hogan (Republican) 36.5%

Massachusetts	Ted Kennedy	Democratic	1962 (Special) 1964 1970 1976	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Ted Kennedy (Democratic) 60.8% Ray Shamie (Republican) 38.3% Howard S. Katz (Libertarian) 0.9%

Michigan	Donald W. Riegle Jr.	Democratic	1976 1976 (Appointed)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Don Riegle (Democratic) 57.7% Philip Ruppe (Republican) 40.9%

Minnesota	David Durenberger	Republican	1978 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ David Durenberger (Republican) 52.6% Mark Dayton (Democratic) 46.6%

Mississippi	John C. Stennis	Democratic	1947 (Special) 1952 1958 1964 1970 1976	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John C. Stennis (Democratic) 64.2% Haley Barbour (Republican) 35.8%

Missouri	John Danforth	Republican	1976 1976 (Appointed)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Danforth (Republican) 50.8% Harriett Woods (Democratic) 49.1%

Montana	John Melcher	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Melcher (Democratic) 54.4% Larry R. Williams (Republican) 41.7% Larry Dodge (Libertarian) 3.9%

Nebraska	Edward Zorinsky	Democratic	1976 1976 (Appointed)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Edward Zorinsky (Democratic) 66.6% Jim Keck (Republican) 28.5% Virginia Walsh (Independent) 4.9%

Nevada	Howard Cannon	Democratic	1958 1964 1970 1976	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ Chic Hecht (Republican) 50.1% Howard Cannon (Democratic) 47.7%

New Jersey	Nicholas F. Brady	Republican	1982 (appointed)	Interim appointee retired. New senator elected.	√ Frank Lautenberg (Democratic) 50.9% Millicent Fenwick (Republican) 47.8%

New Mexico	Harrison Schmitt	Republican	1976	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ Jeff Bingaman (Democratic) 53.8% Harrison Schmitt (Republican) 46.2%

New York	Daniel Patrick Moynihan	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Daniel P. Moynihan (Democratic) 65.1% Florence M. Sullivan (Republican) 34.2%

North Dakota	Quentin N. Burdick	Democratic	1960 (Special) 1964 1970 1976	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Quentin N. Burdick (Democratic) 62.8% Gene Knorr (Republican) 34.0% Anna B. Bourgois (Independent) 3.1%

Ohio	Howard Metzenbaum	Democratic	1974 (Appointed) 1974 (Lost) 1974 (Resigned) 1976 1976 (Appointed)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Howard Metzenbaum (Democratic) 56.7% Paul E. Pfeifer (Republican) 41.1%

Pennsylvania	H. John Heinz III	Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	√ H. John Heinz III (Republican) 59.3% Cyril Wecht (Democratic) 39.2%

Rhode Island	John Chafee	Republican	1976 1976 (Appointed)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Chafee (Republican) 51.2% Julius C. Michaelson (Democratic) 48.8%

Tennessee	Jim Sasser	Democratic	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Jim Sasser (Democratic) 61.9% Robin Beard (Republican) 38.1%

Texas	Lloyd Bentsen	Democratic	1970 1976	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Lloyd Bentsen (Democratic) 58.6% James M. Collins (Republican) 40.5%

Utah	Orrin Hatch	Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Orrin G. Hatch (Republican) 58.3% Ted Wilson (Democratic) 41.3% George Mercier (Libertarian) 0.2% Lawrence R Kauffman (American) 0.2%

Vermont	Robert Stafford	Republican	1971 (Appointed) 1972 (Special) 1976	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Robert Stafford (Republican) 50.3% James A. Guest (Democratic) 47.2%

Virginia	Harry F. Byrd Jr.	Independent	1965 (Appointed) 1966 (Special) 1970 1976	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ Paul Trible (Republican) 51.2% Dick Davis (Democratic) 48.8%

Washington	Henry M. Jackson	Democratic	1952 1958 1964 1970 1976	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Henry M. Jackson (Democratic) 68.9% Doug Jewett (Republican) 24.3% King Lysen (Independent) 5.3% Jesse Chiang (Libertarian) 1.5%

West Virginia	Robert Byrd	Democratic	1958 1964 1970 1976	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Robert Byrd (Democratic) 68.5% Cleve Benedict (Republican) 30.8% William B. Howland (Socialist Workers) 0.7%

Wisconsin	William Proxmire	Democratic	1957 (Special) 1958 1964 1970 1976	Incumbent re-elected.	√ E. William Proxmire (Democratic) 63.6% Scott McCallum (Republican) 34.1%

Wyoming	Malcolm Wallop	Republican	1976	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Malcolm Wallop (Republican) 56.7% Rodger McDaniel (Democratic) 43.3%

Sentence(s)

Wecht received 39.2% of the votes.

final_sentence: Wecht received 39.2% of the votes.