2016 United States Senate elections
Elections leading to the next Congress
In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning January 3, 2017; ordered by state. All of the elections involved the Class 3 seats.

2016 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, 2017; ordered by state. All of the elections involved the Class 3 seats.

State (linked to summaries below)	Incumbent	Results	Candidates

Senator	Party	Electoral history

Alabama	Richard Shelby	Republican	1986 1992 1998 2004 2010	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Richard Shelby (Republican) 64.0% Ron Crumpton (Democratic) 35.8% Others (write-in) 0.2%

Alaska	Lisa Murkowski	Republican	2002 (Appointed) 2004 2010	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Lisa Murkowski (Republican) 44% Joe Miller (Libertarian) 29% Margaret Stock (Independent) 13% Ray Metcalfe (Democratic) 12%

Arizona	John McCain	Republican	1986 1992 1998 2004 2010	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John McCain (Republican) 53% Ann Kirkpatrick (Democratic) 41% Pat Quinn (independent/Write-in) Gary Swing (Green/Write-in) 5%

Arkansas	John Boozman	Republican	2010	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Boozman (Republican) 59.7% Conner Eldridge (Democratic) 36.3% Frank Gilbert (Libertarian) 4.0%

California	Barbara Boxer	Democratic	1992 1998 2004 2010	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	√ Kamala Harris (Democratic) 61.8% Loretta Sanchez (Democratic) 38.2%

Colorado	Michael Bennet	Democratic	2009 (Appointed) 2010	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Michael Bennet (Democratic) 50.0% Darryl Glenn (Republican) 44.3% Lily Tang Williams (Libertarian) 3.6% Arn Menconi (Green) 1.3%

Connecticut	Richard Blumenthal	Democratic	2010	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Richard Blumenthal (Democratic) 63.2% Dan Carter (Republican) 34.6% Richard Lion (Libertarian) 1.1% Jeff Russell (Green) 1.0%

Florida	Marco Rubio	Republican	2010	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Marco Rubio (Republican) 52.0% Patrick Murphy (Democratic) 44.3% Paul Stanton (Libertarian) 2.1%

Georgia	Johnny Isakson	Republican	2004 2010	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Johnny Isakson (Republican) 54.8% Jim Barksdale (Democratic) 41% Allen Buckley (Libertarian) 4.16%

Hawaii	Brian Schatz	Democratic	2012 (Appointed) 2014 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Brian Schatz (Democratic) 73.6% John Carroll (Republican) 22.2%

Idaho	Mike Crapo	Republican	1998 2004 2010	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Mike Crapo (Republican) 66.1% Jerry Sturgill (Democratic) 27.8% Ray Writz (Constitution) 6.0%

Illinois	Mark Kirk	Republican	2010	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ Tammy Duckworth (Democratic) 54.9% Mark Kirk (Republican) 39.8% Kent McMillen (Libertarian) 3.2% Scott Summers (Green) 2.1%

Indiana	Dan Coats	Republican	1989 (Appointed) 1990 (Special) 1992 1998 (Retired) 2010	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold.	√ Todd Young (Republican) 52.1% Evan Bayh (Democratic) 42.4% Lucy Brenton (Libertarian) 5.5%

Iowa	Chuck Grassley	Republican	1980 1986 1992 1998 2004 2010	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Chuck Grassley (Republican) 60.1% Patty Judge (Democratic) 35.7% John Heiderscheit (Libertarian) 2.7%

Kansas	Jerry Moran	Republican	2010	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Jerry Moran (Republican) 62.1% Patrick Wiesner (Democratic) 32.2% Robert Garrard (Libertarian) 5.5%

Kentucky	Rand Paul	Republican	2010	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Rand Paul (Republican) 57.27% Jim Gray (Democratic) 42.73%

Louisiana	David Vitter	Republican	2004 2010	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold.	√John N. Kennedy (Republican) 60.65% Foster Campbell (Democratic) 39.35%

Maryland	Barbara Mikulski	Democratic	1986 1992 1998 2004 2010	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	√ Chris Van Hollen (Democratic) 60.9% Kathy Szeliga (Republican) 35.7% Margaret Flowers (Green)

Missouri	Roy Blunt	Republican	2010	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Roy Blunt (Republican) 49.3% Jason Kander (Democratic) 46.2% Jonathan Dine (Libertarian)

Nevada	Harry Reid	Democratic	1986 1992 1998 2004 2010	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	√ Catherine Cortez Masto (Democratic) 47.1% Joe Heck (Republican) 44.7% Tom Jones (Independent American) Tony Gumina (unaffiliated) Tom Sawyer (unaffiliated) Jarrod Michael Williams (unaffiliated) (None of these candidates)

New Hampshire	Kelly Ayotte	Republican	2010	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ Maggie Hassan (Democratic) 47.97% Kelly Ayotte (Republican) 47.87% Brian Chabot (Libertarian)

New York	Chuck Schumer	Democratic	1998 2004 2010	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Chuck Schumer (Democratic) 70.4% Wendy Long (Republican) 27.4% Alex Merced (Libertarian) Robin Wilson (Green)

North Carolina	Richard Burr	Republican	2004 2010	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Richard Burr (Republican) 51.1% Deborah Ross (Democratic) 45.3% Sean Haugh (Libertarian)

North Dakota	John Hoeven	Republican	2010	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Hoeven (Republican) 78.4% Eliot Glassheim (Democratic) 17.0% Robert Marquette (Libertarian)

Ohio	Rob Portman	Republican	2010	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Rob Portman (Republican) 58.0% Ted Strickland (Democratic) 37.1% Joseph DeMare (Green)

Oklahoma	James Lankford	Republican	2014 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ James Lankford (Republican) 67.7% Mike Workman (Democratic) 24.5% Robert Murphy (Libertarian)

Oregon	Ron Wyden	Democratic	1996 (Special) 1998 2004 2010	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Ron Wyden (Democratic) 56.1% Mark Callahan (Republican) 33.35% Jim Lindsay (Libertarian) Eric Navickas (Green)

Pennsylvania	Pat Toomey	Republican	2010	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Pat Toomey (Republican) 48.9% Katie McGinty (Democratic) 47.2% Edward Clifford (Libertarian)

South Carolina	Tim Scott	Republican	2013 (Appointed) 2014 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Tim Scott (Republican) 60.5% Thomas Dixon (Democratic) 37.0% Bill Bledsoe (Libertarian)

South Dakota	John Thune	Republican	2004 2010	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Thune (Republican) 71.8% Jay Williams (Democratic) 28.2%

Utah	Mike Lee	Republican	2010	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Mike Lee (Republican) 68.1% Misty K. Snow (Democratic) 27.1% Stoney Fonua (Independent American) Bill Barron (unaffiliated)

Vermont	Patrick Leahy	Democratic	1974 1980 1986 1992 1998 2004 2010	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Patrick Leahy (Democratic) 61.3% Scott Milne (Republican) 33.0% Pete Diamondstone (Liberty Union) Cris Ericson (Marijuana)[verification needed] Jerry Trudell (unaffiliated)

Washington	Patty Murray	Democratic	1992 1998 2004 2010	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Patty Murray (Democratic) 59.04% Chris Vance (Republican) 40.96%

Wisconsin	Ron Johnson	Republican	2010	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Ron Johnson (Republican) 50.19% Russ Feingold (Democratic) 46.84% Phil Anderson (Libertarian) 2.7%

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Senator Kelly Ayotte (Republican) was elected in 2010.
One-term Senator Kelly Ayotte (Republican) was elected in 2010.

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final_sentence: Senator Kelly Ayotte (Republican) was elected in 2010.
final_sentence: One-term Senator Kelly Ayotte (Republican) was elected in 2010.