US Senate Elections, 2016 (Joe's World)

The 2016 Senate elections occurred at the same time as the 2016 presidential election which saw Donald Trump elected president. Unlike previous years, it was now Republican senators who were under pressure having to defend 24 seats won in 2004 and 2010 in otherwise traditionally Democratic states compared to the Democrats' 10 seats with one being competitive.
With the aid of Trump's surprise coattails Senate Republicans kept all but two of their seats yet also failed to gain any.
Harry Reid, 77, retired as Minority Leader and was replaced by Chuck Schumer.
The overall number of women in the Senate grew from 20 (15D, 6R) to 21 (20D, 5R). There were also the addition of 1 Asian member (Illinois's Tammy Duckworth), 1 Indian American member (California's Kamala Harris), and the first Latina member of the Senate (Nevada's Catherine Cortez Masto).
==Results==
===State===
Winning candidate in bold
State 	Incumbent 	Party 	Result 	Candidates
Alabama 	Richard Shelby 	Republican	Incumbent re-elected,
Republican hold	 Ron Crumpton (Democrat)
Alaska 	Lisa Murkowski 	Republican	Incumbent re-elected,
Republican hold	Ray Metcalf (Democrat)
Joe Miller (Liberatian)
Arizona 	John McCain 	Republican	Incumbent re-elected,
Republican hold	Ann Kirkpatrick (Democrat)
Arkansas 	John Boozman 	Republican	Incumbent re-elected,
Republican hold	Conner Eldridge (Democrat)
California 	Barbara Boxer 	Democratic	Incumbent retired, Democratic hold	Kamala Harris (Democrat)Loretta Sanchez(Democrat)
Colorado 	Michael Bennet 	Democratic	Incumbent re-elected,
Democratic hold	Darryl Glenn (Republican)
Connecticut 	Richard Blumenthal	Democratic	Incumbent re-elected,
Democratic hold	Dan Carter (Republican)
Florida 	Marco Rubio 	Republican	Incumbent re-elected,
Republican hold	Patrick Murphy (Democrat)
Georgia 	Johnny Isakson 	Republican	Incumbent re-elected,
Republican hold	Jim Barksdale (Democrat)
Hawaii 	Brian Schatz 	Democratic	Incumbent re-elected,
Democratic hold	Charles Djou (Republican)
Idaho 	Mike Crapo 	Republican	Incumbent re-elected,
Republican hold	Larry LaRocco (Democrat)
Illinois 	Mark Kirk 	Republican	Incumbent lost re-election,
Democratic gain	Tammy Duckworth (Democrat)
Indiana 	Dan Coats 	Republican	
Incumbent retired,
Republican hold	Todd Young (Republican)Evan Bayh (Democrat)
Iowa 	Chuck Grassley 	Republican	Incumbent re-elected,
Republican hold	Patty Judge (Democratic)
Kansas 	Jerry Moran 	Republican	Incumbent re-elected,
Republican hold	
Patrick Weisner (Democrat)
Kentucky 	Rand Paul 	Republican	Incumbent re-elected,
Republican hold	Jim Gray (Democrat)
Louisiana 	David Vitter 	Republican	Incumbent retired,
Republican hold	John Kennedy (Republican)
Foster Campbell (Democrat)
Maryland 	Barbara Mikulski 	Democratic	Incumbent retired, Democratic hold	Chris Van Hollen (Democrat)
Kathy Szeliga (Republican)
Missouri 	Roy Blunt 	Republican	Incumbent re-elected,
Republican hold	Jason Kander (Democrat)
Nevada 	Harry Reid 	Democratic	Incumbent retired, Democratic hold	Catherine Cortez Masto (Democrat)Joe Heck (Republican)
New Hampshire 	Kelly Ayotte 	Republican	Incumbent lost re-election,
Democratic gain	Maggie Hassan (Democrat)
New York 	Chuck Schumer 	Democratic	Incumbent re-elected,
Democratic hold	Wendy Long (Republican)
North Carolina	Richard Burr 	Republican	Incumbent re-elected,
Republican hold	Deborah Ross (Democrat)
North Dakota 	John Hoeven 	Republican	Incumbent re-elected,
Republican hold	Elliot Glassheim (Democrat)
Ohio 	Rob Portman 	Republican	Incumbent re-elected,
Republican hold	Ted Strickland (Democrat)
Oklahoma 	James Lankford 	Republican	Incumbent re-elected,
Republican hold	Mike Workman (Democrat)
Oregon 	Ron Wyden 	Democratic	Incumbent re-elected,
Democratic hold	Mark Callahan (Republican)
Pennsylvania 	Pat Toomey 	Republican	Incumbent re-elected,
Republican hold	Katie McGinty (Democrat)
South Carolina	Tim Scott 	Republican	
Incumbent re-elected,
Republican hold	Thomas Dixon (Democrat)
South Dakota 	John Thune 	Republican	Incumbent re-elected,
Republican hold	Jay Williams (Democrat)
Utah 	Mike Lee 	Republican	Incumbent re-elected,
Republican hold	Misty Snow (Democrat)
Vermont 	Patrick Leahy 	Democratic	Incumbent re-elected,
Democratic hold	Scott Milne (Republican)
Washington 	Patty Murray 	Democratic	Incumbent re-elected,
Democratic hold	Chris Vance (Republican)
Wisconsin 	Ron Johnson 	Republican	Incumbent re-elected,
Republican hold	Russ Feingold (Democrat)
*Top two candidates in general primary move to November runoff regardless of party affiliation.
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