2026 United States Senate elections (YoungLibertarian20)

The 2026 United States Senate elections will be held on November 3, 2026, with 34 of the 100 seats in the Senate being contested in regular elections, the winners of which will serve six-year terms in the United States Congress from January 3, 2027, to January 3, 2033. A special election was held in the state of South Carolina to elect a Senator to fill the seat previously held by Tim Scott, who had been elected Vice President of the United States in 2024. Senators are divided into three groups, or classes, whose terms are staggered so that a different class is elected every two years. Class 2 senators were last elected in 2020, and will be up for election again in 2026.
Three Democrats and five Republicans announced their retirements from the U.S. Senate in this cycle. The Republicans, holding a significant advantage before the election, easily retained the Senate despite three Democratic pickups. Incumbent Senators Susan Collins, John Cornyn and Thom Tillis lost re-election to their Democratic challenger. John Cornyn's loss was the most high-profile loss in being the Senate Majority Whip at the time. In total, there was three Democratic pickups. The remaining eight open seats were won by the party it was previously held by. 
==Results==
===State===
Winning candidate in bold
State 	Incumbent 	Party 	Result 	Candidates
Alabama 	Tommy Tuberville 	Republican 	Incumbent re-elected 	Randall Woodfin (D)
Alaska 	Dan Sullivan 	Republican 	Incumbent re-elected 	Al Gross (I)
Arkansas 	Tom Cotton 	Republican 	Incumbent re-elected 	Jack Foster (D)
Colorado 	John Hickenlooper 	Democratic 	Incumbent re-elected 	Mike Coffman (D)
Delaware 	Chris Coons 	Democratic 	Incumbent re-elected 	James DeMartino (R)
Georgia 	Jon Ossoff 	Democratic 	Incumbent re-elected 	Marjorie Taylor Greene (R)
Illinois 	Dick Durbin (retiring) 	Democratic 	Incumbent retired, Democratic hold 	J.B. Pritzger (D)
Todd Ricketts (R)
Idaho 	Jim Risch 	Republican 	Incumbent retired, Republican hold 	Raul Labrador (R)
Ilana Rubel (D)
Iowa 	Joni Ernst 	Republican 	Incumbent re-elected 	Cindy Axne (D)
Kansas 	Roger Marshall 	Republican 	Incumbent re-elected 	Stephanie Clayton (D)
Kentucky 	Mitch McConnell (retiring)	Republican 	Incumbent retired, Republican hold 	Daniel Cameron (R)
Jacqueline Coleman (D)
Louisiana 	Bill Cassidy (retiring) 	Republican 	Incumbent retired, Republican hold 	Jeff Landry (R)
Cedric Richmond (D)
Maine 	Susan Collins 	Republican 	Incumbent lost re-election, Democratic gain	Kate Snyder (D)
Susan Collins (R)
Massachusetts 	Ed Markey (retiring) 	Democratic 	Incumbent re-elected 	Ayanna Pressley (D)
Brad Jones (R)
Michigan 	Gary Peters 	Democratic 	Incumbent re-elected 	Matthew DePerno (R)
Minnesota 	Tina Smith 	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	Incumbent re-elected 	Jennifer Carnahan (R)
Mississippi 	Cindy Hyde-Smith 	Republican 	Incumbent re-elected 	Lataisha Jackson (D)
Montana 	Steve Daines 	Republican 	Incumbent re-elected 	Wilmot Collins (D)
Nebraska 	Ben Sasse (retiring) 	Republican 	Incumbent retired, Republican hold 	Pete Ricketts (R)
Leirion Gaylor Baird (D)
New Hampshire 	Jeanne Shaheen 	Democratic 	Incumbent re-elected 	Frank Edelblut (R)
New Jersey 	Cory Booker 	Democratic 	Incumbent re-elected 	Holly Schepisi (R)
New Mexico 	Ben Ray Luján 	Democratic 	Incumbent re-elected 	Rebecca Dow (R)
North Carolina 	Thom Tillis 	Republican 	Incumbent lost re-election, Democratic gain	Jeff Jackson (D)
Thom Tillis (R)
Oklahoma 	Jim Inhofe (retiring) 	Republican 	Incumbent retired, Republican hold 	Stephanie Bice (R)
Monroe Nichols (D)
Oregon 	Jeff Merkley 	Democratic 	Incumbent re-elected 	Tim Knopp (R)
Rhode Island 	Jack Reed (retiring) 	Democratic 	Incumbent retired, Democratic hold 	Jorge Elorza (D)
Robert Lancia (R)
South Carolina 	Lindsey Graham 	Republican 	Incumbent re-elected 	Mia McLeod (D)
South Carolina (special)	Pamela Evette 	Republican 	Incumbent re-elected 	Lucas Atkinson (D)
South Dakota 	Mike Rounds (retiring) 	Republican 	Incumbent retired, Republican hold 	Larry Rhoden (R)
Brendan Johnson (D)
Tennessee 	Bill Hagerty 	Republican 	Incumbent re-elected 	Andy Berke (D)
Texas 	John Cornyn 	Republican 	Incumbent lost re-election, Democratic gain	Veronica Escobar (D)
John Cornyn (R)
Virginia 	Mark Warner 	Democratic 	Incumbent re-elected 	Nick Freitas (R)
West Virginia 	Shelley Moore Capito 	Republican 	Incumbent re-elected 	Doug Skaff (D)
Wyoming 	Cynthia Lummis 	Republican 	Incumbent re-elected 	Yana Ludwig (D)
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