United States Senate election, 1984
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The U.S. Senate election, 1984 was an election for the United States Senate that coincided with Ronald Reagan's landslide re-election as president. In spite of the lopsided Presidential race, the Republican Party had a net loss of two seats to the Democrats, although it retained control of the Senate.
Future Vice President and unsuccessful Democratic presidential nominee Al Gore won an open seat in Tennessee, although not the seat his father had held for many years, and Democrats also defeated Roger Jepsen (R-IA) and Charles H. Percy (R-IL). On the other hand, Republican Mitch McConnell (future Majority Whip) took the seat of incumbent Walter Huddleston, (D-KY).
Another notable new Senator was John Kerry (D-MA), like Gore a future Democratic presidential nominee, who took the open seat vacated by Paul E. Tsongas, who unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic Presidential nomination in 1992.
References
- Barone, Michael, and Grant Ujifusa, ''The Almanac of American Politics 1986: The Senators, the Representatives and the Governors: Their Records and Election Results, Their States and Districts (1985).
- William D. Snider; Helms and Hunt: The North Carolina Senate Race, 1984 University of North Carolina Press, 1985
Senate contests in 1984
| State
| Incumbent
| Party
| Status
| Opposing Candidates
|
| Alabama
| Howell Heflin
| Democrat
| Re-elected, 62.8 - 36.3
| Albert Lee Smith (Republican)
|
| Alaska
| Ted Stevens
| Republican
| Re-elected, 71.2 - 28.5
| John E. Havelock (Democrat)
|
| Arkansas
| David H. Pryor
| Democrat
| Re-elected, 57.3 - 42.7
| Ed Bethune (Republican)
|
| Colorado
| William L. Armstrong
| Republican
| Re-elected, 64.2 - 34.6
| Nancy Dick (Democrat)
|
| Delaware
| Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
| Democrat
| Re-elected, 60.1 - 39.1
| John M. Burris (Republican)
|
| Georgia
| Sam Nunn
| Democrat
| Re-elected, 79.9 - 20.1
| Jon M. Hicks (Republican)
|
| Idaho
| James A. McClure
| Republican
| Re-elected, 72.2 - 26.0
| Peter M. Busch (Democrat)
|
| Illinois
| Charles H. Percy
| Republican
| Defeated, 50.1 - 48.2
| Paul Simon (Democrat)
|
| Iowa
| Roger W. Jepsen
| Republican
| Defeated, 55.5 - 43.7
| Tom Harkin (Democrat)
|
| Kansas
| Nancy Landon Kassebaum
| Republican
| Re-elected, 76.0 - 21.2
| James R. Maher (Democrat)
|
| Kentucky
| Walter D. Huddleston
| Democrat
| Defeated, 49.9 - 49.5
| Mitch McConnell (Republican)
|
| Louisiana
| J. Bennett Johnston
| Democrat
| Re-elected, in Primary
|
|
| Maine
| William S. Cohen
| Republican
| Re-elected, 73.3 - 25.9
| Elizabeth H. Mitchell (Democrat)
|
| Massachusetts
| Paul E. Tsongas
| Democrat
| Retired: Democratic victory, 55.1 - 44.9
| John F. Kerry (Democrat)
Raymond Shamie (Republican)
|
| Michigan
| Carl Levin
| Democrat
| Re-elected, 51.8 - 47.2
| Jack Lousma (Republican)
|
| Minnesota
| Rudy Boschwitz
| Republican
| Re-elected, 58.1 - 41.3
| Joan A. Growe (Democrat)
|
| Mississippi
| Thad Cochran
| Republican
| Re-elected, 60.9 - 39.1
| William Winter (Democrat)
|
| Montana
| Max Baucus
| Democrat
| Re-elected, 56.9 - 40.7
| Chuck Cozzens (Republican)
|
| Nebraska
| J. James Exon
| Democrat
| Re-elected, 51.9 - 48.0
| Nancy Hoch (Republican)
|
| New Hampshire
| Gordon J. Humphrey
| Republican
| Re-elected, 58.7 - 41.0
| Norman E. D'Amours (Democrat)
|
| New Jersey
| Bill Bradley
| Democrat
| Re-elected, 64.2 - 35.2
| Mary V. Mochary (Republican)
|
| New Mexico
| Pete V. Domenici
| Republican
| Re-elected, 71.9 - 28.1
| Judith A. Pratt (Democrat)
|
| North Carolina
| Jesse Helms
| Republican
| Re-elected, 51.7 - 47.8
| James B. Hunt, Jr. (Democrat)
|
| Oklahoma
| David L. Boren
| Democrat
| Re-elected, 75.6 - 23.4
| Will E. Crozier (Republican)
|
| Oregon
| Mark O. Hatfield
| Republican
| Re-elected, 66.5 - 33.4
| Margie Hendrickson (Democrat)
|
| Rhode Island
| Claiborne Pell
| Democrat
| Re-elected, 72.6 - 27.4
| Barbara Leonard (Republican)
|
| South Carolina
| Strom Thurmond
| Republican
| Re-elected, 66.8 - 31.8
| Melvin Purvis, Jr. (Democrat)
|
| South Dakota
| Larry Pressler
| Republican
| Re-elected, 74.5 - 25.5
| George V. Cunningham (Democrat)
|
| Tennessee
| Howard H. Baker, Jr.
| Republican
| Retired: Democratic victory, 60.7 - 33.8 - 5.3
| Al Gore (Democrat)
Victor Ashe (Republican)
Ed McAteer (Independent)
|
| Texas
| John G. Tower
| Republican
| Retired: Republican victory, 58.5 - 41.4
| Phil Gramm (Republican)
Lloyd Doggett (Democrat)
|
| Virginia
| John W. Warner
| Republican
| Re-elected, 70.0 - 29.9
| Edythe C. Harrison (Democrat)
|
| West Virginia
| Jennings Randolph
| Democrat
| Retired: Democratic victory, 51.8 - 47.7
| John D. Rockefeller IV (Democrat)
John R. Raese (Republican)
|
| Wyoming
| Alan K. Simpson
| Republican
| Re-elected, 78.3 - 21.7
| Victor A. Ryan (Democrat)
|
See also
Senate composition before and after elections
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