United States Senate election, 1992
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The U.S. Senate election, 1992 was an election for the United States Senate in which the victory of Bill Clinton in the presidential election was not accompanied by major Democratic gains in the Senate.
Democratic victories over John F. Seymour (R-CA) and Bob Kasten (R-WI) were cancelled out by the defeats of Wyche Fowler, Jr. (D-GA) and Terry Sanford (D-NC). The election of four new Democratic women to the Senate was notable (referred to in the press as the "Year of the Woman"). Due to a special election in California, both of California's Senate seats were up for election in 1992. These seats were won by Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer.
In 1993, Democratic Senator Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX) resigned to become Secretary of the Treasury. His replacement, Bob Krueger (D-TX), lost a special election to Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX). This is not included in the party balance numbers below.
Senate contests in 1992
| State
| Incumbent
| Party
| Status
| Opposing Candidates
|
| Alabama
| Richard Shelby
| Democrat
| Re-elected, 64.8 - 33.1 - 2.0
| Richard Sellars (Republican)
Jerome Shockley (Libertarian)
|
| Alaska
| Frank Murkowski
| Republican
| Re-elected, 53.0 - 38.4 - 8.4
| Tony Smith (Democrat)
Mary Jordan (Green)
|
| Arizona
| John McCain
| Republican
| Re-elected, 55.8 - 31.6 - 10.5
| Claire Sargent (Democrat)
Evan Mecham (Independent)
|
| Arkansas
| Dale Bumpers
| Democrat
| Re-elected, 60.2 - 39.8
| Mike Huckabee (Republican)
|
| California1
| John F. Seymour
| Republican
| Defeated, 54.3 - 38.0 - 2.8
| Dianne Feinstein (Democrat)
Gerald Horne (Peace and Freedom)
|
| California
| Alan Cranston
| Democrat
| Retired: Democratic victory, 47.9 - 43.0 - 3.5
| Barbara Boxer (Democrat)
Bruce Herschensohn (Republican)
Genevieve Torres (Peace and Freedom)
|
| Colorado
| Timothy Wirth
| Democrat
| Retired: Democratic victory, 51.8 - 42.7 - 2.7
| Ben Nighthorse Campbell (Democrat)
Terry Considine (Republican)
Richard Grimes (Independent)
|
| Connecticut
| Christopher Dodd
| Democrat
| Re-elected, 58.8 - 38.1
| Brook Johnson (Republican)
|
| Florida
| Bob Graham
| Democrat
| Re-elected, 65.4 - 34.6
| James W. Grant (Republican)
|
| Georgia
| Wyche Fowler, Jr.
| Democrat
| Defeated, 50.7 - 49.3
| Paul Coverdell (Republican)
|
| Hawaii
| Daniel Inouye
| Democrat
| Re-elected, 57.3 - 26.9 - 13.7
| Rick Reed (Republican)
Linda Martin (Green)
|
| Idaho
| Steven Symms
| Republican
| Retired: Republican victory, 56.5 - 43.5
| Dirk Kempthorne (Republican)
Richard H. Stallings (Democrat)
|
| Illinois
| Alan J. Dixon
| Democrat
| Defeated in Primary: Democratic victory, 53.3 - 43.1
| Carol Moseley-Braun (Democrat)
Richard Williamson (Republican)
|
| Indiana
| Daniel Coats
| Republican
| Re-elected, 57.3 - 40.7
| Joseph Hogsett (Democrat)
|
| Iowa
| Charles Grassley
| Republican
| Re-elected, 69.6 - 27.2
| Jean Lloyd-Jones (Democrat)
|
| Kansas
| Bob Dole
| Republican
| Re-elected, 62.7 - 31.0 - 4.0
| Gloria O'Dell (Democrat)
Christina Campbell-Cline (Independent)
|
| Kentucky
| Wendell Ford
| Democrat
| Re-elected, 62.9 - 35.8
| David Williams (Republican)
|
| Louisiana
| John Breaux
| Democrat
| Re-elected, in primary
|
|
| Maryland
| Barbara Mikulski
| Democrat
| Re-elected, 71.0 - 29.0
| Alan Keyes (Republican)
|
| Missouri
| Christopher Bond
| Republican
| Re-elected, 51.9 - 44.9 - 3.2
| Geri Rothman-Serot (Democrat)
Jeanne Bojarski (Libertarian)
|
| Nevada
| Harry Reid
| Democrat
| Re-elected, 51.0 - 40.2 - 2.3
| Demar Dahl (Republican)
Joe Garcia (Independent)
|
| New Hampshire
| Warren Rudman
| Republican
| Retired: Republican victory, 48.2 - 45.3 - 3.5
| Judd Gregg (Republican)
John Rauh (Democrat)
K. Alexander (Libertarian)
|
| New York
| Alfonse D'Amato
| Republican
| Re-elected, 49.0 - 47.8
| Robert Abrams (Democrat)
|
| North Carolina
| Terry Sanford
| Democrat
| Defeated, 50.4 - 46.3 - 3.3
| Lauch Faircloth (Republican)
Bobby Emory (Libertarian)
|
| North Dakota2
| Jocelyn Burdick
| Democrat
| Retired: Democratic victory, 63.3 - 33.7 - 3.0
| Kent Conrad (Democrat)
Jack Dalrymple (Republican)
Darold Larson (Independent)
|
| North Dakota
| Kent Conrad
| Democrat
| Retired: Democratic victory, 59.0 - 38.9 - 2.1
| Byron Dorgan (Democrat)
Steve Sydness (Republican)
Tom Asbridge (Independent)
|
| Ohio
| John H. Glenn Jr.
| Democrat
| Re-elected, 51.0 - 42.3 - 6.7
| R. Michael DeWine (Republican)
Martha Grevatt (Independent)
|
| Oklahoma
| Don Nickles
| Republican
| Re-elected, 58.5 - 38.2
| Steve Lewis (Democrat)
|
| Oregon
| Bob Packwood
| Republican
| Re-elected, 52.1 - 46.5
| Les AuCoin (Democrat)
|
| Pennsylvania
| Arlen Specter
| Republican
| Re-elected, 49.1 - 46.3 - 4.6
| Lynn Yeakel (Democrat)
John Perry III (Libertarian)
|
| South Carolina
| Ernest Hollings
| Democrat
| Re-elected, 50.1 - 46.9
| Thomas Hartnett (Republican)
|
| South Dakota
| Tom Daschle
| Democrat
| Re-elected, 64.9 - 32.5
| Charlene Haar (Republican)
|
| Utah
| Jake Garn
| Republican
| Retired: Republican victory, 55.4 - 39.7 - 2.3
| Robert Bennett (Republican)
Wayne Owens (Democrat)
Anita Morrow (Independent)
|
| Vermont
| Patrick Leahy
| Democrat
| Re-elected, 54.2 - 43.3
| Jim Douglas (Republican)
|
| Washington
| Brock Adams
| Democrat
| Retired: Democratic victory, 54.0 - 46.0
| Patty Murray (Democrat)
Rod Chandler (Republican)
|
| Wisconsin
| Bob Kasten
| Republican
| Defeated, 52.6 - 46.0
| Russell Feingold (Democrat)
|
1 special election held due to resignation of Pete Wilson (R-CA) to become Governor of California
2 special election held due to death of Quentin Burdick (D-ND)
See also
Senate composition before and after elections
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