1992 United States Senate elections


Nominee	John McCain	Claire Sargent
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	771,395	436,321
Percentage	55.8%	31.6%


Nominee	Evan Mecham
Party	Independent
Popular vote	145,361
Percentage	10.3%

County results

McCain: 40–50% 50–60%

Sargent: 40–50%

John McCain

John McCain

won the regular election and was sworn in in January 1993.

Incumbent Republican John McCain won re-election to a second term over Democrat Claire Sargent, community activist^[6] and Independent former Governor Evan Mecham.

General election^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John McCain (Incumbent)	771,395	55.82%	-4.66%
	Democratic	Claire Sargent	436,321	31.57%	-7.94%
	Independent	Evan Mecham	145,361	10.52%
	Libertarian	Kiana Delamare	22,613	1.64%
	New Alliance	Ed Finkelstein	6,335	0.46%
	Write-ins		26	0.00%
Majority			335,074	24.24%	+3.28%
Turnout			1,382,051
	Republican hold		Swing

Arkansas

Arkansas election

← 1986

1998 →


Nominee	Dale Bumpers	Mike Huckabee
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	553,635	366,373
Percentage	60.2%	39.8%

County results

Bumpers: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%

Huckabee: 50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Dale Bumpers

Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Dale Bumpers

Democratic

Incumbent Democratic senator Dale Bumpers won re-election to a fourth term. His Republican opponent was future Arkansas lieutenant governor, governor, and two-time presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, a church pastor from Texarkana.

The 1992 election coincided with Arkansas governor Bill Clinton's election as President of the United States, in which he also won his home state. In contrast with Bumpers' landslide where he won over 60% of the vote, Clinton won only 53.21% of the vote. Bumpers would serve another term in the U.S. Senate before deciding to retire in 1998.

Arkansas Senate election 1992^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dale Bumpers (Incumbent)	553,635	60.2%
	Republican	Mike Huckabee	366,373	39.8%
Majority			187,262	20.4%
Turnout			920,008
	Democratic hold

California

Due to the resignation of Pete Wilson to become Governor of California, there were two senate elections in California as both seats were up for election and both won by women. California ultimately become the first state to have two sitting women senators.

California (regular)

California general election

← 1986

1998 →


Nominee	Barbara Boxer	Bruce Herschensohn
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	5,173,467	4,644,182
Percentage	47.9%	43.0%

County results
Boxer: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%
Herchensohn: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Alan Cranston

Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Barbara Boxer

Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Alan Cranston decided to retire. Democratic U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Boxer won the open seat over Republican conservative TV talk show commentator Bruce Herschensohn. Both of California's senators were elected for the first time. This is not a unique occurrence; it would happen again in Tennessee in 1994, Kansas in 1996 and Georgia in 2020-2021. Fellow Democrat Dianne Feinstein, California's other senator, won the special election and was inaugurated in November 1992.

The election between Boxer and Herschensohn was very close. At the eleventh hour, controversy emerged that the Republican nominee attended a strip club, which some Republican operatives later blamed for Herschensohn's loss.^[8]

Four days before

press coverage of the story, Herschensohn spent the waning days of the campaign denying related allegations. When the votes were cast and counted, Barbara Boxer won the election by five points.^[9] Although Republicans have blamed the defeat on the underhanded tactics of the Boxer campaign, evidence of the connection between Mulholland's outburst and the campaign never surfaced.^[10]^[11]^[12]

The election was very close. Boxer was declared the winner by the Associated Press at 1:22 A.M. Pacific Coast Time.

1992 United States Senate election, California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barbara Boxer	5,173,467	47.90
	Republican	Bruce Herschensohn	4,644,182	43.00
	American Independent	Jerome N. McCready	373,051	3.45
	Peace and Freedom	Genevieve Torres	372,817	3.45
	Libertarian	June R. Genis	235,919	2.18
	No party	Write-ins	267	0.00
Invalid or blank votes			574,862	5.05
Total votes			11,374,565	100.00
Turnout			{{{votes}}}	54.52
	Democratic hold

California (special)

California special election

← 1988

1994 →


Nominee	Dianne Feinstein	John F. Seymour
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	5,853,651	4,093,501
Percentage	54.29%	37.96%

County results
Feinstein: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Seymour: 40–50% 50–60%

U.S. senator before election

John F. Seymour

Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Dianne Feinstein

Democratic

In the

John F. Seymour to the Senate to replace himself. In this special election held simultaneously with the regular Senate election, Feinstein defeated Seymour to serve the remaining 2 years of the term and took office November 4, only 1 day after the election. Fellow Democrat Barbara Boxer

Both of California's senators were elected for the first time. This is not a unique occurrence; it would happen again in Tennessee in 1994, Kansas in 1996, and Georgia in 2020.

1992 special United States Senate election, California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dianne Feinstein	5,853,651	54.29%
	Republican	John F. Seymour (Incumbent)	4,093,501	37.96%
	Peace and Freedom	Gerald Horne	305,697	2.84%
	American Independent	Paul Meeuwenberg	281,973	2.62%
	Libertarian	Richard Benjamin Boddie	247,799	2.30%
	No party	Write-ins	122	0.00%
Invalid or blank votes			591,822	5.20%
Total votes			11,374,565	100.00%
Turnout			{{{votes}}}	54.52
	Republican

Colorado

Colorado election

← 1986

1998 →


Nominee	Ben Nighthorse Campbell	Terry Considine
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	803,725	662,893
Percentage	51.8%	42.7%

County results
Nighthorse Campbell: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Considine: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Tim Wirth

Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Ben Nighthorse Campbell

Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Tim Wirth decided to retire instead of seeking a second term. Democratic congressman Ben Nighthorse Campbell won the open seat, beating Republican State senator Terry Considine.

Democratic primary election^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ben Nighthorse Campbell	117,634	45.48%
	Democratic	Dick Lamm	93,599	36.19%
	Democratic	Josie Heath	47,418	18.33%
Total votes			258,651	100.00%

General election^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Ben Nighthorse Campbell	803,725	51.78%	+1.86%
	Republican	Terry Considine	662,893	42.70%	-5.66%
	Independent	Richard O. Grimes	42,455	2.73%
	Pro-Life	Matt Noah	22,846	1.47%
	Independent	Dan Winters	20,347	1.31%
	Libertarian	Hue Futch	23	0.00%
Majority			140,832	9.07%	+7.52%
Turnout			1,552,289
	Democratic hold		Swing

Connecticut

Connecticut election

← 1986

1998 →


Nominee	Chris Dodd	Brook Johnson
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	882,569	572,036
Percentage	58.8%	38.1%

Dodd: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%
Johnson: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Chris Dodd

Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Chris Dodd

Democratic

Incumbent Democrat

Christopher Dodd

won re-election for a third term over Republican businessman Brook Johnson.

Johnson, a millionaire businessman who had never run for public office before, spent about $900,000 during the primary campaign. His television and radio commercials said that he would bring "a dose of success Washington needs." Dodd had $2 million cash on hand following the primaries.^[14]

1988 Connecticut United States Senate election^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Christopher Dodd (Incumbent)	882,569	58.81%
	Republican	Brook Johnson	572,036	38.12%
	Concerned Citizens	Richard D. Gregory	35,315	2.35%
	Libertarian	Howard A. Grayson Jr.	10,741	0.72%
Total votes			1,500,661	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Florida

Florida election

← 1986

1998 →


Nominee	Bob Graham	James W. Grant
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	3,245,585	1,716,511
Percentage	65.4%	35.4%

Graham: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%
Grant: 50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Bob Graham

Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Bob Graham

Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Bob Graham won re-election to a second term, beating Republican former U.S. Representative Bill Grant.

Democratic primary election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Graham (Incumbent)	968,618	84.3%
	Democratic	Jim Mahorner	180,405	15.7%
Total votes			1,149,023	100.0%

Republican primary election^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Grant	413,457	56.1%
	Republican	Rob Quartel	196,524	26.7%
	Republican	Hugh Brotherton	126,878	17.2%
Total votes			736,859	100.0%

Graham defeated Grant in a landslide, as Grant won just one county in the state (Okaloosa County, Florida). There were no third party or independent candidates.

General election^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Bob Graham (incumbent)	3,245,565	65.40%	+10.66%
	Republican	Bill Grant	1,716,505	34.59%	-10.67%
	Write-ins	Marie Davis	220	0.01%
Majority			1,529,060	30.81%
Total votes			4,962,290	100.00%
	Democratic hold		Swing

Georgia

1992 United States Senate election in Georgia

← 1986

November 3, 1992 (first round)
November 24, 1992 (runoff)

1998 →


Nominee	Paul Coverdell	Wyche Fowler
Party	Republican	Democratic
First round	1,073,282 47.67%	1,108,416 49.23%
Runoff	635,118 50.65%	618,774 49.35%

Coverdell: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Fowler: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%

U.S. senator before election

Wyche Fowler
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Paul Coverdell
Republican

Incumbent Democrat Wyche Fowler did not receive a simple majority in the general election, which demanded a runoff. Paul Coverdell, former Director of the Peace Corps and former State senator, edged out Fowler in the runoff with a narrow margin.^[5]

The general primary was held July 21, 1992.^[18] A run-off between the top two Republican contenders was held on August 11, in which Paul Coverdell defeated Bob Barr.

Results^[19] for the first round showed that since Paul Coverdell did not win a majority of the vote, a runoff was held between him and Barr. Coverdell subsequently won the runoff.

1992 Georgia U.S. Senate Republican primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Coverdell	100,016	37.05%
	Republican	Bob Barr	65,471	24.25%
	Republican	John Knox	64,514	23.90%
	Republican	Charlie Tanksley	32,590	12.07%
	Republican	Dean Parkison	7,352	2.72%
Turnout			269,943	100.00%

1992 Georgia U.S. Senate Republican primary election runoff
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Coverdell	80,435	50.49%
	Republican	Bob Barr	78,887	49.51%
Turnout			159,332	100.00%

1992 Georgia United States Senate election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wyche Fowler (Incumbent)	1,108,416	49.23%
	Republican	Paul Coverdell	1,073,282	47.67%
	Libertarian	Jim Hudson	69,878	3.10%
		Write-In Votes	11	0.00%
Majority			35,134	1.56%
Turnout			2,251,587

As no candidate reached a majority on November 3, a runoff election was held on November 24, which Coverdell won.

Georgia United States Senate election runoff, 1992
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Coverdell	635,118	50.65%
	Democratic	Wyche Fowler (Incumbent)	618,774	49.35%
Majority			16,344	1.30%
Turnout			1,253,892
	Democratic

Hawaii

Hawaii election

← 1986

1998 →


Nominee	Daniel Inouye	Rick Reed
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	208,266	97,928
Percentage	57.3%	26.9%


Nominee	Linda Martin
Party	Green
Popular vote	49,921
Percentage	13.7%

County results
Inouye: 50–60% 60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Daniel Inouye

Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Daniel Inouye

Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Daniel Inouye won re-election to a sixth term over Republican State senator Rick Reed.^[20]

Hawaii general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Daniel Inouye (Incumbent)	208,266	57.3%
	Republican	Rick Reed	97,928	26.9%
	Green	Linda Martin	49,921	13.7%
	Libertarian	Richard O. Rowland	7,547	2.1%
Total votes			363,662	100.0%
Majority			110,338	30.4%
	Democratic hold

Idaho

Idaho election

← 1986

1998 →


Nominee	Dirk Kempthorne	Richard H. Stallings
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	270,468	208,036
Percentage	56.5%	43.5%

County results
Kempthorne: 50–60% 60–70%
Stallings: 50–60% 60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Steve Symms

Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Dirk Kempthorne

Republican

Incumbent Republican Steve Symms decided to retire instead of seeking a third term. Republican Mayor of Boise Dirk Kempthorne won the open seat, beating Democratic congressman Richard H. Stallings.

Democratic primary^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard H. Stallings	40,102	71.66
	Democratic	Matt Schaffer	8,976	16.04
	Democratic	David W. Sheperd	6,882	12.30
Total votes			55,960	100.00

Republican primary^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dirk Kempthorne	67,001	57.43
	Republican	Rod Beck	26,977	23.12
	Republican	Milt Erhart	22,682	19.44
Total votes			116,660	100.00

General election^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Dirk Kempthorne	270,468	56.52	+4.97
	Democratic	Richard H. Stallings	208,036	43.48	-4.97
Majority			62,432	13.05	+9.93
Turnout			478,504
	Republican hold		Swing

Illinois

Illinois election

← 1986

1998 →


Nominee	Carol Moseley Braun	Richard S. Williamson
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	2,631,229	2,162,833
Percentage	53.0%	43.0%

County Results
Braun: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%
Williamson: 40–50% 50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Alan J. Dixon

Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Carol Moseley Braun

Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Alan J. Dixon decided to run for re-election a third term, but was defeated in the primary against Carol Moseley Braun, Cook County Recorder of Deeds and former State Representative, who then won the general election over Republican Richard S. Williamson, former Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs. Braun (whose victory coincided with Bill Clinton's win in the presidential election and Illinois) made history in this election by becoming the first African-American woman ever elected to the U.S. Senate, and also the first African-American elected to the U.S. Senate as a Democrat.

Democratic Primary, United States Senate, 1992^[22]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Carol Moseley Braun	557,694	38.0%
Democratic	Alan J. Dixon (Incumbent)	504,077	35.0%
Democratic	Albert Hofeld	394,497	18.0%

This defeat shocked observers; at the time no senator had been defeated in a primary in over a decade and Dixon had a long record of electoral success. He was a moderate Democrat, who recently voted to confirm

Supreme Court.^[23]

Braun, a black woman and known reformist liberal, got a large share of black, liberal, and women voters ("The Year of the Woman").

In addition, she carried Cook County, Illinois, by far the most populated county in the state. Another factor was the third candidate in the race, multi-millionaire attorney Al Hofeld. Hofeld drew away some of the moderate and conservative Democrats who normally supported Dixon. He also spent a lot of money running advertisements attacking Dixon, weakening his support.

Moseley Braun won the 1992 Illinois Senate Race by a fairly comfortable margin. Moseley Braun did well as expected in

Cook County home of Chicago. Williamson did well in the Chicago collar counties, and most northern parts of the state. Moseley Braun had a surprisingly strong showing in southern Illinois, which Republicans had come to dominate in the last several decades. Braun also did well in Rock Island County

.

1992 Illinois U.S. Senate Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Carol Moseley Braun	2,631,229	53.3%	-3.8%
	Republican	Richard S. Williamson	2,126,833	43.1%	+9.3%
	Independent	Chad Koppie	100,422	2.0%
	Libertarian	Andrew B. Spiegel	34,527	0.7%
	Natural Law	Charles A. Winter	15,118	N/A%
	New Alliance	Alan J. Port	12,689	N/A%
	Socialist Workers	Kathleen Kaku	10,056	N/A%
	Populist	John Justice	8,656	N/A%
Total votes			4,935,530	100.0%
Majority			504,396	10.2%
	Democratic hold

Indiana

Indiana election

← 1990 (special)

County results
Coats: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Hogsett: 40–50% 50–60%


Nominee	Dan Coats	Joe Hogsett
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	1,267,972	900,148
Percentage	57.3%	40.8%

Dan Coats

Dan Coats

. Ford pulled big margins out of the majority of Kentucky's 124 counties. This would be Ford's last term in the senate. He served his final term from January 3, 1993, to January 3, 1999. Ford died some fifteen years after his retirement at the age of 90.

Incumbent Republican

Indiana Secretary of State Joe Hogsett.^[24]

When incumbent Republican Dan Quayle resigned from the Senate after being elected Vice President of the United States in 1988, Coats was appointed to Quayle's former seat. He then won election to serve the remainder of the term in 1990.

General election^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Coats (Incumbent)	1,267,972	57.3%
	Democratic	Joseph Hogsett	900,148	40.8%
	Libertarian	Steve Dillon	35,733	1.6%
	New Alliance	Raymond Tirado	7,474	0.3%
	No party	Write-Ins	99	0.0%
Majority			367,824
Turnout			2,211,426
	Republican hold		Swing

Coats won 79 of Indiana's counties compared to 13 for Hogsett.^[25]

Iowa

Iowa election

← 1986

1998 →


Nominee	Chuck Grassley	Jean Hall Lloyd-Jones
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	899,761	351,561
Percentage	69.6%	27.2%

County results
Grassley: 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90% >90%

U.S. senator before election

Chuck Grassley

Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Chuck Grassley

Republican

Incumbent Republican

State senator

Jean Hall Lloyd-Jones.

Democratic primary^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jean Hall Lloyd-Jones	60,615	60.80
	Democratic	Rosanne Freeburg	38,774	38.89
	Democratic	Write-ins	307	0.31
Turnout			99,696

Republican primary^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chuck Grassley (Incumbent)	109,273	99.70
	Republican	Write-ins	324	0.30
Turnout			109,597

1992 United States Senate election in Iowa^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Chuck Grassley (Incumbent)	899,761	69.61	+3.58
	Democratic	Jean Hall Lloyd-Jones	351,561	27.20	-6.37
	Natural Law	Stuart Zimmerman	16,403	1.27
	Independent	Sue Atkinson	6,277	0.49
	Independent	Mel Boring	5,508	0.43
	Independent	Rosanne Freeburg	4,999	0.39
	Grassroots	Carl Eric Olsen	3,404	0.26
	Independent	Richard O'Dell Hughes	2,918	0.23
	Socialist Workers	Cleve Andrew Pulley	1,370	0.11
	Write-ins		293	0.02
Majority			548,200	42.41	+9.95
Turnout			1,292,494
	Republican hold		Swing

Kansas

Kansas election

← 1986

1996 (special) →


Nominee	Bob Dole	Gloria O'Dell
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	706,246	349,525
Percentage	62.70%	31.03%

County results
Dole: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%

U.S. senator before election

Bob Dole

Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Bob Dole

Republican

Incumbent Republican senator

Republican Leader of the United States Senate

seven years prior.

Kansas general election^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Dole (Incumbent)	706,246	62.70%
	Democratic	Gloria O'Dell	349,525	31.03%
	Independent	Christina Campbell-Cline	45,423	4.03%
	Libertarian	Mark B. Kirk	25,253	2.24%
Majority			356,721	31.67%
Turnout			1,126,447
	Republican hold

Kentucky

Kentucky election

← 1986

1998 →


Nominee	Wendell Ford	David L. Williams
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	836,888	476,604
Percentage	62.9%	35.8%

County results
Ford: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%
Williams: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%

U.S. senator before election

Wendell Ford

Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Wendell Ford

Democratic

Incumbent Democratic U.S. senator Wendell Ford won re-election to a fourth term, easily beating Republican State senator David L. Williams. As of 2023^[update], this was the last Senate election in Kentucky in which a Democrat won.

Denny Ormerod, a machinist from

Right to Life, who cited his lawsuit to free three anti-abortion bills from committee in the 1992 legislative session.^[29] As a result of the largely uninspiring primary campaigns, there was only an 18% voter turnout in the Republican primary. Williams won the nomination.^[30]

Republican primary^[31]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	David Williams	49,880	60.9%
Republican	Phillip Thompson	25,026	30.5%
Republican	Denny Ormerod	7,066	8.6%

Ford, the

Balanced Budget Amendment, but Williams said that Ford's support of pork barrel projects for the state and a procedural vote that kept the amendment from a vote in 1991 were evidence that Ford's support was not genuine.^[34]

Ford had no trouble winning on election night. Ford won easily, despite the fact that fellow

E.S.T

General election^[35]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wendell H. Ford (Incumbent)	836,888	62.9%
	Republican	David L. Williams	476,604	35.8%
	Libertarian	James A. Ridenour	17,366	1.3%
Total votes			1,330,858	100.00%
Majority			360,208	27.1%
	Democratic hold

Louisiana

Louisiana election

Parish results
Breaux: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
80–90%


Nominee	John Breaux	Jon Khachaturian
Party	Democratic	Independent
Popular vote	616,021	74,785
Percentage	73.07%	8.87%


Nominee	Lyle Stocksill	Nick Joseph Accardo
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	69,986	45,839
Percentage	8.30%	5.44%

John Breaux

John Breaux

, this was the last Senate election in New York won by a Republican.

Incumbent Democrat

jungle primary

on October 3, 1992, winning re-election to another term.

Jungle primary^[36]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Breaux (Incumbent)	616,021	73.07%
	Independent	Jon Khachaturian	74,785	8.87%
	Republican	Lyle Stocksill	69,986	8.30%
	Democratic	Nick Joseph Accardo	45,839	5.44%
	Republican	Fred Clegg Strong	36,406	4.32%
Majority			541,236	64.20%
Turnout			843,037
	Democratic hold

Maryland

Maryland election

← 1986

1998 →


Nominee	Barbara Mikulski	Alan Keyes
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	1,307,610	533,688
Percentage	71.0%	28.9%

County results
Mikulski: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%
Keyes: 50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Barbara Mikulski

Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Barbara Mikulski

Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Barbara Mikulski won re-election to a second term over Republican Alan Keyes, former Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs.

Democratic primary election^[37]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barbara A. Mikulski (Incumbent)	376,444	76.75%
	Democratic	Thomas M. Wheatley	31,214	6.36%
	Democratic	Walter Boyd	26,467	5.40%
	Democratic	Don Allensworth	19,731	4.02%
	Democratic	Scott David Britt	13,001	2.65%
	Democratic	James Leonard White	12,470	2.54%
	Democratic	B. Emerson Sweatt	11,150	2.27%
Total votes			490,477	100.00%

Republican primary election^[37]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Alan L. Keyes	95,831	45.94%
	Republican	Martha Scanlan Klima	20,758	9.95%
	Republican	Joseph I. Cassilly	16,091	7.71%
	Republican	Ross Z. Pierpont	12,658	6.07%
	Republican	S. Rob Sobhani	12,423	5.96%
	Republican	John J. Bishop, Jr.	9,451	4.53%
	Republican	Eugene R. Zarwell	6,535	3.13%
	Republican	James Henry Berry	6,282	3.01%
	Republican	Romie Allen Songer	6,030	2.89%
	Republican	Joyce Friend-Nalepka	5,835	2.80%
	Republican	Edward Robert Shannon	4,578	2.19%
	Republican	Scott L. Meredith	4,372	2.10%
	Republican	Stuart Hopkins	3,717	1.78%
	Republican	Herman J. Hannan	2,771	1.33%
	Republican	William H. Krehnbrink	1,258	0.60%
Total votes			208,590	100.00%

1992 United States Senate election in Maryland^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Barbara A. Mikulski (Incumbent)	1,307,610	71.02%	+10.33%
	Republican	Alan L. Keyes	533,688	28.98%	-10.33%
Majority			773,922	42.03%	+20.66%
Total votes			1,841,298	100.00%
	Democratic hold		Swing

Missouri

Missouri election

← 1986

1998 →


Nominee	Kit Bond	Geri Rothman-Serot
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	1,221,901	1,057,967
Percentage	51.2%	44.9%

County results

Bond: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%

R-Serot: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Kit Bond

Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Kit Bond

Republican

Incumbent Republican Kit Bond won re-election to a second term over Democratic St. Louis County Councilwoman Geri Rothman-Serot.^[5]

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kit Bond (incumbent)	1,221,901	51.2%
	Democratic	Geri Rothman-Serot	1,057,967	44.9%
	Libertarian	Jeanne Bojarski	75,048	3.2%
Total votes			2,354,916	100.00%
Majority			163,934	6.3%
	Republican hold

Nevada

Nevada election

← 1986

1998 →


Nominee	Harry Reid	Demar Dahl
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	253,150	199,413
Percentage	51.0%	40.2%

County results
Reid: 40–50% 50–60%
Dahl: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Harry Reid

Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Harry Reid

Democratic

Although nearly 10% of the electorate voted for neither of the two major U.S. political parties, incumbent Democrat Harry Reid ultimately beat Republican cattle rancher and President of Nevada Cattlemen's Association Demar Dahl.^[5]

General election^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Harry Reid (Incumbent)	253,150	51.05%	+1.05%
	Republican	Demar Dahl	199,413	40.21%	-4.30%
	None of These Candidates		13,154	2.65%	-0.96%
	Independent American Party (Nevada)	Joe S. Garcia	11,240	2.27%
	Natural Law	Lois Avery	7,279	1.47%
	Libertarian	Kent Cromwell	7,222	1.46%	-0.41%
	Populist	Harry Tootle	4,429	0.89%
Majority			53,737	10.84%	+5.36%
Turnout			495,887
	Democratic hold		Swing

New Hampshire

New Hampshire election

← 1986

1998 →


Nominee	Judd Gregg	John Rauh
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	249,591	234,982
Percentage	48.2%	45.4%

Gregg:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Rauh:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      80–90%
Brady:      >90%
Tie:      50%

U.S. senator before election

Warren Rudman

Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Judd Gregg

Republican

Incumbent Republican Warren Rudman decided to retire. Republican Governor Judd Gregg won the open seat, beating Democrat John Rauh, former CEO of Griffon Corporation.^[38]

NH U.S. Senate Election, 1992^[39]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Judd Gregg	249,591	48.2%
	Democratic	John Rauh	234,982	45.4%
	Libertarian	Katherine M. Alexander	18,214	3.5%
	Independent	Larry Brady	9,340	1.8%
	Independent	Ken Blevens	4,752	0.9%
	Natural Law	David Haight	1,291	0.3%
Total votes			518,170	100.00%
Majority			14,609	2.8%
	Republican hold

New York

New York election

← 1986

1998 →


Nominee	Al D'Amato	Robert Abrams
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	3,166,994	3,086,200
Percentage	49.0%	47.8%

County results

D'Amato: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70%

Abrams: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%

U.S. senator before election

Al D'Amato

Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Al D'Amato

Republican

Incumbent Republican

Bronx. As of 2023

Early in the campaign, environmentalist attorney,

Laurance S. Rockefeller, Jr. nephew of the former governor Nelson, tried to challenge D'Amato in the Republican primary,^[40]

but fell short of the required signatures to get onto the primary ballot. D'Amato summarily went unchallenged.

The Democratic primary campaign featured State Attorney General Robert Abrams, former U.S. Congresswoman and 1984 vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro, Reverend Al Sharpton, Congressman Robert J. Mrazek, and New York City Comptroller and former Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman. Abrams was considered the early front-runner.^[41] Ferraro emphasized her career as a teacher, prosecutor, congresswoman, and mother, and talked about how she was tough on crime.^[42] Ferraro drew attacks from the media and her opponents over her husband John Zaccaro's finances and business relationships.^[43]

Ferraro became the front-runner, capitalizing on her star power from 1984 and using the campaign attacks against her as an explicitly feminist rallying point for women voters.

negative ad accusing Ferraro and Zaccaro of taking more than $300,000 in rent in the 1980s from a pornographer with purported ties to organized crime.^[45] The final debates were nasty, and Holtzman in particular constantly attacked Ferraro's integrity and finances.^[46]^[47] In an unusual election-eve television broadcast, Ferraro talked about the ethnic slurs made against her as an Italian-American.^[48] In the September 15, 1992 primary, Abrams edged out Ferraro by less than percentage point, winning 37 percent of the vote to 36 percent.^[47] Ferraro did not concede she had lost for two weeks.^[49]

After Abrams emerged as the nominee, the Democrats remained divided. In particular, Abrams spent much of the remainder of the campaign trying to get Ferraro's endorsement.

his presidential bid instead. She was eventually persuaded by state party leaders into giving an unenthusiastic endorsement with just three days to go before the general election, in exchange for an apology by Abrams for the tone of the primary.^[50]

Abrams was also criticized for calling D'Amato a

fascist, and he narrowly lost the general election as a result of these controversies.^[51]

General election^[52]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Al D'Amato	2,652,822
	Conservative	Al D'Amato	289,258
	Right to Life	Al D'Amato	224,914
	Total	Al D'Amato (Incumbent)	3,166,994	49.0%
	Democratic	Robert Abrams	2,943,001
	Liberal	Robert Abrams	143,199
	'Total'	Robert Abrams	3,086,200	47.8%
	Libertarian	Norma Segal	108,530	1.7%
	New Alliance	Mohammad T. Mehdi	56,631	0.9%
	Natural Law	Stanley Nelson	23,747	0.4%
	Socialist Workers	Eddie Warren	16,724	0.3%
Total votes			6,458,826	100.00%
Majority			80,794	1.2%
	Republican hold

North Carolina

North Carolina election

County results
Faircloth:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Sanford:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Tie:      40–50%


Nominee	Lauch Faircloth	Terry Sanford
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	1,297,892	1,194,015
Percentage	50.35%	46.32%

Terry Sanford

Lauch Faircloth

North Dakota special election

Incumbent Democrat Terry Sanford lost re-election to a second term to Republican Lauch Faircloth, former State Secretary of Commerce.

1992 North Carolina U.S. Senate Republican primary election^[53]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lauch Faircloth	129,159	47.74%
	Republican	Sue Wilkins Myrick	81,801	30.23%
	Republican	Eugene Johnston	46,112	17.04%
	Republican	Larry Harrington	13,496	4.99%
Turnout			270,568

In 1990, after 40 years as a Democrat, Faircloth switched his party registration and began preparations to seek the Republican Senate nomination in 1992. Enjoying the support of senator

Walter E. Johnston, III in the primary. His opponent in the general election was his former ally, Terry Sanford. Although Sanford had helped Faircloth raise money for his failed gubernatorial bid in 1984, he angered Faircloth two years later when he allegedly dismissed Faircloth's chances in a statewide contest if the two ran against each other for the Democratic nomination for the Senate.^[54] Faircloth withdrew from the 1986 race after Sanford "blindsided" him by announcing his candidacy.^[55]

Faircloth attacked Sanford as a tax-and-spend liberal, and despite a poor performance in a September televised debate, Faircloth won the seat by a 100,000-vote margin. Sanford may have been weakened by his unpopular vote against authorizing military force in the

Persian Gulf War, and he suffered health problems in the summer of 1992.^[56]

1992 North Carolina U.S. Senate election^[53]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Lauch Faircloth	1,297,892	50.35%	+2.11%
	Democratic	Terry Sanford (Incumbent)	1,194,015	46.32%	–5.44%
	Libertarian	Bobby Yates Emory	85,948	3.33%	N/A
Turnout			2,577,855
Majority			103,877	4.03%
	Democratic		Swing

North Dakota

Due to the death of Quentin Burdick in September of that year, there were two senate elections in North Dakota.

North Dakota (regular)

North Dakota general election

← 1986

1998 →


Nominee	Byron Dorgan	Steve Sydness
Party	Democratic–NPL	Republican
Popular vote	179,347	118,162
Percentage	59.0%	38.9%

County results
Dorgan: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Sydness: 50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Kent Conrad

Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Byron Dorgan

Democratic

Incumbent

North Dakota Democratic NPL Party incumbent Kent Conrad retired, having given a pledge that he would not run for re-election if the federal budget deficit was higher than when he was first elected; however when the other Senate seat became vacant, he ran in the special election. Dem-NPL U.S. Congressman Byron Dorgan won the open seat, beating Republican Steve Sydness, CEO of Endurance International Group.^[5]

North Dakota general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic–NPL	Byron Dorgan	179,347	59.00%
	Republican	Steve Sydness	118,162	38.87%
	Independent	Tom Asbridge	6,448	2.12%
Turnout			303,957
Total votes			6,458,826	100.00%
Majority			61,185	20.13%
	Democratic hold

North Dakota (special)

← 1988

December 4, 1992

1994 →


Nominee	Kent Conrad	Jack Dalrymple
Party	Democratic–NPL	Republican
Popular vote	103,246	55,194
Percentage	63.2%	33.8%

County results
Conrad: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Dalrymple: 40–50% 50–60%

Jocelyn Burdick

Kent Conrad

Burdick's death provided an opportunity for Conrad to return to the Senate in a fight for an open seat. However, some, particularly his political opponents, saw this as a breach of his promise in spirit if not letter, Conrad's high approval ratings as senator carried through to a victory against Republican state legislator Jack Dalrymple.^[57]

The special election was held December 4, 1992 to fill the

1986, had not run for re-election to his own seat, holding himself to a campaign promise pledging to reduce the federal deficit. U.S. senator Kent Conrad won the election over Republican State Representative Jack Dalrymple

.

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic–NPL	Kent Conrad (incumbent)	103,246	63.22	73.57
	Republican	Jack Dalrymple	55,194	33.80
	Independent	Darold Larson	4,871	2.98
Majority
Turnout			163,311
	Democratic hold		Swing

Ohio

Ohio election

← 1986

1998 →


Nominee	John Glenn	Mike DeWine
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	2,444,419	2,028,300
Percentage	51.0%	42.3%


Nominee	Martha Grevatt
Party	Workers World
Popular vote	321,234
Percentage	6.7%

County results
Glenn: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%
DeWine: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%

U.S. senator before election

John Glenn

Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

John Glenn

Democratic

Incumbent Democrat John Glenn won re-election to a fourth term,^[58] coinciding with Bill Clinton's narrow win during the presidential election. Glenn's voting percentage of 51% over Republican Lieutenant Governor of Ohio Mike DeWine represented the worst performance of his four runs for the Senate, likely due to the presence of third-party candidate Martha Grevatt of the far-left Workers World Party. As of 2023^[update], this is the last time the Democrats have won the Class 3 Senate Seat from Ohio.

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Glenn (Incumbent)	2,444,419	50.99%
	Republican	Mike DeWine	2,028,300	42.31%
	Workers World	Martha Grevatt	321,234	6.70%
Majority			416,119	8.68%
Turnout			4,793,953
	Democratic hold

Oklahoma

Oklahoma election

← 1986

1998 →


Nominee	Don Nickles	Steve Lewis
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	757,876	494,350
Percentage	58.6%	38.2%

County results
Nickles: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%
Lewis: 40–50% 50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Don Nickles

Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Don Nickles

Republican

Incumbent Republican Don Nickles won re-election to his third term, beating Democratic former State Representative Steve Lewis.^[59]

OK U.S. Senate Election, 1992^[60]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Don Nickles (Incumbent)	757,876	58.6%
	Democratic	Steve Lewis	494,350	38.2%
	Independent	Roy V. Edwards	21,225	1.6%
	Independent	Thomas D. Ledgerwood II	20,972	1.6%
Total votes			1,294,423	100.00%
Majority			263,526	20.4%
	Republican hold

Oregon

Oregon election

← 1986

1996 (special) →


Nominee	Bob Packwood	Les AuCoin
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	717,455	639,851
Percentage	52.1%	46.5%

County results

Packwood: 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%

AuCoin: 40–50% 50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Bob Packwood

Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Bob Packwood

Republican

Incumbent Republican Bob Packwood won re-election to his fifth term.

As the election season got underway, analysts from both major parties predicted that Packwood would have one of the toughest seats to defend in what was anticipated to be a volatile election year.^[61] Packwood was regarded as one of the nation's "most powerful elected officials"^[62] with "extraordinary political instincts."^[63] But the state's largest newspaper, The Oregonian, had described AuCoin (Packwood's presumed main challenger) as having "persistence, imagination and clout [that] have made him the most powerful congressman in Oregon and one of the most influential members from the Northwest."^[64]

For AuCoin, however, first came the Democratic primary. He faced Portland attorney Joe Wetzel and Bend businessman Harry Lonsdale in what became a "brutal, bitter"^[65] contest.^[66] Lonsdale, who had run a close race against incumbent Mark Hatfield for Oregon's other Senate seat in 1990, emerged as AuCoin's principal rival; Wetzel, who criticized Packwood and AuCoin as long-term, ineffective members of Congress,^[67] trailed throughout the race, and was not invited to an April debate sponsored by the City Club of Portland.^[68] Lonsdale took on "the Les AuCoin-Mark Hatfield-Bob Packwood coalition" as his primary cause, stating "I consider Les AuCoin a good man who has been corrupted by PAC money over the years".^[69]

In a race the Seattle Times called "as negative as many voters can remember,"^[65] Lonsdale attacked AuCoin as "corrupt"^[65] and tied to the timber industry.^[70] Lonsdale's environmental credentials also came under scrutiny,^[71] and AuCoin noted Lonsdale's reversal of support for nuclear power and belated opposition to the re-opening of Trojan Nuclear Power Plant.^[72] AuCoin turned accusations of undue influence back on Lonsdale, pointing out that his company (Bend Research) had received millions in federal defense contracts.^[73]

Even during the primary, Packwood and AuCoin traded barbs on various issues.^[74] Packwood joined Lonsdale in criticizing AuCoin for his involvement in what was reported as a rash of check-bouncing among members of Congress; AuCoin characterized the issue as a series of mistakes, rather than gross abuses.^[75] In what was believed to be an unprecedented move, Packwood attempted to influence the Democratic primary's outcome by running television ads against AuCoin.^[76]

Ultimately, the results of the Democratic primary were so close that an automatic recount was triggered.^[76] AuCoin held a news conference on May 23 in the South Park Blocks stating he would wait for the recount, but the margin was currently 248 votes in his favor.^[77] On June 18, over a month after the primary election, AuCoin was certified as having won by 330 votes.^[78] Upon conceding the race, Lonsdale pondered mounting a write-in campaign, reiterating that Oregon needed an "outsider" in the Senate.^[79]^[80]

Democratic primary for the United States Senate from Oregon, 1992^[81]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Les AuCoin	153,029	42.18%
	Democratic	Harry Lonsdale	152,699	42.09%
	Democratic	Joseph Wetzel	31,183	8.87%
	Democratic	Bob Bell	23,700	6.53%
	Democratic	miscellaneous	1,194	0.33%
Total votes			361,805	100.00%

Packwood had gone through a divorce in 1991, and his ex-wife threatened to run against him amid mounting concerns about his "eye for the ladies." The socially conservative

independent or as a member of the AHP.^[82]^[83] Mobley ultimately decided in mid-August not to run, stating that he could not bear the idea that he might be responsible for causing AuCoin to be elected.^[84] Packwood's most significant challenge thus came from little-known conservative Medford attorney John DeZell, who campaigned on the family values issue.^[85]

Packwood cruised to victory over DeZell and several other candidates.

Republican primary for the United States Senate from Oregon, 1992^[86]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Packwood (incumbent)	176,939	59.10%
	Republican	John DeZell	61,128	20.42%
	Republican	Stephanie J. Salvey	27,088	9.05%
	Republican	Randy Prince	20,358	6.80%
	Republican	Valentine Christian	10,501	3.51%
	Republican	miscellaneous	3,397	1.14%
Total votes			299,411	100.00%

By the end of June, when the recount was complete, AuCoin was nearly out of campaign funds; Packwood entered the general election race with $3.2 million [87]^[88] and was ranked sixth nationwide among senators raising funds outside their home state during the 1990–1992 election season.^[89]

AuCoin opposed weakening the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to erase the Northern Spotted Owl's impact on the timber industry, but Packwood (“one of the timber industry’s chief allies,” according to Oregon State University political scientist William Lunch^[90]) assailed “environmental extremists” and introduced legislation to convene a presidential cabinet committee to exempt the endangered owl from the ESA.^[91]

In September, Packwood pulled ads that had falsely criticized AuCoin for missing votes while speaking to special interest groups.^[92] By October, Packwood had raised $8 million,^[93] spending $5.4 million more than AuCoin, and leading all Senate incumbents.^[94] Yet that fall, the two candidates were in a dead heat, with Packwood continuing to criticize AuCoin on attendance, his House bank account and the spotted owl, and AuCoin echoing the campaign of popular Presidential candidate Bill Clinton by accusing Packwood of favoring the wealthy over the middle class.^[95]

The outcome of the bruising race was too close to call on election night, but on the following day, Packwood emerged as the winner with about 52% of the vote to AuCoin's 47. In his victory press conference, Packwood endorsed AuCoin for

Clinton administration.^[96]^[97] When told of Packwood's comments, AuCoin responded by saying "I think that's real special."^[98]

General election^[99]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Packwood (Incumbent)	717,455	52.14%
	Democratic	Les AuCoin	639,851	46.50%
	Write-In	Miscellaneous	12,934	0.94%
	Independent	Harry Lonsdale	5,793	0.42%
Total votes			1,376,033	100.00%
Majority			77,604	5.64%
	Republican hold

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania election

Specter: 40–50% 50–60%
Yeakel: 40–50% 50–60%


Nominee	Arlen Specter	Lynn Yeakel
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	2,358,125	2,224,966
Percentage	49.1%	46.3%

Arlen Specter

Arlen Specter

(from Montgomery County).

Incumbent Republican

Porter Hardy of Virginia^[101]

Despite his powerful position in the Senate, Specter had numerous problems entering the election. A moderate who generally received only tepid support from his party's conservative wing, he was criticized by the right for opposing

Bush's popularity was rapidly declining in the state over high unemployment rates and was subsequently dragging down Republican candidates.^[102]

Yeakel won the five-way primary with 45% of the vote, easily defeating the endorsed candidate, Lieutenant Governor

criticism of the Israeli government.^[103]^[104]

Despite her mistakes, including a frequent tendency to mispronounce the names of places in which she was campaigning, Yeakel continued to perform solidly, and on Election Day, she captured by large numbers the traditional Democratic strongholds of the state, such as

Erie. However, Specter undercut Yeakel's support in the state's most critical Democratic county: Philadelphia. Specter campaigned hard in black neighborhoods and received the endorsement of the NAACP. Furthermore, he capitalized on the ambivalence of many Philadelphia Democratic leaders to Yeakel, a self-described reform candidate; as a result, the hugely Democratic city featured a higher than anticipated vote for Specter. Also critical to the campaign was Specter's grassroots involvement in Yeakel's base, the traditionally GOP but Democratic-trending suburbs of Philadelphia.^[102]

General election^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Arlen Specter (Incumbent)	2,358,125	49.10%
	Democratic	Lynn Yeakel	2,224,966	46.33%
	Libertarian	John Perry	219,319	4.57%
Total votes			4,822,410	100.00%
Majority			113,159	2.3%
	Republican hold

South Carolina

South Carolina election

County results
Hollings: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Hartnett: 50–60% 60–70%


Nominee	Ernest Hollings	Thomas F. Hartnett
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	591,030	554,175
Percentage	50.07%	46.95%

Ernest Hollings

Ernest Hollings

. The anti-incumbency mood helped to bring Hartnett close to topping Hollings in the general election, but South Carolina voters traditionally support their incumbent politicians and Hollings was elected for another six-year term, albeit with a much reduced margin.

Incumbent Democrat

Thomas Hartnett

.

Republican primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thomas F. Hartnett	123,572	76.8%
	Republican	Charlie E. Thompson	37,352	23.2%
Total votes			160,924	100.00%

The race between Hollings and Hartnett was between two politicians from the

Lowcoutry. Hartnett attacked Hollings for co-sponsoring a bill in 1983 that would have outlawed discrimination against homosexuals and Hollings shot back about questions of Hartnett's integrity for pushing for military contracts with a firm he had ties with in North Charleston

South Carolina U.S. Senate Election, 1992
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Fritz Hollings (Incumbent)	591,030	50.1%	-13.0%
	Republican	Thomas F. Hartnett	554,175	46.9%	+11.3%
	Libertarian	Mark Johnson	16,987	1.9%	+1.2%
	American	Robert Barnwell Clarkson II	11,568	1.0%	+0.4%
	No party	Write-Ins	703	0.1%	+0.1%
Majority			36,855	3.2%	-24.3%
Turnout			1,180,438	76.8%	+20.2%
	Democratic hold		Swing

South Dakota

South Dakota election

County results
Daschle: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%
Haar: 40–50%


Nominee	Tom Daschle	Charlene Haar
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	217,095	108,733
Percentage	64.9%	32.5%

Tom Daschle

Tom Daschle