United States Senate elections, 1982

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The United States Senate election of 1982-11-02 was an election for the United States Senate following the Republican gains in 1980. Party balance was unchanged following the election, with the Republican seat total unchanged and the Democrats gaining one seat (one Democratic-leaning Independent left the Senate).

Incumbents Howard Cannon of Nevada and Harrison Schmitt of New Mexico lost seats to the opposite party, the open seat in Virginia that had been held by independent Harry F. Byrd, Jr. was taken by a Republican, and the open seat in New Jersey was taken by a Democrat.

In 1983, Republicans picked up the seat of Henry M. Jackson (D-WA) in a special election. This is not included in the numbers below.

[edit] Election summary

A bolded state name indicates an article about that state's election.

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing Candidates
Arizona	Dennis DeConcini	Democratic	Re-elected, 56.9%	Pete Dunn (Republican) 40.3% Randall Clamons (Libertarian) 2.8%
California	S. I. Hayakawa	Republican	Retired, Republican victory	Pete Wilson (Republican) 51.5% Jerry Brown (Democratic) 44.8% Tena Dietrich (American Ind.) 1.4% David Wald (Peace & Freedom) 1.2% Joseph Fuhrig (Libertarian) 1.1%
Connecticut	Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.	Republican	Re-elected, 50.4%	Anthony T. Moffett (Democratic) 46.1% Lucien DiFazio (Conservative) 2.8% James A. Lewis (Libertarian) 0.7%
Delaware	William V. Roth, Jr.	Republican	Re-elected, 55.2%	David N. Levinson (Democratic) 44.2%
Florida	Lawton Chiles	Democratic	Re-elected, 61.7%	Van B. Poole (Republican) 38.3%
Hawaii	Spark Matsunaga	Democratic	Re-elected, 80.1%	Clarence J. Brown (Republican) 17.0% E Floyd Bernier-Nachtwey (Independent) 2.9%
Indiana	Dick Lugar	Republican	Re-elected, 53.8%	Floyd Fithian (Democratic) 45.6% Raymond James (American) 0.6%
Maine	George Mitchell¹	Democratic	Re-elected, 60.9%	David F. Emery (Republican) 39.1%
Maryland	Paul Sarbanes	Democratic	Re-elected, 63.5%	Lawrence Hogan (Republican) 36.5%
Massachusetts	Ted Kennedy	Democratic	Re-elected, 60.8%	Ray Shamie (Republican) 38.3% Howard S. Katz (Libertarian) 0.9%
Michigan	Donald W. Riegle, Jr.	Democratic	Re-elected, 57.7%	Philip Ruppe (Republican) 40.9%
Minnesota	David Durenberger	Republican	Re-elected, 52.6%	Mark Dayton (Democratic) 46.6%
Mississippi	John C. Stennis	Democratic	Re-elected, 64.2%	Haley Barbour (Republican) 35.8%
Missouri	John Danforth	Republican	Re-elected, 50.8%	Harriett Woods (Democratic) 49.1%
Montana	John Melcher	Democratic	Re-elected, 54.4%	Larry Williams (Republican) 41.7% Larry Dodge (Libertarian) 3.9%
Nebraska	Edward Zorinsky	Democratic	Re-elected, 66.6%	Jim Keck (Republican) 28.5% Virginia Walsh (Independent) 4.9%
Nevada	Howard Cannon	Democratic	Defeated, 47.7%	Chic Hecht (Republican) 50.1%
New Jersey	Nicholas F. Brady²	Republican	Retired, Democratic victory	Frank Lautenberg (Democratic) 50.9% Millicent Fenwick (Republican) 47.8%
New Mexico	Harrison Schmitt	Republican	Defeated, 46.2%	Jeff Bingaman (Democratic) 53.8%
New York	Daniel Patrick Moynihan	Democratic	Re-elected, 65.1%	Florence M. Sullivan (Republican) 34.2%
North Dakota	Quentin N. Burdick	Democratic	Re-elected, 62.8%	Gene Knorr (Republican) 34.0% Anna B. Bourgois (Independent) 3.1%
Ohio	Howard Metzenbaum	Democratic	Re-elected, 56.7%	Paul E. Pfeifer (Republican) 41.1%
Pennsylvania	H. John Heinz III	Republican	Re-elected, 59.3%	Cyril Wecht (Democratic) 39.2%
Rhode Island	John Chafee	Republican	Re-elected, 51.2%	Julius C. Michaelson (Democratic) 48.8%
Tennessee	Jim Sasser	Democratic	Re-elected, 61.9%	Robin Beard (Republican) 38.1%
Texas	Lloyd Bentson	Democratic	Re-elected, 58.6%	James M. Collins (Republican) 40.5%
Utah	Orrin Hatch	Republican	Re-elected, 58.3%	Ted Wilson (Democratic) 41.3% George Mercier (Libertarian) 0.2% Lawrence R Kauffman American 0.2%
Vermont	Robert Stafford	Republican	Re-elected, 50.3%	James A. Guest (Democratic) 47.2%
Virginia	Harry F. Byrd, Jr.	Independent	Retired, Republican victory	Paul S. Trible, Jr. (Republican) 51.2% Richard Joseph Davis (Democratic) 48.8%
Washington	Henry M. Jackson	Democratic	Re-elected, 68.9%	Doug Jewett (Republican) 24.3% King Lysen (Independent) 5.3% Jesse Chiang (Libertarian) 1.5%
West Virginia	Robert Byrd	Democratic	Re-elected, 68.5%	Cleve Benedict (Republican) 30.8%
Wisconsin	William Proxmire	Democratic	Re-elected, 63.6%	Scott McCallum (Republican) 34.1%
Wyoming	Malcolm Wallop	Republican	Re-elected, 56.7%	Rodger McDaniel (Democratic) 43.3%

¹Mitchell was appointed to the seat on May 17, 1980, after Edmund Muskie resigned. No special election was held in 1980.
²Brady was appointed to the seat on April 12, 1982, after Harrison A. Williams resigned. He did not seek re-election when Williams' term expired.