United States Senate elections, 1984

November 6, 1984

33 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate 51 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Bob Dole	Robert Byrd
Party	Republican	Democratic
Leader's seat	Kansas	West Virginia
Last election	54 seats	46 seats
Seats before	55	45
Seats won	53	47
Seat change	2	2
Popular vote	22,850,493	23,079,278
Percentage	49.3%	49.8%
Swing	5.9%	4.3%

Republican hold

Republican gain

Democratic holds

Democratic gain

Majority Leader before election

Howard Baker
Republican

Elected Majority Leader

Bob Dole
Republican

The United States Senate elections, 1984 coincided with the landslide re-election of President Ronald Reagan in the presidential election. In spite of the lopsided presidential race, Reagan's Republican Party suffered a net loss of two Senate seats to the Democrats, although it retained control of the Senate and gained seats in the House.

Results summary

↓
53	47
Republican	Democrat

Parties		Incumbents	This election		Result	+/-	Popular Vote
Parties		Incumbents	Not up	Won	Result	+/-	Vote	%
	Democratic	45	31	16	47	2	23,079,278	49.82%
	Republican	55	36	17	53	2	22,850,493	49.33%
	Libertarian	0	0	0	0		160,798	0.35%
	Others	0	0	0	0		232,231	0.50%
Total		100	67	33	100		46,322,800	100.0%

Source: Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk

Change in Senate composition

Senate composition before the elections

D₄₁	D₄₂	D₄₃	D₄₄	D₄₅	R₅₅	R₅₄	R₅₃	R₅₂	R₅₁
D₁	D₂	D₃	D₄	D₅	D₆	D₇	D₈	D₉	D₁₀
D₂₀	D₁₉	D₁₈	D₁₇	D₁₆	D₁₅	D₁₄	D₁₃	D₁₂	D₁₁
D₂₁	D₂₂	D₂₃	D₂₄	D₂₅	D₂₆	D₂₇	D₂₈	D₂₉	D₃₀
D₄₀	D₃₉	D₃₈	D₃₇	D₃₆	D₃₅	D₃₄	D₃₃	D₃₂	D₃₁
Majority→
R₄₁	R₄₂	R₄₃	R₄₄	R₄₅	R₄₆	R₄₇	R₄₈	R₄₉	R₅₀
R₄₀	R₃₉	R₃₈	R₃₇	R₃₆	R₃₅	R₃₄	R₃₃	R₃₂	R₃₁
R₂₁	R₂₂	R₂₃	R₂₄	R₂₅	R₂₆	R₂₇	R₂₈	R₂₉	R₃₀
R₂₀	R₁₉	R₁₈	R₁₇	R₁₆	R₁₅	R₁₄	R₁₃	R₁₂	R₁₁
R₁	R₂	R₃	R₄	R₅	R₆	R₇	R₈	R₉	R₁₀

Senate composition as a result of the elections

D₄₁√	D₄₂√	D₄₃O	D₄₄O	D₄₅+	D₄₆+	D₄₇+	R₅₃+	R₅₂O	R₅₁√
D₁	D₂	D₃	D₄	D₅	D₆	D₇	D₈	D₉	D₁₀
D₂₀	D₁₉	D₁₈	D₁₇	D₁₆	D₁₅	D₁₄	D₁₃	D₁₂	D₁₁
D₂₁	D₂₂	D₂₃	D₂₄	D₂₅	D₂₆	D₂₇	D₂₈	D₂₉	D₃₀
D₄₀√	D₃₉√	D₃₈√	D₃₇√	D₃₆√	D₃₅√	D₃₄√	D₃₃√	D₃₂√	D₃₁
Majority→
R₄₁√	R₄₂√	R₄₃√	R₄₄√	R₄₅√	R₄₆√	R₄₇√	R₄₈√	R₄₉√	R₅₀√
R₄₀√	R₃₉√	R₃₈√	R₃₇√	R₃₆	R₃₅	R₃₄	R₃₃	R₃₂	R₃₁
R₂₁	R₂₂	R₂₃	R₂₄	R₂₅	R₂₆	R₂₇	R₂₈	R₂₉	R₃₀
R₂₀	R₁₉	R₁₈	R₁₇	R₁₆	R₁₅	R₁₄	R₁₃	R₁₂	R₁₁
R₁	R₂	R₃	R₄	R₅	R₆	R₇	R₈	R₉	R₁₀

Key:

D_#	Democratic
R_#	Republican

√	Incumbent re-elected or appointee elected to finish term
O	Party hold: New senator elected from same party
+	Party gain: New senator elected from different party

Summary of races

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

State	Incumbent	Party	Result	Other Candidates
Alabama	Howell Heflin	Democratic	Re-elected	Howell Heflin (Democratic) 62.7% Albert L. Smith, Jr. (Republican) 36.4% Yana Davis (Libertarian) 0.9%
Alaska	Ted Stevens	Republican	Re-elected	Ted Stevens (Republican) 71.2% John E. Havelock (Democratic) 28.5%
Arkansas	David Pryor	Democratic	Re-elected	David Pryor (Democratic) 57.3% Ed Bethune (Republican) 42.7%
Colorado	William L. Armstrong	Republican	Re-elected	William L. Armstrong (Republican) 64.2% Nancy E. Dick (Democratic) 34.6% Craig Green (Libertarian) 0.9% David Martin (Socialist Workers) 0.2% Earl Higgerson (Prohibition) 0.1%
Delaware	Joe Biden	Democratic	Re-elected	Joe Biden (Democratic) 60.1% John M. Burris (Republican) 39.1%
Georgia	Sam Nunn	Democratic	Re-elected	Sam Nunn (Democratic) 79.9% Jon M. Hicks (Republican) 20.1%
Idaho	James A. McClure	Republican	Re-elected	James A. McClure (Republican) 72.2% Peter M. Busch (Democratic) 26.0% Donald Billings (Libertarian) 1.8%
Illinois	Charles H. Percy	Republican	Lost re-election Democratic gain	Paul Simon (Democratic) 50.1% Charles H. Percy (Republican) 48.2% Steven Givot (Libertarian) 1.2% Marjorie Pries (Citizens) 0.2% Nelson Gonzalez (Socialist Workers) 0.1% Ishmael Flory (Communist) 0.1%
Iowa	Roger Jepsen	Republican	Lost re-election Democratic gain	Tom Harkin (Democratic) 55.5% Roger Jepsen (Republican) 43.7% Garry De Young (Independent) 0.8%
Kansas	Nancy Landon Kassebaum	Republican	Re-elected	Nancy Landon Kassebaum (Republican) 76.0% James R. Maher (Democratic) 21.2% Lucille Bieger (Conservative) 0.9% Marian Jackson (American) 0.7% Douglas Merritt (Libertarian) 0.7% Freda Steele (Prohibition) 0.5%
Kentucky	Walter Huddleston	Democratic	Lost re-election Republican gain	Mitch McConnell (Republican) 49.9% Walter Huddleston (Democratic) 49.5% Dave Welters (Socialist Workers) 0.6%
Louisiana	Bennett Johnston Jr.	Democratic	Re-elected	Bennett Johnston Jr. (Democratic) 85.7% Robert Max Ross (Republican) 8.9%
Maine	William Cohen	Republican	Re-elected	William Cohen (Republican) 73.3% Libby Mitchell (Democratic) 25.9% Ann Stoddard (Constitutionalist) 0.8%
Massachusetts	Paul Tsongas	Democratic	Retired Democratic hold	John Kerry (Democratic) 55.1% Ray Shamie (Republican) 44.9%
Michigan	Carl Levin	Democratic	Re-elected	Carl Levin (Democratic) 51.8% Jack R. Lousma (Republican) 47.2%
Minnesota	Rudy Boschwitz	Republican	Re-elected	Rudy Boschwitz (Republican) 58.1% Joan Growe (Democratic) 41.3%
Mississippi	Thad Cochran	Republican	Re-elected	Thad Cochran (Republican) 60.9% William Winter (Democratic) 39.1%
Montana	Max Baucus	Democratic	Re-elected	Max Baucus (Democratic) 56.9% Chuck Cozzens (Republican) 40.7% Neil Halprin (Libertarian) 2.4%
Nebraska	J. James Exon	Democratic	Re-elected	J. James Exon (Democratic) 51.9% Nancy Hoch (Republican) 48.0%
New Hampshire	Gordon J. Humphrey	Republican	Re-elected	Gordon J. Humphrey (Republican) 58.7% Norman D'Amours (Democratic) 41.0% Saunder Primack (Libertarian) 0.3%
New Jersey	Bill Bradley	Democratic	Re-elected	Bill Bradley (Democratic) 64.2% Mary V. Mochary (Republican) 35.2%
New Mexico	Pete Domenici	Republican	Re-elected	Pete Domenici (Republican) 71.9% Judith A. Pratt (Democratic) 28.1%
North Carolina	Jesse Helms	Republican	Re-elected	Jesse Helms (Republican) 51.7% Jim Hunt (Democratic) 47.8%
Oklahoma	David L. Boren	Democratic	Re-elected	David L. Boren (Democratic) 75.6% Will E. Crozier (Republican) 23.4% Robert Murphy (Libertarian) 0.9%
Oregon	Mark Hatfield	Republican	Re-elected	Mark Hatfield (Republican) 66.5% Margie Hendriksen (Democratic) 33.4%
Rhode Island	Claiborne Pell	Democratic	Re-elected	Claiborne Pell (Democratic) 72.6% Barbara Leonard (Republican) 27.4%
South Carolina	Strom Thurmond	Republican	Re-elected	Strom Thurmond (Republican) 66.8% Melvin Purvis, Jr. (Democratic) 31.8%
South Dakota	Larry Pressler	Republican	Re-elected	Larry Pressler (Republican) 74.5% George V. Cunningham (Democratic) 25.5%
Tennessee	Howard Baker	Republican	Retired Democratic gain	Al Gore (Democratic) 60.7% Victor Ashe (Republican) 33.8% Ed McAteer (Independent) 5.3%
Texas	John Tower	Republican	Retired Republican hold	Phil Gramm (Republican) 58.5% Lloyd Doggett (Democratic) 41.4%
Virginia	John Warner	Republican	Re-elected	John Warner (Republican) 70.0% Edythe C. Harrison (Democratic) 29.9%
West Virginia	Jennings Randolph	Democratic	Retired Democratic hold	Jay Rockefeller (Democratic) 51.8% John Raese (Republican) 47.7% Mary Radin (Socialist Workers) 0.5%
Wyoming	Alan K. Simpson	Republican	Re-elected	Alan K. Simpson (Republican) 78.3% Victor A. Ryan (Democratic) 21.7%

References

Barone, Michael; Ujifusa, Grant (1985). The Almanac of American Politics 1986: The Senators, the Representatives and the Governors: Their Records and Election Results, Their States and Districts.
Snider, William D. (1985). Helms and Hunt: The North Carolina Senate Race, 1984. University of North Carolina Press.

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