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US Senate Elections

2020 U.S. Senate Election Results: Democrats Won Control ✓

The 2020 U.S. Senate elections, which took place on November 3, 2020, Democrats won control of the Senate after picking up seats in Arizona, Colorado, and Georgia. Republicans picked up one seat in Alabama. Vice President Kamala Harris held the tie-breaker vote in the Senate. 

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Election News

In the 2020 US Senate elections, the Democrats won a 50–50 majority.

Results by State

Alabama

Tommy Tuberville (REP)
Percent: 60.10%
Votes: 1,392,076

Doug Jones (DEM)
Percent: 39.74%
Votes: 920,478

Colorado

John Hickenlooper (DEM)
Percent: 53.50%
Votes: 1,731,114

Cory Gardner (REP)
Percent: 44.18%
Votes: 1,429,492

Idaho

Jim Risch (REP)
Percent: 62.62%
Votes: 538,446

Paulette Jordan (DEM)
Percent: 33.25%
Votes: 285,864

Kentucky

Mitch McConnell (REP)
Percent: 57.76%
Votes: 1,233,315

Amy McGrath (DEM)
Percent: 38.23%
Votes: 816,257

Michigan

Gary Peters (DEM)
Percent: 49.90%
Votes: 2,734,568

John James (REP)
Percent: 48.22%
Votes: 2,642,233

Nebraska

Ben Sasse (REP)
Percent: 62.74%
Votes: 583,507

Chris Janicek (DEM)
Percent: 24.43%
Votes: 227,191

North Carolina

Thom Tillis (REP)
Percent: 48.69%
Votes: 2,665,598

Cal Cunningham (DEM)
Percent: 46.94%
Votes: 2,569,965

South Carolina

Lindsey Graham (REP)
Percent: 54.44%
Votes: 1,369,137

Jaime Harrison (DEM)
Percent: 44.17%
Votes: 1,110,828

Virginia

Mark Warner (DEM)
Percent: 55.99%
Votes: 2,466,500

Daniel Mac Arthur Gade (REP)
Percent: 43.91%
Votes: 1,934,199

Alaska

Dan Sullivan (REP)
Percent: 53.90%
Votes: 191,112

Al Gross (DEM)
Percent: 41.19%
Votes: 146,068

Delaware

Chris Coons (DEM)
Percent: 59.44%
Votes: 291,804

Lauren Witzke (REP)
Percent: 37.90%
Votes: 186,054

Illinois

Dick Durbin (DEM)
Percent: 54.93%
Votes: 3,278,930

Mark C. Curran Jr. (REP)
Percent: 38.87%
Votes: 2,319,870

Louisiana

Bill Cassidy (REP)
Percent: 59.32%
Votes: 1,228,908

Adrian Perkins (DEM)
Percent: 19.02%
Votes: 394,049

Minnesota

Tina Smith (DEM)
Percent: 48.74%
Votes: 1,566,522

Jason Lewis (REP)
Percent: 43.50%
Votes: 1,398,145

New Hampshire

Jeanne Shaheen (DEM)
Percent: 56.64%
Votes: 450,778

Corky Messner (REP)
Percent: 40.99%
Votes: 326,229

Oklahoma

Jim Inhofe (REP)
Percent: 62.91%
Votes: 979,140

Abby Broyles (DEM)
Percent: 32.75%
Votes: 509,763

South Dakota

Mike Rounds (REP)
Percent: 65.74%
Votes: 276,232

Dan Ahlers (DEM)
Percent: 34.26%
Votes: 143,987

West Virginia

Shelley Moore Capito (REP)
Percent: 70.28%
Votes: 547,454

Paula Jean Swearengin (DEM)
Percent: 27.00%
Votes: 210,309

Arizona

Mark Kelly (DEM)
Percent: 51.16%
Votes: 1,716,467

Martha Martha McSally (REP)
Percent: 48.81%
Votes: 1,637,661

Georgia

Jon Ossoff (DEM)
Percent: 50.61%
Votes: 2,269,923

David Perdue (REP)
Percent: 49.39%
Votes: 2,214,979

Iowa

Joni Ernst (REP)
Percent: 51.74%
Votes: 864,997

Theresa Greenfield (DEM)
Percent: 45.15%
Votes: 754,859

Maine

Susan Collins (REP)
Percent: 50.98%
Votes: 417,645

Sara I. Gideon (DEM)
Percent: 42.39%
Votes: 347,223

Mississippi

Cindy Hyde-Smith (REP)
Percent: 54.11%
Votes: 709,511

Mike Espy (DEM)
Percent: 44.13%
Votes: 578,691

New Jersey

Cory Booker (DEM)
Percent: 57.23%
Votes: 2,541,239

Rik Mehta (REP)
Percent: 40.92%
Votes: 1,817,091

Oregon

Jeff Merkley (DEM)
Percent: 56.91%
Votes: 1,321,047

Jo Rae Perkins (REP)
Percent: 39.32%
Votes: 912,814

Tennessee

Bill Hagerty (REP)
Percent: 62.20%
Votes: 1,840,926

Marquita Bradshaw (DEM)
Percent: 35.16%
Votes: 1,040,691

Wyoming

Cynthia Lummis (REP)
Percent: 72.85%
Votes: 198,100

Merav Ben David (DEM)
Percent: 26.76%
Votes: 72,766

Arkansas

Tom Cotton (REP)
Percent: 66.53%
Votes: 793,871

Ricky Dale Harrington Jr. (DEM)
Percent: 33.47%
Votes: 399,390

Georgia

Raphael Warnock (DEM)
Percent: 51.04%
Votes: 2,289,113

Kelly Loeffler (REP)
Percent: 48.96%
Votes: 2,195,841

Kansas

Roger Marshall (REP)
Percent: 53.22%
Votes: 727,962

Barbara Bollier (DEM)
Percent: 41.79%
Votes: 571,530

Massachusetts

Ed Markey (DEM)
Percent: 66.15%
Votes: 2,357,809

Kevin O'Connor (REP)
Percent: 33.04%
Votes: 1,177,765

Montana

Steve Daines (REP)
Percent: 55.01%
Votes: 333,174

Steve Bullock (DEM)
Percent: 44.99%
Votes: 272,463

New Mexico

Ben Ray Luján (DEM)
Percent: 51.73%
Votes: 474,483

Mark Ronchetti (REP)
Percent: 45.62%
Votes: 418,483

Rhode Island

Jack Reed (DEM)
Percent: 66.50%
Votes: 328,574

Allen R. Waters (REP)
Percent: 33.40%
Votes: 164,855

Texas

John Cornyn (REP)
Percent: 53.51%
Votes: 5,962,983

MJ Hegar (DEM)
Percent: 43.87%
Votes: 4,888,764

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