The 1994 United States Senate elections were held November 8, 1994, with the 33 seats of Class 1 contested in regular elections. Special elections were also held to fill vacancies. The Republican Party took control of the Senate from the Democrats. Like for most other midterm elections, the opposition, this time being the Republicans, held the traditional advantage. The congressional Republicans campaigned against the early presidency of Bill Clinton, including his unsuccessful health care plan.[citation needed] The Republicans successfully defended all of their seats and won eight from the Democrats by defeating the incumbent Senators Harris Wofford (Pennsylvania) and Jim Sasser (Tennessee), in addition to picking up six open seats in Arizona, Maine, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. Notably, since Sasser's defeat coincided with a Republican victory in the special election to replace Al Gore, Tennessee's Senate delegation switched from entirely Democratic to entirely Republican in a single election. That would not happen again until 2021, when the Democrats flipped Georgia's delegation in the state's regularly-scheduled and special Senate elections.
Collectively, the Republican gains are known as the Republican Revolution. Minority leader Robert J. Dole became Majority Leader, and on the Democratic side, Tom Daschle became Minority Leader after the retirement of the previous Democratic leader, George J. Mitchell. It was also the first time since 1980 that Republicans made net gains in the Senate but the last time until 2018 the Republicans also made gains among Class 1 senators.
Initially, the balance was 52–48 in favor of the Republicans, but after the power change, the Democrats Richard Shelby and Ben Nighthorse Campbell switched parties and brought the balance to 54–46. The Democrat Ron Wyden won a 1996 special election to replace the Republican Bob Packwood, which left the balance at 53–47 before the next election cycle. As of 2023[update], it is the last election cycle in which Republicans won Senate elections in Delaware, Michigan, and Washington. These are also the most recent elections from which none of the first-term senators elected remain serving in the Senate as of 2023.
Three Republicans and four Democrats retired instead of seeking re-election. Additionally, one Democrat also retired instead of finishing the unexpired term.
Three-term Democratic incumbent Dennis DeConcini retired after being a member of the Keating Five Scandal. Republican Congressman Jon Kyl defeated his Democratic opponent, fellow Congressman Sam Coppersmith by a comfortable margin.
After one term in the House representing Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, Huffington spent $8 million by the end of August and a total of $28 million during the entire campaign. He became wealthy off oil and gas. The race saw personal attacks on Huffington's wife, Arianna Huffington, who was very involved in the race (the media dubbed her the "Sir Edmund Hillary of social climbing," according to The Almanac of American Politics).
Huffington was called a hypocrite for supporting Proposition 187 and then breaking the law for employing illegal aliens, a story which came out in the race's final days.[3] A grand total of $44 million was spent in the election. At the time, it was the most expensive campaign in a non-presidential election in American history. Chris Cillizza of The Washington Post named the election one of the nastiest senate elections in modern history.[4]
On election day it was a very close race, but Feinstein won Los Angeles County, which may have pulled her ahead. Her sizable win in the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area may also be credited to her slim statewide victory.
1994 United States Senate election in California[5][1]
Veteran Republican incumbent William Roth, seeking his fifth term, fended off a challenge from Charles Oberly, the state's three-term Democratic attorney general, beating him by 13 points.
Rodham left the public defenders office to run for the United States Senate in Florida in 1994. He won the Democratic Party nomination by defeating Mike Wiley in a runoff election,[9][10] after earlier finishing first in a four-person primary field with 34 percent.[10] After the first primary, the third-place finisher, Miami lawyer Ellis Rubin joined forces with Rodham as a "senior executive consultant" and hatchet man.[11] In the presence of Rodham at a press conference, Rubin levelled the accusation that Wiley was hiding his Jewish faith by changing his name from his birth name, Michael Schreibman,[10] and that Wiley "changed his name before the campaign to deceive voters about his Jewish religion." Wiley accordingly refused to endorse Rodham after the runoff.[10] Rodham then lost by a 70%–30% margin to incumbent senator RepublicanConnie Mack III in the general election.[12] Although Bill and Hillary Clinton both campaigned for him, his organization was unable to take advantage of their help,[13] he had few funds, almost no television commercials, and little support from the Florida Democratic party establishment in a year that saw Republican gains everywhere.[12][14] After the election, Rubin switched allegiance again and charged Rodham with election law violations in the first primary; the Federal Elections Commission eventually dismissed the allegations.[15]
Democratic incumbent Daniel Akaka was first appointed to this seat April 1990 after the death of senator Spark Matsunaga. He won his first full term by defeating Republican cattle rancher Mary Hustace[16] in a landslide.
Three-term Republican incumbent Richard Lugar scored an overwhelming 37-point win against former Democratic Rep. Jim Jontz, who was attempting a comeback after losing re-election in 1992.
One of the Republicans' biggest prizes was the seat of retiring Majority LeaderGeorge Mitchell. Longtime Congresswoman Olympia Snowe gained the seat in a landslide victory over Democratic Congressman Thomas Andrews, a stark contrast to retiring senator Mitchell's landslide win six years prior.
Democratic incumbent Paul Sarbanes won a third term by soundly defeating Republican Bill Brock, a former U.S. senator from Tennessee (1971–77), RNC chairman (1977-81), U.S. Trade Representative (1981–85) and U.S. Secretary of Labor (1985–87).
Ted Kennedy usually coasted to re-election, but in this election he faced an unusually tough challenge from Republican businessman Mitt Romney. Though the final result was a 17-point Kennedy victory, it marked the first time since his initial election in 1962 that Kennedy received less than 60% of the vote.
Romney defeated his closest competitor, John Lakian, to win the Republican primary with over 80% of the vote. He campaigned as a political moderate and Washington outsider, and posed the greatest challenge ever made against Kennedy for the Senate seat since he first took office in 1962. Democratic congressmen across the country were struggling to maintain their seats, and Kennedy in particular was damaged by character concerns and an ongoing divorce controversy. The contest became very close.
Kennedy launched ads criticizing Romney's tenure as the leader of the company known as Bain Capital, accusing him of treating workers unfairly and taking away jobs, while also criticizing what were widely considered to be Romney's shifting political views. Romney also performed inadequately in the debates between the two candidates, and made a number of poorly received statements that reduced his standing in the polls.
In the closest Senate election of his career since after 1962, Kennedy won by a reasonably comfortable margin, despite a series of losses for Democrats around the country.
Romney was initially behind businessman John Lakian in the battle to win the Massachusetts Republican Party's nomination for the U.S. Senate.[22] However, after using his personal wealth to advertise heavily on television, he gained overwhelming support at the state party convention.[22]
Romney then defeated Lakian easily in the September 1994 Republican Party primary with over 80 percent of the vote.[23][24]
Massachusetts United States Senate Republican primary, 1994[25]
In the general election, Kennedy faced the first serious re-election challenger of his career in the younger, telegenic, and very well-funded Romney.[26] Romney ran as a successful entrepreneur and Washington outsider with a strong family image and moderate stands on social issues.[26] After two decades out of public view, his father George re-emerged during the campaign.[27][28] George Romney had urged Mitt to enter the race and moved into his son's house for its duration, serving as an unofficial advisor.[29][30]
Kennedy was more vulnerable than usual in 1994, in part because of the unpopularity of the Democratic Congress as a whole and also because this was Kennedy's first election since the William Kennedy Smith trial in Florida, in which Kennedy had taken some public relations hits regarding his character.[26] Kennedy was saddled not only with his recent past but the 25th anniversary of the Chappaquiddick incident and his first wife Joan Bennett Kennedy seeking a renegotiated divorce settlement.[26]
Some early polls showed Romney close to Kennedy. By mid-September 1994, polls showed the race to be even.[26][31] One Boston Herald/WCVB-TV poll taken after the September 20, 1994 primary showed Romney ahead 44 percent to 42 percent, within the poll's sampling margin of error.[32] In another September poll, Romney had a 43 to 42 percent lead.[33] President Bill Clinton traveled to Massachusetts to campaign for Kennedy.[34]
Religion became an issue for a while, after Kennedy's campaign said it was fair to ask Romney about his LDS Church's past policy of not allowing blacks into the priesthood.[24] Romney accused Kennedy of having violated senator John F. Kennedy's famous September 1960 pledge not to allow his own Catholic doctrine to inform policy, made during his ultimately victorious presidential campaign.[24] George Romney forcefully interjected during his son's press conference, "I think it is absolutely wrong to keep hammering on the religious issues. And what Ted is trying to do is bring it into the picture."[24]
After Romney touted his business credentials and his record at creating jobs within his company, Kennedy ran campaign ads showing an Indiana company, Ampad, bought out by Romney's firm, Bain Capital. They showed interviews with its union workers who had been fired and who criticized Romney for the loss of their jobs, with one saying, "I don't think Romney is creating jobs because he took every one of them away."[35] Romney claimed that 10,000 jobs were created because of his work at Bain, but private detectives hired by Kennedy found a factory bought by Bain Capital that had suffered a 350-worker strike after Bain had cut worker pay and benefits.[36] Kennedy's charges were effective, as more voters decided that Romney was interested in profits more than people.[24]
Kennedy's attack ads also focused both on Romney's shifting political views;[26][37] although both Kennedy and Romney supported the abortion rights established under Roe v. Wade, Kennedy accused Romney of being "multiple choice" on the issue, rather than "pro choice."[38] Romney said his stance dated back to his mother, Lenore Romney, and her position during her 1970 U.S. Senate campaign: "My mother and my family have been committed to the belief that we can believe as we want, but we will not force our beliefs on others on that matter. And you will not see me wavering on that."[24] Nevertheless, women's groups and Democrats viewed Romney's position with suspicion.[24] (In subsequent years, Romney became anti-abortion and opposed Roe.[39])
Kennedy's campaign ran short on money, and belying his image as endlessly wealthy, he was forced to take out a second mortgage on his Virginia home.[40] Kennedy's new wife Vicki Reggie Kennedy proved to be a strong asset in campaigning.[31]
By early October, Kennedy was ahead by 49 to 44 percent in a poll by The Boston Globe.[24] In their first televised debate, held at Faneuil Hall on October 25, Kennedy came out charging with his aging but still booming voice; regarding the Ampad deal, he said to Romney, "I don't know why you wouldn't meet with the strikers with that flimflam deal of yours out there in Indiana."[24] Romney charged that Kennedy had benefited from a real-estate deal that had been done on a no-bid basis, but Kennedy responded with a rehearsed line: "Mr. Romney, the Kennedys are not in public service to make money. We have paid too high a price in our commitment to the public service of this country."[24] Each candidate was asked to discuss one of their own failings. In a dramatic moment, Kennedy indirectly referred to his personal problems and acknowledged that he was "painfully aware" that on such occasions he had let his supporters down. By contrast, Romney mentioned work for several local charities he was engaged with on a near daily basis. When the moderator reminded him of the question, Romney responded "I guess what I regret is that I'm not able to provide even more help for those less fortunate than myself.... I wish I could do even more." Kennedy won this key debate as he reconnected with his traditional bases of support:[26] two polls of voters conducted afterwards both showed Kennedy as the victor in the debate.[41] One post-debate October general election poll showed Kennedy leading 50 percent to 32,[36] and another by 56 to 36 percent.[24] A second debate, held two days later at Holyoke Community College, focused more on policy details and lacked the intensity of the first one; Romney failed to gain any traction from it.[41]
Riegle, a three-term incumbent, was considered one of the most vulnerable Senate Democrats in the 1994 mid-term elections due to the unpopularity of President Bill Clinton[44] and his being involved as a member of the Keating Five, a group of five senators who were accused of corruption. After months of speculation, Riegle announced he would not seek a 4th term in a speech on the Senate floor.[45]
1994 United States Senate election in Michigan[46]
Incumbent Republican David Durenberger decided to retire instead of seeking a third full term. Republican Rod Grams won the open seat. After surviving a messy Republican primary, former TV news anchor and one-term Rep. Rod Grams defeated his Democratic opponent, former state assembly minority leader Ann Wynia by five points for the seat being vacated by incumbent Republican Dave Durenberger.
1994 United States Senate election in Minnesota[1]
Republican senator John Danforth retired after three terms. Former Republican Gov. John Ashcroft defeated his Democratic opponent, six-term Rep. Alan Wheat by more than twenty points.
Democrat Jack Mudd, former dean of the University of Montana law school, defeated former U.S. senator John Melcher in the Democratic primary and then went on to lose to Republican incumbent Conrad Burns, who was seeking a second term.
Two-term Democratic incumbent Jeff Bingaman defeated his Republican opponent, former George H. W. Bush Assistant Secretary of Defense Colin McMillan by eight points.
1994 was significant for the Republican Revolution, mostly as a referendum against President Bill Clinton and his health care plan, and was seen as a tough year for Democratic incumbents. Moynihan, however, was New York State's most popular politician at the time, and ran ahead of all other Democrats competing statewide.[55]
Republican Castro was running for office for the first time and had trouble raising funds due to being seen as unlikely to win; at times during the race she trailed by up to 30 percentage points.[55] She portrayed herself as a fiscally conservative, socially moderate Republican in the mold of Governor of New Jersey Christie Todd Whitman, and attempted to portray Moynihan as excessively liberal and prone to government spending.[55] But Moynihan repeated his past strong performance among upstate voters, in addition to the usual Democratic strongholds in New York City.[55]
Incumbent Dem-NPL-er Kent Conrad won re-election to his first full term as senior senator, although technically his second term in the position, having served the end of Quentin Burdick's term after his death. Conrad also had served an additional term as senator, but as junior senator from 1986 to 1992.
Incumbent Democrat David L. Boren decided to resign his position to accept the position as President of the University of Oklahoma, which prompted a special election. Republican Congressman Jim Inhofe defeated the Democratic Congressman Dave McCurdy.
Democrat Harris Wofford was appointed to the Senate when three-term Republican H. John Heinz III died in a 1991 plane crash. He won a special election to hold that seat later that year. In his tough re-election against Republican Congressman Rick Santorum, the pro-choice Wofford lost the endorsement of anti-abortion Democratic Governor Robert Casey. This contributed to his loss to Santorum by two percentage points.
Wofford's campaign was hurt from the outset by his strong connection with President Bill Clinton's failed healthcare reform proposals; Wofford had made working toward universal healthcare a crucial issue in his prior campaign and was one of the executive's strongest allies on the issue. After this failure, however, the senator ran a relatively passive campaign. He instead attempted to focus attention on his challenger, an arch-conservative who did not attempt to moderate his views after the primary election. The polarizing Santorum took strong positions against abortion, gay rights, and affirmative action, and he even clashed with some of the traditional fixtures of the state's moderate Republican establishment. Early in the campaign and with little statewide name recognition, Santorum made a critical error by attacking Social Security, and Wofford appeared to be in relatively safe position. However, Santorum ran an effective grassroots campaign and specifically targeted many union Democrats who had reservations about the liberal social values advocated by many of their party's leaders.[59]
In the closing weeks of the campaign, Santorum was greatly helped by strong Republican enthusiasm because of anger over Clinton's failed initiatives. He solidified his status by running a series of positive ads that attempted to define his character strengths and to contrast with Wofford's negative commercials. Santorum eventually received a close victory by performing well (and nearly winning) his home in the suburban Pittsburgh region and through particularly low turnout in Democratic strongholds, such as Philadelphia, Scranton, and Pittsburgh cities.[59]
One of the biggest upsets of the night was the defeat of three-term Democrat Jim Sasser. Sasser had been the influential Chairman of the Budget Committee and was among the leading candidates to replace Mitchell as Democratic Floor Leader. Sasser, however, would be defeated by prominent Nashville heart surgeon Bill Frist by 14 points.[61]
There were two unforeseen events that affected the campaign. One was the large scale of discontent that the American people seemed to have toward the first two years of the Clinton administration, especially the proposal for a national healthcare system largely put together and advocated by Clinton's wife, Hillary Clinton. The other was the somewhat unexpected nomination of Nashvilleheart transplant surgeon Bill Frist for the seat by the Republicans.
Frist, who had never voted until he was 36, was a political unknown and a total novice at campaigning, but was from one of Nashville's most prominent and wealthiest medical families, which gave him some name recognition, as well as adequate enough resources to match the campaign war chest built up by the three-term incumbent, a challenge most "insurgent" candidates find to be impossible. A further factor working to Frist's advantage was a simultaneous Republican campaign by actor and attorney Fred Thompson for the other Tennessee Senate seat, which was open due to Al Gore resigning to become Vice President of the United States. Another factor in Frist's favor was that Sasser was never seen as possessing much charisma of his own. During the campaign Nashville radio stations were derisive towards Sasser to the point of stating that he could only win "a Kermit The Frog lookalike contest." In one of the largest upsets in a night of political upsets in the November 1994 U.S. general elections, Frist defeated the incumbent Sasser by approximately 14 percentage points.
Less surprising was the Republican victory in the other Tennessee Senate contest. Harlan Matthews had held the seat since Al Gore's resignation to assume the Vice Presidency in 1993, but chose not to seek the Democratic nomination in the special election. The Republican actor and attorney Fred Thompson, defeated six-term Democratic Congressman Jim Cooper in an overwhelming landslide.[62]
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The 1994 United States Senate elections were held November 8 1994 with the 33 seats of Class 1 contested in regular elections Special elections were also held to fill vacancies The Republican Party took control of the Senate from the Democrats Like for most other midterm elections the opposition this time being the Republicans held the traditional advantage The congressional Republicans campaigned against the early presidency of Bill Clinton including his unsuccessful health care plan citation needed The Republicans successfully defended all of their seats and won eight from the Democrats by defeating the incumbent Senators Harris Wofford Pennsylvania and Jim Sasser Tennessee in addition to picking up six open seats in Arizona Maine Michigan Ohio Oklahoma and Tennessee Notably since Sasser s defeat coincided with a Republican victory in the special election to replace Al Gore Tennessee s Senate delegation switched from entirely Democratic to entirely Republican in a single election That would not happen again until 2021 when the Democrats flipped Georgia s delegation in the state s regularly scheduled and special Senate elections 1994 United States Senate elections 1992 November 8 1994 1996 1993 TX 35 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate51 seats needed for a majority Majority party Minority party Leader Bob Dole George Mitchell retired Party Republican DemocraticLeader since January 3 1985 January 3 1989Leader s seat Kansas MaineSeats before 44 56Seats after 52 a 48Seat change 8 8Popular vote 29 155 739 1 25 627 430 1 Percentage 50 0 44 0 Seats up 13 22Races won 21 14Results of the elections Democratic hold Republican gain Republican hold No election Rectangular inset Tennessee both seats up for electionMajority leader before electionGeorge MitchellDemocratic Elected Majority leader Bob DoleRepublicanThe elections marked the first time Republicans controlled the Senate since January 1987 and coincided with the first change of control in the House of Representatives since January 1955 and a Republican net gain of ten governorships Furthermore this was the first popular election in which Republicans won all Senate seats up in the Deep South Collectively the Republican gains are known as the Republican Revolution Minority leader Robert J Dole became Majority Leader and on the Democratic side Tom Daschle became Minority Leader after the retirement of the previous Democratic leader George J Mitchell It was also the first time since 1980 that Republicans made net gains in the Senate but the last time until 2018 the Republicans also made gains among Class 1 senators Initially the balance was 52 48 in favor of the Republicans but after the power change the Democrats Richard Shelby and Ben Nighthorse Campbell switched parties and brought the balance to 54 46 The Democrat Ron Wyden won a 1996 special election to replace the Republican Bob Packwood which left the balance at 53 47 before the next election cycle As of 2023 update it is the last election cycle in which Republicans won Senate elections in Delaware Michigan and Washington These are also the most recent elections from which none of the first term senators elected remain serving in the Senate as of 2023 Contents 1 Results summary 2 Change in composition 2 1 Before the elections 2 2 After the elections 2 3 Beginning of the next Congress 3 Gains and losses 3 1 Retirements 3 2 Resignations 3 3 Defeats 3 4 Post election changes 4 Race summary 4 1 Special elections 4 2 Elections leading to the next Congress 5 Closest races 6 Arizona 7 California 8 Connecticut 9 Delaware 10 Florida 11 Hawaii 12 Indiana 13 Maine 14 Maryland 15 Massachusetts 16 Michigan 17 Minnesota 18 Mississippi 19 Missouri 20 Montana 21 Nebraska 22 Nevada 23 New Jersey 24 New Mexico 25 New York 26 North Dakota 27 Ohio 28 Oklahoma special 29 Pennsylvania 30 Rhode Island 31 Tennessee 31 1 Tennessee regular 31 2 Tennessee special 32 Texas 33 Utah 34 Vermont 35 Virginia 36 Washington 37 West Virginia 38 Wisconsin 39 Wyoming 40 See also 41 Notes 42 References 43 External linksResults summary Edit 48 52Democratic RepublicanParties TotalDemocratic Republican Libertarian OtherLast election 1992 57 43 0 0 100Before these elections 56 44 0 0 100Not up 34 31 65Up 22 13 35Class 1 1988 1994 20 13 33Special Class 2 2 2Incumbent retired 6 b 3 9Held by same party 0 3 3Replaced by other party 6 Democrats replaced by 6 Republicans 6Result 0 9 9Incumbent ran 16 10 26Won re election 14 10 24Lost re election 2 Democrats replaced by 2 Republicans 2Lost renomination but held by same party 0 0 0Result 14 12 26Total elected 14 21 0 0 35Net gain loss 8 8 8Nationwide vote 25 627 430 29 155 739 666 183 2 838 559 58 287 911Share 43 97 50 02 1 14 4 87 100 Result 48 52 100Source Clerk of the U S House of Representatives 1 Change in composition EditBefore the elections Edit D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 D8 D9 D10D20 D19 D18 D17 D16 D15 D14 D13 D12 D11D21 D22 D23 D24 D25 D26 D27 D28 D29 D30D40Md Ran D39Maine Retired 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four Democrats retired instead of seeking re election Additionally one Democrat also retired instead of finishing the unexpired term State Senator Replaced byArizona Dennis DeConcini Jon KylMaine George J Mitchell Olympia SnoweMichigan Donald W Riegle Jr Spencer AbrahamMinnesota David Durenberger Rod GramsMissouri John Danforth John AshcroftOhio Howard Metzenbaum Mike DeWineTennessee special Harlan Mathews Fred ThompsonWyoming Malcolm Wallop Craig L ThomasResignations Edit One Democrat resigned four years into his six year term State Senator Replaced byOklahoma special David Boren Jim InhofeDefeats Edit Two Democrats sought re election but lost in the general election State Senator Replaced byPennsylvania Harris Wofford Rick SantorumTennessee regular Jim Sasser Bill FristPost election changes Edit One Republican resigned on June 11 1996 in order to focus for the presidential election and was replaced by a Republican appointee State Senator Replaced byKansas Class 3 Bob Dole Sheila FrahmRace summary EditSpecial elections Edit In these special elections the winners were elected and seated during 1994 Elections are sorted by date then state and class State linked tosummaries below Incumbent Results CandidatesSenator Party Electoral historyOklahoma Class 2 David Boren Democratic 197819841990 Incumbent resigned November 15 1994 New senator elected November 8 1994 Republican gain Successor seated November 16 1994 Y Jim Inhofe Republican 55 2 Dave McCurdy Democratic 40 Danny Corn Independent 4 8 Tennessee Class 2 Harlan Matthews Democratic 1993 Appointed Interim appointee retired New senator elected November 8 1994 Republican gain Successor seated December 2 1994 Y Fred Thompson Republican 61 Jim Cooper Democratic 39 Elections leading to the next Congress Edit In these general elections the winners were elected for the term beginning January 3 1995 ordered by state All of the elections involved the Class 1 seats State linked tosummaries below Incumbent Results CandidatesSenator Party Electoral historyArizona Dennis DeConcini Democratic 197619821988 Incumbent retired New senator elected Republican gain Y Jon Kyl Republican 53 7 Sam Coppersmith Democratic 39 5 Scott Grainger Libertarian 6 8 California Dianne Feinstein Democratic 1992 special Incumbent re elected Y Dianne Feinstein Democratic 46 7 Michael Huffington Republican 44 8 Elizabeth Barron Peace and Freedom 3 Richard Boddie Libertarian 2 1 Paul Meeuwenberg American Independent 1 7 Barbara Blong Green 1 7 Connecticut Joe Lieberman Democratic 1988 Incumbent re elected Y Joe Lieberman Democratic 67 Jerry Labriola Republican 31 Gary R Garneau Concerned Citizens 1 9 Delaware William Roth Republican 19701971 Appointed 197619821988 Incumbent re elected Y William Roth Republican 55 8 Charles Oberly Democratic 42 5 John C Dierick Libertarian 1 7 Florida Connie Mack III Republican 1988 Incumbent re elected Y Connie Mack III Republican 70 5 Hugh Rodham Democratic 30 5 Hawaii Daniel Akaka Democratic 1990 Appointed 1990 special Incumbent re elected Y Daniel Akaka Democratic 71 8 Maria Hustace Republican 24 2 Richard Rowland Libertarian 4 Indiana Richard Lugar Republican 197619821988 Incumbent re elected Y Richard Lugar Republican 67 4 Jim Jontz Democratic 30 5 Barbara Bourland Libertarian 1 1 Mary Catherine Barton New Alliance 1 Maine George J Mitchell Democratic 1980 Appointed 19821988 Incumbent retired New senator elected Republican gain Y Olympia Snowe Republican 60 2 Thomas Andrews Democratic 36 4 Plato Truman Independent 3 4 Maryland Paul Sarbanes Democratic 197619821988 Incumbent re elected Y Paul Sarbanes Democratic 59 1 Bill Brock Republican 40 9 Massachusetts Ted Kennedy Democratic 1962 special 19641970197619821988 Incumbent re elected Y Ted Kennedy Democratic 58 1 Mitt Romney Republican 41 Lauraleigh Dozier Libertarian 0 7 William A Ferguson Jr LaRouche Was Right 0 2 Michigan Donald W Riegle Jr Democratic 19761976 Appointed 19821988 Incumbent retired New senator elected Republican gain Y Spencer Abraham Republican 51 9 Bob Carr Democratic 42 7 Jon Coon Libertarian 4 2 William Roundtree Workers World 0 7 Chris Wege Natural Law 0 5 Minnesota David Durenberger Republican 1978 special 19821988 Incumbent retired New senator elected Republican hold Y Rod Grams Republican 49 1 Ann Wynia DFL 44 1 Dean Barkley Reform 5 4 Candice E Sjostrom Grassroots 0 9 Stephen Johnson Natural Law 0 3 Chris Wege Socialist Workers 0 1 Mississippi Trent Lott Republican 1988 Incumbent re elected Y Trent Lott Republican 68 8 Ken Harper Democratic 31 2 Missouri John Danforth Republican 19761976 Appointed 19821988 Incumbent retired New senator elected Republican hold Y John Ashcroft Republican 59 8 Alan Wheat Democratic 35 7 Bill Johnson Libertarian 4 6 Montana Conrad Burns Republican 1988 Incumbent re elected Y Conrad Burns Republican 62 4 Jack Mudd Democratic 37 6 Nebraska Bob Kerrey Democratic 1988 Incumbent re elected Y Bob Kerrey Democratic 55 Jan Stoney Republican 45 Nevada Richard Bryan Democratic 1988 Incumbent re elected Y Richard Bryan Democratic 50 9 Hal Furman Republican 41 Anna Nevenich Independent 1 8 Bob Days Libertarian 1 6 Neal A Grasteit Independent American 1 4 New Jersey Frank Lautenberg Democratic 19821982 Appointed 1988 Incumbent re elected Y Frank Lautenberg Democratic 50 4 Chuck Haytaian Republican 47 Michael P Kelly Keep America First 0 7 Ben Grindlinger Libertarian 0 7 Richard J Pezzullo Conservative 0 4 Andrea Lippi Jobs Property Rights 0 3 George Patrick Predham Damn Drug Dealers 0 2 Joanne Kuniansky Socialist Workers 0 2 Arlene Gold Natural Law 0 2 New Mexico Jeff Bingaman Democratic 19821988 Incumbent re elected Y Jeff Bingaman Democratic 54 Colin McMillan Republican 46 New York Daniel Patrick Moynihan Democratic 197619821988 Incumbent re elected Y Daniel Patrick Moynihan Democratic 55 Bernadette Castro Republican 42 3 Henry F Hewes Right to Life 1 8 Ismael Betancourt Jr Independence 0 5 Norma Segal Libertarian 0 3 Naomi L Craine Socialist Workers 0 3 North Dakota Kent Conrad Democratic NPL 19861992 Retired 1992 special Incumbent re elected Y Kent Conrad Democratic NPL 58 Ben Clayburgh Republican 42 Ohio Howard Metzenbaum Democratic 1974 Appointed 1974 Lost 1974 Resigned 19761976 Appointed 19821988 Incumbent retired New senator elected Republican gain Y Mike DeWine Republican 53 4 Joel Hyatt Democratic 39 2 Joseph Slovenec Independent 7 3 Pennsylvania Harris Wofford Democratic 1991 Appointed 1991 special Incumbent lost re election New senator elected Republican gain Y Rick Santorum Republican 49 4 Harris Wofford Democratic 46 9 Diane Blough Patriot 2 Donald C Ernsberger Libertarian 1 7 Rhode Island John Chafee Republican 19761976 Appointed 1988 Incumbent re elected Y John Chafee Republican 64 Linda Kushner Democratic 36 Tennessee Jim Sasser Democratic 197619821988 Incumbent lost re election New senator elected Republican gain Y Bill Frist Republican 56 4 Jim Sasser Democratic 42 1 Texas Kay Bailey Hutchison Republican 1993 special Incumbent re elected Y Kay Bailey Hutchison Republican 60 8 Richard W Fisher Democratic 38 3 Pierre Blondeau Libertarian 0 8 Utah Orrin Hatch Republican 197619821988 Incumbent re elected Y Orrin Hatch Republican 68 8 Patrick Shea Democratic 28 3 Craig Oliver Independent 1 8 Gary R Van Horn American 0 5 Nelson Gonzalez Socialist Workers 0 3 Lawrence Rey Topham Independent American 0 3 Vermont Jim Jeffords Republican 1988 Incumbent re elected Y Jim Jeffords Republican 50 3 Jan Backus Democratic 40 6 Gavin T Mills Independent 5 9 Matthew S Mulligan Independent 1 4 Bob Melamede Grassroots 0 7 Jerry Levy Liberty Union 0 6 Joseph Victor Pardo Natural Law 0 3 Virginia Chuck Robb Democratic 1988 Incumbent re elected Y Chuck Robb Democratic 45 6 Oliver North Republican 42 9 J Marshall Coleman Independent 11 4 Washington Slade Gorton Republican 19801986 Lost 1988 Incumbent re elected Y Slade Gorton Republican 55 75 Ron Sims Democratic 44 25 West Virginia Robert Byrd Democratic 195819641970197619821988 Incumbent re elected Y Robert Byrd Democratic 69 Stanley L Klos Republican 31 Wisconsin Herb Kohl Democratic 1988 Incumbent re elected Y Herb Kohl Democratic 58 Robert Welch Republican 40 7 James Dean Libertarian 1 Wyoming Malcolm Wallop Republican 197619821988 Incumbent retired New senator elected Republican hold Y Craig L Thomas Republican 58 9 Mike Sullivan Democratic 39 3 Craig McCune Libertarian 1 8 Closest races EditState Party of winner MarginCalifornia Democratic 1 9 Pennsylvania Republican flip 2 5 Virginia Democratic 2 7 New Jersey Democratic 3 3 Minnesota Republican 5 0 c New Mexico Democratic 8 0 Michigan Republican flip 9 1 Vermont Republican 9 7 Nebraska Democratic 9 8 Nevada Democratic 9 9 Arizona EditArizona election 19882000 Nominee Jon Kyl Sam CoppersmithParty Republican DemocraticPopular vote 600 999 442 510Percentage 53 7 39 5 Nominee Scott GraingerParty LibertarianPopular vote 75 493Percentage 6 8 U S Senate election results map Red denotes counties won by Kyl Blue denotes those won by Coppersmith U S senator before electionDennis DeConciniDemocratic Elected U S senator Jon KylRepublicanMain article 1994 United States Senate election in Arizona See also List of United States senators from Arizona Three term Democratic incumbent Dennis DeConcini retired after being a member of the Keating Five Scandal Republican Congressman Jon Kyl defeated his Democratic opponent fellow Congressman Sam Coppersmith by a comfortable margin Democratic primary election 2 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Sam Coppersmith 81 995 32 15 Democratic Richard Mahoney 81 863 32 10 Democratic Cindy Resnick 75 563 29 63 Democratic David Moss 15 612 6 12 Total votes 200 120 100 00 Republican primary election 2 Party Candidate Votes Republican Jon Kyl 231 275 99 04 Republican Write ins 2 248 0 96 Total votes 231 733 100 00 Libertarian primary election 2 Party Candidate Votes Libertarian Scott Grainger 5 424 100 00 Total votes 5 424 100 00 General election 1 Party Candidate Votes Republican Jon Kyl 600 999 53 71 12 65 Democratic Sam Coppersmith 442 510 39 54 17 17 Libertarian Scott Grainger 75 493 6 75 4 96 Write ins 58 0 00 Majority 158 489 14 16 1 50 Turnout 1 119 060Republican gain from Democratic SwingCalifornia EditCalifornia election 1992 special 2000 Nominee Dianne Feinstein Michael HuffingtonParty Democratic RepublicanPopular vote 3 979 152 3 817 025Percentage 46 74 44 83 County resultsU S senator before electionDianne FeinsteinDemocratic Elected U S senator Dianne FeinsteinDemocraticMain article 1994 United States Senate election in California See also List of United States senators from California Dianne Feinstein won a special election in 1992 to fill the seat of Governor Pete Wilson She faced wealthy Republican Congressman Michael Huffington in her race for a full term Feinstein emerged victorious by less than two points 1994 United States Senate Democratic primary California Candidate Votes Dianne Feinstein Incumbent 1 635 837 74 20 Ted J Andromedas 297 128 13 48 Daniel O Dowd 271 615 12 32 Total votes 2 204 580 100 00 1994 United States Senate Republican primary California Candidate Votes Michael Huffington 1 072 358 53 79 William E Dannemeyer 565 864 28 38 Kate Squires 202 950 10 18 James Peter Gough 58 853 2 95 Wolf G Dalichau 58 307 2 92 John M Brown 35 212 1 77 Total votes 1 993 544 100 00 1994 United States Senate Peace amp Freedom primary California Candidate Votes Elizabeth Cervantes Barron 3 487 70 70 Larry D Hampshire 1 445 29 30 Total votes 4 932 100 00 1994 United States Senate primary California Others Party Candidate Votes Libertarian Richard Benjamin Boddie 120 622 100 00 American Independent Paul Meeuwenberg 13 596 100 00 Green Barbara Blong N A 100 00 After one term in the House representing Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties Huffington spent 8 million by the end of August and a total of 28 million during the entire campaign He became wealthy off oil and gas The race saw personal attacks on Huffington s wife Arianna Huffington who was very involved in the race the media dubbed her the Sir Edmund Hillary of social climbing according to The Almanac of American Politics Huffington was called a hypocrite for supporting Proposition 187 and then breaking the law for employing illegal aliens a story which came out in the race s final days 3 A grand total of 44 million was spent in the election At the time it was the most expensive campaign in a non presidential election in American history Chris Cillizza of The Washington Post named the election one of the nastiest senate elections in modern history 4 On election day it was a very close race but Feinstein won Los Angeles County which may have pulled her ahead Her sizable win in the nine county San Francisco Bay Area may also be credited to her slim statewide victory 1994 United States Senate election in California 5 1 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Dianne Feinstein Incumbent 3 979 152 46 74 Republican Michael Huffington 3 817 025 44 83 Peace and Freedom Elizabeth Cervantes Barron 255 301 3 00 Libertarian Richard Benjamin Boddie 179 100 2 10 American Independent Paul Meeuwenberg 142 771 1 68 Green Barbara Blong 140 567 1 65 No party Write ins 173 lt 0 01 Invalid or blank votes 386 547 4 34 d Majority 162 127 1 90 Total votes 8 514 089 100 00 Turnout 44 94 e Democratic holdConnecticut EditConnecticut election 19882000 Nominee Joe Lieberman Jerry LabriolaParty Democratic RepublicanPopular vote 723 842 334 833Percentage 67 0 31 0 County resultsU S senator before electionJoe LiebermanDemocratic Elected U S senator Joe LiebermanDemocraticMain article 1994 United States Senate election in Connecticut See also List of United States senators from Connecticut Freshman Democratic incumbent Joseph Lieberman easily won re election over Republican physician Jerry Labriola General election 6 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Joe Lieberman Incumbent 723 842 f 67 0 Republican Jerry Labriola 334 833 31 0 Concerned Citizens Gary R Garneau 20 988 1 9 Write In Write in candidates 3 103 lt 0 1 Total votes 1 079 766 100 0 Democratic holdDelaware EditDelaware election 19882000 Nominee William Roth Charles OberlyParty Republican DemocraticPopular vote 111 074 84 540Percentage 55 8 42 5 County resultsU S senator before electionWilliam RothRepublican Elected U S senator William RothRepublicanMain article 1994 United States Senate election in Delaware See also List of United States senators from Delaware Veteran Republican incumbent William Roth seeking his fifth term fended off a challenge from Charles Oberly the state s three term Democratic attorney general beating him by 13 points General election 1 Party Candidate Votes Republican William Roth Incumbent 111 074 55 82 6 25 Democratic Charles Oberly 84 540 42 48 4 54 Libertarian John Dierickx 3 386 1 70 Majority 26 534 13 33 10 79 Turnout 199 000Republican hold SwingFlorida EditFlorida election 19882000 Nominee Connie Mack III Hugh RodhamParty Republican DemocraticPopular vote 2 895 200 1 210 577Percentage 70 5 29 5 County resultsU S senator before electionConnie Mack IIIRepublican Elected U S senator Connie Mack IIIRepublicanMain article 1994 United States Senate election in Florida See also List of United States senators from Florida Republican incumbent Connie Mack III won a second term by scoring an easy re election over attorney Hugh Rodham brother of First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes Republican Connie Mack Unopposed 100 0 Democratic primary election 7 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Hugh Rodham 255 605 33 78 Democratic Mike Wiley 188 551 24 92 Democratic Ellis Rubin 161 386 21 33 Democratic A Perez 151 121 19 97 Total votes 756 663 100 Democratic primary runoff 8 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Hugh Rodham 221 424 58 09 Democratic Mike Wiley 159 776 41 91 Total votes 381 200 100 Rodham left the public defenders office to run for the United States Senate in Florida in 1994 He won the Democratic Party nomination by defeating Mike Wiley in a runoff election 9 10 after earlier finishing first in a four person primary field with 34 percent 10 After the first primary the third place finisher Miami lawyer Ellis Rubin joined forces with Rodham as a senior executive consultant and hatchet man 11 In the presence of Rodham at a press conference Rubin levelled the accusation that Wiley was hiding his Jewish faith by changing his name from his birth name Michael Schreibman 10 and that Wiley changed his name before the campaign to deceive voters about his Jewish religion Wiley accordingly refused to endorse Rodham after the runoff 10 Rodham then lost by a 70 30 margin to incumbent senator Republican Connie Mack III in the general election 12 Although Bill and Hillary Clinton both campaigned for him his organization was unable to take advantage of their help 13 he had few funds almost no television commercials and little support from the Florida Democratic party establishment in a year that saw Republican gains everywhere 12 14 After the election Rubin switched allegiance again and charged Rodham with election law violations in the first primary the Federal Elections Commission eventually dismissed the allegations 15 General election results 1 Party Candidate Votes Republican Connie Mack III incumbent 2 895 200 70 50 20 10 Democratic Hugh Rodham 1 210 577 29 48 20 12 Write in 1 039 0 02 Majority 1 684 623 41 02 40 22 Total votes 4 106 816 100 00 Republican hold SwingHawaii EditHawaii election 19902000 Nominee Daniel Akaka Maria HustaceParty Democratic RepublicanPopular vote 256 189 86 320Percentage 71 8 24 2 County ResultsU S senator before electionDaniel AkakaDemocratic Elected U S senator Daniel AkakaDemocraticMain article 1994 United States Senate election in Hawaii See also List of United States senators from Hawaii Democratic incumbent Daniel Akaka was first appointed to this seat April 1990 after the death of senator Spark Matsunaga He won his first full term by defeating Republican cattle rancher Mary Hustace 16 in a landslide 1994 Hawaii United States Senate election 17 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Daniel Akaka Incumbent 256 189 71 8 Republican Maria Hustace 86 320 24 2 Libertarian Richard Rowland 14 393 4 0 MajorityTurnoutDemocratic holdIndiana EditIndiana election 19882000 Nominee Richard Lugar Jim JontzParty Republican DemocraticPopular vote 1 039 625 470 799Percentage 67 4 30 5 County resultsU S senator before electionRichard LugarRepublican Elected U S senator Richard LugarRepublicanMain article 1994 United States Senate election in Indiana See also List of United States senators from Indiana Three term Republican incumbent Richard Lugar scored an overwhelming 37 point win against former Democratic Rep Jim Jontz who was attempting a comeback after losing re election in 1992 General election 1 Party Candidate Votes Republican Richard Lugar Incumbent 1 039 625 67 4 Democratic Jim Jontz 470 799 30 5 Libertarian Barbara Bourland 17 343 1 1 New Alliance Mary Catherine Barton 15 801 1 0 Majority 568 826Turnout 1 543 568Republican holdLugar won 91 of Indiana s 92 counties Jontz won only the Democratic stronghold of Lake County 18 Maine EditMaine election 19882000 Nominee Olympia Snowe Tom AndrewsParty Republican DemocraticPopular vote 308 244 186 042Percentage 60 24 36 36 County resultsU S senator before electionGeorge J MitchellDemocratic Elected U S senator Olympia SnoweRepublicanMain article 1994 United States Senate election in Maine See also List of United States senators from Maine One of the Republicans biggest prizes was the seat of retiring Majority Leader George Mitchell Longtime Congresswoman Olympia Snowe gained the seat in a landslide victory over Democratic Congressman Thomas Andrews a stark contrast to retiring senator Mitchell s landslide win six years prior Democratic primary election 19 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Tom Andrews 82 339 99 83 Democratic Write ins 140 0 17 Total votes 82 479 100 00 Republican primary election 20 Party Candidate Votes Republican Olympia Snowe 79 953 99 88 Republican Write ins 93 0 12 Total votes 80 046 100 00 1994 United States Senate election in Maine 1 Party Candidate Votes Republican Olympia Snowe 308 244 60 24 41 53 Democratic Tom Andrews 186 042 36 36 44 94 Independent Plato Truman 17 205 3 36 Write ins 242 0 05 Majority 122 202 23 88 38 70 Turnout 511 733Republican gain from Democratic SwingMaryland EditMain article 1994 United States Senate election in Maryland See also List of United States senators from Maryland Maryland election 19882000 Nominee Paul Sarbanes Bill BrockParty Democratic RepublicanPopular vote 809 125 559 908Percentage 59 1 40 9 County resultsU S senator before electionPaul S SarbanesDemocratic Elected U S senator Paul S SarbanesDemocraticDemocratic incumbent Paul Sarbanes won a third term by soundly defeating Republican Bill Brock a former U S senator from Tennessee 1971 77 RNC chairman 1977 81 U S Trade Representative 1981 85 and U S Secretary of Labor 1985 87 General election 21 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Paul Sarbanes Incumbent 809 125 59 1 Republican Bill Brock 559 908 40 9 Independent Terri Tilghman Deakyne Write In 71 0 0 Majority 249 217 18 2 Total votes 1 369 104 100 00 Democratic holdMassachusetts EditMassachusetts election 19882000 Nominee Ted Kennedy Mitt RomneyParty Democratic RepublicanPopular vote 1 265 997 894 000Percentage 58 1 41 0 Results by town Red indicates towns carried by Mitt Romney blue indicates towns carried by Ted Kennedy U S senator before electionTed KennedyDemocratic Elected U S senator Ted KennedyDemocraticMain article 1994 United States Senate election in Massachusetts See also List of United States senators from Massachusetts Ted Kennedy usually coasted to re election but in this election he faced an unusually tough challenge from Republican businessman Mitt Romney Though the final result was a 17 point Kennedy victory it marked the first time since his initial election in 1962 that Kennedy received less than 60 of the vote Romney defeated his closest competitor John Lakian to win the Republican primary with over 80 of the vote He campaigned as a political moderate and Washington outsider and posed the greatest challenge ever made against Kennedy for the Senate seat since he first took office in 1962 Democratic congressmen across the country were struggling to maintain their seats and Kennedy in particular was damaged by character concerns and an ongoing divorce controversy The contest became very close Kennedy launched ads criticizing Romney s tenure as the leader of the company known as Bain Capital accusing him of treating workers unfairly and taking away jobs while also criticizing what were widely considered to be Romney s shifting political views Romney also performed inadequately in the debates between the two candidates and made a number of poorly received statements that reduced his standing in the polls In the closest Senate election of his career since after 1962 Kennedy won by a reasonably comfortable margin despite a series of losses for Democrats around the country Romney was initially behind businessman John Lakian in the battle to win the Massachusetts Republican Party s nomination for the U S Senate 22 However after using his personal wealth to advertise heavily on television he gained overwhelming support at the state party convention 22 Romney then defeated Lakian easily in the September 1994 Republican Party primary with over 80 percent of the vote 23 24 Massachusetts United States Senate Republican primary 1994 25 Party Candidate Votes Republican Mitt Romney 188 280 82 04 Republican John Lakian 40 898 17 82 Others 318 0 14 Total votes 229 496 100 In the general election Kennedy faced the first serious re election challenger of his career in the younger telegenic and very well funded Romney 26 Romney ran as a successful entrepreneur and Washington outsider with a strong family image and moderate stands on social issues 26 After two decades out of public view his father George re emerged during the campaign 27 28 George Romney had urged Mitt to enter the race and moved into his son s house for its duration serving as an unofficial advisor 29 30 Kennedy was more vulnerable than usual in 1994 in part because of the unpopularity of the Democratic Congress as a whole and also because this was Kennedy s first election since the William Kennedy Smith trial in Florida in which Kennedy had taken some public relations hits regarding his character 26 Kennedy was saddled not only with his recent past but the 25th anniversary of the Chappaquiddick incident and his first wife Joan Bennett Kennedy seeking a renegotiated divorce settlement 26 Some early polls showed Romney close to Kennedy By mid September 1994 polls showed the race to be even 26 31 One Boston Herald WCVB TV poll taken after the September 20 1994 primary showed Romney ahead 44 percent to 42 percent within the poll s sampling margin of error 32 In another September poll Romney had a 43 to 42 percent lead 33 President Bill Clinton traveled to Massachusetts to campaign for Kennedy 34 Religion became an issue for a while after Kennedy s campaign said it was fair to ask Romney about his LDS Church s past policy of not allowing blacks into the priesthood 24 Romney accused Kennedy of having violated senator John F Kennedy s famous September 1960 pledge not to allow his own Catholic doctrine to inform policy made during his ultimately victorious presidential campaign 24 George Romney forcefully interjected during his son s press conference I think it is absolutely wrong to keep hammering on the religious issues And what Ted is trying to do is bring it into the picture 24 After Romney touted his business credentials and his record at creating jobs within his company Kennedy ran campaign ads showing an Indiana company Ampad bought out by Romney s firm Bain Capital They showed interviews with its union workers who had been fired and who criticized Romney for the loss of their jobs with one saying I don t think Romney is creating jobs because he took every one of them away 35 Romney claimed that 10 000 jobs were created because of his work at Bain but private detectives hired by Kennedy found a factory bought by Bain Capital that had suffered a 350 worker strike after Bain had cut worker pay and benefits 36 Kennedy s charges were effective as more voters decided that Romney was interested in profits more than people 24 Kennedy s attack ads also focused both on Romney s shifting political views 26 37 although both Kennedy and Romney supported the abortion rights established under Roe v Wade Kennedy accused Romney of being multiple choice on the issue rather than pro choice 38 Romney said his stance dated back to his mother Lenore Romney and her position during her 1970 U S Senate campaign My mother and my family have been committed to the belief that we can believe as we want but we will not force our beliefs on others on that matter And you will not see me wavering on that 24 Nevertheless women s groups and Democrats viewed Romney s position with suspicion 24 In subsequent years Romney became anti abortion and opposed Roe 39 Kennedy s campaign ran short on money and belying his image as endlessly wealthy he was forced to take out a second mortgage on his Virginia home 40 Kennedy s new wife Vicki Reggie Kennedy proved to be a strong asset in campaigning 31 By early October Kennedy was ahead by 49 to 44 percent in a poll by The Boston Globe 24 In their first televised debate held at Faneuil Hall on October 25 Kennedy came out charging with his aging but still booming voice regarding the Ampad deal he said to Romney I don t know why you wouldn t meet with the strikers with that flimflam deal of yours out there in Indiana 24 Romney charged that Kennedy had benefited from a real estate deal that had been done on a no bid basis but Kennedy responded with a rehearsed line Mr Romney the Kennedys are not in public service to make money We have paid too high a price in our commitment to the public service of this country 24 Each candidate was asked to discuss one of their own failings In a dramatic moment Kennedy indirectly referred to his personal problems and acknowledged that he was painfully aware that on such occasions he had let his supporters down By contrast Romney mentioned work for several local charities he was engaged with on a near daily basis When the moderator reminded him of the question Romney responded I guess what I regret is that I m not able to provide even more help for those less fortunate than myself I wish I could do even more Kennedy won this key debate as he reconnected with his traditional bases of support 26 two polls of voters conducted afterwards both showed Kennedy as the victor in the debate 41 One post debate October general election poll showed Kennedy leading 50 percent to 32 36 and another by 56 to 36 percent 24 A second debate held two days later at Holyoke Community College focused more on policy details and lacked the intensity of the first one Romney failed to gain any traction from it 41 In the November general election despite a very bad result for Democrats overall Kennedy won re election by a 58 percent to 41 percent margin 42 the closest re election race of his career only his initial victory in the 1962 Senate special election in Massachusetts was closer 43 1994 Massachusetts United States Senate election Party Candidate Votes Democratic Edward M Kennedy Incumbent 1 265 997 58 07 6 90 Republican Mitt Romney 894 000 41 01 7 08 Libertarian Lauraleigh Dozier 14 484 0 66 0 15 LaRouche Was Right William A Ferguson Jr 4 776 0 22 0 22 Others 688 0 03 02 Total votes 2 179 945 100 00 Majority 371 997 17 06 Democratic hold SwingMichigan EditMichigan election 19882000 Nominee Spencer Abraham Bob CarrParty Republican DemocraticPopular vote 1 578 770 1 300 960Percentage 51 9 42 7 County ResultsU S senator before electionDon RiegleDemocratic Elected U S senator Spencer AbrahamRepublicanMain article 1994 United States Senate election in Michigan See also List of United States senators from Michigan Democratic senator Donald W Riegle Jr retired after three terms Former Michigan Republican Party Chairman Spencer Abraham defeated Democratic Congressman Milton Robert Carr in the race to succeed Riegle Riegle a three term incumbent was considered one of the most vulnerable Senate Democrats in the 1994 mid term elections due to the unpopularity of President Bill Clinton 44 and his being involved as a member of the Keating Five a group of five senators who were accused of corruption After months of speculation Riegle announced he would not seek a 4th term in a speech on the Senate floor 45 1994 United States Senate election in Michigan 46 Party Candidate Votes Republican Spencer Abraham 1 578 770 51 88Democratic Bob Carr 1 300 960 42 75Libertarian Jon Coon 128 393 4 22Workers World William Roundtree 20 010 0 66Natural Law Chris Wege 14 746 0 48No party Others 506 0 02Majority 277 810 9 13Total votes 3 043 385 100 00Republican gain from DemocraticMinnesota EditMinnesota election 19882000 Nominee Rod Grams Ann WyniaParty Ind Republican Democratic DFL Popular vote 869 653 781 860Percentage 49 1 44 1 Nominee Dean BarkleyParty ReformPopular vote 95 400Percentage 5 4 County resultsU S senator before electionDavid DurenbergerInd Republican Elected U S senator Rod GramsInd RepublicanMain article 1994 United States Senate election in Minnesota See also List of United States senators from Minnesota Incumbent Republican David Durenberger decided to retire instead of seeking a third full term Republican Rod Grams won the open seat After surviving a messy Republican primary former TV news anchor and one term Rep Rod Grams defeated his Democratic opponent former state assembly minority leader Ann Wynia by five points for the seat being vacated by incumbent Republican Dave Durenberger 1994 United States Senate election in Minnesota 1 Party Candidate Votes Republican Rod Grams 869 653 49 05Democratic Ann Wynia 781 860 44 10Independence Dean Barkley 95 400 5 38Independent Candice E Sjostrom 15 920 0 90Natural Law Stephen Johnson 5 054 0 29Socialist Workers Marea Himelgrin 2 428 0 14No party Write ins 2 614 0 15Majority 87 793 4 95Total votes 1 772 929 100 00Republican holdMississippi EditMississippi election 19882000 Nominee Trent Lott Ken HarperParty Republican DemocraticPopular vote 418 333 189 752Percentage 68 8 31 2 County resultsU S senator before electionTrent LottRepublican Elected U S senator Trent LottRepublicanMain article 1994 United States Senate election in Mississippi See also List of United States senators from Mississippi Republican incumbent Trent Lott won a second term by easily defeating former Democratic state senator Ken Harper 47 General election 48 Party Candidate Votes Republican Trent Lott Incumbent 418 333 68 8 Democratic Ken Harper 189 752 31 2 Majority 228 581 37 6 Total votes 608 085 100 00 Republican holdMissouri EditMissouri election 19882000 Nominee John Ashcroft Alan WheatParty Republican DemocraticPopular vote 1 060 149 633 697Percentage 59 7 35 7 County resultsU S senator before electionJohn DanforthRepublican Elected U S senator John AshcroftRepublicanMain article 1994 United States Senate election in Missouri See also List of United States senators from Missouri Republican senator John Danforth retired after three terms Former Republican Gov John Ashcroft defeated his Democratic opponent six term Rep Alan Wheat by more than twenty points 1994 Missouri United States Senate election Party Candidate Votes Republican John Ashcroft 1 060 149 59 72 Democratic Alan Wheat 633 697 35 70 Libertarian Bill Johnson 81 264 4 58 Write In Votes 6 0 0 Majority 426 452 24 02 Turnout 1 775 116Republican holdMontana EditMontana election 19882000 Nominee Conrad Burns Jack MuddParty Republican DemocraticPopular vote 218 542 131 845Percentage 62 4 37 6 County resultsU S senator before electionConrad BurnsRepublican Elected U S senator Conrad BurnsRepublicanMain article 1994 United States Senate election in Montana See also List of United States senators from Montana Democrat Jack Mudd former dean of the University of Montana law school defeated former U S senator John Melcher in the Democratic primary and then went on to lose to Republican incumbent Conrad Burns who was seeking a second term Democratic primary election 49 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Jack Mudd 58 371 47 20 Democratic John Melcher 39 607 32 03 Democratic Becky Shaw 25 688 20 77 Total votes 123 666 100 00 Republican Party primary election 49 Party Candidate Votes Republican Conrad Burns Incumbent 82 827 100 00 Total votes 82 827 100 00 General election 1 Party Candidate Votes Republican Conrad Burns Incumbent 218 542 62 37 10 50 Democratic Jack Mudd 131 845 37 63 10 50 Majority 86 697 24 74 21 01 Turnout 350 387Republican hold SwingNebraska EditNebraska election 19882000 Nominee Bob Kerrey Jan StoneyParty Democratic RepublicanPopular vote 317 297 260 668Percentage 54 8 45 0 County resultsKerrey 50 60 60 70 70 80 Stoney 50 60 60 70 70 80 U S senator before electionBob KerreyDemocratic Elected U S senator Bob KerreyDemocraticMain article 1994 United States Senate election in Nebraska See also List of United States senators from Nebraska Democrat Bob Kerrey won re election over Republican Jan Stoney Vice President of Personnel at Northwestern Bell by ten points 50 1994 Nebraska U S Senate Election 1 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Bob Kerrey Incumbent 317 297 54 78 Republican Jan Stoney 260 668 45 00 Independent Write Ins 1 240 0 21 Majority 56 629 9 78 Turnout 579 205Democratic holdNevada EditNevada election 19882000 Nominee Richard Bryan Hal FurmanParty Democratic RepublicanPopular vote 193 804 156 020Percentage 50 9 41 0 County resultsU S senator before electionRichard BryanDemocratic Elected U S senator Richard BryanDemocraticMain article 1994 United States Senate election in Nevada See also List of United States senators from Nevada Democratic incumbent Richard H Bryan scored a ten point win over Republican Hal Furman 51 a water policy advisor for the Interior Department General election 52 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Richard Bryan Incumbent 193 804 50 9 Republican Hal Furman 156 020 41 0 Independent None of the Above 12 626 3 3 Independent Anna Nevenic 6 666 1 8 Libertarian Bob Days 5 964 1 6 Independent Neal A Grasteit 5 450 1 4 Majority 37 784 9 9 Total votes 380 530 100 00 Democratic holdNew Jersey EditNew Jersey election 19882000 Nominee Frank Lautenberg Chuck HaytaianParty Democratic RepublicanPopular vote 1 033 487 966 244Percentage 50 3 47 0 County resultsU S senator before electionFrank LautenbergDemocratic Elected U S senator Frank LautenbergDemocraticMain article 1994 United States Senate election in New Jersey See also List of United States senators from New Jersey Two term Democratic incumbent Frank Lautenberg narrowly defeated his Republican opponent state assembly speaker Chuck Haytaian by three points General election results Party Candidate Votes Democratic Frank Lautenberg incumbent 1 033 487 50 29 Republican Chuck Haytaian 966 244 47 02 Independent Michael P Kelly 14 343 0 70 Libertarian Ben Grindlinger 14 042 0 68 Conservative Richard J Pezzullo 9 387 0 46 Independent Andrea Lippi 6 303 0 31 Independent George Patrick Predham 4 226 0 21 Socialist Workers Joanne Kuniansky 3 606 0 18 Natural Law Arlene Gold 3 249 0 16 Majority 67 243 3 27 Total votes 2 054 887 100 00 Democratic holdNew Mexico EditNew Mexico election 19882000 Nominee Jeff Bingaman Colin McMillanParty Democratic RepublicanPopular vote 249 989 213 025Percentage 54 0 46 0 County ResultsU S senator before electionJeff BingamanDemocratic Elected U S senator Jeff BingamanDemocraticMain article 1994 United States Senate election in New Mexico See also List of United States senators from New Mexico Two term Democratic incumbent Jeff Bingaman defeated his Republican opponent former George H W Bush Assistant Secretary of Defense Colin McMillan by eight points Democratic primary election 54 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Jeff Bingaman Incumbent 165 148 100 00 Total votes 165 148 100 00 Republican primary election 54 Party Candidate Votes Republican Colin R McMillan 65 119 72 57 Republican Bill Turner 13 178 14 69 Republican Robin Dozier Otten 11 439 12 75 Total votes 89 736 100 00 General election 1 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Jeff Bingaman Incumbent 249 989 53 97 9 34 Republican Colin R McMillan 213 025 45 99 9 31 Write ins 182 0 04 Majority 36 964 7 98 18 64 Turnout 463 196Democratic hold SwingNew York EditNew York election 19882000 Nominee Pat Moynihan Bernadette CastroParty Democratic RepublicanPopular vote 2 646 541 1 988 308Percentage 55 3 41 5 County resultsU S senator before electionPat MoynihanDemocratic Elected U S senator Pat MoynihanDemocraticMain article 1994 United States Senate election in New York See also List of United States senators from New York Veteran Democratic incumbent Daniel Patrick Moynihan easily defeated his Republican opponent businesswoman Bernadette Castro 1994 was significant for the Republican Revolution mostly as a referendum against President Bill Clinton and his health care plan and was seen as a tough year for Democratic incumbents Moynihan however was New York State s most popular politician at the time and ran ahead of all other Democrats competing statewide 55 Republican Castro was running for office for the first time and had trouble raising funds due to being seen as unlikely to win at times during the race she trailed by up to 30 percentage points 55 She portrayed herself as a fiscally conservative socially moderate Republican in the mold of Governor of New Jersey Christie Todd Whitman and attempted to portray Moynihan as excessively liberal and prone to government spending 55 But Moynihan repeated his past strong performance among upstate voters in addition to the usual Democratic strongholds in New York City 55 General election 56 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Daniel Patrick Moynihan Incumbent 2 646 541 55 3 Republican Bernadette Castro 1 988 308 41 5 Right to Life Henry Hewes 95 954 2 0 Independence Fusion Ismael Betancourt Jr 26 650 0 6 Libertarian Norma Segal 17 991 0 4 Socialist Workers Naomi Craine 14 892 0 3 Majority 658 233 13 8 Total votes 4 790 336 100 00 Democratic holdNorth Dakota EditNorth Dakota election 19922000 Nominee Kent Conrad Ben ClayburghParty Democratic RepublicanPopular vote 137 157 99 390Percentage 58 0 42 0 County resultsConrad 50 60 60 70 70 80 Clayburgh 50 60 U S senator before electionKent ConradDemocratic Elected U S senator Kent ConradDemocraticMain article 1994 United States Senate election in North Dakota See also List of United States senators from North Dakota Incumbent Dem NPL er Kent Conrad won re election to his first full term as senior senator although technically his second term in the position having served the end of Quentin Burdick s term after his death Conrad also had served an additional term as senator but as junior senator from 1986 to 1992 General election results 1 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Kent Conrad Incumbent 137 157 57 98 Republican Ben Clayburgh 99 390 42 02 Majority 37 767 15 96 Total votes 236 547 100 00 Democratic holdOhio EditOhio election 19882000 Nominee Mike DeWine Joel HyattParty Republican DemocraticPopular vote 1 836 556 1 348 213Percentage 53 4 39 2 Nominee Joseph SlovenecParty IndependentPopular vote 252 031Percentage 7 3 County ResultsU S senator before electionHoward MetzenbaumDemocratic Elected U S senator Mike DeWineRepublicanMain article 1994 United States Senate election in Ohio See also List of United States senators from Ohio Senator Howard Metzenbaum retired and his son in law Joel Hyatt received the Democratic nomination to succeed him Hyatt would go on to be badly defeated by Lieutenant Governor Mike DeWine Ohio United States Senate Election 1994 57 Party Candidate Votes Republican Mike DeWine 1 836 556 53 4 10 1 Democratic Joel Hyatt 1 348 213 39 2 17 2 Independent Joe Slovenec 252 031 7 3 0 00 Majority 488 343 14 2 Turnout 3 436 800Republican gain from Democratic SwingOklahoma special Edit1994 United States Senate special election in Oklahoma 1990 November 8 1994 1996 Nominee Jim Inhofe Dave McCurdyParty Republican DemocraticPopular vote 542 390 392 488Percentage 55 2 40 0 County ResultsU S senator before electionDavid L BorenDemocratic Elected U S senator Jim InhofeRepublicanMain article 1994 United States Senate special election in Oklahoma See also List of United States senators from Oklahoma Incumbent Democrat David L Boren decided to resign his position to accept the position as President of the University of Oklahoma which prompted a special election Republican Congressman Jim Inhofe defeated the Democratic Congressman Dave McCurdy General election 58 Party Candidate Votes Republican Jim Inhofe 542 390 55 21 Democratic Dave McCurdy 392 488 39 95 Independent Danny Corn 47 552 4 84 Majority 149 902 15 26 Turnout 982 430Republican holdPennsylvania EditPennsylvania election 19912000 Nominee Rick Santorum Harris WoffordParty Republican DemocraticPopular vote 1 735 691 1 648 481Percentage 49 4 46 9 County resultsU S senator before electionHarris WoffordDemocratic Elected U S senator Rick SantorumRepublicanMain article 1994 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania See also List of United States senators from Pennsylvania Democrat Harris Wofford was appointed to the Senate when three term Republican H John Heinz III died in a 1991 plane crash He won a special election to hold that seat later that year In his tough re election against Republican Congressman Rick Santorum the pro choice Wofford lost the endorsement of anti abortion Democratic Governor Robert Casey This contributed to his loss to Santorum by two percentage points Wofford s campaign was hurt from the outset by his strong connection with President Bill Clinton s failed healthcare reform proposals Wofford had made working toward universal healthcare a crucial issue in his prior campaign and was one of the executive s strongest allies on the issue After this failure however the senator ran a relatively passive campaign He instead attempted to focus attention on his challenger an arch conservative who did not attempt to moderate his views after the primary election The polarizing Santorum took strong positions against abortion gay rights and affirmative action and he even clashed with some of the traditional fixtures of the state s moderate Republican establishment Early in the campaign and with little statewide name recognition Santorum made a critical error by attacking Social Security and Wofford appeared to be in relatively safe position However Santorum ran an effective grassroots campaign and specifically targeted many union Democrats who had reservations about the liberal social values advocated by many of their party s leaders 59 In the closing weeks of the campaign Santorum was greatly helped by strong Republican enthusiasm because of anger over Clinton s failed initiatives He solidified his status by running a series of positive ads that attempted to define his character strengths and to contrast with Wofford s negative commercials Santorum eventually received a close victory by performing well and nearly winning his home in the suburban Pittsburgh region and through particularly low turnout in Democratic strongholds such as Philadelphia Scranton and Pittsburgh cities 59 General election 1 Party Candidate Votes Republican Rick Santorum 1 735 691 49 40 4 41 Democratic Harris Wofford Incumbent 1 648 481 46 92 8 09 Patriot Party Diane G Blough 69 825 1 99 1 99 Libertarian Donald Ernsberger 59 115 1 68 1 68 N A Write In Votes 249 0 01 0 01 Majority 87 210 2 48 7 53 Total votes 3 513 361Republican gain from Democratic SwingRhode Island EditRhode Island election 19882000 Nominee John Chafee Linda KushnerParty Republican DemocraticPopular vote 222 856 122 532Percentage 64 5 34 5 Municipal resultsU S senator before electionJohn ChafeeRepublican Elected U S senator John ChafeeRepublicanMain article 1994 United States Senate election in Rhode Island See also List of United States senators from Rhode Island Moderate Republican incumbent John Chafee seeking a fourth term defeated Democratic state representative Linda Kushner by 28 points Republican primary election 60 Party Candidate Votes Republican John Chafee Incumbent 27 906 69 03 Republican Robert A Post Jr 12 517 30 97 Total votes 40 423 100 00 General election 1 Party Candidate Votes Republican John Chafee Incumbent 222 856 64 52 9 93 Democratic Linda Kushner 122 532 35 48 9 93 Majority 100 324 29 05 19 86 Turnout 345 388Republican hold SwingTennessee EditSee also List of United States senators from Tennessee Due to the resignation of Al Gore in 1993 to become Vice President there were two senate elections in Tennessee as both seats were up for election Tennessee regular Edit Tennessee general election 19882000 Nominee Bill Frist Jim SasserParty Republican DemocraticPopular vote 834 226 623 164Percentage 56 4 42 1 County resultsU S senator before electionJim SasserDemocratic Elected U S senator Bill FristRepublicanMain article 1994 United States Senate election in Tennessee One of the biggest upsets of the night was the defeat of three term Democrat Jim Sasser Sasser had been the influential Chairman of the Budget Committee and was among the leading candidates to replace Mitchell as Democratic Floor Leader Sasser however would be defeated by prominent Nashville heart surgeon Bill Frist by 14 points 61 There were two unforeseen events that affected the campaign One was the large scale of discontent that the American people seemed to have toward the first two years of the Clinton administration especially the proposal for a national healthcare system largely put together and advocated by Clinton s wife Hillary Clinton The other was the somewhat unexpected nomination of Nashville heart transplant surgeon Bill Frist for the seat by the Republicans Frist who had never voted until he was 36 was a political unknown and a total novice at campaigning but was from one of Nashville s most prominent and wealthiest medical families which gave him some name recognition as well as adequate enough resources to match the campaign war chest built up by the three term incumbent a challenge most insurgent candidates find to be impossible A further factor working to Frist s advantage was a simultaneous Republican campaign by actor and attorney Fred Thompson for the other Tennessee Senate seat which was open due to Al Gore resigning to become Vice President of the United States Another factor in Frist s favor was that Sasser was never seen as possessing much charisma of his own During the campaign Nashville radio stations were derisive towards Sasser to the point of stating that he could only win a Kermit The Frog lookalike contest In one of the largest upsets in a night of political upsets in the November 1994 U S general elections Frist defeated the incumbent Sasser by approximately 14 percentage points General election results Party Candidate Votes Republican Bill Frist 834 226 56 35 Democratic Jim Sasser Incumbent 623 164 42 10 Independent John Jay Hooker 13 244 0 90 Independent Charles F Johnson 6 631 0 45 Independent Philip Kienlen 3 087 0 21 Write In Candidates 39 0 00 Majority 211 062 14 26 Turnout 1 480 391Republican gain from Democratic Tennessee special Edit Tennessee special election 1990 November 8 1994 1996 Nominee Fred Thompson Jim CooperParty Republican DemocraticPopular vote 885 998 565 930Percentage 60 4 38 6 County resultsU S senator before electionHarlan MathewsDemocratic Elected U S senator Fred ThompsonRepublicanMain article 1994 United States Senate special election in Tennessee Less surprising was the Republican victory in the other Tennessee Senate contest Harlan Matthews had held the seat since Al Gore s resignation to assume the Vice Presidency in 1993 but chose not to seek the Democratic nomination in the special election The Republican actor and attorney Fred Thompson defeated six term Democratic Congressman Jim Cooper in an overwhelming landslide 62 General election 1 Party Candidate Votes Republican Fred Thompson 885 998 60 44 30 63 Democratic Jim Cooper 565 930 38 61 29 12 Independent Charles N Hancock 4 169 0 28 Independent Charles Moore 2 219 0 15 Independent Terry Lytle 1 934 0 13 Independent Kerry Martin 1 719 0 12 Independent Jon Walls 1 532 0 10 Independent Hobart Lumpkin 1 184 0 08 Independent Don Schneller 1 150 0 08 Write ins 27 0 00 Majority 320 068 21 83 16 08 Turnout 1 465 862Republican gain from DemocraticTexas EditTexas election 19932000 Nominee Kay Bailey Hutchison Richard W FisherParty Republican DemocraticPopular vote 2 604 218 1 1 639 615 1 Percentage 60 8 38 3 County resultsU S senator before electionKay Bailey HutchisonRepublican Elected U S senator Kay Bailey HutchisonRepublicanMain article 1994 United States Senate election in Texas See also List of United States senators from Texas Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison having just won a special election the previous June for the seat vacated by Democrat Lloyd Bentsen easily defeated Democrat Richard W Fisher an investment banker 63 General election results 1 Party Candidate Votes Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison incumbent 2 604 218 60 85 Democratic Richard W Fisher 1 639 615 38 31 Libertarian Pierre Blondeau 36 107 0 84 Total votes 4 279 940 100 00 Majority 964 603 22 54 Republican holdUtah EditUtah election span, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
