2022 United States Senate elections

All 34 Class 3 senators were up for election in 2022; before Election Day, Class 3 consisted of 14 Democrats and 20 Republicans, including a seat in California held by an interim appointee up for a special election. Additionally, a special election was held for a Class 2 seat in Oklahoma. Of the senators not up for election, 34 were Democrats, 29 were Republicans, and two were independent members who caucused with the Senate Democrats. In Colorado, where some Republican strategists hoped for a competitive race, Michael Bennet won re-election handily, and in New Hampshire, another hopeful Republican target, Maggie Hassan ran ahead of Biden's 2020 margin in the state. and in Pennsylvania, where John Fetterman defeated Trump-endorsee Mehmet Oz, vulnerable House Democrats also benefitted from strong Democratic performance at the top of the ticket. Fetterman improved upon Biden's 2020 results from white voters without a college degree. In Georgia's first round, Raphael Warnock improved upon his margin from 2020–2021 and finished first, Democrats' strong performance has been attributed to, among other factors, Some Republicans blamed Trump for the party's underwhelming showing, citing the underperformance of candidates he endorsed such as Herschel Walker in Georgia and Oz in Pennsylvania. Democrats won full terms in the Class 3 Senate seats in Arizona and Pennsylvania for the first time since the 1962 elections. The 2022 election cycle was the first time since the 2006 Senate elections that Democrats made net gains in a midterm year, and the 2022 cycle tied with the 1990 elections for the lowest number of party flips, at only 1 seat each. This was only the third election in U.S. history (after 1914 and 1934) where the opposition party failed to flip any Senate seats. It is the most recent election cycle in which the president's party gained Senate seats and simultaneously lost House seats in a midterm, which also occurred in 1914, 1962, 1970, and 2018; it was the first midterm in which Democrats did so since 1962. It was a historically good cycle for incumbents; it was the first time ever since the ratification of the 17th Amendment, which mandated the popular election of U.S. senators, in which no incumbents were defeated for either a primary or general election. Maggie Hassan (New Hampshire), Ron Johnson (Wisconsin), Mark Kelly (Arizona), Catherine Cortez-Masto (Nevada), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), and Warnock (Georgia) faced competitive races but were all re-elected. == Summary results ==

Seats Votes == Closest races ==

9 races had a margin of victory under 10%: == Change in composition ==

Each block represents one of the one hundred seats in the U.S. Senate. "D" is a Democratic senator, "I" is an independent senator, and "R" is a Republican senator. They are arranged so the parties are separated and a majority is clear by crossing the middle. Before the elections Each block indicates an incumbent senator's actions going into the election. After the elections Beginning of the first session == Final pre-election predictions ==

Several sites and individuals publish predictions of competitive seats. These predictions look at factors such as the strength of the incumbent (if the incumbent is running for re-election) and the other candidates and the state's partisan lean (reflected in part by the state's Cook Partisan Voting Index rating). The predictions assign ratings to each seat, indicating the predicted advantage that a party had in winning that seat. Most election predictors use: • "tossup" / "battleground": no advantage • "tilt" (used by some predictors): minimal, smallest advantage • "lean": slight advantage • "likely": significant, but surmountable, advantage • "safe" or "solid": near-certain chance of victory" after the incumbent's name. See Template:USRaceRating for how to apply rating. --> } == Gains and holds ==

One Democrat and five Republicans retired instead of seeking re-election. Retirements Resignations One Republican resigned two years into his six-year term. ==Race summary==

Special elections during the preceding Congress In each special election, the winner's term can begin immediately after their election is certified by their state's government. In cases where a resignation has been previously announced, the new senator's term can begin once the previous senator's resignation is submitted officially. Elections are sorted by date, then state. Elections leading to the next Congress In these general elections, the winners will be elected for the term beginning January 3, 2023. == Alabama==

Six-term Republican Richard Shelby was re-elected in 2016 with 64% of the vote. On February 8, 2021, Shelby announced that he would not seek re-election to a seventh term. Katie Britt, Shelby's former chief of staff, and Mo Brooks, a six-term U.S. representative, finished ahead of businesswoman Karla DuPriest, former Army pilot and author Michael Durant, and author Jake Schafer in the first round of the Republican primary election, with Britt going on to defeat Brooks in a runoff. Perennial candidate Will Boyd defeated former Brighton mayor Brandaun Dean and Lanny Jackson in the Democratic primary. Britt won the Senate election, becoming the first woman elected to the United States Senate from Alabama. == Alaska ==

}} Three-term Republican Lisa Murkowski was re-elected in 2016 with 44.4% of the vote. Alaska voters passed a ballot initiative in 2020 that adopted a new top-four ranked-choice voting system: all candidates compete in a nonpartisan blanket primary, the top four candidates advance to the general election, and the winner is determined by instant-runoff voting using ranked-choice ballots. On March 30, following the Alaska Republican Party's decision to censure senator Murkowski, former Alaska Department of Administration commissioner Kelly Tshibaka announced her campaign against Murkowski, later receiving Donald Trump's endorsement. Republican governor Mike Dunleavy, who was considered another potential challenger to Murkowski, instead ran for re-election. Murkowski, Tshibaka, Republican Buzz Kelley, and Democrat Pat Chesbro advanced to the general election. Kelley suspended his campaign in September and endorsed Tshibaka, although his name remained on the ballot. Murkowski received a slight plurality of the first-choice votes and a majority of all votes following the ranked choice tabulation, winning re-election to a fourth full term. == Arizona ==

Incumbent Democrat Mark Kelly took office on December 2, 2020, after winning a special election with 51.2% of the vote. Six-term senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain was re-elected to this seat in 2016. He died on August 25, 2018, and former U.S. senator Jon Kyl was appointed to replace him. Kyl resigned at the end of 2018 and U.S. representative Martha McSally was appointed to replace him. Kelly defeated McSally in the 2020 special election. In the Republican primary, Blake Masters, the chairman of the Thiel Foundation, defeated Jim Lamon, chair of the solar power company Depcom, and Arizona attorney general Mark Brnovich. Kelly defeated Masters, winning election to his first full term. == Arkansas ==

Two-term Republican John Boozman was re-elected in 2016 with 59.8% of the vote. Boozman ran for a third term. Boozman defeated former NFL player and U.S. Army veteran Jake Bequette, gun range owner and 2018 gubernatorial candidate Jan Morgan, and pastor Heath Loftis in the Republican primary. A fourth challenger, corporate analyst Michael Deel withdrew prior to the primary election citing a lack of viability. Natalie James, a real estate broker from Little Rock, defeated Dan Whitfield, who attempted to run as an independent for Arkansas' other U.S. Senate seat in 2020 but failed to meet the ballot access requirements, and former Pine Bluff City alderman Jack Foster in the Democratic primary. Boozman defeated James, winning re-election to a third term. == California ==

Incumbent Democrat Alex Padilla took office on January 20, 2021. He was appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom following the resignation of incumbent Democrat Kamala Harris on January 18, 2021, in advance of her swearing-in as Vice President of the United States. Due to a rule change, there were two ballot items for the same seat: a general election, to elect a Class 3 senator to a full term beginning with the 118th United States Congress, sworn in on January 3, 2023, and a special election, to fill that seat for the final weeks of the 117th Congress. Padilla ran in both races, as did the Republican nominee, attorney Mark Meuser. Padilla defeated Meuser in both races, winning election to his first full term. == Colorado ==

Two-term Democrat Michael Bennet took office on January 21, 2009, after being appointed by then Colorado governor Bill Ritter to replace outgoing Democrat Ken Salazar, who was nominated by then president Barack Obama to serve as United States secretary of the interior. He had narrowly won reelection bids, in 2010 to his first full term, with 48.08% of the vote, and, in 2016 to his second, with 49.97% of the vote. In the Republican primary, construction company owner Joe O'Dea defeated state representative Ron Hanks. Bennet defeated O'Dea, winning election to his third full term. == Connecticut ==

Two-term Democrat Richard Blumenthal was re-elected in 2016 with 63.2% of the vote. Former state House minority leader Themis Klarides ran for the Republican nomination, but lost to commodities trader Leora Levy. == Florida ==

Two-term Republican Marco Rubio was re-elected in 2016 with 52% of the vote. He announced on November 9, 2020, via Facebook, that he was running for re-election. U.S. representative Val Demings was the Democratic nominee. Ivanka Trump, daughter and former senior advisor to former president Donald Trump, was seen as a potential candidate to challenge Rubio for the Republican nomination. However, on February 18, 2021, it was confirmed that she would not seek the nomination. Rubio defeated Demings, winning re-election to a third term. == Georgia ==

Incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock won the 2020–2021 special election against incumbent Republican Kelly Loeffler to fill the remainder of former senator Johnny Isakson's term. Isakson resigned at the end of 2019 due to health problems and eventually died less than two years later, in 2021. Loeffler was appointed by Governor Brian Kemp following Isakson's resignation. No candidate in the open election on November 3 received the 50% required by Georgia law to avoid a run-off, a type of election colloquially known as a "jungle primary"—Warnock received just 32.9% of the vote—and so, a run-off election between Warnock and Loeffler was held on January 5, 2021, which Warnock won with 51% of the vote. Former Republican senator David Perdue, who narrowly lost his race to Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff in 2021, and former U.S. representative Doug Collins both considered challenging Warnock, but eventually announced they were not running. Former NFL player Herschel Walker, who had been endorsed by former president Donald Trump, defeated banking executive Latham Saddler and others in the Republican primary. In the general election, no candidate received a majority of the vote. Warnock defeated Walker in a runoff between the top-two finishers on December 6. == Hawaii ==

One-term Democrat Brian Schatz was appointed to the Senate in 2012, following the death of incumbent Daniel Inouye. He won a special election to finish Inouye's term in 2014, and won his first full term in 2016 with 73.6% of the vote. Republican state representative Bob McDermott challenged Schatz. == Idaho ==

Four-term Republican Mike Crapo was re-elected in 2016 with 66.1% of the vote. He ran for re-election to a fifth term. Democrat David Roth faced Crapo in the general election after defeating Ben Pursley in the primary. == Illinois ==

One-term Democrat Tammy Duckworth was elected in 2016 with 54.9% of the vote. She defeated Republican attorney Kathy Salvi in the general election. == Indiana ==

First-term Republican Todd Young was elected in 2016 with 52.1% of the vote. He announced on March 2, 2021, that he was running for re-election. Hammond mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. won the Democratic nomination. James Sceniak, a behavior therapist, was the Libertarian candidate. Young defeated McDermott, winning re-election to a second term. == Iowa ==