2022 United States Senate elections


The 2022 United States Senate elections will be held on November 8, 2022, with 34 of the 100 seats in the Senate being contested in regular elections, the winners of which will serve six-year terms in the United States Congress from January 3, 2023, to January 3, 2029. Senators are divided into three groups, or classes, whose terms are staggered so that a different class is elected every two years. Class 3 senators were last elected in 2016, and will be up for election again in 2022.

Partisan composition

All 34 Class 3 Senate seats are up for election in 2022; Class 3 currently consists of 12 Democrats and 22 Republicans. If vacancies occur in Class 1 or Class 2 Senate seats, that state might require a special election to take place during the 118th Congress, possibly concurrently with the other 2022 Senate elections.

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

Key:

Potentially competitive races

Potentially competitive Republican-held seats up for election in 2022 include [|Florida], [|Iowa], [|North Carolina], [|Ohio], [|Pennsylvania] and [|Wisconsin]. Democratic-held seats in [|Colorado], [|Nevada] and [|New Hampshire] are also expected to be competitive. Senate seats in [|Arizona] and [|Georgia] are currently held by Republicans but are going into competitive special elections in 2020. These seats will likely be competitive in 2022, regardless of which party wins the special elections. It is believed that Arizona, Georgia, Florida, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania will be the most competitive races, regardless of which party is in the White House.

Race summary

Alabama

Six-term Republican Richard Shelby was re-elected in 2016.

Alaska

Three-term Republican Lisa Murkowski was re-elected in 2016. Former governor and vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin and Fox News host Laura Ingraham are considering primary challenges to Murkowski.

Arizona

The incumbent for the 2022 election will be determined by a 2020 special election. Six-term senator and Republican presidential nominee in 2008 John McCain was re-elected in 2016. However, McCain died on August 25, 2018, and was immediately replaced by Jon Kyl, who resigned at the end of 2018. Kyl was succeeded by Martha McSally, who will hold the seat for two years. A 2020 special election will determine who will hold the seat for the final two years. The winner of this special election will be the incumbent for the 2022 election and will likely run for a full term.

Arkansas

Two-term Republican John Boozman was re-elected in 2016.

California

One-term Democrat Kamala Harris was elected in 2016.

Colorado

Two-term Democrat Michael Bennet was re-elected in 2016. Darryl Glenn, Bennet's challenger in 2016, may run.

Connecticut

Two-term Democrat Richard Blumenthal was re-elected in 2016. Republican Robert Hyde is running.

Florida

Two-term Republican Marco Rubio was re-elected in 2016.
Possible Democratic candidates include State Representative Anna Eskamani. Former U.S. Representative David Jolly, who was previously a Republican but is now independent, is considering running.

Georgia

Three-term Republican Johnny Isakson was re-elected in 2016. However, Isakson, citing his ongoing health problems, announced on August 28, 2019 that he would resign from the Senate at the end of 2019. Under Georgia law, Brian Kemp was able to appoint Kelly Loeffler to fill Isakson's seat on an interim basis until a special election is held in 2020. The winner of that election will be the incumbent in the regular 2022 election.

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.

Idaho

Four-term Republican Mike Crapo was re-elected in 2016.

Illinois

One-term Democrat Tammy Duckworth was elected in 2016.

Indiana

One-term Republican Todd Young was elected in 2016.
Possible Democratic candidates include Former Mayor of South Bend and 2020 presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg.

Iowa

Seven-term Republican Chuck Grassley was re-elected in 2016. When asked by the Iowa Capital Dispatch in February of 2020 if he would be running for re-election, he said

You'll have to ask me a year and a half from now. Now if you’d asked me that six years ago, I’d have said I’m running for re-election. But now that I’m 86, I better make sure I can see myself to be 95 years old…Now the one thing I want to make sure of is, that I don’t become a Senator Byrd, where, the last two years on office, I have to have a nurse with me. Or when Thurmond left office at 100 years and three months, but the last couple of years, he needed a lot of help.

He also said that he would decide whether to run again "eight months to a year before the 2022 election".

Kansas

Two-term Republican Jerry Moran was re-elected in 2016.

Kentucky

Two-term Republican Rand Paul was re-elected in 2016.

Louisiana

One-term Republican John Neely Kennedy was elected in 2016.

Maryland

One-term Democrat Chris Van Hollen was elected in 2016.

Missouri

Two-term Republican Roy Blunt was re-elected in 2016.

Nevada

One-term Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto was elected in 2016.

New Hampshire

One-term Democrat Maggie Hassan was elected in 2016.

New York

Four-term Democrat Chuck Schumer was re-elected in 2016. Majority Report host Sam Seder has declared to run, challenging Schumer in the Democratic primary.

North Carolina

Three-term Republican Richard Burr was re-elected in 2016. Burr has pledged to retire in 2022. Former governor Pat McCrory is a potential Republican candidate.

North Dakota

Two-term Republican John Hoeven was re-elected in 2016.

Ohio

Two-term Republican Rob Portman was re-elected in 2016.

Oklahoma

One-term senator James Lankford won the 2014 special election to serve the remainder of former senator Tom Coburn's term, and Lankford won election to his first full term in 2016.

Oregon

Four-term Democrat Ron Wyden was re-elected in 2016.

Pennsylvania

Two-term Republican Pat Toomey was re-elected in 2016. His 2010 opponent, Joe Sestak, and Pennsylvanian Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman have been cited as potential opponents.

South Carolina

One-term Republican Tim Scott was appointed in 2013, and won election to his first full term in 2016.

South Dakota

Three-term Republican John Thune was re-elected in 2016.

Utah

Two-term Republican Mike Lee was re-elected in 2016.

Vermont

Eight-term Democrat Patrick Leahy was re-elected in 2016. Vermont Attorney General TJ Donovan is considering a run.

Washington

Five-term Democrat Patty Murray was re-elected in 2016.

Wisconsin

Two-term Republican Ron Johnson was re-elected in 2016. Johnson had pledged to retire in 2022. In 2019 he said he did not know if he would in fact seek a third term or not and would not rule anything out.
Kenosha County sheriff David Beth has expressed an interest in running for the Senate. Former Governor Scott Walker has said that he will not run.
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