The 1982 elections A midterm cycle: 33 US Senate contests on record. Presidential pages cover the quadrennial years on either side.
Elections › 1982 akashic 1982 Senate margin by state A map of the United States with each state filled by its 1982 result — deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), and gold where an independent or third-party candidate carried the state. Alabama · — Alaska · — Arizona · D+16.6 Colorado · — Florida · D+23.5 Georgia · — Indiana · R+8.2 Kansas · — Maine · D+21.7 Massachusetts · D+22.6 Minnesota · R+6.0 New Jersey · D+3.2 North Carolina · — North Dakota · D+28.8 Oklahoma · — Pennsylvania · R+20.1 South Dakota · — Texas · D+18.1 Wyoming · R+13.3 Connecticut · R+4.3 Missouri · R+1.7 West Virginia · D+37.7 Illinois · — New Mexico · D+7.5 Arkansas · — California · R+6.8 Delaware · R+11.0 District of Columbia · — Hawaii · D+63.1 Iowa · — Kentucky · — Maryland · D+26.9 Michigan · D+16.9 Mississippi · D+28.4 Montana · D+12.8 New Hampshire · — New York · D+33.7 Ohio · D+15.5 Oregon · — Tennessee · D+23.9 Utah · R+16.9 Virginia · R+2.4 Washington · D+44.7 Wisconsin · D+29.5 Nebraska · D+38.1 South Carolina · — Idaho · — Nevada · R+2.4 Vermont · R+3.0 Louisiana · — Rhode Island · R+2.4 AZ FL IN ME MN ND PA TX WY MO WV NM CA HI MI MS MT NY OH TN UT VA WA WI NE NV States with a Senate contest in 1982, each filled by its result. States without a seat up this cycle are faint.
Blue and red show the Democratic-vs-Republican margin; gold marks a seat an independent won.