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Elections / 1990

The 1990 elections

A midterm cycle: 35 US Senate contests on record. Presidential pages cover the quadrennial years on either side.

1990 Senate margin by stateA map of the United States with each state filled by its 1990 result — deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), and gold where an independent or third-party candidate carried the state.Alabama · D+21.1Alaska · R+34.6Arizona · —Colorado · R+14.0Florida · —Georgia · D+100.0Indiana · R+7.3Kansas · R+47.2Maine · R+22.7Massachusetts · D+13.6Minnesota · D+2.6New Jersey · D+3.0North Carolina · R+5.1North Dakota · —Oklahoma · D+66.4Pennsylvania · —South Dakota · R+7.3Texas · R+22.8Wyoming · R+27.9Connecticut · —Missouri · —West Virginia · D+36.6Illinois · D+30.1New Mexico · R+45.9Arkansas · D+100.0California · —Delaware · D+26.8District of Columbia · —Hawaii · D+9.4Iowa · D+9.1Kentucky · R+4.4Maryland · —Michigan · D+16.3Mississippi · R+100.0Montana · D+38.7New Hampshire · R+33.9New York · —Ohio · —Oregon · R+7.5Tennessee · D+37.9Utah · —Virginia · R+81.7Washington · —Wisconsin · —Nebraska · D+18.0South Carolina · R+31.7Idaho · R+22.6Nevada · —Vermont · —Louisiana · D+100.0Rhode Island · D+23.7
1990Senate margin
D+60
R+60
States with a Senate contest in 1990, 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.

US Senate 1990: Democrats won 18, Republicans 17 of 35 contests →

US House 1990: Democrats won 267, Republicans 167, others 1 of 435 seats →

Governor coverage is 2018–2024 (the precinct-data era); odd-year states (NJ/VA) and earlier cycles are pending sourcing. See the methodology for series notes.