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| Republican Holds |
| Republican Pickups |
| Democrat Holds |
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State
| Incumbent
| Party
| Status
| Candidates
| | Alabama | | D | Defeated in Primary. | Jeremiah Denton (R) 50.2%
Jim Folsom, Jr. (D) 47.1% | | Alaska | Mike Gravel | D | Defeated in Primary. | Frank Murkowski (R) 53.7%
Clark Gruening (D) 45.9% | | Arizona | Barry Goldwater | R | Re-elected 49.5% | Barry Goldwater (R) 49.5%
Bill Schulz (D) 48.4% | | Arkansas | Dale Bumpers | D | Re-elected, 59.1% | Dale Bumpers (D) 59.1%
Bill Clark (Republican) 40.9% | | California | | D | Re-elected, 56.5% | Alan Cranston (D) 56.5%
Paul Gann (Republican) 37.1% |
| Colorado | Gary Hart | D | Re-elected, 50.3% | Gary Hart (D) 50.3%
Mary E. Buchanan (R) 48.7% | | CT | Abraham
Ribicoff | D | Retired, Democratic victory | Chris Dodd (D) 56.3%
James L. Buckley (R) 42.9% |
| Florida | Richard Stone | D | Defeated in primary, Republican victory | Paula Hawkins (R) 51.7%
Bill Gunter (D) 48.3% | | Georgia | Herman Talmadge | D | Defeated, 49.1% | Mack Mattingly (R) 50.9% | | Hawaii | Daniel Inouye | D | Re-elected, 77.9% | Daniel Inouye (D) 77.9%
Cooper Brown (R) 18.4% | | Idaho | Frank Church | D | Defeated, 48.8% | Steve Symms (R) 49.7%
Frank Church (D) 48.8% | | Illinois | Adlai Stevenson III | D | Retired, Democratic victory | Alan J. Dixon (D) 56.0%
Dave O'Neal (R) 42.5% | | Indiana | Birch Bayh | D | Defeated, 46.2% | Dan Quayle (R) 53.8%
Birch Bayh (D) 46.2% | | Iowa | John Culver | D | Defeated, 45.5% | Chuck Grassley (R) 53.5% | | Kansas | Bob Dole | R | Re-elected, 63.8% | Bob Dole (R) 63.8%
John Simpson (D) 36.2% | | Kentucky | Wendell H. Ford | D | Re-elected, 65.1% | Wendell Ford (D) 65.1
Mary L. Foust (R) 34.9% | | Louisiana | Russell B. Long | D | Re-elected in primary | No opponent. | | Maryland | Charles Mathias, Jr. | R | Re-elected, 66.2% | Charles Mathias, Jr. (R) 66.2%
Edward T. Conroy (D) 33.8% | | Missouri | Thomas Eagleton | D | Re-elected, 52.0% | Thomas Eagleton (D) 52.0%
Gene McNary (R) 47.7% | | Nevada | Paul Laxalt | R | Re-elected, 58.5% | Paul Laxalt (R) 58.5%
Mary Gojack (D) 37.4% |
| New Hampshire | John A. Durkin | (D) | Defeated, 47.8% | Warren Rudman (R) 52.1%
John Durkin (D) 47.8% | | New York | Jacob K. Javits | (R) | Defeated in primary, Republican victory | Al D'Amato (R) 44.9%
Elizabeth Holtzman (D) 43.5%
| | North Carolina | Robert Burren Morgan | (D) | Defeated, 49.4% | John Porter East (Republican) 50.0% | | North Dakota | Milton Young | (R) | Retired, Republican victory | Mark Andrews (Republican) 70.3%
Kent Johanneson (Democratic) 29.0% | | Ohio | John Glenn | (D) | Re-elected, 68.8% | John Glenn (D) 68.8%
James E. Betts (R) 28.2% | | Oklahoma | Henry Bellmon | (R) | Retired, Republican victory | Don Nickles (Republican) 53.5%
Andrew Coats (Democratic) 43.5% | | Oregon | Bob
Pack- wood | (R) | Re-elected, 52.1% | Bob Packwood (R) 52.1%
Ted Kulongoski (Democratic) 44.0% | | Pennsylvania | Richard Schweiker | (R) | Retired, Republican victory | Arlen Specter (Republican) 50.5%
Pete Flaherty (Democratic) 48.0% | | South Carolina | Ernest Hollings | (D) | Re-elected, 70.4% | Ernest Hollings (D) 70.4%
Marshall T. Mays (Republican) 29.6% | | South Dakota | George McGovern | (D) | Defeated, 39.4% | James Abdnor (R)58.2%
George McGovern (D) 39.4% | | Utah | Jake Garn | (R) | Re-elected, 73.6% | Dan Berman (D) 25.5% | | Vermont | Patrick Leahy | (D) | Re-elected, 49.8% | Patrick Leahy (D) 49.8%
Stewart M. Ledbetter (R) 48.5% | | Washington | Warren G. Magnuson | (D) | Defeated, 45.8% | Slade Gorton (Republican) 54.2% | | Wisconsin | Gaylord Nelson | (D) | Defeated, 48.3% | Bob Kasten (Republican) 50.2% |
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