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U.S. Senate National Vote
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| Office | Senate |
| Honorific | Senator - Abbr: Sen. |
| Type | Control Indicator |
| Filing Deadline | 00, 1978 - 12:00am Central |
| Polls Open | November 07, 1978 - 06:00am Central |
| Polls Close | November 02, 1982 - 06:30pm Central |
| Term Start | January 03, 1983 - 12:00pm |
| Term End | January 03, 1985 - 12:00pm |
| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modified | Chronicler August 27, 2005 09:14am |
| Data Sources | Dubin, pp. 715-737. |
| Description |
Although the Democrats won a 54-43% victory in the U.S. Senate elections of 1982, only three seats changed hands. The two major parties exchanged one seat each, and the Republicans won the lone Independent seat. Overall, the Democrats won 20 seats to 13 for the Republicans; the new Senate had 54 Republicans and 46 Democrats.
New U.S. Senators: Wilson (R-CA), Hecht (R-NV), Lautenberg (D-NJ), Bingaman (D-NM), and Trible (R-VA).
Aggregate nationwide totals for U.S. Senate nominees in 1982:
Democratic 27,900,371 - 54.1%
Republican 22,412,682 - 43.4
Libertarian 314,955 - 0.6
Independent 217,206 - 0.4
Am. Independent 213,912 - 0.4
Conservative 205,862 - 0.4
Liberal 142,275 - 0.3
Peace and Freedom 96,388 - 0.2
Socialist Workers 52,349 - 0.1
Citizens (and Consumer) 26,454 - 0.1
Workers League 6,085
Socialist Labor 8,134
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| Uncertified Votes |  62,560,393 (44.60%) |
73,774,334 (52.60%) |
809,792 (0.58%) |
744,983 (0.53%) |
655,302 (0.47%) |
617,575 (0.44%) |
497,118 (0.35%) |
| Margin | -11,213,941 (-8.00%) |
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| Uncertified Votes | 296,350 (0.21%) |
112,291 (0.08%) |
66,528 (0.05%) |
53,411 (0.04%) |
18,948 (0.01%) |
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| Margin | -73,477,984 (-52.39%) |
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