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Charts: Plurality
Wins in U.S. Senate
Plurality Wins in
U.S. Senate General Elections,
1992-2002
Year |
Plurality Wins |
% of Races* |
|
1992 |
4 |
11% |
|
1994 |
5 |
14% |
|
1996 |
5 |
15% |
|
1998 |
2 |
6% |
|
2000 |
3 |
9% |
| 2002 |
3 |
9% |
|
TOTAL |
22 |
11% |
*There were 35 Senate races in
1992, 1994, and 2000; 34 races in 1996, 1998, and 2002.
Plurality U.S. Senate Wins, by
Decade
|
Decade |
Plurality
Wins |
|
1908-1918 |
39 |
|
1920-1928 |
18 |
|
1930-1938 |
18 |
|
1940-1948 |
9 |
|
1950-1958 |
4 |
|
1960-1968 |
5 |
|
1970-1978 |
14 |
|
1980-1988 |
10 |
|
1990-1998 |
16 |
|
2000-2002 |
6 |
|
Total |
139 |
U.S. Senate
Primaries, 1994-2002
|
|
1994 |
1996 |
1998 |
2000 |
2002 |
TOTAL |
|
Plurality Primaries |
9 |
3 |
6 |
9 |
4 |
31 |
|
Pluralities avoided by
runoffs |
3 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
12 |
|
Candidates elected after plurality primary
victory |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
|
Candidates elected after runoff
victory |
0 |
1 |
- |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Source: Federal Elections
(94-2002): Election Results for the US Senate and the US House
of Representatives. Copyright of the Federal Elections
Commission, Washington, DC.
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