United States Senate elections, 1990

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November 6, 1990

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Class 2 (33 of the 100) seats in the United States Senate,
one mid-term vacancy from Class 1,
and one mid-term vacancy from Class 3
51 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	George Mitchell	Bob Dole
Party	Democratic	Republican
Leader's seat	Maine	Kansas
Last election	55 seats	45 seats
Seats won	56	44
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	17,907,544	16,494,624
Percentage	51.1%	47.1%
Swing	1.0%	0.9%
Seats up	17	18

Democratic hold

Democratic gain

Republican hold

Majority Leader before election

George Mitchell
Democratic

Elected Majority Leader

George Mitchell
Democratic

The United States Senate elections, 1990 were held on Tuesday, November 6, 1990. The Democratic Party increased its majority with a net gain of one seat from the Republican Party. The election took place in the middle of President George H. W. Bush's term, and, as with most other midterm elections, the party not holding the presidency gained seats in Congress.

Only one seat changed parties in this election, as Democrat Paul Wellstone defeated incumbent Republican Rudy Boschwitz (R-MN). Democrats would gain a 57th seat after Harris Wofford won a 1991 special election to replace H. John Heinz III (R-PA), who had died in a plane crash.

A bolded state name indicates an article about that state's election.

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