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Democrats Hold Same Senate Majority After Election
Democrats retain a 62 to 38 majority in the U S Senate after Tuesday’s races. The count leaves 22 Democrats and 11 Republicans holding seats, with several incumbents defeated including Hartke, McGee, Moss, Buckley and Taft Jr. plus notable gains by Lugar, Wallop and Danforth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S. Senate
Congress
California
John V. Tunney
San Francisco State College
8.J. Hayakawa
GOP
Senate
Vance Hartke
Indiana
Joseph M. Montoya
New Mexico
Gale W. McGee
Wyoming
Frank E. Moss
Utah
Bill Brack
Tennessee
J. Glenn Beall
Maryland
James L. Buckley
New York
Robert Taft Jr
Ohio
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Virginia
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
John Melcher
House of Representatives
Mansfield
H. John Heinz II
Ber
William J. Green
Scott
Hartke
Senate Veterans Affairs Committee
McGee
Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Moss
Aeronautical and Spare Sciences
Montoya
Indianapolis
Richard G. Lugar
Birch Bayh
Ind
Malcolm Wallop
Orrin G. Hatch
Harrison
Jack” Schmitt
Schmitt
John Glenn
Howard M.metzenbaum
Metzenbaum
Taft
Buckley
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Moynihan
United Nations
Gerald Ford
Richard Nixon
Brock
James Sasser
Beall
Paul
Sarbanes
Nebraska
Omaha
Edward Zorinsky
Zorinsky
John Y. McCollister
Roman L. Hruska
Missouri
John Danforth
Warren Hearnes
Stuart Symington
Paul J. Fannin
Arizona
Hiram L. Fong
Hawaii
Pima County
Tucson
Dennis DeConcini
Sam Steiger
Spark M. Matsunaga
William
House
Marvin Esch
Philip A. Hart
Byrd
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
John Stennis
Mississippi