How many U.S. Senate seats changed party in 2022?

1 seat changed party in the 2022 Senate elections: Pennsylvania (Republican to Democrat).

Which new senators were elected in 2022?

7 new senators won seats in 2022: Katie Britt (Republican-AL), Eric Schmitt (Republican-MO), Ted Budd (Republican-NC), J.D. Vance (Republican-OH), Markwayne Mullin (Republican-OK), John Fetterman (Democrat-PA), Peter Welch (Democrat-VT).

2022 U.S. Senate Elections: Results

35 Senate seats were decided on Tuesday, November 8, 2022: the 34 Class III seats and 1 special election. 28 incumbents kept their seats, 7 new senators were elected, and 1 seat changed party.

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Seats on the ballot

34 Class III + 1 special

Held going in

21 Republican · 14 Democrat

New senators

28 incumbents re-elected

Seats that changed party

Special Election

Oklahoma (Class II seat): James Inhofe (Republican) held the seat going into the special election on November 8, 2022. Won by Markwayne Mullin (Republican), whose term for the seat ran through March 23, 2026.

Every Seat on the 2022 Ballot

Incumbent is whoever held the seat on election day; the result is who was sworn in for it afterwards.

State ▲	Incumbent ↕	Party ↕	Seat ↕	Since ↕	Age on Election Day ↕	Result ↕
Alabama	Richard Shelby Since 1987	Republican	Class III	1987		Katie Britt (Republican)
Alaska	Lisa Murkowski Since 2002 · age 65	Republican	Class III	2002	65	Re-elected
Arizona	Mark Kelly Since 2020 · age 58	Democrat	Class III	2020	58	Re-elected
Arkansas	John Boozman Since 2011 · age 71	Republican	Class III	2011	71	Re-elected
California	Alex Padilla Since 2021 · age 49	Democrat	Class III Appointed	2021	49	Re-elected
Colorado	Michael Bennet Since 2009 · age 57	Democrat	Class III	2009	57	Re-elected
Connecticut	Richard Blumenthal Since 2011 · age 76	Democrat	Class III	2011	76	Re-elected
Florida	Marco Rubio Since 2011 · age 51	Republican	Class III	2011	51	Re-elected
Georgia	Raphael Warnock Since 2021 · age 53	Democrat	Class III	2021	53	Re-elected
Hawaii	Brian Schatz Since 2012 · age 50	Democrat	Class III	2012	50	Re-elected
Idaho	Mike Crapo Since 1999 · age 71	Republican	Class III	1999	71	Re-elected
Illinois	Tammy Duckworth Since 2017 · age 54	Democrat	Class III	2017	54	Re-elected
Indiana	Todd Young Since 2017 · age 50	Republican	Class III	2017	50	Re-elected
Iowa	Chuck Grassley Since 1981 · age 89	Republican	Class III	1981	89	Re-elected
Kansas	Jerry Moran Since 2011 · age 68	Republican	Class III	2011	68	Re-elected
Kentucky	Rand Paul Since 2011 · age 59	Republican	Class III	2011	59	Re-elected
Louisiana	John Kennedy Since 2017 · age 70	Republican	Class III	2017	70	Re-elected
Maryland	Chris Van Hollen Since 2017 · age 63	Democrat	Class III	2017	63	Re-elected
Missouri	Roy Blunt Since 2011	Republican	Class III	2011		Eric Schmitt (Republican)
Nevada	Catherine Cortez Masto Since 2017 · age 58	Democrat	Class III	2017	58	Re-elected
New Hampshire	Maggie Hassan Since 2017 · age 64	Democrat	Class III	2017	64	Re-elected
New York	Chuck Schumer Since 1999 · age 71	Democrat	Class III	1999	71	Re-elected
North Carolina	Richard Burr Since 2005	Republican	Class III	2005		Ted Budd (Republican)
North Dakota	John Hoeven Since 2011 · age 65	Republican	Class III	2011	65	Re-elected
Ohio	Rob Portman Since 2011	Republican	Class III	2011		J.D. Vance (Republican)
Oklahoma	James Inhofe Since 1994	Republican	Class II Special	1994		Markwayne Mullin (Republican)
Oklahoma	James Lankford Since 2015 · age 54	Republican	Class III	2015	54	Re-elected
Oregon	Ron Wyden Since 1996 · age 73	Democrat	Class III	1996	73	Re-elected
Pennsylvania	Patrick Toomey Since 2011	Republican	Class III	2011		John Fetterman (Democrat) Party change
South Carolina	Tim Scott Since 2013 · age 57	Republican	Class III	2013	57	Re-elected
South Dakota	John Thune Since 2005 · age 61	Republican	Class III	2005	61	Re-elected
Utah	Mike Lee Since 2011 · age 51	Republican	Class III	2011	51	Re-elected
Vermont	Patrick Leahy Since 1975	Democrat	Class III	1975		Peter Welch (Democrat)
Washington	Patty Murray Since 1993 · age 72	Democrat	Class III	1993	72	Re-elected
Wisconsin	Ron Johnson Since 2011 · age 67	Republican	Class III	2011	67	Re-elected

New Senators Elected in 2022

Katie Britt

Republican · Alabama

Succeeded Richard Shelby

Eric Schmitt

Republican · Missouri

Succeeded Roy Blunt

Ted Budd

Republican · North Carolina

Succeeded Richard Burr

J.D. Vance

Republican · Ohio

Succeeded Rob Portman

Markwayne Mullin

Republican · Oklahoma

Succeeded James Inhofe · special election

John Fetterman

Democrat · Pennsylvania

Succeeded Patrick Toomey (Republican)

Peter Welch

Democrat · Vermont

Succeeded Patrick Leahy

About this page

Seats, incumbents and results are derived from the Senate's service records (via the congress-legislators dataset): the seats on a year's ballot are the class whose terms end the following January, plus any seat held by appointment pending a special election, and a result is recorded when the winner is sworn in. Incumbent status and candidates for the next election come from FEC candidate filings; a seat is listed as open when the FEC tags its candidates as running for a seat with no incumbent. Election day is the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. See every cycle since 1990, the seniority list and the voting analysis.