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=== Senate === {| class="wikitable" |- ! rowspan=1 | Name ! rowspan=1 | State ! rowspan=1 | Predecessor ! rowspan=1 | Predecessor's fate |- | [[Richard Shelby]] | [[Alabama]] | Himself as a Democrat | Switched parties<ref group="lower-alpha">Shelby had been elected in [[1986 United States Senate election in Alabama|1986]] and [[1992 United States Senate election in Alabama|1992]] as a Democrat, but switched parties in 1994.</ref> |- | [[Jon Kyl]] | [[Arizona]] | [[Dennis DeConcini]] | Retired |- | [[Ben Nighthorse Campbell]] | [[Colorado]] | Himself as a Democrat | Switched parties<ref group="lower-alpha">Campbell was elected in [[1992 United States Senate election in Colorado|1992]] as a Democrat, but switched parties on March 3, 1995.</ref> |- | [[Olympia Snowe]] | [[Maine]] | [[George J. Mitchell|George Mitchell]] | Retired |- | [[Spencer Abraham]] | [[Michigan]] | [[Donald Riegle]] | Retired |- | [[Mike DeWine]] | [[Ohio]] | [[Howard Metzenbaum]] | Retired |- | [[Jim Inhofe]] | [[Oklahoma]] | [[David Boren]] | Retired<ref group="lower-alpha">Boren's impending resignation to assume the presidency of the [[University of Oklahoma]] triggered a special election where Inhofe won. Boren resigned a week after the special election, with Inhofe being sworn in 2 days later for the remainder of Boren's term ending in 1997.</ref> |- | [[Rick Santorum]] | [[Pennsylvania]] | [[Harris Wofford]] | Defeated |- | [[Fred Thompson]] | [[Tennessee]] | [[Harlan Mathews]] | Retired<ref group="lower-alpha">Mathews was appointed to the seat as a caretaker following the resignation of [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Al Gore]]; Thompson was elected to serve the remaining two years of the term.</ref> |- | [[Bill Frist]] | [[Tennessee]] | [[Jim Sasser]] | Defeated |- | [[Kay Bailey Hutchison]] | [[Texas]] | [[Bob Krueger]] | Defeated<ref group="lower-alpha">Hutchison won the Senate seat from the Democrats in the [[1993 United States Senate special election in Texas|1993 special election]] to succeed Bob Krueger, who had been appointed to this seat following the resignation of [[Lloyd Bentsen]], who had become the [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]], seen as a precursor to the Republican Revolution.</ref> |} {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}}
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