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Friday Trivia Answer

Of the 34 U.S. Senate seats up for election next year, Republicans currently hold 20 and Democrats hold 14. Four Republicans—Alabama’s Richard Shelby, North Carolina's Richard Burr, Ohio's Rob Portman, and Pennsylvania's Pat Toomey—have announced they will not run for re-election.

In the most recent election for these specific seats, how many were decided by a margin of five percentage points or fewer?

a. 3
b. 5
c. 6
d. 7

The correct answer was d!

The last time these Senate seats were up for election, seven were won by a margin of fewer than 5 percentage points. They are listed below by margin. Of those seven seats, Democrats won four and Republicans won three.

• Wisconsin: Ron Johnson (R) won by 3.4 percentage points in 2016.
• Missouri: Roy Blunt (R) won by 2.8 percentage points in 2016.
• Arizona: Mark Kelly (D) defeated incumbent Martha McSally (R) by 2.4 percentage points in the 2020 special election.
• Nevada: Catherine Cortez Masto (D) won by 2.4 percentage points in 2016.
• Georgia: Raphael Warnock (D) defeated incumbent Kelly Loeffler (R) by 2.1 percentage points in the special runoff election in January 2021.
• Pennsylvania: Pat Toomey (R) won by 1.5 percentage points in 2016.
• New Hampshire: Maggie Hassan (D) defeated incumbent Kelly Ayotte (R) by 0.1 percentage point in 2016.