List of congressional challengers who ran in the 2016 elections
This page contains a list of all challengers who ran in the 2016 congress elections. Challenger refers to a candidate who was not an incumbent in the U.S. House or U.S. Senate. Included in these lists are elected officials from lower offices, such as state legislators and state executive officials.
The individual state tabs below contain names of candidates who ran for U.S. Congress in 2016. The names are broken out by state, chamber and party. To submit a name that is not included in this list, email us.
- For the full list of all candidates including incumbents, see List of candidates who ran in U.S. Congress elections, 2016
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Alabama
U.S. Senate
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Alaska
U.S. Senate
Democratic
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U.S. House
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Arizona
U.S. House
Democratic
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Arkansas
U.S. Senate
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California
U.S. House
Democratic
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Colorado
U.S. Senate
Democratic
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Connecticut
U.S. House
Democratic
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Delaware
U.S. Senate
Democratic
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U.S. House
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Florida
U.S. House
Democratic
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Georgia
U.S. Senate
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U.S. House
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Hawaii
U.S. House
Democratic
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Idaho
U.S. Senate
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U.S. House
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Illinois
U.S. Senate
Democratic
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U.S. House
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Indiana
U.S. House
Democratic
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Iowa
U.S. Senate
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U.S. House
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Kansas
U.S. Senate
Democratic
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U.S. House
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Kentucky
U.S. Senate
Democratic
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U.S. House
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Louisiana
U.S. Senate
Democratic
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U.S. House
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Maine
U.S. Senate
Democratic
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U.S. House
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Maryland
U.S. House
Democratic
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Massachusetts
U.S. Senate
Democratic
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U.S. House
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Michigan
U.S. Senate
Democratic
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Minnesota
U.S. Senate
Democratic
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U.S. House
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Mississippi
U.S. Senate
Democratic
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U.S. House
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Missouri
U.S. House
Democratic
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Montana
U.S. Senate
Democratic
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U.S. House
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Nebraska
U.S. Senate
Democratic
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Nevada
U.S. House
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New Hampshire
U.S. Senate
Democratic
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New Jersey
U.S. Senate
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U.S. House
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New Mexico
U.S. Senate
Democratic
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U.S. House
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New York
U.S. House
Democratic
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North Carolina
U.S. Senate
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U.S. House
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North Dakota
U.S. House
Democratic
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Ohio
U.S. House
Democratic
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Oklahoma
U.S. Senate
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U.S. House
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Oregon
U.S. Senate
Democratic
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U.S. House
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Pennsylvania
U.S. House
Democratic
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Rhode Island
U.S. Senate
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U.S. House
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South Carolina
U.S. Senate
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South Dakota
U.S. Senate
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U.S. House
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Tennessee
U.S. Senate
Democratic
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U.S. House
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Texas
U.S. Senate
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U.S. House
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Utah
U.S. House
Democratic
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Vermont
U.S. House
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Virginia
U.S. Senate
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Washington
U.S. House
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West Virginia
U.S. Senate
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Wisconsin
U.S. House
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Wyoming
U.S. Senate
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