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Markov chain based on List of United States Senate elections
Class 1]]" senators who caucused with a total of 45 seats up for only 10 seats up for elections ==
| style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;" | R42
Re-elected
| style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;" | DR14
| style="background:#AACC99; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;" | R14
| style="background-color:#F6D6C9; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;" | D14
| style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | R2
| width=50px style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | A48
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| style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;" | R6
| width=50px style="text-align=right | Majority →
| style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | D21
Gain
| style="background-color:#AACC99" | R33
| style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;" | DR3
| style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | D38
Re-elected
| style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | D9
| width=50px style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;" | R32
| style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;" | R7
| width=50px style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | D30
Re-elected
| width=50px style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | R44
Gain
| style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;" | DR41
Gain
| style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | R41
Re-elected
| style="background-color:#AACC99" | R36
| style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;" | D53
Re-elected}}
| style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | D28
| style="background:#FFB6B6; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;" | R43
Hold
| style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;" | R21
Re-elected
| style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | R34
| style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | R11
| style="background-color:#F6D6C9; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;" | R9
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| style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;" | R26
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| style="background-color:#F0C862" | R20
Re-election Party shading/Democratic | D4
| style="text-align:center" width=50px style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;" | D47
Re-elected
| style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | V25
| style="background:#B0CEFF; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;" | AJ30
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2000 United States Senate elections
| style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | D44
Hold
| style="background:#F0C862; border:2px solid gray; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;" | J27
| style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | D59
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