State | Image | Senator | Seniority | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year |
Arkansas | | Mark Pryor (D) | 8th (100th overall) | Yes Defeated Tim Hutchinson (R) | Attorney General of Arkansas Arkansas House of Representatives | 1963 |
Georgia | | Saxby Chambliss (R) | 2nd (94th overall) | Yes Defeated Max Cleland (D) | U.S. House of Representatives | 1943 |
Minnesota | | Norm Coleman (R) | 7th (99th overall) | Yes Open seat; replaced Dean Barkley (IMN) | Mayor of Saint Paul | 1949 |
New Hampshire | | John E. Sununu (R) | 4th (96th overall) | No Replaced Bob Smith (R), who lost renomination | U.S. House of Representatives | 1964 |
New Jersey | | Frank Lautenberg (D) | 1st (93rd overall) | No Replaced Robert Torricelli (D) | U.S. Senate[a] | 1924 |
North Carolina | | Elizabeth Dole (R) | 6th (98th overall) | No Open seat; replaced Jesse Helms (R) | U.S. Secretary of Labor U.S. Secretary of Transportation Federal Trade Commission | 1936 |
South Carolina | | Lindsey Graham (R) | 3rd (95th overall) | No Open seat; replaced Strom Thurmond (R) | U.S. House of Representatives South Carolina House of Representatives | 1955 |
Tennessee | | Lamar Alexander (R) | 5th (97th overall) | No Open seat; replaced Fred Thompson (R) | U.S. Secretary of Education Governor of Tennessee | 1940 |