List of African-American United States Senate candidates
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This page is a list of African-American United States Senate candidates.
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Listed are those African-American candidates who achieved ballot access for a federal election. They made the primary ballot, and have votes in the election in order to qualify for this list.
Not included are African-Americans potential candidates (suggested by media, objects of draft movements, etc.), potential candidates who did not file for office or fictional candidates. Two biracial candidates are included: Barack Obama and Kamala Harris.
In 2024, two African-American women won their United States Senate races: Lisa Blunt Rochester and Angela Alsobrooks.
U.S. Senate candidates
The default sort is by descending year, followed by state, followed by candidate surname.
Denotes winning candidate.
+ Denotes party nominee.
| Year | Name | Party | Details | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Jasmine Crockett | Democratic | 46.2% | Texas |
| 2026 | Wesley Hunt | Republican | 13.5% | Texas |
| 2026 | John Adefope | Republican | 0.4% | Texas |
| 2026 | Marcus Williams | Democratic | 2.4% | North Carolina |
| 2026 | Daryl Farrow | Democratic | 1.2% | North Carolina |
| 2026 | Orrick Quick | Democratic | 0.9% | North Carolina |
| 2024 | Barbara Lee | Democratic | 9.8% all-party primary result[1] | California |
| 2024 | Lisa Blunt Rochester+ | Democratic | 56.6%[2] | Delaware |
| 2024 | Angela Alsobrooks+ | Democratic | 54.6%[3] | Maryland |
| 2024 | Royce White+ | Republican | 40.5%[4] | Minnesota |
| 2022 | Val Demings+ | Democratic | 41.3% | Florida |
| 2022 | Herschel Walker+ | Republican | 48.6% runoff result[5] | Georgia |
| 2022 | Raphael Warnock+ | Democratic | 51.4% runoff result[6] | Georgia |
| 2022 | Charles Booker+ | Democratic | 38.2% | Kentucky |
| 2022 | Gary Chambers+ | Democratic | 17.9% | Louisiana |
| 2022 | Joe Pinion+ | Republican | 42.8% | New York |
| 2022 | Cheri Beasley+ | Democratic | 47.3% | North Carolina |
| 2022 | Malcolm Kenyatta | Democratic | 10.85% primary result[7] | Pennsylvania |
| 2022 | Catherine Fleming Bruce | Democratic | 44.23% primary runoff result[8] | South Carolina |
| 2022 | Krystle Matthews+ | Democratic | 37% | South Carolina |
| 2022 | Tim Scott+ | Republican | 62.9% | South Carolina |
| 2022 | Mandela Barnes+ | Democratic | 49.4% | Wisconsin |
| 2020 | Raphael Warnock+ | Democratic | 51%; special/runoff election (2021) | Georgia |
| 2020 | Willie Wilson | Willie Wilson Party | 4% | Illinois |
| 2020 | John James+ | Republican | 48.2% | Michigan |
| 2020 | Mike Espy+ | Democratic | 44.1% | Mississippi |
| 2020 | Preston Love Jr. | Democratic | 6.3% primary result[9] | Nebraska |
| 2020 | Cory Booker+ | Democratic | 57.2% | New Jersey |
| 2020 | Jaime Harrison+ | Democratic | 44.2% | South Carolina |
| 2020 | Marquita Bradshaw | Democratic | 35.2% | Tennessee |
| 2018 | John James+ | Republican | 45.8% | Michigan |
| 2018 | Mike Espy+ | Democratic | 46.4%; special election | Mississippi |
| 2016 | Kamala Harris+ | Democratic | 61.8% | California |
| 2016 | Donna Edwards | Democratic | 38.9% primary result[10] | Maryland |
| 2016 | Thomas Dixon | Democratic, Green | 36.9% | South Carolina |
| 2016 | Tim Scott+ | Republican | 60.6% | South Carolina |
| 2014 | Cory Booker+ | Democratic | 55.8% | New Jersey |
| 2014 | Constance N. Johnson+ | Democratic | 29% | Oklahoma |
| 2014 | Joyce Dickerson+ | Democratic | 37.1% | South Carolina |
| 2013 | Cory Booker+ | Democratic | 54.9%; special election | New Jersey |
| 2010 | Kendrick Meek+ | Democratic | 20.1% | Florida |
| 2010 | Mike Thurmond+ | Democratic | 39.2% | Georgia |
| 2010 | Alvin Greene+ | Democratic | 28.2% | South Carolina |
| 2008 | Vivian Davis Figures+ | Democratic | 36.5% | Alabama |
| 2008 | Erik R. Fleming+ | Democratic | 38.6% | Mississippi |
| 2006 | Kweisi Mfume | Democratic | 40.5% primary result[11] | Maryland |
| 2006 | Michael Steele+ | Republican | 44.2% | Maryland |
| 2006 | Erik R. Fleming+ | Democratic | 34.8% | Mississippi |
| 2006 | Harold Ford Jr.+ | Democratic | 48% | Tennessee |
| 2006 | Aaron Dixon+ | Green | 1.02% | Washington |
| 2004 | Denise Majette+ | Democratic | 40% | Georgia |
| 2004 | Barack Obama+ | Democratic | 70% | Illinois |
| 2004 | Alan Keyes+ | Republican | 27% | Illinois |
| 2004 | Tee Ferguson+ | United Citizens | 0.4% | South Carolina |
| 2004 | Efia Nwangaza+ | Green | 0.3% | South Carolina |
| 2002 | Ron Kirk+ | Democratic | 43.3% | Texas |
| 1998 | Gary Franks+ | Republican | 32.4% | Connecticut |
| 1998 | Carol Moseley Braun+ | Democratic | 47.4% | Illinois |
| 1996 | Harvey Gantt+ | Democratic | 45.9% | North Carolina |
| 1994 | Ron Sims+ | Democratic | 44.25% | Washington |
| 1992 | Gerald Horne+ | Peace and Freedom | 2.8% | California |
| 1992 | Carol Moseley Braun+ | Democratic | 53.3%; first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Senate | Illinois |
| 1992 | Alan Keyes+ | Republican | 29% | Maryland |
| 1990 | Harvey Gantt+ | Democratic | 47.4% | North Carolina |
| 1988 | Alan Keyes+ | Republican | 38.2% | Maryland |
| 1988 | Maurice Dawkins+ | Republican | 28.7% | Virginia |
| 1988 | Ernie Chambers+ | New Alliance | 1.6% | Nebraska |
| 1978 | Edward Brooke+ | Republican | 44.9% | Massachusetts |
| 1978 | Charles Evers | Independent | 22.6% | Mississippi |
| 1972 | Edward Brooke+ | Republican | 63.5% | Massachusetts |
| 1966 | Edward Brooke+ | Republican | 60.7%; first African-American senator elected by popular vote | Massachusetts |
| 1926 | Nick Chiles | Republican | 14.39% | Kansas |
| 1874 | Blanche Bruce | Republican | First African American to serve a full term in the U.S. Senate[12] | Mississippi |
| 1872 | P. B. S. Pinchback | Republican | Won the election; not seated due to election challenges[13] | Louisiana |
| 1870 | Hiram Revels+ | Republicans | First African-American senator (elected by state legislature to fill a vacant seat)[14] | Mississippi |