Broncogirl1

The following is a list of republican senators up for re-election in 2008:

Jeff Session of AL
Ted Stevens, AK
Wayne Allard, CO (retiring)
Saxby Chambliss, GA
Larry Craig, ID
Pat Roberts, KS
Mitch McConnell, KY
Susan Collins, ME
Norman Coleman, MN
Thad Cochran, MS
Chuck Hagel, NB
John Sununu, NH
Pete Domenici, NM
Elizabeth Dole, NC
James Inhofe, OK
Gordon Smith, OR
Lindsey Graham, SC
Lamar Alexander, TN
John Cornyn, TX
John Warner, VA
Michael Enzi, WY

Out of these 21 seats, whom, in your opinion, do you see as vulnerable? I'll open with: Ted Stevens, Susan Collins, Norm Coleman, John Sununu, Pete Domenici, and James Inhofe.

Anybody else have any thoughts? This could be a lot of fun. We'll do the democrats, too.

Chris_Sanders

Does anyone even run against Chuck Hagel?

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Djaughe

I was wondering about Ted Steven's seat - I figured that thanks to cryogenic technology he'll never give it up.

AzCards21

I think it's pretty obvious anyone in a race for election or re-election is vulnerable.

The only person on this list that isn't is Wayne Allard. He get's the benefit of a big middle finger to everyone.

Broncogirl1

I believe some are much more vulnerable than others. Particularly when their win margin in the last senate election was marginal. Specifically, Norm Coleman comes to mind. He only received 50% of the vote and now finds himself having to do a complete 180 degree on his position regarding the war. (Remember when Mr. Galloway came to washington and blew him out of the water). Likewise, John Sununu was elected by a 51% margin and, being from N.H. (the most independent demographic), he's got problems. Pete Domenici has this DOJ Prosecutor scandal percolating (he's already hired Duke Cunningham's lawyer). That's three senate seats with potential to turn dem.

We'll have to see who's running in the Allard race, but Colorado's republican stronghold is waning. Could be a "pick em".

40yearfan

Senators up for re-election in 2008
State Incumbent
Alabama
Alaska
Arkansas
Colorado
Delaware
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Montana
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Oregon
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
West Virginia
Wyoming
Total
Jeff Sessions (R)
Ted Stevens (R)
Mark Pryor (D)
Wayne Allard (R)
Joe Biden (D)
Saxby Chambliss (R)
Larry Craig (R)
Richard J. Durbin (D)
Tom Harkin (D)
Pat Roberts (R)
Mitch McConnell (R)
Mary Landrieu (D)
Susan M. Collins (R)
John Kerry (D)
Carl Levin (D)
Norm Coleman (R)
Thad Cochran (R)
Max Baucus (D)
Chuck Hagel (R)
John Sununu (R)
Frank R. Lautenberg (D)
Pete Domenici (R)
Elizabeth Dole (R)
Jim Inhofe (R)
Gordon H. Smith (R)
Jack Reed (D)
Lindsey Graham (R)
Tim Johnson (D)
Lamar Alexander (R)
John Cornyn (R)
John Warner (R)
Jay Rockefeller (D)
Michael B. Enzi (R)
21 Republicans
12 Democrats

Officially retiring Senators
Wayne Allard (R) of Colorado
Possible election match-up: '06 GOV nominee/ex-Rep. Bob Beauprez (R), atty./talk show host Dan Caplis (R), Sec/State Mike Coffman (R), Ret. USAF Maj. Gen. Bentley Rayburn (R), Rep. Tom Tancredo (R), ex-Rep. Bob Schaffer (R), AG John Suthers (R), LG Jane Norton (R), '06 Gov. candidate Marc Holtzman (R), or CU pres./ex-Sen. Hank Brown (R) vs. Rep. Mark Udall (D) or Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper (D)


Possibly retiring Senators
Lamar Alexander (R) of Tennessee
Possible candidates: Rep. Harold Ford (D), former state Democratic party chair Bob Tuke, or Governor Phil Bredesen (D)


Susan Collins (R) of Maine
Possible candidate: Rep. Tom Allen (D), State Senate Majority Leader Michael Brennan (D), or atty/veteran/potential ME-01 candidate Adam Cote (D)


Thad Cochran (R) of Mississippi
Possible election match-up: Rep. Chip Pickering (R-03), Rep. Roger Wicker (R-01), or Gov. Haley Barbour (R) vs. former Attorney General Mike Moore (D) or Rep. Gene Taylor (D)


Elizabeth Dole (R) of North Carolina
Possible candidates: Governor Mike Easley (D), Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue (D), Secretary of State Elaine Marshall (D), Attorney General Roy A. Cooper (D), or State Treasurer Richard H. Moore (D))


Pete Domenici (R) of New Mexico
Possible election match-up: Rep. Heather Wilson (R) or Rep. Steve Pearce (R-02) and Rep. Tom Udall (D), Gov. Bill Richardson (D), Attorney General Patricia Madrid (D), LG Diane Denish (D) and '98 GOV nominee/Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez (D)


Chuck Hagel (R) of Nebraska
Possible primary candidate if Hagel retires to run for President: AG Jon Bruning (R), Reps. Jeff Fortenberry (R-01) and Lee Terry (R-02), '88 candidate/'90 nominee/ex-Omaha Mayor Hal Daub (R), '06 nominee/ex-Ameritrade COO Pete Ricketts (R), ex-Senate Speaker Kermit Brashear (R), Ag Sec/ex-Gov. Mike Johanns (R), and '06 candidate/ex-NE GOP chair David Kramer (R) vs. Omaha Mayor Mike Fahey (D) and '06 NE-03 nominee Scott Kleeb (D).

Tom Harkin (D) of Iowa
Possible candidates: businessman Steven Rathje (R), Rep. Steve King (R-05), Rep. Tom Latham (R-04), or Bob McDowell (R).

Jim Inhofe (R) of Oklahoma
Possible candidates: Businessman Stephen Wallace (R) or Rep. Ernest Istook (R) vs. AG Drew Edmondson (D) or Rep. Dan Boren (D)


Pat Roberts (R) of Kansas
Possible candidate: Governor Kathleen Sebelius (D) or Steve Boyda (D)


Ted Stevens (R) of Alaska
Possible election match-up: State Sen. Ben Stevens (R) or Wasilla Mayor Sarah Palin (R) vs. State Rep. Ethan Berkowitz (D) or former Governor Tony Knowles (D)


John Warner (R) of Virginia
Possible election match-up: ex-Governor Mark Warner (D), '97 Gov. nominee/ex-LG Don Beyer (D), Del. Brian Moran (D) and '05 AG nominee/state Sen. Creigh Deeds (D) vs. Rep. Tom Davis (R), Rep. Jo Ann Davis (R), or former Gov. Jim Gilmore (R)


Democratic incumbents
Sen. Max Baucus (D) of Montana
Possible candidates: Rep. Denny Rehberg (R), state Rep. Mike Lange (R), state Senate Min. Leader Corey Stapleton (R), Sec/State Brad Johnson (R), or ex-state Senate Min. Leader Bob Keenan (R)

Joe Biden (D) of Delaware
Possible candidate if Biden retires to run for President: Delaware Attorney General candidate Beau Biden (D) or Michael Castle (R)


John Kerry (D) of Massachusetts
Possible candidates: State Sen. Scott Brown (R), Harvard Pilgrim CEO Charles Baker, real estate mogul/GOP fund-raiser Chris Egan, state Sen. Bruce Tarr (R), U.S. Atty Michael Sullivan (R), '06 GOV nominee/ex-LG Kerry Healey (R) and ex-WH CoS Andy Card


Jay Rockefeller (D) of West Virginia
Possible election match-up: Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R), ex-state Sen. Steve Harrison (R), Sec/State Betty Ireland (R), or state Sen. Mike Hall (R) vs. former Gov. Gaston Caperton (D), Treas. John Perdue (D), Rep. Nick Rahall (D), or Governor Joe Manchin (D)


Dick Durbin (D) of Illinois
Possible candidates: Chicago Board of Trade CAO/ex-SEC senior counsel Kevin O'Hara (R), businessman Steve Greenberg (R), IL Sup. Ct. Justice/ex-Bears kicker Robert Thomas (R), '02/'04 candidate/'06 GOV candidate/dairy magnate Jim Oberweis (R), DuPage Co. State's Atty/'06 LG nominee Joe Birkett (R), '06 IL-08 candidate/atty Kathy Salvi (R) or '06 GOV candidate/state Sen. Bill Brady (R) vs. Attorney General Lisa Madigan (D) or state Comptroller Dan Hynes (D)


Tim Johnson (D) of South Dakota
Possible candidate: Governor Mike Rounds (R), PUC chair Dusty Johnson (R), ex-LG Steve Kirby (R), state Senate Maj. Leader Dave Knudson (R), and LG Dennis Daugaard (R)


Mary Landrieu (D) of Louisiana
Possible candidates: Rep. Richard Baker (R-06), Sec/State Jay Dardenne (R), Bobby Jindal (R-01), '02 nominee Suzanne Haik Terrell (R) v.s. Treas. John Kennedy (D)


Frank Lautenberg (D) of New Jersey
Possible election match-up: Reps Robert Andrews (D), Frank Pallone (D), Rush D. Holt Jr. (D) or former Acting Governor Richard Codey (D) vs. Tom Kean, Jr. (R), Assemb. Bill Baroni (R), ex-NJ Chamber of Commerce chair Anne Evans Estabrook (R), or Assemb. Michael Doherty (R)


Carl Levin (D) of Michigan
Possible election match-up: Governor Jennifer Granholm vs. Rep. Mike Rogers (R), Rep. Candice Miller (R), Sec/State Terri Lynn Land (R), and AG Mike Cox (R).


Mark Pryor (D) of Arkansas
Possible candidiates: Gov. Mike Huckabee (R), ex-state Sen. Jim Holt (R), Banking exec./ex-WH appointee French Hill (R), '06 LG candidate/atty Chuck Banks (R), Rep. John Boozman (R-03

Jack Reed (D) of Rhode Island

Republican incumbents
Saxby Chambliss (R) of Georgia
Possible candidates: DeKalb Co. CEO Vernon Jones (D), Mayor Shirley Franklin (D), Secretary of State Cathy Cox (D), U.S. Rep. Jim Marshall (D), atty. Jim Butler (D), or State House Min. Leader Dubose Porter (D)


Norm Coleman (R) of Minnesota
Possible candidates: Al Franken (D), Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak (D), St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman (D), state Senate Maj. Leader Dean Johnson (D), state Sen. Becky Lourey (D), Attorney General Mike Hatch (D), ex.-Aud. Judi Dutcher (D), attorney Mike Ciresi (D), state Rep. Joe Atkins (D), or state Sen. Tarryl Clark (D)


John Cornyn (R) of Texas
Possible candidates: Barbara Ann Radnofsky (D), former Congressman Chris Bell (D), ex-Rep. Shelley Sekula-Gibbs (D), Houston mayor Bill White (D), former Dallas mayor Ron Kirk (D), banker and 2002 gubernatorial candidate Tony Sanchez (D), Rep. Henry Cuellar of Laredo (D), Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D), former Rep. Ken Bentsen Jr. (D), ex-Comp. John Sharp (D), Houston Mayor Bill White (D), ex-Rep. Jim Turner (D), state Sen. Kirk Watson (D)


Larry Craig (R) of Idaho
Possible candidates: '06 LG nominee/ex-Rep. Larry LaRocco (D)

Lindsey Graham (R) of South Carolina
Possible candidates: '04 candidate/Treas. Thomas Ravenel (R) and Amb. to Canada/ex-SC House Speaker David Wilkins (R)

Mitch McConnell (R) of Kentucky
Possible candidates: '03 LG nominee/businessman Charlie Owen (D)

Jeff Sessions (R) of Alabama
Possible candidates: state Sen. Vivian Davis Figures (D) or Ag. Commis. Ron Sparks (D)

Gordon Smith (R) of Oregon
Possible candidates: Former Gov. John Kitzhaber (D), former Gov. Barbara Roberts (D), Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-03), Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-04), Clatsop Co. DA Josh Marquis (D), Treas. Randall Edwards (D), state Sen. Ben Westlund (D), or ex-Nat'l Endowment for the Arts chair John Frohnmayer (I)


John Sununu (R) of New Hampshire
Possible candidates: former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen (D), Rep. Paul Hodes (D-02), Katrina Swett (D), business exec. Ty Pettit (D), Gov. John Lynch (D), Portsmouth Mayor Steve Marchand (D), Dartmouth Medical prof./ex-astronaut Jay Buckey (D), State Sen. Peter Burling (D), State Sen. Joe Foster (D), State Sen. David Gottesman (D), and ex-Rep. Dick Swett (D).

KloD

There's a good chance Gordon Smith (R) will be replaced.

Broncogirl1

Do you know who's running against him? I also think it's over for Pete Domenici (attorneygate) and Norm Coleman (he's just generally an ass and Minnesotans love their Al Franken).

I would like to say Inhofe (KS) go. He's the guy that said global warming was the biggest fraud ever perpetrated on the American people. (That "ass" thing again).