North Carolina: The News & Observer offers up some top tier names rumored to be considering a challenge to Republican Richard Burr:
Rumored to be considering the race are Attorney General Roy Cooper and state Treasurer Richard Moore, both Democrats.
That’s a good start. I’ll keep an eye out for developments.
Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com offers Part I of his 2010 Senate Rankings, starting with seats 35-21, the seats he believes are the safest retentions:
35) Idaho (R-Crapo)
34) Alabama (R-Shelby)
33) Utah (R-Bennett)
32) Oregon (D-Wyden)
31) Indiana (D-Bayh)
30) Vermont (D-Leahy)
29) New York (D-Schumer)
28) Maryland (D-Mikulski)
27) South Dakota (R-Thune)
26) North Dakota (D-Dorgan)
25) Washington (D-Murray)
24) Hawaii (D-Inouye)
23) South Carolina (R-DeMint)
22) Wisconsin (D-Feingold)
21) Oklahoma (R-Coburn)
