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Alaska:
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Arizona:
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Arkansas:
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-Lieutenant Governor Bill Halter
California:
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Colorado:
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-Former state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff
Connecticut:
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Delaware:
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Florida:
-Congressman Kendrick Meek
-North Miami Mayor Kevin Burns
-Former Miami Mayor Maurice Ferre
Georgia:
-Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond
-Activist R.J. Hadley
Hawaii:
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Idaho:
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Illinois:
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Indiana:
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Iowa:
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-Former State Representative Bob Krause
Kansas:
-Retired newspaper editor Charles Schollenberger
Kentucky:
-Attorney General Jack Conway
Louisiana:
-Congressman Charlie Melancon
Maryland:
-Senator Barbara Mikulski
Missouri:
-Secretary of State Robin Carnahan
Nevada:
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New Hampshire:
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New York-A:
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North Carolina:
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-Secretary of State Elaine Marshall
North Dakota:
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Ohio:
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Oklahoma:
-unknown
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Pennsylvania:
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South Carolina:
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Texas (if KBH resigns):
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Washington:
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Wisconsin:
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Sam Brownback (R-KS): Announced retirement, 12/18/08
Christopher "Kit" Bond (R-MO): Announced retirement, 1/8/09
George Voinovich (R-OH): Announced retirement, 1/12/09
Judd Gregg (R-NH): Announced retirement (we think), 2/12/09
Jim Bunning (R-KY): Announced retirement, 7/27/09
Mel Martinez (R-FL): Officially resigned, 9/9/09

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Arizona (John McCain):
-Former Congressman J.D. Hayworth
-Businessman Jim Deakin
Georgia (Johnny Isakson):
-Congressman Paul Broun (rumored)
Louisiana (David Vitter):
-Former State Senator James David Cain (considering)
-Retired Lieutenant General Russel Honore (rumored)
-Retired State Supreme Court Justice Chet Traylor (rumored)
North Carolina (Richard Burr):
-Asheville City Councilman Eddie Burks
Utah (Robert Bennett):
-Businesswoman Cherilyn Eagar
-Businessman James Williams
-Businessman Tim Bridgewater
-Former gubernatorial counsel Mike Lee
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Arkansas (John Boozman):
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-State Senator Kim Hendren
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Colorado (Jane Norton):
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-Businessman Cleve Tidwell
-Former State Senator Tom Wiens
Connecticut (Rob Simmons):
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Delaware (Mike Castle):
-2008 Senate nominee Christine O'Donnell
Missouri (Roy Blunt):
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New Hampshire (Kelly Ayotte):
-1996 Gubernatorial Nominee Ovide Lamontagne
-Businessman Jim Bender
-Businessman William Binnie

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Arizona:
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-Business Consultant Ian Gilyeat (independent)
Arkansas:
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California:
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Colorado:
-Businessman Maclyn Stringer (Libertarian)
Florida:
-Professor Marshall DeRosa (Constitution)
-Veteran Alex Snitker (Libertarian)
-Conservative activist Bernie DeCastro
Georgia:
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-Pilot Chuck Donovan (Libertarian)
Kansas:
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Louisiana:
-Anthony Gentile (Libertarian)
-Vietnam veteran William Robert Lang (independent)
Missouri:
-Jerry Beck (Constitution)
-Jonathan Dine (Libertarian)
Nevada:
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-Conservative activist Jim Duensing (Libertarian)
-Veteran Jeff Durbin (independent)
New Hampshire:
-Businessman & veteran Ken Blevens (Libertarian)
New York-B:
-Activist Jacques Ditte (Conservative)
North Carolina:
-Business analyst Mike Beitler (Libertarian)
Ohio:
-Dr. Michael Pryce (Tea Party)
-Steve Linnabary (Libertarian)
-Electrical engineer Eric Deaton (independent)
Oregon:
-Marc Delphine (Libertarian)
Pennsylvania:
-Businessman Mike Yilit (independent)
Texas:
-Veteran Jon Roland (Libertarian)
Vermont:
-John LaPierre (independent)
Wisconsin:
-Cumberland Alderman Rob Taylor (Constitution)

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-Rothenberg Political Report 2010 Senate Ratings (7/27/09)
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-Pollster.com 2008 Senate Elections
-National Journal 2008 Senate Race Rankings (7/23/08)
-Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball: Senate Sensibilities (6/19/08)

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Senate Guru

The Five Races Where Your Money is Most Needed

by: Senate Guru

Wed Oct 29, 2008 at 01:06 AM EDT


There's less than one week to go.  It's been a long campaign season, and it all culminates on Tuesday.

There are still many tight races in the Senate.  There are five races where I think people's contributions will have the biggest impact, and all five races feature Democratic nominees on the Expand the Map! ActBlue page.  So please give as generously as you can in this last week!

Getting Over the Hump

1) Georgia: Jim Martin has run an amazing campaign to bring this uphill battle into a statistical dead heat.  He needs to break 50%, not just get a plurality, to avoid a run-off and to win outright.  And we all know how vile Shameless Saxby Chambliss is.  So please help him out!

2) Mississippi: Ronnie Musgrove has run a very strong campaign despite a cash disadvantage and a Republican Governor in Haley Barbour pulling out all the unethical stops to help the ethically questionable Roger Wicker.  The race is very tight and could go either way.  So please help him out!

Closing Strong

3) Alaska: You may have heard about Republican Ted Stevens' recent minor legal hiccup.  But Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich still has to overcome the Alaskan institutions that is Ted Stevens' name, notwithstanding Stevens' legal downfall.  The polls before the conviction announcement were tight, so we have yet to see what will happen for sure.  So please help him out!

Keeping That Narrow Lead Up

4) North Carolina: Kay Hagan has run one of the strongest campaigns in the country against absentee Elizabeth Dole.  Hagan has consistently kept a small lead on Dole in recent polling, but it's a very tight race and could truly come down to just a few thousand (or even a few hundred) votes.  So please help her out!

5) Oregon: Jeff Merkley has the potential to be one of the strongest progressive voices in the U.S. Senate.  And Merkley has hustled to overcome Republican Gordon Smith's numerous attempts to hide his Party affiliation and allegiance to George W. Bush.  Merkley's been looking better in the polls lately, but he has to have an aggressive finish.  So please help him out!

Please, please, please give to these terrific Democratic candidates for Senate via the Expand the Map! ActBlue page right now!

Senate Guru :: The Five Races Where Your Money is Most Needed
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Hagan Leads Dole 52% to 46%
http://www.rasmussenreports.co...

Liddy, you messed with the wrong lady when you messed with Kay Hagan!

Seal the deal, Kay!

ybb


Predictions anyone?
I think we pick up CO, NH, NM, MN, NC, OR, VA, and AK with a narrow loss in KY and losing in a run off in GA. We don't lose any of our seats, in fact we win them all by double digits

My Update
We win AK, CO, KY, NH, NM, NC, OR, VA - GA goes to a run off we bust our asses and win there too.  We lose MS-B by 4%.  In the HOR - we have 276 seats...And of course in the main event O 375 - Mc 163.


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What the hell just happened?
First off, congrats are in order all around to Senators Obama and Biden.You did it!

Congrats also to our 5 new Senators, Kay Hagan, Mark Udall, Tom Udall, Jeanne Shaheen and Mark Warner.

Now, as the title suggests, in Alaska, Minnesota, and Oregon...what the hell happened??!!

Results are still coming in, but it's looking like the incumbent republicans might hold onto their seats. These three races preplex me. They were closing are way, Obama won MN and OR handily (Alaska is just jawdropping. You guys voted for a felon. a FELON!)

I know one should no look a gift horse in the mouth, and any gain is a good gain, but man, hope and pray we get more then 5 pickups.

Orders of business:

1. Kick Lieberman's ass out of the Democratic caucas.

2. Dump Harry Reid from SMJ and replace him with Chris Dodd

3. It's less then two years away till the 2010 midterms! Strategy session! :)

ybb


[ Parent ]
Merkely will catch up
In fact he already is, and will most likely win. The MN race will go to a recount where who knows what will happen but I'm still holding out hope, and in AK, there are something like 40,000 absentee ballots to count so who knows?  

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