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Alaska:
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Arizona:
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Arkansas:
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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:
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Hawaii:
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Idaho:
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Iowa:
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Louisiana:
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Missouri:
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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):
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Georgia (Johnny Isakson):
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Louisiana (David Vitter):
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Colorado (Jane Norton):
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Connecticut (Rob Simmons):
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-Economist Peter Schiff
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Florida (Charlie Crist):
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-Former U.S. Senator Bob Smith
-Former Chief Medical Officer Marion Thorpe Jr.
Illinois (Mark Kirk):
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-Businessman Robert Zadek
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-Businessman and Minister Eric Wallace
-Political activist Andy Martin
Kentucky (Trey Grayson):
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-Engineer Roger Thoney
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Missouri (Roy Blunt):
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New Hampshire (Kelly Ayotte):
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-Businessman Jim Bender
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-Businessman William Binnie (considering)
Ohio (Rob Portman):
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Right-Leaning Candidates
Colorado:
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Florida:
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-Veteran Alex Snitker (Libertarian)
Georgia:
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Louisiana:
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-Vietnam veteran William Robert Lang (independent)
Nevada:
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New Hampshire:
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North Carolina:
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Ohio:
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Pennsylvania:
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Texas:
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Wisconsin:
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Links
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-CQPolitics Balance of Power Scorecard (regularly updated)
-Swing State Project Competitive Senate Race Ratings (8/11/09)
-Cook Political Report Senate Race Ratings (7/30/09)
-Rothenberg Political Report 2010 Senate Ratings (7/27/09)
-Rasmussen Reports 2010 Election Polls
-Real Clear Politics' 2008 Senate Latest Polls
-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)

-The Hill
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-2010 Senate Elections Wikipedia Page
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-Memeorandum

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-Congress Matters
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-CQPolitics Eye on 2010
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-Daily Kos
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-Digby
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-First Read (MSNBC)
-FiveThirtyEight.com
-The Fix (Washington Post)
-The Gavel (Speaker Pelosi)
-The Group News Blog
-Gun Toting Liberal
-Hotline Blogometer
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-Kicking Ass (DNC)
-Left in the West
-Liberal Values
-Marc Ambinder
-MyDD
-Open Left
-The Plum Line (Greg Sargent)
-Political Animal
-Political Base
-The Political Carnival
-Political Ticker (CNN)
-Political Wire
-Politics1
-Progressive Blog Digest
-Progressive Blue
-Real Clear Politics Blog
-Real Clear Politics: Politics Nation
-The Rothenberg Political Report
-Scholars & Rogues
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-The Stakeholder (DCCC)
-Swing State Project
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-War Room (Salon)
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Cheering Them On
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-Draft Elaine Marshall (NC)
-Draft Jane Kidd (GA)

Revealing Their Record
-Cut and Run Charlie Crist (FL)
-Doing a Vitter! The David Vitter Hypocrisy Watch (LA)
-The Idiot Factor: Todd Tiahrt's Folly (KS)
-Not One Red Cent (NRSC)
-Peter King Watch (NY)
-The REAL McCain (AZ)
-Republican Against Richard Burr (NC)
-Rob Portman: Architect of the Bush Economy (OH)
-Turncoat Trey (KY)

YouTube Video Library

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Republican Scandals of 2007


DSCC Chair Bob Menendez Says Hello


MO-Sen: Robin Carnahan Enters the Race


GA-Sen: Georgia can't afford Johnny Isakson


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MN-Sen: Perspective on the Numbers

by: Senate Guru

Thu Nov 06, 2008 at 10:34 AM EST


While Republican Norm Coleman is working the PR angle to stop a legally-required recount of the votes in the Senate race, it's important to have a bit of perspective on the numbers.

The current margin between Al Franken and Coleman is a mere 477 votes.  There are 4,132 precincts across Minnesota.  That means that Franken needs only to pick up one single vote every 8.6 precincts in order to claim the lead.  Every 8 or 9 precincts, there just has to be one single ballot overlooked, one single ballot that didn't scan right.

This race is far from over.  There's a reason the Coleman camp wants to declare victory and get out of there as quickly as possible.

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