Posted on 11/14/2010 5:41:41 AM PST by no dems
Here is a list of all the Senate incumbents up for reelection in 2012:
§ Democrat Incumbent Elections
§ 3.1.1 Dianne Feinstein of California
§ 3.1.2 Tom Carper of Delaware
§ 3.1.3 Bill Nelson of Florida
§ 3.1.4 Daniel Akaka of Hawaii
§ 3.1.5 Ben Cardin of Maryland
§ 3.1.6 Debbie Stabenow of Michigan
§ 3.1.7 Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota
§ 3.1.8 Claire McCaskill of Missouri
§ 3.1.9 Jon Tester of Montana
§ 3.1.10 Ben Nelson of Nebraska
§ 3.1.11 Bob Menendez of New Jersey
§ 3.1.12 Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico
§ 3.1.13 Kirsten Gillibrand of New York
§ 3.1.14 Kent Conrad of North Dakota
§ 3.1.15 Sherrod Brown of Ohio
§ 3.1.16 Bob Casey, Jr. of Pennsylvania
§ 3.1.17 Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island
§ 3.1.18 Jim Webb of Virginia
§ 3.1.19 Maria Cantwell of Washington
§ 3.1.20 Joe Manchin of West Virginia
§ 3.1.21 Herb Kohl of Wisconsin
o Independent incumbent elections
§ 3.2.1 Joe Lieberman of Connecticut
§ 3.2.2 Bernie Sanders of Vermont
o Republican incumbent elections
§ 3.3.1 Jon Kyl of Arizona
§ 3.3.2 Richard Lugar of Indiana
§ 3.3.3 Olympia Snowe of Maine
§ 3.3.4 Scott Brown of Massachusetts
§ 3.3.5 Roger Wicker of Mississippi
§ 3.3.6 John Ensign of Nevada
§ 3.3.7 Bob Corker of Tennessee
§ 3.3.8 Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas
§ 3.3.9 Orrin Hatch of Utah
§ 3.3.10 John Barrasso of Wyoming
In Pennsylvania, we are already preparing to unseat Casey, Jr.
might be a lot of smoke in the air by time that election comes around
2012 may be a bad year for Senate Dems. I see at least 9 seats in play. 1 GOPer seat in play (Scot Brown). If any one disagrees, please say so.
Rats
Tom Carper of Delaware - safe
Daniel Akaka of Hawaii - safe
Ben Cardin of Maryland - safe
Bob Menendez of New Jersey - safe (unless Christie runs)
Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico - safe
Kirsten Gillibrand of New York - safe
Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island - safe
Maria Cantwell of Washington - safe
Herb Kohl of Wisconsin - semisafe
Bob Casey, Jr. - semisafe
Dianne Feinstein of California - semisafe
Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota - semisafe
Bill Nelson of Florida - In trouble
Claire McCaskill of Missouri - In trouble
Jon Tester of Montana - In trouble (won in 2006 due to false pretenses)
Kent Conrad of North Dakota - In trouble
Sherrod Brown of Ohio - In trouble
Jim Webb of Virginia - In trouble
Joe Manchin of West Virginia - In trouble
Debbie Stabenow of Michigan - In deep trouble
Ben Nelson of Nebraska - goner
GOP
Jon Kyl of Arizona - safe GOP
Richard Lugar of Indiana - safe GOP
Roger Wicker of Mississippi - Safe GOP
Bob Corker of Tennessee - Safe GOP
Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas - Safe Gop
Orrin Hatch of Utah - safe GOP
John Barrasso of Wyoming - safe GOP
Olympia Snowe of Maine - Safe
John Ensign of Nevada - safe
Scott Brown of Massachusetts - In trouble
At least six of the Republicans should be primaried out by the TEA Party. Let’s find attractive candidates, ideally with a strong military background, and begin grooming them for their service to America.
Two years is “no time” in politics.
Reference for more info:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2622393/posts
Feinstein will (seriously) be 80 by then.
Wondering why you think Manchin is in trouble. Also, I have a feeling Kohl will retire. He’s in his mid 70s I think.
Still cant convince myself that Webb will run again. I just dont think he likes the job all that much. Cant say that I blame him; all that hot air gets tiring.
Richard Lugar of Indiana is NOT safe, he is a RINO!
KBH is supposedly going to retire.
However, she was also supposed to retire after the gubernatorial primary this past cycle.
We need to make sure that she is gone in any case. Time to start looking for a suitable replacement, now.
Then, once we do that, we need to rid ourselves of Cornyn.
Much work to be done.
We have to defend three seats (NV, ME, MA).
In MA, dems won every seat this year, I doubt Scott can survive there. Ensign in NV with her cheating and possible tax fraud scandal is gone too in 2012. If GOP managed to lose in Nevada against Reid this year, Ensign or new GOP nominee is having a real fight in 2012. This is a 50-50 fight.
ME is in play if some local version of O’Donnell is nominated.
So, 3 GOP seats are in grave danger.
On the plus side, if there is a strong GOP candidate in NY,NJ,WI,NM I think those seats are in play. Especially Menendez is widely despised and with a GOP year, there is a decent chance of GOP win.
My prediction is that we lose 2 out of 3 GOP seats (MA, ME, NV), but win FL, MO, ND, OH, MI, NE, NJ,NM,WI.
That would be a net gain of 7 and little room for mistakes.
Goner. LOL!
How can any Senate Democrat who voted “Yes” to any form of Obamacare be considered safe? Their vote needs to be tied around their neck like a millstone and then cast them into the sea of former Congresscritters.
Gillibrand is definitely vulnerable in 2012. She’s nothing more than a sock puppet for Schumer. Problem is a solid candidate to unseat her. Someone who is going to go brass knuckles politics.
In Pennsylvania, we are already preparing to unseat Casey, Jr.
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Bless you. What about a rematch between Casey & Santorum? No?
That’s why I listed that as GOP safe. If there is a primary challenge, the GOP would most likely retain the seat.
maybe legal trouble for Manchin.
How do you figure Joe Manchin in WV is in trouble? The WV people just proved that outside of Presidential politics they can’t stand the thought of having anyone in office but a friggin’ Democrat.
I lost a lot of respect for West Virginia. I truly thought they had more snap than they demonstrated in this last election.
I wish that were the case, it’s New Jersey afterall
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