[Galactic Overlord-In-Chief]

The 2004 Senate races are going to be incredibly expensive with the open races in NC, SC, GA, FL, IL, OK, CO, and possibly PA. I have never seen so many open Senate seats in an election cycle.

You should have seen 1996. I wasn't studying politics at the time, but man, that had a lot of open seats: Oregon, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas (both seats because of Bob Dole's resignation), Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Illinois, Rhode Island, and Maine. 13 open seats in all. If Toomey wins the primary, we could end up with 9 this cycle.

[JohnnyZ]

Oregon, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas (both seats because of Bob Dole's resignation), Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Illinois, Rhode Island, and Maine.

Those were some important races. Thank goodness we have Gordon Smith, Sam Brownback, Jeff Sessions, and Wayne Allard! Come to think of it, that was pretty good GOP performance, even getting the most legal votes in Loosiana, winning the Arkansas seat for a term, and even getting Susan Collins when the Democrats nominated Joe Brennan for the umpteenth time (ha ha ha!)