Posted on 11/03/2004 7:15:14 PM PST by tellw
2006 ELECTION CYCLE
Republicans (15) Previous %
George Allen of Virginia 52%
Conrad Burns of Montana 51%
Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island 57%
Mike DeWine of Ohio 60%
John Ensign of Nevada 55%
Bill Frist of Tennessee 65%
Orrin Hatch of Utah 66%
Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas 68%
John Kyl of Arizona 79%
Trent Lott of Mississippi 66%
Richard Lugar of Indiana 67%
Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania 52%
Olympia Snowe of Maine 69%
Jim Talent of Missouri 50%
Craig Thomas of Wyoming 65%
Democrats (17) Previous %
Daniel Akaka of Hawaii 73%
Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico 62%
Robert Byrd of West Virginia 78%
Maria Cantwell of Washington 49%
Thomas Carper of Delaware 56%
Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York 55%
Kent Conrad of North Dakota 62%
John Corzine of New Jersey 50%
Mark Dayton of Minnesota 49%
Dianne Feinstein of California 56%
Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts 73%
Herb Kohl of Wisconsin 62%
Joe Lieberman of Connecticut 63%
Bill Nelson of Florida 51%
Ben Nelson of Nebraska 51%
Paul Sarbanes of Maryland 63%
Debbie Stabenow of Michigan 49%
Independent (1) Previous %
Jim Jeffords of Vermont 66%
It's possible, but we would need to have good recruitment and several popular Dems like Lieberman retire.
Calling Rudi Giuliani!
Nelson of Nebraska may switch to Repub.
Just think, it's only 729 days until election day in 2006.
Win all those and GOP is at 61. Even w/o NJ's open seat GOP = 60. Very good shot the way this nation is trending.
I firmly believe that Bill Nelson of Florida is very beatable if Jeb Bush is willing to take him on.
Ahnold!!
Good question. It is not too early to talk about this. It would be nice to have the ages of these Senators. I know Byrd is up there.
6 Dems who got <52% of the vote. There's a chance.
What about Rudy running for Senate from New Jersey?
Targets: (I think all of our seats are safe this time around)
Robert Byrd of West Virginia 78% (may retire)
Maria Cantwell of Washington 49% (Nethercutt again)
Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York 55% (Guiliani has a shot)
Kent Conrad of North Dakota 62% (Need a good candidate, get working ND!)
Mark Dayton of Minnesota 49% (Doable. Need a good candidate)
Dianne Feinstein of California 56% (Tough. Need much better than Bill Jones. Run McClintock or Michael Reagan)
Herb Kohl of Wisconsin 62% (Tommy Thompson, anyone?)
Bill Nelson of Florida 51% (Katherine Harris?)
Ben Nelson of Nebraska 51% (Need a good candidate, c'mon NE!)
I don't think we have a shot in MD or MI. The rest of the Dems are safe.
Some seats can be gotten, but when you look at the states that have Dem incumbents running in '06 you're talking about a lot of seriously hardline liberal places. Making it all the way to 60 would be a high hurdle to clear given who the incumbent Dems are. 57 or 58 looks very possible but 60 would be a real surprise.
Maria Cantwell of Washington 49% Beatable & should lose
Thomas Carper of Delaware 56% Perhaps beatable
Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York 55% Won't run
John Corzine of New Jersey 50% Won't run & winnable open seat
Mark Dayton of Minnesota 49% Beatable & should lose
Dianne Feinstein of California 56% Beatable (Arnie??)
Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts 73% Dies in office -- Massve CVA-Coronary or delayed drowning ...
Bill Nelson of Florida 51% Beatable & should lose
Ben Nelson of Nebraska 51% Beatable & should lose
Debbie Stabenow of Michigan 49% Beatable & should lose
Byrd's gonna run again so he can break Strom Thurmond's record as longest serving Senator. He breaks the record in...February 2007.
Lincoln Chafee was public today that he did not vote for W, and that he is thinkling about changing parties. His Dad must be rolling over in his grave.
Do-able, but tough.
Jennifer Dunn should run against her.
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