Posted on 11/06/2004 2:27:18 PM PST by dufekin
I'd run the Thune strategy....run the guy Dorgan beat. He's got enough name recognition. I don't know local Dakota politics....is the guy likeable?
| Y2006 | DEMOCRATS | REPUBLICANS | Vulnerable | Reason | WHO |
| 1 | Akaka (HI) | No | No opposition | ||
| 2 | Bingaman (NM) | Yes | |||
| 3 | Byrd (WV) | Maybe | Age | Jay Wolf | |
| 4 | Cantwell (WA) | John Carlson or Reichert | |||
| 5 | Carper (DE) | ||||
| 6 | Clinton (NY) | Maybe | |||
| 7 | Conrad (ND) | ||||
| 8 | Corzine (NJ) | Yes | Retire for govenor. | Christie Whitman | |
| 9 | Dayton (MN) | Yes | |||
| 10 | Feinstein (CA) | Maybe | Vulnerable to the right candidate | ||
| 11 | Jeffords (I) (VT) | Maybe | Howard Dean | ||
| 12 | Kennedy (MA) | Maybe | will turn 75...Health or Retire might be only reason he is not re-elected | Joe Kennedy? | |
| 13 | Khol (WI) | Tommy Thompson | |||
| 14 | Lieberman (CT) | Maybe | Might not run. | Chris Shays | |
| 15 | Nelson (FL) | Yes | Probably retire. GOP needs strong Candidate | Jeb Bush or Katherine Harris | |
| 16 | Nelson (NE) | Maybe | |||
| 17 | Sarbanes (MD) | ||||
| 18 | Stabenow (MI) | Yes | Stabenow is weak....does the GOP have a candidate | ||
| 19 | Allen (VA) | No | No opposition | Mark Warner | |
| 20 | Burns (MT) | Yes | |||
| 21 | Chafee (RI) | Yes | Living in Blue State | ||
| 22 | de Wine (OH) | No | |||
| 23 | Ensign (NV) | Maybe | |||
| 24 | Frist (TN) | Maybe | Likely to seek Presidency in 2008 (drop out in '06) | ||
| 25 | Hatch (UT) | Maybe | |||
| 26 | Hutchison (TX) | Maybe | Might seek governorship | ||
| 27 | Kyl (AZ) | No | No opposition | ||
| 28 | Lott (MS) | Maybe | Rumor he might retire | ||
| 29 | Lugar (IN) | No | |||
| 30 | Santorum (PA) | Yes | Living in Blue State | ||
| 31 | Snowe (ME) | Yes | Living in Blue State | ||
| 32 | Talent (MO) | Yes | |||
| 33 | Thomas (WY) | No | No opposition |
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