[Welike ike]

Exactly DMI. also if you look at the Senate races of 1994, only 2 Dem Incumbents lost:

1. Sasser-Tenn
2. Wofford- Penn

The rest were open seats from retirements:

1. Mitchell- Maine (Snowe)
2. Boren- OK (Inahofe)
3. Matthews-Tenn (old AL Gore seat went to Thompson)
4. Deconcini- AZ- (Kyl)
5. Metzenbaum-OH (Dewine)
6. Reigle- Mich- (Abraham) 8 GOP pickups before Shelby(Bama) and Campbell(CO) switched.

In 2006 Frist is the only open Senate seat for the GOP

[TNCMAXQ]

Ashcroft also won in 1994 when Danforth retired.