Posted on 03/21/2013 10:42:18 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Despite all of the doom and gloom about the future of the Republican Party following the 2012 election, the reality is that Republicans actually have a chance of retaking the Senate in 2014. Those hopes improved on Wednesday as Maine GOP Sen. Susan Collins said that barring a serious illness or another catastrophe, she plans to run for reelection.
In 2014, Democrats will be defending a total of 21 seats, including seven states Mitt Romney carried — Montana, South Dakota, West Virginia, Alaska, Arkansas, Louisiana and North Carolina. In contrast, Republicans will be defending 14 seats. All of those seats are in Romney states, except for one — the Collins seat in Maine.
Though it would be tough for most Republicans to win in Maine, Collins has been able to do so. In 2008, she got reelected with nearly 62 percent of the vote in a state that Obama won by 17 points. After fellow moderate Maine Republican Olympia Snowe retired, Republicans lost control of the other Maine Senate seat last year.
Cook Political Report rates Maine a “likely Republican” Senate win in 2014 as long as Collins runs.
Having fewer seats to defend is an advantage - but one that certainly can be squandered.
If Johnson SD is up, I wonder if he is capable, since he has had his stroke you don’t see or hear anything of him, I think everything is handled by his staff.
Jon Kyl already retired, he was replaced by Jeff Flake this last election
Western MA has its own hotbeds of leftist radicalism.
Class II Senate seat up for election in 2014.
Baucus, Max (D-MT)
Begich, Mark (D-AK)
Coons, Christopher A. (D-DE)
Cowan, William M. (D-MA)
Durbin, Richard J. (D-IL)
Franken, Al (D-MN)
Hagan, Kay R. (D-NC)
Harkin, Tom (D-IA)
Johnson, Tim (D-SD)
Landrieu, Mary L. (D-LA)
Lautenberg, Frank R. (D-NJ)
Levin, Carl (D-MI)
Merkley, Jeff (D-OR)
Pryor, Mark L. (D-AR)
Reed, Jack (D-RI)
Rockefeller, John D., IV (D-WV)
Shaheen, Jeanne (D-NH)
Udall, Mark (D-CO)
Udall, Tom (D-NM)
Warner, Mark R. (D-VA)
Alexander, Lamar (R-TN)
Chambliss, Saxby (R-GA)
Cochran, Thad (R-MS)
Collins, Susan M. (R-ME)
Cornyn, John (R-TX)
Enzi, Michael B. (R-WY)
Graham, Lindsey (R-SC)
Inhofe, James M. (R-OK)
Johanns, Mike (R-NE)
McConnell, Mitch (R-KY)
Risch, James E. (R-ID)
Roberts, Pat (R-KS)
Sessions, Jeff (R-AL)
I would love for Moon's daughter to get the ax too. We Texans took a lot of your democratic voters after Katrina, who never went back. You guys need a good Tea Party candidate, then I think Mary will be history.
I'm sorry for that Katrina thing. I know the next hurricane Texas will have posted signs along the highways for fleeing New Orleaneans. Yep, from your lips to God's ears. We need someone badly!!! I just couldn't stomach another term for that elitist career policiker, Landrieu.
Another thread on the Senate elections.
And as it says I miscounted, there are 7 rat seats up in Romney states, not 6.
Landrieu voted for the lame duck Dream Act in 2010.
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