Posted on 08/28/2002 3:29:12 PM PDT by patriciaruth
Close, possible pickups: South Dakota, Missouri, Georgia and Minnesota.
Possible losses: New Hampshire, Texas, Arkansas, North Carolina
If lightening strikes, may pickup: Iowa, New Jersey
South Dakota: John Thune, current Congressman, (articulate, affable, attractive in the recent debate with Johnson) running against Tim Johnson, current Senator.
Last poll: 40%-40% announced just before the debate
John Thune for South Dakota
P.O. Box 516
Sioux Falls, SD 57101
Minnesota: Norm Coleman, former mayor of St. Paul, running against Paul Wellstone, current Senator.
Link to www.colemanforsenate.com
Coleman for U.S. Senate
1410 Energy Park Dr, Ste. 11
St. Paul, MN 55108-9865
North Carolina: Elizabeth Dole, former U.S. Transportation Secretary under Ronald Reagan and CEO of the American Red Cross, favored to win GOP primary, may be running against Erskine Bowles, former Clinton chief of staff. Primaries have been postponed to September 10 due to legal squabbling over redistricting. There will be no runoff primaries as a result.
Dole 2002 Committee
P.O. Box 2109
Salisbury, NC 28145-9982
New Hampshire: Current Senator Bob Smith is being challenged in the Republican primary by current U.S. Representative John Sununu, son of former Governor, who was ahead in last Republican primary poll I saw. Whoever wins will run weakened against current Democrat governor, Jean Shaneen.
(603) 641-9536 to call Sununu if he wins the primary on September 10.
Missouri: Jim Talent, former Congressman from St. Louis, against current Senator Jean Carnahan, who was appointed when her dead husband narrowly "won" in 2000 election against John Ashcroft.
Last Zogby poll: Talent 47%-46% Carnahan
Link to www.talentforsenate.com
Jim Talent for Senate
9433 Olive Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63132
Arkansas: Senator Tim Hutchinson challenged strongly by state attorney general Mark Pryor. Sen. Hutchinson, a former Baptist minister, is in trouble for reelection because of his divorce and remarriage after winning the Senate seat in 1996 on a platform of family values. He won his primary by 70% against another Christian conservative so the voters may be starting to forgive him.
Hutchinson for Senate
PO Box 998
Rogers, AR 72756
Georgia: U.S. Rep. Saxby Chambliss against Max Cleland, appointed Senator in 2000 by the Democrat governor when Republican Senator Coverdale died unexpectedly.
Texas: State Attorney General John Cornyn is running close in the polls to Democrat Ron Kirk, former mayor of Dallas. Current Senator Phil Graham is retiring. Democrat Kirk is getting lots of financial support from outside the state because he is black and because Democrats want to embarrass Bush in his home state of Texas.
Iowa: U.S. Representative Greg Ganske is challenging current Senator Tom Harkin. Although he was behind in last poll, he may gain ground with the ad campaign in urban areas.
New Jersey: Doug Forrester (bio: former assistant state treasurer, now small businessman and university instructor) is running against Senator Robert Torricelli, who was acquitted by a jury but had a reprimand from the Senate Ethics Committee and may be vulnerable.
A poll in June had Torricell-44%, Forrester-36%.
I thought I was rather diplomatic about it, but Snyder has my vote for the primary.
Others in the chapter will probably take issue with that. Tough cookies.
Sorry, that's why we have primaries.
If Dole wins the primary (and I am 99 44/100% sure she will), I'll vote for her.
Key word: runoff.
Wow! Only one meeting and we already have an official endorsement! /sarcasm
The information I gave was far more up to date, and instead of just swallowing RAT polls whole, I threw them out or used their demographics to indicate what really WAS likely to happen.
There has been positive news in La. Ga. Ia. Ar. and SD. since I published my thread three days ago.
Not a nuckle head, but CRYSTALK. Remember that name, spell it correctly.
As for myself, well, I tend not to be a shrinking violet. :)
She would make a better Senator than 'Irksome Bowels', but as far as excellent?
I remain unconvinced.
Hehehe....diplomacy is not my strong suit.
McCain has a long voting record on the Hill to refer to.
Dole, OTOH, has never held an elected office.
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