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Posted on 10/11/2002 4:26:00 PM PDT by patriciaruth
Edited on 10/18/2002 12:19:06 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
"Work as if everything depends on you; pray as if everything depends on God."
The Iraq debate is over. Democrats who are up for reelection in close Senate races voted for the Iraq resolution with the exception of Paul Wellstone (D-WI). Now with over three weeks left, they are going to hit hard on the economy, social security, negative attack ads, etc.
Anyone who can, send a credit card contribution online to one, some or all of the close Senate races listed here. Please mail a check now if you can't donate online. Even small amounts when combined with other FReepers can make a lot of difference.
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South Dakota: John Thune, current Congressman, (articulate, affable, attractive in an August debate with Johnson) running against Tim Johnson, current Senator.
Latest poll:Thune 43% Johnson 44% Evans (L) 2% Mason Dixon 9/16-19 MOE-3.5%
John Thune for South Dakota
P.O. Box 516
Sioux Falls, SD 57101
New Jersey: Doug Forrester (bio: former assistant state treasurer, now small businessman and university instructor) was running against Senator Robert Torricelli, but (since the NJ Supreme Court fix is in to reprint the ballots) is now running against the Democrat "Mafia" mascot, 78 year old, "have checkbook, will travel", former Senator Lautenberg.
Latest poll: Forrester 44% Lautenberg 44% Newark Star-Ledger of Likely Voters
Forrester 2002, Inc.
3535 Quakerbridge Road, Suite 400
Hamilton, NJ 08619
Minnesota: Norm Coleman, former mayor of St. Paul, running against Paul Wellstone, current Senator.
Latest poll: Coleman 47% Wellstone 41% Zogby 9/18-19 4.5%
Link to www.colemanforsenate.com
Coleman for U.S. Senate
1410 Energy Park Dr, Ste. 11
St. Paul, MN 55108-9865
New Hampshire: U.S. Representative John Sununu, son of former Governor, defeated current Senator Bob Smith in the September 10th primary and faces current Democrat governor, Jean Shaneen, in the general election for Senator. Sununu has less than two months to knit the party back together for the general election to retain the seat against a tough opponent, who probably would have defeated Smith.
Latest polls: Sununu 44% Shaheen 46% Blevens (L) 1% Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D) 10/2 4.4%
compare to Sununu 55% Shaheen 34% American Research Group 9/30-10/2 4%
Sununu 44% Shaheen 47% Univ. of NH Oct. 4%
Team Sununu
PO Box 500
Rye, NH 03870
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 over John Ashcroft). If Talent wins he may be allowed to take the seat immediately. .
Latest poll: Talent 48% Carnahan 48% Survey U.S.A. 10/5-6 4.2%
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. Without help, this is our most likely loss.
Latest poll before Democrats went to Baghdad: Hutchinson 40% Pryor 50% Arkansas New Bureau 9/16-20 4.5%
Hutchinson for Senate
PO Box 998
Rogers, AR 72756
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.
Last reported poll done by Democrats: Cornyn 35% Kirk 39% Fairbanks Maslin Maullin & Assoc. (D) 9/22-24 3.6% compare to
Cornyn 56% Kirk 30% NBC5 9/30-10/6 4.1%
John Cornyn for Senate, Inc.
P.O. Box 13026
Austin, Texas 78711
b>Colorado: Current Senator, Wayne Allard, a veterinarian, is facing stiff competition from slick former U.S. Attorney and environmentalist, Tom Strickland. The Libertarian candidate, businessman Rick Stanley, may draw away enough votes from Allard to cause a loss.
Last reported poll: Allard 42% Strickland 42% Zogby 9/17-18 4.5%
Link to www.allardforsenate.com
US Senator Wayne Allard
300 W. Plaza Drive #100
Littleton, CO 80129
Georgia: U.S. Representative Saxby Chambliss against current Senator Max Cleland.
Latest polls: Chambliss 42% Cleland 51% Mitchell Research 9/26-10/1 MOE 4%
Chambliss 41% Cleland 45% Public Opinion Strategies (R) 9/30-10/1 MOE 3%
Chambliss for Senate, Inc.
P.O. Box 12469
Atlanta, GA 30355
Iowa: U.S. Representative Greg Ganske is challenging current Senator Tom Harkin.
Ganske has gained ground since the last poll and Harkin lost a point, possibly due to the spying scandal and the Iraq debate: Ganske 44% Harkin 53% Survey Iowa 13 4.1%
Harkin must be a bit unnerved as he voted for the Iraq resolution.
Link to www.ganskeforsenate.org
Ganske for Senate
1200 Grand Ave.
West Des Moines, IA 50265
West Virginia: Jay versus Jay. Jay Wolfe is trying to unseat current Senator Jay Rockefeller, using the same stealth grassroots tactics that won the state for George W. Bush. This one is under the radar, so you won't see any polls.
Friends of Jay Wolfe
P.O. Box 364
Salem, WV 26426
Our new head of the Oklahoma GOP, Chad Alexander, is a winner and best thing that has happened to OK IMO! The OK GOP office is giving us tons of support in Tom Cole for Congress campaign!
The quote that starts the post is not mine, which is why I have it in quotation marks. If anyone knows the attribution, I would appreciate the information.
Thune 47% Johnson 42% Evans 2% Anderson Group (R) 9/30-10/2 MOE 4.6%
I wish the election was this coming Tusday...
All the publicity we can get on the Senate races is good. So, go for it! And thank you!
I thought they were supposed to stagger the Senate races so that only 1/3 would come up for election every 2 years, like 17 races every 2 years. That was supposed to insulate the Senate from the passions of the moment from having too great an effect on this "deliberative" body.
From your link, check out what TakeBackCongress.org has to say about the impact the Libertarian Party canidates may have in the Colorado and South Dakota races respectively.
"Rated a dead-heat, Strickland went nasty negative early. Allard's response ad was strong and the voters are blaming both candidates for the dust-up. This is helping Strickland and a loopy libertarian candidate, Rick Stanley. If Stanley meets his polling numbers at 6% in the vote, he could throw the entire Senate to the left-wing.
"This is a big one. Johnson is very vulnerable and this would be a Republican takeaway. If he loses, it would send a message to Johnson's fellow South Dakota Senator--Tom Daschle--to stop playing games with the American people and our security. The real x factor in this race is the Libertarians. Here is another race where the Libertarian party may well throw the US Senate to the Democrats."
No wonder the LP is infested with Democrat style propaganda.
Err, there are 100 Senators, so 35 is not too far off from one third.
You are correct in that the long term and staggered elections were intended to "insulate" the Senate from the passions of the day. Originally, Senators were not elected by the people, but chosed by the State Legislatures, which insulated them even further from pandering to the electorate.
So in the real world, I get annoyed when I see a splinter party of well meaning people who are mostly conservatives stepping up to throw the entire Senate to a group we all agree are really bad guys--the Dems. If there were some real world payoff, I might understand.
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