Senate layout:

Democratic incumbents
Dianne Feinstein of California
Tom Carper of Delaware
Bill Nelson of Florida
Daniel Akaka of Hawaii
Ben Cardin of Maryland
Debbie Stabenow of Michigan
Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota
Claire McCaskill of Missouri
Jon Tester of Montana
Ben Nelson of Nebraska
Bob Menendez of New Jersey
Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico
Kirsten Gillibrand of New York
Kent Conrad of North Dakota - RETIRING
Sherrod Brown of Ohio
Bob Casey, Jr. of Pennsylvania
Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island
Jim Webb of Virginia - RETIRING
Maria Cantwell of Washington
Joe Manchin of West Virginia
Herb Kohl of Wisconsin

Independent incumbents (who happen to caucus with Democrats)
Joe Lieberman of Connecticut - RETIRING
Bernie Sanders of Vermont

Republican incumbents
Jon Kyl of Arizona - RETIRING (announcing today)
Richard Lugar of Indiana
Olympia Snowe of Maine
Scott Brown of Massachusetts
Roger Wicker of Mississippi
John Ensign of Nevada
Bob Corker of Tennessee
Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas - RETIRING
Orrin Hatch of Utah
John Barrasso of Wyoming


Who else is going to drop... and how's it going to affect the map.

IF Obama wins in 2012 with a Republican House and Senate = not a damn thing happening on Cap Hill

2/10/2011 10:23:00 AM

Quote :

"Obama wins in 2012 with a Republican House and Senate = not a damn thing happening on Cap Hill "

that would be awesome

2/10/2011 10:24:27 AM

Given that there are so many more Dems up for re-election than GOPs it seems only natural that the Senate will go more red.

2/10/2011 2:02:23 PM

I'm excited about the new lame duck session already!

2/10/2011 2:14:08 PM

Depends on if Republicans turn out at all. If they don't turn out then the Senate races will be a lot closer than they otherwise would.

2/10/2011 7:37:23 PM

I don't anticipate that I'll turn out, for one.

2/10/2011 7:50:04 PM

Sweet, we're up to one already.

2/10/2011 8:57:50 PM

LunaK, what, you think the (c) is just for decoration?

2/10/2011 10:03:36 PM

Senate layout:

Democratic incumbents
Dianne Feinstein of California
Tom Carper of Delaware
Bill Nelson of Florida
Daniel Akaka of Hawaii
Ben Cardin of Maryland
Debbie Stabenow of Michigan
Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota
Claire McCaskill of Missouri
Jon Tester of Montana
Ben Nelson of Nebraska
Bob Menendez of New Jersey
Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico - RETIRING
Kirsten Gillibrand of New York
Kent Conrad of North Dakota - RETIRING
Sherrod Brown of Ohio
Bob Casey, Jr. of Pennsylvania
Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island
Jim Webb of Virginia - RETIRING
Maria Cantwell of Washington
Joe Manchin of West Virginia
Herb Kohl of Wisconsin

Independent incumbents (who happen to caucus with Democrats)
Joe Lieberman of Connecticut - RETIRING
Bernie Sanders of Vermont

Republican incumbents
Jon Kyl of Arizona - RETIRING (announcing today)
Richard Lugar of Indiana
Olympia Snowe of Maine
Scott Brown of Massachusetts
Roger Wicker of Mississippi
John Ensign of Nevada
Bob Corker of Tennessee
Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas - RETIRING
Orrin Hatch of Utah
John Barrasso of Wyoming

2/18/2011 3:27:43 PM

Akaka just announced he's retiring too

3/2/2011 7:18:07 PM

hey, why is it that only the Democratic Incumbents label is bolded. OMFGBIAS!

3/2/2011 8:13:29 PM

haha blame kdogg(c) i just lifted what he did

3/2/2011 8:18:49 PM

i blame the lame stream media

3/2/2011 8:20:14 PM

Senate layout:

Democratic incumbents
Dianne Feinstein of California
Tom Carper of Delaware
Bill Nelson of Florida
Daniel Akaka of Hawaii - RETIRING
Ben Cardin of Maryland
Debbie Stabenow of Michigan
Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota
Claire McCaskill of Missouri
Jon Tester of Montana
Ben Nelson of Nebraska
Bob Menendez of New Jersey
Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico - RETIRING
Kirsten Gillibrand of New York
Kent Conrad of North Dakota - RETIRING
Sherrod Brown of Ohio
Bob Casey, Jr. of Pennsylvania
Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island
Jim Webb of Virginia - RETIRING
Maria Cantwell of Washington
Joe Manchin of West Virginia
Herb Kohl of Wisconsin

Independent incumbents (who caucus with Democrats)
Joe Lieberman of Connecticut - RETIRING
Bernie Sanders of Vermont

Republican incumbents
Jon Kyl of Arizona - RETIRING (announcing today)
Richard Lugar of Indiana
Olympia Snowe of Maine
Scott Brown of Massachusetts
Roger Wicker of Mississippi
John Ensign of Nevada
Bob Corker of Tennessee
Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas - RETIRING
Orrin Hatch of Utah
John Barrasso of Wyoming

Updated for Senator Akaka. And, WRT that, I could see either recently-term-limited-former Governor Linda Lingle (R) run for that seat, as well as her former LT. Governor (who lost to Neil "I-know-where-Obama's-birth-certificate-is--oh-wait-maybe-not" Abercrombie) James "Duke" Aiona.

3/2/2011 10:57:13 PM

I doubt she'd waste her time, with Obama on the ballot. They couldn't even win Hawaii in 2010.

3/3/2011 4:19:50 PM

Senate layout:

Democratic incumbents
Dianne Feinstein of California
Tom Carper of Delaware
Bill Nelson of Florida
Daniel Akaka of Hawaii - RETIRING
Ben Cardin of Maryland
Debbie Stabenow of Michigan
Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota
Claire McCaskill of Missouri
Jon Tester of Montana
Ben Nelson of Nebraska
Bob Menendez of New Jersey
Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico - RETIRING
Kirsten Gillibrand of New York
Kent Conrad of North Dakota - RETIRING
Sherrod Brown of Ohio
Bob Casey, Jr. of Pennsylvania
Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island
Jim Webb of Virginia - RETIRING
Maria Cantwell of Washington
Joe Manchin of West Virginia
Herb Kohl of Wisconsin

Independent incumbents (who caucus with Democrats)
Joe Lieberman of Connecticut - RETIRING
Bernie Sanders of Vermont

Republican incumbents
Jon Kyl of Arizona - RETIRING
Richard Lugar of Indiana
Olympia Snowe of Maine
Scott Brown of Massachusetts
Roger Wicker of Mississippi
John Ensign of Nevada - RETIRING
Bob Corker of Tennessee
Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas - RETIRING
Orrin Hatch of Utah
John Barrasso of Wyoming

3/7/2011 2:17:12 PM

Tim Kaine bitches

4/5/2011 1:44:53 PM

Supreme Court for WI.....was suppose to be a landslide for the GOP, he might still win....if Dem wins court turns liberal 4-3......might overturn the collective bargaining deal just passed....She was waaaaaaaaaaaaaay ahead and now he took the lead.

http://elections.620wtmj.com/G8801.htm

4/6/2011 12:34:26 AM

yay! partisan legislating from the bench!

4/6/2011 7:43:32 AM

Senate layout:

Democratic incumbents
Dianne Feinstein of California
Tom Carper of Delaware
Bill Nelson of Florida
Daniel Akaka of Hawaii - RETIRING
Ben Cardin of Maryland
Debbie Stabenow of Michigan
Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota
Claire McCaskill of Missouri
Jon Tester of Montana
Ben Nelson of Nebraska
Bob Menendez of New Jersey
Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico - RETIRING
Kirsten Gillibrand of New York
Kent Conrad of North Dakota - RETIRING
Sherrod Brown of Ohio
Bob Casey, Jr. of Pennsylvania
Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island
Jim Webb of Virginia - RETIRING
Maria Cantwell of Washington
Joe Manchin of West Virginia
Herb Kohl of Wisconsin -RETIRING


Independent incumbents (who caucus with Democrats)
Joe Lieberman of Connecticut - RETIRING
Bernie Sanders of Vermont

Republican incumbents
Jon Kyl of Arizona - RETIRING
Richard Lugar of Indiana
Olympia Snowe of Maine
Scott Brown of Massachusetts
Roger Wicker of Mississippi
John Ensign of Nevada - RETIRING
Bob Corker of Tennessee
Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas - RETIRING
Orrin Hatch of Utah
John Barrasso of Wyoming

5/13/2011 10:16:32 AM

Senator Tom Coburn may end up in jail, so there's another possible repug opening.

5/13/2011 11:44:34 AM

youre so cool when you say repug.

5/13/2011 12:10:53 PM

Quote :

"If the Senate Ethics Committee's report on the ethics scandals of former Sen. John Ensign were a movie, the Nevada Republican would no doubt be the star -- but Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) would get second billing. Coburn's role as an intermediary between his friend and former roommate Ensign and Doug Hampton, the husband of the woman Ensign was having an affair with, has been pretty well established. Coburn has denied playing the role of negotiator over the amount of money Ensign should pay the Hamptons. But other people involved told investigators say Coburn, whose name is mentioned 46 times in the Ethics Committee's report, played a pretty crucial role. And the report indicates that Coburn might not have given investigators the whole story. "

http://tinyurl.com/3qz2m3s

[Edited on May 14, 2011 at 1:29 AM. Reason : http://tinyurl.com/3qz2m3s]

5/14/2011 1:29:00 AM

5/14/2011 10:03:25 AM

Republicans will definitely pick up a few seats this year, it's just a matter of how many.

But I think 2014 will really be their year because the Dems won't have Obama on the ticket so they won't get the droves of black voters that carried the 2008 class into power.

5/14/2011 3:08:40 PM

Bev Purdue won't seek re-election and Brad Miller won't either

1/26/2012 9:14:19 AM

good riddance.

1/26/2012 9:41:59 AM

Smart move. Perdue was going to go down in flames - now she doesn't have to worry about public perception the rest of the time, and I'm guessing the democrats will start to rally behind Miller for governor.

Really disappointed that he didn't primary Price, though. I don't like Miller at all, but I would have helped him campaign if it meant David Price no longer had a seat in Congress.

1/26/2012 10:21:27 AM

Good! Thank you Perdue for stepping down. Now maybe someone can step up and keep McCrory from winning.

1/26/2012 10:33:34 AM

Senate layout:

Democratic incumbents
Dianne Feinstein of California
Tom Carper of Delaware
Bill Nelson of Florida
Daniel Akaka of Hawaii - RETIRING
Ben Cardin of Maryland
Debbie Stabenow of Michigan
Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota
Claire McCaskill of Missouri
Jon Tester of Montana
Ben Nelson of Nebraska
Bob Menendez of New Jersey
Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico - RETIRING
Kirsten Gillibrand of New York
Kent Conrad of North Dakota - RETIRING
Sherrod Brown of Ohio
Bob Casey, Jr. of Pennsylvania
Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island
Jim Webb of Virginia - RETIRING
Maria Cantwell of Washington
Joe Manchin of West Virginia
Herb Kohl of Wisconsin -RETIRING


Independent incumbents (who caucus with Democrats)
Joe Lieberman of Connecticut - RETIRING
Bernie Sanders of Vermont

Republican incumbents
Jon Kyl of Arizona - RETIRING
Richard Lugar of Indiana
Olympia Snowe of Maine -Stepping down
Scott Brown of Massachusetts
Roger Wicker of Mississippi
John Ensign of Nevada - RETIRING
Bob Corker of Tennessee
Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas - RETIRING
Orrin Hatch of Utah
John Barrasso of Wyoming

2/28/2012 5:18:50 PM