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"Looks good for Democrats"
I heard that all of 2014
As most political observers know - a General Election is much different than a mid-term election.
Save it Lieawatha, you loons vowed you wouldn't lose the Senate and guess what happened? You were shellacked, annihilated....why do you think that happened?
The Reid seat will likely go to the GOP and the Republicans uo for reelection are pretty safe.
Democrats only need to pick up FIVE seats to retake the Senate.
The Reid seat will likely go to the GOP and the Republicans uo for reelection are pretty safe.You've got to strike Mikulski, Boxer and Reid running. Except for 3 or 4, those Republicans are in pretty red states and the blue dogs are finished. Senate stays Republican.
Democrats only need to pick up FIVE seats to retake the Senate.
Unless there's a wave in their favor I find that unlikely to happen at this point in time, but there's a lot that can happen in the next year and a half.
I think things are coming along great for the Democrats, Patrick Murphy and Russ Feingold are both outstanding candidates.
Ted Strickland is a good bet too. I think Maggie Hassan in NH has interests in running too and incumbent governors have a really good track record of unseating incumbent senators.
All four of them are wonderful candidates, that's 4 seats right there and Mark Kirk in Illinois is extremely vulnerable too (he largely only won in 2010 due to an open seat and scandal with Blagojevich.
Dems will definitely have Hillary's coattails to ride in on...or more specifically, ride down on. Lmfao!Only 10 Democrats are up for re-election in 2016 - and 24 Republicans. Looks good for Democrats.
DEMOCRATS
Michael Bennet (Colorado)
Richard Blumenthal (Connecticut)
Barbara Boxer (California) retiring in 2016
Patrick Leahy (Vermont)
Barbara Mikulski (Maryland)
Patty Murray (Washington)
Harry Reid (Nevada)
Brian Schatz (Hawaii)
Charles Schumer (New York)
Ron Wyden (Oregon)
REPUBLICANS
Kelly Ayotte (New Hampshire)
Roy Blunt (Missouri)
John Boozman (Arkansas)
Richard Burr (North Carolina)
Dan Coats (Indiana)
Mike Crapo (Idaho)
Chuck Grassley (Iowa)
John Hoeven (North Dakota)
Johnny Isakson (Georgia)
Ron Johnson (Wisconsin)
Mark Kirk (Illinois)
James Lankford (Oklahoma)
Mike Lee (Utah)
John McCain (Arizona)
Jerry Moran (Kansas)
Lisa Murkowski (Alaska)
Rand Paul (Kentucky)
Rob Portman (Ohio)
Marco Rubio (Florida)
Tim Scott (South Carolina)
Richard Shelby (Alabama)
John Thune (South Dakota)
Pat Toomey (Pennsylvania)
David Vitter (Louisiana)
Up for Re-Election in 2016
Murphy might make Florida more competitive, but Rubio will still have the advantage.
Feingold was defeated by Johnson last time, I don't know that I would consider him outstanding, but would definitely make it a contest. Has he even said he was going to run?
I don't know if there is any truth to that statement or not.
Four seats that are no guarantee and I doubt all four of them would be successful unless the electorate is really upset with the GOP the way they were upset with the Dems in 2010 and 2014. As far as Kirk goes, you'd think he'd have the toughest seat to defend, but not necessarily. You have to look at his popularity. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe won reelection consistently in Maine during presidential years and by pretty large margins despite their state going Democratic.
Let's also not forget about Indiana which is an open seat now which Dems could grab in the right environment or Nevada which Republicans could grab to offset a loss somewhere else. Grassley is getting up there in age. He could still announce a retirement throw Iowa into play and I wouldn't discount Colorado just yet after what happened to Udall last year.
With the vast difference in numbers of seats to defend I would gather right now the Republicans might have a net loss of one or two at best, but's too early to know how things will work out next year. Anybody saying conclusively what will happen is just posturing to make themselves feel better.
Reid is retiring as well. I think McCain and Isakson could lose.Michele Nunn would be awesome if she ran again....against Isakson this time..Rand can't run for senate and president at same time so....Only 10 Democrats are up for re-election in 2016 - and 24 Republicans. Looks good for Democrats.
DEMOCRATS
Michael Bennet (Colorado)
Richard Blumenthal (Connecticut)
Barbara Boxer (California) retiring in 2016
Patrick Leahy (Vermont)
Barbara Mikulski (Maryland)
Patty Murray (Washington)
Harry Reid (Nevada)
Brian Schatz (Hawaii)
Charles Schumer (New York)
Ron Wyden (Oregon)
REPUBLICANS
Kelly Ayotte (New Hampshire)
Roy Blunt (Missouri)
John Boozman (Arkansas)
Richard Burr (North Carolina)
Dan Coats (Indiana)
Mike Crapo (Idaho)
Chuck Grassley (Iowa)
John Hoeven (North Dakota)
Johnny Isakson (Georgia)
Ron Johnson (Wisconsin)
Mark Kirk (Illinois)
James Lankford (Oklahoma)
Mike Lee (Utah)
John McCain (Arizona)
Jerry Moran (Kansas)
Lisa Murkowski (Alaska)
Rand Paul (Kentucky)
Rob Portman (Ohio)
Marco Rubio (Florida)
Tim Scott (South Carolina)
Richard Shelby (Alabama)
John Thune (South Dakota)
Pat Toomey (Pennsylvania)
David Vitter (Louisiana)
Up for Re-Election in 2016