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It's time to get organized for the 2008 Senatorial elecions. The senate is 49 D, 49 R and 2 Independents. In 2008 the following Senate seats will be up for election or reelection:

Name	Party	State	2002 Result*	Article	2008 Challenger(s)	Notes	Progressive Punch
John Kerry	D	Massachusetts	80%	MA-Sen			86.79%
Jack Reed	D	Rhode Island	78%	RI-Sen			96.58%
Max Baucus	D	Montana	63%	MT-Sen			73.30%
Jay Rockefeller	D	West Virginia	63%	WV-Sen			85.98%
Dick Durbin	D	Illinois	60%	IL-Sen			94.89%
Carl Levin	D	Michigan	60%	MI-Sen			92.99%
Joe Biden	D	Delaware	58%	DE-Sen			84.28%
Mark Pryor	D	Arkansas	54%	AR-Sen			77.47%
Tom Harkin	D	Iowa	54%	IA-Sen			91.36%
Frank Lautenberg	D	New Jersey	54%	NJ-Sen			93.07%
Mary Landrieu	D	Louisiana	52%	LA-Sen			74.60%
Tim Johnson	D	South Dakota	50%	SD-Sen			77.98%
Norm Coleman	R	Minnesota	-50%	MN-Sen	Al Franken Mike Ciresi		18.67%
Wayne Allard	R	Colorado	-51%	CO-Sen	Mark Udall (D) (cw) Robert W. Schaffer (R) (cw)	Wayne Allard is retiring	3.32%
John Sununu	R	New Hampshire	-51%	NH-Sen	Jay Buckey Steve Marchand Jeanne Shaheen Katrina Swett		2.06%
Saxby Chambliss	R	Georgia	-53%	GA-Sen	Vernon A. Jones Dale Cardwell Rand Knight		3.41%
Elizabeth Dole	R	North Carolina	-54%	NC-Sen			5.61%
Lindsey Graham	R	South Carolina	-54%	SC-Sen			8.32%
Lamar Alexander	R	Tennessee	-54%	TN-Sen	Mike McWherter		7.36%
John Cornyn	R	Texas	-55%	TX-Sen	Rick Noriega		2.79%
Gordon Smith	R	Oregon	-56%	OR-Sen	Jeff Merkley Steve Novick		18.22%
Jim Inhofe	R	Oklahoma	-57%	OK-Sen	Andrew Rice		3.18%
Susan Collins	R	Maine	-58%	ME-Sen	Tom Allen		33.11%
Jeff Sessions	R	Alabama	-59%	AL-Sen	Vivian Figures (D) Johnny Swanson (D)		4.57%
Larry Craig	R	Idaho	-65%	ID-Sen	Larry LaRocco		3.28%
Mitch McConnell	R	Kentucky	-65%	KY-Sen			3.75%
Pete Domenici	R	New Mexico	-65%	NM-Sen		Pete Domenici is retiring	10.78%
John Barrasso	R	Wyoming	-70%	WY-Sen			3.79%
Michael Enzi	R	Wyoming	-73%	WY-Sen			3.86%
Ted Stevens	R	Alaska	-78%	AK-Sen	Mark Begich		13.27%
Pat Roberts	R	Kansas	-83%	KS-Sen			6.08%
Chuck Hagel	R	Nebraska	-83%	NE-Sen	Scott Kleeb Bob Kerrey		9.19%
John Warner	R	Virginia	-83%	VA-Sen	Mark Warner	Not running/Open Seat	12.96%
Thad Cochran	R	Mississippi	-85%	MS-Sen			8.59%

• Positive numbers are for Democratic wins, negative numbers are for Republican wins. The table is initially sorted this way to help identify targets for Defense first, Offense second.

[edit] See also

• United States House elections, 2008
• United States gubernatorial elections, 2008