United States Senate elections, 2008

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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	Jeanne Shaheen (D) (cw)		2.06%
Saxby Chambliss	R	Georgia	-53%	GA-Sen	Jim Martin (D) (cw)		3.41%
Elizabeth Dole	R	North Carolina	-54%	NC-Sen	Kay R. Hagan (D) (cw)		5.61%
Lindsey Graham	R	South Carolina	-54%	SC-Sen	Bob Conley (D) (cw)		8.32%
Lamar Alexander	R	Tennessee	-54%	TN-Sen	Bob Tuke (D) (cw)		7.36%
John Cornyn	R	Texas	-55%	TX-Sen	Rick Noriega (D) (cw)		2.79%
Gordon Smith	R	Oregon	-56%	OR-Sen	Jeff Merkley (D) (cw)		18.22%
Jim Inhofe	R	Oklahoma	-57%	OK-Sen	Andrew Rice (D) (cw)		3.18%
Susan Collins	R	Maine	-58%	ME-Sen	Tom Allen (D) (cw)		33.11%
Jeff Sessions	R	Alabama	-59%	AL-Sen	Vivian Figures (D) (cw)		4.57%
Trent Lott	R	Mississippi	-64%	MS-Sen	Ronnie Musgrove (D) (cw) Roger Wicker (R) (cw)	Trent Lott is retiring	5.77%
Larry Craig	R	Idaho	-65%	ID-Sen	Larry LaRocco (D) (cw) Jim Risch (R) (cw)		3.28%
Mitch McConnell	R	Kentucky	-65%	KY-Sen	Bruce Lunsford (D) (cw)		3.75%
Pete Domenici	R	New Mexico	-65%	NM-Sen	Tom Udall (D) (cw) Steve Pearce (R) (cw)	Pete Domenici is retiring	10.78%
John Barrasso	R	Wyoming	-70%	WY-Sen	Nick Carter (D) (cw)		3.79%
Michael Enzi	R	Wyoming	-73%	WY-Sen	Chris Rothfuss (D) (cw)		3.86%
Ted Stevens	R	Alaska	-78%	AK-Sen	Primary is August 26		13.27%
Pat Roberts	R	Kansas	-83%	KS-Sen	Jim Slattery (D) (cw)		6.08%
Chuck Hagel	R	Nebraska	-83%	NE-Sen	Scott Kleeb (D) (cw)		9.19%
John Warner	R	Virginia	-83%	VA-Sen	Mark Warner (D) (cw)	Not running/Open Seat	12.96%
Thad Cochran	R	Mississippi	-85%	MS-Sen	Erik R. Fleming (D) (cw)		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