The Green Papers: 2007 Off Year Election |
110th Congress Senate Seats by State |
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Alabama 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
Class 2 | Republican | Senator Jefferson B. "Jeff" Sessions First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Class 3 | Republican | Senator Richard C. Shelby First elected as a Democrat: 1986; re-elected: 1992; Changed Party affiliation to Republican: 9 November 1994; re-elected as a Republican: 1998, 2004. [also served in the U.S. House- elected: 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984 as a Democrat] Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Alaska 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
Class 2 | Republican | Senator Theodore F. "Ted" Stevens Appointed by Governor Walter J. Hickel (Republican) on 24 December 1968, to fill vacancy caused by the death of Senator E. L. Bartlett (Democrat): 11 December 1968; elected to finish out the term in a Special Election: 1970; elected to first full term: 1972; re-elected: 1978, 1984, 1990, 1996; 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Class 3 | Republican | Senator Lisa Murkowski Appointed by Governor Frank H. Murkowski (Republican) on 20 December 2002, to fill vacancy left by the resignation of her father, the same Frank H. Murkowski, when he resigned to become Governor of the State on 2 December 2002. First elected: 2004. Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Arizona 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
Class 1 | Republican | Senator Jon L. Kyl First elected: 1994; re-elected 2000, 2006 [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992] Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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Class 3 | Republican | Senator John McCain First elected: 1986; re-elected: 1992, 1998, 2004. [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1982, 1984] Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Arkansas 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Class 2 | Democratic | Senator Mark Lunsford Pryor First elected: 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Class 3 | Democratic | Senator Blanche Lambert Lincoln First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2004. [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1992, 1994] Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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California 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Class 1 | Democratic | Senator Dianne Feinstein First elected to finish out the term in a Special Election: 1992 [held to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Pete Wilson (Republican): 7 January 1991- which John Seymour (Republican) had been appointed by Governor Pete Wilson (Republican) to fill, 10 January 1991]; Elected to full term: 1994; re-elected 2000; 2006 Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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Class 3 | Democratic | Senator Barbara Boxer First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1998, 2004 [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990] Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Colorado 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican, 1 Democratic | |||||
Class 2 | Republican | Senator A. Wayne Allard First elected: 1996; re-elected 2002 [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1990, 1992, 1994] Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 Open Seat - Announced retirement 15 January 2007 effective at the end of this term. |
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Class 3 | Democratic | Senator Ken Salazar First elected: 2004 Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Connecticut 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Independent Democrat, 1 Democratic | |||||
Class 1 | Independent Democrat | Senator Joseph I. "Joe" Lieberman First elected: 1988 (as a Democrat); re-elected: 1994, 2000, 2006 (as an Independent) Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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Class 3 | Democratic | Senator Christopher J. Dodd First elected: 1980; re-elected: 1986, 1992, 1998, 2004. [also served in U.S. House: elected 1974, 1976, 1978] Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 Open Seat - On 10 January 2007, Senator Dodd announced that he is running for President in 2008. He has stated that he will not be a candidate for re-election to the Senate in 2010. |
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Delaware 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Class 1 | Democratic | Senator Thomas R. "Tom" Carper First elected: 2000; re-elected 2006 [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990; elected Governor: 1992; re-elected: 1996] Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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Class 2 | Democratic | Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. First elected: 1972; re-elected: 1978, 1984, 1990, 1996; 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Florida 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
Class 1 | Democratic | Senator Bill Nelson First elected: 2000; re-elected 2006 [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988] Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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Class 3 | Republican | Senator Mel Martinez First elected: 2004 Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Georgia 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
Class 2 | Republican | Senator Saxby Chambliss First elected: 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Class 3 | Republican | Senator Johnny Isakson First elected: 2004. (also served in U.S. House- first elected in a special election [to fill the seat vacated by the resignation of Congressman Newt Gingrich]: 1999; re-elected: 2000, 2002.) Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Hawaii 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Class 1 | Democratic | Senator Daniel Kahikina Akaka Appointed by Governor John Waihee (Democrat) 16 May 1990, to fill vacancy caused by the death of Senator Spark M. Matsunaga (Democrat): 15 April 1990; elected to finish out the term in a Special Election: 1990; elected to full term: 1994; re-elected 2000, 2006 [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988] Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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Class 3 | Democratic | Senator Daniel K. Inouye First elected: 1962; re-elected: 1968, 1974, 1980, 1986, 1992, 1998, 2004. [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1959 (Hawaii having just been admitted as a State to the Union), 1960] Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Idaho 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
Class 2 | Republican | Senator Larry E. Craig First elected: 1990; re-elected: 1996; 2002 [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988] Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 Open Seat - Announced his resignation on 1 September 2007. On 4 October 2007 Senator Craig announced he would retire at the end of his term and not run for re-election. |
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Class 3 | Republican | Senator Mike Crapo First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2004. [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1992, 1994, 1996] Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Illinois 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Class 2 | Democratic | Senator Richard J. "Dick" Durbin First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002 [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994] Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Class 3 | Democratic | Senator Barack Obama First elected: 2004 Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Indiana 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican, 1 Democratic | |||||
Class 1 | Republican | Senator Richard G. Lugar First elected: 1976; re-elected: 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000, 2006 Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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Class 3 | Democratic | Senator Evan Bayh First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2004. Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Iowa 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
Class 2 | Democratic | Senator Thomas Richard "Tom" Harkin First elected: 1984; re-elected: 1990, 1996; 2002 [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982] Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Class 3 | Republican | Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley First elected: 1980; re-elected: 1986, 1992, 1998, 2004. [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1974, 1976, 1978] Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Kansas 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
Class 2 | Republican | Senator Pat Roberts First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002 [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994] Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Class 3 | Republican | Senator Samuel D. "Sam" Brownback First elected to finish out the term in a Special Election: 1996 [held to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Robert J. Dole: 11 June 1996- which Sheila Frahm (Republican) had been appointed by Governor Bill Graves (Republican) to fill, 11 June 1996]; elected to a full term: 1998, re-elected: 2004. [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1994] Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 Open Seat - 19 October 2007: Withdrew his candidacy for President and announced his retirement at the end of his term. |
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Kentucky 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
Class 2 | Republican | Senator Mitch McConnell First elected: 1984; re-elected: 1990, 1996, 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Class 3 | Republican | Senator Jim Bunning First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2004. [also served in U.S. House-elected: 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996] Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Louisiana 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
Class 2 | Democratic | Senator Mary L. Landrieu First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Class 3 | Republican | Senator David Vitter First elected: 2004. (also served in U.S. House- first elected in a special election [to fill the seat vacated by Congressman Bob Livingston]: 1999; re-elected: 2000, 2002.) Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Maine 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
Class 1 | Republican | Senator Olympia J. Snowe First elected: 1994; re-elected 2000, 2006 [also served in U.S. House-elected: 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992] Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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Class 2 | Republican | Senator Susan M. Collins First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Maryland 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Class 1 | Democratic | Senator Benjamin L. "Ben" Cardin First elected: 2006 Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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Class 3 | Democratic | Senator Barbara A. Mikulski First elected: 1986; re-elected: 1992, 1998, 2004. Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Massachusetts 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Class 1 | Democratic | Senator Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy First elected to finish out the term in a Special Election: 1962 [held to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator John F. Kennedy (Democrat): 22 December 1960- which Benjamin A. Smith II (Democrat) had been appointed by Governor Foster Furcolo (Democrat) to fill, 27 December 1960]; elected to first full term: 1964; re-elected: 1970, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000, 2006 Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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Class 2 | Democratic | Senator John F. Kerry First elected: 1984; re-elected: 1990, 1996, 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Michigan 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Class 1 | Democratic | Senator Debbie Stabenow First elected: 2000; re-elected 2006 [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1996, 1998] Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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Class 2 | Democratic | Senator Carl Levin First elected: 1978; re-elected: 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Minnesota 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
Class 1 | Democratic | Senator Amy Klobuchar First elected: 2006 Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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Class 2 | Republican | Senator Norm Coleman First elected: 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Mississippi 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
Class 1 | Republican | Senator Roger F. Wicker Appointed 31 December 2007 to fill the vacancy caused by the 18 December 2007 resignation of Senator Trent Lott Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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Class 2 | Republican | Senator Thad Cochran First elected: 1978; re-elected: 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Missouri 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
Class 1 | Democratic | Senator Claire C. McCaskill First elected: 2006 Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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Class 3 | Republican | Senator Christopher "Kit" Bond First elected: 1986; re-elected: 1992, 1998, 2004. Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Montana 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Class 1 | Democratic | Senator Jon Tester First elected: 2006 Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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Class 2 | Democratic | Senator Max Baucus First elected: 1978; re-elected: 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Nebraska 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
Class 1 | Democratic | Senator E. Benjamin "Ben" Nelson First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2006 Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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Class 2 | Republican | Senator Charles T. "Chuck" Hagel First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 Open Seat - Announced his retirement on 10 September 2007. |
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Nevada 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican, 1 Democratic | |||||
Class 1 | Republican | Senator John Eric Ensign First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2006 [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1994, 1996] Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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Class 3 | Democratic | Senator Harry Reid First elected: 1986; re-elected: 1992, 1998, 2004. Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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New Hampshire 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
Class 2 | Republican | Senator John E. Sununu First elected: 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Class 3 | Republican | Senator Judd Gregg First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1998, 2004. Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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New Jersey 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Class 1 | Democratic | Senator Robert "Bob" Menendez Appointed by Governor Jon S. Corzine to fill the vacancy caused by Corzine having resigned this seat 17 January 2006 upon taking the Oath of Office as Governor of the State; first elected: 2006 Previously served in the U.S. House to which he was first elected in 1992: subsequently re-elected in 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2004 Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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Class 2 | Democratic | Senator Frank R. Lautenberg First elected: 2002 Previously served in the Class 1 NJ Senate seat to which he was first elected: 1982 and re-elected: 1988, 1994-- was not a candidate for his Party's nomination for the Class 1 seat in 2000 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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New Mexico 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
Class 1 | Democratic | Senator Jesse F. "Jeff" Bingaman, Jr. First elected: 1982; re-elected: 1988, 1994, 2000, 2006 Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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Class 2 | Republican | Senator Pete V. Domenici First elected: 1972; re-elected: 1978, 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 Open Seat - 4 October 2007: Announced retirement at the end of his current term. |
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New York 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Class 1 | Democratic | Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2006 Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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Class 3 | Democratic | Senator Charles E. "Chuck" Schumer First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2004. Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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North Carolina 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
Class 2 | Republican | Senator Elizabeth H. Dole First elected: 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Class 3 | Republican | Senator Richard M. Burr First elected: 2004. (also served in U.S. House- first elected: 1994; re-elected: 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002.) Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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North Dakota 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Class 1 | Democratic | Senator Kent Conrad First elected to the "Class 3" seat from the state: 1986; was not a candidate for re-election in the 3 November 1992 General Election; Elected to finish out the "Class 1" term in a Special Election: 4 December 1992 [held to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Quentin N. Burdick (Democrat): 8 September 1992- which Jocelyn B. Burdick (Democrat) had been appointed by Governor George Sinner (Democrat) to fill, 12 September 1992]; elected to a full term: 1994, 2000, 2006 Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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Class 3 | Democratic | Senator Byron L. Dorgan First elected: 1992; was induced to take the oath of office: 5 December 1992 when the seat became vacant upon outgoing Senator Kent Conrad (Democrat) having taken the oath of office for the "Class 1" seat from the state; re-elected: 1998, 2004. Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Ohio 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
Class 1 | Democratic | Senator Sherrod Brown First elected: 2006 Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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Class 3 | Republican | Senator George V. Voinovich First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2004. Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Oklahoma 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
Class 2 | Republican | Senator James M. Inhofe First elected to fill out the term in a Special Election: 1994 [held to fill the impending vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator David L. Boren (Democrat): effective, 15 November 1994 but announced before the 1994 Oklahoma state/local Primary in August 1994, allowing for this Special Election to take place; elected to a full term: 1996; re-elected 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Class 3 | Republican | Senator Tom Coburn First elected: 2004. (also served in U.S. House- first elected: 1994; re-elected: 1996, 1998.) Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Oregon 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican, 1 Democratic | |||||
Class 2 | Republican | Senator Gordon Harold Smith First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Class 3 | Democratic | Senator Ron Wyden First elected to finish out the term in a Special Election: 30 January 1996 [held to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Robert Packwood (Republican): 1 October 1995 (Oregon state law does not permit the state's Governor to make temporary appointments to fill vacancies in the United States Senate)]; elected to a full term: 1998; re-elected: 2004. Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Pennsylvania 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
Class 1 | Democratic | Senator Robert P. "Bob" Casey, Jr. First elected: 2006 Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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Class 3 | Republican | Senator Arlen Specter First elected: 1980; re-elected: 1986, 1992, 1998, 2004. Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 16 February 2005: Diagnosed with Hodgkins lymphoma |
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Rhode Island 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Class 1 | Democratic | Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, II First elected: 2006 Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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Class 2 | Democratic | Senator John F. "Jack" Reed First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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South Carolina 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
Class 2 | Republican | Senator Lindsey Olin Graham First elected: 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Class 3 | Republican | Senator Jim DeMint First elected: 2004. (also served in U.S. House- first elected: 1998; re-elected: 2000, 2002) Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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South Dakota 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
Class 2 | Democratic | Senator Tim Johnson First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Class 3 | Republican | Senator John Thune First elected: 2004. (also served in U.S. House- first elected: 1996; re-elected: 1998, 2000. Unsuccessful candidate for Senate 2002.) Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Tennessee 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
Class 1 | Republican | Senator Robert P. "Bob" Corker, Jr. First elected: 2006 Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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Class 2 | Republican | Senator Lamar Alexander First elected: 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Texas 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
Class 1 | Republican | Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison First elected to finish out the term in a Special Election: 1 May 1993- and necessary subsequent Runoff: 5 June 1993 [held to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr. (Democrat): 20 January 1993- which Robert Krueger had been appointed by Governor Ann W. Richards (Democrat) to fill, 21 January 1993]; elected to full term: 1994; re-elected 2000, 2006 Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 Open Seat - 15 October 2007: Announced she would not seek re-election and may step down before the end of her current term. |
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Class 2 | Republican | Senator John Cornyn First elected: 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Utah 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
Class 1 | Republican | Senator Orrin G. Hatch First elected: 1976; re-elected: 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000, 2006 Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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Class 3 | Republican | Senator Robert F. Bennett First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1998, 2004. Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Vermont 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Independent, 1 Democratic | |||||
Class 1 | Independent | Senator Bernard "Bernie" Sanders First elected: 2006 (ran as a Democrat in the primary and as an Independent in the General Election) Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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Class 3 | Democratic | Senator Patrick Leahy First elected: 1974; re-elected: 1980, 1986, 1992, 1998, 2004. Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Virginia 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
Class 1 | Democratic | Senator James H. "Jim" Webb, Jr. First elected: 2006 Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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Class 2 | Republican | Senator John William Warner First elected: 1978; re-elected: 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 Open Seat - 31 August 2007: Announced retirement effective at the end of his current term. |
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Washington 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Class 1 | Democratic | Senator Maria Cantwell First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2006 Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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Class 3 | Democratic | Senator Patty Murray First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1998, 2004. Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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West Virginia 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Class 1 | Democratic | Senator Robert C. Byrd First elected: 1958; re-elected: 1964, 1970, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000, 2006 Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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Class 2 | Democratic | Senator John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller, IV First elected: 1984; re-elected: 1990, 1996, 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Wisconsin 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Class 1 | Democratic | Senator Herbert H. "Herb" Kohl First elected: 1988; re-elected: 1994, 2000, 2006 Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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Class 3 | Democratic | Senator Russ Feingold First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1998, 2004. Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Wyoming 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
Class 1 | Republican | Senator John A. Barrasso Appointed: 22 June 2007 by Governor Dave Freudenthal Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 Next Special Election: Tuesday 4 November 2008; Next regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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Class 2 | Republican | Senator Michael B. "Mike" Enzi First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such. |
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Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from an election authority that the person so listed will actually appear on the ballot. FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office. Senate ClassClass 1 seats begin their current terms at noon on 3 January 2007... next regular election for these seats is in 2012. For more information on Senate Classes refer to UNITED STATES SENATE: Electoral "Classes". Article I, Section 3, clause 2 of the Constitution of the United States reads as follows: "Immediately after [the Senate of the United States] shall be assembled in Consequence of the first Election, they shall be divided as equally as may be into three classes. The Seats of the Senators of the first Class shall be vacated at the Expiration of the second Year, of the second Class at the Expiration of the fourth Year, and of the third Class at the Expiration of the sixth Year, so that one third may be chosen every second Year..." Pursuant to this Constitutional provision, a three-Senator Committee was appointed by the Senate on 11 May 1789 to come up with a plan to carry out the requirements of that provision; this Committee reported to the Senate on 14 May 1789 a plan to divide the then 20 Senators (there were 10 of the 13 original States represented in the Senate at the time- each having 2 Senators: North Carolina and Rhode Island had yet to ratify the U.S. Constitution, while New York had so ratified but had failed to elect Senators as of that date) into the requisite three electoral Classes: under this plan, three groups of Senators (set up in such a way so as no State had its two Senators in the same group) were to be listed and the first Senator on each list (a list which was set up geographically north-to-south in the manner in which the Electoral Vote for President was counted before Congress at that time, so that two of the first Senators on these lists were from New Hampshire and the third was the first Senator in alphabetical order from Massachusetts) was to each blindly draw a piece of paper numbered either "1", "2" or "3" out of a box in the possession of the Secretary of the Senate. This plan being agreeable to the Senate and so approved, the drawing of lots in this manner was carried out the following day (15 May 1789)- such lot drawing ultimately determining that, to start with, Classes 1 and 2 were to have 7 Senators each and Class 3 was to have only 6 Senators. When New York finally seated its two Senators during the ensuing Summer, there was another lot drawing (actually a double-lot drawing) on 28 July 1789 to determine the Classes for these seats: since one of the seats had to be Class 3 to make it equal in number to that of the other two Classes so far, the two New York Senators each blindly drew between two pieces of paper, one marked "3", the other which was blank- after this, there was a second lot drawing in which the New York Senator who had drawn the blank paper blindly drew again between two pieces of paper marked "1" and "2": he drew "1" so that New York would henceforth have Senators of electoral Classes 1 and 3. When North Carolina seated its two Senators after ratifying the Constitution on 21 November 1789, there was yet another lot drawing (on 29 January 1790) in which North Carolina's two Senators each blindly drew between pieces of paper marked "2" and "3" (since there were now 12 States and, thus, 24 Senators: 24 being equally divisible by 3, there would now have to be 8 Senators in each of the three Classes to fulfill the Constitutional provision that, as nearly as was practicable, one third of the Senate be elected every second year). After Rhode Island- the last of the 13 original States- finally ratified the Constitution on 29 May 1790 and subsequently seated its two Senators that Summer, there was yet one more lot drawing in the First Congress (on 25 June 1790) in which Rhode Island's two Senators blindly drew between pieces of paper marked "1", "2" and "3": one Senator drew "2", the other drew "1"- thereby determining electoral Classes 1 and 2 as those for the Senators from this State. When Vermont was admitted to the Union as the 14th state on 4 March 1791, there was again a double lot drawing as there had been for New York. From that day until this, whenever a new State has been admitted to the Union, these types of lot drawings (the type determined by the necessity of keeping the number of Senators in each electoral Class as close to one third as possible at the time of said lot drawing) between the new State's first Senators is held before the Senate to determine in just which of the three electoral Classes that State's Senate seats will be placed from then on. |
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