Senate Race 2008

Tracking Senate Races

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total seats up this cycle: 33

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 • Democrats: 12 • Republicans: 21

The pre-election breakdown:
      • Republicans: 49
      • Democrats: 51


 

 

Alabama Jeff Sessions (R)
Announced: Running

Challengers


Earl Mack Gavin (R)

Vivian Davis Figures (D), state senator

Johnny Swanson III (D), attorney

Mark Townsend (D)

 
Alaska

Ted Stevens (R)
Announced: Running

Democrat
Candidates

Nels Anderson Jr. (D), former state House majority leader

Mark Begich (D), Anchorage mayor

Ray Metcalfe (D), former state representative

Republican Candidates

Dave Cuddy (R), former state
representative

Jerry Heikes (R), drywall contractor

 
 
Arkansas Mark Pryor (D)
Announced: Running

Challenger


Rebekah Kennedy (Green), attorney
 
Colorado

Wayne Allard (R)
Announced: Retiring

Democrat
Candidate

Mark Benner (D), art teacher
Mark Udall (D), congressman

 

Republican
Candidate

Vincent Martinez (R)
Bob Schaffer (R), state Board of Education member & former congressman
 
Delaware Joseph Biden (D)
Announced: Running

Challengers

None announced yet.
 
Georgia Saxby Chambliss (R)
Announced: Running

Challengers

Dale Cardwell (D), TV reporter
Vernon Jones (D), DeKalb County CEO
Rand Knight (D) , businessman
Josh Lanier (D), businessman
Maggie Martinez (D), former Puerto Rico legislator
 
Idaho

Larry Craig (R)
Announced Intention to Retire

Democrat
Candidates

David Archuleta, tribal attorney
Larry LaRocco, former congressman


Republican
Candidates

Fred Adams, teacher
Brian Hefner, machinist
Kent Marmon, former Caldwell City councilman
Richard Phenneger, business consultant
Rex Rammell, veterinarian
Jim Risch, lieutenant governor/former governor
Hal Styles, realtor
Scott Syme, Army Reserve officer
Neal Thompson, electrician
 
Illinois Richard Durbin (D)
Announced: Running

Republican
Candidate

Steve Sauerberg (R)

physician

Campaign Web site
 
Iowa Tom Harkin (D)
Announced: Running

Challengers

George Eichhorn (R), former state representative
Steve Rathje (R), businessman
Christopher Reed (R), businessman
 
Kansas Pat Roberts (R)
Announced: Running

Challengers

Lee Jones (D), labor union lobbyist
 
Kentucky Mitch McConnell (R)
Announced: Running

Challengers

Daniel Essek (R), truck driver

Mike Cassaro (D), physician
Greg Fischer (D), businessman
Bruce Lunsford (D), health care executive
James Rice (D), Amazon.com employee
Kenneth Stepp (D), attorney
David Williams (D), retiree
David Wylie (D), former postal worker
 
Louisiana Mary Landrieu (D)
Announced: Running

Challengers

John Kennedy (R), state treasurer
 
Maine Susan Collins (R)
Announced: Running

Challengers

Tom Allen (D), congressman
Tom Ledue (D), school administrator

Laurie Dobson (I), peace activist
 
Massachusetts John Kerry (D)
Announced: Running

Challengers

Ed O'Reilly (D), attorney

Jeff Beatty (R), former FBI and CIA officer
Jim Ogonowski (R), farmer
 
Michigan Carl Levin (D)
Announced: Running

Challengers

Andrew Raczkowski (R), former state representative
Bart Baron (R), businessman
 
Minnesota Norm Coleman (R)
Announced: Running

Challengers

Al Franken (DFL), satirist
Richard Franson (DFL), former Minneapolis alderman
Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer (DFL), college professor
Darryl Stanton (DFL), businessman

Jack Shepard (R), Vietnam veteran
 
Mississippi Thad Cochran (R)
Announced: Running

Challengers

Erik Fleming (D), state representative
 
Montana Max Baucus (D)
Announced: Running

Challengers

Kirk Bushman (R), engineer
Bob Kelleher (R), attorney
Shay Garnett (R), truck driver
Anton Pearson (R), truck driver
Mike Lange (R), state representative
Patty Lovaas (R), accountant
 
Nebraska

Chuck Hagel (R)
Announced: Retiring

Democrat
Candidates

Scott Kleeb, college instructor
Tony Raimondo, businessman

Republican
Candidates

Pat Flynn, financial analyst
Mike Johanns, former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
 
New Hampshire John Sununu (R)
Announced: Running

Challengers

Jack Buckey (D), doctor
Jeanne Shaheen (D), former governor

Shawn Girard (I), IT director
 
New Jersey Frank Lautenberg (D)
Announced: Running

Challengers

Rob Andrews (D), U.S. representative

Joe Pennacchio (R), state assemblyman
Murray Sabrin (R), college professor
Andrew Unanue (R), financial consultant
 
New Mexico

Pete Domenici (R)
Announced: Retiring

Democrat
Candidate

Tom Udall (D), congressman

Republican
Candidates

Steve Pearce (R), congressman
Heather Wilson (R), congresswoman
 
North Carolina Elizabeth Dole (R)
Announced: Running

Challengers

Kay Hagan (D), state senator
John Ross Hendrix (D), graphic artist
Duskin Lassiter (D), truck driver
Jim Neal (D), investment banker
Howard Stately (D), podiatrist
 
Oklahoma Jim Inhofe (R)
Announced: Running

Challengers

Andrew Rice (D), state senator
 
Oregon Gordon Smith (R)
Announced: Running

Challengers

Jeff Merkley (D), state House Speaker
Candy Neville (D), realtor
Steve Novick (D), attorney

John Frohnmayer (I) , attorney
 
Rhode Island Jack Reed (D)
Announced: Running

Challengers

Chris Young (D), electrical engineer
 
South Carolina Lindsey Graham (R)
Announced: Running

Challengers

Buddy Witherspoon (R), orthodontist

Michael Cone (D), attorney
Bob Conley (D), engineer
 
South Dakota Tim Johnson (D)
Announced: Running

Challengers

Joel Dykstra (R), state representative
Sam Kephart (R), businessman
 
Tennesee Lamar Alexander (R)
Announced: Running

Challengers

Mark Clayton (D)
Gary Davis (D), Gulf War veteran
Kenneth Eaton (D), businessman
Charles Jackson (D)
Leonard Ladner (D), truck driver
Mike Padgett (D), former Knox County clerk
Bob Tuke (D), attorney
 
Texas John Cornyn (R)
Announced: Running

Challengers

Larry Kilgore (R), conservative activist

Ray McMurrey (D), teacher
Rick Noriega (D), state representative
Rhett Smith (D), security guard
 
Virginia

John Warner (R)Announced: Retiring

Democrat
Candidates

Mark Warner, former governor

Gail Parker (I), Green Party state secretary

Republican
Candidates

Jim Gilmore, former governor
 
West Virginia Jay Rockefeller (D)
Announced: Running

Challengers

Sheirl Fletcher (D), former state delegate
Billy Hendricks Jr. (D), DMV worker

Jay Wolfe (R), former state senator
 
Wyoming Mike Enzi (R)
Announced: Running

Challengers

None announced yet.