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 |
ChallengersEarl Mack Gavin (R) Vivian Davis Figures (D), state senator |
| Alaska |
Ted Stevens (R) |
Democrat Nels Anderson Jr. (D), former state House majority leader |
Republican CandidatesDave Cuddy (R), former staterepresentative Jerry Heikes (R), drywall contractor
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| Arkansas | |
Mark Pryor (D) Announced: Running |
ChallengerRebekah Kennedy (Green), attorney |
| Colorado |
Wayne Allard (R) |
Democrat
Mark Benner (D), art teacher |
Republican
Vincent Martinez (R)
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| Delaware | |
Joseph Biden (D) Announced: Running |
ChallengersNone announced yet. |
| Georgia | |
Saxby Chambliss (R) Announced: Running |
ChallengersDale Cardwell (D), TV reporterVernon Jones (D), DeKalb County CEO Rand Knight (D) , businessman Josh Lanier (D), businessman Maggie Martinez (D), former Puerto Rico legislator |
| Idaho |
Larry Craig (R) |
Democrat Larry LaRocco, former congressman
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Republican
Fred Adams, teacher |
| Illinois | |
Richard Durbin (D) Announced: Running |
Republican Steve Sauerberg (R) physician Campaign Web site |
| Iowa | |
Tom Harkin (D) Announced: Running |
ChallengersGeorge Eichhorn (R), former state representativeSteve Rathje (R), businessman Christopher Reed (R), businessman |
| Kansas | |
Pat Roberts (R) Announced: Running |
ChallengersLee Jones (D), labor union lobbyist |
| Kentucky | |
Mitch McConnell (R) Announced: Running |
ChallengersDaniel Essek (R), truck driver Mike Cassaro (D), physician |
| Louisiana | |
Mary Landrieu (D) Announced: Running |
ChallengersJohn Kennedy (R), state treasurer |
| Maine | |
Susan Collins (R) Announced: Running |
ChallengersTom Allen (D), congressmanTom Ledue (D), school administrator Laurie Dobson (I), peace activist |
| Massachusetts | |
John Kerry (D) Announced: Running |
ChallengersEd O'Reilly (D), attorneyJeff Beatty (R), former FBI and CIA officer Jim Ogonowski (R), farmer |
| Michigan | |
Carl Levin (D) Announced: Running |
ChallengersAndrew Raczkowski (R), former state representativeBart Baron (R), businessman |
| Minnesota | |
Norm Coleman (R) Announced: Running |
ChallengersAl Franken (DFL), satiristRichard 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 |
ChallengersErik Fleming (D), state representative |
| Montana | |
Max Baucus (D) Announced: Running |
ChallengersKirk Bushman (R), engineerBob 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) |
Democrat
Scott Kleeb, college instructor |
Republican
Pat Flynn, financial analyst |
| New Hampshire | |
John Sununu (R) Announced: Running |
ChallengersJack Buckey (D), doctorJeanne Shaheen (D), former governor Shawn Girard (I), IT director |
| New Jersey | |
Frank Lautenberg (D) Announced: Running |
ChallengersRob Andrews (D), U.S. representativeJoe Pennacchio (R), state assemblyman |
| New Mexico |
Pete Domenici (R) |
Democrat
Tom Udall (D), congressman |
Republican
Steve Pearce (R), congressman |
| North Carolina | |
Elizabeth Dole (R) Announced: Running |
ChallengersKay Hagan (D), state senatorJohn 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 |
ChallengersAndrew Rice (D), state senator |
| Oregon | |
Gordon Smith (R) Announced: Running |
ChallengersJeff Merkley (D), state House SpeakerCandy Neville (D), realtor Steve Novick (D), attorney John Frohnmayer (I) , attorney |
| Rhode Island | |
Jack Reed (D) Announced: Running |
ChallengersChris Young (D), electrical engineer |
| South Carolina | |
Lindsey Graham (R) Announced: Running |
ChallengersBuddy Witherspoon (R), orthodontistMichael Cone (D), attorney Bob Conley (D), engineer |
| South Dakota | |
Tim Johnson (D) Announced: Running |
ChallengersJoel Dykstra (R), state representativeSam Kephart (R), businessman |
| Tennesee | |
Lamar Alexander (R) Announced: Running |
ChallengersMark 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 |
ChallengersLarry Kilgore (R), conservative activistRay McMurrey (D), teacher Rick Noriega (D), state representative Rhett Smith (D), security guard |
| Virginia |
John Warner (R)Announced: Retiring |
Democrat Gail Parker (I), Green Party state secretary |
Republican
Jim Gilmore, former governor |
| West Virginia | |
Jay Rockefeller (D) Announced: Running |
ChallengersSheirl Fletcher (D), former state delegateBilly Hendricks Jr. (D), DMV worker Jay Wolfe (R), former state senator |
| Wyoming | |
Mike Enzi (R) Announced: Running |
ChallengersNone announced yet. |






