Senate Race 2008

Tracking Senate Races

Which Candidate Will Protect Life?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total seats up this cycle: 33

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 • Democrats: 12 • Republicans: 21

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

 

 

Endorsements by pro-abortion rights groups Planned Parenthood, NARAL and Emily's List are indicated. In addition to advocating for unrestricted abortion rights, these groups also lobby for comprehensive sex education, access to contraception and abortion for minor girls without parental notice, federal funding of abortions domestically and internationally and abortion to be included in health care plans.

Pro-life voting scores from National Right to Life are included for current Senators.

Current Senators endorsed by Planned Parenthood were given a 100% score for their pro-abortion right voting record and advocacy. Candidates receiving the endorsement from PPAC satisfactorily completed the groups Federal Candidate questionnaire assuring a commitment to support pro-abortion rights.

 

Alabama Jeff Sessions (R)
Announced: Running

Republican
Incumbant

Jeff Sessions

100% pro-life voting record

Democrat
Challenger

Vivian Davis Figures (D), state senator

 
Alaska

Ted Stevens (R)
Announced: Running

Democrat
Challenger


Mark Begich (D), Anchorage mayor

NARAL Endorsed
Planned Parenthood endorsed

Republican
Incumbant

Ted Stevens (R)

57% pro-life voting record

 
Arkansas Mark Pryor (D)
Announced: Running

Democrat
Incumbant

Mark Pryor (D)

14% pro-life voting record

Republican
Challenger

Rebekah Kennedy (Green), attorney

 
Colorado

Wayne Allard (R)
Announced: Retiring

Democrat
Candidate


Mark Udall (D) congressman

NARAL Endorsed
Planned Parenthood Endorsed

Republican
Candidate


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

Democrat
Incumbant

Joseph Biden

Planned Parenthood Endorsed
0% pro-life voting record

Republican
Challenger

Christine O'Donnell

political commentator and marketing consultant
 
Georgia Saxby Chambliss (R)
Announced: Running

Republican Incumbant

Saxby Chambliss

100% pro-life voting record

Democrat
Challenger

Jim Martin

NARAL Endorsed
Planned Parenthood Endorsed

 
Idaho

Larry Craig (R)
Announced: Will Retire

Democrat
Candidates

Larry LaRocco, former congressman

Planned Parenthood Endorsed

Republican
Candidates


Jim Risch, lieutenant governor/former governor
 
Illinois Richard Durbin (D)
Announced: Running

Democrat Incumbant

Richard Durbin

NARAL Endorsed
Planned Parenthood Endorsed

Republican
Challenger

Steve Sauerberg

physician

 
Iowa Tom Harkin (D)
Announced: Running

Democrat
Incumbant

Tom Harkin

NARAL Endorsed
Planned Parenthood Endorsed

Republican
Challenger

Christopher Reed (R), businessman
 
Kansas Pat Roberts (R)
Announced: Running

Republican
Incumbant

Pat Roberts

100% pro-life voting record

Democrat
Challenger

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

Republican Incumbant

Mitch McConnell

100% pro-life voting record

Democrat
Challenger

Bruce Lunsford (D), health care executive

 
Louisiana Mary Landrieu (D)
Announced: Running

Democrat
Incumbant

Mary Landrieu

66% pro-life voting record

Republican
Challenger

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

Republican
Incumbant

Susan Collins

14% pro-life voting record

Democrat
Challenger

Tom Allen (D), congressman

Planned Parenthood Endorsed

 
Massachusetts John Kerry (D)
Announced: Running

Democrat
Incumbant

John Kerry

NARAL Endorsed
Planned Parenthood Endorsed

14% pro-life voting record

Republican
Challenger


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

Democrat
Incumbant

Carl Levin

0% pro-life voting record

Planned Parenthood Endorsed

Republican
Challenger

Jack Hoogendyk

 
Minnesota Norm Coleman (R)
Announced: Running

Republican
Incumbant

Norm Coleman

85% pro-life voting record

Democrat
Challenger

Al Franken (DFL), satirist

NARAL Endorsed
Planned Parenthood Endorsed

 
Mississippi

Thad Cochran (R)
Announced: Running

85% pro-life voting record

Challengers

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

Democrat
Incumbant

Max Baucus

NARAL Endorsed
Planned Parenthood Endorsed

14% pro-life voting record

Republican
Challenger

Bob Kelleher (R), attorney

 
Nebraska

Chuck Hagel (R)
Announced: Retiring

Democrat
Candidate

Scott Kleeb, college instructor

Republican
Candidate


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

Republican
Incumbant

John Sununu

100% pro-life voting record

Challengers

Jeanne Shaheen (D), former governor

Planned Parenthood, NARAL and Emily's List Endorsed
 
New Jersey Frank Lautenberg (D)
Announced: Running

Democrat
Incumbant


Frank Lautenberg

Planned Parenthood Endorsed

0% pro-life voting record

Republican
Challengers

Dick Zimmer

 

 
New Mexico

Pete Domenici (R)
Announced: Retiring

Democrat
Candidate

Tom Udall (D), congressman

Planned Parenthood and NARAL Endorsed

Republican
Candidate

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

Republican
Incumbant

Elizabeth Dole

100% pro-life voting record

Democrat
Challenger

Kay Hagan (D) state senator

Emily's List and Planned Parenthoood Endorsed
 
Oklahoma Jim Inhofe (R)
Announced: Running

Republican
Incumbant

Jim Inhofe

100% pro-life voting record

Democrat
Challenger

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

Republican
Incumbant

Gordon Smith

57% pro-life voting record

Democrat
Challenger

Jeff Merkley (D), state House Speaker

NARAL and Planned Parenthood Endorsed

 
Rhode Island Jack Reed (D)
Announced: Running

Democrat
Incumbant

Jack Reed

Planned Parenthood Endorsed

0% pro-life voting record


Republican
Challenger

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

Republican
Incumbant

Lindsey Graham

100% pro-life voting record

Democrat
Challenger

Bob Conley

 
South Dakota

Tim Johnson (D)
Announced: Running

Democrat
Incumbant

Tim Johnson

33% pro-life voting record

Republican
Challenger

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

Republican
Incumbant

Lamar Alexander

85% pro-life voting record

Democrat Challengers

Bob Tuke (D), attorney
 
Texas John Cornyn (R)
Announced: Running

Republican
Incumbant

John Cornyn

100% pro-life voting record

Democrat
Challenger

Rick Noriega (D), state representative

NARAL and Planned Parenthood Endorsed

 
Virginia

John Warner (R)Announced: Retiring

Democrat
Candidate

Mark Warner, former governor


Republican
Candidate

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

Democrat
Incumbant

Jay Rockefeller

0% pro-life voting record

Republican
Challenger


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

Republican
Incumbant

Mike Enzi

100% pro-life voting record

Democrat
Challenger

Chris Rothfuss