The Green Papers: General Election 2005 |
109th 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 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 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 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 Kyl First elected: 1994; re-elected 2000 [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992] Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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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 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 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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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 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 |
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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: 2 Democratic | |||||
Class 1 | Democratic | Senator Joe Lieberman First elected: 1988; re-elected: 1994, 2000 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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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 |
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Delaware 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Class 1 | Democratic | Senator Thomas R. Carper First elected: 2000 [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990; elected Governor: 1992; re-elected: 1996] Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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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 [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988] Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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Republican | (pending) Possible candidates: Congressman Katherine Harris (CD 13) |
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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 K. 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 [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988] Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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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 |
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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. 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 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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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 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. 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 |
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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 [also served in U.S. House-elected: 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992] Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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Democratic | (pending) Possible candidate: Jean Hay Bright |
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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 Paul Sarbanes First elected: 1976; re-elected: 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 Open Seat - 11 March 2005: Announced that he is retiring and is not a candidate for re-election in 2006 |
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Democratic | (pending) Congressman Benjamin L. Cardin (CD 3), Ex-NAACP President Kweisi Mfume; Allan Lichtman; Lise Van Susteren; A. Robert Kaufman; Joshua Rales; Dennis Rasmussen |
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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 M. 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 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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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 [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1996, 1998] Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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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 Mark Dayton First elected: 2000 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 Open Seat - 9 February 2005: Senator Dayton announces that he will not seek re-election. |
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Republican | (pending) Possible candidates: Norm Coleman; Congressman Mark R. Kennedy (CD 6) |
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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 Trent Lott First elected: 1988; re-elected: 1994, 2000 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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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: 2 Republican | |||||
Class 1 | Republican | Senator Jim Talent First elected: 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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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: 1 Republican, 1 Democratic | |||||
Class 1 | Republican | Senator Conrad Burns First elected: 1988; re-elected: 1994, 2000 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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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 Ben Nelson First elected: 2000 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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Class 2 | Republican | Senator Chuck Hagel First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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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 Ensign First elected: 2000 [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1994, 1996] Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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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 Jon Corzine First elected: 2000 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 Open Seat - Elected Governor of New Jersey, 8 November 2005 |
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Democratic | (pending) Possible candidates: Congressman Robert Andrews, Congressman Robert Menendez, Congressman Frank Pallone, Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr., Congressman Donald Payne NOTE: These possibilities are largely contingent on exactly who Governor-elect Corzine actually appoints to fill the vacancy in the U.S. Senate resulting from the Senator having been elected Governor, which would then give such appointee a leg up in the 2006 Democratic Primary for the full term in the Senate. |
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Republican | (pending) Possible candidate in 2006: State Senator Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (son of former NJ Governor/9-11 Commission chairman Tom Kean) |
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Class 2 | Democratic | Senator Frank 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 Jeff Bingaman First elected: 1982; re-elected: 1988, 1994, 2000 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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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 |
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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 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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Republican | (pending) Possible candidates: attorney Edward Cox (son-in-law of the late President Nixon) |
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Class 3 | Democratic | Senator Chuck E. 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 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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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: 2 Republican | |||||
Class 1 | Republican | Senator Mike DeWine First elected: 1994; re-elected 2000 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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Democratic | (pending) Possible candidate: Iraq War veteran Paul Hackett |
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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 H. 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: 2 Republican | |||||
Class 1 | Republican | Senator Rick Santorum First elected: 1994; re-elected 2000 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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Democratic | (pending) Possible candidate: State Treasurer Bob Casey, Jr. |
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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: 1 Republican, 1 Democratic | |||||
Class 1 | Republican | Senator Lincoln D. Chafee Appointed by Governor Lincoln C. Almond (Republican) on 2 November 1999, to fill vacancy caused by the death of Senator John H. Chafee (Republican): 24 October 1999; elected to first full term 2000 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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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 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 Bill Frist First elected: 1994; re-elected 2000 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 Open Seat - 9 March 2005: Media reports state that Senator Frist will announce that he is not a candidate for re-election in 2006. |
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Democratic | (pending) Possible candidate: Congressman Harold E. Ford, Jr. (CD 9) |
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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 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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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 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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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 Jim Jeffords First elected (as a Republican): 1988; re-elected: 1994, 2000. Switched to Independent 24 May 2001. Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 Open Seat - 20 April 2005: Announced retirement effective at the end of his current term. |
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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: 2 Republican | |||||
Class 1 | Republican | Senator George F. Allen First elected: 2000 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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Class 2 | Republican | Senator John W. Warner First elected: 1978; re-elected: 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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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 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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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 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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Class 2 | Democratic | Senator John D. "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. Kohl First elected: 1988; re-elected: 1994, 2000 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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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 Craig Thomas First elected: 1994; re-elected 2000 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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Class 2 | Republican | Senator Michael B. 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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Senate ClassClass 1 seats begin their new terms at noon on 3 January 2001... next regular election for these seats is in 2006. 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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