The Green Papers: 2010 Midterm Election |
111th Congress Senate Seats by State |
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Alaska 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
  | ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Libertarian | 1,459 | 0.57% | Fredrick D. "David" Haase FEC S8AK00165 |
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Write-in; (Libertarian) | 0 | 0.00% | John E. Francis | ||
Write-in; (Libertarian) | 0 | 0.00% | Dona L. Grossman | ||
Write-in; (Libertarian) | 0 | 0.00% | Nan T. "Nan" Hooper | ||
Total | 257,538 | 100.00% | |||
Arizona 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
Libertarian | 80,097 | 4.69% | David F. "Dave" Nolan 21 November 2010: Mr. Nolan passed away after suffering a stroke on the previous day. We was 66. FEC S0AZ00301; 31 Dec 10; Tot $9,440; Dsb $8,684 |
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Total | 1,708,484 | 100.00% | |||
California 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Libertarian | 175,242 | 1.75% | Gail K. Lightfoot FEC S8CA00283 |
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Total | 10,000,160 | 100.00% | |||
Colorado 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Libertarian | 22,589 | 1.27% | Roger Maclyn "Mac" Stringer FEC S0CO00328; 24 Nov 10; Tot $1,296; Dsb $1,820 |
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Total | 1,772,286 | 100.00% | |||
Connecticut 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Independent Democrat, 1 Democratic | |||||
  | ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Write-in; (Libertarian) | 31 | 0.00% | Carl E. Vassar | ||
Total | 1,153,115 | 100.00% | |||
Delaware 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
  | ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Libertarian | 2,101 | 0.68% | James W. "Jim" Rash FEC S0DE00126 |
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Total | 307,367 | 100.00% | |||
Florida 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
  | ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Libertarian; (Florida Whig) | 24,850 | 0.46% | Alexander Andrew "Alex" Snitker FEC S0FL00395; 30 Sep 10; Tot $42,014; Dsb $37,005 |
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Total | 5,411,106 | 100.00% | |||
Georgia 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
Libertarian | 68,750 | 2.69% | Charles Edward "Chuck" Donovan, Jr. FEC S0GA00328; 31 Dec 10; Tot $12,758; Dsb $14,348 |
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Total | 2,555,258 | 100.00% | |||
Hawaii 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Libertarian | 2,957 | 0.77% | Lloyd Jeffrey Mallan FEC S8HI00152 |
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Total | 385,464 | 100.00% | |||
Illinois 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
  | ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Libertarian | 87,247 | 2.36% | Michael J. "Mike" Labno FEC S0IL00428 |
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Total | 3,704,473 | 100.00% | |||
Libertarian | 95,762 | 2.70% | Michael J. "Mike" Labno FEC S0IL00428 |
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Total | 3,545,984 | 100.00% | |||
Indiana 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican, 1 Democratic | |||||
  | ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Libertarian | 94,330 | 5.41% | Rebecca Sink-Burris FEC S8IN00080; 31 Dec 10; Tot $16,714; Dsb $16,879 |
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Total | 1,744,481 | 100.00% | |||
Iowa 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
Libertarian | 25,290 | 2.23% | John Heiderscheit FEC S0IA00135 |
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Total | 1,133,429 | 100.00% | |||
Kansas 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
  | ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Libertarian | 17,922 | 2.16% | Michael William "Mike" Dann FEC S0KS00182 |
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Total | 828,692 | 100.00% | |||
Louisiana 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
Libertarian | 13,957 | 1.10% | Randall Todd Hayes FEC S0LA00246 |
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Total | 1,264,994 | 100.00% | |||
Massachusetts 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican, 1 Democratic | |||||
  | ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Independent; (Libertarian; Boston Tea) | 22,388 | 0.99% | Joseph L. "Joe" Kennedy Joe Kennedy (Libertarian) is not related to the late U.S. Senator Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy. His party affilation is "Liberty" according to the Massachusetts Elections Division website. FEC S0MA00141; 30 Jun 10; Tot $27,038; Dsb $19,112 |
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Total | 2,253,727 | 100.00% | |||
Missouri 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
  | ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Libertarian | 58,663 | 3.02% | Jonathan Dine FEC S0MO00340 |
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Total | 1,943,899 | 100.00% | |||
New Hampshire 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
  | ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Libertarian | 4,753 | 1.04% | Kenneth E. "Ken" Blevens FEC S2NH00157 |
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Total | 455,149 | 100.00% | |||
New York 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Libertarian | 18,414 | 0.39% | John Clifton 24 April 2010: Received his party's nomination. FEC S0NY00311 |
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Total | 4,757,635 | 100.00% | |||
Libertarian; Anti-Prohibition | 24,871 | 0.52% | Randolph A. "Randy" Credico 21 September 2010: After receiving the nominations of the Libertarian Party and the Anti-Prohibition Party he was told by the Elections Board that he would be listed under one ballot line because these parties are unqualified. Mr. Credico filed a lawsuit and on 22 October 2010 a New York U.S. District Court ordered his name to appear on both ballot lines. However, a ruling on 26 October determined that it is too late to reprint the ballots. FEC S0NY00444; 22 Nov 10; Tot $21,502; Dsb $20,727 |
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Total | 4,763,899 | 100.00% | |||
North Carolina 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 1 Republican | |||||
Libertarian | 55,687 | 2.09% | Michael "Mike" Beitler FEC S0NC00160; 24 Nov 10; Tot $16,817; Dsb $16,815 |
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Total | 2,660,079 | 100.00% | |||
North Dakota 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
  | ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Libertarian | 3,890 | 1.63% | Keith J. Hanson FEC S0ND00119 |
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Total | 238,812 | 100.00% | |||
Oregon 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
Libertarian | 16,028 | 1.11% | Marc Delphine FEC S0OR00196; 29 Nov 10; Tot $5,298; Dsb $5,721 |
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Total | 1,442,588 | 100.00% | |||
Pennsylvania 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic | |||||
  | ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Write-in; (Libertarian) | Douglas M. "Doug" Jamison 17 August 2010: Withdrew to avoid the legal costs associated with a petition challenge. Running as a write-in candidate. |
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Total | 3,977,661 | 100.00% | |||
Utah 6-year term. No Term Limit. Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican | |||||
  | ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Write-in; (Libertarian) | 20 | 0.00% | Brian E. Kamerath FEC S0UT00223 |
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Total | 633,829 | 100.00% |
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. |
Major Parties | |
Democratic | |
Democratic-Nonpartisan League | |
Republican | |
Major Third Parties | |
Constitution | |
Green | |
Libertarian | |
Reform | |
Other Third Parties | |
Alaskan Independence | |
American Independent | |
Anti-Prohibition | |
Boston Tea | |
Conservative | |
Florida Whig | |
Independence | |
Independent American | |
Independent Party Of Delaware | |
Liberty Union | |
Marijuana | |
Mountain | |
Peace And Freedom | |
Progressive | |
Rent is 2 Damn High | |
Socialist Party USA | |
Socialist Workers Party | |
Tax Revolt | |
Taxpayer | |
Tea | |
Unity | |
Working Families | |
Independents | |
Connecticut For Lieberman | |
Independent | |
Independent Democrat | |
No Affiliation | |
No Party Affiliation | |
Nonpartisan | |
Other | |
Unaffiliated | |
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable | |
None of these candidates | |
Scattering | |
Write-in |
Notes |
Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot. "FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary. When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details. If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements. Senate ClassClass 1 seats end their current terms at noon on 3 January 2013... next regular election for these seats is in 6 November 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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