The Green Papers
Governor's Chairs, Senate, and House Seats
up for Election on 2 November 2010
with no incumbent running for them

This table is updated after each state completes its nominating process. Currently, 56 jurisdictions have completed their nominating processes: Alabama, Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Marianas, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virgin Islands, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.


Governor's Chairs, Senate and House Seats...
Open (incumbent not running for re-election)
No incumbent running
Uncontested (one candidate running)
Multiple incumbents running
Only One Major Party Candidate


 
Alabama
Governor
Republican - state Representative Robert J. Bentley
Democratic - Agriculture and Industry Commissioner Ron Sparks
House CD 5
Republican - Madison County Commissioner Morris J. "Mo" Brooks, Jr.
Democratic - Stephen Walker "Steve" Raby
House CD 7
Democratic - Terrycina Andrea "Terri" Sewell
Republican - Donald Norwood "Don" Chamberlain
Arizona
House CD 3
Republican - Ben Quayle
Democratic - Jon Hulburd
Libertarian - Michael L. Shoen
Green - Leonard A. Clark
Write-in; (Libertarian) - Clay Adair
Arkansas
House CD 1
Republican - Eric Alan "Rick" Crawford
Democratic - Chad Causey
Green - Ken Adler
House CD 2
Republican - John Timothy "Tim" Griffin
Democratic - state Senator Joyce Ann Elliott
Independent - Lance Levi
Green - Lewis Kennedy
House CD 3
Republican - Rogers Mayor Stephen A. "Steve" Womack
Democratic - David Jeffrey Whitaker
California
Governor
Democratic - Attorney General and former Governor Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown, Jr.
Republican - Margaret C. "Meg" Whitman
American Independent - Chelene H. Nightingale
Libertarian - Dale F. Ogden
Green - Laura Wells
Peace And Freedom - Carlos Alvarez
Write-in; (Socialist Workers Party) - Lea Sherman
Write-in; (Democratic) - Nadia B. Smalley
Write-in; (Democratic) - Steven Paul "Steve" Mozena
House CD 19
Republican - state senator Jeff Denham
Democratic - Loraine Goodwin
(Democratic); Write-in - Les Marsden
House CD 33
Democratic - Assembly Member Karen Bass
Republican - James L. Andion
(Democratic); Write-in - Mervin Leon Evans
Write-in; (Republican) - Luis Montoya
Colorado
Governor
Democratic - Denver Mayor John W. Hickenlooper
(Republican); American Constitution - former Congressman Thomas G. "Tom" Tancredo
Republican - Daniel Benjamin "Dan" Maes
Libertarian - Jaimes Brown
Unaffiliated - Jason R. Clark
Unaffiliated - Paul Noel Fiorino
(Unaffiliated); Write-in - Holly Cremeens
Write-in; (Democratic) - Willie Travis Chambers
Connecticut
Senate Class 3
Democratic; Working Families - state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal
Republican - Linda E. McMahon
Independent; (Democratic) - Warren Bruce Mosler
Connecticut For Lieberman - John Mertens
Write-in; (Green) - Jeff Russell
Write-in; (Libertarian) - Carl E. Vassar
Governor
Democratic; Working Families - former Mayor of the City of Stamford Dannel P. "Dan" Malloy
Republican - former Ambassador to Ireland Thomas C. "Tom" Foley
Independent Party of Connecticut; (Republican) - Chester First Selectman Thomas E. "Tom" Marsh
Delaware
Senate Class 2
Democratic - New Castle County Executive Christopher A. "Chris" Coons
Republican - Christine O'Donnell
Independent Party Of Delaware - Glenn A. Miller
Libertarian - James W. "Jim" Rash
House At-Large
Democratic - former Lieutenant Governor John Charles Carney, Jr.
Republican - Glen Urquhart
(Constitution); Independent Party Of Delaware - Earl R. Lofland
(Republican); Libertarian - Brent A. Wangen
Blue Enigma Party - Jeffrey "Jeff" Brown
Florida
Senate Class 3
Republican - state Representative Marco Rubio
No Party Affiliation; (Republican) - Governor Charlie Crist
Democratic - Congressman Kendrick B. Meek
(Florida Whig); Libertarian - Alexander Andrew "Alex" Snitker
No Party Affiliation - Sue Askeland
No Party Affiliation - Rick Tyler
(Republican); Constitution - Bernard F. "Bernie" DeCastro
No Party Affiliation - Lewis Jerome Armstrong
No Party Affiliation - Bobbie Bean
No Party Affiliation - Bruce Ray Riggs
Write-in; (Republican) - Belinda Gail Quarterman-Noah
Write-in; (Republican) - Howard W. Knepper
Governor
Republican - Richard L. "Rick" Scott
Democratic - Chief Financial Officer Adelaide Alexander "Alex" Sink
Independence - Peter L. Allen
No Party Affiliation - C.C. Reed
(Democratic); No Party Affiliation - Michael E. Arth
No Party Affiliation - Daniel J. Imperato
(Democratic); No Party Affiliation - Farid A. Khavari
(Democratic); Write-in - Josue Larose
House CD 5
Republican - Hernando County Sheriff Richard B. "Rich" Nugent
Democratic - James John "Jim" Piccillo
House CD 12
Republican - former state Representative Dennis Alan Ross
Democratic - Polk County Supervisor of Elections Lori Edwards
(Republican); Tea - Polk County Commissioner Randy Wilkinson
House CD 17
Democratic - state Senator Frederica S. Wilson
(Democratic); No Party Affiliation - Roderick D. Vereen
House CD 25
Republican - state Representative David Rivera
Democratic - Jose Antonio "Joe" Garcia
Tea; (Democratic) - Jose Rolanndo "Roly" Arrojo
Florida Whig - Craig Porter
Georgia
Governor
Republican - former Congressman Nathan Deal
Democratic - former Governor Roy E. Barnes
Libertarian - John H. Monds
Write-in; (Socialist Workers Party) - Jacob Perasso
House CD 7
Republican - Rob Woodall
Democratic - Douglas Scott "Doug" Heckman
Hawaii
Governor
Democratic - former Congressman Neil Abercrombie
Republican - Lieutenant Governor James R. "Duke" Aiona, Jr.
Free Energy - Daniel H. Cunningham
Nonpartisan - Thomas W. "Tom" Pollard
Illinois
Senate Class 3
Republican - Congressman Mark Steven Kirk
Democratic - Treasurer Alexander "Alexi" Giannoulias
Green - LeAlan Marvin Jones
Libertarian - Michael J. "Mike" Labno
Write-in; (Republican) - Robert Lawerence Zadek
(Democratic); (Independent); Write-in - Willie "Will" Eugene Boyd, Jr.
Write-in; (Democratic) - Corey Dabney
(Republican); Write-in - Susanne Atanus
Write-in; (Independent) - Shon-Tiyon "Santiago" Horton
(Democratic); Write-in - Stan Jagla
Write-in; (Socialist Workers Party) - Alyson Kennedy
House CD 10
Republican - Robert James "Bob" Dold, Jr.
Democratic - Daniel Joseph "Dan" Seals
Indiana
Senate Class 3
Republican - former Senator Daniel Ray "Dan" Coats
Democratic - Congressman Brad Ellsworth
Libertarian - Rebecca Sink-Burris
House CD 3
Republican - state Senator Marlin A. Stutzman
Democratic - Thomas Eldon "Tom" Hayhurst
Libertarian - Scott Wise
House CD 4
Republican - Secretary of State Theodore Edward "Todd" Rokita
Democratic - David Auram Sanders
Libertarian - John Duncan
House CD 8
Republican - Larry D. Bucshon
Democratic - state Representative William Trent "Trent " Van Haaften
Libertarian - John Wayne Cunningham
Kansas
Senate Class 3
Republican - Congressman Jerry Moran
Democratic - Lisa Johnston
Libertarian - Michael William "Mike" Dann
Reform - Joseph K. "Joe" Bellis, III
Governor
Republican - U.S. Senator Samuel D. "Sam" Brownback
Democratic - state Senator Tom Holland
Libertarian - Andrew P. Gray
Reform - Kenneth W. "Ken" Cannon
House CD 1
Republican - state Senator Timothy A. "Tim" Huelskamp
Democratic - former Salina Mayor Alan Jilka
Libertarian - Jack Warner
House CD 3
Republican - state Representative Kevin W. Yoder
Democratic - Stephene Ann Moore
Libertarian - Jasmin Talbert
House CD 4
Republican - Michael Richard "Mike" Pompeo
Democratic - state Representative Raj Goyle
Reform - Susan G. Ducey
Libertarian - Shawn Smith
Kentucky
Senate Class 3
Republican - Rand Paul
Democratic - Attorney General John William "Jack" Conway
Louisiana
House CD 3
Republican - Jeffrey M. "Jeff" Landry
Democratic - Ravi Sangisetty
Maine
Governor
Republican - Waterville Mayor Paul R. LePage
Independent; (Democratic) - Eliot R. Cutler
Democratic - state Senator Elizabeth H. "Libby" Mitchell
Independent - Shawn H. Moody
Independent - Kevin L. Scott
(Independent); Write-in - John Jenkins
(Independent); Write-in - Beverly Cooper-Pete
Write-in; (Republican); (Unenrolled) - J. Martin "Marty" Vachon
(Independent); Write-in - Samuel A. "Samme" "Sam" Bailey
Write-in; (Independent) - Edwin S. Braley
Massachusetts
Senate Class 1
Republican - state Senator Scott P. Brown
Democratic - Attorney General Martha Coakley
(Boston Tea); (Libertarian); Independent - Joseph L. "Joe" Kennedy
House CD 10
Democratic - Norfolk County District Attorney William R. "Bill" Keating
Republican - state Representative Jeffrey Davis "Jeff" Perry
Independent; (Democratic) - former state Representative Maryanne Lewis
Independent; (Democratic) - former Quincy Mayor James Andrew "Jim" Sheets
Independent - Joe van Nes
Michigan
Governor
Republican - Rick Snyder
Democratic - Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero
Libertarian - Kenneth "Ken" Proctor
U.S. Taxpayers - Stacey Mathia
Green - Harley G. Mikkelson
House CD 1
Republican - Daniel J. "Dan" Benishek
Democratic - state Representative Gary J. McDowell
No Party Affiliation - Glenn A. Wilson
U.S. Taxpayers - Patrick "Pat" Lambert
Libertarian - Keith Shelton
Green - Ellis Boal
House CD 2
Republican - William P. "Bill" Huizenga
Democratic - Freddie Lee "Fred" Johnson, III
Libertarian - Joseph "Jay" Gillotte
U.S. Taxpayers - Ronald E. Graeser
Green - Lloyd Clarke
House CD 3
Republican - state Representative Justin Amash
Democratic - Patrick A. "Pat" Miles, Jr.
Libertarian - James Matthew Rogers
U.S. Taxpayers - Theodore Brooks "Ted" Gerrard
Green - Charlie Shick
House CD 13
Democratic - state Senator Hansen Clarke
Republican - John Raymond Hauler
Green - George Corsetti
No Party Affiliation - Duane Montgomery
Libertarian - Heidi Soosha Peterson
Minnesota
Governor
Democratic-Farmer Labor - former Senator Mark Dayton
Republican - state Representative Tom Emmer
Independence - Tom Horner
Independent - Thomas Christopher "Chris" Wright
Green - Farheen Hakeem
Independent; (Green) - Ken Pentel
Independent - Linda S. Eno
Write-in; (Socialist Workers Party) - Diana Newberry
Missouri
Senate Class 3
Republican - Congressman Roy Blunt
Democratic - Secretary of State Robin Carnahan
Libertarian - Jonathan Dine
Constitution - Jerry Garth Beck
Write-in; (Republican) - Mark Stephen Memoly
House CD 7
Republican; (Right to Life) - Billy Long
Democratic - Scott Eckersley
Libertarian - Kevin Craig
(Progressive); Write-in; (Green) - Nicholas Ivan Ladendorf
Nevada
Governor
Republican - Brian E. Sandoval
Democratic - Clark County Commissioner Rory Reid
Independent - Eugene "Gino" DiSimone
Independent American - Floyd Fitzgibbons
Libertarian - Arthur Forest "Art" Lampitt, Jr.
Green - David Scott Curtis
Independent - Aaron Yehuda Honig
New Hampshire
Senate Class 3
Republican - former Attorney General Kelly A. Ayotte
Democratic - Congressman Paul W. Hodes
Independent - Chris Booth
Libertarian - Kenneth E. "Ken" Blevens
House CD 2
Republican - former Congressman Charles F. "Charlie" Bass
Democratic - Ann McLane Kuster
Independent - Timothy "Tim" vanBlommesteyn
Libertarian - Howard L. Wilson
New Mexico
Governor
Republican - Doña Ana County Third Judicial District Attorney Susana Martinez
Democratic - Lieutenant Governor Diane D. Denish
Write-in; (Republican) - Kenneth A. Gomez
Write-in; (Democratic) - Billy J. Driggs
New York
Governor
Independence; Democratic; Working Families - Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo
Taxpayer; Conservative; Republican - Carl P. Paladino
Green; (Socialist Party USA) - Howie Hawkins
Libertarian - Warren Redlich
Rent is 2 Damn High - Jimmy McMillan
Freedom - New York City Council Member Charles Barron
Anti-Prohibition - Kristin M. Davis
(Socialist Workers Party); Write-in - Dan Fein
House CD 29
Independence; Republican; Conservative - Corning Mayor Thomas W. "Tom" Reed, II
Democratic; Working Families - Matthew C. "Matt" Zeller
Write-in; (Republican) - Angelo Campini
(Republican); Write-in - Janice A. Volk
North Dakota
Senate Class 3
Republican - Governor John Hoeven
Democratic-Nonpartisan League - state Senator Tracy Arlen Potter
Libertarian - Keith J. Hanson
Ohio
Senate Class 3
Republican - former Congressman Robert Jones "Rob" Portman
Democratic - Lieutenant Governor Lee Irwin Fisher
Constitution - Eric William Deaton
Independent - Michael L. Pryce
Socialist Party USA - Daniel H. "Dan" La Botz
Oklahoma
Governor
Republican - Congressman Mary C. Fallin
Democratic - Lieutenant Governor Jari Askins
House CD 5
Republican - James Lankford
Democratic - Billy Coyle
(Libertarian); Independent - Clark Duffe
Independent - Dave John White
Oregon
Governor
Democratic; Independent Party of Oregon - former Oregon Governor John A. Kitzhaber
Republican - Chris Dudley
Constitution - Gregory E. "Greg" Kord
Libertarian - Wes W. Wagner
Write-in; (Independent Party of Oregon) - Richard Esterman
Pennsylvania
Senate Class 3
Republican - former Congressman Patrick Joseph "Pat" Toomey
Democratic - Congressman Joseph A. "Joe" Sestak, Jr.
(Socialist Workers Party); Write-in - Osborne Hart
Write-in; (Libertarian) - Douglas M. "Doug" Jamison
Write-in; (Constitution) - Donald John
(Green); Write-in - Melvin Joseph "Mel" Packer
Governor
Republican - Attorney General Tom Corbett
Democratic - Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato
Write-in; (Constitution) - John Krupa
(Socialist Workers Party); Write-in - Brian Nevins
Write-in; (Libertarian) - Marakay Rogers
House CD 7
Republican - former United States Attorney Patrick L. "Pat" Meehan
Democratic - state Representative Bryan Roy Lentz
Independent - James D. "Jim" Schneller
Rhode Island
Governor
Independent - former Senator Lincoln Davenport "Linc" Chafee
Republican - John F. Robitaille
Democratic - General Treasurer Frank T. Caprio
Moderate - Kenneth J. "Ken" Block
Independent - Joseph M. "Joe" Lusi
Independent - Todd Giroux
Independent - Ronald Algieri
House CD 1
Democratic - Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline
Republican - state Representative John J. Loughlin, II
Independent - Kenneth A. "Ken" Capalbo
Independent - Gregory Raposa
South Carolina
Governor
Republican - state Representative Nikki Randhawa Haley
Democratic - state Senator Vincent A. Sheheen
Green; United Citizens - Morgan Bruce Reeves
House CD 1
Republican - state Representative Timothy E. "Tim" Scott
Democratic - Benjamin "Ben" Frasier, Jr.
Working Families - Robert E. "Rob" Groce
(Democratic); Green - Robert Dobbs
Libertarian - Keith Blandford
Independence - Jimmy Wood
United Citizens - Milton Elmer "Mac" McCullough, Jr.
House CD 3
Republican - state Representative Jeff D. Duncan
Democratic; Working Families - Jane Ballard Dyer
Constitution - John Dalen
House CD 4
Republican - 7th Circuit Solicitor Harold W. "Trey" Gowdy, III
Democratic - Paul Henry Corden
Constitution - David Michael "Dave" Edwards
(Republican); Libertarian - Richard "Rick" Mahler
Green - C. Faye Walters
South Dakota
Governor
Republican - Lieutenant Governor Dennis M. Daugaard
Democratic - state Senator Scott N. Heidepriem
Tennessee
Governor
Republican - Knoxvillle Mayor William "Bill" Haslam
Democratic - Mike McWherter
Independent - Carl "Two Feathers" Whitaker
Independent - Brandon Dodds
Independent - Bayron E. Binkley, Jr.,
Independent; (Prohibition Party) - June Griffin
Independent - Linda Kay Perry
Independent; (Green) - Howard M. Switzer
Independent - Samuel David Duck
Independent - Thomas Smith, II
Independent - Toni K. Hall
Independent - David Gatchell
Independent - Boyce T. McCall, Sr.
Independent - James Reesor
Independent - Mike Knois
Independent - Donald Ray McFolin
Write-in; (Republican) - Basil Marceaux, Sr.
House CD 3
Republican - Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann
Democratic - John Wolfe, Jr.
Independent - Savas T. Kyriakidis
(Republican); Independent - Mark DeVol
Independent - Donald "Don" Barkman
Independent - Gregory C. "Greg" Goodwin
Independent - Robert Humphries
Independent; (Libertarian) - Morris F. "Mo" Kiah
House CD 6
Republican - state Senator Diane Lynn Black
Democratic - Brett Ryan Carter
Independent - Jim Boyd
Independent - David Purcell
Independent - Tommy N. Hay
Independent - Brandon Eric Gore
Independent - Stephen R. Sprague
House CD 8
Republican - Stephen Lee "Steve" Fincher
Democratic - state Senator Roy Brasfield Herron
(Republican); Independent - Donn Janes
Independent - Mark Jeffery Rawles
(Republican); Write-in - James Hart
Utah
Senate Class 3
Republican - Mike Lee
Democratic - former Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission Chairman Samuel Frank "Sam" Granato
Constitution - Scott N. Bradley
Write-in; (Libertarian) - Brian E. Kamerath
(Democratic); Write-in - Cody Robert Judy
Vermont
Governor
Democratic; Working Families - state Senator Peter Shumlin
Republican - Lieutenant Governor Brian E. Dubie
Independent - Dennis P. Steele
Marijuana - Cris Ericson
Independent - Daniel "Dan" Feliciano
Independent - Em Peyton
Liberty Union; (Socialist Party USA) - Ben Mitchell
Washington
House CD 3
Republican - state Representative Jaime Lynn Herrera Beutler
Democratic - former state Representative Dennis "Denny" Heck
West Virginia
House CD 1
Republican - former state Delegate David B. McKinley
Democratic - state Senator Michael Angelo "Mike" Oliverio, II
Wisconsin
Governor
Republican - Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker
Democratic - Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett
Independent - James Dean "Jim" Langer
Independent - James James
Libertarian -   (no candidate)
Write-in; (Independent) - Patricia Messicci
(Independent); Write-in - Hariprasad "Hari" Trivedi
House CD 7
Republican - Ashland County District Attorney Sean P. Duffy
Democratic - state Senator Julie M. Lassa
Independent - Gary Kauther
Wyoming
Governor
Republican - Matt Mead
Democratic - Leslie Petersen
(Constitution); Write-in; (Independent) - Taylor Haynes
Libertarian - Mike Wheeler
 
 
Tally
OfficeTotal
Governor 24
Congressman 42
Senator 14
Totals80
 
 

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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