Question: Which GOP Senators face reelection in 2008?

[Parisle]

----Does anyone have this information handy? Might as well begin planning for 60 seats + in the senate,..

[Strawman]

1. I know it's alot

Heard somewhere that it was disproportionately their seats up for grabs in 2008.

[SCDem]

2. Lindsey Graham of SC

That's one I know of.

[Sammy Pepys]

3. Off the top of my head

Warner - VA
Cochran - MS
Domenici - NM
Chambliss, I think.

[kentuck]

5. Rumors are that Warner and Domenici may retire?

So there would be open seats. Perhaps even a couple more may retire?

[Sammy Pepys]

11. Cochran, too.....n/t

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[BonnieJW]

13. Warner needs to retire

He is officially an old gas bag. He was on Wolfie the other day and every time he was asked about someone, he would answer by saying, "I've known Joe Blow sine 1962 and he's one of the finest men in the country." Yes but what about answering the question?

[filer]

4. Jim Inhofe (Idiot, OK) is another. n/t

[napi21]

6. I don't have the list, but I know both of my Ga. Sens are!

Chambliss & Isackson. I believe I heard somewhere there are 27 Pubs v/s 14 Dems up for re-election in 08. That's a heck of a big difference! Ifthe Dems elected in 06 do a decent job, wecould take q nice majority in 08!

[RubyDuby in GA]

10. Nope, only Sackofshit Chambliss is up.

And I hope he goes down in flames......
I honestly think the only person who could go up against him could and should be Max Cleland.

Isakson isn't up for reelection until 2010. Remember, he went up against the oh so wonderful Denise Majette, who ran because God told her to. Maybe we can find candidates that don't hear voices to run next time.

[napi21]

17. Sorry. I thought I remembered voting against both btd's in the same year!

I think we should bontact the DNC and ask them to begin the search for a GOOD candidate to run against Saxby! Maybe between Howard & Raham, they can find a really GOOD ONE!

[Sammy Pepys]

12. Isakson is not until 2010...n/t

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[9119495]

20. Only 33 a year are up each cycle (except for the class with 34)

Dole and Alexander are up. So is Coleman. Hopefully we could get two of those three.

[gratuitous]

7. Don't have the full list

It was posted in a couple of threads earlier this week.

Inhofe of Oklahoma, McConnell of Kentucky, and Roberts of Kansas come readily to mind. Lindsey Graham and Norm Coleman are also coming up, I believe, as is Gordon "Pondkiller" Smith of Oregon.

[KingFlorez]

8. List

Lamar Alexander of Tennessee
Saxby Chambliss of Georgia
Norm Coleman of Minnesota
Susan Collins of Maine
John Cornyn of Texas
Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina
Pete Domenici of New Mexico
Lindsey Graham of South Carolina
Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma
Mitch McConnell of Kentucky
Pat Roberts of Kansas
Jeff Sessions of Alabama
Gordon Smith of Oregon
Ted Stevens of Alaska
John Sununu of New Hampshire
Wayne Allard of Colorado
Thad Cochran of Mississippi
Chuck Hagel of Nebraska
John Warner of Virginia

[ProgressiveEconomist]

9. 21 R-held seats, but only 12 Ds, are 'Class II' and up for election

in '08, per

http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm :

(R - AK) Stevens, Ted
(R - AL) Sessions, Jeff
(R - CO) Allard, Wayne

(R - GA) Chambliss, Saxby
(R - ID) Craig, Larry E.
(R - KS) Roberts, Pat

(R - KY) McConnell, Mitch
(R - ME) Collins, Susan M.
(R - MN) Coleman, Norm

(R - MS) Cochran, Thad
(R - NC) Dole, Elizabeth
(R - NE) Hagel, Chuck

(R - NH) Sununu, John E.
(R - NM) Domenici, Pete V.
(R - OK) Inhofe, James M.

(R - OR) Smith, Gordon H.
(R - SC) Graham, Lindsey
(R - TN) Alexander, Lamar

(R - TX) Cornyn, John
(R - VA) Warner, John
(R - WY) Enzi, Michael B.

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(D - AR) Pryor, Mark L.
(D - DE) Biden, Joseph R., Jr.
(D - IA) Harkin, Tom

(D - IL) Durbin, Richard
(D - LA) Landrieu, Mary L.
(D - MA) Kerry, John F.

(D - MI) Levin, Carl
(D - MT) Baucus, Max
(D - NJ) Lautenberg, Frank R.

(D - RI) Reed, Jack
(D - SD) Johnson, Tim
(D - WV) Rockefeller, John D., IV

[Parisle]

14. Wow,... thank for the rapid response,....

---- It DOES turn out that the GOPers will be trying to defend significantly more senate seats in 2008,.. 21-to-12? Was that it? Cool. Maybe a super-majority is too much to hope for,... but we ought to net a few more seats, eh? Anyway,.. thanks again you guys

[shawn703]

15. These are the seats to watch

Possible retirements

John Warner (R-VA)
Pete Domenici (R-NM)
Ted Stevens (R-AK)
Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)
John Kerry (D-MA)
Joe Biden (D-DE)


Vulnerable incumbents

Wayne Allard (R-CO)
Norm Coleman (R-MN)
Gordon Smith (R-OR)
John Sununu (R-NH)
Mary Landrieu (D-LA)

[SCDem]

16. I think Coleman can easily be taken down

And would love to see Al Franken do it but believe anybody can beat Norm Coleman.

[kentuck]

18. If Domenici retires, Madrid could run for his seat...

since it appears that Wilson will now win that House seat. NM has been turning blue, when they get out the vote.

[Hoosier Dem]

19. I would add another vulnerable D...

Tim Johnson in South Dakota only won by a few hundred votes last time, so you know the Repigs will be out for him BIG TIME.

I've said it before, if Warner retires Mark Warner takes the seat for us in a walk.

Id Dominici retires, Bill Richardson could pick that seat up for us in a walk.

I agree that Coleman and Allard are the two most vulnerable Repigs, with Sununu and Smith also on the edge.

That gives them four "endangered incumbents" coupled to two for us (Johnson and Landrieu). That gives us a 2-seat pick-up (maybe as high as four). Add the two possible retirement flips and we could see a gain of 4 to 6 seats in 2008.

[Parisle]

21. I'd thought about the "Warner-for-Warner" switch, too...

----That would be a wonderful turn of events for Virginia,.. and it would seemingly be a good resume fortification for Mark Warner's possible presidential aspirations later on,..

---- A 55D-to-45R senate would be nice.