Democrats currently control 53 seats in the Senate (including two independents who caucus with the Democrats), Republicans 47.
Where primaries have not been held, I have listed a few GOP frontrunners, but these are only hypothetical and there can be surprises as there was in NE where Tea Party favorite Deb Fischer beat the frontrunner. If you have input on frontrunners for pre-primary states, chime in.
Links to primary winners' websites are included so you can learn more about the candidates and donate, if you feel so inclined.
It's widely thought that the GOP will keep the House, so besides the battle for the White House, the next focus has to be the Senate.
Let's roll!
| State | Republican Candidate | Democrat/IND Candidate |
|---|---|---|
| AZ* | Primary 8/28/12 (Jeff Flake#) | |
| CT* | Primary 8/14/12 | |
| FL | Primary 8/14/12 (Connie Mack#) | Bill Nelson+ |
| HI* | Primary 8/11/12 (Linda Lingle#) | |
| IN* | Richard Mourdock | Joe Donnelly |
| MA | Scott Brown+ | Elizabeth Warren |
| ME* | Charles Summers | Angus King (Ind.) |
| MI | Primary 8/7/12 | Debbie Stabenow+ |
| MO | Primary 8/7/12 (Sarah Steelman#) | Claire McCaskill+ |
| MT | Denny Rehberg | Jon Tester+ |
| ND* | Rick Berg | Heidi Heitcamp |
| NE* | Debra Fischer | Bob Kerrey |
| NJ | Joe Kyrillos | Bob Menendez+ |
| NM* | Heather Wilson | Martin Heinrich |
| NV | Dean Heller+ | Shelley Berkley |
| OH | Josh Mandel | Sherrod Brown+ |
| PA | Tom Smith | Bob Casey+ |
| VA* | George Allen | Tim Kaine |
| WA | Primary 8/7/12 | Maria Cantwell+ |
| WI* | Primary 8/14/12 (Tommy Thompson#) | |
| WV | John Raese | Joe Manchin+ |
| *Open Seat +Incumbent #GOP Frontrunner | ||
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And a nice start on the Senate by randita as well.