Posted on 11/06/2014 9:37:00 AM PST by outofsalt
DEMOCRATS
Michael Bennet (Colorado) Richard Blumenthal (Connecticut) Barbara Boxer (California) Patrick Leahy (Vermont) Barbara Mikulski (Maryland) Patty Murray (Washington) Harry Reid (Nevada) Charles Schumer (New York) Ron Wyden (Oregon)
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Kelly Ayotte (New Hampshire) Roy Blunt (Missouri) John Boozman (Arkansas) Richard Burr (North Carolina) Dan Coats (Indiana) Tom Coburn (Oklahoma) – Retiring in 2014. Seat TBD in 2014 special election. Mike Crapo (Idaho) Chuck Grassley (Iowa) John Hoeven (North Dakota) Johnny Isakson (Georgia) Ron Johnson (Wisconsin) Mark Kirk (Illinois) Mike Lee (Utah) John McCain (Arizona) Jerry Moran (Kansas) Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) Rand Paul (Kentucky) Rob Portman (Ohio) Marco Rubio (Florida) Richard Shelby (Alabama) John Thune (South Dakota) Pat Toomey (Pennsylvania) David Vitter (Louisiana)
Hawaii, Oklahoma and South Carolina each have one Senate seat TBD in 2014 Special Election. Winner of 2014 special election will be up for re-election in 2016. How many are really vulnerable? 4? 5?
Who cares right now. Govern, for godsake.
Oh God, let me dream. Knock out all these Democrats - every damn one of them. What the hell, I can dream.
The Libs and their media minions say next time it will be a democrat year. I would love to let McCain go but, he’s probably safe. I only see a couple of others in weak states.
My guess? It is not fun anymore, especially after Lear Deader goes hard left in the next 2 years and continues to FUBAR their Party for the next 100 years. IMHO the following retire because of it: Blumenthal, Boxer, Leahy, Mikulski, Reid, & Schumer.
All the dems are from safe states though some are fossils.
As I understand it both Florida and Kentucky prohibit Senators from running for both that office and President. If Rubio or Paul want to make a POTUS run they must give up their Senate seat. Therefore both may stay out of the 2016 Presidential field.
I assume McCain (age 78) has a goal to go from the floor of the Senate direct to the mortuary someday...but it may be a decade or two...
Maybe Bennett, maybe Reid, but the rest are barnacles on the rock.
The Democrat senators are survivors of the 2010 Tea Party landslide, so they will be tough to knock out.
Agree. Republicans have lots of work to do. Time to focus on issues and getting things done. If they do that, the future will take care of itself.
I hope they get pilloried but the media will herald their every emission.
Agree about those two
At least that number; it wouldn't surprise me if half the Dems coming up in '16 take their pension and either retire or move to K Street.
I did not know that.
Does the governor get to appoint their successors? Thank goodness for FL. Ky’s dem but term limited in ‘15 I think.
Get them all on the record on whether they agree with Obama’s illegal amnesty.
Almost certain to be a special election in Miss. to fill last 4 years of Cochran’s seat. He has at least one foot in the grave already.
I am of the opinion that Bennett (CO) is vulnerable though not as vulnerable as Udall was this past cycle.
Yes. That, and amnesty.
Don't think so. If they decide to run for President instead it just becomes an open seat in 2016.
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