CQ: Roundup of the 12 Contests for Democratic-Held Senate Seats in 2008

[PhilipShore]

CQ Staff
Roundup of the 12 Contests for Democratic-Held Senate Seats in 2008
Jan. 26, 2007
http://www.cqpolitics.com/2007/01/roundup_of_the_12_contests_for.html

Though fresh off their big six-seat gain in 2006 that boosted them to their current Senate majority, Democrats know they cannot rest easily as they prepare for the 2008 campaign.

Moreover, while the situation can change greatly in the long period before Election Day 2008, only one of the Democratic seats up next year seems certain to host a competitive race. That is in South Dakota, a usually Republican-leaning state, where the seat held by Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson appeared up for grabs even before he was struck in December by a serious illness.

The following is a roundup of the 12 contests for Democratic-held Senate seats in 2008, in state-alphabetical order. A roundup of contests for Republican-held seats was published earlier.

[Doctor_J]

1. We'll have at least 54 seats in the 111th Senate

Smith, Sununu, Coleman are doomed. Voinovich is in trouble, and the elections in OH will be fair by then, so I see that one coming over too. Allard's seat and maybe Warner's should come our way. I would like to think that Alexander's could be in play be probably not.

[blm]

3. This is possible because Dean has spent his time at DNC fixing the collpased party infrastructure

that Terry McAuliffe collapsed during his chairmanships there.

[JNelson6563]

2. Here in MI the R's can bring it

Levin will knock the snot out of anyone they put up. Anyone.

Go Carl! :toast: