KENTUCKY -- Mitch McConnell (R), elected 1984 (50%), 1990 (52%), 1996 (55%), 2002 (65%), 2008 (53%).
Democrats are excited about Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes’ prospects against Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. They note that two recent Democratic pollsters (PPP and Mark Mellman) show the race a…
NORTH CAROLINA -- Kay Hagan (D), elected 2008 (53%).
Given the GOP’s recent victories in the state, Hagan had to expect a serious challenge. Mitt Romney carried the state last year, and Republican Pat McCrory won the governorship in November. In addition, the GOP now controls both houses…
The 2014 primary season has begun with high-profile Democratic Senate primaries in Massachusetts and New Jersey. But they’re the tip of the iceberg in what promises to be a cycle of competitive, and possibly nasty, primaries in both parties.
Republicans face plenty of intraparty fights, including one in…
The recent entry of Michelle Nunn into the Georgia Senate race is good news for national and state Democrats who hope to swipe a normally Republican Senate seat in the Deep South.
Nunn, the daughter of former Democratic Sen. Sam Nunn, is CEO of Points of Light, a…
The October 16 special election in New Jersey to fill the remainder of the late Senator Frank Lautenberg’s term doesn’t look like much of a contest.
With the GOP race drawing nothing more than second- or third-tier hopefuls, the Democratic nomination, which will be decided in an August…
Susan Collins is the only Republican senator seeking re-election in a state that President Barack Obama carried in 2012. But Maine is virtually nowhere on Democratic target lists for 2014.
The battle for the Senate next year will be played out primarily in states where Democrats are playing…
With Republican Senate takeover opportunities continuing to grow, national Democratic strategists know that they need to try to put one or two GOP seats into play next year.
Maine, the only state carried by President Barack Obama that has a Republican senator up for re-election next year, should…
The announcement by former governor Brian Schweitzer that he won’t seek the Democratic nomination for Senate next year certainly shakes up the contest to fill the open seat of retiring Democratic Sen. Max Baucus.
After Baucus announced his retirement in April, Democratic insiders seemed quite confident that Schweitzer…
Since Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., announced he would not seek re-election in late April, we have rated the Montana Senate race as a Pure Tossup — a reflection of our uncertainty about the Democratic candidacy of former Gov. Brian Schweitzer.
Yes, Schweitzer has always seemed ambitious. And yes,…
State Sen. Larry Rhoden’s formal entry into the South Dakota GOP Senate race doesn’t fundamentally change the Republican contest. Former Gov. Mike Rounds remains the party’s favorite for the nomination and for the general election.
Some conservatives are still looking for an alternative to Rounds, whom they…
