Category Archives: US Senate Elections
A Preview of the 2012 Race for the United States Senate
[Guest columnist is Unified Patriot blogger/editor "Pilgrim"] Only 14 months remain before Election Day 2012. Most political reporting today, as is usual this far out, focuses on the prospects for President Barack Obama’s reelection and the race for the GOP … Continue reading
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Wisconsin Senate Race Rating Change
With the retirement of Sen. Kohl (D), we are moving the WI race from “Likely D” to “Leans D”. Depending on who enters the race we might see ratings range from “Leans D” to “Toss-up”. While this seems like a … Continue reading
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Update – Massachussettes Senate Race 2012
We are moving the race from toss-up to lean republican. If a significant primary challenge comes up against Senator Brown from the tea party we might move the race back to toss-up. For the time being, considering Brown’s war chest, his … Continue reading
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Breaking News Nevada Senate Race 3/7/11
While other experts may have to revise their ratings, Yours Truly was ahead of the curve again (see Hawaii’s recent retirement). We didn’t have Nevada as a toss-up, despite knowing that Senator Ensign was driving his party to defeat and … Continue reading
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2012 Senate Election Update 3/4/11 Maryland and Massachusetts
Today we look at two deep blue states, one a safe seat for democrats and the other a toss-up. Maryland – Ben Cardin (D) Status – Incumbant Dem Rating – Safe Dem There is only two faint glimmer of hope in … Continue reading
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Breaking Update on Hawaii Senate Race 2012
As we predicted in our analysis of Hawaii, Akaka would not be around for the 2012 race. He’s announced that he will not be running. We mentioned three reasons the race wasn’t “Safe Democrat”. Akaka would likely not be around, … Continue reading
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2012 Senate Election Update 2/24/11 – Indiana and Maine
Another day comes, and two more races are added to our growing list of senate races. Today we are going to look at two states that would normally host boring races. One state is red and one is blue, and both … Continue reading
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2012 Senate Election Update 2/23/11 – Florida and Hawaii
We continue our record of looking at two states a day until the election season starts. At that point, we’ll look at states at their ratings change or news comes out. By the way, our election chart is available now. … Continue reading
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2012 Senate Election Update 2/22/11 – Connecticut and Delaware
Welcome back! Today we’ll add two more states to the mix, CT and DE. We’ll be adding two states a day to get to our 33 total, at which point we’ll start putting up articles as news happens and ratings … Continue reading
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Breaking News in Indiana Senate Race!
We’ve known that Richard Lugar (R) Indiana was going to get primaried by a more conservative opponent. What we’ve now learned is that the challenger (Richard Mourdock – state treasurer) has already received the endorsement of most of the county chairs as well … Continue reading
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