Talk:2008 United States Senate elections

message: Someone better provide some documentation about Liddy Dole considering a run for NC Governor, because I have heard nothing about her being interested in the position; it is more likely she'd give one more shot at a Presidential run.--63.19.158.7 07:26, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Various unsection comments

message: And in many places badly written and badly thought out. It is absolutely fine to quote what notable sources say about this election. It is absolutely not fine for some anonymous IP address or registered user to set themselves up as an expert. Stirling Newberry 14:37, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm workin', I'm workin'.  We'll sift through the speculation soon enough. But keep an eye out and let me know if we need citations. Zz414 01:45, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Uncited Original Research Essay 

message: This page is terribly informal and speculative.  I'm going to try to take some time, Senator by Senator, to see what the current news updates are and to remove a lot of the unverifiable or highly speculative information. Zz414 13:01, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm trying to make each three paragraphs for possibly retiring candidates - one for the current status of the candidate, one for his party's projected candidate, and one for the opposing party's projected candidate. I'm trying to source as much as I can. There's a lot of garbage floating around these articles. Zz414 13:32, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I keep removing speculation, but unregistered users keep adding it.  A lot of these entries should just stick to bare bones if there's not much source data.  It's very early, so having a skimpy record on a few races isn't too bad.  By summer 2007, when actual information exists, then these entries can be fleshed out. Zz414 16:44, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm going to try and remove a lot of the speculative and tangential items on the pages this week.Revfig 20:55, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: General cleanup

message: The possible retirements heading is silly. Either Biden will resign after accepting the nomination for President or Kerry will. Most likely neither will but it is pretty certain that at most one will resign.
A list of possible retirements might make sense but listing according to the possibility of retirement does not. Might as well have a list of 'possible deaths', which should include them all. --66.31.39.76 06:18, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think that's quite fair. Retirements are common for senators every six years; deaths are not.  Some candidates have been mulling retirement; age is a clear factor; a possible run for president increases the likelihood.  Given that, the category is relatively narrow, and it will be whittled down in the near future.  It's already been pared down significantly with a few cite-checks. Zz414 17:18, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Do not sort by 'possible retirements' 

message: Allard announced he's not seeking another term.  I have the cite.  Valadius 19:24, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wayne Allard 

message: Please please please cite your additions!  Thanks. · j e r s y k o talk · 22:11, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please reference 

message: The George Cook linked to in the Pat Roberts section is not the George Cook that the article is referring to; it's an opera singer. 70.254.28.213 03:03, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, I disambiguated the link to George Cook so it points to a possible name for an article if it's created. --Bobblehead 09:17, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: George Cook

message: I don't think rumors about Larry Craig being gay should be included in this article, because they are exactly that: rumors. Dozens of public figures have had rumors of being gay around them, and I don't think they have any place on an encyclopedia. --JMurphy 06:18, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: He plead guilty to having sex in an airport bathroom. He didn't plead guilty to being gay. Calling Larry Craig gay is speculation, while the airport bathroom incident is not. They are separate and distinct. —kurykh 00:54, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: He didn't plead guilty to being gay because being gay is not a crime. However, (a) Craig is a man, and (b) Craig pleaded guilty to soliciting sex with another man. The only objection I would have to referring to Craig as "gay" would be that he might be bi-sexual, or he might basically be straight but "bi-curious." But to say that "calling Larry Craig gay is speculation" when he pleaded guilty to soliciting gay sex is a little silly. HMishkoff (talk) 04:20, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Saying that only gay people can have gay sex (deduced from your logic) is silly in itself. We can only say that he had gay sex, and no more. To say he is gay based on our speculation is WP:OR. —kurykh 05:08, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, OK, this is getting way off topic, but... First, to say that he "had gay sex" is speculation, he solicited gay sex, a very different thing. But: Assuming for the sake of argument that he has had gay sex (as you stated), what other evidence would you want before you would not quibble with the statement that he "is gay"? I think it comes down to your definition of what it means to say that someone "is gay" -- which means that we're getting down to a semantic (as opposed to a factual) discussion, and getting even further off topic. Anyway, I'll let you get in the last word if you'd like, then I'll retire from the field. HMishkoff (talk) 15:15, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok, we can say he solicited gay sex (not "have" as I erroneously said). I guess that renders your assumption moot, as I just misspoke. But it's still not our job to out people (loosely defined). We're not that far off topic; the topic was whether we can say Larry Craig is gay. And we can't say that definitively. That was my point. —kurykh 21:57, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Larry Craig

message: With the death of Craig Thomas, Wyoming will now have two Senate contests in 2008 with the special election to fill the remaining four years of Thomas' term.  How do we accomodate this in the table? Steelbeard1 13:00, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I noticed that someone rectified that issue on the table. Steelbeard1
There is a news story giving the background for the selection process for interim senator in Wyoming and the history behind the law at . Steelbeard1 16:15, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Now two Senate races in Wyoming 

message: While many sections of this article need to be cleaned up, the Kentucky section is particularly egregious, especially the first half of it. For starters, Senator McConnell did not endorse or support either nominee in the 2007 Gubernatorial Primary. The rumor campaign that McConnell lent Anne Northup his "political machine" is speculation at best, and has not been corroberated by any news source or supported by any statement from anyone involved in the process. McConnell also immediately endorsed Governor Fletcher for re-election after he won re-nomination. Second, there is no proof that the quixotic "Draft Forgy" effort has any support (or attention) from Governor Fletcher and/or his allies. A quick Google search confirms that all the blog speculation on a possible Forgy primary challenge is based off the DraftForgy Blogspot page, which could be maintained by anybody, including Democratic opponents of the Senate Minority Leader. Finally, the 2007 Governor's race between Fletcher and Beshear has, at best, tangential relation to the 2008 Senate contest. Partial poll results for the Governor's Race in 2007 is immaterial to Senator McConnell's re-election chances, and should not be included.207.138.153.98 16:16, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kentucky 

message: I decided to shift the 'Senate vacancies' subsection to the top of the 'Races' section to minimize redundant sentences after another one was inserted.  Once the interim senator is appointed by Wyoming's governor, the 'Senate vacancies' subsection can be renamed 'Interim senators' with the interim senator's name replacing that of the late Craig Thomas. Steelbeard1 16:49, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: "Interim Senator" is used here like it's an official title - especially the sentence, "Interim Senator Barrasso will serve...". As of today's he a regular Senator, but with a 2 year-term. I would actually just include him in the "Republican incumbent races" section, with the approriate text in the section explaining the special circumstances. Comments? Simon12 21:02, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  'Senate Vacancies' section 

message: I removed the messagebox at the top of the article, because the lead section (which I just edited) doesn't contain any such thing (I don't think it did before, either).  If in fact there is speculation in a specific section, whoever posted the messagebox at the top of the article should feel free to repost in the section that has the problem, rather than at the top of the article.  -- John Broughton   (♫♫) 01:08, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Speculation" messagebox 

message: Looking at this article I would conclude that the Democrats would be lucky to pick up two (2) seats in the Senate in 2008.  However this ignores the 2006 election in which the Democrats picked up 6 of the 15 Republican seats while maintaining 15 of their 16 seats.  Based on the continuation of the Iraqi war - with no end in sight - significant casualties every month - significant democratic gains (6 to 10 seats) should be the prediction.   The economy has some faultlines forming which could be in play by next November - the economy has been a Republican Strength - which may have helped them preserve some seats in 2006.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.94.222.235 (talk) 18:38, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I completely agree (though I would count the Democratic caucus as having maintained all 16 of its seats in 2006, even if Lieberman is now an independent). The analysts always give a big boost to incumbents. Some of that is deserved. As 2006 showed, some of it is not deserved. For this article, however, we have to report the facts as the analysts provide them. We can't be doing original research by creating our own predictions.--RichardMathews 21:56, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Misleading Predictions 

message: There is always going to be some news that is newer than the predictions. I don't believe we should be constantly updating a list of qualifiers to the predictions to give the latest news. I thus deleted the qualifier regarding the announcement that Mark Warner will run.
On the other hand, the table does show which seats are open. It thus would be misleading to show a prediction that was made before the seat was open. I thus have left the qualifiers that refer to predictions that predate retirement announcements.--RichardMathews 22:09, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Also, when does a news event predate a ranking?  Sabato just updated rankings on several races.  He did not update New Hampshire.  Is it fair to say that his New Hampshire ranking predates the news, or did he make a willful decision to laeve the ranking alone regardless of the news?  It is best to just stop making this section list recent news events that some editor thinks could or should affect an analyst's rankings.--RichardMathews 18:33, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Impact of News on Predictions 

message: Lott's retirement is different from the others, since he's leaving in the middle of his term, not just failing to run for reelection.  The seat will eventually be listed under the new incumbent's name, just as the one for the Wyoming special election is listed as Barrasso. Actually, depending on when exactly the retirement occurs the special election may not even be in November.  KCinDC (talk) 17:30, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Trent Lott retirement

message: I think it would be good to add Chris Cillizza's Rankings, the national journals rankings and Lindsay politics 101  to this page 
under the predictions section  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fangas (talk • contribs) 23:03, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding other predictions 

message: Because the special election date is in dispute--the governor wants it in November, the state attorney general in March, the section for incumbent Roger Wicker is placed in a special section called "Election date disputed."  If the courts decide on a November date, then Wicker's section could be included with the regular races.  If the courts decide that the special election must follow Mississippi's election law and be held in March, then it must stay separate. Steelbeard1 (talk) 20:26, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The Circuit Court Judge called for the election to be held in March.  Governor Barbour will appeal.  Should we start to prepare a special table above the regular table for the Mississippi special election? Steelbeard1 (talk) 04:01, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No special table needed as the MS Supreme Court ruled the special election can be held in November. Steelbeard1 (talk) 19:43, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mississippi special election 

message: The map at the top of this page is incorrect. It has Oregon highlighted as a state with two incumbent elections happening in 2008, at least as far as I can tell. As Oregon does not have two Republican senators, and has only one senator up for reelection, this is impossible. I'd change it myself but I'm no good with graphics. Where Anne hath a will, Anne Hathaway. (talk) 18:39, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The map looks fine to me.  Only Wyoming and Mississippi are dark red on the map as both have special elections to fill senate vacancies this year. Steelbeard1 (talk) 19:39, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Map incorrect 

message: I don't think having individual tables for the races is a good idea since there is already one big table at the bottom of the article. Steelbeard1 (talk) 16:19, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redundant tables 

message: The table showing pundit ratings does not have the dates individual pundits updated their ratings. Instead it just says above that "All ratings are current as of ---". I think it makes a big difference in interpreting the ratings how old they are: not just the individual ratings themselves, but knowing X rating occured after a certain event, or didn't. 
(talk) 19:35, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Updated Dates for Pundits 

message: Since senators are the presumptive presidential nominees of both parties this year, it seems to me that this article should mention the consequences of that. One Senate seat, whether from Illinois or Arizona, will be vacated this year. I don't know what happens next; I believe that it depends partially upon state law (leave the seat vacant, governor appoints replacement, and/or special election held). According to a 2003 report by the Congressional Research Service, Arizona law says that the governor must appoint a senator from the same party; whether this is still true, I do not know. Sacxpert (talk) 08:18, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  President Obama or McCain 

message: For the Intrade Oregon race as of August 6, 2008. The "Last" value for the Republican winning was 57.9, the value for the Democrat winning was 55.0 and the Field was 0.1 (this last one is "normal"). What do we do for this illogical situation in terms of ranking?Naraht (talk) 21:34, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Intrade Sum way greater than 100? 

message: Does anyone have a citation for Warner's supposed retirement? Also, it appears we will need a new map at the top right corner of the page if Warner is in fact retiring, as Virginia would be light red. Jsnruf 02:29, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: John Warner retirement

message: They're giving it to Merkley. Is that enough to paint it blue here? -R. fiend (talk) 16:57, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: MSNBC has called Oregon

message: ===Senate contests in 2006===
:Winning candidates in bold.
 = Democratic pickup</br> 
 = Independent pickup</br>
 = Retiring Senator
State        	Incumbent           	Party                                                                                                          	Status                                                                                                            	Candidates
Arizona      	Jon Kyl             	Republican                                                                                                     	3rd term; Re-elected, 53.3%                                                                                       	Jim Pederson (Democrat) 43.5%Richard Mack (Libertarian) 3.2%
California   	Dianne Feinstein    	Democratic                                                                                                     	4th Term; Re-elected, 59.4%                                                                                       	Dick Mountjoy (Republican) 35.2%Don Grundmann (American Independent) 1.8%Todd Chretien (Green) 1.7%Michael Metti (Libertarian) 1.6%Marsha Feinland (Peace and Freedom) 1.3%
Connecticut  	Joe Lieberman       	Connecticut for Lieberman                                                                                      	4th term; Defeated in Democratic Party primary, won re-election as member of Connecticut for Lieberman, 49.7%     	Ned Lamont (Democrat) 39.7%Alan Schlesinger (Republican) 9.6% Ralph Ferrucci (Green) 0.5%Timothy Knibbs (Concerned Citizens) 0.4%
Delaware     	Tom Carper          	Democratic                                                                                                     	2nd Term; Re-elected, 70.2%                                                                                       	Jan Ting (Republican) 28.7%William E. Morris (Libertarian) 1.1%
Florida      	Bill Nelson         	Democratic                                                                                                     	2nd Term; Re-elected, 60.3%                                                                                       	Katherine Harris (Republican) 38.1%Belinda Noah (Independent) 0.5%Brian Moore (Green) 0.4%Floyd Ray Frazier (Independent) 0.3%Roy Tanner (Independent) 0.3%
Hawaii       	Daniel Akaka        	Democratic                                                                                                     	4th Term; Re-elected, 61.4%                                                                                       	Cynthia Thielen (Republican) 36.8%Lloyd Mallan (Libertarian) 1.9%
Indiana      	Dick Lugar          	Republican                                                                                                     	6th Term; Re-elected, 87.3%                                                                                       	Steve Osborn (Libertarian) 12.6%
Maine        	Olympia Snowe       	Republican                                                                                                     	3th Term; Re-elected, 74.4%                                                                                       	Jean Hay Bright (Democrat) 20.5%Bill Slavick (Independent) 5.2%
Maryland     	Paul Sarbanes       	Democratic                                                                                                     	Retired, Democratic victory                                                                                       	Ben Cardin (Democrat) 54.2%Michael Steele (Republican) 44.2%Kevin Zeese (Green) 1.5%
Massachusetts	Ted Kennedy         	Democratic                                                                                                     	Re-elected, 69.5%                                                                                                 	Kenneth Chase (Republican) 30.5%
Michigan     	Debbie Stabenow     	Democratic                                                                                                     	Re-elected, 56.9%                                                                                                 	Mike Bouchard (Republican) 41.3%Leonard Schwartz (Libertarian) 0.7%David Sole (Green) 0.6%W. Dennis FitzSimons (Constitution) 0.5%
Minnesota    	Mark Dayton         	Democratic                                                                                                     	Retired, Democratic victory                                                                                       	Amy Klobuchar (Democratic-Farmer-Labor) 58.1%Mark Kennedy (Republican) 37.9%Robert Fitzgerald (Independence) 3.2%Michael Cavlan (Green) 0.5%Ben Powers (Constitution) 0.3%
Mississippi  	Trent Lott          	Republican                                                                                                     	Re-elected, 63.6%                                                                                                 	Erik Fleming (Democrat) 34.8%Harold Taylor (Libertarian) 1.5%
Missouri     	Jim Talent          	Republican                                                                                                     	Defeated, 47.3%                                                                                                   	Claire McCaskill (Democrat) 49.6%Frank Gilmour (Libertarian) 1.2%Lydia Lewis (Green) 0.9%
Montana      	Conrad Burns        	Republican                                                                                                     	Defeated, 48.3%                                                                                                   	Jon Tester (Democrat) 49.2%Stan Jones (Libertarian) 2.6%
Nebraska     	Ben Nelson          	Democratic                                                                                                     	Re-elected, 63.9%                                                                                                 	Pete Ricketts (Republican) 36.1%
Nevada       	John Ensign         	Republican                                                                                                     	Re-elected, 55.4%                                                                                                 	Jack Carter (Democrat) 41%None of These Candidates 1.4%David Schumann (Constitution) 1.3%Brendan Trainor (Libertarian) 0.9%
New Jersey   	Bob Menendez        	Democratic                                                                                                     	Elected to 1st full term,appointed on January 182006 by Governor Jon Corzine upon his resignation as Senator 53.4%	Thomas Kean Jr. (Republican) 44.3%Len Flynn (Libertarian) 0.7%Ed Forchion (Marijuana) 0.5%J.M. Carter (Independent) 0.4%N. Leonard Smith (Independent) 0.3%Daryl Brooks (Independent) 0.2%Angela Lariscy (Socialist Workers) 0.2%Gregory Pason (Socialist) 0.1%
New Mexico   	Jeff Bingaman       	Democratic                                                                                                     	Re-elected, 70.6%                                                                                                 	Allen McCulloch (Republican) 29.3%
New York     	Hillary Clinton     	Democratic                                                                                                     	2nd Term; Re-elected, 67%                                                                                         	John Spencer (Republican) 31.0%Howie Hawkins (Green) 1.2%Jeff Russell (Libertarian) 0.4%Bill Van Auken (Socialist Equality) 0.2%Roger Calero (Socialist Workers) 0.2%
North Dakota 	Kent Conrad         	Democratic-NPL                                                                                                 	Re-elected, 68.8%                                                                                                 	Dwight Grotberg (Republican) 29.5%Roland Riemers (Independent) 1%James Germalic (Independent) 0.6%
Ohio         	Mike DeWine         	Republican                                                                                                     	Defeated, 43.8%                                                                                                   	Sherrod Brown (Democrat) 56.2%
Pennsylvania 	Rick Santorum       	Republican                                                                                                     	Defeated, 41.3%                                                                                                   	Bob Casey, Jr. (Democrat) 58.7%
Rhode Island 	Lincoln Chafee      	Republican                                                                                                     	Defeated, 46.5%                                                                                                   	Sheldon Whitehouse (Democrat) 53.5%
Tennessee    	Bill Frist          	Republican                                                                                                     	Retired, Republican victory                                                                                       	Bob Corker (Republican) 50.7%Harold Ford, Jr. (Democrat) 48.0%Ed Choate (Independent) 0.6%David Gatchell (Independent) 0.2%Emory "Bo" Heyward (Independent) 0.2%H. Gary Keplinger (Independent) 0.2%Chris Lugo (Green) 0.1%
Texas        	Kay Bailey Hutchison	Republican                                                                                                     	Re-elected, 61.7%                                                                                                 	Barbara Ann Radnofsky (Democrat) 36.0%Scott Jameson (Libertarian) 2.3%
Utah         	Orrin Hatch         	Republican                                                                                                     	Re-elected, 62.6%                                                                                                 	Pete Ashdown (Democrat) 30.8%Scott Bradley (Constitution) 3.8%Roger Price (Personal Choice)1.6%Dave Seely (Libertarian) 0.8%Julian Hatch (Green) 0.4%
Vermont      	Jim Jeffords        	Independentwinning candidate pledged to caucus with the Democrats despite not running as a Democratic candidate	Retired, Independent victory                                                                                      	Bernie Sanders (Independent) 65.4%Richard Tarrant (Republican) 32.3%Cris Ericson (Independent) 0.6%Craig Hill (Green) 0.5%Peter Moss (Independent) 0.5%Peter Diamondstone (Liberty Union) 0.3%
Virginia     	George Allen        	Republican                                                                                                     	Defeated, 49.2%                                                                                                   	Jim Webb (Democratic) 49.6%Gail Parker (Independent Green) 1.1%
Washington   	Maria Cantwell      	Democratic                                                                                                     	Re-elected, 56.6%                                                                                                 	Mike McGavick (Republican) 39.9%Bruce Guthrie (Libertarian) 1.4%Aaron Dixon (Green) 1.0%Robin Adair (Independent) 0.8%
West Virginia	Robert Byrd         	Democratic                                                                                                     	Re-elected, 64.4%                                                                                                 	John Raese (Republican) 33.7%Jesse Johnson (Mountain) 1.9%
Wisconsin    	Herb Kohl           	Democratic                                                                                                     	Re-elected, 67.3%                                                                                                 	Robert Lorge (Republican) 29.5%Rae Vogeler (Green) 2.0%Ben Glatzel (Independent) 1.2%
Wyoming      	Craig Thomas        	Republican                                                                                                     	Re-elected, 70%                                                                                                   	Dale Groutage (Democrat) 30.0%
--Levineps (talk) 21:09, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Much better template than the current one, in that it actually says who won. We should use it here. -R. fiend (talk) 21:20, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, it's not great either. Too much emphasis on the incumbent rather than the candidates. I think we need a new one. R. fiend (talk) 21:23, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the incumbent is somewhat important, such as in 2002 when Elizabeth Dole won Jesse Helms seat. People vote partly as referedum on the incumbent--Levineps (talk) 21:38, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Even so, it is too much emphasis on the incumbent. -Rrius (talk) 21:44, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  2006 template for 2008 results 

message: :Winning candidates in bold.
 = Democratic pickup</br> 
 = Independent pickup</br>
 = Retiring Senator
State        	Incumbent           	Party                                                                                                          	Status                                                                                                            	Candidates
Arizona      	Jon Kyl             	Republican                                                                                                     	3rd term; Re-elected, 53.3%                                                                                       	Jim Pederson (Democrat) 43.5%Richard Mack (Libertarian) 3.2%
California   	Dianne Feinstein    	Democratic                                                                                                     	4th Term; Re-elected, 59.4%                                                                                       	Dick Mountjoy (Republican) 35.2%Don Grundmann (American Independent) 1.8%Todd Chretien (Green) 1.7%Michael Metti (Libertarian) 1.6%Marsha Feinland (Peace and Freedom) 1.3%
Connecticut  	Joe Lieberman       	Connecticut for Lieberman                                                                                      	4th term; Defeated in Democratic Party primary, won re-election as member of Connecticut for Lieberman, 49.7%     	Ned Lamont (Democrat) 39.7%Alan Schlesinger (Republican) 9.6% Ralph Ferrucci (Green) 0.5%Timothy Knibbs (Concerned Citizens) 0.4%
Delaware     	Tom Carper          	Democratic                                                                                                     	2nd Term; Re-elected, 70.2%                                                                                       	Jan Ting (Republican) 28.7%William E. Morris (Libertarian) 1.1%
Florida      	Bill Nelson         	Democratic                                                                                                     	2nd Term; Re-elected, 60.3%                                                                                       	Katherine Harris (Republican) 38.1%Belinda Noah (Independent) 0.5%Brian Moore (Green) 0.4%Floyd Ray Frazier (Independent) 0.3%Roy Tanner (Independent) 0.3%
Hawaii       	Daniel Akaka        	Democratic                                                                                                     	4th Term; Re-elected, 61.4%                                                                                       	Cynthia Thielen (Republican) 36.8%Lloyd Mallan (Libertarian) 1.9%
Indiana      	Dick Lugar          	Republican                                                                                                     	6th Term; Re-elected, 87.3%                                                                                       	Steve Osborn (Libertarian) 12.6%
Maine        	Olympia Snowe       	Republican                                                                                                     	3th Term; Re-elected, 74.4%                                                                                       	Jean Hay Bright (Democrat) 20.5%Bill Slavick (Independent) 5.2%
Maryland     	Paul Sarbanes       	Democratic                                                                                                     	Retired, Democratic victory                                                                                       	Ben Cardin (Democrat) 54.2%Michael Steele (Republican) 44.2%Kevin Zeese (Green) 1.5%
Massachusetts	Ted Kennedy         	Democratic                                                                                                     	Re-elected, 69.5%                                                                                                 	Kenneth Chase (Republican) 30.5%
Michigan     	Debbie Stabenow     	Democratic                                                                                                     	Re-elected, 56.9%                                                                                                 	Mike Bouchard (Republican) 41.3%Leonard Schwartz (Libertarian) 0.7%David Sole (Green) 0.6%W. Dennis FitzSimons (Constitution) 0.5%
Minnesota    	Mark Dayton         	Democratic                                                                                                     	Retired, Democratic victory                                                                                       	Amy Klobuchar (Democratic-Farmer-Labor) 58.1%Mark Kennedy (Republican) 37.9%Robert Fitzgerald (Independence) 3.2%Michael Cavlan (Green) 0.5%Ben Powers (Constitution) 0.3%
Mississippi  	Trent Lott          	Republican                                                                                                     	Re-elected, 63.6%                                                                                                 	Erik Fleming (Democrat) 34.8%Harold Taylor (Libertarian) 1.5%
Missouri     	Jim Talent          	Republican                                                                                                     	Defeated, 47.3%                                                                                                   	Claire McCaskill (Democrat) 49.6%Frank Gilmour (Libertarian) 1.2%Lydia Lewis (Green) 0.9%
Montana      	Conrad Burns        	Republican                                                                                                     	Defeated, 48.3%                                                                                                   	Jon Tester (Democrat) 49.2%Stan Jones (Libertarian) 2.6%
Nebraska     	Ben Nelson          	Democratic                                                                                                     	Re-elected, 63.9%                                                                                                 	Pete Ricketts (Republican) 36.1%
Nevada       	John Ensign         	Republican                                                                                                     	Re-elected, 55.4%                                                                                                 	Jack Carter (Democrat) 41%None of These Candidates 1.4%David Schumann (Constitution) 1.3%Brendan Trainor (Libertarian) 0.9%
New Jersey   	Bob Menendez        	Democratic                                                                                                     	Elected to 1st full term,appointed on January 182006 by Governor Jon Corzine upon his resignation as Senator 53.4%	Thomas Kean Jr. (Republican) 44.3%Len Flynn (Libertarian) 0.7%Ed Forchion (Marijuana) 0.5%J.M. Carter (Independent) 0.4%N. Leonard Smith (Independent) 0.3%Daryl Brooks (Independent) 0.2%Angela Lariscy (Socialist Workers) 0.2%Gregory Pason (Socialist) 0.1%
New Mexico   	Jeff Bingaman       	Democratic                                                                                                     	Re-elected, 70.6%                                                                                                 	Allen McCulloch (Republican) 29.3%
New York     	Hillary Clinton     	Democratic                                                                                                     	2nd Term; Re-elected, 67%                                                                                         	John Spencer (Republican) 31.0%Howie Hawkins (Green) 1.2%Jeff Russell (Libertarian) 0.4%Bill Van Auken (Socialist Equality) 0.2%Roger Calero (Socialist Workers) 0.2%
North Dakota 	Kent Conrad         	Democratic-NPL                                                                                                 	Re-elected, 68.8%                                                                                                 	Dwight Grotberg (Republican) 29.5%Roland Riemers (Independent) 1%James Germalic (Independent) 0.6%
Ohio         	Mike DeWine         	Republican                                                                                                     	Defeated, 43.8%                                                                                                   	Sherrod Brown (Democrat) 56.2%
Pennsylvania 	Rick Santorum       	Republican                                                                                                     	Defeated, 41.3%                                                                                                   	Bob Casey, Jr. (Democrat) 58.7%
Rhode Island 	Lincoln Chafee      	Republican                                                                                                     	Defeated, 46.5%                                                                                                   	Sheldon Whitehouse (Democrat) 53.5%
Tennessee    	Bill Frist          	Republican                                                                                                     	Retired, Republican victory                                                                                       	Bob Corker (Republican) 50.7%Harold Ford, Jr. (Democrat) 48.0%Ed Choate (Independent) 0.6%David Gatchell (Independent) 0.2%Emory "Bo" Heyward (Independent) 0.2%H. Gary Keplinger (Independent) 0.2%Chris Lugo (Green) 0.1%
Texas        	Kay Bailey Hutchison	Republican                                                                                                     	Re-elected, 61.7%                                                                                                 	Barbara Ann Radnofsky (Democrat) 36.0%Scott Jameson (Libertarian) 2.3%
Utah         	Orrin Hatch         	Republican                                                                                                     	Re-elected, 62.6%                                                                                                 	Pete Ashdown (Democrat) 30.8%Scott Bradley (Constitution) 3.8%Roger Price (Personal Choice)1.6%Dave Seely (Libertarian) 0.8%Julian Hatch (Green) 0.4%
Vermont      	Jim Jeffords        	Independentwinning candidate pledged to caucus with the Democrats despite not running as a Democratic candidate	Retired, Independent victory                                                                                      	Bernie Sanders (Independent) 65.4%Richard Tarrant (Republican) 32.3%Cris Ericson (Independent) 0.6%Craig Hill (Green) 0.5%Peter Moss (Independent) 0.5%Peter Diamondstone (Liberty Union) 0.3%
Virginia     	George Allen        	Republican                                                                                                     	Defeated, 49.2%                                                                                                   	Jim Webb (Democratic) 49.6%Gail Parker (Independent Green) 1.1%
Washington   	Maria Cantwell      	Democratic                                                                                                     	Re-elected, 56.6%                                                                                                 	Mike McGavick (Republican) 39.9%Bruce Guthrie (Libertarian) 1.4%Aaron Dixon (Green) 1.0%Robin Adair (Independent) 0.8%
West Virginia	Robert Byrd         	Democratic                                                                                                     	Re-elected, 64.4%                                                                                                 	John Raese (Republican) 33.7%Jesse Johnson (Mountain) 1.9%
Wisconsin    	Herb Kohl           	Democratic                                                                                                     	Re-elected, 67.3%                                                                                                 	Robert Lorge (Republican) 29.5%Rae Vogeler (Green) 2.0%Ben Glatzel (Independent) 1.2%
Wyoming      	Craig Thomas        	Republican                                                                                                     	Re-elected, 70%                                                                                                   	Dale Groutage (Democrat) 30.0%
--Levineps (talk) 21:09, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Much better template than the current one, in that it actually says who won. We should use it here. -R. fiend (talk) 21:20, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, it's not great either. Too much emphasis on the incumbent rather than the candidates. I think we need a new one. R. fiend (talk) 21:23, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the incumbent is somewhat important, such as in 2002 when Elizabeth Dole won Jesse Helms seat. People vote partly as referedum on the incumbent--Levineps (talk) 21:38, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Even so, it is too much emphasis on the incumbent. -Rrius (talk) 21:44, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Senate contests in 2006

message: I would suggest moving the bulk of what is in the MN section as the history should be on the  Minnesota Election page not the overall US Senate election page.--Levineps (talk) 21:43, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  MN section 

message: Why are Nebraska, Idaho, and the Wyoming Special Election considered Republican holds not Safe Republicans, they won but large percentages of the vote, it wasn't even close, and no one expected it to be close, I am sorry but I am changing this.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.116.129.138 (talk) 20:23, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think you're confusing the terminology used before (prediction) and after the fact (result). They were considered "safe" before, but now that the election is over, it's a reportable fact that the Republican Party "held" them. -Pete (talk) 03:43, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Republican Holds

message: The Associated Press, main source of election projection for a number of national media outlets, has declared Mark Begich the winner. Alaska should now be bright blue on the map.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.209.71.141 (talk) 02:06, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
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message: What does the number swing mean in the infobox? I assumed it compared the percentage to the previous (2006) elections, but the numbers do not match up. It also does not work for 2002. 
If it is supposed to compare to 2006, then I would argue this makes no sense and should be removed, since in 2006 different states were voting for senator. --KarlFrei (talk) 17:14, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Also, giving percentages here (of the popular vote?) really does not seem to make sense, since we are really talking about 33 separate elections (for different offices). I'll just be bold and remove some of the numbers and see if that gets any discussion going here. --KarlFrei (talk) 12:18, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: There is some meaning to the aggregate popular vote and vote share. While local issues affect each, so do national issues. The extent to which each contributes to the outcome varies year to year. Seeing the difference in popular vote helps show how dramatic the mood was for or against one party. It is certainly not a perfect measure, but it is a measure. As for the swing, I'm not sure what it is. It does not appear to be a straight comparison to 2006 (the last election) or 2002 (the last election for this class). If it is a British-style swing, I'm not exactly sure how it's being calculated. As such, I did not restore the swing when I restored the other numbers. -Rrius (talk) 16:47, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
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message: This caption is incorrect, since only 35 seats were up for election this year. Democratic seats won is 19 to 21 depending on recount/runoff outcomes, and Republican seats won is 14 to 16. I am not changing the numbers in the table because I understand that this is actually showing the makeup of the new Senate, but I don't know how to change the infobox caption (or even if it should be changed -- might create problems in other articles that use it). Cmadler (talk) 14:37, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure I understand what this means. Was posted before the "to 9" was added back in? -Rrius (talk) 16:55, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm referring to "Seats won", which is followed by "56 to 58 (+ 2 independents)" and "40 to 42". This is the makeup of the new Senate, but is not the actual seats won in the 2008 elections. Only 35 seats were up for election so only 35 seats can be won. The Democrats will have 56 to 58 seats in the new Senate, but they only won 19 to 21 seats in the 2008 elections. The Republicans will have 40 to 42 seats in the new Senate, but they only won 14 to 16 seats in the 2008 elections.Cmadler (talk) 17:12, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the problem is that this infobox is too generic. How many total seats won at this election may be interesting on some level, but what is more important is the total seats. While staggering is not unique to the US Senate (some state senates and and the Australian Senate do it too), it is weird enough that the general purpose infobox isn't good enough. I'd suggest leaving it for now. I'll go ahead and make a Senate-specific infobox if there is no parameter lurking in the current one. -Rrius (talk) 18:09, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

text: We would be better off adding a "seats won" function in the existing template rather than ripping off  and creating 1) a not so needed template and 2) a potential GFDL nightmare. —kurykh 18:45, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The first is only true if you assume that the seats thing is the only thing that could be tailored. As to the second, I don't see the problem. We are allowed to take Wikipedia templates, articles, and the like for copying and manipulating within Wikipedia. -Rrius (talk) 19:02, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Strike out the second; I've seen you've attributed back to the original template. About the first thing, with enough expertise and time to tinker with it, you can add anything to the template. —kurykh 22:09, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

text: I'm sorry, when I first said "seats won", I meant "seats after election" or "seats after" or whatever. —kurykh 22:10, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
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message: At some point, we will change the candidate chart to one such as is used at the 2006 election page. I have created one at my sandbox that could be used now. Any thoughts? -Rrius (talk) 17:01, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
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message: We should probably turn light blue. Franken is the de facto winner, and court challenges shouldn't stop us from updating it, we should just have a note saying the results are still being contested.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.37.239.85 (talk) 21:39, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Being certified by the state canvassing board as the winner is a bit more than being the "de facto winner." At this stage Fraken is every bit as much "the winner" as any other senator elected in 2008. 204.128.230.1 (talk) 02:16, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Franken has been certified.  No court challenge has yet been made.  There should be a note that there is expected to be a challenge.  Unless the election gets overturned, Franken will be the new Senator from Minnesota.  Henrymrx (talk) 02:50, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Sense Franken has been certified, I am updating the Seats won box to say 8, rather than 6.  ~ Bluedemocrat  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bluedemocrat (talk • contribs) 22:14, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Minnesota

message: Do not include the independents with the Democrats.  It is oxymoronic.  The fact that Bernie Sanders is a socialist and sides with Democrats is self-explanatory.  Most people know that Lieberman sides with Democrats except on national security matters.  Lumping them in with Democrats is an insult to the independent candidates.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Reasonsjester (talk • contribs) 19:46, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Sanders calls himself an independent and caucuses with the Democrats. Lieberman calls himself an Independent Democrat and caucuses with the Democrats. Since they are part of the Democratic caucus, their two votes are included with the rest of the caucus. If there were independents who did not caucus with either party, they would be in their own column. If there were independents who caucused with the Republicans, they would be counted with the Republicans. What alternative do you propose and why? -Rrius (talk) 20:08, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Infobox

message: Our list of freshman senators includes not just freshman resulting from the election, but also freshmen whose seats result from post-election vacancies. I wonder whether it would make sense to either leave out the post-election sorts or move this list to 111th United States Congress. -Rrius (talk) 06:16, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Freshman senators 

message: Please explain why in congress 50%+1 wins and the senate
must have 60% to win?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.194.92.242 (talk) 01:39, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Because in the Senate a motion to end debate on an issue must have a 60% vote. If 53 Senators support a bill and 47 Senators oppose a bill, the 47 Senators can simply talk forever. See Filibuster.Naraht (talk) 04:20, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  house voting rules 

message: Should the text of "In April 2009, Arlen Specter switched from Republican to Democratic, which gave the Democratic Party another seat (their 59th) in the Senate.
In June 2009, Al Franken was seated in the Senate after a bitterly-contested lawsuit in Minnesota. This gave the Democratic party their 60th seat in the Senate. In January 2010, Republican Scott Brown won a special Senate election in Massachusetts, and so the balance of power became 59-41." remain in the introduction? This may not be germane to an encyclopedia article introduction. Myownworst (talk) 18:28, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm going to remove the text mentioned above because it clearly does not belong in the introduction of an encylcopedia entry.  This type of information belongs in the body of the article.Myownworst (talk) 18:57, 4 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Intro cleanup 

message: What is this supposed to mean?  Why have a column where every entry is "data is missing"? john k (talk) 20:18, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
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message: It would be really helpful if, in addition to being able to navigate to the previous Senate election (2006) and the next Senate election (2010), if there were arrows that would lead to the previous and next elections of the same Senate class (like 2002 and 2014)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.66.73.251 (talk) 15:34, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
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