33 SENATE RACES 2006 THE 2006 SENATE RACES LIST OF RACES The 33 Senate races at stake this November are listed alphabetically by state. One column shows the name of the Democratic candidate, and the other shows the Republican. The far right column denotes the political party that currently holds that particular Senate seat. Current Senate Breakdown: 55 Republicans, 44 Democrats, 1 Independent BY THE NUMBERS: 33 Senate Races 17 Democrat-held seats, 15 Republican-held seats, 1 Independent in VT 4 Open seats: 2 currently Democrat-held, 1 Republican-held, 1 Independent in VT 10 Republican wins needed to keep control; 24 Democratic wins needed to gain control ST DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN NOW AZ Jim Pederson JON KYL REP CA DIANNE FEINSTEIN Dick Mountjoy DEM CT Ned Lamont Alan Schlesinger DEM JOSEPH LIEBERMAN+ DE TOM CARPER Jan Ting DEM FL BILL NELSON Katherine Harris DEM HI DANIEL AKAKA Cynthia Thielen** DEM IN No Democratic Candidate RICHARD LUGAR REP ME Jean Hay Bright OLYMPIA SNOWE REP MD Ben Cardin Michael Steele (Open) DEM MA TED KENNEDY Ken Chase DEM MI DEBBIE STABENOW Mike Bouchard DEM MN Amy Klobuchar Mark Kennedy (Open) DEM MS Erik Fleming TRENT LOTT REP MO Claire McCaskill JIM TALENT REP MT Jon Tester CONRAD BURNS REP NE BEN NELSON J. Peter Rickets DEM NV Jack Carter JOHN ENSIGN REP NJ BOB MENENDEZ Tom Kean, Jr. DEM NM JEFF BINGAMAN Allen McCulloch DEM NY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON John Spencer DEM ND KENT CONRAD Dwight Grotberg DEM OH Sherrod Brown MIKE DEWINE REP PA Bob Casey, Jr. RICK SANTORUM REP RI Sheldon Whitehouse LINCOLN CHAFEE REP (1) Primary dates are noted in parentheses; (2) Incumbents are in caps; (3)+ Joe Lieberman lost to Ned Lamont 1 52% to 48%, but is running in the general election as an Independent. (4)*Bernie Sanders, an Independent, caucuses with House Democrats; (5)** Thielen was selected to replace Jerry Coffee who won the primary despite having suspended his campaign for health reasons; (6) Open Seats: MD: Paul Sarbanes-D not seeking reelection, MN: Mark Dayton-D not seeking reelection, TN: Bill Frist-R not seeking reelection, ^VT: Jim Jeffords-I is not seeking reelection. He is an Independent but votes with the Democrats. 33 SENATE RACES 2006 TN Harold Ford Bob Corker (Open) REP TX Barbara Ann Radnofsky KAY BAILEY HUTCHINSON REP UT Pete Ashdown ORRIN HATCH REP VT Bernie Sanders* (I) Rich Tarrant (Open) IND^ VA James Webb GEORGE ALLEN REP WA MARIA CANTWELL Mike McGavick DEM ST DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN NOW WV ROBERT BYRD John Raese DEM WI HERB KOHL Robert Gerald Lorge DEM WY Dale Groutage CRAIG THOMAS REP (1) Primary dates are noted in parentheses; (2) Incumbents are in caps; (3)+ Joe Lieberman lost to Ned Lamont 2 52% to 48%, but is running in the general election as an Independent. (4)*Bernie Sanders, an Independent, caucuses with House Democrats; (5)** Thielen was selected to replace Jerry Coffee who won the primary despite having suspended his campaign for health reasons; (6) Open Seats: MD: Paul Sarbanes-D not seeking reelection, MN: Mark Dayton-D not seeking reelection, TN: Bill Frist-R not seeking reelection, ^VT: Jim Jeffords-I is not seeking reelection. He is an Independent but votes with the Democrats. 2006 33 SENATE RACES SENATE RACES TO WATCH COMPETITIVE MISSOURI (R) MONTANA (R) NEW JERSEY (D) OHIO (R) PENNSYLVANIA (R) RHODE ISLAND (R) TENNESSEE (R)* VIRGINIA (R) WASHINGTON (D) POTENTIALLY COMPETITIVE ARIZONA (R) MARYLAND (D)* MINNESOTA (D)* * denotes open seat (1) Primary dates are noted in parentheses; (2) Incumbents are in caps; (3)+ Joe Lieberman lost to Ned Lamont 52% to 48%, but 3 is running in the general election as an Independent. (4)*Bernie Sanders, an Independent, caucuses with House Democrats; (5)** Thielen was selected to replace Jerry Coffee who won the primary despite having suspended his campaign for health reasons; (6) Open Seats: MD: Paul Sarbanes-D not seeking reelection, MN: Mark Dayton-D not seeking reelection, TN: Bill Frist-R not seeking reelection, ^VT: Jim Jeffords-I is not seeking reelection. He is an Independent but votes with the Democrats. .