MT-Sen: Tester Ties Burns in New Poll

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Wednesday January 11, 2006 · 7:50 AM PST

2006/01/11 · 07:50

Cross posted from OurSenate
Rasmussen has a new poll of the Montana Senate race:

Burns (R) 45%
Tester (D) 45%
Burns (R) 46%
Morrison (D) 43%
(January 9, 2005. MoE: 4.5%)

Wow. Thank God Burns isn't retiring, because this is a fight that I'm looking forward towards. Read More

ND-Sen: Rove Visiting ND to Recruit Gov. Hoeven

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Wednesday September 07, 2005 · 9:25 PM PDT

2005/09/07 · 21:25

Cross-Posted on OurSenate

From The Hill:

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove is planning to travel to North Dakota later this month to rally GOP activists and, Republicans hope, persuade Gov. John Hoeven (R) to challenge Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) next year.
GOP officials are convinced that Hoeven, who won his second term last year with 71 percent of the vote, is the only Republican in the state who can beat the fourth-term Conrad. The senator won reelection in 2000 with 61 percent and, as of June 30, the end of the second quarter of this year, had nearly $2.7 million in his campaign coffers.

Will Hoeven yield to GOP pressure and challenge Conrad? Will Conrad remain a part of the all-Democrat congressional delegation from this dark rd state? More below the fold.
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WA: Cantwell Leads McGavick in GOP Poll

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Wednesday August 10, 2005 · 7:17 AM PDT

2005/08/10 · 07:17

Cross-posted from OurSenate:
A new Strategic Vision (GOP) poll shows Sen. Maria Cantwell (D) leading Safeco CEO Mike McGavick 46%-38%. While this may seem to be a dangerously small lead, remember that this is a GOP poll. Therefore, her lead is probably significantly larger. With a 3% margin or error, Cantwell's lead is proably around 11%. However, McGavick probably has lower name recognition that Cantwell at this point in the campaign, so it is likely that McGavick will reduce this margin significantly as he begins his campaign. Read More

Corzine's Replacement in the Senate

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Wednesday July 13, 2005 · 9:41 AM PDT

2005/07/13 · 09:41

We don't often get good NJ Senate news, because Corzine's bid for Governor overshadows all the speculation on who will replace Corzine (or run in 2006), assuming Corzine wins. The Star Ledger reported today that Acting Governor Richard Codey (D) has expressed an interest in being appoint by Corzine to his Senate seat if Corzine wins. This puts Codey in direct competition with New Jersey's seven Democratic congressmen, who are all hoping to be appointed. Whoever Corzine appoints will serve for less than one year, before facing election in November 2006.

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Senator Profiles #2: Akaka & Thomas

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Monday July 11, 2005 · 2:57 PM PDT

2005/07/11 · 14:57

Below the fold are the second set of Senator Profiles. Every (or at least most) weekdays, I will write brief profiles of two Senators. Brief biography, Committees, Key legislation and stances on issues... My goal is that by the end of the series anyone who reads it will have a basic knowledge of every Senator. To make this more manageable, I am starting with the 28 Senators who will be running for re-election in 2006 (5 Senators up for re-election are retiring). Each day I will be featuring one Dem and one Repub, one of whom will be a mostly unknown Senator, while the other will be relatively known (at least to the liberal blogosphere). Today's Senators: Daniel Akaka and Craig Thomas. You can see more profiles, as well as tons of other Senate news, on my blog, OurSenate. Read More

How Many Senators Can You Name?

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Thursday July 07, 2005 · 12:38 PM PDT

2005/07/07 · 12:38

You know the most important Senators, the ones who are always in the news, make fiery speeches, make big mistakes, or fight for a cause. Kennedy, Reid, Biden, Frist, Lott, Lugar, Durbin, Clinton, McCain... In all, there are probably only 25 Senators that most of us know about. We all know the most important Democrats and the ones that really fight for us, but there are so many others who we barely know anything about, despite their important work for us. And we all know the worst of the Republicans, who attack us in the news and on the Senate floor. But there are many other Republican senators that are important to know about. There are only 100 Senators who each have enormous influence over the legislation passed by Congress. Thus, it is not enough to know about the Senators from your state, it is important that we know about all of them. Read More

The "Nuclear Option": Bill Frist ready to End the Filibuster

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Tuesday February 15, 2005 · 1:59 PM PST

2005/02/15 · 13:59

Senate Majority Leader said yesterday that he has the 51 votes needed to change Senate rules to prevent Democratic filibusters against Bush's judicial nominees. Referred to as the "nuclear option" for the dangerous precedent it would set, this rule change would severely hamper the Democrats' ability to prevent ultra-conservative right wing judges form being confirmed. This is a particular concern considering the high likelihood of several Supreme Court vacancies in the next four years.

See the Extended Entry for more, and the Washington Times article about it. For more Senate news and 2006 elections, visit my blog, http://oursenate.com Read More

Senate 2006 Update

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Monday February 14, 2005 · 1:32 PM PST

2005/02/14 · 13:32

Below is a list of all the 2006 Senate elections, with the latest news for each. Ten of the thirty-three races have been updated with new information this week. Besides the big news form Minnesota, updated races include PA, RI, MI, ND, and TX. For more election and Senate news, visit http://oursenate.com Read More

Senate 2006 Update

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Monday January 31, 2005 · 6:11 AM PST

2005/01/31 · 06:11

Below is a list of all of the 2006 Senate elections, with whatever relevant info there is for each. While the status of some of these races has not changed in quite a while due to no announcements or new specualtion, several have. Most importantly this week, both Giuliani and Pataki have declined to challenge Hillary, greatly increasing her chances for re-election. For more information on all of the races and daily updates, visit http://oursenate.com Read More

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