Caroline Kennedy: I'll Run in 2010 No Matter What

TIME reports:

because they start in the Senate in 2011 instead of 2009.

Caroline Kennedy would make a great senator - I'd gladly take her here in Delaware and I have 2 dem senators.

I read her book The Right To Privacy. I want people who think like that in office.

I guess it is all about her, and not about advancing Democratic principles.

Nice.

:shrug:

And she's threatening Dems with that money.

Your hypothesis is grossly flawed, given the recent outcome of this election year.

By your standards, Obama was a bad candidate.

Self-funding means having the ability to raise funds without having to beg the DNC, DSCC, DCCC, labor unions, EMILY's
List etc. in order to remain viable, thereby avoiding asking for too few resources split among many. In this respect, Barack
Obama is/was the best self-funded (largely via the grassroots, netroots, and The People) candidate in history.

Caroline Kennedy will have no problem getting the $40-50M needed to be competitive in the incredibly expensive New
York market against Peter King in 2010 (who has a warchest and the RNC) without tapping out the same political wells
that Gov. Patterson and other NY Democrats will be double-dipping into. Other candidates? Not so much.

Ted Kennedy was in NY last week making that argument to state Democratic party officials.

I am also sure that Ted Kennedy did not say what you said, either. I'd be happy to recant if you can produce a link, though.

Kennedy Is Said to Be Politicking for His Niece
Published: December 8, 2008
Editors' Note Appended

While Caroline Kennedy is maintaining her public silence about whether she wishes to succeed Senator Hillary Clinton, her uncle, Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, has been working behind the scenes on her behalf, according to Democratic aides.

In recent days the Massachusetts senator has called Senator Charles E. Schumer, as well as Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey, who took over last month as head of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee when Mr. Schumer stepped down.

Mr. Kennedy’s message, according to Democratic aides who were not authorized to discuss the conversations, is that Ms. Kennedy — backed by the Kennedy family’s extensive fund-raising network — would have the wherewithal to run back-to-back costly statewide races without having to seek help from Mr. Paterson or Mr. Schumer.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/09/nyregion/09kennedy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

:shrug:

They're portraying her main qualification as her ability to hit up her friends for campaign dollars.

Are poor friends better than rich friends in politics? I'm sure politicians have both and ask both for support, if they're smart.
I'm not sure what you're saying?

:shrug:

all calls for a "caretaker"until the election are bullshit

:shrug:

just about her - she will run no matter what kind of a job the appointed incumbent is doing.

Not sure why you think an incumbent is due any pass on what is a democratic exercise that is approved by 50 U.S. state legislatures.

:shrug:

against him in 2012? Of course not. We'd think it's unnecessarily divisive and distracting and hobbles us in the Generla Election against the Repbulicans. Kennedy is saying she'll run no matter what, even if the sitting Senator is very effective and has similar values. That makes clear that for Kennedy, it's all about Kennedy. That's not who I want representing me.

Voters will no doubt vote for whom they want in the end. :shrug:

a good Democrat? No.

But I repeat, that's democracy. Why are you against the exercise of it? I'm not. In fact, I encourage it. If Dennis
Kucinich or Mike Gravel or Hillary wants to wage another run in 2012, fine.

I'm ready to rumble. ;-)

somebody who doesn't want to run in 2010. Let's select somebody the party can rally around and give that person a head up on seniority and establish a record.

compassionate daughter of a martyred president would be treated so badly in the media and on this site. There are people in Congress today less qualified than Caroline Kennedy. It seems the objection in the media is that she's not a boisterous, hand shaking, career politician. I'm not sure I know what the objection is on DU. Was there a point where we became anti-Kennedy? After all the sexist cries over Hillary during the primaries, doesn't anyone think the response to Caroline Kennedy is equally sexist? She's being maligned because she has chosen to keep a low profile while raising her family. That doesn't mean she was sitting home knitting hats. I don't care who the New York governor appoints, but it would be nice if we'd stop eating our own.

has the advantage simply because of her last name.

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Rienzi M. Johnston (D-TX)
Date Appointed: January 14, 1913
Elected: Did not seek election.

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John N. Heiskell (D-AR)
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Elected: Did not seek election.

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William S. West (D-GA)
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Elected: Did not seek election.

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Johnson N. Camden, Jr. (D-KY)
Date Appointed: June 16, 1914
Elected: Yes, on November 3, 1914.

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Thomas Taggart (D-IN)
Date Appointed: March 20, 1916
Elected: No, was defeated on November 7, 1916.

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Charles L. McNary (R-OR)
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Charles B. Henderson (D-NV)
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John F. Nugent (D-ID)
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Elected: Yes, on November 5, 1918.

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David Baird (R-NJ)
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Elected: Yes, on November 5, 1918.

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Walter Guion (D-LA)
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Xenophon P. Wilfley (D-MO)
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Christie Benet (D-SC)
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Elected: No, defeated on November 5, 1918.

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Irving W. Drew (R-NH)
Date Appointed: September 2, 1918
Elected: Did not seek election.

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George B. Martin (D-KY)
Date Appointed: September 7, 1918
Elected: Did not seek election.

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Charles L. McNary (R-OR)
Date Appointed: December 18, 1918
Elected: Yes, on November 5, 1918.

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Carter Glass (D-VA)
Date Appointed: November 18, 1919
Elected: Yes, on November 3, 1920.

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Braxton B. Comer (D-AL)
Date Appointed: March 5, 1920
Elected: Did not seek election.

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Holm O. Bursum (R-NM)
Date Appointed: March 11, 1921
Elected: Yes, on September 20, 1921.

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Thomas Coleman du Pont (R-DE)
Date Appointed: July 7, 1921
Elected: No, defeated on November 7, 1922.

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William E. Crow (R-PA)
Date Appointed: October 17, 1921
Elected: Did not seek election.

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George W. Pepper (R-PA)
Date Appointed: January 9, 1922
Elected: Yes, on November 7, 1922.

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Charles A. Rawson (R-IA)
Date Appointed: February 24, 1922
Elected: Did not seek election.

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David A. Reed (R-PA)
Date Appointed: August 8, 1922
Elected: Yes, on November 7, 1922.

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Rebecca L. Felton (D-GA)
Date Appointed: October 3, 1922
Elected: Did not seek election.

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James Couzens (R-MI)
Date Appointed: November 29, 1922
Elected: Yes, on November 4, 1924

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Alva B. Adams (D-CO)
Date Appointed: May 17, 1923
Elected: No, defeated on November 4, 1924 (not a candidate in special election of same date)

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William M. Butler (R-MA)
Date Appointed: November 13, 1924
Elected: No, defeated on November 2, 1926.

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George H. Williams (R-MO)
Date Appointed: May 25, 1925
Elected: No, defeated on November 2, 1926.

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Arthur R. Robinson (R-IN)
Date Appointed: October 20, 1925
Elected: Yes, on November 2, 1926

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Gerald P. Nye (R-ND)
Date Appointed: November 14, 1925
Elected: Yes, on June 30, 1926

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David W. Stewart (R-IA)
Date Appointed: August 7, 1926
Elected: Yes, on November 2, 1926.

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Bronson Cutting (R-NM)
Date Appointed: December 29, 1927
Elected: Did not seek election.

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Arthur H. Vandenberg (R-MI)
Date Appointed: March 31, 1928
Elected: Yes, on November 6, 1928.

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Cyrus Locher (D-OH)
Date Appointed: April 4, 1928
Elected: No, defeated for nomination.

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John Thomas (R-ID)
Date Appointed: June 30, 1928
Elected: Yes, on November 6, 1928.

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Daniel O. Hastings (R-DE)
Date Appointed: December 10, 1928
Elected: Yes, on November 4, 1930.

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Henry J. Allen (R-KS)
Date Appointed: April 1, 1929
Elected: No, defeated on November 4, 1930.

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William E. Brock (D-TN)
Date Appointed: September 2, 1929
Elected: Yes, on November 4, 1930.

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Roscoe C. McCulloch (R-OH)
Date Appointed: November 5, 1929
Elected: No, defeated on November 4, 1930.

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David Baird, Jr. (R-NJ)
Date Appointed: November 30, 1929
Elected: Did not seek election.

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Patrick J. Sullivan (R-WY)
Date Appointed: December 5, 1929
Elected: Did not seek election.

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Joseph R. Grundy (R-PA)
Date Appointed: December 11, 1929
Elected: No, defeated for nomination.

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John M. Robsion (R-KY)
Date Appointed: January 9, 1930
Elected: No, defeated in election for the vacancy and for full term on November 4, 1930.

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Cameron Morrison (D-NC)
Date Appointed: December 13, 1930
Elected: No, failed to win nomination.

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Frank C. Partridge (R-VT)
Date Appointed: December 23, 1930
Elected: No, defeated for nomination.

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Hattie W. Caraway (D-AR)
Date Appointed: November 13, 1931
Elected: Yes, on January 12, 1932.

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W. Warren Barbour (R-NJ)
Date Appointed: December 1, 1931
Elected: Yes, on November 8, 1932.

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John S. Cohen (D-GA)
Date Appointed: April 25, 1932
Elected: Did not seek election.

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Walter Walker (D-CO)
Date Appointed: September 26, 1932
Elected: No, defeated on November 8, 1932.

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Elijah S. Grammer (R-WA)
Date Appointed: November 22, 1932
Elected: Did not seek election.

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Nathan L. Bachman (D-TN)
Date Appointed: February 28, 1933
Elected: Yes, on November 6, 1934.

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Harry F. Byrd (D-VA)
Date Appointed: March 4, 1933
Elected: Yes, on November 7, 1933.

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John E. Erickson (D-MT)
Date Appointed: March 13, 1933
Elected: No, defeated for nomination.

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William H. Thompson (D-NE)
Date Appointed: May 24, 1933
Elected: Did not seek election.

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Carl Atwood Hatch (D-NM)
Date Appointed: October 10, 1933
Elected: Yes, on November 6, 1934.

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Ernest W. Gibson (R-VT)
Date Appointed: November, 1933
Elected: Yes, on January 16, 1934

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Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D-WY)
Date Appointed: December 18, 1933
Elected: Yes, on November 6, 1934.

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Dennis Chavez (D-NM)
Date Appointed: May 11, 1935
Elected: Yes, on November 3, 1936.

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Elmer A. Benson (FL-MN)
Date Appointed: December 27, 1935
Elected: Did not seek election.

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Rose McConnell Long (D-LA)
Date Appointed: January 31, 1936
Elected: Yes, on April 21, 1936.

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Scott M. Loftin (D-FL)
Date Appointed: May 26, 1936
Elected: Did not seek election.

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William L. Hill (D-FL)
Date Appointed: July 1, 1936
Elected: Did not seek election.

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Herbert E. Hitchcock (D-SD)
Date Appointed: December 29, 1936
Elected: No, defeated for nomination.

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George L. Berry (D-TN)
Date Appointed: May 6, 1937
Elected: No, defeated for nomination.

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Dixie Bibb Graves (D-AL)
Date Appointed: August 20, 1937
Elected: Did not seek election.

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J. Lister Hill (D-AL)
Date Appointed: January 10, 1938
Elected: Yes, on April 26, 1938.

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John G. Milton (D-NJ)
Date Appointed: January 18, 1938
Elected: Did not seek election.

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Alfred E. Reames (D-OR)
Date Appointed: February 1, 1938
Elected: Did not seek election.

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Thomas M. Storke (D-CA)
Date Appointed: November 9, 1938
Elected: Did not seek election.

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James M. Slattery (D-IL)
Date Appointed: April 14, 1939
Elected: No, defeated on November 6, 1940.

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Albert B. Chandler (D-KY)
Date Appointed: October 10, 1939
Elected: Yes, on November 6, 1940.

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John Thomas (R-ID)
Date Appointed: January 27, 1940
Elected: Yes, on November 6, 1940.

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Ernest W. Gibson, Jr. (R-VT)
Date Appointed: June 24, 1940
Elected: Did not seek election.

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Joseph H. Ball (R-MN)
Date Appointed: October 14, 1940
Elected: Yes, on November 3, 1942.

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Berkeley L. Bunker (D-NV)
Date Appointed: November 27, 1940
Elected: No, defeated for nomination.

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Joseph Rosier (D-WV)
Date Appointed: January 13, 1941
Elected: No, defeated on November 17, 1942.

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G. Lloyd Spencer (D-AR)
Date Appointed: April 1, 1941
Elected: Did not seek election.

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Andrew J. Houston (D-TX)
Date Appointed: April 21, 1941
Elected: Did not seek election.

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James O. Eastland (D-MS)
Date Appointed: June 30, 1941
Elected: Did not seek election at this time, but was elected to the Senate in 1942.

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Alva Moore Lumpkin (D-SC)
Date Appointed: July 17, 1941
Elected: No, died in office on August 1, 1941.

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Roger C. Peace (D-SC)
Date Appointed: August 5, 1941
Elected: Did not seek election.

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Eugene D. Millikin (R-CO)
Date Appointed: December 20, 1941
Elected: Yes, on November 3, 1942.

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Arthur Walsh (D-NJ)
Date Appointed: November 26, 1943
Elected: Did not seek election.

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Samuel D. Jackson (D-IN)
Date Appointed: January 28, 1944
Elected: Did not seek election.

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Sinclair Weeks (R-MA)
Date Appointed: February 8, 1944
Elected: Did not seek election.

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Guy Cordon (R-OR)
Date Appointed: March 4, 1944
Elected: Yes, on November 8, 1944.

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Wilton E. Hall (D-SC)
Date Appointed: November 20, 1944
Elected: Did not seek election.

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Frank P. Briggs (D-MO)
Date Appointed: January 18, 1945
Elected: No, defeated on November 5, 1946.

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Thomas C. Hart (R-CT)
Date Appointed: February 15, 1945
Elected: Did not seek election.

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Milton R. Young (R-ND)
Date Appointed: March 12, 1945
Elected: Yes, on June 25, 1946.

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Edward P. Carville (D-NV)
Date Appointed: July 25, 1945
Elected: No, defeated for nomination.

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William F. Knowland (R-CA)
Date Appointed: August 14, 1945
Elected: Yes, on November 5, 1946

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James W. Huffman (D-OH)
Date Appointed: October 8, 1945
Elected: No, defeated on November 5, 1946.

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Charles C. Gossett (D-ID)
Date Appointed: November 17, 1945
Elected: No, defeated on November 5, 1946.

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William A. Stanfill (R-KY)
Date Appointed: November 19, 1945
Elected: Did not seek election.

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Thomas G. Burch (D-VA)
Date Appointed: May 31, 1946
Elected: Did not seek election.

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George R. Swift (D-AL)
Date Appointed: June 15, 1946
Elected: Did not seek election.

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Spessard L. Holland (D-FL)
Date Appointed: September 25, 1946
Elected: Yes, on November 5, 1946.

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Ralph E. Flanders (R-VT)
Date Appointed: November 1, 1946
Elected: Yes, on November 5, 1946.

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William B. Umstead (D-NC)
Date Appointed: December 18, 1946
Elected: No, defeated for nomination.

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William C. Feazel (D-LA)
Date Appointed: May 18, 1948
Elected: Did not seek election.

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Vera C. Bushfield (R-SD)
Date Appointed: October 6, 1948
Elected: Did not seek election.

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Garrett L. Withers (D-KY)
Date Appointed: January 20, 1949
Elected: Did not seek election.

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Frank P. Graham (D-NC)
Date Appointed: March 29, 1949
Elected: No, defeated for nomination.

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John Foster Dulles (R-NY)
Date Appointed: July 7, 1949
Elected: No, defeated on November 8, 1949.

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Edward L. Leahy (D-RI)
Date Appointed: August 24, 1949
Elected: Did not seek election.

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Henry C. Dworshak (R-ID)
Date Appointed: October 14, 1949
Elected: Yes, on November 7, 1950.

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Harry Darby (R-KS)
Date Appointed: December 2, 1949
Elected: Did not seek election.

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William Benton (D-CT)
Date Appointed: December 17, 1949
Elected: Yes, on November 7, 1950.

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Thomas R. Underwood (D-KY)
Date Appointed: March 19, 1951
Elected: No, defeated on November 4, 1952.

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Blair Moody (D-MI)
Date Appointed: April 22, 1951
Elected: No, defeated on November 4, 1952.

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Frederick A. Seaton (R-NE)
Date Appointed: December 10, 1951
Elected: Did not seek election.

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William A. Purtell (R-CT)
Date Appointed: August 29, 1952
Elected: Did not seek election.

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Thomas H. Kuchel (R-CA)
Date Appointed: January 2, 1953
Elected: Yes, on November 2, 1954.

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Alton A. Lennon (D-NC)
Date Appointed: July 10, 1953
Elected: No, defeated for nomination.

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Robert W. Upton (R-NH)
Date Appointed: August 14, 1953
Elected: No, defeated for nomination.

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Thomas A. Burke (D-OH)
Date Appointed: October 12, 1953
Elected: No, defeated on November 2, 1954.

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Eva Bowring (R-NE)
Date Appointed: April 16, 1954
Elected: Did not seek election.

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Sam J. Ervin, Jr. (D-NC)
Date Appointed: June 5, 1954
Elected: Yes, on November 2, 1954.

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Edward D. Crippa (R-WY)
Date Appointed: June 24, 1954
Elected: Did not seek election.

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Sam W. Reynolds (R-NE)
Date Appointed: July 3, 1954
Elected: Did not seek election.

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Charles E. Daniel (D-SC)
Date Appointed: September 6, 1954
Elected: Did not seek election.

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Ernest S. Brown (R-NV)
Date Appointed: October 1, 1954
Elected: No, defeated on November 2, 1954.

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William R. Laird, III (D-WV)
Date Appointed: March 13, 1956
Elected: Did not seek election.

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Thomas A. Wofford (D-SC)
Date Appointed: April 5, 1956
Elected: Did not seek election.

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Robert Humphreys (D-KY)
Date Appointed: June 21, 1956
Elected: Did not seek election.

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William A. Blakley (D-TX)
Date Appointed: January 15, 1957
Elected: Did not seek election.

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John D. Hoblitzell, Jr. (R-WV)
Date Appointed: January 25, 1958
Elected: No, defeated on November 4, 1958.

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B. Everett Jordan (D-NC)
Date Appointed: April 19, 1958
Elected: Yes, on November 4, 1958.

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C. Norman Brunsdale (R-ND)
Date Appointed: November 19, 1959
Elected: Did not seek election.

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Hall Lusk (D-OR)
Date Appointed: March 16, 1960
Elected: Did not seek election.

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Edward V. Long (D-MO)
Date Appointed: September 23, 1960
Elected: Yes, on November 8, 1960.

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Benjamin Smith (D-MA)
Date Appointed: December 27, 1960
Elected: Did not seek election.

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William Blakley (D-TX)
Date Appointed: January 3, 1961
Elected: No, defeated on May 27, 1961.

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J. Joseph Hickey (D-WY)
Date Appointed: January 3, 1961
Elected: No, defeated on November 6, 1962.

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Maurice J. Murphy, Jr. (R-NH)
Date Appointed: December 7, 1961
Elected: No, defeated for nomination.

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James B. Pearson (R-KS)
Date Appointed: January 31, 1962
Elected: Yes, on November 6, 1962

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Joseph H. Bottum (R-SD)
Date Appointed: July 9, 1962
Elected: No, defeated on November 6, 1962.

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Len Jordan (R-ID)
Date Appointed: August 6, 1962
Elected: Yes, on November 6, 1962.

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Edwin Mechem (R-NM)
Date Appointed: November 30, 1962
Elected: No, defeated on November 3, 1964.

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J. Howard Edmondson (D-OK)
Date Appointed: January 7, 1963
Elected: No, defeated for nomination.

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Herbert S. Walters (D-TN)
Date Appointed: August 20, 1963
Elected: Did not seek election.

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Pierre Salinger (D-CA)
Date Appointed: August 4, 1964
Elected: No, defeated on November 3, 1964.

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Walter F. Mondale (D-MN)
Date Appointed: December 30, 1964
Elected: Yes, on November 8, 1966.

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Donald S. Russell (D-SC)
Date Appointed: April 22, 1965
Elected: No, defeated for nomination.

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Harry F. Byrd, Jr. (D/I-VA)
Date Appointed: November 12, 1965
Elected: Yes, on November 8, 1966.

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Robert P. Griffin (R-MI)
Date Appointed: May 11, 1966
Elected: Yes, on November 8, 1966.

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Charles E. Goodell (R-NY)
Date Appointed: September 10, 1968
Elected: No, defeated on November 3, 1970.

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Theodore (Ted) Stevens (R-AK)
Date Appointed: December 24, 1968
Elected: Yes, on November 3, 1970.

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Ralph Tyler Smith (R-IL)
Date Appointed: September 17, 1969
Elected: No, defeated on November 3, 1970.

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David H. Gambrell (D-GA)
Date Appointed: February 1, 1971
Elected: No, defeated for nomination.

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Robert T. Stafford (R-VT)
Date Appointed: September 16, 1971
Elected: Yes, on January 7, 1972.

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Elaine S. Edwards (D-LA)
Date Appointed: August 1, 1972
Elected: Did not seek election.

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Howard M. Metzenbaum (D-OH)
Date Appointed: January 4, 1974
Elected: No, defeated for nomination, but was successfully elected to the Senate in 1976.

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Wendell R. Anderson (D-MN)
Date Appointed: December 30, 1976
Elected: No, defeated on November 7, 1978.

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Kaneaster Hodges, Jr. (D-AR)
Date Appointed: December 10, 1977
Elected: Did not seek election.

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Paul G. Hatfield (D-MT)
Date Appointed: January 22, 1978
Elected: No, defeated for nomination.

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Muriel B. Humphrey (D-MN)
Date Appointed: January 25, 1978
Elected: Did not seek election.

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Maryon P. Allen (D-AL)
Date Appointed: June 6, 1978
Elected: No, defeated for nomination.

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George J. Mitchell (D-ME)
Date Appointed: May 17, 1980
Elected: Yes, on November 2, 1982.

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Nicholas F. Brady (R-NJ)
Date Appointed: April 12, 1982
Elected: Did not seek election.

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Daniel J. Evans (R-WA)
Date Appointed: September 8, 1983
Elected: Yes, on November 8, 1983

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James T. Broyhill (R-NC)
Date Appointed: July 3, 1986
Elected: No, defeated on November 5, 1986.

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David K. Karnes (R-NE)
Date Appointed: March 11, 1987
Elected: No, defeated on November 8, 1988.

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Dan Coats (R-IN)
Date Appointed: January 3, 1989
Elected: Yes, on November 6, 1990

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Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI)
Date Appointed: May 16, 1990
Elected: Yes, on November 6, 1990

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John Seymour (R-CA)
Date Appointed: January 3, 1991
Elected: No, defeated on November 3, 1992.

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Harris Wofford (D-PA)
Date Appointed: May 9, 1991
Elected: Yes, on November 5, 1991.

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Jocelyn Burdick (D-ND)
Date Appointed: September 16, 1992
Elected: Did not seek election.

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Harlan Mathews (D-TN)
Date Appointed: January 2, 1993
Elected: Did not seek election.

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Robert C. Krueger (D-TX)
Date Appointed: January 21, 1993
Elected: No, defeated on June 5, 1993.

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Sheila Frahm (R-KS)
Date Appointed: June 11, 1996
Elected: No, defeated for nomination.

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Lincoln Chafee (R-RI)
Date Appointed: November 2, 1999
Elected: Yes, on November 7, 2000.

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Zell Miller (D-GA)
Date Appointed: July 24, 2000
Elected: Yes, on November 7, 2000.

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Jean Carnahan (D-MO)
Date Appointed: Effective January 3, 2001
Elected: No, defeated on November 5, 2002

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Dean Barkley (I-MN)
Date Appointed: November 4, 2002
Elected: Did not seek election.

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Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Date Appointed: December 20, 2002
Elected: Yes, on November 2, 2004

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Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
Date Appointed: January 17, 2006
Elected: Yes, on November 7, 2006

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John A. Barrasso (R-WY)
Date Appointed: June 22, 2007
Elected: Yes, on November 4, 2008

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Roger F. Wicker (R-MS)
Date Appointed: December 31, 2007
Elected: Yes, on November 4, 2008

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people in NY who would like the job, with more impressive resumes than hers.

In the culture of the senate, new senators rarely make an impact unless they have something that translates into political capital for other senators -- a reason for more senior members to seek out a junior member's support or to support a junior member's agenda. HRC had that -- her connections and fundraising ability gave her immediate standing in the senate. Jim Webb had it -- his military background made him someone other senators wanted to be associated with because it gave them credibility in an area that they might not otherwise have any. The overwhelmingly positive reaction to Caroline Kennedy's endorsement of Obama established that she has political capital. If you're an incumbent Senator from the midwest up for reelection, would you want to do a joint campaign appearance with Jerry Nadler (who is a terrific congressman) or with Caroline Kennedy? Which one would you cultivate as a "partner" by co-sponsoring legislation. Its called horsetrading and its how the senate works.

If you can name one person who has the level of political cache and capital that wants the job, I'd be interested in hearing about it.

"David Paterson is now the undisputed heavyweight champion of no-win situations," said Democratic political analyst Dan Gerstein.

and for Franken to win back Wellstone's seat....JFK Jr would have won this seat had he not dies in the plane wreck....the world can start spinning back on it's axis correctly with these 2 seats back in hands they should be

Anybody who thinks they can swiftboat Caroline into silence is in for a rude awakening.

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If he opts not to select her, he can at least encourage her to run in 2010..

I sure don't envy the NY Governor. He has quite a list of qualified Democrats to choose from!