Which senators are up for election in 2012?

Anybody have a source for that info? (Of course we know that all of the House will be up for election again next time.)

Maybe we could get ready to contribute to them sooner, since us small donors can't do as much in a short time at the last minute. Even if there's no committee formed yet, we could put it aside ourselves, and at least plan who we'll want to contribute to. I for one, donate to some senators who aren't from my state, as others do too. Also we could start on researching the senators we need to oppose. (I'm thinking of how much stuff DU dug up on Palin in '08, which was pretty remarkable.)

Anyhow... anybody have a link for the 2012 senators?

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Editing to include the link The Hitman provided below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_elections,_2012

Not to minimize any others, but I see that Bernie Sanders is among them, and Sherrod Brown. They'll definitely be on my support list.

Neither he nor Gramps respond when I write them. Besides, he's a douchebag.

DU is so cool. :)

not sure if anyone can direct whether this information is reasonable to expect, but seems a big foreboding - from theGuardian - UK website

from the article:

The bad news for the Democrats is that this is just the beginning of the bad news. Because Republicans picked up several key governorships and more than 19 state legislative chambers, Republicans will control much of redistricting – the redrawing of congressional and state legislative lines – in states such as Texas, which will gain four seats, and Ohio and Pennsylvania and Wisconsin and Michigan, which will lose seats. So, we can add between 15 and 20 Republican House seats to the Republican majority elected on 2 November because of the coming redistricting. This additional haul of congressional seats begins in 2012 and will last a decade, until the next redistricting in 2022.

The Republicans have not just won the House; they have won it for a decade.

And the news from the Senate is not better for the Democrats. Two years from now, in 2012, there will be 33 senators up for re-election. Twenty-three will be Democrats and only 10 will be Republicans. And one counts eight Democrats in potentially vulnerable states, compared to perhaps one Republican. Two years after that, in 2014, there will be 20 Democrats up for re-election and only 13 Republicans. One Republican hails from a blue state (Maine), and some nine Democrats will run in Republican-trending states.

So, Republicans will win a majority in the Senate in 2012, and hope to have fully 60 seats – enough to overcome any filibuster after the 2014 election.

LINK:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/nov/03/midterm-elections-republicans-congress

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seems overtly anti-Democratic but wondering how true the possibilities are

Hopefully it's nothing more than post-election fear mongering

There's that article I was looking for. Surprised it's only in the UK media. Of course, if anyone actually takes the time to look at the seats in play and the Senators up, the map becomes less scary right quick.

out of the primaries. My guess is she retires.

Does look like quite a few potential Democratic vulnerables though.

snowe is so much easier than what Alaskans had to memorize

who were just elected turn out to be the downfall of the GOP. The establishment republicans are in a real bind and have to follow their wishes which are dangerous (like shutting down the government and defaulting on debt). They are most certainly going to overstep some boundaries that could very well turn people out to vote D next time after they see how nuts they are and what cutting the deficit and not raising any taxes on the wealthy really means.

The early MSM meme, which I'm surprised I haven't seen yet (give it a few more days), will be that the map is "terrible" for Democrats because the Democrats will be defending 21 seats (actually 23 if you count Sanders and Lieberman) and the Thugs 10.

However, out of that group of 23, there are only a few danger spots. Brown in Ohio will get a challenge from some nutbag. Tester in Montana, ditto. Same for Webb in Virginia. Other than that, you're pretty stretched to find vulnerable Democrats in those that are up. As a bonus, Lieberman will be defeated and replaced with a real Democrat.

On the Republican side, they have just as many problems. Scott Brown in Massachusetts is a goner. Olympia Snowe in Maine will be primaried by a teabagger. Kyl in Arizona may meet the same fate. Finally, Ensign of Nevada might be forced from office before the election; if not, his seat is a prime pickup opportunity, particularly for a candidate with excellent Latino outreach (which is how Reid won).

It's actually going to be - - at this point - - a fairly boring Senate election. And Democrats should retain the majority, and maybe even add to it by a seat or two.

Anything else?

worst of the Repub senators up for re-election in 2012. I also can't believe that irrelevant old fossil Dick Lugar is running again in 2012, too.

Link: Senators Up for Reelection in 2012

Democratic incumbent elections (21)

1. Dianne Feinstein of California
   
2. Tom Carper of Delaware
   
3. Bill Nelson of Florida
   
4. Daniel Akaka of Hawaii
   
5. Ben Cardin of Maryland
   
6. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan
   
7. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota
   
8. Claire McCaskill of Missouri
   
9. Jon Tester of Montana
   
10. Ben Nelson of Nebraska
    
11. Bob Menendez of New Jersey
    
12. Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico
    
13. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York
    
14. Kent Conrad of North Dakota
    
15. Sherrod Brown of Ohio
    
16. Bob Casey, Jr. of Pennsylvania
    
17. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island
    
18. Jim Webb of Virginia
    
19. Maria Cantwell of Washington
    
20. Joe Manchin of West Virginia
    
21. Herb Kohl of Wisconsin

Independent incumbent elections (2)

1. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut (THIS BASTARD NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED!)
   
2. Bernie Sanders of Vermont (THIS IS A GREAT SENATOR..>KEEP HIM!!)

Republican incumbent elections (10) (THESE BASTARDS NEED TO GO!!!)

1. Jon Kyl of Arizona
   
2. Richard Lugar of Indiana
   
3. Olympia Snowe of Maine
   
4. Scott Brown of Massachusetts
   
5. Roger Wicker of Mississippi
   
6. John Ensign of Nevada
   
7. Bob Corker of Tennessee
   
8. Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas
   
9. Orrin Hatch of Utah
   
10. John Barrasso of Wyoming

You have DiFi listed as a Dem.

:rofl:

Unless Mike Castle runs, he's safe. Not much of a Republican bench in DE. And I'm pretty sure Mike Castle is done with politics.

Talk about an easy win . . . .