2006 Senate Races

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2006 U.S. Senate...

109th Congress--55 Republicans, 44 Democrats, 1 Independent (aligned with Democrats)
33 seats at stake--17 held by Democrats, 15 held by Republicans, 1 held by Independent
4 retirements--2 Democrats, 1 Republican, 1Independent
1 Democratic incumbent defeated in primary, but running as Independent
Nov. 7: Republicans lost 6 of 15 seats; Democrats lost 0 of 16 seats*
110th Congress--49 Democrats, 2 Independents (aligned with Democrats), 49 Republicans*
9 newly elected in 2006: Ben Cardin (D-MD), Amy Klobuchar (DFL-MN), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Jon Tester (D-MT), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bob Casey (D-PA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Jim Webb (D-VA)
*In Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman ran as an Independent due to his loss in the primary; he is caucusing with the Democrats.

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National Republican Senatorial Committee
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	DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENTS	REPUBLICAN CHALLENGERS	MORE
California:	Dianne Feinstein	Dick Mountjoy	Todd Chretien (G) Michael Metti (L) Don J. Grundmann (AIP) Marsha Feinland (P&F)
Connecticut:	Joseph Lieberman def. by Ned Lamont in Aug. 8 primary.	Alan Schlesinger	Ralph A. Ferrucci (G)
Delaware:	Thomas Carper	Jan Ting
Florida:	Bill Nelson	Katherine Harris	Brian Moore (I) end. by GPF
Hawaii:	Daniel Akaka	Cynthia Thielen	Jeff Mallan (L)
Maryland:	Paul Sarbanes (retiring) * Ben Cardin	Michael Steele	Kevin Zeese (G)
Massachusetts:	Ted Kennedy	Ken Chase
Michigan:	Debbie Stabenow	Michael Bouchard	Leonard Schwartz (L) David Sole (G)
Minnesota:	Mark Dayton (retiring) * Amy Klobuchar	Mark Kennedy	Michael Cavlan (G) Charles Aldrich (L) Robert Fitzgerald (MNIP)
Nebraska:	Ben Nelson	Pete Ricketts
New Jersey:	Robert Menendez (appted)	Tom Kean	Len Flynn (L)
New Mexico:	Jeff Bingaman	Allen McCulloch
New York:	Hillary Rodham Clinton	John Spencer (R/C/RTL)	Howie Hawkins (G) Jeff Russell (L)
North Dakota:	Kent Conrad	Dwight Grotberg
Washington:	Maria Cantwell	Mike McGavick	Aaron Dixon (G) Bruce Guthrie (L)
West Virginia:	Robert Byrd	John Raese	Jesse Johnson (MP)
Wisconsin:	Herb Kohl	Robert Gerald Lorge	Rae Vogeler (G) Dave Reddick L (w/in)
Vermont:	Jim Jeffords (retiring) * Bernie Sanders (Ind.)	Rich Tarrant	Craig Hill (G) Peter Diamondstone (LU)

	DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGERS	REPUBLICAN INCUMBENTS	MORE
Arizona:	Jim Pederson	Jon Kyl	Richard Mack (L)
Indiana:	none	Richard Lugar	Steve Osborn (L)
Maine:	Jean Hay Bright	Olympia Snowe	Bill Slavick (I)
Mississippi:	Erik Fleming	Trent Lott	Harold Taylor (L)
Missouri:	Claire McCaskill	Jim Talent ...defeated	Frank Gilmour (L) Lydia Lewis (P) [G]
Montana:	Jon Tester	Conrad Burns ...defeated	Stan Jones (L)
Nevada:	Jack Carter	John Ensign	Brendan Trainor (L) David Schumann (IAP)
Ohio:	Sherrod Brown	Mike DeWine ...defeated
Pennsylvania:	Bob Casey	Rick Santorum ...defeated	Carl Romanelli (G) w/in
Rhode Island:	Sheldon Whitehouse	Lincoln Chaffee ...defeated
Tennessee:	Harold Ford, Jr.	Bill Frist (retiring) * Bob Corker	Chris Lugo (G)
Texas:	Barbara Ann Radnofsky	Kay Bailey Hutchison	Scott Jameson (L)
Utah:	Pete Ashdown	Orrin Hatch	Scott Bradley (C) Julian Hatch (DG) Dave Starr Seely (L)
Virginia:	Jim Webb	George Allen ...defeated	Gail Parker (I)
Wyoming:	Dale Groutage	Craig Thomas