Comments on: Which Senate Seats Will Switch to Democratic In 2016?

By: Jed Whittaker

Jed Whittaker — Mon, 30 May 2016 19:39:28 +0000

Although I may be the dark horse in the race for the United States Senate in the Great State of Alaska, there are a great many people who want a change. I am running to increase awareness of global warming, to help the poor, and to end homelessness. If elected I will introduce legislation to raise the minimum wage nationally to $15 an hour, institute a 1% sales tax on the sale of stocks and bonds, replace Obama care with single payer Universal health care, a carbon tax, and outlaw the sale and manufacture of tailor made cigarettes……I have many other ideas and solutions, and will work to advance the cause of civil and human rights.
My name is Jed Whittaker

By: Chris Heinz

Chris Heinz — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 00:20:05 +0000

Rand Paul is also being opposed by Lexington’s 2 term (openly gay) mayor Jim Gray.

By: Chase Stoudt

Chase Stoudt — Fri, 25 Mar 2016 22:35:43 +0000

Lisa Murkowski here. Her father appointed her when he became Governor in 2002. The Democrats saved her butt in 2010 when the AK Republican party thought it would be a good idea to hand the nomination to Joe Miller (up there with Cruz and Trump when it comes to crazy), and she won by a write in. This state is very odd. There is a core group of people who vote R every election against their own interests every single time (see the state’s current fiscal mess), and then there are the ones who I call in the closet Democrats that are willing to vote for an Independent who supports Democrat policies. A perfect example of this is how the current Governor ran on a platform of Medicaid expansion and won (the only R crowd is still trying to drag it through court after losing multiple times while the state continues to hemorrhage money). Anyway, I think people are finally starting to regret the clown car they voted into Juneau and the lege knows it which is why we’ve seen some truly crazy pandering to the base ahead of November. That kind of sentiment I think will help Murkoski’s challenger, you can read more about her here. http://www.adn.com/article/20160217/anchorage-attorney-margaret-stock-challenging-lisa-murkowski-senate

By: dean

dean — Fri, 25 Mar 2016 21:59:37 +0000

an approval rating of 6% to 9% but a re-relection rate of about 90%

Because of the “everyone else’s rep in congress sucks but mine is fine” attitude.

By: RickA

RickA — Fri, 25 Mar 2016 21:43:40 +0000

I recommend taking the 30 year average of all the senate elections and use that to project the number of seats changing parties.

By: J. Chapman

J. Chapman — Fri, 25 Mar 2016 21:00:46 +0000

You might want to look over the Senate battleground analysis on the BallotPedia site. It identifies only 5 Republican and 1 Democratic seat in the “battleground” category. Another 2 Republican and 1 Democratic seat are in competitive elections. The remaining 25 seats up for (re-)election are considered safe for one party or the other. So the realistic outside best case for the Democrats would be a 6-seat net gain.

By: wehappyfew

wehappyfew — Fri, 25 Mar 2016 20:16:54 +0000

The MD, CA and NV open seats are not “seats that seem to have a chance of a Democratic takeover” … they are already Dem seats.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Fri, 25 Mar 2016 19:44:03 +0000

Bruce: Thanks, added.

Desertphile: Over the last few years, it has ranges from just over 30 to about 10%. That doesn’t explain anything, though! I have no idea.

By: Desertphile

Desertphile — Fri, 25 Mar 2016 19:24:41 +0000

Perhaps you could figure out, and explain to the world, why the 113rd Congress had an approval rating of 6% to 9% but a re-relection rate of about 90%

By: Bruce Jensen

Bruce Jensen — Fri, 25 Mar 2016 19:15:44 +0000

Isn’t Alan Grayson running in FL? He’s super!