Talk:United States Senate elections, 2010

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Contents 1 2010 Senate election map 2 Barack Obama 3 Potential candidates 4 Senate contests in 2010

[edit] 2010 Senate election map

In the 2010 Senate election map it seems that Connecticut is marked as having no election... this is incorrect as Chris Dodd's seat is up for election. Wether Dodd will run is an other question as he formally announced his intention not to run but his spokesperson said this was merely a technicallity in order to be able to transfer funds to his presidential campaign. -- fdewaele, 17 October 2007, 9:06 CET. —Preceding comment was added at 07:07, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Barack Obama

One-term Senator Barack Obama has emerged as a potential presidential candidate in 2008. If he becomes President or Vice President, his seat will become open and thus result in an all-out primary for both parties.

Excuse me but wouldn't Gov. Blagojevic simply appoint a Democrat as the new senator to replace (Vice) President Obama? This would preclude two all-out primaries as the appointed senator would have more than a leg up when he runs for a full term in 2010. -- user:fdewaele, 4 January 2008, 16:30.

You are correct. Open seat races only happen during house vacancies. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.180.39.199 (talk) 00:02, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Potential candidates

Is there any basis for having some of these names listed as potential Senate candidates? I think there should be at least one source that mentions that the person is considering running and not just rely on speculaiton.SSouthern (talk) 07:29, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Senate contests in 2010

I made the table sortable and added the party affiliation as a column, since it was the only way to make that sortable. Plonker Bonker (talk) 16:09, 20 May 2008 (UTC)