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Senate Races

State Candidates Important Dates
Alabama
(Hotline updates) 		Jeff Sessions (R)
Announced: Running 		Filing Date: April 4
Primary: June 3
Runoff: July 15
Alaska
(Hotline updates) 		Ted Stevens (R)
Announced: Running 		Filing Date: June 2
Primary: Aug. 26
Arkansas
(Hotline updates) 		Mark Pryor (D)
Announced: Running 		Filing Date: March 10
Primary: May 20
Runoff: June 10
Colorado
(Hotline updates) 		Wayne Allard (R)
Announced: Not Running 		Filing Date: May 29
Primary: Aug. 12
Delaware
(Hotline updates) 		Joseph Biden (D)
Announced: Running 		Filing Date: July 25
Primary: Sept. 9
Georgia
(Hotline updates) 		Saxby Chambliss (R)
Announced: Running 		Filing Date: May 2
Primary: July 15
Runoff: Aug. 5
Idaho
(Hotline updates) 		Larry Craig (R)
Announced: Not Running 		Filing Date: March 21
Primary: May 27
Illinois
(Hotline updates) 		Richard Durbin (D)
Announced: Running 		Filing Date: Nov. 5, 2007
Primary: Feb. 5, 2008
Iowa
(Hotline updates) 		Tom Harkin (D)
Announced: Running 		Filing Date: March 14
Primary: June 3
Kansas
(Hotline updates) 		Pat Roberts (R)
Announced: Running 		Filing Date: June 10
Primary: Aug. 5
Kentucky
(Hotline updates) 		Mitch McConnell (R)
Announced: Running 		Filing Date: Jan. 29
Primary: May 20
Louisiana
(Hotline updates) 		Mary Landrieu (D)
Announced: Running 		Filing Date: July 11
Primary: Sept. 6
Runoff: Oct. 4
Maine
(Hotline updates) 		Susan Collins (R)
Announced: Running 		Filing Date: March 15
Primary: June 10
Massachusetts
(Hotline updates) 		John Kerry (D)
Announced: Running 		Filing Date: May 6
Primary: Sept. 16
Michigan
(Hotline updates) 		Carl Levin (D)
Announced: Running 		Filing Date: May 13
Primary Date: Aug. 5
Minnesota
(Hotline updates) 		Norm Coleman (R)
Announced: Running 		Filing Date: July 15
Primary: Sept. 9
Mississippi
(Hotline updates) 		Thad Cochran (R)
Announced: Running 		Filing Date: Jan. 11
Primary: March 11
Runoff: April 1
Mississippi
(Hotline updates) 		Roger Wicker (R)
Announced: Running* 		Filing Date: Jan. 11
Primary: March 11
Runoff: April 1

*Wicker was appointed after the resignation of Sen. Trent Lott (R). This election will be for the remaining four years of Lott's term.
Montana
(Hotline updates) 		Max Baucus (D)
Announced: Running 		Filing Date: March 20
Primary: June 3
Nebraska
(Hotline updates) 		Chuck Hagel (R)
Announced: Not Running 		Filing Date: March 1
Primary: May 13
New Hampshire
(Hotline updates) 		John Sununu (R)
Announced: Running 		Filing Date: June 13
Primary: Sept. 9
New Jersey
(Hotline updates) 		Frank Lautenberg (D)
Announced: Running 		Filing Date: April 7
Primary: June 3
New Mexico
(Hotline updates) 		Pete Domenici (R)
Announced: Not Running 		Filing Date: Feb. 12
Primary: June 3
North Carolina
(Hotline updates) 		Elizabeth Dole (R)
Announced: Running 		Filing Date: Feb. 29
Primary: May 6
Runoff: June 24
Oklahoma
(Hotline updates) 		James Inhofe (R)
Announced: Running 		Filing Date: June 4
Primary: July 29
Runoff: Aug. 26
Oregon
(Hotline updates) 		Gordon Smith (R)
Announced: Running 		Filing Date: March 11
Primary: May 20
Rhode Island
(Hotline updates) 		Jack Reed (D)
Announced: Running 		Filing Date: June 25
Primary: Sept. 9
South Carolina
(Hotline updates) 		Lindsey Graham (R)
Announced: Running 		Filing Date: March 31
Primary: June 10
Runoff: June 24
South Dakota
(Hotline updates) 		Tim Johnson (D)
Announced: Running 		Filing Date: March 25
Primary: June 3
Runoff: June 17
Tennessee
(Hotline updates) 		Lamar Alexander (R)
Announced: Running 		Filing Date: April 3
Primary: Aug. 7
Texas
(Hotline updates) 		John Cornyn (R)
Announced: Running 		Filing Date: Jan. 2
Primary: March 4
Runoff: April 8
Virginia
(Hotline updates) 		John Warner (R)
Announced: Not Running 		Filing Date: April 16
Primary: June 10
West Virginia
(Hotline updates) 		Jay Rockefeller (D)
Announced: Running 		Filing Date: Jan. 26
Primary: May 13
Wyoming
(Hotline updates) 		Michael Enzi (R)
Running 		Filing Date: May 30
Primary: Aug. 19
Wyoming
(Hotline updates) 		John Barrasso (R)
Running*
Filing Date: May 30
Primary: Aug. 19

*Barrasso was appointed after the death of Sen. Craig Thomas (R). This election will be for the remaining four years of Thomas' term.

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Race Rankings

The Hotline

Based on likelihood of seat switching party control. Updated: 9/19.

  1. Virginia (Open-R)
  2. New Mexico (Open-R)
  3. N.H. (Sununu-R)
  4. Colorado (Open-R)
  5. Alaska (Stevens-R)
  6. Oregon (Smith-R)
  7. North Carolina (Dole-R)
  8. Minnesota (Coleman-R)
  9. Louisiana (Landrieu-D)
  10. Mississippi (Wicker-R)
  11. Kentucky (McConnell-R)
  12. Maine (Collins-R)
  13. New Jersey (Lautenberg-D)
  14. Georgia (Chambliss-R)
  15. Oklahoma (Inhofe-R)
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