Political Outlook

2008 Races: U.S. Senate

The terms of 35 senators will expire in January 2009, and many of them are expected to seek reelection. Given the slight majority, look for many of these races to be competitive.

Democrats
State Senator Winning % in
Last Election
NFIB Voting Record
(109th Congress)
Arkansas Mark Pryor 54 percent 22 percent
Delaware Joe Biden 58 percent 25 percent
Iowa Tom Harkin 54 percent 0 percent
Illinois Dick Durbin 60 percent 0 percent
Louisiana Mary Landrieu 52 percent 44 percent
Massachussetts John Kerry 80 percent 0 percent
Michigan Carl Levin 61 percent 0 percent
Montana Max Baucus 63 percent 38 percent
New Jersey Frank Lautenberg 54 percent 0 percent
Rhode Island Jack Reed 78 percent 11 percent
South Dakota Tim Johnson 50 percent 44 percent
West Virginia Jay Rockefeller 63 percent 17 percent

Republicans
State Senator Winning % in
Last Election
NFIB Voting Record
(109th Congress)
Alabama Jeff Sessions 59 percent 100 percent
Alaska Ted Stevens 78 percent 100 percent
Colorado Wayne Allard* 51 percent 100 percent
Georgia Saxby Chambliss 53 percent 100 percent
Idaho Larry Craig* 65 percent 89 percent
Kansas Pat Roberts 83 percent 100 percent
Kentucky Mitch McConnell 65 percent 100 percent
Maine Susan Collins 58 percent 100 percent
Minnesota Norm Coleman 50 percent 89 percent
Mississippi Thad Cochran 85 percent 100 percent
Mississippi Roger Pickering N/A N/A
Nebraska Chuck Hagel* 83 percent 100 percent
New Hampshire John Sununu 51 percent 100 percent
New Mexico Pete Domenici* 65 percent 89 percent
North Carolina Elizabeth Dole 54 percent 100 percent
Oklahoma Jim Inhofe 57 percent 100 percent
Oregon Gordon Smith 56 percent 100 percent
South Carolina Lindsey Graham 54 percent 89 percent
Tennessee Lamar Alexander 54 percent 100 percent
Texas John Cornyn 55 percent 100 percent
Virginia John Warner* 83 percent 100 percent
Wyoming Mike Enzi 73 percent 100 percent
Wyoming John Barrasso N/A N/A


* Retiring