Senate Endorsements (2014)

[Flake]

Alabama:
Alaska:
Arkansas:
Colorado:
Delaware:
Georgia:
Hawaii (special):
Idaho:
Illinois:
Iowa:
Kansas:
Kentucky:
Louisiana:
Maine:
Massachusetts:
Michigan:
Minnesota:
Mississippi:
Montana:
Nebraska:
New Hampshire:
New Jersey:
New Mexico:
North Carolina:
Oklahoma:
Oregon:
Rhode Island:
South Carolina:
South Carolina (special):
South Dakota:
Tennessee:
Texas:
Virginia:
West Virginia:
Wyoming:

[Flake]

Alabama: TBD
Alaska: Mark Begich
Arkansas: Mark Pryor
Colorado: Mark Udall
Delaware: Chris Coons
Georgia: Michelle Nunn
Hawaii (special): Colleen Hanabusa
Idaho: TBD
Illinois: Dick Durbin
Iowa: Bruce Baley
Kansas: Kathleen Sebelius
Kentucky: Alison Lundergan Grimes
Louisiana: Mary Landrieu
Maine: Susan Collins
Massachusetts: Ed Markey
Michigan: Jocelyn Benson
Minnesota: Al Franken
Mississippi: Ray Mabus
Montana: John Bohlinger
Nebraska: Kim Robak
New Hampshire: Jeanne Shaheen
New Jersey: Cory Booker
New Mexico: Tom Udall
North Carolina: Kay Hagan
Oklahoma: Matt Silverstein
Oregon: Jeff Merkley
Rhode Island: Jack Reed
South Carolina: Jay Stamper (He's so funny)
South Carolina (special): Tim Scott
South Dakota: Rick Weiland
Tennessee: Brenda Lenard
Texas: Wendy Davis
Virginia: Mark Warner
West Virginia: Natalie Tennant
Wyoming: Dave Fruedenthal

[Warren 4 Secretary of Everything]

Alabama: None
Alaska: Mark Begich
Arkansas: Mark Pryor
Colorado: Mark Udall
Delaware: Chris Coons
Georgia: Michelle Nunn
Hawaii (special): Brian Schatz
Idaho: None
Illinois: Dick Durbin
Iowa: Bruce Baley
Kansas: None
Kentucky: Alison Lundergan Grimes
Louisiana: Mary Landrieu
Maine: Susan Collins
Massachusetts: Ed Markey
Michigan: Gary Peters
Minnesota: Al Franken
Mississippi: Thad Cochran or Ray Mabus
Montana: Denise Juneau
Nebraska: None
New Hampshire: Jeanne Shaheen
New Jersey: Frank Pallone
[/color]New Mexico: Tom Udall
North Carolina: Kay Hagan
Oklahoma: None
Oregon: Jeff Merkley
Rhode Island: Jack Reed
South Carolina: Lindsey Graham
South Carolina (special): None
South Dakota: Rick Weiland
Tennessee: Lamar Alexander
Texas: None
Virginia: Mark Warner
West Virginia: Natalie Tennant
Wyoming: Mike Enzi

[publicunofficial]

Seeing as how 1/2 the races aren't fully formed yet, this is pretty preliminary.
Bold is a candidate I enthusiastically endorse.


Alabama:
Alaska: Mark Begich
Arkansas: Mark Pryor
Colorado: Mark Udall
Delaware: Chris Coons
Georgia: Michelle Nunn
Hawaii (special): Brian Schatz
Idaho:
Illinois: Dick Durbin
Iowa: Bruce Braley
Kansas:
Kentucky: Alison Lundergan Grimes
Louisiana: Mary Landrieu
Maine:
Massachusetts: Ed Markey
Michigan: Gary Peters
Minnesota: Al Franken
Mississippi:
Montana:
Nebraska:
New Hampshire: Jeanne Shaheen
New Jersey: Rush Holt
New Mexico: Tom Udall
North Carolina: Kay Hagan
Oklahoma:
Oregon: Jeff Merkley
Rhode Island: Jack Reed
South Carolina:
South Carolina (special):
South Dakota: Rick Weiland
Tennessee:
Texas:
Virginia: Mark Warner
West Virginia:
Wyoming:

Also, lolwrongboard

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Since it's still early and there are plenty of potential candidates left, these are my preliminary endorsements:

Alabama:
Alaska:
Arkansas:
Colorado:
Delaware:
Georgia: Karen Handel
Hawaii (special):
Idaho:
Illinois:
Iowa:
Kansas:
Kentucky: Mitch McConnell (reluctantly)
Louisiana:
Maine: Susan Collins
Massachusetts:
Michigan:
Minnesota:
Mississippi:
Montana:
Nebraska:
New Hampshire:
New Jersey:
New Mexico:
North Carolina:
Oklahoma:
Oregon:
Rhode Island:
South Carolina:
South Carolina (special):
South Dakota: Mike Rounds
Tennessee:
Texas:
Virginia:
West Virginia: Shelley Moore Capito
Wyoming: Mike Enzi

[PolitiJunkie]

Alabama: TBD
Alaska: Mark Begich
Arkansas: Mark Pryor
Colorado: Mark Udall
Delaware: Chris Coons
Georgia: Max Cleland (I know him running is a pipe dream though.)
Hawaii (special): Colleen Hanabusa
Idaho: TBD
Illinois: Dick Durbin
Iowa: Bruce Braley
Kansas: Kathleen Sebelius
Kentucky: Alison Lundergan Grimes
Louisiana: Mary Landrieu
Maine: Susan Collins
Massachusetts: Ed Markey
Michigan: Gary Peters
Minnesota: Al Franken
Mississippi: Gene Taylor
Montana: John Bohlinger
Nebraska: Kim Robak
New Hampshire: Jeanne Shaheen
New Jersey: Rush Holt
New Mexico: Tom Udall
North Carolina: Kay Hagan
Oklahoma: TBD
Oregon: Jeff Merkley
Rhode Island: Jack Reed
South Carolina: Lindsey Graham
South Carolina (special): Jim Hodges
South Dakota: Rick Weiland
Tennessee: Lamar Alexander
Texas: Julian Castro (I'm assuming Davis is running for Governor, and even though Castro won't run/won't win, he hasn't technically declined for Senate yet so it's okay to dream.)
Virginia: Mark Warner
West Virginia: Natalie Tennant
Wyoming: TBD

[Del Tachi]

Alabama:  Jeff Sessions
Alaska:  Mead Treadwell
Arkansas:  Tom Cotton
Colorado:  Jane Norton
Delaware:  Chris Coons
Georgia:  Jack Kingston
Hawaii (special):  Brian Schatz
Idaho:  James Risch
Illinois:  TBD
Iowa:  Joni Ernst
Kansas:  Pat Roberts
Kentucky:  Mitch McConnell
Louisiana:  Mary Landrieu
Maine:  Susan Collins
Massachusetts:  Scott Brown 
Michigan:  John Engler
Minnesota:  Rich Stanek
Mississippi:  Thad Cochran  
Montana:  Marc Racicot
Nebraska:  Lee Terry
New Hampshire:  Charlie Bass
New Jersey:  TBD
New Mexico:  Richard Berry  
North Carolina:  Virginia Foxx
Oklahoma:  James Inhofe
Oregon:  Gordon Smith
Rhode Island: Jack Reed
South Carolina:  Lindsey Graham
South Carolina (special):  NOTA
South Dakota:  Mike Rounds
Tennessee:  Lamar Alexander
Texas:  John Cornyn
Virginia:  Mark Warner
West Virginia:  Shelley Moore Capito   
Wyoming:  Mike Enzi

[SPC]

Alabama: Pending
Alaska: Joe Miller
Arkansas: Pending
Colorado: Jaime McMillan or Randy Baumgardner
Delaware: Pending
Georgia: Paul Broun or Derrick Grayson
Hawaii: Pending
Idaho: Pending
Illinois: Pending
Iowa: Matt Whitaker (or A.J. Spiker if he runs)
Kansas: Pending
Kentucky: Matt Bevin
Louisiana: Pending
Maine: Pending
Massachusetts: Pending
Michigan: Pending (Hopefully Amash doesn't blow his safe House seat to go for this)
Minnesota: Pending
Mississippi: Pending
Montana: Champ Edmunds
Nebraska: Pending
New Hampshire: Pending
New Jersey: Steve Lonegan
New Mexico: Pending
North Carolina: Greg Brannon
Oklahoma: Pending
Oregon: Pending
Rhode Island: Pending
South Carolina: Pending
South Carolina: Richard Cash
Tennessee: Brenda Lenard
Texas: Dwayne Stovall
Virginia: Pending
West Virginia: Pat McGeehan
Wyoming: Pending

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Alabama: TBD
Alaska: Mark Begich
Arkansas: Mark Pryor (reluctantly)
Colorado: Mark Udall
Delaware: Chris Coons
Georgia: Michelle Nunn
Hawaii (special): Colleen Hanabusa
Idaho: TBD
Illinois: Dick Durbin
Iowa: Bruce Braley
Kansas: TBD
Kentucky: Alison Lundergan Grimes
Louisiana: Mary Landrieu
Maine: Susan Collins
Massachusetts: Ed Markey
Michigan: Gary Peters
Minnesota: Al Franken
Mississippi: TBD
Montana: John Bohlinger
Nebraska: TBD
New Hampshire: Jeanne Shaheen
New Jersey: Cory Booker
New Mexico: Tom Udall
North Carolina: Kay Hagan
Oklahoma: TBD
Oregon: Jeff Merkley
Rhode Island: Jack Reed
South Carolina: TBD
South Carolina (special): TBD
South Dakota: TBD
Tennessee: Lamar Alexander
Texas: TBD
Virginia: Mark Warner
West Virginia: TBD
Wyoming: Mike Enzi

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Alaska     Begch
Colorado Udall
Delaware Coons
Georgia   Nunn
Hawaii     Schaltz
Illinois     Durbin
Iowa       Braley
Kentucky Grimes
Louisian   Landrieu
Maine       Collins
Mass        Markey
Michigan   Peters
Minnesota Franken
Montana   Juneau
New Ham Shaheen
New Jersey Booker
New Mexico Udall II
North Caro  Hagen
Oregon      Merkley
Rhode Isle Reed
Virginia     Warner

[Rocky Rockefeller]

Here are my Preliminary endorsements

Alabama:
Alaska:
Arkansas:
Colorado:
Delaware:
Georgia:Karen Handel, Michele Nunn if Handel loses primary
Hawaii (special): Brian Schatz
Idaho:
Illinois:
Iowa:
Kansas:
Kentucky: Allison Lundergan Grimes
Louisiana: Mary Landrieu
Maine: Susan Collins
Massachusetts:
Michigan:
Minnesota: Al Franken
Mississippi:
Montana:
Nebraska:
New Hampshire:
New Jersey: Cory Booker
New Mexico:
North Carolina:
Oklahoma:
Oregon:
Rhode Island:
South Carolina:
South Carolina (special):
South Dakota: Mike Rounds
Tennessee: Lamar Alexander
Texas:
Virginia: Mark Warner
West Virginia: Shelley Moore Capito
Wyoming: Mike Enzi

[badgate]

Alabama: TBD
Alaska: Mark Begich
Arkansas: Mark Pryor
Colorado: Mark Udall
Delaware: Chris Coons
Georgia: Michelle Nunn
Hawaii (special): Democrat Nominee
Idaho: None
Illinois: Dick Durbin
Iowa: Bruce Braley
Kansas: None
Kentucky: Alison Lundergan Grimes
Louisiana: Mary Landrieu
Maine: TBD
Massachusetts: Markey, unfortunately
Michigan: TBD
Minnesota: Al Franken
Mississippi: None
Montana: TBD
Nebraska: TBD
New Hampshire: Jeanne Shaheen
New Jersey: Cory Booker
New Mexico: Tom Udall
North Carolina: Kay Hagan
Oklahoma: TBD
Oregon: Jeff Markley
Rhode Island: Jack Reed
South Carolina: TBD
South Carolina (special): TBD
South Dakota: Rick Weiland
Tennessee: TBD
Texas: TBD, hopefully Castro if he doesn't have to resign to run. He'd have to resign to go for Gov.
Virginia: Mark Warner
West Virginia: TBD
Wyoming: None

[Orser67]

All unchallenged (in the primary) D incumbents plus:

Alabama: Anyone but Sessions
Georgia: Nunn
Hawaii (special): Schatz
Idaho: Risch in the primary, the generic D in the general
Iowa: Braley
Kansas: Roberts in the primary, the generic D in the general
Kentucky: Grimes
Maine: Collins in the primary, generic D in the general
Michigan: Peters
Mississippi: Cochran in the primary, generic D in the general
Montana: Denise Juneau
Nebraska: Steve Lathrop
New Jersey: Booker
Oklahoma: Write-in for Tom Coburn
South Carolina: Graham in the primary, generic D in the general
South Carolina (special): Generic D
South Dakota: Weiland
Tennessee: Alexander in the primary, generic D in the general
Texas: Write-in Wendy Davis
West Virginia: Natalie Tennant
Wyoming: Enzi in the primary, generic D in the general

[tpfkaw]

As of right now, primary endorsements (not necessarily general).

Alabama:
Alaska: Joe Miller
Arkansas:
Colorado: Jaime McMillan
Delaware:
Georgia: Paul Broun
Hawaii (special):
Idaho:
Illinois:
Iowa:
Kansas:
Kentucky: Matt Bevin
Louisiana:
Maine:
Massachusetts:
Michigan:
Minnesota:
Mississippi:
Montana: Champ Edmunds
Nebraska:
New Hampshire:
New Jersey: Steve Lonegan (if he were the incumbent)
New Mexico:
North Carolina: Greg Brannon
Oklahoma:
Oregon:
Rhode Island:
South Carolina: Richard Cash
South Carolina (special): Tim Scott
South Dakota:
Tennessee:
Texas:
Virginia:
West Virginia: Pat McGeehan
Wyoming: Mike Enzi (due entirely to his opponent, not him)

[Zioneer]

Why is this in the Gubernatorial sub-forum? Also, why isn't there a gubernatorial endorsement thread?

[Pessimistic Antineutrino]

Alabama: Jeff Sessions
Alaska: Mead Treadwell
Arkansas: Tom Cotton
Colorado: TBD
Delaware: TBD
Georgia: Karen Handel
Hawaii (special): Colleen Hanabusa
Idaho: Jim Risch
Illinois: TBD
Iowa: TBD
Kansas: Pat Roberts
Kentucky: Mitch McConnell
Louisiana: Bill Cassidy
Maine: Susan Collins
Massachusetts: TBD
Michigan: Terri Lynn Land
Minnesota: TBD
Mississippi: Thad Cochran
Montana: Steve Daines
Nebraska: TBD
New Hampshire: TBD
New Jersey: TBD
New Mexico: TBD
North Carolina: TBD
Oklahoma: Jim Inhofe
Oregon: TBD
Rhode Island: TBD
South Carolina: Lindsey Graham
South Carolina (special): Tim Scott
South Dakota: Mike Rounds
Tennessee: Lamar Alexander
Texas: John Cornyn
Virginia: TBD
West Virginia: Shelley Moore Capito
Wyoming: Mike Enzi

[Maxwell]

Alaska: Mark Begich
Hawaii (special): Brian Schatz
Idaho: Jim Risch
Kansas:Todd Tiahrt
Kentucky: Matt Bevin
Louisiana: Jeff Landry
Maine: Susan Collins
Massachusetts: Daniel Winslow
Michigan: Terri Land
Minnesota: Mike McFadden
Montana: John Bohlinger
New Jersey: Steve Lonegan
New Mexico: Richard J. Berry
Oklahoma: Jim Bridenstine
Oregon: Jeff Merkley
South Carolina: Richard Cash
West Virginia: Shelley Moore Capito
Wyoming: Mike Enzi

[NewYorkExpress]

Alabama: Jeff Sessions
Alaska: Mark Begich
Arkansas: Mark Pryor ( not that he'll be any different than a GOP winner not named Cotton..,)
Colorado: Bob Bennett
Deleware: Jack Markell ( not like it'll happen though and I'd be happy with a Coons victory)
Georgia; Sanford Bishop (people seem to forget he has a similar profile to Barrow, and he's African American. Sounds like a winning candidate there.)
Hawaii: Brian Schatz ( If Hanabusa didn't like Abercrombie's decision so much she should have challenged him)
Idaho: Jim Risch
Illinois:Dick Durbin
Iowa: Bruce Braley
Kansas: Carl Brewer
Kentucky: Alison Lundergan Grimes
Louisana: Mary Landrieu
Maine: Chellie Pingree
Massachusetts: Ed Markey
Michigan: Gary Peters
Minnesota: Al Franken
Mississippi: Jim Hood
Montana; Nancy Keenan
Nebraska: Don Stenberg (If a republican is going to win might as well be one with a nice story to tell when he does)
New Hampshire: Jeanne Shaheen
New Jersey: Cory Booker
New Mexico: Tom Udall
North Carolina: Kay Hagan
Oklahoma N/A
Oregon; Jeff Merkley
Rhode Island: Jack Reed
South Carolina "A" N/A
South Carolina "B" Jim Hodges
South Dakota: Mike Rounds
Tennessee Al Gore (of course it's not going to happen, but he can win the seat)
Texas: Annise Parker
Virginia: Mark Warner
West Virginia: Jeff Kessler
Wyoming: Dave Freudenthal





These endorsements subject to change

[Mr. Reactionary]

Alabama: Jeff Sessions
Alaska: Mead Treadwell [Although I like Joe Miller best]
Arkansas: Tom Cotton
Colorado: Randy Baumgardner
Delaware: Mike Castle
Georgia: Paul Broun
Hawaii: Charles Djao
Idaho: Jim Risch
Illinois: Bill Brady
Iowa: Joni Ernst
Kansas: Pat Roberts
Kentucky: Mitch McConnell
Louisiana: Bill Cassidy
Maine: Susan Collins
Massachusetts: Mitt Romney
Michigan: Terri Lynn Land
Minnesota: Mike McFadden
Mississippi: Phillip Gunn
Montana: Steve Daines
Nebraska: Shane Osborn
New Hampshire: Frank Guinta
New Jersey: Joe Kyrillos
New Mexico: Allen Weh
North Carolina: Greg Bannon
Oklahoma: Jim Bridenstine
Oregon: Gordon Smith
Rhode Island: John Robitaille
South Carolina: Nancy Mace
South Carolina special: Tim Scott
South Dakota: Mike Rounds
Tennessee: Judge Joe Brown
Texas: Rob Paul
Virginia: Pete Snyder
West Virginia: Shelley Moore Capito
Wyoming: Mike Enzi

[California8429]

Colorado: Jaime McMillan or Randy Baumgardner

You realize these two are polar opposites right?

[tpfkaw]

Colorado: Jaime McMillan or Randy Baumgardner

You realize these two are polar opposites right?

There's a certain "horseshoe theory" quality to the GOP in which a certain breed of moderate and a certain breed of conservative both hew closer to libertarianism.  California 2010 would be a good example, both the "moderate" (Campbell) and "conservative" (DeVore) candidates were fairly libertarian-leaning.

[SPC]

Colorado: Jaime McMillan or Randy Baumgardner

You realize these two are polar opposites right?

I like Jaime McMillan's position on foreign policy and the drug war and has the more professional website. Still, Baumgardner's association with the Campaign for Liberty is a plus in my book.

[Governor Zeeland]

I know some of these either declined to run or haven't been regarded as possible candidates, but what the heck:

Alabama: Bob Riley
Alaska: Sean Parnell
Arkansas: Mark Darr
Colorado: Jane Norton
Georgia: Karen Handel
Hawaii (special): Linda Lingle
Idaho: Raul Labrador
Iowa: Joni Ernst
Kentucky: Mitch McConnell
Louisiana: Bill Cassidy
Maine: Susan Collins
Massachusetts: Charles D. Baker(I want Scott Brown to run for governor)
Michigan: Justin Amash
Montana: Marc Racicot
Nebraska: Lee Terry
New Hampshire: Charles Bass or Jeb Bradley
New Mexico: John Sanchez
North Carolina: James P. Cain (I remember him as a wonderful U.S. ambassador in my home country)
Oklahoma: Jim Inhofe(and JC Watts to replace Tom Coburn in 2016)
South Carolina: Lee Bright (or any republican who will boot Lindsey Graham in the primary)
South Carolina (special): Tim Scott
South Dakota: Mike Rounds
Tennessee: Marsha Blackburn
Texas: John Cornyn
Virginia: Jim Gilmore
West Virginia: Shelley Moore Capito
Wyoming: Liz Cheney

[PolitiJunkie]

Can a moderator please move this to the Congressional Elections thread?