2014 Senatorial Endorsements:

[VPH]

Democrat in every race, except for Maine. I cannot support Shenna Bellows because the two issues I disagree with my fellow Progressives on are her top two issues, and Susan Collins is pretty awesome for a Republican anyway. In Hawaii, I'm pulling for Brian Schatz.

What are the two issues, if you have to ask?

Drugs and NSA probably???

Maybe, but either way, saying she only focuses on the drugs and the NSA just isn't true. You can follow her campaign for five minutes and you'll realize her main issue is economic populism. She's much closer to Elizabeth Warren or Bernie Sanders than anyone else in the Senate, and I see a vote for Susan Collins as a vote for what is (mostly) failed Dubya-era policies (especially in foreign policy).

Dude, I will support her, don't worry, she's much more a Sawx democrat than a Sjoyce democrat, so that's a big improvement compared with the fake moderate.

But I still believe she's a HP. Praising Ron Paul? Ugh.

I know. That was more addressed to him than you.

It's a race I have been really split on until now, but I also think Collins is useful as a moderate liason to the Repubs.

[IceSpear]

Alaska: Joe Miller (R)
Colorado: Owen Hill (R)
Kansas: Milton Wolf (R)
Mississipi: Chris McDaniel (R)
Nebraska: Ben Sasse (R) Skeptical
North Carolina: Greg Brannon (R)
Oklahoma: Randy Brogdon (R)
Kentucky: Matt Bevin (R)
South Carolina: Lee Bright (R)
South Carolina: Tim Scott (R)

Updated for who is out and who I still support. It's not looking good for the Conservative/Libertarian wing of the GOP

You know Miller winning the primary virtually guarantee Begich winning, right?

[International Brotherhood of Bernard]

Alaska: Joe Miller (R)
Colorado: Owen Hill (R)
Kansas: Milton Wolf (R)
Mississipi: Chris McDaniel (R)
Nebraska: Ben Sasse (R) Skeptical
North Carolina: Greg Brannon (R)
Oklahoma: Randy Brogdon (R)
Kentucky: Matt Bevin (R)
South Carolina: Lee Bright (R)
South Carolina: Tim Scott (R)

Updated for who is out and who I still support. It's not looking good for the Conservative/Libertarian wing of the GOP

You know Miller winning the primary virtually guarantee Begich winning, right?

Shhhhhh don't tell him

[7,052,770]

Alaska: Joe Miller (R)
Colorado: Owen Hill (R)
Kansas: Milton Wolf (R)
Mississipi: Chris McDaniel (R)
Nebraska: Ben Sasse (R) Skeptical
North Carolina: Greg Brannon (R)
Oklahoma: Randy Brogdon (R)
Kentucky: Matt Bevin (R)
South Carolina: Lee Bright (R)
South Carolina: Tim Scott (R)

Updated for who is out and who I still support. It's not looking good for the Conservative/Libertarian wing of the GOP

You know Miller winning the primary virtually guarantee Begich winning, right?

The Tea Party's never cared about that before...

[Flake]

Alaska: Joe Miller (R)
Colorado: Owen Hill (R)
Kansas: Milton Wolf (R)
Mississipi: Chris McDaniel (R)
Nebraska: Ben Sasse (R) Skeptical
North Carolina: Greg Brannon (R)
Oklahoma: Randy Brogdon (R)
Kentucky: Matt Bevin (R)
South Carolina: Lee Bright (R)
South Carolina: Tim Scott (R)

Updated for who is out and who I still support. It's not looking good for the Conservative/Libertarian wing of the GOP

You know Miller winning the primary virtually guarantee Begich winning, right?

I don't support R for the sake of beating Dems. If Miller is the nominee and that guarentees Begich the win, so be it. What's the point of winning with establishment liberal warmonger republicans?

THANK YOU. There is absolutely no point of having a Republican-majority senate if all of those Republicans are Lindsey Grahams.

Democrats: I'm sure that you would be upset too if your party's leadership were promoting LieberDems in Safe-Democrat races.

Yeah but this is a toss-up race where the GOP has a real shot at winning, and they're desperate for a senate majority. It's better for the whole party with Lindsey Grahams running in toss-up seats rather than Todd Akins running in toss-up seats.

[SWE]

Alaska: Joe Miller (R)
Colorado: Owen Hill (R)
Kansas: Milton Wolf (R)
Mississipi: Chris McDaniel (R)
Nebraska: Ben Sasse (R) Skeptical
North Carolina: Greg Brannon (R)
Oklahoma: Randy Brogdon (R)
Kentucky: Matt Bevin (R)
South Carolina: Lee Bright (R)
South Carolina: Tim Scott (R)

Updated for who is out and who I still support. It's not looking good for the Conservative/Libertarian wing of the GOP

You know Miller winning the primary virtually guarantee Begich winning, right?

I don't support R for the sake of beating Dems. If Miller is the nominee and that guarentees Begich the win, so be it. What's the point of winning with establishment liberal warmonger republicans?

THANK YOU. There is absolutely no point of having a Republican-majority senate if all of those Republicans are Lindsey Grahams.

Democrats: I'm sure that you would be upset too if your party's leadership were promoting LieberDems in Safe-Democrat races.

Are you implying the democratic party doesn't already do that?

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

Examples of this would be Senators Ron Johnson and Marco Rubio (to a lesser extent) and Governors Susana Martinez, Scott Walker, and Pat McCrory, all of whom are so-called "Tea Party" conservatives who won in swing or blue states. They differ from candidates like Akin, O'Donnell, and Angle who had conservative views, but were in no way able to advocate for them or coherently express them. The same holds true for establishment Republicans like Tim Kaine, Tommy Thompson, and Rob McKenna, each of whom lost winnable races due to their being bad candidates, not because of their views.

Pat McCrory being a Tea Partier is unexpected but not so much as finding out Tim Kaine is an establishment Republican.

[NHLiberal]

Alabama: No Endorsement
*Alaska: Mark Begich (D)*
Arkansas: No Endorsement
*Colorado: Mark Udall (D)*
Delaware: Chris Coons (D)
*Georgia: Michelle Nunn (D)*
*Hawaii (Sp): Brian Schatz (D)*
Idaho: No Endorsement
Illinois: Dick Durbin (D)
*Iowa: Bruce Braley (D)*
Kansas: Chad Taylor (D)
*Kentucky: Alison Lundergan Grimes (D)*
Louisiana: Mary Landrieu (D)
Maine: Susan Collins (R)
Massachusetts: Ed Markey (D)
Michigan: Gary Peters (D)
*Minnesota: Al Franken (D)*
Mississippi: Travis Childers (D)
*Montana: John Walsh (D)*
Nebraska: No Endorsement
*New Hampshire: Jeanne Shaheen (D)*
New Jersey: No Endorsement
*New Mexico: Tom Udall (D)*
North Carolina: Kay Hagan (D)
Oklahoma: No Endorsement
Oklahoma (Sp): Constance Johnson (D)
*Oregon: Jeff Merkley (D)*
Rhode Island: Jack Reed (D)
South Carolina: Brad Hutto (D)
South Carolina (Sp): Joyce Dickerson (D)
South Dakota: Larry Pressler (I)
Tennessee: Lamar Alexander (R)
Texas: No Endorsement
*Virginia: Mark Warner (D)*
*West Virginia: Natalie Tennant (D)*
Wyoming: No Endorsement

*Enthusiastic Endorsement*

[badgate]

^The Texas Democratic candidate's name is David Alameel

[ElectionsGuy]

I'll be doing this using the listing candidates from Politics1
L = libertarian

AL: None
AK: Pending
AR: L
CO: L
DE: Not Coons (unopposed as of now)
GA: David Perdue or L
HI: L
ID: None
IL: L
IA: Joni Ernst
KS: Milton Wolf, but probably L in general
KY: L
LA: L
ME: Bellows
MA: Bruce Skarin (Indy)
MI: L
MN: Mike McFadden
MS: Chris McDaniel or L
MT: Steve Daines
NE: Ben Sasse
NH: L
NJ: L
NM: None
NC: L
OK: Joan Farr (Indy)
OK (S): T.W. Shannon
OR: Monica Wehby
SC: L
SC (S): Tim Scott
TN: L
TX: L
VA: L (Sarvis)
WV: Shelley M. Capito
WY: L

[smoltchanov]

2 ElectionsGuy Rat*ucking in Maine? The practice i absolutely hate...

[IceSpear]

Alaska: Joe Miller (R)
Colorado: Owen Hill (R)
Kansas: Milton Wolf (R)
Mississipi: Chris McDaniel (R)
Nebraska: Ben Sasse (R) Skeptical
North Carolina: Greg Brannon (R)
Oklahoma: Randy Brogdon (R)
Kentucky: Matt Bevin (R)
South Carolina: Lee Bright (R)
South Carolina: Tim Scott (R)

Updated for who is out and who I still support. It's not looking good for the Conservative/Libertarian wing of the GOP

You know Miller winning the primary virtually guarantee Begich winning, right?

I don't support R for the sake of beating Dems. If Miller is the nominee and that guarentees Begich the win, so be it. What's the point of winning with establishment liberal warmonger republicans?

THANK YOU. There is absolutely no point of having a Republican-majority senate if all of those Republicans are Lindsey Grahams.

Democrats: I'm sure that you would be upset too if your party's leadership were promoting LieberDems in Safe-Democrat races.

The difference is that the Alaska race isn't Safe Republican...

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

2 ElectionsGuy Rat*ucking in Maine? The practice i absolutely hate...

no. he is a civil libertarian.

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

I'll be doing this using the listing candidates from Politics1
L = libertarian

AL: None
AK: Pending
AR: L
CO: L
DE: Not Coons (unopposed as of now)
GA: David Perdue or L
HI: L
ID: None
IL: L
IA: Joni Ernst
KS: Milton Wolf, but probably L in general
KY: L
LA: L
ME: Bellows
MA: Bruce Skarin (Indy)
MI: L
MN: Mike McFadden
MS: Chris McDaniel or L
MT: Steve Daines
NE: Ben Sasse
NH: L
NJ: L
NM: None
NC: L
OK: Joan Farr (Indy)
OK (S): T.W. Shannon
OR: Monica Wehby
SC: L
SC (S): Tim Scott
TN: L
TX: L
VA: L (Sarvis)
WV: Shelley M. Capito
WY: L

Perdue is establishment. Does the S mean skeptical? Shannon is most likely a neo-con as well. Ernst? Hmm

The S is presumably "special".

Anyway, the people I'd most enthusiastically endorse would be Bellows in Maine, because I think Collins is annoying; Schatz in Hawaii and Udall/Begich for re-election in Colorado/Alaska

[Horus]

No endorsement in the states left out.

AK - Mark Begich (D)
CO - Mark Udall (D)
GA - Michelle Nunn (Reluctantly) (D)
IL - Dick Durbin (D)
IA - Bruce Braley (D)
KS - Randall Batson (L)
KY - Alison Lundergan Grimes (D)
ME - Shenna Bellows (D)
MA - Bruce Skarin (I)
MI - Gary Peters (D)
MN - Al Franken (D)
NE - David Domina (D)
NJ - Cory Booker (D)
NM - Tom Udall (D)
NC - Kay Hagan (VERY Reluctantly) (D)
OK (S) - Constance Johnson (D)
OR - Jeff Merkley (D)
VA - Robert Sarvis (L)

[smoltchanov]

2 ElectionsGuy Rat*ucking in Maine? The practice i absolutely hate...

no. he is a civil libertarian.

Thanks!

[Mr. Illini]

AL: Undecided
AK: Mark Begich
AR: Mark Pryor
CO: Mark Udall
DE: Chris Coons
GA: Michelle Nunn
HI: Brian Schatz
ID: Nels Mitchell
IL: Dick Durbin
IA: Bruce Braley
KS: Chad Taylor
KY: Alison Lundergan Grimes
LA: Mary Landrieu
ME: Susan Collins
MA: Ed Markey
MI: Gary Peters
MN: Al Franken
MS: Travis Childers
MT: John Walsh
NE: David Domina
NH: Jeanne Shaheen
NJ: Cory Booker
NM: Tom Udall
NC: Kay Hagan
OK: Matt Silverstein
OK (S): None
OR: Jeff Merkley
RI: Jack Reed
SC: Undecided
SC (S): Joyce Dickerson
SD: Rick Weiland
TN: Undecided
TX: David Alameel
VA: Mark Warner
WV: Natalie Tennant
WY: Undecided

Bold indicates enthusiastic endorsement

[LeBron]

Over 2 months since my last update, so:

Alabama: Abstain
Alaska: William Bryk
Arkansas: Mark Swaney (In protest of the Dixiecrat)   Arkansas: Tom Cotton (Still in protest of the Dixiecrat)
Colorado: Mark Udall, enthusiastically
Delaware: Chris Coons (With Biden not running, I'll let the corporate welfare, Iran sanctions and Adegbile things slide)
Georgia: Michelle Nunn, enthusiastically
Hawaii: Brian Schatz, enthusiastically
Idaho: Nels Mitchell
Illinois: Dick Durbin
Iowa: Bruce Braley, enthusiastically
Kansas: Chad Taylor (Milton Wolf in the primary)
Kentucky: Alison Lundergan Grimes
Louisiana: Mary Landrieu, reluctantly (Still not the best, but decent enough)
Maine: Susan Collins (She's the best Republican Senator and Bellows is too much of a lefty)
Massachusetts: Ed Markey
Michigan: Gary Peters
Minnesota: Al Franken, enthusiastically
Mississippi: Abstain    Mississippi: Chris McDaniel (Given recent events)
Montana: John Walsh, enthusiastically
Nebraska: David Domina
New Hampshire: Jeanne Shaheen
New Jersey: Cory Booker
New Mexico: Tom Udall
North Carolina: Kay Hagan, reluctantly
Oklahoma: Matt Silverstein, enthusiastically (>>>>>>>Inhofe)
Oklahoma (S): Constance Johnson/Jim Rogers   Oklahoma (S): James Lankford, in the primary
Oregon: Jeff Merkley, enthusiastically
Rhode Island: Jack Reed, enthusiastically
South Carolina: Brad Hutto  
South Carolina (S): Joyce Dickerson
South Dakota: Rick Weiland, enthusiastically
Tennessee: Gordon Ball
Texas: David Alameel
Virginia: Mark Warner, reluctantly
West Virginia: Natalie Tennant, reluctantly
Wyoming: Charlie Hardy

A quick update with two of the big primaries now over.

[MATTROSE94]

UPDATE:

Alabama: Jim Folsom Jr. (Democratic write-in)
Alaska: Mark Begich (Democrat)
Arkansas: Mark Pryor (Democrat)
Colorado: Mark Udall (Democrat)
Delaware: Chris Coons (Democrat)
Georgia: David Perdue (Republican)
Hawaii: Brian Schatz (Democrat)
Idaho: Jim Risch (Republican)
Illinois: Dick Durbin (Democrat)
Iowa: Bruce Braley (Democrat)
Kansas: Pat Roberts (Republican)
Kentucky: Alison Lundergan Grimes (Democrat)
Louisiana: Mary Landrieu (Democrat)
Maine: Susan Collins (Republican)
Massachusetts: Ed Markey (Democrat)
Michigan: Gary Peters (Democrat)
Minnesota: Al Franken (Democrat)
Mississippi: Thad Cochran (Republican)
Montana: Steve Daines (Republican)
Nebraska: Ben Sasse (Republican)
New Hampshire: Jeanne Shaheen (Democrat)
New Jersey: Cory Booker (Democrat)
New Mexico: Tom Udall (Democrat)
North Carolina: Kay Hagan (Democrat)
Oklahoma (G): Matt Silverstein (Democrat)
Oklahoma (S): Constance Johnson (Democrat)
Oregon: Jeff Merkley (Democrat)
Rhode Island: Jack Reed (Democrat)
South Carolina (G): Lindsey Graham (Republican)
South Carolina (S): Rick Wade (Democrat)
South Dakota: Larry Pressler (Independent)
Tennessee: Lamar Alexander (Republican)
Texas: John Cornyn (Republican)
Virginia: Mark Warner (Democrat)
West Virginia: Shelly Moore Capito (Republican)
Wyoming: Mike Enzi (Republican)

[SPC]

Update:

Alabama: Abstain
Alaska: Mark Fish
Arkansas: Nathan LaFrance
Colorado: Cory Gardner
Delaware: Abstain
Georgia: Amanda Swafford
Hawaii: Michael Kokoski
Idaho: Jim Risch
Illinois: Sharon Hansen
Iowa: Joni Ernst
Kansas: Randall Batson
Kentucky: Mitch McConnell
Louisiana: Brannon McMorris
Maine: Shenna Bellows
Massachusetts: Abstain
Michigan: Terri Lynn Land
Minnesota: Heather Johnson
Mississippi: Abstain
Montana: Roger Roots
Nebraska: Todd Watson
New Hampshire: Gardner Goldsmith
New Jersey: Joe Baratelli
New Mexico: Abstain
North Carolina: Thom Tillis
Oklahoma: Abstain
Oklahoma: Abstain
Oregon: Mike Montchalin
Rhode Island: Abstain
South Carolina: Thomas Ravenel
South Carolina: Tim Scott
South Dakota: Gordon Howie
Tennessee: Joshua James
Texas: Rebecca Paddock
Virginia: Abstain
West Virginia: John Buckley
Wyoming: Joe Porambo

[Never]

Alabama: Jeff Sessions
Alaska: Dan Sullivan -> Mark Begich if Miller wins GOP nomination
Arkansas: Tom Cotton
Colorado: Cory Gardner
Delaware: Abstain
Georgia: David Perdue
Hawaii: Campbell Cavasso
Idaho: Jim Risch
Illinois: Jim Oberweis
Iowa: Joni Ernst
Kansas: Pat Roberts
Kentucky: Mitch McConnell
Louisiana: Bill Cassidy
Maine: Susan Collins
Massachusetts: Abstain
Michigan: Terri Lynn Land
Minnesota: Mike McFadden
Mississippi: Thad Cochran
Montana: Steve Daines
Nebraska: Ben Sasse
New Hampshire: Scott Brown
New Jersey: Cory Booker
New Mexico: Allen Weh
North Carolina: Thom Tillis
Oklahoma: Jim Inhofe
Oklahoma (special): James Lankford
Oregon: Monica Wehby
Rhode Island: Abstain
South Carolina: Lindsey Graham
South Carolina (special): Tim Scott
South Dakota: Mike Rounds
Tennessee: Lamar Alexander
Texas: John Cornyn
Virginia: Ed Gillespie
West Virginia: Shelley Moore Capito
Wyoming: Mike Enzi

[GaussLaw]

Update:

Alabama: Abstain
Alaska: Joe Miller (Switch to either Treadwell or AIP/LP candidate after Miller loses the primary)
Arkansas: Nathan LaFrance
Colorado: Cory Gardner
Delaware: Abstain
Georgia: Amanda Swafford
Hawaii: Michael Kokoski
Idaho: Jim Risch
Illinois: Sharon Hansen
Iowa: Joni Ernst
Kansas: Randall Batson
Kentucky: Mitch McConnell
Louisiana: Brannon McMorris
Maine: Shenna Bellows
Massachusetts: Abstain
Michigan: Terri Lynn Land
Minnesota: Heather Johnson
Mississippi: Abstain
Montana: Roger Roots
Nebraska: Todd Watson
New Hampshire: Gardner Goldsmith
New Jersey: Joe Baratelli
New Mexico: Abstain
North Carolina: Thom Tillis
Oklahoma: Abstain
Oklahoma: Abstain
Oregon: Mike Montchalin
Rhode Island: Abstain
South Carolina: Thomas Ravenel
South Carolina: Tim Scott
South Dakota: Gordon Howie
Tennessee: Brenda Lenard (switch to Joshua James after the primary)
Texas: Rebecca Paddock
Virginia: Abstain
West Virginia: John Buckley
Wyoming: Joe Porambo

I'm a little surprised, SPC, by the Thom Tillis endorsement.  The libertarian, Sean Haugh, seems to be running pretty strong.  Is there a reason you don't support him?

[GaussLaw]

Updated given primaries.  I changed my mind on a couple, including Arkansas(I just don't like Pryor very much & he's basically just lying about his opponent), Montana(plagiarism scandal), and Colorado(dislike Udall's use of the abortion issue).

AK - Mark Begich
AL - No endorsement
AR - Tom Cotton
CO - Cory Gardner
GA - David Perdue
IA - Bruce Braley
IL -  Dick Durbin
KY - Alison Grimes
LA - Mary Landrieu
MI - Gary Peters
MN - Mike McFadden
MS - Thad Cochran
MT - Steve Daines
NC - Kay Hagan
NJ - Cory Booker
NH - Scott Brown
NM - Tom Udall
OR - Monica Wehby
SD - Rick Weiland
VA - Mark Warner  
WV - Shelley Moore Capito

[NHLiberal]

Alabama: No Endorsement
*Alaska: Mark Begich (D)*
Arkansas: No Endorsement
*Colorado: Mark Udall (D)*
Delaware: Chris Coons (D)
*Georgia: Michelle Nunn (D)*
*Hawaii (Sp): Brian Schatz (D)*
Idaho: No Endorsement
Illinois: Dick Durbin (D)
*Iowa: Bruce Braley (D)*
*Kansas: Chad Taylor (D)*
*Kentucky: Alison Lundergan Grimes (D)*
Louisiana: Mary Landrieu (D)
Maine: Susan Collins (R)
Massachusetts: Ed Markey (D)
Michigan: Gary Peters (D)
*Minnesota: Al Franken (D)*
*Mississippi: Travis Childers (D)*
Montana: No Endorsement
Nebraska: No Endorsement
*New Hampshire: Jeanne Shaheen (D)*
New Jersey: Cory Booker
*New Mexico: Tom Udall (D)*
*North Carolina: Kay Hagan (D)*
Oklahoma: No Endorsement
Oklahoma (Sp): Constance Johnson (D)
*Oregon: Jeff Merkley (D)*
Rhode Island: Jack Reed (D)
South Carolina: Brad Hutto (D)
South Carolina (Sp): Joyce Dickerson (D)
South Dakota: Larry Pressler (I)
Tennessee: Lamar Alexander (R)
Texas: No Endorsement
*Virginia: Mark Warner (D)*
*West Virginia: Natalie Tennant (D)*
Wyoming: No Endorsement

*Enthusiastic Endorsement*

Updated NC (Hagan --> Enthusiastic Hagan), MT (Enthusiastic Walsh --> No Endorsement), MS (Childers--> Enthusiastic Childers), KS (Taylor --> Enthusiastic Taylor), & NJ (No Endorsement --> Booker). MT will likely change back to Dem if Walsh is replaced.

[SPC]

Update:

Alabama: Abstain
Alaska: Joe Miller (Switch to either Treadwell or AIP/LP candidate after Miller loses the primary)
Arkansas: Nathan LaFrance
Colorado: Cory Gardner
Delaware: Abstain
Georgia: Amanda Swafford
Hawaii: Michael Kokoski
Idaho: Jim Risch
Illinois: Sharon Hansen
Iowa: Joni Ernst
Kansas: Randall Batson
Kentucky: Mitch McConnell
Louisiana: Brannon McMorris
Maine: Shenna Bellows
Massachusetts: Abstain
Michigan: Terri Lynn Land
Minnesota: Heather Johnson
Mississippi: Abstain
Montana: Roger Roots
Nebraska: Todd Watson
New Hampshire: Gardner Goldsmith
New Jersey: Joe Baratelli
New Mexico: Abstain
North Carolina: Thom Tillis
Oklahoma: Abstain
Oklahoma: Abstain
Oregon: Mike Montchalin
Rhode Island: Abstain
South Carolina: Thomas Ravenel
South Carolina: Tim Scott
South Dakota: Gordon Howie
Tennessee: Brenda Lenard (switch to Joshua James after the primary)
Texas: Rebecca Paddock
Virginia: Abstain
West Virginia: John Buckley
Wyoming: Joe Porambo

I'm a little surprised, SPC, by the Thom Tillis endorsement.  The libertarian, Sean Haugh, seems to be running pretty strong.  Is there a reason you don't support him?

Right now I see a Republican Senate as the lesser evil. So long as McConnell is acting as an impediment to the President and Treadwell/Gardner/Ernst/Land/Tillis merely act as backbenchers, it is hard not to prefer them. Of course, Haugh would be much preferable to Tillis if there were a runoff or if one candidate was obviously going to win.