Who would be the strongest candidates for the democrats (2016 senate election)

[windjammer]

Let's go!

My list:
Alabama: Jim Folsom Jr
Alaska: Mark Begich
Arizona: Kyrsten Sinema
Arkansas: Mike Beebe
California: Kamala Harris
Florida: Patrick Murphy
Georgia: Jason Carter
Idaho: Walter Minnick
Illinois: Cheri Bustos
Indiana: Even Bayh
Iowa: Tom Vilsack
Kansas: Paul Davis
Kentucky: Steve Beshear
Louisiana: Mitch Landrieu
Maryland: Van Hollen
New Hampshire: Maggie Hassan
North Carolina: Anthony Foxx
North Dakota: Kent Conrad
Ohio: Ted Strickland
Oklahoma: Dan Boren
Pennsylvania: Not a good bench: Joe Sestak
South Carolina Vincent Sheheen
South Dakota: Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
Utah: Jim Matheson
Wisconsin: Feingold

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Crist of FL
Duckworth of IL.
Van Hollen of MD
Strickland. of OH
Sestak of Pa
Hassen of NH
Feingold of WI

[morgieb]

Alabama: There's Democrats here?
Alaska: Probs Begich
Arizona: Kirkpatrick (think Sinema's history pre-Congress will hurt)
Arkansas: Beebe
California: Harris
Florida: Murphy
Georgia: Barrow
Idaho: Balukoff
Illinois: Bustos
Indiana: Bayh
Iowa: Vilsack
Kansas: Davis
Kentucky: Beshear
Lousiana: Mary Landrieu
Maryland: Van Hollen
New Hampshire: Hassan
North Carolina: Shuler
North Dakota: Conrad
Ohio: Strickland
Oklahoma: Dan Boren
Pennsylvania: Sestak
South Carolina: Sheheen
South Dakota: Herseth-Sandlin
Utah: Matheson
Wisconsin: Feingold

[NewYorkExpress]

Alabama; Don't bother (besides if a tea partier wins here, you can use money later)

Alaska;

Convincing Murkowski to switch parties (I'm convinced she would win a Democratic Primary, and I don't believe Begich would win in a Presidential year-though he would be an excellent candidate to run against Sullivan in 2018)

Arizona


Rep. Kyrsten Sinema.

Arkansas


Former Senator Blanche Lincoln (If only because that allows an attack on Republicans as the Party of Stuffy White Guys)

California
 

Attorney General Kamala Harris and Treasurer John Chiang would be IMO, the strongest candidates,, though someone like Xavier Becerra or Raul Ruiz certainly wouldn't be a "bad" choice either.

Florida


Either former Governor Charlie Crist or Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown would be our best candidates (Murphy would be fine for the base, but a Rubio, Putnam etc. will beat him in in a Presidential election year)

Georgia

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed

Idaho See Alabama

Illinois

Lisa Madigan and Robin Kelly are our best candidates IMO, though we should beat Kirk unless something goes wrong.

Indiana

Former Treasurer Joe Hogsett (He's young enough, at 58 for such a campaign to be plausible, and presumably he'd have the resources to run)

Iowa

Chet Culver or Pam Jochum would be my best bets here.

Kansas See Alabama/Idaho

Kentucky
 
Greg Stumbo or Adam Edelen would my picks here.

Louisiana; As much as it pains me to say it See Alabama/Idaho/Kansas (This one can be revisited if Vitter wins the Gubernatorial election this year)

Maryland

Donna Edwards or Heather Mizeur

Missouri

Despite Ferguson;

Jay Nixon remains our strongest candidate (which says a lot about the Missouri Democratic Party's fortunes)

New Hampshire

Maggie Hassan or Carol Shea-Porter

North Carolina

Charles Meeker (Former Mayor of Raleigh) or Brad Miller would be the s\best, IMO choices.

North Dakota

Earl Pomeroy (Mainly because he's younger than either Conrad or Dorgan)

Ohio

Mark Mallory, because he has more experience than Sittenfield, which will enable him to capitalize if Portman trips up or is defeated in a primary, and because he's younger than Strickland, which means Seniority can be built up.

Oklahoma See Kansas/Alabama/Idaho/Louisiana

Pennsylvania

Michael Nutter would be my pick

South Dakota

Tom Daschle really should consider that rematch...

Utah/South CarolinaSee Alabama/Idaho/Kansas/Louisiana/Oklahoma

Wisconsin

Mark Pocan, Barbara Lawton or Chris Abele (Scott Walker's successor as Milwaukee County Executive) would be my choices.

[henster]

Crist lost against Rick Scott, how the hell is he going to beat Jeff Atwater or Marco Rubio?

[NewYorkExpress]

Crist lost against Rick Scott, how the hell is he going to beat Jeff Atwater or Marco Rubio?

Rubio's going to be running for President anyways. If I were a Democratic strategist, I'd be more worried about Putnam than Atwater.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Crist lost against Rick Scott, how the hell is he going to beat Jeff Atwater or Marco Rubio?

Rubio's going to be running for President anyways. If I were a Democratic strategist, I'd be more worried about Putnam than Atwater.

Most likely VP slot either Jeb's or Walker's. As Hilary is considering Tom Perez, too.  Crist and Strickland would be Dems top recruits and most likely to win. Because Crist can self finance,  and Strickland is well funded, too.

[publicunofficial]

Alabama: It's hard to measure who'd be the best when everyone has a 0% chance.
Alaska: Mark Begich
Arizona: Ann Kirkpatrick
Arkansas: Mike Beebe
California: Kamala Harris
Florida: Patrick Murphy
Georgia: John Barrow
Idaho: Walt Minnick
Illinois: Cheri Bustos
Indiana: Evan Bayh
Iowa: Tom Vilsack
Kansas: Paul Davis
Kentucky: Steve Beshear
Louisiana: Mitch Landrieu
Maryland: Chris Van Hollen
New Hampshire: Maggie Hassan
North Carolina: Kay Hagan
North Dakota: George B. Sinner
Ohio: Ted Strickland
Oklahoma: Dan Boren
Pennsylvania: Joe Sestak
South Carolina: Vincent Sheheen
South Dakota: Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
Utah: Jim Matheson
Wisconsin: Russ Feingold

[IceSpear]

AK: Begich
AZ: Kirkpatrick
CO: Bennet
FL: Murphy
GA: Barrow
IL: Duckworth
IN: Bayh
IA: Vilsack
MO: Kander
NV: Cortez-Masto
NH: Hassan
NC: Cowell
OH: Strickland
PA: Sestak
UT: Matheson
WI: Feingold

The rest are irrelevant regardless of the candidates, or certain candidates that could've possibly been competitive have already said they're not running (such as Beebe/Beshear).