US SEN 2018: Will any Senators run unopposed?

[I’m not Stu]

Will any Senators run unopposed in 2018?

[Cactus Jack]

I can see Wicker going unchallenged.

[I’m not Stu]

Chris McDaniel is considering a primary challenge. I think Wicker will get token general election opposition, probably from a Democrat. If there's no Democrat, I think some independent runs.

[NewYorkExpress]

Barasso, Fischer and Hirono all come to mind.

[I’m not Stu]

Barasso, Fischer and Hirono all come to mind.

I think John Carroll will challenge Hirono and lose by a wide margin. I think Barasso also gets token opposition. I think some no-name Democrat from Omaha or Lincoln will challenge Fischer.

[Cactus Jack]

Barasso, Fischer and Hirono all come to mind.

I think John Carroll will challenge Hirono and lose by a wide margin. I think Barasso also gets token opposition. I think some no-name Democrat from Omaha or Lincoln will challenge Fischer.

I expect Fischer will at least get a semi-credible opponent. The Democrats need to keep themselves at least theoretically competitive in the Plains states.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

Who will our sacrificial lamb in Utah be this time?

[GlobeSoc]

I could see Bernie, Gillibrand, or Basarro not having a challenger, but all of them should get at least a no-name opponent

[I’m not Stu]

I could see Bernie, Gillibrand, or Basarro not having a challenger, but all of them should get at least a no-name opponent

Right. They will likely have some token opposition.

[Coraxion]

Who will our sacrificial lamb in Utah be this time?

Call me crazy, but I don't think Hatch is a shoo-in. He's pretty unpopular, seen as a career politician who should step aside. If Democrats nominate Jim Matheson rather than a transgender grocery store worker like they did last year, the seat could be in play.

[GlobeSoc]

Who will our sacrificial lamb in Utah be this time?

Call me crazy, but I don't think Hatch is a shoo-in. He's pretty unpopular, seen as a career politician who should step aside. If Democrats nominate Jim Matheson rather than a transgender grocery store worker like they did last year, the seat could be in play.

crazy

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Who will our sacrificial lamb in Utah be this time?

Call me crazy, but I don't think Hatch is a shoo-in. He's pretty unpopular, seen as a career politician who should step aside. If Democrats nominate Jim Matheson rather than a transgender grocery store worker like they did last year, the seat could be in play.

I assume you've never seen Mitch McConnell, Hatch is him but in an even more Republican state.  Safe R.

[Coraxion]

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700145325/Poll-Time-for-Senator-Orrin-Hatch-to-go.html

In any case, I think I know more about how the voters of my state think than you two from Illinois.

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http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700145325/Poll-Time-for-Senator-Orrin-Hatch-to-go.html

In any case, I think I know more about how the voters of my state think than you two from Illinois.

That article is from 2011.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

This is safe R.

[Coraxion]

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700145325/Poll-Time-for-Senator-Orrin-Hatch-to-go.html

In any case, I think I know more about how the voters of my state think than you two from Illinois.

That article is from 2011.

Yes. But it shows that my idea isn't totally far-fetched.

[JMT]

Barasso, Fischer and Hirono all come to mind.

I agree about Barasso and Hirono, but Fischer will likely get some B-list challenger. Dems will try to target her seat since there aren't many pick up opportunities for them this cycle. Pete Festersen comes to mind as a possible challenger, considering Brad Ashfrod has annonced he's running again in NE-02.

[Heisenberg]

Zero chance that any GOP Senator will run unopposed in a Republican midterm and with Democrats only needing 3 seats for a majority. As for the Democrats... the only one who comes to my mind is Whitehouse, but even there the GOP will probably nominate a random sacrificial lamb.

IIRC there's already two Republicans planning to run for that seat.

[Rookie Yinzer]

Who will our sacrificial lamb in Utah be this time?

Call me crazy, but I don't think Hatch is a shoo-in. He's pretty unpopular, seen as a career politician who should step aside. If Democrats nominate Jim Matheson rather than a transgender grocery store worker like they did last year, the seat could be in play.

LMAO

[Cynthia]

Who will our sacrificial lamb in Utah be this time?

Call me crazy, but I don't think Hatch is a shoo-in. He's pretty unpopular, seen as a career politician who should step aside. If Democrats nominate Jim Matheson rather than a transgender grocery store worker like they did last year, the seat could be in play.

I polled Utah with GCS and it shows McMullin up 33-24 against Hatch. But that's GCS and notoriously unreliable.

[Shameless Lefty Hack]

Who will our sacrificial lamb in Utah be this time?

Call me crazy, but I don't think Hatch is a shoo-in. He's pretty unpopular, seen as a career politician who should step aside. If Democrats nominate Jim Matheson rather than a transgender grocery store worker like they did last year, the seat could be in play.

Haven't primary challenges against Hatch been rumored for a long while at this point?

[Zioneer]

Who will our sacrificial lamb in Utah be this time?

It appears to be Salt Lake County Councilwoman Jenny Wilson, whose dad Ted Wilson (a former Salt Lake City Mayor himself), challenged Hatch in the 80s and did fairly well. Jenny herself isn't a bad candidate either, she's not a fire-breathing ultra-progressive.

She'll still lose, but cracking 35-40% might be possible.

[Oryxslayer]

I'm suprised nobody is mentioning Hawaii. It's a hyper-D state, the Republicans only have 5 state legislators out of 76, and the state loves to keep incumbents in their seats. Republicans ran their best candidate in 2012 and couldn't crack 40%. Hirono will probably face a primary challenge, and the handful of independents, but an R challenger? Perhaps not.

[I’m not Stu]

I'm suprised nobody is mentioning Hawaii. It's a hyper-D state, the Republicans only have 5 state legislators out of 76, and the state loves to keep incumbents in their seats. Republicans ran their best candidate in 2012 and couldn't crack 40%. Hirono will probably face a primary challenge, and the handful of independents, but an R challenger? Perhaps not.

Hirono will likely face some loser Republican, perhaps John Carroll. Hirono will easily cruise to victory against the GOP candidate.

[MarkD]

According to both The Green Papers and Wikipedia, there is still nobody, as of now, who has announced or who has filed papers with FEC that they will run against Barrasso, Fischer, Hirono, or Klobuchar. The Wikipedia pages about Hawaii, Nebraska, and Wyoming do not even have anyone listed as "Potential" candidates.

And on another topic, three of the C's - Cardin, Carper, and Corker - have still not announced whether they are even running for re-election.

(Giving this thread a bump, and seeing if anybody has heard any other news that neither The Green Papers nor Wikipedia have yet heard of.)