Your Ideal 50/50 Senate (Happy now?)

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I saw a discussion similar to this on DKE, and I figured I'd ask it here:


Imagine a theoretical Senate where every state elected one Republican and one Democrat. Who would you want from each state?  The only qualifier is that it be someone politically active, and someone who could theoretically be elected statewide (I love Daylin Leach, but he can't win a statewide race in Pennsylvania, for example).

My list:

Alabama:
Richard Shelby - R
Terri Sewell - D

Alaska:
Lisa Murkowski - R
Mark Begich - D

Arizona:
Jeff Flake - R
Raul Grijalva - D

Arkansas:
John Boozman - R
Mike Beebe - D

California:
Xavier Becerra - D
Jeff Denham - R

Colorado:
Jared Polis - D
Cory Gardner - R

Delaware:
Beau Biden - D
Mike Castle - R

Florida:
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen - R
Patrick Murphy - D

Georgia:
Johnny Isakson - R
John Barrow - D

Hawaii:
Mazie Hirono - D
Charles Djou - R

Idaho:
Mike Crapo - R
Walt Minnick - D

Illinois:
Robin Kelly - D
Mark Kirk - R

Indiana:
Richard Lugar - R
Joe Donnelly - D

Iowa:
Chuck Grassley - R
David Loebsack - D

Kansas:
Jerry Moran - R
Dennis Moore - D

Kentucky:
Alison Lundergan Grimes - D
Thomas Massie - R

Louisiana:
Mary Landrieu - D
Steve Scalise - R

Maine:
Susan Collins - R
Chellie Pingree - D

Maryland:
Elijah Cummings - D
Wayne Gilchrest - R

Massachusetts:
Elizabeth Warren - D
Richard Tisei - R

Michigan:
Debbie Stabenow - D
Justin Amash - R

Minnesota:
Keith Ellison - D
Tim Pawlenty - R

Mississippi:
Buddy Roehmer - R
Jim Hood - D

Missouri:
Claire McCaskill - D
Ann Wagner - R

Montana:
Jon Tester - D
Steve Daines - R

Nebraska:
Deb Fischer - R
Scott Kleeb - D

Nevada:
Steven Horsford - D
Dean Heller - R

New Hampshire:
Carol Shea-Porter - D
Charlie Bass - R

New Jersey:
Rush Holt - D
Chris Smith - R

New Mexico:
Tom Udall - D
Susana Martinez - R

New York:
Kirsten Gillibrand - D
Chris Gibson - R

North Carolina:
Kay Hagan - D
Walter Jones - R

North Dakota:
John Hoeven - R
Heidi Heitkamp - D

Ohio;
Sherrod Brown - D
Rob Portman - R

Oklahoma:
Tom Cole - R
Dan Bore - D

Oregon:
Earl Blumenauer - D
Gordon Smith - R

Pennsylvania:
Jim Gerlach - R
Kathleen Kane - D

Rhode Island:
Sheldon Whitehouse - D
Dawson Hodgson - R

South Carolina:
Nikki Haley - R
Jim Clyburn - D

South Dakota:
John Thune - R
Stephanie Sandlin - D

Tennessee:
Bill Haslam - R
Phil Bredesen - D

Texas:
Kevin Eltife - R
Pete Gallego - D

Utah:
John Huntsman - R
Jim Matheson - D

Vermont:
Bernie Sanders - D (For the sake of this exercise)
Phil Scott - R

Virginia:
Tom Perrielo - D
Scott Rigell - R

Washington:
Maria Cantwell - D
Rob McKenna - R

West Virginia:
Joe Manchin III - D
Shelley Moore Capito - R

Wisconsin:
Tammy Baldwin - D
Reid Ribble - R

Wyoming:
Mike Enzi - R
Dave Freudenthal - D

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