Not a "rematch" per se but is there any chance Joe Heck could go for his old seat in 2018?
Perhaps. But it's never fun to come slinking back to your old seat after getting beat for your promotion. Very few ever do it (Steve Pearce in 2010 is the first to come to mind).
If we mention Heck, then I should also say it might be possible for Patrick Murphy in FL-18 as well, considering how popular he was in that seat.
Hell, maybe even bring Bruce Braley back to run in IA-01. That 2014 loss is looking less and less like Braley's fault, in hindsight.
I'm pretty sure Braley moved to Colorado. And that "farmer from Iowa" remark will haunt him until the day he dies. The sad thing is, what he said was true; Chuck Grassley is a farmer from Iowa with no law degree. But he shouldn't have said it the way it actually came out. It sounded like he was disparaging farmers, which is a HUGE no-no in Iowa.
The problems with Iowa Democrats stem from the fact that Hillary Clinton was at the top of the ticket. Iowans HATE her - even Iowa Democrats hate her. Do you know how many of my Iowa Democratic friends voted for Gary Johnson instead? Quite a few.
As for the topic at hand, I definitely think Denise Juneau should run again. She's not a bad candidate, she was just running in a bad year. I agree that if Zinke challenges Tester, she should go for it. An open seat would be better for a Democrat, anyway.
I'm torn on whether or not Bob Dold will run again. Part of me thinks he won't, because there's three competitive statewide D-held offices in Illinois next year (SoS, which is open for the first time since 1998; Comptroller and Treasurer, which Democrats just BARELY won in 2014). On the other hand, I'm not a huge fan of Schneider, either. But I also don't want IL-10 to become NH-01.
Honestly, I really liked Steve Lindbeck's campaign against Don Young, too. I wouldn't be upset if he tried again.
I can see Hardy trying again to unseat Kihuen as well.
