Who will be the next new Senator in each state?

[Dan the Roman]

AL
AK
AZ-Remember both if McCain wins and if he loses
AR
CA
CO-Mark Udall
CT - Chris Murphy
DE
FL - Alex Sink
GA
HI
ID-Jim Risch
IL - Lisa Madigan
IN
IA
KS
KY - Ben Chandler(or Trey Grayson hard to say who wins in 2010)
LA
ME
MD - Chris Van Hollen
MA - Martha Coakley
MI
MN
MS
MO
MT
NE-Mike Johanns
NV
NH-Jeanne Shaheen
NJ
NM-Tom Udall
NY
NC - Brad Miller
ND
OH - Tim Ryan
OK
OR
PA - Patrick Murphy
RI
SC
SD
TN
TX - David Dewhurst
UT
VT - Peter Welch
VA-Mark Warner
WA
WV -
WI
WY

Some early thoughts.

[Dan the Roman]

TX - David Dewhurst

ohgod no

Just a terrifying hunch.

[Dan the Roman]

I'll make some bold predictions for each state, and years, used current positions:
AK: St. Sen. Ben Stevens (R) (takes over for dad in 2014)

State Sen. Stevens is currently entangled in an FBI corruption investigation. Even if he weren't likely to be indicted, Stevens' last name would be enough to disqualify him. (Remember, nepotism is still a salient issue in Alaska.)

O.K. What Republicans isn't tied up in some scandal that is from Alaska?

Yeah but Stevens had to quit the State Senate and take job fishing in the Bering Strait.

[Dan the Roman]

Well to be fair he seems to have switched over to fishing for oil, which given Steven's family traditions makes a lot of sense.

http://www.adn.com/news/politics/fbi/bstevens/story/243140.html

[Dan the Roman]

Burr will not win re-election, sorry to say but he isn't.

Of course, Josh.  Good start BTW to that not saying stupid things pledge

No one has ever held that seat more then one term. IIRC

I'm sure someone has at some point, and that doesn't make a damn bit of difference.  It was an open seat in 2004 and going back to 1998 is a political eternity.

Saying he will lose because the seat is cursed is stupid.Saying Burr stands a good chance of losing in 20010 because he has approval ratings in the high 30s, is to the right of the state, and has first-tier challengers lining up to run against him makes great sense. One reason Hagan ended up challenging Dole is because all the top Democrats are waiting to challenge him.

I would say that after Buning and Mel Martinez, Burr is probably the most endangered Republican up in 2010, and if McCain is President has a better than 50% chance of losing.