- Carin Elam
Who's running for U.S. Senate
Updated: Nov 1, 2020
Who are the women and men running for Senate in 2020.
Thirty-three women and men are on the ballot this November. If Democrats hope to regain control of the Senate, they must defend their existing seats and pick-up four. Pollsters believe the most likely to flip are Arizona, Maine, Colorado, and North Carolina. Many, many other seats are competitive. If Democrats could get to 60 seats, the body could restore the 2/3 super majority for future Supreme Court appointments and placements on the Federal bench. To counter such fantastical thinking, polling suggests that Democrats are in danger of losing seats in Alabama and Minnesota.
Alabama, Arizona, Colorado
Doug Jones ~ Alabama, incumbent / red state
Captain Mark Kelly ~ Arizona, 1st time candidate / purple state
John Hickenlooper ~ Colorado, incumbent / purple state
Delaware, Georgia, Georgia
Chris Coons ~ Delaware, incumbent / blue state
Jon Osoff ~ Georgia, 1st time senate candidate / red state
Raphael Warnock ~ Georgia, 1st time candidate / red state
Idaho, Illinois, Iowa
Paulette Jordan ~ Idaho, 1st time Senate candidate / red state
Dick Durbin ~ Illinois, incumbent / blue state
Theresa Greenfield ~ Iowa, 1st time candidate / red state
Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana
Barbara Bollier ~ Kansas, 1st time candidate / red state
Amy McGrath ~ Kentucky, 1st time candidate / red state
Adrian Perkins ~ Louisiana, 1st time candidate / red state
Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan
Sara Gideon ~ Maine, 1st time candidate / purple state
Ed Markey ~ Massachusetts, incumbent / blue state
Gary Peters ~ Michigan, incumbent / purple state
Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana
Tina Smith ~ Minnesota, incumbent / blue state
Mike Espy ~ Mississippi, 1st time Senate candidate / red state
Steve Bullock ~ Montana, 1st time Senate candidate / red state
Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey
Chris Janicek ~ Nebraska, 1st time candidate / red state
Jeanne Shaheen ~ New Hampshire, incumbent / blue state
Cory Booker ~ New Jersey, incumbent / blue state
New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma
Ben Ray Luján ~ New Mexico, 1st time Senate candidate / blue state
Cal Cunningham ~ North Carolina, 1st time Senate candidate / red state
Abby-Broyles ~ Oklahoma, 1st time candidate / red state
Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina
Jeff Merkley ~ Oregon, incumbent / blue state
Jack Reed ~ Rhode Island, incumbent / blue state
Jaime Harrison ~ South Carolina, 1st time Senate candidate / red state
South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas
Dan Ahlers ~ South Dakota, 1st time candidate/red state
Marquita Bradshaw ~ Tennessee, 1st time candidate / red state
MJ Hegar ~ Texas, 1st time candidate / purple state
West Virginia, Virginia, Wyoming
Paula Jean Swearengin ~ West Virginia, 1st time Senate candidate / red state
Mark Warner ~ Virginia, incumbent / blue state
Merav Ben-David ~ Wyoming, 1st time candidate / red state
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