2016 US Senate Election. Top tier candidates -announced and potential
Announced
AZ(McCain-R)Kirkpatrick-D (Lean Republican) 31R
CA(Open-D)Harris-D (Solid Democratic) 37D
FL(Open-R)DeSantis-R vs Murphy-D (Tossup Democratic)38D
IL(Kirk-R) Duckworth-D (Lean Democratic)39D
IN(Open-R) Stutzman-R vs Hill-D (Lean Republican) 32R
MD(Open-D) Edwards-D or Van Hollen-D (Solid Democratic) 40D
MO(Blunt-R) Kander-D (Likely Republican) 33R
NV(OPEN-D) Cortez Masto-D (Lean Republican against Sandoval/Lean Democratic against Heck)
OH(Portman-R) Strickland-D (Tossup Republican) 34R
PA (Toomey-R) Sestak-D (Lean Republican) 35R
WI(Johnson-R) Feingold-D (Lean Democratic) 41D
Potential
AL(Shelby-R)Bright-D (Likely Republican) 36R
AK(Murkowski-R)Begich-D (Lean Republican) 37R
AR(Boozman-R)Beebe-D (Lean Republican) 38R
CO(Bennet-D)Coffman-R or Tipton-R (Tossup Democratic) 42D
GA(Isakson-R) Barrow-D (Likely Republican) 39R
IA(Grassley-R) Vilsack-D or Culver-D (Lean Republican) 40R
KS(Moran-R) Sebelius-D,Davis-D or Orman (Likely Republican) 41R
KY(Paul-R) Edelen-D (Likely Republican) 42R
LA(OPEN-R) Fleming-R or Boustany-R (Solid Republican) 43R
NV(OPEN-D) Sandoval-R or Heck-R (Tossup Republican) 44R
NH(Ayotte-R) Hassan-D or Kuster-D (Tossup Republican) 45R
NC(Burr-R) Hagan-D or McIntyre-D (Lean Republican) 46R
UT(Lee-R) Matheson-D (Likely Republican) 47R
WA(Murray-D) McKenna-R or Riechert-R (Likely Democratic) 43D
Sacrificial Lamb Challengers
CT(Blumenthal-D)44D
HI(Schatz-D)45D
ID(Crapo-R)48R
NY(Schumer-D)46D
ND(Hoeven-R)49R
OK(Lankford-R)50R
OR(Wyden-D) 47D
SC(Scott-R) 51R
SD(Thune-R) 52R
VT(Leahy-D) 48D
Democratic guide to regaining control of the U.S. Senate is
1)NV- Sandoval-R does not run. 49D
2)OH- Strickland-D defeats Portman-R 50D
3)Hillary Clinton-D recieves 270 plus EV.
or
1)AZ- McCain-R loses in the Republican primary, the winner in the Republican primary makes a gaffe allowing Kirkpatrick-D to win. 49D
2)IN- similar to IN 2012. 50D
3)Hillary Clinton-D recieves 270 plus EV.