It's that time again: Welcome to my election preview series.
The 1st edition will talk about the US Senate races to watch:
Schedule:
10.31.2012 =: US Senate Overview
11.01.2012 1: US House Overview 1 (Northeast, New England, Midwest)
11.01.2012 2: US House Overview 2 (West, Southwest, Texas, South, Florida)
11.01.2012 3: IN-Sen (Donnelly v. Mourdock)
11.02.2012 1: WI-01 (Zerban v. Ryan)
11.02.2012 2: WI-Sen (Baldwin v. Thompson)
11.03.2012 1: MO-Lt. Gov, Mo-SoS, MO-AG
11.03.2012 2: MO-Gov (Nixon v. Spence)
11.03.2012 3: MO-Sen (McCaskill v. Akin)
11.04.2012 1: IL-10 (Schneider v. Dold)
11.04.2012 2: IL-08 (Duckworth v. Walsh)
11.04.2012 3: IL-11 (Foster v. Biggert)
11.05.2012 1: IL-17 (Bustos v. Schilling)
11.05.2012 2: IL-13 (Gill v. Davis v. Hartman)
11.05.2012 3: IL-12 (My home district, Enyart v. Gill)
11.06.2012 1 : POTUS/VPOTUS (Obama/Biden v. Romney/Ryan v. Stein/Honkala v. Johnson v. Gray)
11.06.2012 2: GOTV/Election Day diary
1 = Morning
2 = Afternoon/Early Evening
3 = Evening/Overnight
Incumbent
AZ-Sen: Richard Carmona (D) v. Jeff Flake (R) v. Marc Victor (L)
Open Seat, previously occupied by 3-termer John Kyl (R).
Race Rating: Tossup/Tilt D
CT-Sen: Chris Murphy (D) v. Linda McMahon (R)
Open Seat, previously occupied by 4-termer Joe Lieberman (I/D)
Race Rating: Likely D
FL-Sen: Bill Nelson (D) v. Connie Mack IV (R)
Incumbent v. Challenger
Race Rating: Safe D
IN-Sen: Joe Donnelly (D) v. Richard Mourdock (R)
Open Seat, as a result of Incumbent 6-termer Richard Lugar (R) being primaried.
I'll write about this one in more detail tomorrow night.
Race Rating: Lean to Likely D
ME-Sen: Cynthia Dill (D) v. Charlie Summers (R) v. Angus King (I)
Open Seat, previously occupied by 3-termer quasi-"moderate" Olympia Snowe (R)
If King wins, expect him to caucus with the Democrats.
Race Rating: Safe I
MA-Sen: Elizabeth Warren (D) v. Scott Brown (R)
Incumbent v. Challenger
Race Rating: Likely D
MO-Sen: Claire McCaskill (D) v. Todd Akin (R) v. Jonathan Dine (L)
Incumbent v. Challenger
I'll write about this one in more detail Saturday night.
Race Rating: Lean D
MT-Sen: Jon Tester (D) v. Denny Rehberg (R) v. Dan Cox (L)
Incumbent v. Challenger
Race Rating: Tossup
NE-Sen: Bob Kerrey (D) v. Deb Fischer (R)
Open Seat, previously occupied by 2-termer Ben Nelson (D)
Race Rating: Likely R, possible upset alert
NV-Sen: Shelley Berkley (D) v. Dean Heller (R)
Incumbent v. Challenger
Race Rating: Tilt/Lean D
ND-Sen: Heidi Heitkamp (D) v. Rick Berg (R)
Open Seat, previously occupied by 4.5-termer Kent Conrad (D)
Race Rating: Lean D
OH-Sen: Sherrod Brown (D) v. Josh Mandel (R)
Incumbent v. Challenger
Race Rating: Safe D
PA-Sen: Bob Casey (D) v. Tom Smith (R)
Incumbent v. Challenger
Race Rating: Safe D
VA-Sen: Tim Kaine (D) v. George Allen (R)
Open Seat, previously occupied by 1-termer Jim Webb (D)
Race Rating: Likely D
WI-Sen: Tammy Baldwin (D) v. Tommy Thompson (R)
Open Seat, previously occupied by 4-termer Herb Kohl (D).
I'll write about this one in more detail Friday afternoon/evening.
Race Rating: Likely D
Senate count: 57-43 (55-43-2), Democrats