Democrat Senators Up For Re-Election In 2012

There are 51 Democrat Senators and two Independents who vote with the Democrats and 47 Republican Senators.

Republicans can win a majority in the Senate by holding the seats of the 10 Republicans up for re-election in 2012 and winning 4 or more Senate seats currently held by Democrats.

Daniel Akaka, Hawaii

Four-term incumbent Democrat Daniel Akaka was re-elected in 2006 with 62% of the vote. Akaka has decided not to run for re-election in 2012.
Voted for ObamaCare.
Voted Against Cut, Cap, and Balance.

Jeff Bingaman, New Mexico

Five-term incumbent Democrat Jeff Bingaman was re-elected in 2006 with 70.6% of the vote. Bingaman has decided to not run for re-election in 2012.
Voted for ObamaCare.
Voted Against Cut, Cap, and Balance.

Sherrod Brown, Ohio

One-term incumbent Democrat Sherrod Brown was elected in 2006 with 56% of the vote. Brown will seek re-election in 2012 when he will be 60 years old.
Voted for ObamaCare.
Voted Against Cut, Cap, and Balance.

Maria Cantwell, Washington

Two-term incumbent Democrat Maria Cantwell was re-elected in 2006 with 57% of the vote over Republican Mike McGavick. Cantwell will seek re-election in 2012.
Voted for ObamaCare.
Voted Against Cut, Cap, and Balance.

Benjamin Cardin, Maryland

First-term incumbent Democrat Ben Cardin was elected in 2006 with 54% of the vote against former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele. He will be 69 years old in 2012 and will seek re-election.
Voted for ObamaCare.
Voted Against Cut, Cap, and Balance.

Thomas Carper, Delaware

Two-term incumbent Democrat Tom Carper was reelected with 70% of the vote in 2006. He will be 65 years old in 2012. Carper will seek re-election.
Voted for ObamaCare.
Voted Against Cut, Cap, and Balance.

Robert Casey, Jr., Pennsylvania

One-term incumbent Democrat Bob Casey, Jr., the son of popular former Governor Bob Casey, was elected in 2006 with 58.7% of the vote, defeating then-incumbent Rick Santorum. He was the first Democrat elected to a full term in the U.S. Senate from Pennsylvania since 1962. Casey will seek re-election.
Voted for ObamaCare.
Voted Against Cut, Cap, and Balance.

Kent Conrad, North Dakota

Four-term incumbent Democrat Kent Conrad was re-elected in 2006 with 69% of the vote. Conrad has decided to not run for re-election in 2012.
Voted for ObamaCare.
Voted Against Cut, Cap, and Balance.

Diane Feinstein, California

Four-term incumbent Democrat Dianne Feinstein was re-elected in 2006 with 59% of the vote. She will be 79 years old in 2012 and will run for re-election in 2012.
Voted for ObamaCare.
Voted Against Cut, Cap, and Balance.

Kirsten Gillibrand, New York

Two-term former Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton was re-elected in 2006 with 67% of the vote. She narrowly lost the 2008 Democratic Presidential nomination to Barack Obama. She resigned on January 21, 2009 when the Senate confirmed her as Secretary of State. On January 23, Governor David Paterson appointed Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand to the seat. Gillibrand won a special election in 2010 with 61.2% of the vote. Gillibrand will seek re-election.
Voted for ObamaCare.
Voted Against Cut, Cap, and Balance.

Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota

One-term incumbent Democrat Amy Klobuchar was elected in 2006 with 58% of the vote, she will seek re-election in 2012.
Voted for ObamaCare.
Voted Against Cut, Cap, and Balance.

Herb Kohl, Wisconsin

Four-term incumbent Democrat Herb Kohl, owner of the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks and member of the founding family of the Kohl's department store chain, announced he would not seek reelection in 2012. He was reelected in 2006 with 67% of the vote and will be 77 years old in 2012.
Voted for ObamaCare.
Voted Against Cut, Cap, and Balance.

Joe Manchin, West Virginia

Nine-term former Democrat Robert Byrd, the longest serving U.S. Senator in history, was re-elected in 2006 with 64.4% of the vote. On June 28, 2010, Senator Byrd died at the age of 92, leaving this seat vacant. A special election to fill this seat was held in November 2010, which Democratic Governor Joe Manchin won with 53.5% of the vote. Manchin will be 65 years old in 2012.
Voted Against Cut, Cap, and Balance.

Claire McCaskill, Missouri

One-term incumbent Democrat Claire McCaskill was elected in 2006 with 49.6% of the vote, narrowly defeating then-incumbent Jim Talent. McCaskill will seek re-election in 2012, so far with no prominent Democrat challenging her.
Voted for ObamaCare.
Voted Against Cut, Cap, and Balance.

Robert Menendez, New Jersey

One-term incumbent Democrat Bob Menendez became the first Hispanic Senator to represent New Jersey in January 2006 when Former Senator Jon Corzine appointed him to the office after having resigned to become Governor, following his election to said office in November 2005. Menendez comfortably defeated Republican state Senator Tom Kean, Jr., son of popular former Governor and 9/11 Commission Chairman Tom Kean and was comfortably elected in November 2006 to a full term. He will be 58 years old in 2012.
Voted for ObamaCare.
Voted Against Cut, Cap, and Balance.

Ben Nelson, Nebraska

Two-term incumbent and former Governor Democrat Ben Nelson was re-elected in 2006 with 64% of the vote. He will be 71 years old in 2012. Nelson has decided to seek a third term. Pundits and analysts have suggested Nelson will be one of the most vulnerable incumbents in 2012 after he secured deals to exempt Nebraska from new Medicaid payments, ease excise taxes on home state health insurance companies, and broker abortion deals in the Senate healthcare bill.
Voted for ObamaCare.
Voted Against Cut, Cap, and Balance.

Bill Nelson, Florida

Two-term incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson was reelected with 60% of the vote in 2006 against controversial former Secretary of State of Florida Katherine Harris. He will be 70 years old in 2012. Nelson will seek re-election.
Voted for ObamaCare.
Voted Against Cut, Cap, and Balance.

Debbie Stabenow, Michigan

Two-term incumbent Democrat Debbie Stabenow was re-elected in 2006 with 57% of the vote to 41% for Oakland County Sheriff and former State Senate Majority Leader Michael Bouchard after narrowly defeating Republican incumbent Spencer Abraham in 2000. Republican Conservative Constitutionalist and Tea Party Activist Chad Dewey announced his intent to run in the 2012 election while attending the Tax Day Tea Party event in Washington D.C. on April 15, 2010. Also libertarian activist Scotty Boman is considering a run as a Republican. On May 11, it was reported that Congressman Thad McCotter was thinking of entering the race.
Voted for ObamaCare.
Voted Against Cut, Cap, and Balance.

Jon Tester, Montana

One-term incumbent Democrat Jon Tester was elected in 2006 by a 49.2% to 48.3% margin, narrowly defeating incumbent Conrad Burns. Tester will seek re-election. Republican Congressman Denny Rehberg has announced his candidacy for the seat. A March 20, 2011 poll taken for Lee Newspapers shows Tester leading Rehberg by a statistically insignificant margin of 46% to 45%.
Voted for ObamaCare.
Voted Against Cut, Cap, and Balance.

Jim Webb, Virginia

One-term incumbent Democrat Jim Webb was elected in 2006 by a margin of 0.6%, narrowly defeating then-incumbent George Allen in the biggest upset of the 2006 elections. Announcing that he did not want spend his life in politics, Webb said he will not run for re-election. The Republican Party of Virginia decided that the Republican nominee for this senate seat would be determined through a primary, as opposed to a state convention which had been used in more recent years. On January 24, 2011, George Allen announced that he will seek the Republican nomination. Jamie Radtke, head of the Virginia Tea Party Patriots, has filed papers to run for the Republican nomination.
Voted for ObamaCare.
Voted Against Cut, Cap, and Balance.

Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island

One-term incumbent Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse was elected in 2006 with 53.5% of the vote, defeating then-incumbent Lincoln Chafee by 6 percentage points. Whitehouse will seek reelection.Potential Republican Candidates include Former Governor Donald Carcieri, 2010 Republican nominee for Governor John Robitaille, and Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian.
Voted for ObamaCare.
Voted Against Cut, Cap, and Balance.

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