Massachusetts North Shore Democrats
Thirty-four U.S. Senate seats will be decided in the coming November 5 election. The Senate currently has 51 Democrats (including the 3 Independents) and 49 Republicans. With Joe Manchin (D) retiring, the Republicans almost certainly will pick up a seat in West Virginia. The margin for Democrats to maintain control of the Senate could not be slimmer.
It may come down to the election results in 9 states. Michigan, Pennsylvania, Nevada, and Wisconsin have Democratic Senators and are considered “leaning Democratic.” Montana, Ohio, and Arizona also have Democratic Senators, but they are considered “toss-ups.” Texas and Florida have Republican Senators and are considered “leaning Republican,” but Democrats may have a shot.
This listing of U.S. Senate races includes race ratings from The Cook Political Report. The ratings indicate if one party is perceived to have an advantage and, if so, the degree of advantage, according to the following definitions:
The thirty-four states conduct their primaries for the November 5 elections beginning on March 5, 2024, and ending on September 10, 2024. The remaining primaries are:
Cook Political Report: Lean Democratic
Incumbent Independent Senator Kyrsten Sinema is retiring. Democratic Representative Ruben Gallego is running against Republican Kari Lake, an election denier.
Ruben Gallego earned his bachelor's degree in international relations from Harvard University. He served in the United States Marine Corps in Iraq. Before holding elected office, Gallego served as vice chair of the Arizona Democratic Party and as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention.
Cook Political Report: Solid Democratic
Democratic Senator Laphonza Butler, who was appointed by Governor Newsom after Diane Feinstein died on September 29, 2023, is not running in the November 5, 2024, election. Democratic U.S. Congressman Adam Schiff is running against Republican Steve Garvey. Unfortunately, two exceptional congresswomen, Katie Porter and Barbara Lee, will lose their congressional seats as they instead chose to run in the Senate primary. California is a a heavily Democratic state and Adam Schiff is heavily favored to wih a Senate seat in November.
Adam Schiff was born in Framingham, Massachusetts. Schiff earned a B.A. from Stanford University in 1982 and a J.D. from Harvard University in 1985. His career experience includes working as a prosecutor with the Office of the United States Attorney for the Central District of California. Schiff was a state senator from 1996 to 2000 and has served in the U.S. House since 2001. Schiff is running on his record in Congress, citing his role as impeachment manager in Donald Trump's impeachment and his efforts to lower prescription drug costs and build affordable housing.[
Cook Political Report: Solid Democratic
Incumbent Democratic Senator Christopher S. Murphy is running for re-election.He is opposed by Republican Matthew Corey.
Murphy has served in the Connecticut House of Representatives (1999–2002), the Connecticut State Senate (2003–2006), and as U.S. Senator from Connecticut since 2013.
Cook Political Report: Solid Democratic
Democratic Senator Tom Carper is retiring.
Democratic Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester is running in the November election that will replace Carper. Since 2017, she has been a U.S. House Representative for Delaware's At-Large Congressional District.
Lisa Blunt Rochester on Emily's List: Link
Cook Political: Likely Republican
Democratic challenger Debbie Mucarsel-Powell will face incumbent Republican Senator Rick Scott in the general election.
Mucarsel-Powell was a member of the U.S. House, representing Florida's 26th Congressional District. She assumed office on January 3, 2019 and left office on January 3, 2021. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell earned a B.S. in political science from Pitzer College in 1992 and a master's degree in international political economy from Claremont Graduate University. Her career experience includes working as the director of development and associate dean at Florida International University.
Debbie Muscarel-Powell on Emily's List: Link
Cook Political: Solid Democratic
Democratic incumbent Senator Mazie K. Hirono is running for re-election and is opposed by Republican Bob McDermott.
Mazie K. Hirono on Emily's List: Link
Cook Political: Solid Republican
Incumbent Republican Senator Mike Braun is retiring.
Democrat Valerie Lin McCray is running against Republican Jim Banks. McCray was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. She graduated from Arsenal Technical High School, then earned a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Michigan in 2000. McCray's career experience includes working as a clinical psychologist with Reset Psychological Services, the clinical director of MHM Services, Inc., and the lead psychologist with Correctional Medical Services.
Cook Political: Solid Democratic
Incumbent Angus King (I) is running for re-election. Challengers are Democrat David Costello, Republican Demi Kouzournas, and Independent Jason Cherry.
Democrat David Costello was born in Bangor, Maine. He earned a bachelor's degree from The George Washington University in 1983 and a graduate degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 1989. His career experience includes working as an environmental policy consultant.
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Angus King served as governor of Maine from 1995 to 2003.
King is one of two independent senators who caucuses with the Democrats in the Senate. A Democratic National Committee resolution calling on King and fellow independent Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vt.) to affiliate with the Democratic Party was defeated on October 20, 2017.
As of a 2014 analysis of multiple outside rankings, King is a more moderate left of center Democratic Party vote. As a result, he may break with the Democratic Party line more than his fellow members.
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Cook Political: Likely Democratic
Incumbent Democratic Senator Ben Cardin is retiring.
Republican Larry Hogan, who was the Governor of Maryland from 2015 to 2023, is running.
Democrat Angela Alsobrooks, Prince George's County executive, is running. She was first elected in 2018 and re-elected in 2022 after running unopposed in both general elections. Alsobrooks was also Prince George's County State's Attorney from 2011 to 2018 after running unopposed in the 2010 and 2014 general elections. Before she ran for public office, Alsobrooks was an assistant state's attorney in Prince George's County, where she handled domestic violence cases.
Angela Alsobrooks on Emily's List: Link
Cook Political: Solid Democratic
Primary: September 3
Democratic incumbent Senator Elizabeth Warren is running for re-election. She is opposed by Republican John Deaton.
Elizabeth Warren on Emily's List: Link
Cook Political: Toss-up
Democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow is retiring.
Democrat Elissa Slotkin is facing Republican Mike Rogers in the general election. She has been a member of the U.S. House of Representatives since Jannuary 3, 2019.
Elissa Slotkin was born in New York, New York. Slotkin earned a bachelor's degree in rural sociology from Cornell University in 1998 and a master's degree in international affairs from Columbia University in 2003. Her career experience includes working as a Middle East analyst with the CIA, the director for Iraq with the National Security Council, the senior advisor on Middle East transition with the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, and the acting assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs with the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
Elissa Slotkin on Emily's List: Link
Cook Political: Solid Democratic
Primary August 13, 2024
Klobuchar was born in 1960 and grew up in Plymouth, Minnesota. She earned her B.A. graduating magna cum laude from Yale University in 1982, and she received her J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School in 1985. While attending Yale, Klobuchar interned for Vice President Walter Mondale (D).
Prior to running for public office, Klobuchar was a partner at the law firms of Dorsey & Whitney and Gray Plant Mooty.[2] She was elected Hennepin County attorney in 1998 with 50.4 percent of the vote and re-elected in 2002 with no opposition.[3] She served as county attorney until 2006, the year she was first elected to the U.S. Senate.
Klobuchar won that election with 58 percent of the vote, and she was re-elected with over 60 percent support in 2012 and 2018. In 2014, Senate Democrats elected Klobuchar as chair of the Senate Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee, which works with advocacy groups, policy experts, and intergovernmental organizations to shape policy positions.
She has been Senator since assuming office on January 3, 2007.
Amy Klobuchar on Emily's List: Link
Cook Political: Solid Republican
Incumbent Republican Senator Roger Wicker is running for re-election.
Democrat Ty Pinkins is running in the general election. He was born in Rolling Fork, Mississippi. Pinkins served in the U.S. Army from 1996 to 2017. He earned a bachelor's degree in political science and government from the University of Maryland Global Campus in 2012, a juris doctor from Georgetown University in 2020, and a master's degree in national security law from Georgetown University in 2021. Pinkins' career experience includes owning a business and working as an attorney with the Mississippi Center for Justice and a presidential communications aide with the White House Communications Agency.
Cook Political: Solid Republican
Democrat Lucas Kunce is facing incumbent Republican Senator Josh Hawley in the general election. Hawley may be best known for his fist-pumping encourgement of the January 6 MAGA insurrectionists, and his later running from the MAGA mob when they stormed the Capital.
Lucas Kunce was born in Missouri. He attended Yale on a Pell Grant, then obtained a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Missouri School of Law. In 2007, he joined the United States Marine Corps as a judge-advocate (military lawyer). He served a tour in Iraq and two tours in Afghanistan. After returning to the United States, he served as the International Negotiations Officer on the Joint Staff of the Pentagon, where he represented the U.S. in arms control negotiations with Russia and NATO. He joined the Council on Foreign Relations in June 2017. In 2020, he left active duty and he joined the American Economic Liberties Project as director of national security. He continues to serve in the United States Marine Corps Reserve.
Cook Political: Lean Republican
Incumbent Democratic Senator Jon Tester is running for re-election. He is opposed by Republican Tim Sheehy.
Tester was born in Havre, Montana, near the town of Big Sandy, Montana, on the land that his grandfather homesteaded in 1916.[3] In 1978, he graduated from the University of Great Falls with a B.S. in music. He then worked for two years as a music teacher in the Big Sandy School District before returning to his family's farm and custom butcher shop.
He was first elected to the Senate in 2006 with a margin of victory of less than 1 percent over Republican incumbent Sen. Conrad Burns. He most recently won re-election in 2018 in a state that voted for President Donald Trump by more than 20 points. Tester, who described himself as a moderate in a post-election interview with MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, said he won by localizing the race and discussing the cost of healthcare, access to public lands, veterans, and the cost of higher education.
Prior to his election to the Senate, Tester was a member of the Montana State Senate from 1999 to 2006. He served as Senate president from 2005 to 2006. He has been Senator since January 3, 2007.
Cook Political: Lean Republican (Note: Was Solid Republican)
Independent Dan Osborne is running against incumbent Republican Senator Deb Fischer. No Democratic candidate filed to run. According to Nebraska Democratic Party Chair Jane Kleeb, the party decided not run a candidate after talks with Osborn.
Incumbent Republican Senator Pete Ricketts, appointed by Governor Jim Pillen when Senator Ben Sasse vacated his seat, is running in a special election to fill the remaining time in the term that ends on January 3, 2027.
Democrat Preston Love, Jr. is running in this general election. He received a bachelor's in economics from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and a graduate degree in professional studies from Bellevue University. His career experience includes working as an author, speaker, and adjunct professor. Love Jr. is the founder of the nonprofit Black Votes Matter Institute of Community Engagement. As of 2024, Love Jr. was affiliated with Antioch Church of God in Christ.
Cook Political: Lean Democratic (Note: Had been Toss-up!)
Incumbent Democratic Senator Jacky Rosen is running for re-election and will face Republican Sam Brown in the general election.
Rosen graduated from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis in 1979. She was a business owner and computer software developer prior to becoming U.S. Representative from Nevada's 3rd Congressional District om 2017, and U.S. Senator from Nevada in 2019.
Jacky Rosen on Emily's List: Link
Cook Political: Solid Democratic (Note: Had been Toss-up!)
The election will fill the Senate seat held by Bob Menendez Sr. (I), who first took office in 2006. On July 23, 2024, Menendez announced his resignation from the U.S. Senate effective August 20, 2024, and withdrew from this race.
Democrat Andrew Kim will face Republican Curtis Bashaw in the general election. Kim is a member of the U.S. House, representing New Jersey's 3rd Congressional District. He assumed office on January 3, 2019. Prior to his election, Kim worked as a national security advisor under President Barack Obama (D). Kim worked in the White House from 2013 to 2015. He worked in the Office of the Secretary of Defense in 2013. He was also a foreign affairs officer with the U.S. Department of State from 2009 to 2013.
Cook Political: Solid Democratic
Incumbent Democratic Senator Martin Heinrich is running for re-election and will be facing Republican Nella Domenici in the general election. Prior to serving in the U.S. Senate, Heinrich joined the AmeriCorps, worked as a mechanical engineer, managed nonprofits, and founded a public affairs consulting firm. He was appointed in 2006 to be New Mexico’s Natural Resources Trustee, spent four years on the Albuquerque City Council, and represented New Mexico's 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House from 2009 to 2013. Heinrich has been Senator since January 3, 2013.
Cook Political: Solid Democratic
Incumbent Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is running for re-election and will be facing Republican Mike Sapraicone in the general election.
Gillibrand was first appointed to the Senate in 2009 to fill the seat vacated through Hillary Clinton's appointment to secretary of state. She won re-election in 2018. Prior to serving in the U.S. Senate, Gillibrand worked as an attorney, law clerk, campaign staffer, and special counsel to the secretary of Housing and Urban Development. She also represented New York's 20th Congressional District in the U.S. House from 2007 to 2009.
Kirsten Gillibrand on Emily's List: Link
Cook Political: Solid Republican
Incumbent Republican Senator Kevin Cramer is running for re-election.
Katrina Christiansen (Democratic Party) is running for election to the U.S. Senate to represent North Dakota. She was born in Pender, Nebraska. Christiansen earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in 2005, a graduate degree from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in 2006, and a doctorate from Iowa State University in 2011. Her career experience includes working as an engineering professor, a plant engineer, a pilot project lead and innovation manager, and a director of malting research and innovation. Christiansen has been affiliated with Washington PTO and the Stutsman County Human Rights Coalition.
Cook Political: Toss-up
Incumbent Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown is running for re-election. He is opposed by Republican Bernie Moreno.
Sherrod Brown graduated from Yale University in 1974 and from Ohio State University in 1981. He served as Ohio Secretary of State (1983–1991), Democrat to U.S. Congress from Ohio (1993–2007), and as Senator from Ohio since January 3, 2007.
Cook Political: Toss-up (Was Lean Democratic)
Primary: April 23
Incumbent Democratic Senator Bob Casey, Jr. is running for re-election and he will face Republican David McCormick in the general election.
Casey graduated from College of the Holy Cross in 1982 and from Catholic University of America in 1988. He served as Pennsylvania Auditor General (1997–2005) and as Pennsylvania State Treasurer (2005–2007). He has been Senator since January 3, 2007.
Cook Political: Solid Democratic
Primary: September 10
Incumbent Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse is running for re-election and will face Michael Costa in the Democratic primary.
Whitehouse graduated from Yale University in 1978 and received his J.D. from the University of Virginia in 1982. He has served as Director, Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation (1992–1994), as United States Attorney (1994–1998), and as Rhode Island State Attorney General (1999–2003). He has been Senator since July 3, 2007.
Cook Political: Solid Republican
Incumbent Republican Marsha Blackburn is running for re-election. Democrat Gloria Johnson is running in the general election.
Gloria Johnson earned a bachelor's degree in special education and teaching from the University of Tennessee in 1986. Johnson's career experience includes working as a consultant with Change Driven Strategies, a caregiver with Seniors Helping Seniors, and a special education teacher with Central High School in Fountain City. She has served as the chair of the Knox County Democratic Party and as a board member of Emerge TN and the TN Women's Political Caucus. She is a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, representing District 90, having assumed office on November 8, 2022.
Cook Political: Lean Republican (Was Likely Republican)
Democratic Congressman Colin Allred will oppose incumbent Republican Senator Ted Cruz in the November 5 general election.
Colin Allred was born and lives in Dallas, Texas. He earned a bachelor's degree from Baylor University. Before being elected to Congress, Allred played football in the National Football League (NFL) for the Tennessee Titans. After leaving the NFL, Allred earned a law degree from the University of California Berkeley School of Law and began practicing law. He then worked in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in the Obama administration. He is a member of the U.S. House, representing Texas' 32nd Congressional District since he assumed office on January 3, 2019.
Cook Political: Solid Republican
Republican incumbent senator Mitt Romney is retiring.
Democrat Caroline Gleich is running in the general election. She is a professional ski mountaineer, activist, and candidate for US Senate.
Cook Political: Solid Democratic
Democratic incumbent Senator Bernie Sanders is running in the general election against Republican Gerald Malloy.
Sanders was born in 1941 in Brooklyn, New York, where he grew up. He earned his B.A. in political science from the University of Chicago in 1964 and went on to lecture at Harvard University and Hamilton College in New York. Sanders has also worked as a carpenter and a journalist.
After spending six months in a kibbutz (a communal settlement) in Israel, Sanders moved to Vermont in 1968. In the 1970s, he ran unsuccessfully for governor of Vermont twice and for U.S. Senate twice as a Liberty Union Party candidate. He was elected mayor of Burlington as an independent in 1981, defeating Democratic incumbent Gordon Paquette by a margin of 10 votes, and he served as mayor until 1989. He was elected to the U.S. House in 1990, where he served until joining the U.S. Senate in 2007. Though Sanders has held elected office as an independent since 1981 and sought the Democratic nomination for president, he identifies as a democratic socialist.
Cook Political: Solid Democratic
Incumbent Democrat Senator Tim Kaine is running for re-election and will face republican Hung Cao in the general election.
Prior to his election to the Senate, Kaine served as governor of Virginia from 2006 to 2010. He has been Senator since he assumed office on January 3, 2013. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President of the United States in 2016 alongside presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
Cook Political: Solid Democratic
Incumbent Democratic Senator Maria Cantwell is running for re-election and is facing Republican Raul Garcia in the general election.
Cantwell was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. She earned her bachelor's degree from Miami University of Ohio. She was a member of the Washington House of Representatives (1987–1993), and then a Member of the United States House of Representatives from Washington's 1st Congressional District (1993–1995). After losing her 1994 bid for re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives, she pursued a career in the high-tech industry before returning to politics in 2000. She has been Senator since January 3, 2001.
Maria Cantwell on Emily's List: Link
Cook Political: Solid Republican
Incumbent Democratic Senator Joe Manchin III is retiring, and Democrat Glenn Elliott is running against Republican Jim Justice.
Glenn Elliott was born in and lives in Wheeling, West Virginia. Elliott graduated from The Linsly School in 1990. He earned bachelor's degrees in finance and political science from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business in 1994 and a J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center in 2001. Elliott also received honorary doctorate degrees from Wheeling University and West Liberty University. His career experience includes working as a real estate broker and an attorney. He also worked as a legislative assistant to U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd from 1994 to 1999. Elliott served as mayor of Wheeling for two terms. He has been affiliated with the Rotary Club of Wheeling.
Cook Political: Toss-Up (Note: Was Lean Democratic)
Incumbent Democratic Senator Tammy Baldwin is running for re-election and is oppposed by Republican Eric Hovde.
Baldwin graduated from Madison West High School in Wisconsin. She then earned her bachelor's degree from Smith College and her J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School. After earning her J.D., she went into private practice. She started her political career as a member of Dane County's Board of Supervisors. She was previously a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Wisconsin's 2nd Congressional District from 1999 to 2013. She also served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1993 to 1999.
She was a Member of the Board of Supervisors, Dane County, Wisconsin (1986–1994), a Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1993–1999), and a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin's 2nd Congressional District (1999–2013). She has been a Senator since she assumed office on January 3, 2013, and is the first openly gay member of the United States Senate.
Tammy Baldwin on Emily's List: Link
Cook Political: Solid Republican
Democrat Democrat Scott Morrow will oppose incumbent Republican Senator John Barrassohim in the general election.
Scott Morrow lives in Laramie, Wyoming. His career experience involves working as a union officer and as an executive of Industrial Relations.