Continuing our periodic reporting about who is currently running for the Senate next year, below is the latest look.
The following 13 senators do not yet have an announced significant opponent:
- Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama)
- Chris Coons (D-Delaware)
- Jim Risch (R-Idaho)
- Pat Roberts (R-Kansas)
- Susan Collins (R-Maine)
- Thad Cochran (R-Mississippi)
- Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon)
- Jack Reed (D-Rhode Island)
- Tim Scott (R-South Carolina – special election)
- Lamar Alexander (R-Tennessee)
- John Cornyn (R-Texas)
- Mark Warner (D-Virginia)
- Mike Enzi (R-Wyoming)
And the remaining state match-ups:
| Alaska | |
|---|---|
| Incumbent: | Sen. Mark Begich (D) – originally elected 2008 |
| Republicans: | Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell |
| Joe Miller – 2010 nominee who defeated Sen. Lisa Murkowski in the GOP primary | |
| Arkansas | |
|---|---|
| Incumbent: | Sen. Mark Pryor (D) – originally elected 2002 |
| Republicans: | Lt. Gov. Mark Darr |
| Rep. Tom Cotton (R-AR-4) | |
| Notes: | Rep. Cotton is a possible candidate. Lt. Gov. Darr is highly likely to run for a different office than the one he currently holds. He announced his intention to run for the Senate but there is a good chance, should Mr. Cotton enter the statewide campaign, that he would instead run for the Congressman’s vacated 4th Congressional District. |
