Talk:2010 United States Senate elections

Paul Kirk

If Scott Brown has already one the seat, should it still be considered "up for grabs"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.166.137.11 (talk) 23:22, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

That was the rating at the time of the election. -Rrius (talk) 01:50, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Swing State Project

Why are we using a self-proclaimed Democratic website for ratings? Their ratings seem fine ... but if you go to their website, they just did an update and have little lines that suggest they are more inclined to keep it at pro-DEM if a certain pollster polls etc. BrianY (talk) 03:52, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

So you're saying it should be removed just because of their commentary? You yourself just said their rating were fine, and presumably by that you meant unbiased, so what are you trying to argue here? Nevermore | Talk 17:41, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

When most rating sites had moved CT-SEN to Leans Takeover (Republican) when Dodd was still running, SSP was way behind. BrianY (talk) 02:43, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

And that means...? They had a difference of opinion. CT is a very Democratic state and while Dodd was in a tough place SSP probably believed it would come back to its roots eventually. Which is a logical thing to think. Doesn't show bias. Nevermore | Talk 08:25, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Dead references

Almost all of the reference (external) links I have clicked on are dead. I suggest that whoever is sourcing this article should make sure they are using more stable links. Bro2baseball (talk) 01:32, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

LeMieux vs. Martinez

Why does this list Mel Martinez as the retiring incumbent? He's long out of office. The seatholder is currently George LeMieux, who will not be running for re-election. I would fix it myself, but it will take a bit of work to rewrite the paragraph and I dont have that time at the moment.--Metallurgist (talk) 06:50, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Hard to believe I missed that; Florida race is now updated.~BLM Platinum (talk) 17:00, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Michael Pryce is Running for the Senate in Ohio

He is not a well known person but I do believe he is running for George V. Voinovich's seat in Ohio. He, however, is not listed on the page.

Sources: http://www.hudsonhubtimes.com/news/simple_article/4781723?page=0 http://www.michaelpryce.com/ http://www.bignews.biz/?id=849056&keys=Senator-Ohio-MD-Author http://www.pr-inside.com/michael-l-pryce-md-announces-candidacy-r1762674.htm —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.27.163.60 (talk) 02:45, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Delete the Polling section??

On March 12, I noticed the following comment (invisible to normal readers of the article) as follows, by an anonymous user:
(comment:)--All of this is subjective at best, and partisan at worst. It provides no factual, verifiable knowledge to the community, and would be more appropriate in an up-to-date news location, such as WikiNews. I recommend deleting the entire thing, which I will attempt to do in 48 hours, unless someone tells me to do otherwise.--
I replied:
(comment:)!--I would strongly disagree. Also, please also post such discussion on the "Discussion" page (the tab at the top of the page) for everyone to see--I'll comment there--Dwight666 Mar 12 2010.--(/comment) May I further say: This page gets 7,000 hits a day so there must be something attractive about this article. Contributors keep the table up-to-date, even tho it takes a bit of non-user-friendly editing. The pollsters that are listed in the table use very valid statistical methods in a very professional manner; these are not NEWS but POLLING RESULTS. Wikipedia is well-known in the US, and search engines often sort Wikipedia's results to the top--which reflects not only their utility but their popularity. Wikinews is just not as well known or utilized. Comments anyone? Dwight666 (talk) 18:24, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

I definitely believe it should stay; it's non partisan or POV, and it gives the user a better since of what the election could mean. –BLM Platinum (talk) 19:02, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

MN disputed election and extraconstitutional process

My entry clarifying that MN took an extraconstitutional path to seating Al Franken was removed with the statement that there was no need for a special election while the general election was in dispute. I need a source for this as it would constitute original research otherwise. The 17th amendment refers to "vacancy" and every site I have read refers to the vacancy from Minnesota. If vacancy no longer means vacancy I need a source, otherwise my clarification goes back. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jwbaumann (talk • contribs) 23:30, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Washington state Safe D?

How is washington state listed as safely Democratic? Every poll shows a 1-2 point lead for the democrats, except for one, with un officially announced candidate Dino Rossi. Rossi leads by 10. Crd721 (talk) 23:38, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

Utah Race

The map legend suggests Republican held states where the incumbent is either retiring or has been defeated in the primary phase should be colored a light red. Yet Utah, where the incumbent Republican has already been eliminated, is colored solid red. I'm going to go ahead and fix this inaccuracy, I think no one has any objections? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.183.50.146 (talk) 16:02, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Nevermind. I have no knowledge of SVG editing. If this was bitmap I would have happily done it. Could someone else handle it though? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.183.50.146 (talk) 16:35, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Runup to the 2010 election

This article is about the 2010 elections, not every change in membership of the past two years, much of which having absolutely nothing to do with these elections. That belongs at 111th United States Congress, not here. This also has POV: "A non-Constitutional process occurred." Reywas92^Talk 22:35, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Bob Bennett's vote on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

For some reason, Senator Bennett's vote on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) is being incorrectly stated. He, along with every other Republican at the time besides Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, and Arlen Specter, voted against ARRA.

Here is the vote on the cloture motion for the substitute amendment: http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=1&vote=00059

Here is the vote on the passage of the bill: http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=1&vote=00061

Here is the vote on the conference report: http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=1&vote=00064

He voted No each time. So if "Bennett's vote for the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009 incensed the Tea Party enthusiasts," then those Tea Party enthusiasts have no idea what they are talking about. Keep in mind, Republican Bob Bennett of Utah is not the same person as Democrat Michael Bennet of Colorado. Maybe the person was thinking of the TARP vote back in 2008. Please change this immediately!