2018 United States Senate elections
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Elections to the United States Senate will be held on November 6, 2018, with 33 of the 100 seats in the Senate being contested in regular elections whose winners will serve six-year terms from January 3, 2019, until January 3, 2025. Currently, Democrats are expected to have 23 seats up for election along with 2 independents who caucus with them. Republicans are expected to have 8 seats up for election. The seats up for election in 2018 were last up for election in 2012, although some seats may have special elections if incumbents die or resign, as has already happened in Alabama.[1] Democrats gained a net 2 seats in the 2016 Senate elections.
The United States House of Representatives elections, 39 gubernatorial elections, and many other state and local elections will also be held on this date.
Partisan composition
Among the 33 Senators up for election in 2018 are 33 Class I Senators up for regular election. These consist of 23 Democrats, 2 independents who caucus with the Senate Democrats, and 8 Republicans. If a Senate vacancy occurs between 2016 and 2018, there may be special elections before or during the 2018 election, depending on state law. The Alabama special election had been scheduled for 2018 but was moved to 2017.
Parties | style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" | | style="background-color:Template:Independent Party (United States)/meta/color" | | Total | |
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Democratic | Republican | Independent | |||
Last election (2016) | 46 | 52 | 2 | 100 | |
Before this election | 46 | 52 | 2 | 100 | |
Not up | 23 | 44 | 0 | 67 | |
Class 2 (2014→2020) | 11 | 22 | 0 | 33 | |
Class 3 (2016→2022) | 12 | 22 | 0 | 34 | |
Up | 23 | 8 | 2 | 33 | |
Class 1 (2012→2018) | 23 | 8 | 2 | 33 | |
Special: Class 2 & 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Incumbent retiring | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Incumbent running | 21 | 7 | 2 | 30 | |
Intent undeclared | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Most recent election predictions
Democrats are expected to target the Senate seats in Nevada and Arizona.[2] Democrats could also target Texas.[3] Republicans are expected to target Democratic-held seats in Indiana, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, and West Virginia, all of which voted for Mitt Romney in the 2012 election and Donald Trump in the 2016 election,[4] as well as seats in Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan, all of which voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 election.[5] Republicans could also target seats in Minnesota, Virginia, Maine, and New Jersey.[2] Other races may also become competitive.
State | PVI [citation needed] |
Incumbent | 2012 result |
Cook Feb. 9 2017[6] |
Roth. July 7 2017[7] |
Sabato May 17 2017[8] |
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Arizona | R+5 | Jeff Flake (R) | 49% R | Lean R | Lean R | Lean R |
California | D+12 | Dianne Feinstein (D) | 63% D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D |
Connecticut | D+6 | Chris Murphy (D) | 55% D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D |
Delaware | D+6 | Tom Carper (D) | 66% D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D |
Florida | R+2 | Bill Nelson (D) | 55% D | Lean D | Tilt D | Lean D |
Hawaii | D+18 | Mazie Hirono (D) | 63% D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D |
Indiana | R+9 | Joe Donnelly (D) | 50% D | Lean D | Tossup | Tossup |
Maine | D+3 | Angus King (I) | 53% I | Lean D | Safe D | Likely D/I |
Maryland | D+12 | Ben Cardin (D) | 55% D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D |
Massachusetts | D+12 | Elizabeth Warren (D) | 54% D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D |
Michigan | D+1 | Debbie Stabenow (D) | 59% D | Likely D | Safe D | Likely D |
Minnesota | D+1 | Amy Klobuchar (D) | 65% D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D |
Mississippi | R+9 | Roger Wicker (R) | 57% R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R |
Missouri | R+9 | Claire McCaskill (D) | 55% D | Lean D | Tossup | Tossup |
Montana | R+11 | Jon Tester (D) | 49% D | Likely D | Tilt D | Lean D |
Nebraska | R+14 | Deb Fischer (R) | 56% R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R |
Nevada | D+1 | Dean Heller (R) | 46% R | Lean R | Tossup | Lean R |
New Jersey | D+7 | Bob Menendez (D) | 59% D | Likely D | Safe D | Likely D |
New Mexico | D+3 | Martin Heinrich (D) | 51% D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D |
New York | D+11 | Kirsten Gillibrand (D) | 72% D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D |
North Dakota | R+16 | Heidi Heitkamp (D) | 50% D | Likely D | Tossup | Tossup |
Ohio | R+3 | Sherrod Brown (D) | 51% D | Lean D | Lean D | Lean D |
Pennsylvania | EVEN | Bob Casey (D) | 54% D | Likely D | Lean D | Likely D |
Rhode Island | D+10 | Sheldon Whitehouse (D) | 64% D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D |
Tennessee | R+14 | Bob Corker (R) | 65% R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R |
Texas | R+8 | Ted Cruz (R) | 57% R | Safe R | Safe R | Likely R |
Utah | R+20 | Orrin Hatch (R) | 65% R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R |
Vermont | D+15 | Bernie Sanders (I) | 71% I | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D/I |
Virginia | D+1 | Tim Kaine (D) | 53% D | Likely D | Likely D | Likely D |
Washington | D+7 | Maria Cantwell (D) | 61% D | Safe D | Safe D | Safe D |
West Virginia | R+20 | Joe Manchin (D) | 61% D | Likely D | Tossup | Lean D |
Wisconsin | EVEN | Tammy Baldwin (D) | 51% D | Likely D | Tilt D | Lean D |
Wyoming | R+25 | John Barrasso (R) | 76% R | Safe R | Safe R | Safe R |
Race summaries
In these general elections, the winners will be elected for the term beginning January 2019.
All of the elections involved the Class 1 seats; ordered by state.
State (linked to summaries below) |
Incumbent | Intent / Results | Candidates (listed alphabetically) | ||
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Senator | Party | Electoral history | |||
Arizona | Jeff Flake | Republican | 2012 | Incumbent running | Deedra Abboud (Democratic)[9] Jeff Flake (Republican)[10] Doug Marks (Libertarian)[11] Chris Russell (Democratic)[12] Kelli Ward (Republican)[13] |
California | Dianne Feinstein | Democratic | 1992 (special) 1994 2000 2006 2012 |
Incumbent running | Donald R. Adams (Independent)[14] Topher Brennan (Democratic)[15] Jerry Leon Carroll (Independent)[16] Michael Eisen (Independent)[17] Dianne Feinstein (Democratic)[18] Tim Gildersleeve (Independent)[19] Eugene Patterson Harris (Democratic)[20] David Hildebrand (Democratic)[21] Charles Junior Hodge (Independent)[22] Timothy Charles Kalemkarian (Republican)[23] Caren Lancona (Republican)[24] Richard Thomas Mead (Independent)[25] John Melendez (Democratic)[26] Douglas Howard Pierce (Democratic)[27] Stephen James Schrader (Republican)[28] Steve Stokes (Democratic)[29] |
Connecticut | Chris Murphy | Democratic | 2012 | Incumbent running | Ann-Marie Adams (Democratic)[30] Chris Murphy (Democratic)[31] Dominic Rapini (Republican)[32] |
Delaware | Tom Carper | Democratic | 2000 2006 2012 |
Incumbent's intent unknown | Chuck Boyce (Republican)[33] |
Florida | Bill Nelson | Democratic | 2000 2006 2012 |
Incumbent running | Joe Allen (Independent)[34] Lateresa Ann Jones (Republican)[35] Edward Janowski (Independent)[34] Tamika Lyles (Democratic)[36] Bill Nelson (Democratic)[37] Marcia Roberta Thorne (Republican)[38] Joe Wendt (Libertarian)[34] |
Hawaii | Mazie Hirono | Democratic | 2012 | Incumbent running | Mazie Hirono (Democratic)[39] |
Indiana | Joe Donnelly | Democratic | 2012 | Incumbent running | Joe Donnelly (Democratic)[40] Mark Hurt (Republican)[41] Kiel Richard Stone (Republican)[42] Andrew Takami (Republican)[43] Terry Henderson (Republican)[44] Andrew U. D. Straw (Disability Party)[45] |
Maine | Angus King | Independent | 2012 | Incumbent running | Angus King (Independent)[46] Eric Brakey (Republican)[47] |
Maryland | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 2006 2012 |
Incumbent's intent unknown | Sam Faddis (Republican)[48] |
Massachusetts | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic | 2012 | Incumbent running | Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)[49] Shiva Ayyadurai (Republican)[50] Geoff Diehl (Republican)[51] Darius Mitchell (Republican)[52] Allen Waters (Republican)[53] Heidi Wellman (Republican)[54] James Devine (Independent)[55] |
Michigan | Debbie Stabenow | Democratic | 2000 2006 2012 |
Incumbent running | Lena Rose Epstein (Republican)[56] John James (Republican)[57] Kid Rock (Republican)[58] Robert P. Young Jr. (Republican) Craig Allen Smith (Democratic)[59] Debbie Stabenow (Democratic)[60] Marcia Squier (Green) |
Minnesota | Amy Klobuchar | Democratic | 2006 2012 |
Incumbent running | Amy Klobuchar (Democratic)[61] |
Mississippi | Roger Wicker | Republican | 2007 (appointed) 2008 (special) 2012 |
Incumbent running | Jensen Bohren (Democratic)[62] Roger Wicker (Republican)[63] |
Missouri | Claire McCaskill | Democratic | 2006 2012 |
Incumbent running | Angelica Earl (Democratic)[64] Claire McCaskill (Democratic)[65] Josh Hawley (Republican)[66] Tony Monetti (Republican)[67] Austin Petersen (Republican)[68] |
Montana | Jon Tester | Democratic | 2006 2012 |
Incumbent running | Troy Downing (Republican)[69] Ron Murray (Republican)[70] Albert Olszewski (Republican)[71] Jon Tester (Democratic)[72] |
Nebraska | Deb Fischer | Republican | 2012 | Incumbent running | Deb Fischer (Republican)[73] |
Nevada | Dean Heller | Republican | 2011 (appointed) 2012 |
Incumbent running | Jay Craddock (Democratic) [74] Dean Heller (Republican)[75] Bobby Mahendra (Democratic)[76] Jacky Rosen (Democratic)[77] Jesse Sbaih (Democratic)[78] |
New Jersey | Bob Menendez | Democratic | 2006 (appointed) 2006 2012 |
Incumbent running | Kim McCormick (Democratic)[79] Bob Menendez (Democratic)[80] Sean A. Thom (Democratic)[81] |
New Mexico | Martin Heinrich | Democratic | 2012 | Incumbent running | Martin Heinrich (Democratic)[82] Mick Rich (Republican)[83] |
New York | Kirsten Gillibrand | Democratic | 2009 (appointed) 2010 (special) 2012 |
Incumbent running | Kirsten Gillibrand (Democratic)[84] Rafael Arden Jones Sr. (Republican)[85] David A. Webber (Republican)[86] |
North Dakota | Heidi Heitkamp | Democratic | 2012 | Incumbent running | Heidi Heitkamp (Democratic)[87] Dustin Peyer (Democratic)[88] |
Ohio | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 2006 2012 |
Incumbent running | Sherrod Brown (Democratic)[89] Michael Gibbons (Republican)[90] Josh Mandel (Republican)[91] |
Pennsylvania | Bob Casey | Democratic | 2006 2012 |
Incumbent running | Paul Addis (Republican)[92] Cynthia Ayers (Republican)[93] Jeff Bartos (Republican)[94] Bob Casey Jr. (Democratic)[95] Jim Christiana (Republican)[96] Paul DeLong (Republican)[97] Dale Kerns (Libertarian)[98] Bobby Lawrence (Republican)[99] Rick Saccone (Republican)[100] Andrew Shecktor (Republican)[101] |
Rhode Island | Sheldon Whitehouse | Democratic | 2006 2012 |
Incumbent running | Robert Flanders (Republican)[102] Robert Nardolillo (Republican)[103] Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic)[104] |
Tennessee | Bob Corker | Republican | 2006 2012 |
Incumbent's intent unknown | Larry Crim (Republican)[105] James Mackler (Democratic)[106] |
Texas | Ted Cruz | Republican | 2012 | Incumbent running | Ted Cruz (Republican)[107] Stefano de Stefano (Republican)[108] Irasema Hernandez (Democratic)[109] Roman McAllen (Democratic)[110] Beto O'Rourke (Democratic)[111] Dustin Ray Webb (Democratic)[112] |
Utah | Orrin Hatch | Republican | 1976 1982 1988 1994 2000 2006 2012 |
Incumbent running | Orrin Hatch (Republican)[113] Danny Drew (Democratic)[114] Jenny Wilson (Democratic) [115] Craig Bowden (Libertarian)[116] |
Vermont | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 2006 2012 |
Incumbent running | Bernie Sanders (Independent)[117] Jon Svitavsky (Democratic)[118] Folasade Adeluola (Democratic)[118] |
Virginia | Tim Kaine | Democratic | 2012 | Incumbent running | Tim Kaine (Democratic)[119] Corey Stewart (Republican)[120] Ron Wallace (Republican)[121][122] |
Washington | Maria Cantwell | Democratic | 2000 2006 2012 |
Incumbent running | Maria Cantwell (Democratic)[123] Jennifer "GiGi" Ferguson (Democratic)[124] Clay Johnson (Independent)[125] |
West Virginia | Joe Manchin | Democratic | 2010 (special) 2012 |
Incumbent running | Bo Copley (Republican)[126] Scott Ernst (Republican)[127][128] Evan Jenkins (Republican)[129] Joe Manchin (Democratic)[130] Patrick Morrisey (Republican)[131] Paula Jean Swearengin (Democratic)[132] |
Wisconsin | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 2012 | Incumbent running | Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)[133] John Schiess (Republican)[134] |
Wyoming | John Barrasso | Republican | 2007 (appointed) 2008 (special) 2012 |
Incumbent running | John Barrasso (Republican)[135] |
State | Senator | Party | Electoral history |
Intent / Results | Candidates |
Incumbent |
Complete list of races
Thirty-three seats are up for election in 2018:
- Twenty-one Democrats are running for re-election.
- Two Democrats may seek re-election.
- Two independents are running for re-election.
- Seven Republicans are running for re-election.
- One Republican may seek re-election.
Arizona
One-term Republican Senator Jeff Flake was elected with 49% of the vote in 2012. He will be 55 years old in 2018. He is running.[10]
Former state senator Kelli Ward[13] is running as a Republican.
Deedra Abboud is running for the Democratic nomination.[9]
Chris Russell is running for the seat for the Democratic party. He promoting himself as a representative of the more progressive wing of the party to take advantage of the political infrastructure built by the Bernie Sanders campaign during the 2016 presidential primary.
California
Four-term Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein won a special election in 1992 and was elected to full terms in 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2012. She will be 85 years old in 2018. She is running for re-election.[18]
Democrats challenging Dianne Feinstein include Topher Brennan,[15] Eugene Patterson Harris,[20] David Hildebrand,[136][21] John "Stuttering John" Melendez,[26] Douglas Howard Pierce,[27] and 2016 candidate Steve Stokes.[29]
Republican candidates include Timothy Charles Kalemkarian,[137] Caren Lancona,[138] and Stephen James Schrader.[139]
Independent candidates include biologist Michael Eisen,[17] Donald R. Adams,[14] Jerry Leon Carroll,[16] Tim Gildersleeve,[19] Charles Junior Hodge,[22] and Richard Thomas Mead.[25]
Connecticut
One-term Democratic Senator Chris Murphy was elected with 55% of the vote in 2012. He will be 45 years old in 2018. He is running for reelection.[31] He is being challenged for the Democratic nomination by Ann-Marie Adams.[140]
Businessman Dominic Rapini is seeking the Republican nomination.[32]
Delaware
Three-term Democratic Senator Tom Carper won re-election with 66% of the vote in 2012. He will be 71 years old in 2018.
Businessman Chuck Boyce is running for the Republican nomination.[33]
Florida
Three-term Democratic Senator Bill Nelson was re-elected with 55% of the vote in 2012. Nelson will be 76 years old in 2018. He has strongly hinted he will seek re-election to a fourth term in office.[141][37] He is being challenged for the Democratic nomination by Tamika Lyles.[36]
Latersa Ann Jones[35] and Marcia Roberta Thorne[38] are running for the Republican nomination. Florida Governor Rick Scott is seen as potential Republican candidate to challenge Nelson. Scott will be 65 years old in 2018. First elected in 2010 and re-elected in 2014, Scott's term as Governor of Florida is set to end by January 2019, due to term limits.[142]
Joe Wendt is seeking the Libertarian Party nomination, while Joe Allen and Edward Janowski are running as independents.[34]
Hawaii
One-term Democratic Senator Mazie Hirono was elected with 63% of the vote in 2012. She will be 71 years old in 2018.
Indiana
One-term Democratic Senator Joe Donnelly was elected with 50.04% of the vote in 2012. He will be 63 years old in 2018. He is running.[40]
Attorney Mark Hurt,[41][143][144] director of Purdue Polytechnic Institute Andrew Takami,[43] Kiel Richard Stone,[42] and Terry Henderson[44] are running for the Republican nomination.
Disability Party candidate Andrew U. D. Straw has registered his campaign officially with the Secretary of the U.S. Senate.[145] Straw has run for U.S. House twice on disability platforms, once in Indiana's Second District and once in Illinois' Eighth District.[146] Don't vote Donnelly
Maine
One-term Independent Senator Angus King was elected in a three-way race with 53% of the vote in 2012. King has caucused with the Democratic Party since taking office in 2013, but he has left open the possibility of caucusing with the Republican Party in the future.[147] This Senate election is scheduled to be the first in Maine to be conducted with ranked choice voting, as opposed to a simple plurality, after voters passed a citizen referendum approving the change in 2016.[148] An advisory opinion by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court holding that ranked choice voting would be unconstitutional only affects state office elections, but some legislators seek to repeal the measure in full.[149][150]
King has indicated he will seek reelection.[151] [46] He will be 74 years old in 2018.
Former Democratic State Representative Diane Russell is considering running.[152]
State Senator Eric Brakey is running for the Republican nomination.[47] Republican Governor of Maine Paul LePage declined to run. [153]
Maryland
Two-term Democratic Senator Ben Cardin was re-elected with 56% of the vote in 2012. He will be 75 years old in 2018.
Sam Faddis is seeking the Republican nomination.[48]
Massachusetts
One-term Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren was elected with 54% of the vote in 2012. She will be 69 years old in 2018. She is running.[49]
State Representative Geoff Diehl,[51] Shiva Ayyadurai,[50] Darius Mitchell,[52] Allen Waters,[53] and Heidi Wellman[54] are running for the Republican nomination.
John Devine[55] is running as an independent.
Michigan
Three-term Democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow was re-elected with 59% of the vote in 2012. She will be 68 years old in 2018. She is running.[60] She is being challenged in the Democratic primary by Craig Allen Smith.[59]
On the Republican side, Lena Epstein who co-chaired the Donald Trump campaign in Michigan,[154] businessman and Iraq veteran John James,[57] Kid Rock,[155][156] and retired Michigan Supreme Court chief justice Robert P. Young Jr.[157] are running.
Minnesota
Two-term Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar was re-elected with 65% of the vote in 2012. She will be 58 years old in 2018. She is running.[61]
Mississippi
One-term Republican Senator Roger Wicker won re-election with 57% of the vote in 2012. He was appointed in 2007 and won a special election in 2008 to serve the remainder of Trent Lott's term. He will be 67 years old in 2018. He is running.[63]
Jensen Bohren[62] is seeking the Democratic nomination.
Missouri
Two-term Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill was re-elected with 55% of the vote in 2012. She will be 65 years old in 2018. She is running.[65] She is being challenged in the Democratic primary by Angelica Earl.[64]
The fundraising of Republican Representative Ann Wagner was being interpreted to mean that she might run against Sen. McCaskill,[158] but she announced she will seek re-election in the Second Congressional District.[159] Attorney General Josh Hawley,[66] assistant dean of aviation at University of Central Missouri Tony Monetti,[67] and Libertarian presidential candidate in 2016 Austin Petersen[68] are running for the Republican nomination.
Montana
Two-term Democratic Senator Jon Tester was re-elected with 49% of the vote in 2012. He will be 62 years old in 2018. He is running.[72]
State Senator Albert Olszewski,[71] Troy Downing,[69] and Ron Murray[70] are running for the Republican nomination. State Secretary of State Corey Stapleton is also a potential Republican candidate.[160] Ryan Zinke resigned from the House of Representatives to become United States Secretary of the Interior. He could step down from that position to run for the Senate seat.
Nebraska
One-term Republican Senator Deb Fischer was elected with 56% of the vote in 2012. She will be 67 years old in 2018. She is running.[73]
Nevada
One-term Republican Senator Dean Heller was elected with 46% of the vote in 2012. He had been appointed to the seat in 2011. He will be 58 years old in 2018. Heller considered running for governor, but has since chosen to seek reelection.[161][162][75]
Representative Jacky Rosen,[77] Jay Craddock,[74] Sujeet "Bobby" Narendra Mahendra,[76][53] and Jesse Sbaih[78] are running for the Democratic nomination.
New Jersey
Two-term Democratic Senator Bob Menendez was re-elected with 59% of the vote in 2012. Menendez was originally appointed to the seat in January 2006. He will be 64 years old in 2018. He is running.[80]
Democrat Sean A. Thom is running.[81]
New Mexico
One-term Democratic Senator Martin Heinrich was elected with 51% of the vote in 2012. He will be 47 years old in 2018. He is running.[82]
Mick Rich is seeking the Republican nomination.[83]
New York
One-term Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand was elected with 72% of the vote in 2012. She had previously been appointed to the seat in 2009, and won a special election to remain in office in 2010. She will be 51 years old in 2018. She is running.[84]
Former United States Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy, daughter of former President John F. Kennedy[163] is reportedly considering running as a Democrat, 9 years after declining to replace Hillary Clinton's vacant seat after becoming U.S. Secretary of State.
Rafael Arden Jones Sr.[85] and David A. Webber[86] are running for the Republican nomination.
North Dakota
One-term Democratic Senator Heidi Heitkamp was elected with 50% of the vote in 2012. She will be 63 years old in 2018. She is running.[87]
Dustin Peyer is running for the Democratic nomination.[88]
Ohio
Two-term Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown was re-elected with 51% of the vote in 2012. He will be 65 years old in 2018. He is running.[89]
Ohio State Treasurer Josh Mandel[91] and investment banker Michael Gibbons[90] are running for the Republican nomination.
Pennsylvania
Two-term Democratic Senator Bob Casey, Jr. was re-elected with 54% of the vote in 2012. He will be 58 years old in 2018. He is running.[95]
Republican candidates include Pennsylvania House of Representatives members Rick Saccone[100] and Jim Christiana,[96] Berwick councilman Andrew Shecktor,[101] Paul Addis,[92] Cynthia Ayers,[93] Jeff Bartos,[94], Paul DeLong,[97] and Robert "Bobby" Lawrence.[99]
In addition, Libertarian candidate Dale Kerns has announced his candidacy for this seat.
Rhode Island
Two-term Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse was reelected with 64% of the vote in 2012. He will be 63 years old in 2018. He is running.[104]
State Representative Robert Nardolillo[103] and former Rhode Island Supreme Court Associate Justice Robert Flanders[102] are running for the Republican nomination.
Tennessee
Two-term Republican Senator Bob Corker was re-elected with 65% of the vote in 2012. He will be 66 years old in 2018. Corker may run for Governor of Tennessee in 2018.[164][165][166] Senator Corker has also filed his Statement of Candidacy with the Secretary of the U.S. Senate to run for reelection to the U.S. Senate seat he currently holds in 2018.[167]
Larry Crim, a perennial candidate who ran as a Democrat in 2012 and 2014, is running for the Republican nomination.[105]
James Mackler is seeking the Democratic nomination.[106]
Texas
One-term Republican Senator Ted Cruz was elected with 57% of the vote in 2012. He will be 48 years old in 2018. He is running.[107][168]
Houston energy attorney Stefano de Stefano is seeking the Republican nomination.[108]
U.S. Representative Beto O'Rourke is seeking the Democratic nomination.[169] Other Democrats who are running include Irasema Ramirez Hernandez,[109] Roman James Alfred McAllen,[110] and Dustin Ray Webb.[112]
Utah
Seven-term Republican Senator Orrin Hatch was re-elected with 65% of the vote in 2012. Hatch is the President pro tempore of the United States Senate, as well as the second most-senior Senator. He will be 84 years old in 2018. Before the 2012 election, Hatch said that he would retire at the end of his seventh term if he was re-elected.[170] However he has since "left the door ajar", but denied that he had changed his mind until March 9, 2017, when he announced his re-election campaign.[113][171]
Danny Drew is running for the Democratic nomination. [114]
Professor James Singer was also running for the Democratic nomination but he dropped out and endorsed Salt Lake County Councilwoman Jenny Wilson who made her Senate bid official on July 17, 2017. [172][173][115]
Craig Bowden is running for the Libertarians.[116]
Vermont
Two-term Independent Senator Bernie Sanders was re-elected with 71% of the vote in 2012. Sanders, one of two independent members of Congress, has caucused with the Democratic Party since taking office in 2007. In November 2015, Sanders announced his plans to run as a Democrat rather than an Independent in all future elections. He will be 77 years old in 2018.[174] On July 28, 2016, Sanders announced he would return to the Senate as an Independent and two days later in an interview on Real Time with Bill Maher that he would run for re-election.[117]
In 2016, activist and journalist Al Giordano stated his intention to challenge Sanders for the Democratic nomination to protest Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign, which Giordano claims has divided the Democratic Party.[175][176][177] In 2017, however, Giordano announced he would not run for the seat. [178] Democratic candidates who have thrown their hat in the ring against Sanders are homeless shelter creator out of Burlington Jon Svitavsky[118] and Hillary Clinton activist Folasade Adeluola,[118]
Virginia
One-term Democratic Senator Tim Kaine was elected with 53% of the vote in 2012. He will be 60 years old in 2018. He is running.[179][119]
Prince William County Supervisor Corey Stewart[120] and Ron Wallace are seeking the Republican nomination.[121][122]
Washington
Three-term Democratic Senator Maria Cantwell was re-elected with 61% of the vote in 2012. She will be 60 years old in 2018. She is running.[180]
Jennifer "GiGi" Ferguson is running.[181]
West Virginia
One-term Democratic Senator Joe Manchin was elected with 61% of the vote in 2012. He originally won the seat in a 2010 special election. He will be 71 years old in 2018. Manchin is running for re-election. Environmental activist Paula Jean Swearengin is also running for the Democratic nomination.[130][182]
Representative Evan Jenkins[129], West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey,[131] coal miner Bo Copley[126], and Scott Ernst[183][184] are running for the Republican nomination.
Wisconsin
One-term Democratic Senator Tammy Baldwin was elected with 51% of the vote in 2012. She will be 56 years old in 2018. She is running.[133]
John Schiess[134] is running for the Republican nomination.
Wyoming
One-term Republican Senator John Barrasso was elected with 76% of the vote in 2012. Barrasso was appointed to the seat in 2007, and won a special election in 2008. He will be 66 years old in 2018. He is running.[135]
See also
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