FINAL US Senate Race Chart: DEM-58, REP-42
Posted Nov 04, 2008 at 10:18 AM
Maurice Berger, Political Director, PollTrack
The final results of PollTrack US Senate Race Chart suggest a strong Democratic tilt in the new Congress. As of this morning, PollTrack believes that incumbent Republican US Senator Norm Coleman of MN will hold on to his seat in his hard-fough race against challengers Al Franken (dem) and Dean Barkley (i). The balance of power in the new Congress reads: DEM-58, REP-42. See chart below:
US Senate Race Chart: 4 November 2008
Solid Democrat: Arkanas: Pryor; Delaware: Biden; Illinois: Durbin; Iowa: Harkin; Massachusetts: Kerry; Michigan: Levin; Montana: Baucus; New Jersey: Lautenberg; Rhode Island: Reed, West Virginia: Rockefeller; Virginia: Warner (d) vs Gilmore (r) (VA)
Likely Democrat: South Dakota: Johnson (SD)
Lean Democrat: Louisiana: Landrieu (LA); Colorado: Udall (d) vs Schaffer (r) (CO); New Mexico: Udall (d) vs Pierce (r) (NM); New Hampshire: Sununu (r) vs Shaheen (d); Alaska: Stevens (r) vs Begich (d); Oregon: Smith (r) vs Merkley (d); North Carolina: Dole (r) vs Hagan (d)
Lean Republican: Kentucky: McConnell; Mississippi (special): Wicker (r) vs Musgrove (d); Georgia: Chambliss (r) vs Martin (d); Minnesota: Coleman (r) vs Franken (d) vs Barkley (i) 14.3%
Likely Republican: Maine: Collins (ME), Nebraska: Yohanns vs Kleeb (d), Oklahoma: Inhofe (OK)
Solid Republican: Alabama: Sessions ; Idaho: Lish (r) vs LaRocco (d) (ID), Kansas: Roberts (KS), Mississippi: Cochran (regular); South Carolina: Graham Tennessee: Alexander ; Texas: Cornyn; Wyoming (regular): Enzi; Wyoming (special): Barrasso (r) vs Carter (d)
Balance Of Power Tally: DEM-58, REP-42
Current Balance: DEM-51 (49-D, 2-I) to REP-49
BOLD: Leading In Race
Italics: Incumbent
