U.S. Senate
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(D) J. Hickenlooper*
(R) Somebody
80%
20%
Governor
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(D) Michael Bennet
(D) Phil Weiser
60%↑
50%↓
Att. General
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(D) M. Dougherty
(D) Jena Griswold
(D) David Seligman
40%
40%
30%
Sec. of State
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(D) A. Gonzalez
(D) J. Danielson
(R) Sheri Davis
50%
40%
30%
State Treasurer
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(D) Brianna Titone
(D) Jeff Bridges
(R) Kevin Grantham
40%
40%
30%
CO-01 (Denver)
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(D) Diana DeGette*
(R) Somebody
90%
2%
CO-02 (Boulder-ish)
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(D) Joe Neguse*
(R) Somebody
90%
2%
CO-03 (West & Southern CO)
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(R) Jeff Hurd*
(R) H. Scheppelman
(D) Alex Kelloff
70%
30%
10%
CO-04 (Northeast-ish Colorado)
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(R) Lauren Boebert*
(D) Trisha Calvarese
(D) Eileen Laubacher
90%
20%
20%
CO-05 (Colorado Springs)
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(R) Jeff Crank*
(D) Somebody
80%
20%
CO-06 (Aurora)
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(D) Jason Crow*
(R) Somebody
90%
10%
CO-07 (Jefferson County)
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(D) B. Pettersen*
(R) Somebody
90%
10%
CO-08 (Northern Colo.)
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(R) Gabe Evans*
(D) Yadira Caraveo
(D) Manny Rutinel
(D) Shannon Bird
45%↓
30%
30%
30%
State Senate Majority
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DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
80%
20%
State House Majority
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DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
95%
5%
January 06, 2010 09:42 PM UTC
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More Republican senators are declining to seek re-election than Democrats, and more Republican governors are retiring than Democrats. So what’s your point?
I don’t have the stats at my fingertips, but one issue at hand is that the Dems are in power.
It’s one thing to leave the dance early if you’re in the corner dressed in the wrong clothing and without a date. It’s quite another thing to leave the dance early if you’ve got Obama on your card and in your corner.
and the likely Dem nominee has a lock on election. This isn’t a sign of Obama coat-tails failing, it’s a sign of Dodd facing reality.
I think Dorgan decided he’d been in office long enough – there are a couple each cycle that hit that point. And Ritter I think truly is doing it to focus more on his family.
the only people polling worse are Republicans
Yes, yes. Let’s not get caught up in the those messy things called details or reality of why each of these people are walking away because that would pretty much ruin the premise of your entire diary, now wouldn’t it?
There’s plenty of opportunity to explore the individual reasons… I posted this diary for a discussion on a possible trend…
Get my goat? I didn’t know I had one for sale. 🙂
is that the parties are fractionating.
The Tea Party on the far right thinking that R”s didn’t win because they weren’t R enough.
Far left D”s in a hurry overreaching.
Dorgan – has been doing this forever. ANd I believe him when he says it’s just time to do something else.
Dodd too- but he was going to have a really hard time that his successor will not.
Maybe John Cherry wants to move to Massachussets and reform health care. Seriously- of all the D’s who aren’t running agin you pick John Cherry? Does anyone outside his homestate even know who he is or what office he’s not running for?
Cherry would have been too easy to tie to Gov. Granholm, whose approval ratings are swirling around the toilet bowl.
Dodd was facing a tough election fight after being damaged by his preferential Countrywide loan. His replacement is considered a virtual lock to win the race; I’ve heard positive things about State AG Blumenthal from progressives, too.
Dorgan had a rough ride ahead as well, facing his state’s popular Republican governor. No good Democratic replacement yet – no doubt, this one’s the tough one to swallow for Dems.
Ritter’s retirement has been discussed in huge detail elsewhere(s) on this blog, and there is very little to recommend that his move is part of any trend against Obama or the Democratic Party…
Dodd was damaged goods – he started looking like a fool dealing with the financial meltdown, with allegations he got preferential treatment on his mortages. Perception was he couldn’t deal with the problem since he was part of the problem.
Dorgan and Ritter (especially Ritter) didn’t have the fire in the belly anymore. In Ritter’s case, it was job burnout.