July 02, 2010 01:22 AM UTC

Think Our Senate Races Are Bad? Not THIS Bad

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• by: Colorado Pols

Our friends at “The Fix” presented their list of the 10 Nastiest Senate Races of the past 30 years, and Colorado isn’t among them (although the 2006 Virginia Senate race between Sen. George Allen and Democrat Jim Webb does have a Colorado connection, since GOP Chair Dick Wadhams was Allen’s campaign manager).

Here’s the list. For full a explanation of why each race was so nasty, click the link above:

California — Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D) vs Michael Huffington (R) (1994)

Georgia — Sen. Max Cleland (D) vs Saxby Chambliss (R) (2002)

Minnesota — Sen. Norm Coleman (R) vs Al Franken (D) (2008)

Missouri — Sen. John Ashcroft (R) vs Mel Carhanan (D) (2000)

Nevada — Sen. Harry Reid (D) vs John Ensign (R) (1998)

New York — Sen. Alfonse D’Amato (R) vs Chuck Schumer (D) (1998)

North Carolina — Sen. Jesse Helms (R) vs Jim Hunt (D) (1984)

North Carolina — Sen. Jesse Helms (R) vs Harvey Gantt (D) (1990)

Virginia — Sen. Chuck Robb (D) vs Oliver North (R) (1994)

Virginia — Sen. George Allen (R) vs Jim Webb (D) (2006)