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nkpolitics1212's Journal2026 and 2028 OPEN seat US Senate Elections.
2026
IA special if Grassley-R does not complete his term.
KY(McConnell-R) R Primary Race (Comer-R vs Massie-R vs Barr-R).
IL(Durbin-D) Krishnamoorthi-D/ IL will have 2 Asian born US Senators from IL-8CD.
RI(Reed-D) Matos-D/current Lt Governor and future US House member from a safe Democratic District.
ID(Risch-D) Simpson-R
2028
IA(Grassley-R)
WA(Murray-D)Jayapal-D
OR(Wyden-D)Salinas-D or Hoyle-D
NY(Schumer-D)Delgado-D
ID(Crapo-D) Fulcher-R
The next US Senator from IA,KY,WA,OR,IL,RI,ME,and NY.
IA(Pat Grassley-R)2026
KY(Andy Barr-R)2027
WA(Pramila Jayapal-D)2029
OR(Andrea Salinas-D)2029
IL(Raja Krishnamoorthi-D) is an immigrant and comes from a safer US House district than Lauren Underwood-D. Krishnamoorthi’s US House predecessor is Tammy Duckworth. 2027
RI(Sabina Matos-D) a US House run while Lt Governor means a future US Senate run. 2027
ME(Jared Golden-D) 2027
NY(Antonio Delgado-D) AfroLatino Democrat who represented a swing US House District in Upstate NY before becoming Lt Governor. 2029
The next US Senate President Pro Tempore after Patty Murray(D-WA) is Ron Wyden(D-OR).
Ron Wyden-OR is the 3rd most Senior Democrat in the US Senate after Dianne Feinstein(D-CA) and Patty Murray(D-WA). Ron Wyden is up for re-election in 2028, the same time Patty Murray is up for re-election.
Senior Democratic US Senators up for re-election in 2026 are Richard Durbin(IL) and Jack Reed(RI) both were elected in 1996. Both are likely to retire in 2026.
In 2028, Patty Murray(WA),Ron Wyden(OR),and Chuck Schumer(NY) retires.
That makes Maria Cantwell(WA) US Senate President Pro Tempore in 2029.
The winner of the 2028 WA US Senate Election if Patty Murray-D does not seek re-election.
The Republican nominee will be US Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers-R.
The Democratic nominee will be US Representative Pramila Jayapal-D.
US Representatives Marie G. Perez-D and Kim Schrier-D represent Tossup/Tilt Districts. Both are better off running for re-election for their US House seats.
The 2nd most Democratic US House District in WA is WA-9(Adam Smith-D).
Adam Smith-D is the longest serving US Representative from WA and is the top Democrat in the US House Armed Services Committee.
The 3rd most Democratic US House District in WA is WA-1(Suzan DelBene-D)
WA-1 was previously held by Maria Cantwell-D and Jay Inslee-D.
The other Immigrant Democratic US Representative from WA is Marilyn Strickland-D
Strickland was born in South Korea. She is also African American.
Democratic US Senators up for re-election in 2026 and 2028 that will not seek re-election.
2026
Durbin(IL) gets replaced by Underwood.
Reed(RI) gets replaced by Matos.
Markey(MA) gets replaced by Pressley.
2028
Murray(WA) gets replaced by Jayapal.
Wyden(OR) gets replaced by Hoyle or Salinas.
Schumer(NY) gets replaced by Ocasio Cortez.
Blumenthal(CT) gets replaced by Hayes.
Which US Senate Election Year did no Democratic US Senator did not seek re-election?
2018
Nelson(FL),Donnelly(IN),McCaskill(MO),and Heitkamp(ND) ran for re-election but lost.
Feinstein(CA),Murphy(CT),Carper(DE),Hirono(HI),King(ME),Cardin(MD),
Warren(MA),Stabenow(MI),Klobuchar(MN),Tester(MT),Menendez(NJ),Heinrich(NM),Gillibrand(NY),Brown(OH),Casey(PA),Whitehouse(RI),Sanders(VT),Kaine(VA),
Cantwell(WA),Manchin(WV) and Baldwin(WI) ran for re-election and won.
2020
Jones(AL) lost re-election. Tom Udall(NM) did not seek re-election and was replaced by Ben Ray Lujan.
2022
Leahy(VT) did not seek re-election and was replaced by Peter Welch.
2024
Feinstein(CA),Carper(DE),Cardin(MD), and Stabenow(MI) are not seeking re-election.
2026
All eyes are on Durbin(IL) and Reed(RI).
2028
All eyes are on Murray(WA),Wyden(OR),and Schumer(NY).
Wyden(OR) and Schumer(NY) have been in elected office for almost 5 decades.
If the Ron Wyden(D-OR), OR longest serving US Senator decides not to seek re-election in 2028,
Who will be the Democratic nominee to replace Wyden?
Val Hoyle-D or Andrea Salinas-D.
I like to see WA US Senator Patty Murray not seek re-election in 2028 in order for Pramila Jayapal
to become US Senator.
Jayapal will become the first Indian born United States Senator (from WA). She currently represents Seattle in the US House of Representatives.
Jayapal is a member(chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus), Medicare for All Caucus.
Patty Murray has been in the US Senate since 1993.
Patty Murray should do to Pramila Jayapal in 2028 WA US Senate Election what Tom Carper is doing to Lisa Blunt Rochester in the 2024 DE US Senate Election. WA other Democratic US Senator Maria Cantwell is seeking re-election next year in 2024.
Sherrod Brown(D-OH) statewide election victory in 1982,1986,2006,2012,and 2018.
1982-OH Secretary of State Reagan’s first midterm, Democratic nominee for Governor Dick Celeste won by a 20 percent margin. Howard Metzenbaum-D won re-election to a 2nd US Senate term by a 15 percent margin.
1986-OH Secretary of State Reagan’s second midterm, Dick Celeste won re-election to the OH Governorship by a 21 percent margin.
2006- US Senate against Mike DeWine-R, Brown-D won by a 12 percent margin. The Democratic nominee for Governor Ted Strickland won by a 24 percent margin.
2012- US Senate. Barack Obama-D carried OH by a 3 percent margin. Sherrod Brown-D won re-election by a 6 percent margin.
2018- US Senate. Trump midterm, Sherrod Brown-D won re-election by a 7 percent margin.
The only election that Sherrod Brown lost was the 1990 OH Secretary of State Re-election to Bob Taft III who was a legacy candidate. The Republican nominee for Governor George Voinovich won by a 12 percent margin.
The 2024 US Senate Election in OH is going to be a Presidential Election year.
Is Trump or DeSantis going to win the popular vote in OH by a margin greater than 8 percent? Joe Biden should not ignore OH in exchange for TX. Sherrod Brown will win re-election but by a less than 5 percent margin.
Republicans are suggesting that OH is like IA. A battleground state turned Republican.
How about giving Washington DC to the state of VA?
The Washington DC area US House member from VA will have voting power.
Virginia will become a safe Democratic state. Republicans will have no chance of winning statewide in VA with the Washington DC voters.
Washington DC statehood gives the Washington DC area US House member voting power and Democrats 2 additional US Senate seats. 52D 50R.
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